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- Google's risky advertising business
- Michael Arrington continues to be quite displeased with the PayPerPost business model."How much is your soul worth" he asks, in TechCrunch's second "Soulless" PayPerPost story.BUT, are media souls really in danger of being compromised merely because of one new advertorial entrant into the publishing market?TechCrunch has reassuringly undescored that IT "does not accept...
- Tags: AdSense, Advertising, AdWords, Google, Google Ads
- Blog posts 2007-05-28
- Open source issues for 2007 start with the profit motive
- One of the big issues here in 2007 will continue to be the divide over profit as prime motivation.We are used to this in software. The very term open source is meant to differentiate those who care first about profit from the Free and Open Source FOSS crowd, like Richard...
- Tags: motive, open source, Internet
- Blog posts 2006-12-19
- Enough with the Yahoo conspiracy theories
- The Wall Street Journal publishes a Yahoo memo penned by Brad Garlinghouse and it took bloggers about an hour to start pondering conspiracy theories. Among the questions summed up and raised by Donna Bogatin and a few hundred other bloggers: How did the Journal get the memo?Did Yahoo give...
- Tags: General, Web Technology
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- Open source, altruism, and the business model problem
- While at an event called Blognashville over the weekend it dawned on me that many open source projects, and bloggers, share a very basic problem. Their business processes seem backward.Bloggers and open source projects often start with their own unmet needs. The bloggers want to be heard. Open source contributors...
- Tags: open source, motive
- Blog posts 2005-05-09
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- VMware vs Microsoft: Place your bets
- VMware vs Microsoft: Place your betsDoes History Not Repeat ItselfOver and over again, we have seen Microsoft saturate markets, working from the bottom rungs of those who can't afford, and raising the needed capital to choke those who are to superior for their own good. VMWare is no exception...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Blogging, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Can a case be made against the Palin e-mail hacker?
- Can a case be made against the Palin e-mail hacker?What was done was wrong. Period.Hacking is hacking. I sure hope a case can be made against this persons.As much as I can't stand the thought of Sarah Palin being a heartbeat away from running this country, and no children...I'm NOT...
- Tags: Hacking, Sarah Palin, e-mail, e-mail hacker, David Kernell
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Va. decision knocking down antispam law strikes blow for First Amendment
- Va. decision knocking down antispam law strikes blow for First AmendmentYour point still fails...Freedom of expression doesn't extend to having a legislated, forced audience!By the logic you illustrate here, it would be "illegal" or "unconstitutional" to1) not answer the phone or door, if proven that you were home;2) turn away...
- Tags: Spam, e-mail, antispam law, First Amendment, anti-spam
- Discussion threads 2008-09-14
- Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google Chrome
- Mozilla CEO John Lilly said he has no worries about Google jumping into the open source browser market. In a blog posted on September 1 before the beta release of Google's Chrome yesterday, Lilly noted that Mozilla's Firefox has plenty of competition and reminded the public that...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'Oh, maaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!Stupid!Stupid!Stupid!I demand patent reform!This obvious abuse of prior art is a shining example why the patent offices should reject all M$ applications going forward and invalidate its existing so called patents.Steve Jobs Patents "Monkey Boy"Demands he is to be called "Amazing Primate Genius".RE:...
- Tags: patent, Page Down, Page Up, Microsoft Patents, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Who's Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?
- Who's Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?Bad guys don't need applauseJust money. So they'll modestly attempt to avoid receiving their due when they compromise systems. I wouldn't assume that not hearing about a success means the success has not occurred.Also, this statement is confusing:Now, we have the...
- Tags: SECURITY, flaw, exploit code, Bad Guys, exploit
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot
- Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross PerotIf you dont care for perot, his charts, or want another source... how aboutthe comptroller general?A movie released last goes over the same type of stuff. We have a massive defecit, one that will eat our country whole if its not dealt with....
- Tags: Free trade, Perot, Ross Perot, Magna Charta, Welcome Back, Magna
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night
- Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night.....Our arrogance is our own demise. It's that simple. ]:)We already have a crippled two-level systemIt's called Medicare/Medicaid.And once again the author shows his ignorance of economics. In a truly private, competitive health care system, if universal electronic records provided increased profits,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Strategy, health care, ideology, ideological night, enormous innovation, surcharge, innovation
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnership
- Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnershipWhy would you want your competition...selling your product and why would you want to sell your competitions product? I would like to believe this is being done for the good of the customer.I'm trying to think of any other industry where this kind of relationship...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, partnership, Companies, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Linux partnership
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Researcher discovers Nokia S40 security vulnerabilities, demands 20,000 euros to release details
- Will disclose Nokia s40 security vulnerabilities for money? Part of Security Exploration's research program, Adam Gowdiak, a well known researcher with a decent history of uncovered security issues, recently made an announcement regarding two security vulnerabilities affecting the implementation of mobile Java used by Sun and Nokia in their products,...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, LinkedIn, Security Vulnerability, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- HSBC could order 200,000 iPhones
- HSBC could order 200,000 iPhonesI see HSBCreceiving the really fantastic price they are looking for on the BlackberryHSBC Could Order 200,000 HTC Touch DiamondsReally, the title is simply not supported by the story.[i]We always explore the potential application of new technologies and this is no different....Hush said he did not...
- Tags: 3G, Apple iPhone, HSBC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Indictments Are Nice, More Arrests Much Nicer
- Indictments Are Nice, More Arrests Much NicerIndictments? Arrests? Executions!This foolishness is not going to stop as long as the profit motive outweighs the risk of being caught. A series of dead hackers with explanations attached would put a real crimp in the style of anyone who might think of doing...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, indictment
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonable
- Andrew Orlovsky delivers a scathing attack on the FCC decision against Comcast. Orlovsky's sources tell him the FCC's statement PDF was drafted and then redrafted after the vote, resulting in a self-contradictory document. But the evidence Orlovsky quotes for this alleged schizophrenia is contained not in...
- Tags: FCC, Commission, Comcast Corp., P2P, Andrew Orlovsky, Orlovsky, Martin, Orvolsky, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awards
- Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awardsRE:Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awards"their motivation is to take money out of the system,..."is this a good thing?Hmmm...kinda wrong..."...their motivation is to take money out of the system, to take down the old Microsoft monopoly. They lack compelling business models of their own."If the only biz...
- Tags: Leadership, Web browsers, OpenOffice, motivation, old-Microsoft monopoly, old-Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., SourceForge
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Voting For A McCain
- SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons So, poor John McCain. At the start of the year, he gets bounced around because he is "not well versed" in economics. In summer, he gets beat up again, because he says he is "illiterate" about technology (and the way he expresses...
- Tags: Innovation, Network, John McCain, Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, Leadership, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise apps
- Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise appsTruth, Google will never win the entrprise.Sure they make products/services that geeks or light/occasional users can use, but no way will they win the enterprise over."Open Source as Free Software" = FUBARNo Management, No Structure, No DisciplineEveryone gets to do their own thing.This the...
- Tags: Google Servers, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
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