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Does "oil" have a negative spin?

Does "oil" have a negative spin?Add this to your clue bag.I know that in the green/liberal/socialist world there is a tendency to come up with a simple slogan and then repeat it as loudly as possible and as often as possible until you hammer it into people's heads. However...

Tags: negative spin, natural gas

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

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AT&T launches Verizon counter-punch ad, keeps digging that hole

There's a Cr-app for that!I only have one thing to say, Sprint! Well, two things, AT&T neglects to mention 4G. Well, three things, They are the most expensive carrier for the least amount of quality delivered. Oh wait, 4 things, I had an iPhone and loved the interface. In the...

Tags: 3G, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T launches Verizon, AT&T Launches, ATT, Apple iPhone, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate

If I'd paid the full whack $2,495 to attend the Enterprise 2.0 conference I'd be demanding at least a partial refund. It seems the 'Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock' debate was less than a damp squib and more like a feeble whimper. Here's the back story: ...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Brickbats over bricks

This is an IT Tech site, Mr. Fuller.ntCodes as gatekeepers?As an architect, I have never once consulted a building code to determine which product I should use for a building, especially considering that neither clay brick or fly ash brick is likely to be used in a structural capacity. ...

Tags: Performance management, CalStar

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

BlackBerry Storm price dropped to $99.99: Is that enough?

BlackBerry Storm price dropped to $99.99: Is that enough?Is this unusual?[i]With the mixed reviews of the RIM BlackBerry Storm, it?s no surprise Verizon Wireless has dropped the price from $199.99 down to $99.99[/i]So if a phone model gets a price cut from $199 down to $99 then it means that...

Tags: Smart phones, BlackBerry Storm, phone model, phone, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

News to know: AOL; Microsoft; Apple; SAP; 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. Larry Dignan: Time Warner preps for AOL spin-off; Google's 5% stake worth $283 million Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: European...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Palm Pre, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Does "oil" have a negative spin?

I just finished reading a lengthy press release from the Southeast Energy Alliance SEA. It makes a strong argument for "offshore energy development" along North Carolina's Atlantic coastline. 6700 jobs! Over $550-million in state revenue! "Tremendous opportunity to boost North Carolina's economy." It is true...

Tags: North Carolina, Southeast Energy Alliance, Public Relations, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Microsoft removes Mac price reference from Apple-aimed ad

Microsoft removes Mac price reference from Apple-aimed adI am reminded of a Ron White joke"You can ride the donkey to the top of the mountain, or you can take the tram, it's the same price"Funny you mention that price comparison[i]when custom-configuring a Studio XPS 13 to roughly match the 13"...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, KARMA, advertisement, battery, virus, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Android's doing a pretty good job of keeping up with the iPhone

Android's doing a pretty good job of keeping up with the iPhoneThey are certainly leveraging iTMSThe question is whether iTMS is a monopoly. I'm not saying it is or it isn't, but it's certainly something the FTC should be examining closely, and I don't know that they are.Damn Apple for...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Digital media, Digital music, job, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes Music Store, phone

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

Analyst: Google will start walking away from bad AdSense deals like MySpace

Are the days of silly AdSense deals with the likes of MySpace and AOL over for Google? Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay seems to think so. The analyst upped his price target to $600 for Google shares on the theory that the economy is rebounding and the search giant's revenue per...

Tags: Paid Search, Google Inc., America Online Inc., Google AdSense, MySpace, Lindsay, Search, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-08

Microsoft's latest "Laptop Hunter" ad

Microsoft's latest "Laptop Hunter" adAnother joke from MicrosoftYou can get a laptop for $300 dollars, why did they give her $2000? Since the quality, user experience, usability, stability, resale value, ownership costs, capabilities, etc never seem to fit into this lines of commercials, what is the use of giving $2000?...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, advertisement, Apple Macintosh, laptop computer, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Google, Books and the Nature of Evil

Google, Books and the Nature of Eviljust that simpleYou are wrong. Current copyright laws are wrong.Its just that simple.Join the LudditesJoin the Luddites with Rob Enderle et al. I never saw forward thinking coming from his direction.Google is doing the right thing and it upsets many people, mostly in...

Tags: Google Inc., Evil

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

I haven't had a good rant recently

I haven't had a good rant recentlyheh . . ."This is why we ZDNet bloggers tend to stick to our area of expertise so we don?t say anything stupid about, say, rain forest frogs, if we don?t know anything about frogs of the rain forest."Well, an occasional ZDNet blogger has...

Tags: E-books, textbook

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Apple cuts 1,600 retail jobs

Apple cuts 1,600 retail jobsApparently same SEC filing Apple ADDED R&D jobs. MacDailyNews notes that in the same SEC filing Apple added jobs in other depts. namely R&D. But of course Apple cutting jobs is a lot more exciting and makes all the headlines (must say that this article here...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, tech media, Jason, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., job

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

Apple Q2 09 financials - Best non-holiday quarter, but signs indicate that recession is starting to bite

Apple Q2 09 financials - Best non-holiday quarter, but signs indicate that recession is starting to biteGood article, Adrian...Apple have had an excellent quarter and it would be foolish to argue that, however market saturation is creeping in - Macs have plateaued, iPods have modest low single digit growth and...

Tags: Sales strategy, Apple PC business, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, recession, Yoy

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Facebook Fallout: Is it time for Zuckerberg to go?

For the record, I've never officially met Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook. But I've met guys who are probably like him. Young. Smart. Rich. Full of great ideas. And, yeah, probably a little bit full of himself, too. There's a lot of speculation about what's...

Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Blogger Nicholas Carlson, Blogging, Public Relations, Internet, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Linux Foundation: Let's kill Microsoft's FAT

Linux Foundation: Let's kill Microsoft's FATFrom the word on the street, it sounds like MS settled for close to zero tomake this go away and avoid having any patents invalidated. Microsoft quickly realized how thin the ice was that they were on.Great Spin!Microsoft set out to cross license IP with...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, TomTom

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

Charlie Miller: Macs lacking in security

Charlie Miller: Macs lacking in securityWhat do professional hackers know about hacking?Miller brings up the tired marketshare defense but seriously, what does a professional hacker know about hacking? [b]NOTHING!![/b] I'd much rather believe people like frgough who, in his professional expertise, tell us that marketshare isn't what keeps OS X...

Tags: Desktops, Hacking, Apple Macintosh, Charlie Miller, security, Miller

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

iPhone suffers as Android buoys Linux cause

iPhone suffers as Android buoys Linux causeiPhone suffers as Android buoys Linux causegive my applause to analyst for being full of shite and they predictions as just as good as end of world predictions."report"how can some cristal ball looking by a "research" firm be a report? and and i still...

Tags: Sales strategy, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, iPhone Users, Apple iPhone, phone, Apple Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

Can open source make Apple deal with Adobe?

Can open source make Apple deal with Adobe?Apple is becoming more and more irrelevantIf Apple thinks it will be immune to the pressures that open source are applying to Microsoft, they are drinking far too much of their own kool-aid. Apple has no answer to Android, nor does it have...

Tags: Desktops, open source, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-17