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- Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A
- There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...
- Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem
- Just about every new product coming to market is being offered as a service rather than packaged software. But pricing remains something of a mystery. A while back, I started a spreadsheet that plots price points for different saas accounting offerings. At the time I concluded that no-one has figured...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Small And Medium Enterprise, Web Application, Pricing Strategy, Phil Wainewright, Pricing, Smb/Sme, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Hollywood to kids: Pay up for preschool movies
- The scene: An Irish preschool for toddlers. The children sit on the floor in a semi-circle, watching a TV screen. They squeal with delight at "The Little Mermaid," "Toy Story" and other Hollywood kids' fare. Enter a black-masked villain, carrying a fearful letter. He is not the true villain, though;...
- Tags: Villain, Hollywood, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Taxes, TVs, Free Trade, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, Mice, Financial Planning, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- A Consumer Electronics Carol
- I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!) As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...
- Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- eBay doubles down on payments as it buys Bill Me Later; Lays off 1,000
- EBay on Monday revamped its corporate portfolio laying off 1,000 workers, or 10 percent of its workforce, and buying online payment company Bill Me Later as well as a Denmark classifieds company. The layoffs were largely expected, but the Bill Me Later purchase for $820 million in...
- Tags: Payment, Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., Bill, E-business/E-Commerce, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Zatikon (msi)
- Construct your army out of creatures as varied as the magnificent dragon or mighty warrior to the evil necromancer or holy Templar. Destroy your opponent with a heavy cavalry charge or defeat their army before they can reach you with archers, crossbowmen and mages. Use an unlimited number of strategies...
- Tags: Army, Chronic Logic, Strategy, Management
- Software downloads 2008-10-06
- Churchill Club podcast: From Cell Phones to Software & Services: One-on-One with Nokia's CEO
- Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes, sat down with Nokia President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to discuss the mobile market. Kallasvuo has led the company for the past two years, but has held a variety of positions in his 28-year Nokia career, including heading its North American unit in the late...
- Tags: Software, Phone, Nokia Corp., Cell Phone, Kallasvuo, Smart Phones, Podcasts, Cellular Phones, Professional Development, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Career, masaokad
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Valleywag, Consumerist sites announce layoffs
- A source close to Gawker Media informed me a moment ago that popular sites Consumerist, Valleywag and NSFW Fleshbot will may be shuttered will lose most of their editorial talent. "Nineteen jobs will be cut," my source says, with a formal announcement from Gawker Media coming later...
- Tags: Layoff, Gawker Media, Site, Consumerist, Workforce Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Apple releases iTunes 8.0.1; Apple TV 2.2
- Apple releases iTunes 8.0.1; Apple TV 2.2I've lost count how many updates and how much bandwidth this yearI am getting really sick of having to update iTunes every other week.Am I just the only one? And it's not like I have a convenient alternative either.I have a Zune as well...
- Tags: Linux, Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, Patches, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows, security, Apple TV
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after all
- Does Apple need to cook up an enterprise strategy pronto? Despite enterprise interest in the Mac platform and more importantly the iPhone Apple hasn't been going out of its way to target corporate users. That move may be a miscalculation given the economy and a struggling consumer. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Handhelds, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Apple wins royalty rate showdown
- Apple wins royalty rate showdownhigher Rate?the Real price for a song should about 25 cents (this will make it more competive agains "free") but guess the RIAA's members just want more money no matter what. that is why the RIAA must be shutdown as it is the most anti-consumer criminal...
- Tags: Apple wins royalty rate showdown, RIAA, royalty rate showdown, piracy, Apple Wins, music, showdown, MPAA, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!
- Apple's iPhone is beating the Amazon Kindle at its own game -- what a shame. It doesn't have to be that way, though. Amazon could put the iPhone to shame if they'd make the Linux-based Kindle open to developers. According to Wired: Since the launch of...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-books, Sales Strategy, Games, Handhelds, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Sony Bravia Internet Video Link (DMX-NV1)
- The moment Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link (also known as the BIVL or DMX-NV1) was announced last year, we knew the product would face an uphill battle. What could Sony's proprietary video streamer offer that you can't already get from Apple TV, Xbox 360, Sony PS3, Vudu, or the Netflix...
- Tags: Video on demand (VoD), Corporate communications, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Cable, Broadband Internet, BIVL, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-02
- Schwarzenegger terminates new data breach bill (again)
- Schwarzenegger terminates new data breach bill againInteresting predicamentOn one side the consumer should be notified of data breaches where their data is at risk, but on the other side should the consumer be notified everytime the systems is breached, even in the smallest way, one that has no effect on...
- Tags: SECURITY, data breach, new data breach, Schwarzenegger, corporate data
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now
- Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have nowRE: Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have nowMy friend, you are correct. Kudos to you, and thanks for the heads-up.I think the slash in the C:/ prompt is backwards...C: instead of C:/ in PC...
- Tags: Keyboards, nostalgia, Gadget nostalgia, C:","ZDDF.DT.29.52609
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Live Labs kills Deepfish; suspends Volta downloads
- Live Labs kills Deepfish; suspends Volta downloadsVolta and PDCI'm guessing Volta will show up again at the PDC. Dharma Shukla's Live Platform Architecture session seems to hint at it with "hybrid client/cloud scripting". I also wouldn't be surprised if a stand-alone Volta session is added at the last...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Dharma Shukla, Pocket Internet Explorer, Deepfish, Volta, WM7, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Perens new crusade is patent law
- Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...
- Tags: Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Software intellectual property, New software product, new crusade, Perens, crusade, patent law, patent, innovation
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more.
- Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more.Dealtree partnerHave past experience with Dealtree. Be very careful, as they have a bad habit of lowering the value of your trade on everything. Traded in 3 desktop systems plus a LCD monitor and they devalued every one of them by...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Desktops, Feel Free, Toshiba Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Five unfortunate ways the financial crisis affects your daily grind
- Five unfortunate ways the financial crisis affects your daily grindJob SecurityWhile some of those points are quite good, I have to question " Skilled workers might not be spared". When was the last time skilled workers *were* spared? In the IT field, our jobs have been hanging on a...
- Tags: Financial services, bank, financial
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
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