Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
- Dell Inspiron i545s-1476N
- The $480 Inspiron 545s-1476 is the third Dell desktop we've reviewed with the company's current slim tower chassis, and we can't say our opinion has changed since the last time we saw it. We're still satisfied with its design, but we remain disappointed with the features Dell seems to have...
- Tags: Notebooks, DVD, Consumer electronics, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., dual-layer DVD burner, DVD burner, Gateway Inc.
- Product reviews 2009-11-06
- Skype open source? Ain't gonna happen
- EncryptionEven if Skype could legally release source code, it would not do so. Skype encryption is so good that no one, except perhaps some governments working in secret, have broken it. The company is not about to give that asset away for free.If Skype were to release source code, the...
- Tags: Engineering, SECURITY, open source, Skype Technologies S.A., source code, encryption, algorithm, Blowfish
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)
- Without demonstrated Linux or OSX support......what's the point? Who does video stuff on Windows?Plenty do.....You just don't get out much. My XP system with cakewalk software did me just fine and that was on a P4 system that couldn't keep itself cool, ever. But my audio quality...
- Tags: Desktops, Maingear, personal supercomputer, supercomputer, desktop
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals
- Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's ambitious push into cloud computing -- and the enterprise. Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop and there are several desktop improvements in this upgrade -- including a faster boot and login and enhanced audio and and 3G broadband connectivity. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- SAP Q3: sales down, profit up
- SAP's Q3 results demonstrate continuing softening in the enterprise software sales market. Revenues were down year on year by 31% to €525 million ($787 mill) from €763 million ($1.144 bn) in the same period 2008. Software and software related service revenues declined 3% or €57 million...
- Tags: SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Sales, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- Envizen Digital Duo Box Pro ED8850A
- You probably haven't heard of Envizen, but it's one of several off-brand companies that are putting out new digital portable TVs to replace all the obsolete analog units that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the power went off. As implied by its name--the Envizen...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, DVD, Games, digital television, TV
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- Yahoo Mail outages plague some users
- Scattered reports say the world's most widely used e-mail service was suffering from scattered outages on Monday morning. Yahoo Mail users reported problems Monday morning, with the service inaccessible for some and spotty for others. TechCrunch noticed a Twitter spike in reports of problems with Yahoo...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, E-mail Service, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Yahoo, email, outage, Tom Krazil CNET News
- News items 2009-10-26
- Updating Kindles-sold estimates: 1.072 million
- Based on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' comments on the third quarter results for the company, Kindle sales are accelerating. Bezos is quoted: “Kindle has become the #1 bestselling item by both unit sales and dollars â€" not just in our electronics store but across all product categories on Amazon.com. It’s...
- Tags: Jeff Bezos, Electronics, Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Windows 7 security default worries experts
- How many Windows 7 does it take...How many dribble articles about Windows 7 canthere be in one week.I heard Windows 7 is now helping the economy andit has changed global warming to global cooling.So the polar bears are now SAFE!!! Way to go Windows 7 it is like the messiah...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ubunutu, Microsoft Windows 7, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Win7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Rogue security programs are 'ongoing threat'
- Symantec's report on rogue security software noted that 250 rogue security programs launched some 43 million attempts to prompt user installation between July 2008 and June 2009. Rogue security software, also dubbed scareware, is an "ongoing threat" that is impacting largely users from English-speaking markets, according to findings from...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Rogue Security Program, Security Program, Security Software, security, scareware, Symantec, Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia
- News items 2009-10-20
- Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note
- My budget administrator has made it very clear that I need to have all of my ducks in a row very early for the FY 2011 budget process. The nearly year-long delay that municipalities tend to feel in terms of budget crunches is certainly going to be on her...
- Tags: PC, Thin Client, Server, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Ad agencies to DOJ: We like the Microsoft-Yahoo deal
- Four big ad agencies, under the auspices of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, has issued a public letter to the U.S. department of Justice supporting the Microsoft-Yahoo partnership, which the pair proposed in July. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Advertising Agency, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department Of Justice, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- SharePoint: What's coming when with the 2010 release?
- Even though Microsoft released a private beta of its SharePoint 2010 product to testers in July, the company has said relatively little about the next release of its collaboration platform -- until October 19. Today is the opening day of the SharePoint conference, where Microsoft officials are sharing a...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Barnes & Noble ebook reader named the QUE, coming 7 January
- Back in July I posted on the Plastic Logic eReader device that would be coming in 2010 in partnership with Barnes & Noble. Today, Plastic Logic revealed a name for their ebook reader, the QUE, that will premiere at CES in January 2010. I will be covering CES for my...
- Tags: Plastic Logic, Barnes & Noble Inc., E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Quicken Deluxe 2010
- Some Quicken thoughts...I have used Quicken for many years and yes, it can be a little buggy and cryptic at times. Overall, It's a real time saver and VERY convenient. BUTT...Things to think about: Usually never considered until that fateful day comes.My entire financial life, banking accounts (4) investment accounts...
- Tags: Backups, Notebooks, Workstations, Overall IT, Quicken
- Discussion threads 2009-10-18
- SharePoint rolls on, gathers no MOSS
- Next week’s SharePoint conference in Las Vegas is officially sold out, just another sign of the insatiable appetite for Microsoft’s still-imperfect suite. Cold calling sales reps at lesser companies will look on with envy as each attending prospect or customer shells out a list-price $1,199 for the pleasure of hearing a...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., MOSS, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Tim Walters
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Calling all global cooling, how about a little help here?
- Don't shoot the messenger, you might not like it that the earth is getting hotter and that we need to do something about it, but, don't get mad at those reporting it.You probably don't like all of the photos of open water over the arctic either. Nor would you want...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, climate change
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Senior IBM exec among those charged in Wall Street insider trading sting
- Greed on Wall Street has landed six people - including a long-time, high-level IBM executive - in handcuffs after the FBI charged them with being involved with "the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history." In all, the six netted illegal profits of more than $20...
- Tags: Hedge Fund, FBI, Wall Street, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Chiesi, MOFFAT, Federal Government, Investment, Financial Services, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for download
- It use to be called ...... a Service Pack. I guess it's to soon for that, it would not have looked good before the launch, so they renamed it.^o^RE: Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for downloadlooks like to me that it was not tested thoroughly. Although I...
- Tags: Patches, Operating systems, service pack, released to manufacturing, operating system, patch management, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Mono-mania: It's risky business
- M$ must give away its patentsIf M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.RE: Mono-mania:...
- Tags: .NET, C#, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Development tools, Operating systems, Programming languages, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
White Papers and Webcasts
