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The Seattle P-I bites the dust

The Seattle P-I bites the dustWhere's the revenew?The NY Times and LA Times will be following soon. When does TV and Radio go bye-bye? When that happens will we even have professional reporters/journalists, you know the non bias ones? It's become apparent that facts aren't...

Tags: Quality, Blogging, TVs, Seattle P-I, news portal

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

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The long and winding road to MSN's reinvention as a social hub

MSN, why bother?I remember what a turd-fest the original MSN was. When I got my DSL from Qwest a few years back, MSN was the service provider. So my last peek at MSN was in June 2007 and I never went back there -- it was still a crap-fest. How...

Tags: MSN

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Ubuntu Karmic Koala launches to mixed reviews

Not released yetKarmic koala hasn't been officially released yet and the bug that this article was talking about has been fixed for the official releaseMultiple hard drives issue already fixedThe problem only affected the 64-bit version of the release candidate, and it has apparently been fixed for the final release.wowwow,...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Dana

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

PG Real Estate Solution OCT.2009 (Windows)

PG Real Estate--a turnkey solution to build a Real Estate Web Site. Highly flexible, it is a perfect solution for Powerful Real Estate Portal (property lease, rent and sale marketplace), Independent Realtors or Real Estate Agencies. The script has a flexible structure allowing you to manage your site via site...

Tags: Payment, Administrator, Microsoft Windows, Pilot, Operational Accounting, Real Estate, Finance, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Sony helping independent authors get books on the eBook Store

As readers here know I am becoming more and more of a Sony Reader fan due to their continued support of open formats and public library checkout systems. I was reading some feeds this morning and stumbled upon some great news on Mobility Site that links to a new press...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Reader, E-books, Portals, Personal Technology, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-09-29

News to know: Verizon's Pre; Tornado; IDF; iPhone MMS; RedHat; Gmail outage

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. Sam Diaz: Report: Verizon says no to Palm Pre Andrew Mager: Tornado: The real-time web server from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, MMS, Red Hat Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., E-mail Providers, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Who is the 90-day Windows 7 Enterprise trial aimed at exactly?

I don't understand you blog? You don't think there are not many businesses and organizations out there in the SMB market, for example, that fall into a large group that could benefit from trying windows 7 out? Are you saying buying a copy would be better? I don't get...

Tags: Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Effortless HR Software Suite 2009.08.24 (Windows)

A complete suite of HR tools which includes business and HR forms, employee management, time tracking, employee portal, benefits management, company news posting, assests management and tracking, skills and certifications management. Version 2009.08.24 adds more reports, local date and time for administrators, and cosmetic changes.

Tags: Human Resources Inc., Microsoft Windows, Management, EffortlessHR, Portals, Internet

Software downloads 2009-09-02

News to know: Snow Leopard; Salesforce; Sony; Apple ads; Search

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. Ryan Naraine: Apple adds malware blocker in Snow Leopard Jason D. O'Grady: Apple removed blood stains from Snow...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Portals, E-books, RSS, Desktops, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sales

Blog posts 2009-08-26

Sound Blaster Wireless System for iTunes and Receiver

A while back we were asked about an easy solution to stream audio from a laptop to a receiver. It seemed simple enough, but we soon found out that there weren't too many practical or inexpensive ways to accomplish such a task. Creative has offered a solution to the...

Tags: Apple iTunes, receiver, USB Dongle

Product reviews 2009-08-14

The disruptive nature of cloud computing

Maybe a little overstated don't you think?Let's really think about the amount of disruption from 1-10 on these examples: Gas Lamps to Light bulbs 10, nobody uses gas lamps anymore. Steel Mill example, maybe an 8 or 9. Open Source a 7 because even those that haven't used it benefitted...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

News to know: Google; IBM; Microsoft's edge; Palm SDK; Twitter

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. Sam Diaz: Google: Nice quarter, but... Larry Dignan: IBM delivers strong second quarter, ups 2009 earnings outlook ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Data Center, Palm Inc., SDK, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Palm Pre, Storage, Desktops, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-07-17

NetSuite vs. SAP ??? How Newton would see this contest

NetSuite vs. SAP ??? How Newton would see this contestCompetitionCompetition is certainly a good thing. That said, perhaps we can all learn a bit from Darwin rather than just focusing on diffuse motion that isn?t truly benefitting customers?.SAP is doing exactly what we?ve said we?d do, and we?re making...

Tags: NETWORKING, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Amazon vs. tax happy states: E-tailer could nuke Associates program and still win

Updated: Amazon is in a high-profile tax showdown with states over its Associates referral program and is likely to come out a winner either way. Amazon has pulled its Associates program, which allows Web site operators to drive sales to the e-tailer in exchange for commissions of...

Tags: Tax, Amazon.com Inc., State, States, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Panasonic DMP-B15K

Photo gallery:Panasonic DMP-B15 The Panasonic DMP-BD15 is the first portable Blu-ray player, and at first it's easy to write it off as useless since much of Blu-ray's visual superiority doesn't translate on its 8.9-inch screen. But that's missing the point. If you're a home theater buff with a growing Blu-ray...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, display, Panasonic, Panasonic DMP-B15

Product reviews 2009-06-22

Images: MSN through the years

As Microsoft readies for a fall revamp to its MSN, we take a look back at the portal's evolution. by CNET News.com

Tags: MSN, Portals, Web Technology, Internet, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-06-19

MySpace cuts 30% of workforce; Says it was bloated

MySpace said it would cut its staff by 30 percent in an effort to become  "a more innovative, efficient, and entrepreneurial business." When the cuts are over, MySpace will have about 1,000 employees. MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta said in a statement Techmeme: ...

Tags: MySpace, Workforce, Entrepreneurship, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Semantic Technology Conference kicks off with Keynotes from Open Calais and Siri

This year's Semantic Technology Conference got fully underway this morning, with Keynote presentations from Tom Tague of Thomson Reuters' Open Calais Initiative and Tom Gruber from Siri. Despite the wider economic situation, attendance for this fifth year of the event feels a little up on last year, and there's...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Tool, Siri, Tom Tague, Tague, Enterprise Adoption, Virtual Personal Assistant, Virtual Personal Assistant Paradigm, Podcasts, Channel Management, Productivity, Internet, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Iranian opposition launches organized cyber attack against pro-Ahmadinejad sites

Approximately 24 hours ago, the Iranian opposition coordinated an ongoing cyber attack that has successfully managed to disrupt access to major pro-Ahmadinejad Iranian web sites, including the President's homepage which continues returning a "The maximum number of user  reached, Server is too busy, please try again later..." message. ...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Web, Server, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Tool, Iran, Attack, Presstv.ir, SupportIran.php, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Why does 'complex event processing' have to be so complex?

I've always felt that "complex event processing" is a term that scares people away. Perhaps there needs to be a softer way to describe what this thing is -- perhaps just plain old "event processing" will do? Or perhaps "sense and respond, times 100,000"? You don't need...

Tags: Event, Financial Services, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-11