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NCIS: Episode #140: Breakout

NCIS: Episode #140: BreakoutNCIS ScriptPaul, keep taking the medication mate.Paul, you really are losing it.If you were to assess laptop marketshare by what you see used on TV, then you could easily be forgiven for concluding NOBODY BUT Apple makes laptops!This clearly isnt the reality of the world - its...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, NCIS, TV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul

Discussion threads 2009-05-09

NCIS catfight on You Tube proves: TiVo 'moments' of yore are YouTube 'moments' of now

TiVo "moment" would refer to a tv show scene, or even a microsecond burst of something so compelling, that the frames are worth playing over and over again over your TiVo PVR.Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction comes to mind.But now, with CBS and other providers licensing content to the to-be-acquired-by-Google...

Tags: YouTube Inc., TiVo Inc., YouTube

Blog posts 2006-10-21

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News to know: Windows 7; Google; Vizio; Treknology; Green tech

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: Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy Sean Portnoy: Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Green Technology, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-05-11

NCIS: Episode #140: Breakout

When the producers behind TV's NCIS create a spin-off - and then use it to hype Windows Gesture Computing - I really want to respond by turning them off. But that's childish, so instead I decided to write episode 140 for them... by Paul Murphy

Tags: Episode, Microsoft Windows, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-05-09

Netflix Watch Instantly comes to the Mac

A week after a limited pool of Mac users were asked to test it, Netflix has opened the streaming portion of its movie rental service to all Mac users. The service, called Watch Instantly, uses utilizes Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in. A post on the Netflix blog...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Apple Macintosh, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-02

Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia

According to IDC, over 70% of respondents in markets such as Australia, China, and India indicated that solutions pertaining to the network were either important or very important. Total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management NM) will grow from $4.7 bln...

Tags: network, network service, international data corp., networking, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia

According to IDC, over 70% of respondents in markets such as Australia, China, and India indicated that solutions pertaining to the network were either important or very important. Total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management NM) will grow from $4.7 bln...

Tags: network, network service, international data corp., networking, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Total spending in network services will grow to $9.1 bln in 2012

According to IDC, total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management) will grow from $4.7 bln in 2007 to $9.1 bln in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate of 13.7% from 2007-2012. by NB

Tags: Network, Network Service, Networking, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-26

TV's subliminal tech messages

If, like me, you watch too much TV you've probably noticed that the medium is full of messages about computing and computing technology. My favorite these days is some PC reseller's formulation of what should be the official wintel industry slogan: "So easy to use, you need someone who doesn't...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Paul Murphy, resistance, TV

Blog posts 2007-08-28

Is Vista helping boost PC sales?

Is Vista helping boost PC sales?Is Vista helping boost PC sales?The simple answer: YesPeople are very interested in Vista and are planning to upgrade their current out of date PC's anyway. I know I am.Depends on who you ask the question to.I would imagine that many a Windows users...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Desktops, vista, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC sale, sales, PC

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

Google's fuzzy YouTube logic

The marketplace appeal of Google’s vaunted search-based “targeted, measurable advertising” has fueled an ever ballooning market cap. Google’s search advertising growth rates must inevitably decline, however, as Google itself acknowledges (see "GOOG @ $510: Do you buy or sell?").As Google seeks to grow through diversification, both online and off, it...

Tags: ROI/TCO, YouTube Inc., Google Inc., CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Blog posts 2006-11-24

The risk driver -works for Unix

An NCIS episode from a couple of weeks ago featured "new girl" -whatever her name is on the show- having a problem with a desktop PC and muttering darkly that this kind of thing didn't happen at Mossad because they used Macs. Last week's episode revolved on some high security...

Tags: Mossad

Blog posts 2005-11-10

Reversing outsourcing

A few years ago I blew an interview at Gartner Group by refusing to give them the answer they wanted to hear about outsourcing. The question was along the lines of: "What analyses have you done to help clients understand the financial benefits of outsourcing?" I said first that there...

Tags: outsourcing

Blog posts 2005-05-19

Reversing outsourcing

A few years ago I blew an interview at Gartner Group by refusing to give them the answer they wanted to hear about outsourcing. The question was along the lines of: "What analyses have you done to help clients understand the financial benefits of outsourcing?" I said first that there...

Tags: outsourcing

Blog posts 2005-05-19

Too much innovation or too little talent?

Too much innovation or too little talent?People Just Don't Know SoftwareThe problem is that management becomes management not by knowing how to build good software, but because they know somebody, or they are good at B.S., or they're the default choice.Instead of practicing good software design and engineering, they approach...

Tags: FBI, Now IT, software, talent

Discussion threads 2005-01-24