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Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast...- more about Larry Dignan »
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- Podcast: News to know midday: Consumer driving Microsoft; Firefox update; Sun's quarter
- On today's podcast: Is the consumer really driving technology? Ray Ozzie thinks so. Firefox updates its browser to fix a flaw. Sun skeptics abound.
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Podcast: Microsoft as a service; Vista fixes; Xerox green paper
- On today's podcast: Microsoft Works to become ad supported. New Vista packs provide updates that were supposed to be in SP1. Xerox rolls out 'green' paper; Will you buy it?
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Podcast: News to know midday: FiOS; Microsoft code protection, Yahoo earnings
- On today's podcast: My FiOS installation: Key points. Gallery. Microsoft's code protection scheme available to third-party developers. Yahoo's Yang preps earnings.
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Podcast: News to know midday: Oracle 11g day; Microsoft needs to change; Patch fiesta
- On today's podcast: It's Oracle 11g launch day. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer seems antsy about reinventing the company. A lot of patch fun coming your way.
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- Podcast: News to know midday: Dell crapware; iPhone camp; Microsoft's secret patches; Yahoo
- On today's podcast: Has Dell kicked the crapware habit? iPhone developer camp set for July 6-8. Skeletons in Microsoft's Patch Day closet. Yahoo buys Rivals.com: The local angle.
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- Podcast: News to know midday: iPhone; IPTV and Microsoft; Crapware
- On today's podcast: Apple reveals new iPhone battery information. Microsoft launches new IPTV platform. Do you care if Microsoft is in your TV? George Ou tells you how to get rid of crapware.
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Podcast: News to know midday: Novell, Microsoft pact; PlayTable coming; Tough iPod Shuffles
- Today's podcast includes: Deciphering Novell's disclosures about the Microsoft SUSE Linux pact. Mary Jo Foley asks: Will Microsoft's 'Milan,' aka PlayTable, pit multi-touch vs. the iPhone? PlayTable to surface soon. Jason O'Grady runs over his iPod Shuffle.As a reminder, you can get this podcast on iTunes. See all news to know updates...
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-05-29
- Podcast: News to know midday update: Microsoft's aQuantive buy; Search engine bugs; iPhone
- In today's podcast: Microsoft pays $6 billion for aQuantive. Who is aQuantive and did Microsoft panic and overpay? Ryan Naraine reports June is the month of search engine bugs. And the iPhone appears ready for liftoff. More on the FCC approval.
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
- Podcast: News to know midday: WinHEC; Dell gets sued; Microsoft patent redux
- In today's podcast: WinHEC picks up steam. Mary Jo Foley looks at Windows Home Server and what Microsoft isn't talking about. Dell gets sued for bad business practices. Is the suit bunk? And can Microsoft collect from the open source community for its yet-to-be-outlined patents?
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Podcast: News to know midday update: Microsoft's patent claims; Jeremy Allison; AMD
- Todays three stories in three minutes include:GPLv3 is the real reason behind Microsofts patent skirmish with open source software. Jeremy Allison notes the perils of the open document format wars between open source and Microsoft. You can even lose your homework in that debate. And AMD bets its...
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
Additional Resources
- Microsoft advances its Win Live Wave 3, Gen4 datacenter rollouts
- Microsoft has begun rolling out the Windows Live Wave 3 services it announced last month. The company also went public today with its "Generation 4 Datacenter" strategy. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Windows Live, Server, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Yahoo: Going private trial balloon floated; Is private equity the solution?
- Former AOL Chief Jonathan Miller is looking in the couch cushions to raise enough money to buy a part--if not all of Yahoo. According to the Wall Street Journal, Miller has been talking to private equity folks and sovereign wealth funds to buy Yahoo for about $20...
- Tags: Private Equity, Yahoo! Inc., Miller, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Sage to step into the on-demand ring
- News started leaking late last week that Sage, the UK's largest software company, will release an on-demand accounting application called SageLive aimed at the SMB market. Details are sketchy beyond a blog post by competitor KashFlow but it seems the company is finally getting serious about the on-demand space after...
- Tags: Accounting, On-demand, U.K., Details, Sage 50, Cloud Computing, Smb/Sme, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict
- Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry predicts Google's revenue will fall in the next two years and the company is about to hit its adolescent stage with board conflicts and layoffs. In a research note, Chowdhry lays out the case. The gist: The economy is putting pressure...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Board, Trip Chowdhry, Contacts, VC, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)
- With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...
- Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card
- Zoho on Tuesday launched CloudSQL, a middleware layer that gives developers access to Zoho Applications data via a SQL database call. With the move, Zoho is playing an anti-lock-in card. One of the biggest worries about software as a service is that your data--and your business--can be...
- Tags: Card, Monitor, Data, SQL, CloudSQL, Zoho Applications, Databases, Software As A Service (SaaS), Programming Languages, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Google Chrome and the extension conundrum
- Google appears to be on the extension bandwagon for its Chrome browser, but that also opens a Pandora's box. In an extensions document via Stephen Shankland and Aaron Boodman Google outlines its plan to build extensions for Chrome. Extensions are the most requested feature for Chrome. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Extension, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Top Web companies in October 2008
- Parent Audience, 000 Time 1. Google 128,667 1:57:26 2. Microsoft 121,819 2:35:43 3. Yahoo! 117,715 3:22:08 4. AOL LLC 88,028 3:34:41 5. News Corp. Online 78,135 1:36:45 6. eBay 60,543 1:40:32 7. InterActiveCorp 60,092 0:17:20 ...
- Tags: Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?
- Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", so in the meantime his best friend, Elliot Harrison, has stepped up to the firing squad to cover this week. The hate campaign certain Windows users have against Macintosh users must ...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zack Whittaker, Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Nokia's N97: Is this your future netbook?
- Nokia on Tuesday rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. As I play with--and ponder--the netbook I have and all the tradeoffs...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phone, Nokia N97, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
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