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Wishful thinking: Can we make this carbon clock count backwords?

Wishful thinking: Can we make this carbon clock count backwords?We don't need to make the carbon clock 'count backwards'The fact is that carbon in the atmosphere does LITTLE TO NO damage to the environment in the slightest.We should be more worried about water vapor... but then again, there is nothing...

Tags: Life-cycle, carbon, WISHFUL THINKING

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Semantic Web Gang podcast discusses Wolfram Alpha and Google's Rich Snippets

This month has seen Google announce 'Rich Snippets' and Wolfram Research release Alpha to a flurry of mainstream media coverage; both are of interest to those working on the Semantic Web. This month's episode of the Semantic Web Gang takes a look at both stories, and Gang...

Tags: Google Inc., Podcast, Mainstream Media, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Jimmy Fallon pushes Twitter to the masses

As I'm typing this post, Jimmy Fallon is being taped in New York, and they are hitting the Twitter databases hard. Kevin Rose is a guest and he is trying to influence the mainstream media world with our new media addiction. Fallon and Rose, who have a...

Tags: Mainstream Media, Twitter, Kevin Rose, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-11

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Get ready for the 'Twitterization' of mainstream media

Get ready for the 'Twitterization' of mainstream mediaRe: Get ready for the 'Twitterization' of mainstream mediaLoved the article, as you say it will be interesting to see how mainstream media channels whatever that means nowadays adapt to the rise of Twitter/Pownce/Jaiku. Also interesting I feel is the pontential that...

Tags: Knowledge management, Strategy, Twitterization, Get Ready, mainstream media, Twitter, media

Discussion threads 2007-08-16

Mainstream media, blogosphere largely miss point about Skype free calling plan

Mainstream media, blogosphere largely miss point about Skype free calling planJoin the Rest of the WorldI agree. North America is just joining the rest of the world in paying for Skype. Their free SkypeOut was a way to increase customers and usage, and with the amount of coverage this news...

Tags: Blogging, Skype Technologies S.A., Mainstream Media, blogosphere

Discussion threads 2006-12-14

Google trying to buy Microsoft Office clone

Google trying to buy Microsoft Office cloneIrrelevant!There are already alternative office suites. In fact, not only is this not a plus...but it's a minus for GOOG. Cuz who in their right mind *buys* an alternative to M$ Office when the leading alternative, OpenOffice, is free??Google buying OFFICE clone?Google...

Tags: Web browsers, Strategy, Microsoft Office, Mainstream Media, Google Inc., KACHING, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-12-12

Arrington is actually helping mainstream media by sucking away their readers

Mike Arrington wanted to create a dialogue with mainstream media at ONA. Steve Gillmor says he shouldnt have wasted his time. Steves right.You want to get the attention of mainstream media? Kick em in the revenue stream. The real competition therefore is Craigslist. You match up six Arringtons with six...

Tags: Arrington, mainstream media, media, Ask

Blog posts 2006-10-09

The thought that Notes is dead is dead

The thought that Notes is dead is deadPremature AgingDead is dead. There are no degrees of death. Death is, literaly, terminal in this life at least.There's 'fatally ill', 'at death's door', and you can have 'one foot in the grave' while being 'deathly pale' or have a 'near...

Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Enterprise software, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Office, IBM Lotus Domino, IBM Lotus Notes

Discussion threads 2006-01-27

New worm moves at near-record speed

New worm moves at near-record speedNT Which OS is Vulnerable? Is It Windows? The Article Does not Say...Yawn, just another day in the monocultureYou've only got 70,006 viruses to look out for today. Smile, can it get much worse?I wouldn't care about thisif it weren't wasting SO MUCH network...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Windows, worm, F-Secure Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-03-01

Additional Resources

Dell Inspiron i1545-4374PBU

Editors' note: This review is part of our holiday 2009 retail desktop and laptop review roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. There's something to be said for simplicity. The Dell Inspiron i1545-4374PBU might not look like much and its limited supply...

Tags: Notebooks, Keyboards, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-07

Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980

You can't argue with a large-screen, value-priced laptop when it delivers good performance, and looks nice to boot. We appreciated the Toshiba Satellite A505-S6960 when we reviewed it in our 2009 back-to-school retail roundup, liking its affordability, large screen, strong battery life, and excellent-sounding speakers. Just a few months later,...

Tags: Keyboards, Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, Processors, Toshiba Corp., keyboard, laptop computer, Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-04

Toshiba Satellite L455-S5975

We've said it before, and we'll say it again: especially in this economy, it's hard to hate a laptop that only costs $350. It's even harder to hate a Windows 7 laptop that costs that much. The Toshiba L455-S5975 is, by 50 dollars, the least expensive notebook computer in our...

Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Intel Celeron, Microsoft Windows 7, Toshiba Corp., laptop computer, processor, Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-02

Corner of Bar vs Corner of Library: The Twitter Conundrum

On the eve of a couple of international Enterprise 2.0 Conferences, I'm revisiting in this post a core concept about the fundamental dichotomy of behavioral patterns around marketing people and business operations people. As a general rule the people running the strategy and...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Marketing Research, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

RE: Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goalsSabayon Linux is a better linux and no one ever talks about it. You get up and running right after installing Sabayon Unlike Ubuntu. All of your plugin's are already in place and running from the jump. It's really good for people who...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux, Ubuntu, desktop, distro, Sabayon Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

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.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Print and online ad revenues plunge at New York Times Co.

Their losses will continue, and it's not because of a bad economyThe company said that there was some sign of an improving economy and that fourth quarter losses should be lower than in the most recent quarter.That's some good spin. However, their losses and that of the MSM started...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Sales force management, online advertising, New York Times Co., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

News to know: Windows 7, Net Neutrality, Nokia-Apple; Kindle

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. Windows 7 Coverage Andrew Nusca: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-23

RiverGate RSS Reader 3.0 (Windows)

RiverGate RSS Reader is a news aggregator or feed reader that uses Web feed to retrieve syndicated Web content such as Web logs, podcasts, blogs, and mainstream media Web sites, or in the case of a search aggregator, a customized set of search results. RiverGate Rss Reader reduces the time...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Best Security Tips, RiverGate RSS Reader, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-23