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Silverlight and DoubleClick: Old news with a new press release

Silverlight and DoubleClick: Old news with a new press releaseExcellent point[i]Being able to actually make money off of rich media content is priority number one and I've been impressed with how targeted Microsoft has been in that goal with Silverlight.[/i]Yet another reason, if any were needed, to make sure it's...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Old News, DoubleClick Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Apple-Sun Deal Unlikely

Apple-Sun Deal UnlikelyGoogle and SunBoth Google and Sun started life as Stanford University projects. Its a merger made in heaven if Sun needs it.Old news is new againSun and Apple have been doing the dirty dance for going on 30 years now. It USED to be whether Sun would buy...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Recruitment & Selection, Construction, Old News, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-08-30

Bye-bye, blueprint: 3D modeling catches on

Bye-bye, blueprint: 3D modeling catches onOld news is NO newsThis type of technology for building systems has been around for a couple of decades. Just not from Autodesk. Not surprising since AutoCAD is the Windows of the CAD world (meaning more work than it is worth, lots of hidden costs,...

Tags: Old News, BIM, CAD, 3D modeling, 3D

Discussion threads 2004-10-04

Apple grooms Panther OS X

Apple grooms Panther OS XOld newsAn article about a product has has actually been released, how blasé.MS headlines talk about windows 2006/7/8. At the very least ZDNet should be talking Apple's Tiger. No wait Tiger is to be released later this year, what's Apple's next release or two;-)Old NewsOh well,...

Tags: Apple Inc., Old News, Panther

Discussion threads 2004-05-26

Device puts both hands on the PC wheel

Device puts both hands on the PC wheelAnd keep your third hand on the keyboard?With a keyboard and mouse, everybody learned to type with one hand. With your non-mouse hand on this new controller, how do you type? Or is it only for programs that do not allow...

Tags: Mice, Keyboards, Old News, Adobe PhotoShop, PC, mouse, keyboard

Discussion threads 2004-03-25

Additional Resources

Is Google the Center of the Universe?

It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...

Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Falling behind in science? No kidding!

Our school district is providing H1N1 shots to any students whose parents request it. It's an easy way to build some so-called "herd immunity" in the age group most vulnerable to this particular flu strain. In fact, my 7-year old was the very first in the district to...

Tags: Vaccine, Flu, H1N1 Flu, Science Education, Healthcare, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-23

SEEdit Pro 1.9.0b5 (Mac)

With SEEdit's fast and powerful Editor Toolbox, insertion of code and classes are always just one click away. SEEdit's handy advanced Tag Editor also handles CSS classes and Javascript functions. Other powerful features to assist professionals and hobbyists worldwide include Tidy Checker for standards-compliant code, the Quick CSS Tool for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Insertion, Sven E Olsson, SEEdit, Insert RSS Item Tool, CSS, Xhtml, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-22

Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?

The Kleptocrats that feel entitled to your money...worry that us mushrooms now have other uncontrollable sources for the "truth" and won't eat the horse compost fed to them by the monopolistic crony Main-stream Media.RE: Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?There are two things tyrants and bureaucrats...

Tags: Vertical industries, government, retraction, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Conference energy levels

Coming to Dreamforce has been a revelation. The news was dominated by Chatter but that only tells a fraction of the real story. As I sat in the media room chatting sic to an old buddy it occurred to me this was a conference that annoyed for all...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Event, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-20

Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money

SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....

Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos

google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...

Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Hands-on with the HTC HD2, most impressive Windows Mobile device to date

I like what HTC is doingYou've got the Hero and the HD2. I'd like to see what the difference is in performance between the two, but the Hero has a slower processor. Personally, I like the Windows Mobile platform, and it is the best option for Windows-based IT...

Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks, Operating systems, mobile device, Apple iPhone, HTC HD2, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual

Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...

Tags: Operating systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, network, FAA, operating system, Flight Plan, network glitch, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

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

AT&T loses lawsuit over Verizon's map commercial

Ha! Take THAT Such a silly waste of the court's time. If they finally lose, I hope they are made to pay treble court costs just as a lesson in frivolous lawsuits clogging the courts. That would send a much needed messageThat if a corporation is going to...

Tags: Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., GSM, CDMA, Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., W-CDMA

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft PDC Live Blog Day Two: IE, Silverlight 4.0 and more

The biggest news here is that MS is losing its grip on developers as they are switching to programming for the web and cross platform tools.Microsoft and its future.The chief software architect not ever going to say "Mission Accomplished".Another VP of cloud at the PDC saying "I'm not going to...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., dotnet, PDC, silverlight

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?

Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...

Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?

So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-18