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BlueTunes 2 (Windows)

BlueTunes is a program that will allow you to use the Nintendo remote Wiimote as a remote control for your computer music library. Using bluetooth technology, the Wiimote will allow you to control your music collection from 50 feet away. Walls and floors pose no problem at all. Even the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Music Library, Media Player, Mike Anderson, BlueTunes, Wiimote, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Media Players, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-11-16

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The brain drain from Apple to Palm

Bloomberg reports that Palm rebuffed a request from Apple CEO Steve Jobs in August 2007 that the companies stop hiring each others employees. Then Palm CEO Ed Colligan pictured left dismissed Jobs' proposal saying: Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the others employees, regardless of...

Tags: Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Business Ethics, Product Development, Public Relations, Leadership, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Is Apple's 99-cent app price point sustainable?

According to iPhone developer App Cubby, unless your app is the "next big thing," 99 cents is not a sustainable price point for developers who hope to earn a living making iPhone applications. A few weeks ago, App Cubby reportedly experimented with its own applications on Apple's...

Tags: Apple Inc., App, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act together

It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act togetherThey had no choice...Back when Vista was Longhorn, the Microsoft hope was that fat client applications would use Internet protocols to deliver content to the desktop. The problem was that nobody was creating fat client applications anymore. By the time...

Tags: AJAX, Quality, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Ingenuity, Microsoft Corp., Internet

Discussion threads 2008-03-06

Latest 'The Group' podcast delves into Google Android, Yahoo's China syndrome, and Facebook gestures (again)

Steve Gillmor's The Gang debuts its second coming for the second time. There's always good tibits and chunky nuggets in these roundtable gab-fests. As usual the topics straddle places more weight on the Web 2.0 side than the IT side, but I'm working on it. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Podcast, Yahoo! Inc., Steve, Web 2.0, Podcasts, Internet, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-11-16

Blogging about blogging

There's a new book due out next week that should be of interest to anyone who is curious about what makes bloggers and blogging tick. It's called Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top Bloggers. And I am honored to be one of those...

Tags: Bank, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Looks like the The Gang, rounded up by Steve Gillmor, is back in the saddle

Jason Calacanis is blogging about the latest debut of The Gang, aka Gillmor Group, aka Bad Sinatra, aka Gillmor Gang. The first episode is on Facebook, in four parts. I was happy to be a part of this, nearly a year since the last real Gang recording. ...

Tags: Facebook, Steve Gillmor, Voice, Episode, Jason Calacanis, Elitism, Blogging, Internet, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Linux.com: Microsoft issues campaign funding ultimatum to open standards legislation backers

Linux.com: Microsoft issues campaign funding ultimatum to open standards legislation backersOf course....Everyone knows this goes on.This is just the sort of thing we can expect from MS. my own personal bias based on many other things known about MSIt is possible that this source is credible. Even so nothing will...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Groupware, Microsoft Office format, OpenDocument Format, Part-of IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux.com

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

MySpace will run mock election in 2008

New Hampshires primary will no longer be the first election in the 2008 presidential race. MySpace announced plans to hold its own virtual election January 1 and 2, 2008, reports News.com. "Iowa and New Hampshire may be selecting delegates, but the MySpace vote will be the first test...

Tags: Government technology, Elections

Blog posts 2007-04-03

Former CA chief gets 12 years in prison

Former CA chief gets 12 years in prisonAbout time we see some justice from the U.S. judicial system!Now it's time to prosecute Bill Gates again for his crimes against humanity. This time however Bill should do life in prison without parole and all of his personal and Biz assets derived...

Tags: Now IT

Discussion threads 2006-11-02

Facebook talks 'The Real Deal' in exclusive interview

Facebook had the closing keynote honors at Advertising Week in New York City recently and Chief Revenue Officer, Mike Murphy, evangelized the power of social media to impact 18-24 year old “net natives” living in an “always on broadband environment” and the unique opportunity for Facebook to foster “active sharing”...

Tags: Facebook

Blog posts 2006-10-12

Notes from the tech conference underground

The extended spring tech conference season is beginning to wind down. I have done my share of time watching panels, keynotes and pitches, and hanging out in hallways and lobbys looking for fresh material, seeking out the strongest signals that portend what’s in store for the future. Based on absorbing...

Tags: Supernova

Blog posts 2006-07-05

AttentionTrust and GestureBank

In the moment at SDForum SearchSIG the other night when Seth Goldstein announced the funding grant of the AttentionTrust by the Omidyar Network, a spontaneous burst of applause erupted. Months of discussions and diligence by Omidyar had resulted in a profoundly important ratification of the Trust's mission and its principles,...

Tags: Omidyar Network, Trust, recorder, Attention Recorder

Blog posts 2006-03-20

Vote on .xxx pushed back a month

Vote on .xxx pushed back a monthI call on all slavers to release their captives...... and upon all pornographers to renounce their shameless profiteering from silly pictures offered to the dim-witted. If there is a moral judge anywhere in the universe, I call upon him/her/it to look upon my nation's...

Tags: Government, top level domain, American Civil Liberties Union, domain, ICANN

Discussion threads 2005-08-16

Microsoft stuck with Mikerowesoft mess

Microsoft stuck with Mikerowesoft messDMCA *Copyright* infringementFrom his site:"I received an email from Smart & Biggar, Microsoft's Canadian lawyers, informing me that I have been committing COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT against Microsoft. "Maybe you guys overlooked this. At best it was a trademark infringement, but an extremely weak one, yet Microsoft lawyers...

Tags: Games, Microsoft Corp., DMCA

Discussion threads 2004-01-20

Beavis and Butt-head: Bunghole In One demo (Windows)

The inventors of frog baseball are back, adding their own unique spin to the world of miniature golf. No more wussy windmills to block your path. Dodge nacho cheese lava flows, lava lamps, tombstones, buzz saws, and more. Explore the demented world of Beavis and Butt-Head through 18 holes inspired...

Tags: Hole, MTV, GT Interactive, Games, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 1998-11-18