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Microsoft's Powerset hosts Lunch 2.0

Microsoft's Powerset hosts Lunch 2.0jummyYou my friend, have a good taste for Live/photo Blogging.Keep em coming :DTales

Tags: Lunch 2.0, Powerset, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

MySpace Data Availability at Lunch 2.0

MySpace Data Availability at Lunch 2.0great!This is great news and bad news, the good news is, everything is central, you can find your friends, your photos are the same, one place to keep up to date. But what concerns me is who owns the data? With Facebook I know that...

Tags: Lunch 2.0, MySpace Data Availability, MySpace

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

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Android 1.6 officially receives Google Maps Navigation

Apple should take note...Android is slowly lining up a feature set that will eat Apple's lunch if they don't respond in kind. It's ridiculous to see $150 nav applications for the iPhone when the hardware is all built-in. You can buy a stand-alone nav for that. It's time for Apple...

Tags: Google Maps, Google Inc., Google Maps Navigation, Android 1.6, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Who wants tea with their turkey?

Push comes to shove.....I still believe Reid will throw down the reconciliation card. I'm sure he doesn't want to, but he won't accept defeat. If he can't get the sixty, he'll settle for 51.Which is a shame, because while the stated goals of this bill are admirable, in...

Tags: Vertical industries, GOP, Dana, Lieberman Software Corp, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe

Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7

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. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-21

2010 Lincoln MKZ

Photo gallery:2010 Lincoln MKZThe same sort of modern stateliness we saw on the Lincoln MKS last year finds its way into the 2010 MKZ, along with an impressive technology array. Lincoln's new winged-grille design covers the front of this smallest Lincoln, giving it stronger presence than its platform mates, the...

Tags: Lincoln, MKZ, car

Product reviews 2009-10-07

Lunch.com - creating a platform for critical thinking

Stepford.comSince when is "critical thinking" inoffensive, bland blather?And "humanitarian"? When users publicly share the same diet book reading list, they aren't being humanitarian. They probably aren't even getting slimmer.I glanced at Lunch.com's Web 2.0 "content" and found this "critical thinking" gem: "God bless America, and God bless Poison."...

Tags: Web 2.0, critical thinking, Lunch.com, God Bless

Discussion threads 2009-08-16

Facebook at work: 'Social Notworking'?

Facebook at work: 'Social Notworking'?Only 1.5%?Are you sure it's not 15% or something?RE: Facebook at work: 'Social Notworking'?We have facebook, myspace, youtube, and every other social networking site blocked at work. Oddly, about half the company has a profile on facebook though. When I do need to access it...

Tags: Web 2.0, Telecom & Utilities, Well HERE, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

HTML 5 drops open-source video codec

HTML 5 drops open-source video codec Codec sillinessHas anybody even considered On2's VP6 codec? It practically "runs the web" as far as progressive video playback is concerned. VP6 is, if you don't know already, the primary codec that Flash uses.Video for EverybodyHere is a link to a good...

Tags: Web browsers, VP6, Theora, Bink, codec, Apple Inc., H.264, open-source video codec, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?

Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?These prices...after Vista? MS has cojones...It's disappointing that Microsoft is charging such outrageous amounts for their operating system for two reasons:1. The Vista debacle...no sign of a "mea culpa" from MS and there likely never will be. So much for...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Too-high, Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows 7 pricing, Microsoft Windows, service pack

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

News to know: Google Wave; Bing; Palm webOS; Verizon Wireless CEO; AOL

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. Sam Diaz: Meet Google Wave: a new way to communicate and collaborate Google Wave: It's still a work in...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Palm Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Verizon Wireless, Semiconductors, Social Networking, H-1B, Strategy, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-29

The Best Thing In The World: TiVo Transfers

The Best Thing In The World: TiVo TransfersRE: The Best Thing In The World: TiVo TransfersRecently dumped Comcast and got DirecTV, their HD DVR and guide blows away Comcast's. Only thing good I can say about Comcast is they had HD DVR before Tivo had any HD offering. ...

Tags: DVR, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Digital video, Cable, TiVo Inc., Comcast Corp., TiVo Transfer, Best Thing, DirecTV

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

SOA adoption trends -- what the data tells us

In response to a recent post that talked about corporate success rates with SOA, a reader issued a challenge to show the numbers behind SOA adoption. So, here is a summary of significant surveys -- a recap from previous posts -- on SOA adoption that have been conducted over the...

Tags: SOA, Survey, Loraine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Are the new Apple iMacs a better deal than Dell and HP can offer?

Are the new Apple iMacs a better deal than Dell and HP can offer?Maybe just maybe you're biased against Macs?The difference between the 2.66 GHz dual core and and the 2.33GHz quad core in benchmarks is small but the price difference is big, plus that Windows uses more cores than...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Operating systems, Apple Inc., new Apple iMac, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., quad-core, Apple iMac, dual-core

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI

Photo gallery:2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDIAfter winning the 2008 Green Car of the Year award, the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI has become the poster child for Volkswagen's green efforts and one of the most difficult vehicles to keep on the showroom floor. But while most look at the TDI's fuel economy...

Tags: Performance management, Jetta TDI, Volkswagen Jetta, mpg, Volkswagen AG, fuel economy

Product reviews 2009-02-27

Look, Ma! Twitter

Look, Ma! TwitterHow secure is that?I mean I'm sure the doctors didn't name names (cough cough...) but just how secure is a Tweet? That's one of the few Web 2.0 thingamabobs I never looked into.Twitter is SillyIt is more like a toy than anything else. "Going to the store",...

Tags: Desktops, Twitter, Look Ma

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

News to know: Windows Mobile 6.5; Red Hat; CRM; Facebook

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 Matthew Miller: Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints, where's the beef? Image Gallery: Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots Garett Rogers: Microsoft responds to Android with Windows Mobile...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Red Hat Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., CRM, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Extending Dunbar's Number with the social web

British professor Robin Dunbar suggests that we can maintain stable social relationships with only 150 people, but I think today's social web allows for a much greater number. Dunbar says that our appetite for gossip might be the reason humans even bothered to...

Tags: Web, Facebook, Social Web, Robin Dunbar, Sociality, Channel Management, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Web 2.0, Marketing, Management, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-02-15