ZDNet Resources
- First look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta
- Since I'm testing the viability of running Ubuntu on a number of platforms, and paving the way to shift from Internet Explorer to Firefox 3.0, I might as well take a look at the viability of abandoning Microsoft Office and making the leap to OpenOffice.org. Check out the OpenOffice.org...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Document, Launch, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., Beta, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Word Processors, Office Suites, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- 'Halo 3' midnight launch in NY
- Completing the "Halo" trilogy, "Halo 3" launches at midnight Tuesday.
- Tags: Halo 3, halo, midnight, Microsoft, game, video game, launch, master chief, caroline mccathy, new york, nyc
- Videos 2007-09-25
- 78% of British teenagers listen to music online, most of them on Yahoo! launch
- Nielsen//NetRatings claims 2.2 mln 12–17 year olds turned to the Internet for entertainment in December 2004. This represents 78% of all the 12-17 year olds online in the UK over this period. Music and online games sites attract the largest number of young adults within the entertainment category. In December...
- Tags: Launch
- Blog posts 2005-02-08
- 78% of British teenagers listen to music online, most of them on Yahoo! launch
- Nielsen//NetRatings claims 2.2 mln 12–17 year olds turned to the Internet for entertainment in December 2004. This represents 78% of all the 12-17 year olds online in the UK over this period. Music and online games sites attract the largest number of young adults within the entertainment category. In December...
- Tags: Launch
- Blog posts 2005-02-08
Additional Resources
- News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...
- Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Virtualisation: Architectual Considerations and other Evaluation Criteria
- Of the many approaches to x86 systems virtualisation available in the market today, the hypervisor architecture—in which virtual machines are managed by a software layer that is installed on bare metal—has gained the greatest market acceptance. This fact has translated into rapid growth and a large and expanding customer base...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2008-05-15
- Spam king, phishing buddy hit for $200m
- Spam king Sanford Wallace and phishing buddy Walter Rines hijacked some 300,000 MySpace accounts and sent hundreds of thousands of spam messages and comments across the service. They got their punishment today: a whopping $225 million judgment in favor of MySpace, Information Week reports. "By using hijacked...
- Tags: MySpace, Phishing, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- First public release of Silverlight for Linux is out
- The first public release of Moonlight -- the Silverlight on Linux project from open-source leader Miguel de Icaza and his band of coders -- is out. De Icaza, Novell Vice President for Developer Technologies, noted the release in a blog post dated May 13. De Icaza noted...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Google about to launch Flash API for Maps
- Google just published a page detailing how Flash developers can now use the Google Maps ActionScript API. Unfortunately, as of right now all the samples still don't work, but based on the documentation from a guy who has never made anything in Flash, it looks pretty easy to use....
- Tags: Developer, Google Inc., API, Google Maps, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- UK warned of China, India software threat
- Key UK industry figures believe Britain should forget any hopes of matching China and India in the low-cost end of the software market, and instead carve out a high-end niche. UK software sales are on course to lag almost $60 billion behind China this year, fuelling high-level calls for...
- Tags: Revenue, China, India, U.K., Tools & Techniques, Management, Nick Heath silicon.com, software, Inda, services
- News items 2008-05-14
- European on-demand accounting vendors breaking the dam?
- Since I am based in Europe and come from a finance background, I have a special interest in what happens in this part of the world. Over the last couple of years, I've been consistently told by 'experts' that saas/on-demand business applications and especially those that are finance related will...
- Tags: On-demand, Vendor, QuickBooks Online, Smb/Sme, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Cloud computing
- I recently read the post, When Is the Right Time to Launch Your Own Cloud? and thought Alistair Croll was on to something. We're all hearing quite a bit of media chatter about "cloud computing." Sometimes suppliers may use other terms such as "Mesh computing" or "Elastic Cloud Computing." All...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Supplier, Organization, Data Centers, Channel Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Microsoft: Office '08 sales skyrocket, SP1 released, VBA coming back to Mac
- According to CNet Microsoft is selling copies of Office 2008 for Mac at a clip three times higher than the former 2004 version. "The company wouldn't disclose sales numbers, but said the sales are the highest in the 19-year history of the unit. That continues a trend that has been...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Mac BU, Desktops, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Craigslist fires back at eBay; Bogus Google ads to Kijiji alleged
- Craigslist has filed its response to eBay's lawsuit and the company hits back--hard. Craigslist alleges that eBay participated in everything from "unlawful and unfair competition," false advertising, business interference and even phishing attacks. The official list via Craigslist: "We filed a complaint in California today, charging...
- Tags: Google Inc., Craigslist, Advertisement, eBay Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- AMD rejiggers management; Forms central engineering group
- AMD on Monday named a new head of its computing solutions group and created a central engineering unit to improve execution at the chipmaker. Among the moving parts: Randy Allen was promoted to lead the computing solutions group at AMD, which focuses on the...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Workstations, Processors, Human Resources, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- News to know: Facebook; OpenOffice; Firefox; RIM
- Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May Joe McKendrick: Is anyone ready to process a trillion events per day? Tom Foremski: Informatica is on the block say senior sources Michael Krigsman: Hosted...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, OpenOffice, Research In Motion Ltd., Mozilla Firefox, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Windows XP, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?
- Obviously, Microsoft has a significant interest in making sure that users of the new breed of netbooks and MIDs hitting the market don't get too comfortable using Linux. Many manufacturers have taken to installing various flavors of Linux on these devices to minimize footprint, improve performance, and reduce costs...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Corp., ULPC, Negroponte, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Samsung Access
- Though Verizon Wireless ruled the mobile TV roost for more than a year, AT&T finally offered Big Red some competition last month with the launch of AT&T Mobile TV. Like V Cast Mobile TV, AT&T's service offers stunning video quality, but its real appeal depends entirely on the handsets that...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, keypad button, Microsoft Access, phone, LG Vu, mobile TV, AT&T Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., toggle, AT&T Mobile TV, TV
- Product reviews 2008-05-10
- Rumor Mill: What's on the Apple horizon
- Hey there, it's Jake, Jason's evil twin. It's Friday which means that it's my turn to take the wheel for trip down Apple rumor lane. Fasten your seat belts because here we go: Apple Developing Wiimote-Like Controller? – AppleInsider reports that a new Apple patent application reveals...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iLounge, 3G, E-mail, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- MySpace partners with Yahoo, Twitter and eBay in "data portability" initiative
- Having previously talked the talk when it comes to data portability, MySpace is beginning to walk the walk: announcing its own 'data portability' initiative, supported by partners Yahoo, Twitter and eBay. Dubbed MySpace ‘Data Availability', users will be able to optionally share their public profile data with...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Data, eBay Inc., Twitter, MySpace, MySpace Data Availability Initiative, Internet, Instant Messaging, Corporate Communications, BIOS, Online Communications, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
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