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- How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT
- Vista was lean!All developers - no testers ;-)The worst I've seenWere a couple projects that had someone called a Configuration Control Manager. What a useless twit she was. Someone in charge of settings. Probably no surprise it was some friend of the senior manager who followed him...
- Tags: Lean IT, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2009-10-31
- 'Lean IT': another buzzphrase for something we've been trying to do all along?
- Just another word of the day, month, year....That's all it is.Someone trying to get themselves "published" or some "important" interviews, or their name placed somewhere somewhat prominent.More fodder for Buzzword Bingo!;)Hard to be lean in a Windows shopThe sheer complexity works again any kind of "lean" structure. But it...
- Tags: Lean IT, PHB
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
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- Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos
- google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Hulu Desktop 0.9.8.2 (Mac)
- Hulu Desktop is a lean-back viewing experience for your personal computer. It features a sleek new look that's optimized for use with standard Windows Media Center remote controls or Apple remote controls, allowing you to navigate Hulu's entire library with just six buttons. For users without remotes, the application is...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Remote Control, PC, Hulu, Hulu Desktop, Media Center PCs, Desktops, Keyboards, Mice, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent
- My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, sales, netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Deep Ocean Screensaver 1.0 (Windows)
- Our ocean screensaver will make your desktop more diverse. At work, people often dream of an escape, but no need for psychologists, as our ocean screensaver is an excellent distraction. You do not even have to run the program as it starts to work by itself right after you lean...
- Tags: Screensaver, Microsoft Windows, Image, Ocean Screensaver
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1
- Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- New tool aids .Net developers in writing Linux, Mac OS X apps
- Windows only applications will be a thing of the past before long.We could also use some good tools for porting general Win32 apps to Mac and Linux using WineLib.Agree, but, for the transition, these kinks of tools will helpNTmore reasons to avoid NovellThese proprietary apps that work only with M$...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, .NET, Operating systems, tool, Linux, Microsoft .NET, Mac OS X app, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- CYK Desktop Twitter Interface 1.05 (Windows)
- CYK Desktop: Twitter Interface Easy Version is an simple to operate no training required Twitter Interface. It has been designed with HCI Human Computer Interaction in mind - and the desktop is intuitive to use and manipulate. CYK Desktop gives you the ability to log into your Twitter Account securely...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Microsoft Windows, APO Networks, Desktops, Web Browsers, Hardware, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- 2010 Lexus RX 450h
- Photo gallery:2010 Lexus RX 450hRemember that Seinfeld episode where George Costanza said, "I would drape myself in velvet if it were socially acceptable?" Well, sitting in the 2010 Lexus RX 450h is like being draped in velvet, and, with the economical hybrid drivetrain, it is socially responsible. Lexus vehicles show...
- Tags: Lexus
- Product reviews 2009-11-03
- News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...
- Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT
- When does Lean IT become Mean IT? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- Hey HTC, where is your new QWERTY Google Android device?
- I hope not...I'm a G1 user and an avid typer/texter/surfer. I write notes, song lyics, and many other things on my phone, and I'm a tactile feedback -obsessee. In fact, the lack of a hardware keyboard is what kept me away from the iPhone for so long. ...
- Tags: Keyboards, Smart phones, High Tech Computer Corp., keyboard, T-Mobile, Facebook, phone, TMobile
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- AbiWord 2.8.1 (Windows)
- AbiWord is a lean yet full-featured word processor. It features a familiar-looking interface, basic character formatting, paragraph alignment, a spell checker, interactive rulers and tabs, styles, unlimited undo/redo, find and replace, and image support. It can also import Microsoft Word 97 and RTF Rich Text Format documents, as well as...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, AbiSource, AbiWord, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Samsung Caliber (U.S. Cellular)
- We've seen plenty of Samsung touch-screen handsets come our way, but not many of them make it to U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier based in Chicago. The only one so far has been the Samsung Delve, which made it to the carrier's lineup late last year. Now another one has...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, U.S. Cellular, Samsung Caliber, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-10-29
- More e-readers - more misconceptions
- my thoughts . . ."Like any good Massachusetts liberal, I?m a big fan of NPR."Well, do keep in mind some of us are conservative.Please?As much as I like ZDNet for tech news, it can be a tad disheartening when there's the occasional trip down political lane, and ZDNet does tend...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, E-books, open mind, NPR, Car Talk, education, e-reader, tax, misconception, British Broadcasting Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Application transformation case study targets enterprise bottom line with eye-popping ROI
- The ongoing impact of the reset economy is putting more emphasis on lean IT -- of identifying and eliminating waste across the data-center landscape. The top candidates, on several levels, are the silo-architected legacy applications and the aging IT systems that support them. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Information Technology, ROI, Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-10-25
- Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces
- 3 Words for you...Windows Live Essentials...Saves on bloat?It was nothing to do with that. Microsoft have said that they unbundled a lot of things from the OS build as it allowed for easier and more frequent updates.Good point.I use Hotmail but also use Live Mail on my own machines as...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Groupware, E-mail providers, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability
- Dang I wish I was there to see it in person.RE: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availabilityI was down in NYC on Tuesday for the Windows 7 launch for IT Pros and Developers. I think they did a nice job with that launch. And we...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 availability, LiveBlog, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
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