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Microsoft CRM Online Hunts Salesforce.com: Microsoft CRM Online Hunts Salesforce.comBye bye Salesforce.I don't really think all that many will miss you. The claims of it's leader of the end of software and many other over confident and arrogant remarks have not set well with IT people I know. What is his name though...i almost have...; Tags: Sales force management, Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft CRM Online, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-18
Microsoft CRM Online Hunts Salesforce.com: The official GA release of Microsoft's CRM Online offering is next week, and with it comes a new chapter in the life of Salesforce.com. To date Salesforce.com has lacked a major competitor that could be seen as a worthy opponent in terms of overall size, price, functionality, and marketing chops....; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., On-demand, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft CRM, CRM, Microsoft CRM Online, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-04-18

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COPA suffers another blow: InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...; Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Microsoft splits its Platforms & Services unit in two: Microsoft announced on July 23 that it is cleaving its Platforms & Services Division in half and the head of the formerly combined unit is leaving the company. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-23
MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release: Today, MindTouch Deki releases Kilen Woodds, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-23

Free the XBOX 360!!!: It's good that Microsoft has begun to allow home users to create XBOX 360 games that they can sell through XBOX Live. Microsoft, however, could do so much more with their TV-attached creation if only they were willing to let third parties take it beyond traditional TV-oriented services. by...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., TV, Microsoft Xbox, Game Console, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA: Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application. In doing so they saw a big increase in conversion numbers and the customers have responded well to having the...; Tags: Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Video Game, Video, CRM, Desktop Application, Games, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Enterprise communities: build or join?: Determining how a company should engage with or create an online community is a critical process. Aaron Strout, VP of social media for Mzinga authored this primer on what steps enterprises must take while evaluating their community engagement strategies. by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: Facebook, Community, Network, Social Media, Customer, Site, Social Networking, Corporate Communications, Blogging, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?: Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...; Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
COPA is unconstitutional: The Third Circuit has upheld a lower court decision that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional, AP reports. In its ruling Tuesday, the federal appeals court concluded that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutionally overly broad and vague. The court also ruled that...; Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Parental Control, Third Circuit, Regulations, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Gallery: New user interface for Xbox 360: At the E3 game conference Microsoft unveiled a new look for it's Xbox 360 interface to make features easier to use and buy, and improve the social experience. by Andy Smith; Tags: Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andy Smith, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox; Image galleries 2008-07-23
Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience: Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot; News items 2008-07-23
Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games: Taking a page from Facebook and YouTube, Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console. SEATTLE--Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types...; Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Reuters, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox; News items 2008-07-23
Cisco acquires Pure Networks, home networking software: Cisco Systems has cable set-top boxes and your home along with the routers. Now it wants the software that puts your entire home network together. Cisco, which is determined to be a big consumer player as well as an enterprise behemoth, on Wednesday that it will buy...; Tags: Software, Pure Networks, Cisco Systems Inc., Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista: Sixty percent of IT administrators have no plans to deploy Vista despite service pack 1, which fixed the operating systems problems, according to a survey of 1,100 IT managers. The survey, conducted by KACE, which makes systems management appliances, found that there are 10 percent more holdouts...; Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Kace, Survey, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources; Blog posts 2008-07-23
75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws: In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...; Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
ShowMeCodes (exe): Each time you surf on an online shop, ShowMeCodes immediately displays coupon and voucher codes in a discreet pop-up window for more than 400 US stores. Free and unobtrusive, ShowMeCodes does not require any registration: just install it and start to save money. This version is the first release on...; Tags: Brittlestar, Construction; Software downloads 2008-07-23
Element Browser (zip): Element Browser is a full featured, fast and Web standards compliant Web browser for the Microsoft Windows platform. It features a intuitive, modern ribbon interface with tools that are designed to simplify every day browsing tasks. Element Browser has been designed from the ground up to be one of the...; Tags: Web Browser, Element Software, Web Browsers, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security; Software downloads 2008-07-23
Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers: From Russia with political love? It appears so according to a deeper analysis of the command and control servers used by the attackers. During the weekend, Georgia President's web site was under a distributed denial of service attack which managed to take it offline for a couple of hours. The...; Tags: Web, Russia, Server, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Russian, Shadowserver, C&C, C&C Server, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-22