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Macworld Expo Las Vegas 2009!: Macworld Expo Las Vegas 2009!No Way!Between CES and other big tradeshows that are going on in January, there is no way that Macworld will ever set foot in Vegas. SF is closer to Apple, and I think that the city makes deals with IDG and Apple to promote their...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Macworld, Macworld Expo, Apple Inc., Consumer Electronics Show, Vega, SFO, Las Vegas 2009; Discussion threads 2008-01-08

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What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?: During Apple's Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts, Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO and Tim Cooke COO both mentioned a "product transition" that Apple is preparing for that will cut profit margins to help shut out rivals. Both executives punted on several analyst questions for more "color"...; Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Product Transition, iTablet, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-23
E-gold owners plead guilty to money laundering: Wow, big morning! If anyone has seen Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios's talk on phishing and identity theft, which was presented at the last couple Black Hat conferences, and will be on display again at Black Hat Vegas, you know that the identity theft market is a huge problem. You...; Tags: Flooz, Currency Service, Identity Theft, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap: Amid all the chatter about Apple's fiscal third quarter results, which were strong, most concerns about the future revolve around two words: Gross margins. The big takeaway for technology buyers: Those lower margins hint at cheaper iPods and notebooks in the not-to-distant future. Following Apple's typical strong...; Tags: Notebook, Apple iPod, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Peter Oppenheimer, September, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Investors give Apple the cold shoulder: Investors give Apple the cold shoulderProfit taking...Record quarters are hard to follow-up.RE: Investors give Apple the cold shoulderApple's stock price is dependent on the belief that it will deliver exponential growth. Unfortunately the reality is that Apple appears to be close to or hitting a ceiling in terms of sales...; Tags: Sales strategy, Investment, Financial accounting, Apple Inc., cold shoulder, shoulder, stock; Discussion threads 2008-07-22

PDF Printer 2009 (zip): PDF Printer 2009 is a free tool for high-quality PDF creation, installed as a "PDF Printer". This enables virtually any Windows applications to create professional quality PDF documents with a click of a button. With PDF Printer 2009, you can create PDF documents from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, Photoshop, and...; Tags: Adobe PDF, PDF SVG Software, PDF Printer 2009; Software downloads 2008-07-21
GrowFX (exe): GrowFX - a new system of modeling and animating plants for 3D Studio Max. Now you can recreate digitally a lifelike 3D model of any plant, from grass and trees to woodland using a refreshingly simple interface and an essential set of parameters that you can set up yourself. GrowFX...; Tags: 3D, Animation, Plant, Exlevel, GrowFX; Software downloads 2008-07-21
California greenlights two renewable energy development projects: Southern California Edison has received the thumbs-up from the California Public Utilities Commission to contract to buy clean energy from two new alternative energy projects. The first, the Granite Wind development in San Bernardino County, will see the construction of a 41-megawatt wind farm slated to come...; Tags: Renewable Energy, California, Photovoltaics, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-20
Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page: Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home pageStock Tip: Get out of Legg Mason fundsTime to put down the crack pipe Legg Mason."We would prefer that the company and Mr. Icahn reach a mutual agreement on the composition of the Board and end this disruptive...; Tags: Corporate governance, Legg Mason Inc., Icahn, board, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-19
Samsung HL61A750: Rear-projection HDTVs, as a category, are on their way out, and DLP-based sets are the only microdisplay choice available, now that all manufacturers of LCD- and LCoS-based rear-projection displays have basically ceased production. Samsung and Mitsubishi are pretty much the only players left in this category--they're the only two...; Tags: menu system, Samsung HL61A750, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Warm 2, color temperature; Product reviews 2008-07-18
(Photos: Grand dams of the South): (Photos: Grand dams of the South)damn tourHow can you do a writeup of a damn tour without stealing lines from National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation movie?!! Ok, here's a quote from the tour guide..."Welcome everyone, I'm your dam tour guide Arnie. Im about to take you through at fully functional...; Tags: photograph, OK Here; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam: Is Microsoft fighting an unwinnable war with its online business and search obsession? It's a valid question and one that needs to be asked. At some point you have to wonder if Microsoft's Google envy is its Vietnam. As Mary Jo Foley noted Microsoft's answer to its...; Tags: Business, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects: Well, eight days, and a joint effort to help prevent phishing and two major arrests related to identity theft, and I feel like we've made a decent attack on the identity theft culture. Score one for the good guys for once. Just a day after reading...; Tags: Arrest, eBay Inc., Romania, Romanian, Phishing, Identity Theft, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Microsoft: $60 billion in annual revenue, but sour 4Q and a money-losing online business: Microsoft capped its fiscal year with $60.4 billion in revenue and net income of $17.7 billion, but the fourth quarter left a sour taste for some. And Microsoft's online business lost more money in the fourth quarter than it did a year ago. The company reported fourth...; Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Wall, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Construction, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Open source college revolution?: Open source college revolution?Blackboard NG "Next Generation"Keynote speaker Blackboard CEO Michael Chasen demonstrated the power and direction of Blackboad NG at today's afternoon session of Blackboard World '08 in Las Vegas.TRULY a Next Generation product that makes any institution's 'learning' go everywhere.+ It will now wrap Moodle & Satai.+ Courses...; Tags: Angel Learning, Moodle & Satai, open source; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
BizTalk Server for Windows Server 2008 not till 2009: BizTalk Server for Windows Server 2008 not till 2009LOLMaybe Microsoft should put less emphasis on silly codenames and deliver product that works.; Tags: Web services, Application servers, Middleware, Enterprise software, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, server; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Seagate: Demand is swell, but we're playing catch-up on notebook drives: Seagate delivered some good news with its fiscal fourth quarter earnings: Storage demand is just swell. The bad news: Seagate is lagging with its product line--especially for notebook drives--and that's killing margins and hurting profits in the current quarter. For the quarter ended June 27, Seagate reported...; Tags: Notebook Market, Seagate Technology LLC, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-16
SAP pulls the trigger on higher support costs: SAP has announced that it plans to transition all customers to its new Enterprise Support offering from January 1st, 2009. SAP is pitching this as a service that adds customer value but in reality it means a cost increase. According to the press release, SAP will incrementally ratchet support costs...; Tags: SAP AG, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Governance, Construction, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Kaminsky to discuss DNS flaw at Black Hat sponsored webcast: The Black Hat group on Twitter provided a message today alerting people to a webcast to be put on by Dan Kaminsky on the DNS vulnerabilities that I've heavily covered as follows: Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08 ...; Tags: Black Hat, Webcast, DNS, Flaw, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Firefox 3.1 alpha 1 code freeze is next Monday: Firefox 3 has only recently shipped but the first public milestone for its successor is fast approaching. The Mozilla team is expecting that the code freeeze for alpha 1 of Firefox 3.1, code named Shiretoko, will be next Monday and that alpha 1 be available for early adopter testing on July 25....; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Tagging, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-07-15