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Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost

Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lostI'd rather see Apple buy them out...At least with Apple, they would be guaranteed to be infused with some true innovation on top of what they already have. Microsoft would suck the life force right...

Tags: Corporate governance, Investment, Financial accounting, MICROSOFT TODAY, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Is Yahoo's! board brain dead?

Is Yahoo's! board brain dead?Consolidation comes in times of consumer inflation.Multiple Key Points here: Yahoo's examination of its privacy by the NSA and other Agencies Archive, their own Mellinium design changes online, and their sale of 1/3 of their Browsers Archive. Microsoft today is into Advertising as a n American...

Tags: Corporate governance, board, MICROSOFT TODAY, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., board brain

Discussion threads 2008-02-09

Quick thoughts from the MIX keynote

Quick thoughts from the MIX keynoteIt's good to be Microsoft today.It's good to be Microsoft today :)Not bad for a V1 effort, can't wait for V2 :)-Scott BarnesDeveloper EvangelistMicrosoft.

Tags: MICROSOFT TODAY

Discussion threads 2007-04-30

Additional Resources

Intel vs. AMD still isn't a fair fight

There are more hindrances to AMD’s ability to penetrate the market with its Opteron CPUs; and Intel’s not a fault this time. In an earlier blog post on the AMD-Intel settlement I brought up an example of a type of incompatibility that exists between the two CPU makers that isn’t...

Tags: Hypervisor, Server, VMware Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-12-01

R&D bursts onto the Bangalore scene

Not long ago the world pictured Bangalore as an outsourcing hub full of call center agents and paid-by-the-hour software workers. How that has changed. Years ago, when the world pictured Bangalore they imagined an outsourcing hub full of call center agents and paid-by-the-hour software workers. How that has changed....

Tags: Bangalore, R&D, Research & Development, Managed Hosting, Call Centers, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, outsourcing, Saritha Rai silicon.com

News items 2009-11-30

The Big Question podcast: Will News Corp. really pull its content from Google?

Bare-Metal replacement with a new visionI have to say, Google is on the cutting edge and this will sell because companies can have cloud-a, cloud-b, and cloud-c ect...No different than Networks today, it is no different than Vlans.Google has the BEST developers and Open_Source resources that will prove again a...

Tags: Corporate law, podcast, Bing, antitrust, Google Inc., News Corp., search engine

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

News to know: Thanksgiving tech support; Apple; Silverlight; Facebook; Black Friday

Thanksgiving tech support, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple's non-smoking warranty, Dell and Black Friday deals are the headliners today. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Silverlight, Thanksgiving, Apple Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-25

Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end

dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970 is a thin-and-light laptop that is neither thin nor light. It feels solidly built, but this is a 13.3-inch laptop...

Tags: Notebooks, Network technology, laptop computer, satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Is Google the Center of the Universe?

It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...

Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?

The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Operating systems, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.0.3 (Mac)

Zimbra Collaboration Suite ZCS is modern, innovative messaging and collaboration.-Zimbra is the leading open source solution for enterprise, service provider, academic, and government environments; offering administrators and their end-users unmatched benefits and TCO. Zimbra is popular choice for today's growing-Linux email server base. ZCS features an award-winning Ajax web client...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zimbra, Mobile Device, Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Zimbra Collaboration Suite Network Edition, Microsoft Outlook, Open Source, Wireless And Mobility, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-24

10 Tips to Consider When Selecting the "Right" System Integrator to Ensure Success of Your Implementation

One use to think that evaluating and selecting the "Right" enterprise system was the key to success. Well think again! After much industry consolidation, today's options are dominated by Epicor, Infor, Lawson, Oracle, SAP, Sage, and Microsoft Dynamics solutions with a good number of Best of Breed industry-specific choices sprinkled...

Tags: Consultant, Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-11-24

Fawning over Chatter and how SAP missed its chance

What Salesforce did was pricing, not features...What I was talking about that most people missed wasn't the feature set. Of course that isn't new. Even Benioff pretty much admits he stole the idea from Facebook and Twitter.But at the Techcrunch Real Time Crunchup on Friday Benioff said Salesforce was working...

Tags: Pricing, Sales force management, Marketing research, Strategy, Chatter, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

New iPhone worm found in the wild

But I thought Apple OS X was immune from ALL such things. nt...When you jailbreak your iPhoneyou give it the ability to run things other the "Apple Only" software.Any I thought Zdnet was immune to trolling?Just kidding. I knew it wasn't.I don't think that Apple ever claimed their OS...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Operating systems, iPhone platform, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Google goes all-in with an open source cloud

RE: Google goes all-in with an open source cloudGoogle is redifing the marketplace each day with calculated innovation to set the table for their advancement and domination in the future. I can't for the fight that is coming with MS Office next year and Google docs.another nail in M$...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Windows 7 market share, Google Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Sergey Brin: Google Android, Chrome OS likely to converge

The concept makes a lot of senseIf you want access to your data everywhere and on every device, having a single platform may be the only way to go. Seamless ubiquity is the dream I guess, if you, the user, does not lose control. How they will be able to...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Smart phones, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Android, Sergey Brin

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet

That'll teach them what happens to jailbreakers!This only hits those who deliberately climbed the fence and ventured into the dangerous would outside Apples walled garden.Victims of this have nothing on Apple for this. The vulnerability was introduced by their own incompetent actions, but knowingly non-sanctioned by Apple.The learning: You better...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Document3D Suite 2009 SP2 (Windows)

QuadriSpace Document3D Suite 2009 Personal Edition is a 3D communication suite. Import 3D models, create illustrations or complete documents and easily e-mail communications that include interactive 3D. A 3D PDF publishing module is available as an affordable upgrade. This download includes Pages3D for document authoring and Publisher3D for illustration and...

Tags: 3D, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, QuadriSpace, QuadriSpace Document3D Suite 2009 Personal Edition

Software downloads 2009-11-23

Velocity Micro NoteMagix M17 Ultra

Velocity Micro reviewI had ordered a very expensive M17 Ultra gaming laptop from Velocity Micro as my little gift to myself this holiday season. Well, I got it last night...To start with, I was a returning customer. My desktop is a Velocity Micro rig, bought in 2007, and I've...

Tags: Wireless LANs, PRODUCTIVITY, Velocity, Velocity Micro

Discussion threads 2009-11-20