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- News to know: Open source court victory; Surveillance; SAP; VMware
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTube Lessig blog: Huge and important news: free licenses upheld NYT: Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Open Source, SAP AG, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Defcon, 3G, Notebooks, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Japanese satellite shows US reliance on private sector is hot air
- I listened into the beginning of today's FCC hearing on Comcast's "network management" practices and I heard a lot about the importance of business models that allows operators to recoup their investments. Commissioner Robert McDowell said something along these lines: If companies can't repay their investors they won't build out...
- Tags: Japan, Wired Inc., Network, Satellite, Kizuna, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Cross-platform Microsoft
- Cross-platform MicrosoftPerhaps MS has learned thatit does not need to control the kernel or window manager to control the desktop space. If anything, having to deal with those two things has become more of a liability to MS than an asset. At least from a public relations point of view....
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, .NET, Development tools, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mono
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- How did software end up bloated with so many unused features? Here's how
- Youve probably heard the phrase before: One mans junk is another mans treasure. Can the same be said of the features in some of todays full-bodied software? When you consider the number features that are packed into an office suite like Microsoft Office or Corel Wordperfect Office and compare that...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, Office 2.0, IT Management, General, Web technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- iPods vs. everything else: An audio quality arms race? More like a fashion arms race
- According to a story in Technology Review by John Borland who used to work with me here at ZDNet, Sony is apparently hopeful that noise cancelling technology will give the company some advantage in the portable audio market against rivals like the iPod which happens to control 70 percent of...
- Tags: audio quality, Apple Computer Inc., Apple iPod
- Blog posts 2006-10-23
- Erich Gamma: A pattern of success
- Mention the name "Erich Gamma" and what comes to mind? Patterns? Unit Testing? Eclipse? In his relatively short career, Erich has had a profound impact on the way software is developed, earning him a spot among "The People Who Shape Technology". Patterns The concept of software design patterns really got...
- Tags: Erich Gamma
- Blog posts 2006-07-19
- Microsoft's predatory pricing of security software
- SunbeltBLOG has posted an analysis of Microsoft's pricing for their new security products, OneCare and Antigen, calling Microsoft on predatory pricing aimed at putting the rest of the security vendors out of business. Even though Sunbelt Software is in the security business, too, I don't think this is sour grapes....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- Jobs iPod Hi-Fi: Home stereo reinvented? Or load of HorseCRAP?
- Please don't say I didn't warn you. Regarding Apple's recently introduced iPod Hi-Fi, the first story I read was written by News.com's John Borland. In it, Borland wrote "Jobs and Apple are pitching the iPod Hi-Fi as a replacement for the home stereo system." My hunt began...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Crap
- Blog posts 2006-03-01
- Computer maker files antitrust suit against Microsoft
- Computer maker files antitrust suit against MicrosoftWheels of justice are turningIt's funny how stodgy old Microsoft can't get with the times. People actually care about how they get treated by a company. The family-oriented image falls apart, and the rest is following. Can't say I mind considering how I've been...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Digital media, Digital music, computer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-02-21
- ''Scuse me -- while I kiss - uh, CLICK, this link
- Colleague John Borland writes today about Wolfgang's Vault, a website with thousands of rare live performance cuts from the 1960s and 1970s, man.We're talking streaming media, and we're talking free to the people, man.Jimi Hendrix, Janis, and so much more man.Right now I am listening to a live cut...
- Tags: broadband, far-out, Russell Shaw, Vault
- Blog posts 2006-02-17
- Fair housing group sues Craigslist for 'no minorities' listings
- A Chicago fair housing group, the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, has filed federal suit against Craigslist over housing listings that say "no minorities," in violation of federal fair-housing regulations, News.com's John Borland reports. Attorney Stephen Libowsky, who's handling the case for...
- Tags: Craigslist
- Blog posts 2006-02-09
- The open-source programmer who means business
- The open-source programmer who means businessThe open-source programmer who means businessWow, I don't believe it. You mean there is actually a linux user/developer that has some common sense? I kinda like this Alan Cox guy. He seems pretty smart and has a clue unlike the rest of...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, LINUX IS
- Discussion threads 2006-02-02
- The QWERTY syndrome
- An article posted today by ZDNet's John Borland caught my interest. That is, news of a new proposal to replace the QWERTY keyboard with a more logical layout. Since we depend on our typing skills more than ever to get things done (at least, until voice-based, pen-based and gesture-activated...
- Tags: business process, QWERTY, SOA
- Blog posts 2005-12-22
- Is Java cooling down?
- Is Java cooling down?The problem, with .netIs the lack of backwards compatibility with older versions of Windows. But I do agree, it will continue to grow as will the the use PHP.A "Seldon crisis"?[Harry Seldon not only predicted the future, he also intervened in it by starting a colony...
- Tags: Programming languages, .NET, Scripting languages, Asimov, Harry Seldon, Mule, Java, Second Foundation, open source
- Discussion threads 2005-12-14
- Hi-end audio pro weighs in on DRM conundrum
- More and more great email is showing up in my inbox regarding my recent blog post on how my $20,000 worth of hi-end entertainment gear can't play my 99 cent songs (at least not the way it should be able to, there are workarounds). Digital rights management technology...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Home entertainment, digital-rights management, Greg Havenga, jukebox, audio pro, firmware
- Blog posts 2005-09-23
- Look out Skype AND Google- here comes Microsoft
- It appears certain that Microsoft is planning to make a move into VoIP-like services. As my colleague John Borland reports, Microsoft will do this through purchase of an Internet calling start-up named Teleo, and subsequent integration of Teleo's PC to PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network capability into a new...
- Tags: Google Inc., Teleo, IM, PC-to-PSTN
- Blog posts 2005-08-30
- Windows Vista: Hollywood's bodyguard in a digital world?
- News.com's John Borland has a report (see Hollywood, Microsoft align on new Windows) that talks about the great lengths to which Microsoft and Vista will go to make sure that Hollywood's movies don't get pirated as easily as they are today. Says the report: For the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2005-08-30
- IBM, HP and BEA results point to software infrastructure resurgence
- Software infrastructure is again proving to be the "Little Train that Could" when it comes to chugging along -- even when the chips are down. My prediction is that the vendors that can sustain software infrastructure profit growth will be the biggest winners -- of any IT vendors...
- Tags: software
- Blog posts 2005-08-18
- IBM, HP and BEA results point to software infrastructure resurgence
- Software infrastructure is again proving to be the "Little Train that Could" when it comes to chugging along -- even when the chips are down. My prediction is that the vendors that can sustain software infrastructure profit growth will be the biggest winners -- of any IT vendors -- over...
- Tags: software
- Blog posts 2005-08-18
- Intel-backed venture another feather in cap of Microsoft media juggernaut
- News.com's John Borland has reported that Intel is forming a joint venture with Revelations Entertainment (actor Morgan Freeman's movie production company) called ClickStar. The purpose of the joint venture will be to distribute, via download, first run movies over the Internet. The story focuses mainly on the impact...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-07-08
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