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- A peek into Silicon Valley and beyond . . .
- I enjoy being a journalist and reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley. Most of my reporting is done the traditional way, with a notepad and pencil. Increasingly journalists have to do more, carry a camera, do podcasts, run video. Software engineers have to...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Tom Foremski, Journalist, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Have you gotten one yet?
- Businessweek and ZDNet Asia reported earlier this week that many customers who participated in OLPC's Give One Get One (G1G1) program are still waiting for the Get One to materialize. The idea behind the G1G1 initiative was that donors could, for $400, purchase both an XO computer for themselves...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Windows adoption rates: a history lesson
- In the Talkback section of my earlier post on XP versus Vista adoption (Who's choosing XP over Vista?), several commenters pointed to a PC World Techlog post by editor Harry McCracken that they believe contradicts my conclusions. Here's what Harry had to say: On January 30th, Microsoft released Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-12-31
- SIs putting product onto AppExchange
- Microsoft partners wondering in the wake of last week's Worldwide Partner Conference how they'll adapt to the vendor's evolving 'Software plus Services' strategy may be enheartened by the experiences of some leading Saleforce.com partners. It seems that the SaaS model really does make it easier to create reusable code, which...
- Tags: Ecosystems, CRM, Business models
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- The Gears that could 'augur the death of Microsoft'
- In his recent commentary at Slate.com, Harry McCracken notes that Google's Gears could be the technology that 'augurs the death of Microsoft.' Writes McCracken:A week ago, I ceremoniously yanked out my MacBook's Ethernet cable and toggled off the Wi-Fi. Once I was positive the machine was cut off from the...
- Tags: Web technology, Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, Office 2.0, Legal, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- Do Google Apps really trump Nintendo Wii and Apple TV?
- Google baked itself a luscious cake Friday to give itself a rich pat on the back, and is showing off its self-indulgence to the world.Why is Google so proud of itself? In sugar-laden frosting, Google announces Google Apps is #1!Google even flaunts that Apps is a "winner" over Nintendo Wii, Apple TV, and...
- Tags: Google Apps, Google
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- Google declares Google Office victory
- Google Office aka Google Apps are "powerful" applications, and Google is delivering the "powerful" services to organizations "large and small," so declares the Official Google Blog today.After all, "getting up and running is a snap," Google underscores.Google does not seem to have been paying much attention to its own Google...
- Tags: Google, Google Apps
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- PC World editor resigns over apparent ad pressure
- PC World editor resigns over apparent ad pressureI guess I'll have to let that one expire...Once you let advertisers dictate what goes into print, the magazine becomes worthless. I have no need for a worthless magazine.Who wants a mag that's OVER 30% advertising.......with annoying, individual ads stretching 3-4 pages,...
- Tags: PC World, advertisement, consumer report, Apple Inc., advertiser
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
- Two very different VoIP platforms. One company (Microsoft). Will the two ever meet?
- Under the headline Microsoft unveils VoIP-enabled phone platform, WindowsForDevices.com has a story about the hardware coming to market thats uses Microsofts Windows XP Embedded-based "Response Point." According to the post:Microsoft last week unveiled a VoIP-enabled phone system software platform based on Windows XP Embedded. "Response Point," currently in beta,...
- Tags: Telephony, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- XM and Sirius-This Marriage Could Work IF. What do you think?
- Ital. could.XM Satellite Radio The two major satellite radio services are merging. But as with any merger where two content aggregators are concerned, what really matters is how the content packages are going to be integrated.The always clued-in Harry McCracken of PC World has a most thoughtful take. Harry...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
- PC World's McCracken cracks down on Office 2007 (but still likes it)
- Ive been following some of the Office 2007 coverage coming out of PC Worlds camp... namely that of the magazines editor in chief Harry McCracken who has been filing some noteworthy comments about his ongoing usage of the latest version of Microsofts front office suite. McCracken likes Office 2007. But,...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-04
- Wisdom of the Google watcher crowd
- The debut of Google Spreadsheets provides ample illustration of the frothy behavior surrounding any move by the potentate of Web 2.0 pick your own definition and online advertising. Googlers tend to credit Google with reinventing product categories, such as spreadsheets, when all it is doing putting a bunch...
- Tags: Google Inc., spreadsheet
- Blog posts 2006-06-07
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In this Super Techies interview, larger-than-life techie Marc Canter talks with ZDNet's Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a multimedia pioneer.
We need to get back to freethinking and innovation that is core to our roots. Companies like Intel were founded on thoughts like the famous quote from Robert Noyce - "Don't be encumbered by the past, go out and do something wonderful."
