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Microsoft: Silverlight 1.0 breaks with Firefox 3

Microsoft: Silverlight 1.0 breaks with Firefox 3It seems odd that if it's a Firefox...problem that it would be fixed by a Silverlight update.M$ is trying to break firefoxsame old story: M$ releases an update that screws third parties.MS bad code, MS fix exists but not released?!According to the bug report,...

Tags: Web browsers, Nigel, Reading, Obviously Microsoft, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Silverlight 1.0

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

Is Eric Schmidt still the grownup Google needs?

Is Eric Schmidt still the grownup Google needs?Impact of Partnership is with StarOffice and Projity knocking OfficeThe most useful outcome of this partnership will clearly be less directly financial gain and more on influence. Microsoft's strength due to the monopoly with Office is undeniable. I have been using two beta's...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Nigel, StarOffice 8, Eric Schmidt, blog search, Google Inc., Projity, StarOffice, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-10-05

Additional Resources

Epicor Perspectives: the analyst view

A thousand customers and 1,500 total attendees may be 20% down on past years but represents a good effort by Epicor to get the faithful out to hear the latest and greatest when compared with other vendor led events where attendance has been down 30-40%. ...

Tags: Epicor Software Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Gartner financial apps MarketScope

Earlier today I saw Oracle crowing about getting a top slot in Gartner's Marketscope for financial applications. They weren't the only ones. SAP took a similar top slot. But then all the others Gartner looked at: Epicor, Lawson, Microsoft, Exact, Infor, Sage and Unit 4 Agresso scored 'positive.' Odd you...

Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Financial, On-demand, Gartner Inc., Sage, KashFlow, Managed Hosting, Smb/Sme, Cloud Computing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-08-17

AMD still sending mixed signals on netbooks

The Wall Street Journal has an odd story in today's print edition with the headline: "AMD enters netbook market." It was posted on the Dow Jones newswire earlier. The basis of the story seems to be a comment by Pat Moorhead, AMD's vice president of advanced marketing, acknowledging ...

Tags: Processor, Notebook, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-08-05

EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?

AMD has been broadcasting the EU's $1.45 billion antitrust fine against Intel for nearly a week. AMD is touting the EU ruling almost a week after the antitrust commission hammered Intel.  As Brooke Crothers notes, AMD's EU chatter borders on gloating. Check out AMD's home page: ...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., European Union, Corporate Law, Benefits, Security, Business Operations, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-18

AMD: Intel's Otellini 'doesn't get' his consumer disrespect, has 'no remorse'

After listening to Intel CEO Paul Otellini speak in a brief conference call this morning about the $1.45 billion fine Europe levied against the company this morning, AMD CMO Nigel Dessau has strong words for the chief executive of the world's largest chip maker: "I think he doesn't get,...

Tags: Consumer, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Dessau, Retail, Operational Accounting, Processors, Finance, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Dame Wendy Hall talks about Web Science

I must admit that I've tended to be rather sceptical about the whole topic of 'Web Science,' as proposed by the University of Southampton and MIT through their shared Web Science Research Initiative WSRI. My initial view was that we really don't need yet another academic subject...

Tags: Web, Computer Science, Computer, Dame Wendy Hall, Channel Management, Productivity, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-03-04

The certification timebomb

I wish I had been a fly on the wall at yesterday's meeting between some of my Irregular colleagues and SAP's Leo Apotheker. I've been in some of those 'tense' meetings. While it was ongoing, Larry Skyped me to say that Vinnie Mirchandani was giving Leo a tough time. ...

Tags: Certification, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Devil, Allerton, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-05

A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)

A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)Sad, but Snipping Tool is still the sameIn classic MS fashion, the snipping tool is not able to capture the borders of all aero themed windows neatly, for e.g. the Firefox "About" dialog box. Sadly this has not changed even in Windows 7...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

AMD to enter (high-end) netbook market; Maintains fourth quarter outlook for now

Updated: AMD on Thursday addressed the two big elephants in the auditorium during its analyst day: The netbook market and the fourth quarter outlook. AMD announced plans to  enter the netbook market selectively. And CFO Bob Rivet said AMD isn't cutting its fourth quarter outlook following Intel's sales warning, but...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Lucy's Expedition 1.0 (Mac)

Dig up some family fun with Lucy's Expedition, an original time-management game from the creators of Little Shop - Road Trip! When pieces of a mysterious map begin appearing around the world, it's up to Lucy Livingston to track them down. Help Lucy and her team travel the world on...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Artifact, Macgamestore, Lucy, Team Management, Management

Software downloads 2008-11-05

Lucy's Expedition 1 (Windows)

Pieces of a mysterious map have been popping up all over the world and it's up to archaeologist Lucy Livingston to solve the mystery! Help Lucy & her team in this click-management adventure as they travel the globe recovering ancient artifacts to trade for pieces of the map. Flex your...

Tags: Artifact, RealArcade, Lucy, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2008-10-30

New MacBooks and MacBook Pros: $800 and Mini-DVI (updated)

New MacBooks and MacBook Pros: $800 and Mini-DVI updatedBetter not leave out Firewire portsWould be nice if the added some more ports to the MacBook Cripple . . . Air.RE: New MacBooks and MacBook Pros: $800 and Mini-DVI updatedI'm happy to wait until Tuesday to find out more about the...

Tags: Notebooks, Mini-DVI, New MacBooks, Apple MacBook, MacBook PROS

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Web Science: The next academic hot spot

Will your computer science degree be replaced by a Web sciences one? It might as academics are increasingly dabbling with the study of the Web, but first a workable definition is needed. In a treatise in Scientific American's October issue, Nigel Shadbolt and Tim Berners-Lee make the...

Tags: Web, Channel Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Rumor Mill: All things WWDC

Rumor Mill: All things WWDCI haven't heard......anything else. You fleshed out a lot of details on all the rumors us iPhone rumor followers know back and front. As always, my favorite Apple Core post of the week. Keep up the good work (and maybe this should be a daily thing...

Tags: Operating systems, Snow Leopard, Core Animation, Rumor Mill, Cougar, WWDC

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

Rumor Mill: All things WWDC

Hey there, it's Jake (Jason's evil twin). It's Friday so that means I get to write my crazy rumor column today. It's also the last business day of the week before WWDC, so you can probably guess what today's installment is going to be about. So, there's...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Application, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Digital Video, Digital Media, Apple Mac OS X, E-mail, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Software, Upside, WWDC

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Is SAP's weakness its real strength?

Conversations with Doug Merritt, a member of SAP's executive council and the person driving Business Objects as a platform for intelligence are always entertaining. Merritt represents the unconventional, disruptive element within SAP that was in evidence during Shai Agassi's tenure. For me, Merritt charaterizes the public face of fracture I...

Tags: SAP AG, Merritt, Phil, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Leadership, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Ask questions of Tim Berners-Lee, Nova Spivack and others

On 11 June, Rennsaelaer Polytechnic Institute RPI is hosting a debate to explore the views of luminaries in the evolving Semantic Web. Somewhat unusually, the questions that panellists face will be influenced by "the collective wisdom of Web users from around the world." Anyone can ask a...

Tags: Tim Berners-Lee, Podcast Subject, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-20

MacBook Err

MacBook Errcaption"This one goes to 11. 12. 13. 14..."Suggestion for a new function key....F-off :-)RE: MacBook ErrAs much as I like reading this blog, I sometimes think that some entries would be better not being written. Beside the second key would obviously lower down the volume (unlike what...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, F11, Nigel Tufnel, Spinal Tap, keyboard, Apple MacBook, St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, heavy metal band, World-famous, metal band

Discussion threads 2008-05-20