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SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese sees hosted 'social stack' as the ticket for some

SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese sees hosted 'social stack' as the ticket for someSpike Source = Smoke & Mirror SourceSpikeSource has no business model, they're just hoping customers will respond to fads by wanting to buy a custom/hacked distro. And no self-respecting busines would fall for that, imho.Maybe they should start...

Tags: SpikeSource, Kim Polese

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese sees hosted 'social stack' as the ticket for some

Two years ago, just weeks before SpikeSource officially exited its beta phase, I had a chance to podcast an interview with the company's CEO Kim Polese from Esther Dyson's PC Forum. Back then, the company's portfolio/business model mainly involved (1) the provisioning and maintenance of guaranteed-to-work open source stacks of...

Tags: Web technology, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, Office 2.0, Legal, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Open Source Initiative Board takes shape

Danese Cooper, the open source diva who recently left Sun to join Intel, and who is also an officer at the Open Source Initiative, is spreading the word that the OSI has announced a new board. According to her new blog she had an old one, joining her and acting president...

Tags: Kim Polese, open source, OSI

Blog posts 2005-04-01

Microsoft's open source chief Matusow unplugged: A movement to the middle

Last week, I had the opportunity to interview Jason Matusow. Matusow is Microsoft's chief strategist on the open source front. Since the interview, which took place on March 14, I've been sitting on the audio file as well as my notes feeling badly that it's been taking...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Jason Matusow, Kim Polese, open source

Blog posts 2005-03-24

Spikesource to come out of beta in April

Whether your enterprise is heavily vested in open source software or just thinking about taking the plunge, SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese is hoping you'll turn over one of the most difficult parts of running an open source stack to her and save money in the process: managing change. With hundreds...

Tags: Kim Polese, open source, SpikeSource

Blog posts 2005-03-22

PC Forum: Is open source a movement or a working model?

Mitchell Baker and Kim Polese joined Esther for a panel on trends in open source. Baker said that the call for a smaller set of licenses is gaining some traction, especially in developing interoperability among the licenses, although the GPL is problematic on that front. Questioning whether the right entity...

Tags: Kim Polese, open source

Blog posts 2005-03-22

"It" Changes

Its a mark of our continued sexism that Kim Polese, who busted the glass ceiling in the 1990s with Marimba, is still described as the Web's "it girl."This despite the fact shes now a veteran executive, a serial entrepreneur, and her new outfit, SpikeSource, is a very interesting open source...

Tags: Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Blog posts 2004-11-04

Additional Resources

Episode 96: PowerPage Podcast

Episode 96 of the PowerPage Podcast has been posted. On it Rob Parker, Youngmoo Kim and I discuss Rob's new MacBook Pro, $30 vs. free tethering, iPhone Firmware 2.2 and we play "What's On Your Mac?" by Jason D. O'Grady

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-12

The End of the Party

The End of the Partythe naivetetruly is astounding. When Obama gets into full Chicago thug politician mode, it will be fun to see just how deep the denial runs.RE: The End of the PartyAMERICA THE NEW DICTATORSHIP!!!!! Democrats sadly now control the future $ years of this country.Liberal bastards, Universal...

Tags: Obama

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

How to take great pictures of your dog

While I'm on the subject of last week's PhotoPlus Expo, the product description for a new photography book being promoted there cracked me up: PhoDOGraphy, by Kim Levin "combines heartwarming behind-the-scenes anecdotes with practical ideas for taking good, better, best photographs of our four-legged friends!" by Janice Chen

Tags: Janice Chen, Photograph

Blog posts 2008-10-28

The technologies which will change our lives

We are at a strange place in this world's history, where the Industrial Revolution is over, and we're in the new technological age. So many things have been discovered over the course of the last and this century, and we're still no closer to reaching a technological...

Tags: Earth, Multi-touch, Computing, Technology, Microsoft Research, MSR, Rootkits, Internet, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-24

Bill O'Reilly's web site hacked, attackers release personal details of users

Bill O'Reilly's web site hacked, attackers release personal details of userssmalkl little people who hack and use the same escuseTypical idiot cop :)Wow...Way to stereotype. Lemme guess - you're ex-military, with a crew cut, nasty cigar and a stick up your arse? Does that sound fair? What? That doesn't describe...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, SECURITY, Bill O'Reilly, attacker, Web site, Web

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Gene Kim's Practical Steps to Mitigate Virtualization Security Risks

Tripwire founder/CTO Gene Kim provides seven practical steps that IT organizations can take to mitigate the unique security challenges of virtualization. While some are directed specifically at virtualized environments, many of these steps are solid best practices that apply to both physical and virtualized environments.

Tags: Tripwire, Tripwire founder/CTO Gene Kim, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2008-09-12

TechCrunch50: Day 2

Yesterday's presentations were a lot of fun to cover. I'm getting right back into the grind today. 6:30 a.m. Here is a list of today's presentations: Alfabetic Presented by Oded Broshi and Arik Kopelman DropBox (Presented by Drew Houston...

Tags: Facebook, Phone, Tim O'Reilly, Mark Cuban, Mytopia, Swype, Mixtt Redefining, iMindi World, Popego Cut, exchangeP, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, Channel Management, Manufacturing, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-09

TechCrunch50: Day 1

When Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis team up on a project, the webs are bound to be shaken up. Last year, their conference TechCrunch40 was an enormous showcase for startups to present their idea to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and the press. This year,...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Advertisement, Marissa Mayer, Entrepreneur, Video, MySpace, Qik, Meghan, Arrington, Vitamin Water, Calcanis, Mahalo, Blueprint Multicore, OpenTrace, E-mail, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-08

Intel, Yahoo team up on interactive TV platform

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel's Eric Kim and Yahoo's Patrick Barry demo a new TV platform designed to bring rich Internet applications featuring sports, weather, and financial information to the living room. Consumer electronics that use Intel's architecture will offer the Yahoo Widget Engine, an applications...

Tags: Interactive TV, Team, Yahoo! Inc., Intel Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Financial Accounting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Finance, Widget, Intel, Yahoo

Videos 2008-08-20

Appearance: PPUG meets tomorrow in Philly

If you're in the Philadelphia area I'd like to invite you to attend the Philadelphia PowerBook User Group PPUG meeting tomorrow at the Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant. We meet from 12 noon to 3pm over lunch and fine local beer. Want to debate my theory on...

Tags: 3G, Apple iPhone, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Philadelphia, Wireless

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Is this the New Apple?

PowerPage podcaster Youngmoo Kim relays his experience with trying to get an iPhone 3G and on being an "IRU" Individual Responsible User. Apple just doesn't want me to have an iPhone 3G.  After a few half-hearted attempts bailing at the sight of long lines, I spent about two hours...

Tags: 3G, Apple Inc., Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, IRU, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Wireless, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Another Trojan hits Mac OS X

Another Trojan hits Mac OS XThis is good for AppleI would say that malware counts are the [b]best[/b] indication of desktop PC marketshare so congrats Apple, you really must be doing well now that you are being targeted so much! I'll leave you with a sobering thought:It is easy to...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, airline industry, trojan horse, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Kim Branding Utility (exe)

Branding utility for kim 2 enables you to earn commission through a growing portfolio of products and services available to your prospects through the kim interface, by distributing your very own copy, properly branded with your kin Downline Builder username. full instructions are on kims homepage. This version is the...

Tags: Utility, Kewlworkz, Branding, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-06-04