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Word ban threatens industry? Not mine

Case in TexasIs an example of idiotic patent litigation. The case shouldn't even exist.-MChris, you need to get out of your bubble moreIt is very likely that the patent in question is also violated in other office suites that use XML.The issue isn't whether you can smugly say that you...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Juggernaut, Microsoft Corp., XML, I4i, patent, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Google's search juggernaut: Recession resistant after all

Google's search juggernaut: Recession resistant after allFalse numbers...The entire stock market is based off of a 'false market', the only way to have a stable economy is the GOLD standard.This country would collapse economically today, with the amount of useless paper money being printed with NO Gold to back it...

Tags: Investment, Google Inc., Recession-Resistant, search juggernaut, juggernaut

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

Nokia buys Symbian to form open-source Android killer

Nokia buys Symbian to form open-source Android killerOpen sores are good, but when is it too many?It's about time Symbian went open sores. I guess, Nokia, Mot and others saw the writing on the wall. Never mind Android, the real fear is Apple iPhone. The juggernaut is unstoppable if...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, juggernaut, Open Sores, Symbian Inc., open source, Nokia Corp., Nokia Buys Symbian, killer

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

A Cold(play) case in works on 'CSI: NY'

A Coldplay case in works on 'CSI: NY'I'll bet Coldplay is still smarting a bit.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4591685.stmSay, you know that Media Center PC that's not caught on so well? It's getting its butt kicked by cell phones. Right here on ZDnet a few months back, it was reported that in Japan last...

Tags: Cellular phones, Sales tools, cell phone, Juggernaut, CSI, phone, PC, cold calling

Discussion threads 2005-11-30

Motorola iTunes phone faces uphill battle against MS media juggernaut

Motorola iTunes phone faces uphill battle against MS media juggernautI see MS having the uphill battleI would seem to me that iTunes already has a huge consumer base, and with profit sharing between the carrier, it would be of greater interest to users, than using an entirely carrier owned music...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, phone, Microsoft Corp., MS media juggernaut, MS Media, juggernaut, carrier, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-06-27

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Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled'

Though it once appeared to be a tiny sales juggernaut, Nintendo's top-selling Wii console has struggled in 2009. Though it once appeared to be a tiny sales juggernaut, Nintendo's top-selling Wii console has struggled in 2009. Nintendo said Thursday that sales fell 34.5 percent to 548...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Wii, video games, Tom Magrino CNET News

News items 2009-11-02

Jive hits SBS 4: SharePoint in Rear View Mirror

After last week's announcement of SharePoint 2010 by Microsoft, with a scheduled arrival date of second quarter 2010, Jive Software announced their 'Social Business Software 4' yesterday at their San Francisco 'Jiveworld' event. It was interesting to contrast the huge Vegas Microsoft unveiling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Mobile, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre [spec shootout]

Specs don't tell everythingis a 1996 chevy with 4 doors and v8 engine better than a 2008 2-door lexus with a v6?Its the whole experience of the device that matters. Can the DroidDont dock itself into 80% of the vehicles currently made? No, you can use an auxiliary input but...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Inc., Palm Pre, Apple App Store, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iPhone, Motorola Droid

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Salesforce.com Plays In the Enterprise - Again

Back in 1999, I was a salesforce.com user and at that time, it was a rather kludgy sales force automation application that didn't do much right - for example if I tried to export a .CSV file it gave me an .XLS file and vice versa.  I read something by Marc...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Accounting, Financial, Sales Force Management, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-07

The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google ink collaboration pact; Google Voice support on tap

Updated: Verizon Wireless and Google said Tuesday that they will partner to co-develop a bevy of Android-based devices. Verizon Wireless also said that it will tightly integrate its network with Google apps---including Google Voice. The terms of the deal Techmeme weren't disclosed, but the companies are looking...

Tags: Google Inc., Device, Collaboration, Partnership, Voice, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, Android, Business Structures, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Fourth type of cloud computing

Close, but no cigarThere is no requirement that a cloud be publicly accessible. In many cases, corporations use cloud products to supplement existing production. In that case, the public access is via the existing security scheme and the cloud assets are never directly accessible via public IP.Also, there...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, Open web

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-10-02

Comcast plus NBC Universal creates a Web juggernaut

Comcast owning Hulu!!!... this can't be allowed to happen!Brilliant...It would be a brilliant move on Comcasts part. If I were Comcast I'd be betting the farm on this. Unfortunately, I don't think it will play out well for web video. I could see it setting web video...

Tags: Corporate communications, NBC Universal Inc., Web, Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Comcast plus NBC Universal creates a Web juggernaut

If Comcast did manage to gain control of NBC Universal it would be have an aggregation of Web sites that would make it a top 10 player in comScore's top 50 rankings. According to CNBC, General Electric is talking to Comcast about a deal that would spin...

Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Web, Comcast Corp., Talks, Channel Management, Asset Management, Networking, Marketing, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Zoho's Next Big Thing

Moving the Point of AssemblyKudos to Zoho. Their efforts remind me of the early days of the Microsoft Productivity Environment where core MSOffice editors expanded their reach through DDE, OLE, rich copy/paste, data binding, merged content and data, VBA scripting and the infamous recorder, and a developer API that...

Tags: Channel management, Collaboration, Groupware, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., productivity environment

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Is the Palm Pre a failure?

Wrong, so what's right?You say the ads don't work.What kind of ads do you suggest would? I'm interested to hear what you think would be effective.Those silly adsI think the Palm Pre ads are worse than the initial Windows ads. They are really bad. Their only really good quality is...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Palm Inc., advertisement, Sprint Communications, Verizon Communications Inc., Palm Pre, Apple iPhone, CDMA

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Goldman goes ga-ga for Google, cites YouTube, Europe and display ads

Goldman Sachs figures Google will come out of the downturn with revenue growth rates in the mid-teens in 2010. Goldman Sachs added Google to its "conviction buy list" with a 6-month target of $560. Overall, the investment firm sees Google excelling in Europe as travel and e-commerce...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Goldman, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Word ban threatens industry? Not mine

PC World, along with several other sources, reported today on Microsoft's dire warnings that an injunction imposed on Word sales would threaten an entire industry. In particular, the Microsoft statement that made me chuckle was "Even if the injunction will not affect Microsoft's existing Office customers,...

Tags: Google Apps, Industry, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-19

CDs still sell: Who are these people?!?

Apple's iTunes music juggernaut accounts for 25 percent of music sold. The rub: Sixty-five percent of you are still buying CDs for your music in the first half of 2009, according to research firm NPD. The big question today: Who are these people still buying CDs? Sam...

Tags: CD, NPD, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-18