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- $2b RFP for tech surveillance of Mexico, Canada borders
- $2b RFP for tech surveillance of Mexico, Canada bordersCheaper and Effective SolutionWhy not build a moat along the border. The moat could be large enough to allow for installation of hydro power units. This could generate usable power. Laser detectors can be installed to detect anyone swimming across the...
- Tags: moat, RFP
- Discussion threads 2006-05-19
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- Microsoft still pushing a standards tax
- You make an assumption that is not true"If a standard includes ?IP restrictions? of any sort, especially royalties no matter how reasonable or necessary you consider them you?re imposing a tax on all users for your invention."Excuse me? Take for example Flash. Do they not license On2's proprietary "IP restricted"...
- Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., tax
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...
- Goldman Sachs is increasing its smartphone forecast based on a consumer survey that reveals Research in Motion and Apple are the runaway winners in the field, but for vastly different reasons. RIM enjoys enterprise sponsorship, but iPhone's stealth business use campaign is working. The survey in many...
- Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Jobs: Catch the App Store if you can
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a simple message for all the App Store rivals trying to emulate the iPhone maker's model: Good luck catching us. Apple marked the first birthday of its App Store and noted the following about what is becoming a business model moat in...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Wireless, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- The big Kindle: Pondering Wi-Fi; Netbooks; Market implications
- The speculation-o-meter is running wild ahead of Amazon's roll-out of its large-screen Kindle Wednesday, but there are more than a few loose-ends to tie up. First, the latest. Engadget reports that the latest Kindle will have a 9.7-inch display. The site also noted that the New York...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Netbook, Speculation-o-meter, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- News to know: AOL; Palm; SAP; Facebook; Oprah
- 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: Time Warner: AOL's revenue slide continues; We plan to buy Google's 5% AOL stake Andrew Nusca: Would...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Palm Inc., Oprah Winfrey, SAP AG, Matthew Miller, Flu, Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- Apple is building a moat (of semiconductors)
- Apple is building a moat of semiconductorsIn other newsWWDC 2009 has sold out in a little over four weeks.http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/As a past attendee those attending will find it invaluable and great fun.The rest of us will will have the opportunity of getting the session videos earlier.Why is Apple doing it? ...
- Tags: Research & Development, Semiconductors, Wi-Fi, semiconductor, WWDC 2009, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Apple is building a moat (of semiconductors)
- Apple is collecting chip gurus. The big question is why. The Wall Street Journal delivers a nice roundup of Apple's recent hires: Raja Koduri, former CTO of AMD's graphics group, and Bob Drebin, another AMD alum. And let's not forget former IBMer Mark Papermaster. Papermaster, who leads...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Chip, IBMer Mark Papermaster, Journal, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Federal CIO on leave following FBI sting at DC offices
- Federal CIO on leave following FBI sting at DC officesI Obama'd the story votes for ya!"Kundra... has not been linked to the raid,"Is that your definition of "busted"?is this 'change'?only days after taking office the apointee was busted.We'll see what the story is in due course......but looks like President Obama...
- Tags: Federal government, FBI
- Discussion threads 2009-03-13
- FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards
- The Federal Communications Commission has opened up so-called wireless white spaces--unused spectrum between broadcast channels--in a move the agency hopes paves the way for 'Wi-Fi on Steroids'. In a statement following the FCC's 5-0 approval Techmeme, Chairman Kevin Martin said: Opening the white spaces will allow...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., WiMAX, Broadband, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Facebook sues German 'clone'
- On Friday, Facebook filed suit in California court against studiVZ, a German social net with a look undeniably close to Facebook's. Facebook accuses studiVZ of copying its interface. "We believe that our success thus far has been directly related to the unique look and feel of both...
- Tags: Facebook, studiVZ, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Netflix grabs more distribution via Microsoft's Xbox
- In the enemy of my enemy is a friend department, Netflix said Monday that it signed a distribution pact with Microsoft that will allow Xbox 360 customers to access streaming movies and TV episodes. The Netflix pact statement follows the company's set-top box effort--Netflix Player by Roku--that...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- More on RIM's moat: Launches BlackBerry Bold; App developer fund
- More on RIM's moat: Launches BlackBerry Bold; App developer fundPicsSome cool pics here:http://techwatch.reviewk.com/2008/05/the-blackberry-bold-ex-9000-finally-arrives/
- Tags: Handhelds, BlackBerry Bold, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- More on RIM's moat: Launches BlackBerry Bold; App developer fund
- Business people can be hip too. That appears to be the message from Research in Motion and its motives behind its new BlackBerry Bold smartphone. There's definitely a hint of some iPhone envy here, but the device isn't a direct competitor. From the statement (Matthew Miller's take,...
- Tags: Developer, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Smart Phones, B2C, Handhelds, B2B, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- RIM's Balsillie: 'Not religious' about form factors; B2B the company's core
- The Research in Motion vs. Apple smartphone face-off makes for a good story, but the companies present an interesting business strategy question: Is it better to start in the enterprise and then go consumer or vice versa? In an interview with me at SAP Sapphire all resources...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., SAP AG, Wireless, B2C, B2B, Smart Phones, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Eliminating Security Trade-Offs With Cross-Platform Server Isolation: How CISO's Benefit From an Evolutionary Alternative to Firewalls and VLANs for Security Inside the Corporate Network
- CISOs and CIOs face a continuous battle to provide robust data security without hindering the strategic objectives of the enterprise. The demise of the "moat-and-castle" approach to security, and the continued disintermediation of the traditional network perimeter have applied additional pressure on IT organizations seeking to protect servers, endpoints and...
- Tags: Firewall, Network, Benefit, Corporate Network, VLAN, Apani Networks, Security, Networking
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Can Netflix capture the set-top box?
- Netflix's ongoing progression toward digital delivery continues, this time with a set-top box deal with LG. The big question is whether Netflix can capture the set-top box--the Holy Grail and de facto home entertainment server these days. According to a bevy of reports see Techmeme, Netflix will...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- Give your PC the gift of security
- While it's sometimes fun and informative to go crunching the numbers of security vulnerabilities, I much prefer to spend my time making sure that my systems are as secure as possible, and that means making sure that as many possible stepping stones across my digital moat are removed and cracks...
- Tags: Application, PC, Patches, Linux, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- If you're concerned about security, look beyond the browser
- My blogging colleague George Ou raised some interesting points in a post yesterday looking at security flaws in Firefox and Internet Explorer. Over the years I've come to the conclusion that counting bugs is a pointless exercise and that it's far better to limit the attack surface you present to...
- Tags: Security, Web Browser, George, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-12-05
- Salesforce.com rolls out customer data sharing; eyes 1 million subscribers
- Salesforce.com on Wednesday will roll out business networking tools so customers can securely share information such as sales leads, product information and other communications. Think Facebook and LinkedIn meets corporate data sharing files. Salesforce.com all resources dubs the effort a "multi-tenant business network." With the announcement, to be...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., International Data Corp., Data Sharing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
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