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MySpace exploring ad-supported music venture

MySpace exploring ad-supported music ventureYou left out quite a few...There are several Internet Radio Toolkits available these days so why name just these few systems? Everything's open and free now right? Don't want to close that market now do we!RE: MySpace exploring ad-supported music ventureHi Steve, thanks for...

Tags: music industry, advertisement, MySpace, ad-supported music venture, music venture, We7

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

EU says approves Sony BMG music venture

EU says approves Sony BMG music ventureOh, well then......the EU certainly gets a say. After all, Europeans are mere serfs to the great super-state.

Tags: music venture, EU Says, Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

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Google's storage price cuts and a big missed backup opportunity

SkyDriveYup, as ReadWriteWeb points out:"SkyDrive offers a free 25 GB of online storage for your files and also serves as the central repository for Windows Live Photos as well as the documents created via the new Office Web Applications service, Microsoft's challenge to Google Docs. But where's Google's answer to...

Tags: Backups, Google Inc., backup, storage

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

RE: Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goalsSabayon Linux is a better linux and no one ever talks about it. You get up and running right after installing Sabayon Unlike Ubuntu. All of your plugin's are already in place and running from the jump. It's really good for people who...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux, Ubuntu, desktop, distro, Sabayon Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

News Corp. prepares to destroy more online value

Finally Good PointsYou may have wanted to mention that comcast wanted to buy out 51 percent and then charge. Maybe they are delaying the inevitable but a reverse scenario? Due to sites like Hulu and other I and other have not paid for cable or satellite for over 3 years....

Tags: OpenOffice, Piracy, Blogging, Network technology, Hulu, News Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google

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. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap

Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....

Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

"Location Bar" exposes hidden bookmarks, puts users off upgrading to Firefox 3.x

So, let me get this straight...People who share their computer with other people are concerned about hiding bookmarks, history, etc. so they don't want to upgrade on account they might get caught or reveal something about themselves to the other person.Which begs the question-- why are they sharing their account...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

SSDs are getting better, still not there yet

To date, the solid-state disk has been a tech mirage. The vision is great, but it always seems to be just over the horizon. SSDs have struggled to live up the performance promises, and they remain too expensive to provide any real competition to hard drives. But...

Tags: Performance, NAND, Intel Corp., SSD, Corsair, X128, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Layer 7 Application Services Governance

Layer 7 Technologies', CEO, Paul Rochester, and VP of Engineering/Chief Architect, K. Scott Morrison, stopped by telephonically to introduce their company, its philosophy and bring me up to date on their product portfolio. The company offers server appliances and virtual appliances that take on the tasks of firewall, compliance enforcer,...

Tags: Web, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Channel Management, Web Services, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Rosso pitches Pirate Bay to Hollywood - and the cloud

Rosso pitches Pirate Bay to Hollywood - and the cloudWing and a prayerRosso's strategy looks like a losing one to me."The Pirate Bay has turned over a legitimate new leaf, so it has to be above board from the first day."This will result in the rapid defection of those who...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Pirate Bay, Rosso

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

Rupert Murdoch: Worst over; MySpace exec changes will regain momentum

News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch says it "is increasingly clear that the worst is over" for the economy and ad market. Meanwhile, Murdoch said that the executive changes at MySpace will restore the site's momentum, make the site "more attractive" and deliver more ad friendly inventory.  Murdoch---speaking...

Tags: Advertisement, Rupert Murdoch, MySpace, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Apple: 'PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what you want'

Apple: 'PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what you want'Not so fast...Depends what you are going to use your computer for. If you want nothing more than an email machine for grandma, why does the "old and slower memory" or "dirt cheap screens with low quality incapable of...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Cyberthreats, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., malware, low quality, Microsoft Windows, security

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

News to know: Microsoft; Facebook; Acer; WiFi health scare

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: Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers SQL Server 2008 SP1 Adrian...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Health Care, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Corp., Acer Inc., TechMeme, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Rowing Cable’s Canoe: An ‘Ecological Play’

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Cable operators are regional. They want to bring in national ad dollars. And they want to take ad dollars back from targeted ad-sellers online like market leader Google. So the six biggest players â€" Comcast, Time Warner...

Tags: Advertisement, Canoe Ventures, David Verklin, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Spotlight on Austin: Click Forensics' Steve O'Brien

Spotlight on Austin: Click Forensics' Steve O'BrienAustin is innovating beyond musicI lived in worked and the Bay Area, too. I understand Steve's point of view, but I disagree. I think many Austinites don't believe that Austin and Silicon Valley are true competitors for business innovation. They are entirely different places,...

Tags: Games, Venture capital, Strategy, Steve O'Brien, Spotlight-on Austin, game, Click Forensics

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Juror Tweet: "I just gave away TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS of somebody else's money"

Twittering from the jury he was serving on as it was awarding a massive settlement against a building materials company by Jonathon Powell of Fayetteville Arkansas has resulted in defense motions for a mistrial. Powell "was predisposed toward giving a verdict that would impress his audience." by...

Tags: Verdict, Twitter, E-mail, Blogging, Online Communications, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Why Is Change So Hard for Some People (Especially Older Ones?)

So it seems it is broadly true, young people really are more open and older ones more set in their ways, according to a fascinating article in the Scientific American. • Studies of personality development often focus on traits such as extroversion, conscientiousness,...

Tags: Trait, Intranet, Launch Material, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-02-06

SanDisk reports Q4 loss; beats sales estimates

SanDisk, maker of flash-media storage cards for digital cameras and mobile phones, reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.86 billion, or $8.25 a share, on sales of $864 million, a 31 percent decline over the $1.25 billion during the same quarter a year ago but above analysts expectations of $766.7 million....

Tags: Card, SanDisk Corp., Toshiba Corp., Flash Memory, Sales Strategy, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-02

IBM gets serious about cloud computing

We've known for a while that cloud computing is important to IBM. It seems nearly every division has an effort in some aspect of the opportunity. And marketing has done its best to make it all look cohesive by wrapping these efforts under the Blue Cloud banner. But now we...

Tags: IBM Corp., Ric Telford, Cloud Computing, Sales Strategy, Sales, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-01-29