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Silverlight to power the online video portal for the 2008 Olympics

Silverlight to power the online video portal for the 2008 OlympicsWow!I like your notes about 90%! In fact, I had no clue what the Silverlight is. Certainly, I've seen this name in the news but paid no attention. Flash is a king, and I think M$oft will loose this game...

Tags: Portals, Web technology, Digital music, Microsoft Silverlight, online video portal, Olympic Games, NBC, portal, online video

Discussion threads 2008-01-06

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Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?

The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...

Tags: Innovation, Web, Bandwidth, Comcast Corp., Internet, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Say goodbye to Yahoo! Mash

On today's web, so many social sites never get off the ground because users don't easily migrate from their online communities. As much as I want MySpace to die, people will still be using it as long as their friends are using it. Yahoo's mashup social network...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Social Networking, Collaboration, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-28

The depressing future of the Internet

A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...

Tags: Security, IPv6, Computer, Flaw, IPv6 Adoption, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on eve of WiMax launch

With the launch of its long-hyped WiMax service XOHM scheduled to debut in September in Baltimore, on Thursday Sprint announced a set of location-based personalization features that will enhance the user experience of WiMax subscribers by allowing them to, for example, quickly look up restaurants, check traffic and weather, and...

Tags: Sprint Xohm, Privacy, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Why does Safari stink?

I started my day with several calls from our Special Ed folks who suddenly couldn't access their student information portal (e-Sped). I could access it without problem, our Special Education administrators could access it, but several teachers and counselors were discovering (since this was the first student day back...

Tags: Apple Safari, Web Browsers, Portals, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-28

First images of Google-powered HTC Dream

It was rumored that the HTC G1 Dream would be the first Google powered phone on the market, and if everything pans out, those rumors will end up being true with a launch date sooner than later. Android Guys have the first mock-up drawings of the Dream, and it's...

Tags: Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Bluetooth, Digital Media, Digital Video, Cellular Phones, Digital Music, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Bloomberg publishes Jobs obit but why?

Bloomberg published an obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs after the closing bell on Wednesday and quickly retracted it. Amid all the rumors of Jobs' and his pancreatic cancer Bloomberg's timing couldn't have been worse. However, the Bloomberg incident may reveal that rumors about Jobs' health are intensifying. ...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Bloomberg L.P., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting

I'm keen to see startups in the accounting for small business space. Part of that is because I spent more years than I care to remember in finance roles, part is in the belief that accounting systems that reflect a 600 year old methodology are well...

Tags: Accounting, Small And Medium Enterprise, Advisor, GoBootstrap, GoBootstrap.com, Tax Estimate, General Usability, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-28

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Live Webcast: Closing the Deal: Online Presentations That Result in Higher Sales

Closing deals is an art form. You've got to know your prospects, understand their concerns and speak their language. How do you accomplish this in order to make the sale? Join this interactive BNET webcast with live Q&A moderated by James Hilliard and featuring guest speakers, Tom...

Tags: webcast, prospect, citrix systems inc., sales strategy, sales force management, sales

Webcasts 2008-08-28

How do we address the have-nots?

I attended a leadership summit on Monday (it was actually pretty good stuff, with concrete plans, goals, and generally more than you get out of your average bit of professional development) and, not surprisingly, a serious focus was on technology. I think people are finally realizing that, while technology...

Tags: Kid, Productivity, Business Structures, Wireless LANs, Transportation, Leadership, Wi-Fi, Finance, Wireless, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-27

The Irregular view of all things 'green'

One of my Irregular colleagues received a pitch from GreenJobInterview.com describing a new video service but using the 'green' moniker as a way of injecting novelty. He wasn't impressed. The first remark: That noise in the background was me throwing up.  A job board now positioning themselves as "green?"...

Tags: Hiring, Job, Toilet, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1All part of the MS plan to keep browsers dumbded down. If we had reallygood browsers, how would they get people to use MS proprietary solutions for rich internet applications.RE: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1The title says Firefox 3.0.1The graph...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Quality, Adrian, Firefox 3.0.1, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Taiwan busts hacking ring, 50 million personal records compromised

Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau CIB has successfully tracked down and arrested six people in what the CIB believes to be the biggest personal data breach in Taiwan to date. Apparently, the group also managed to obtain personal data on Taiwan's current and former presidents : "The suspects are believed...

Tags: Taiwan, Hacking, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Mozilla Ubiquity: Is Mozilla building out a different kind of RIA platform?

Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo. I watched the Mozilla Ubiquity video last night and it struck a chord. The crew over at Mozilla Labs is doing some very cool, forward thinking stuff. In the process, I think they're evolving what the browser is into...

Tags: Ubiquity, Rich Internet Application, Mozilla Corp., Channel Management, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Can you trust kids with a Kindle?

As more and more reports point to Amazon's attempts to enter the $5.5 billion US market for textbooks with their Kindle e-reader, one has to ask, can you trust kids with these things? I know Amazon's efforts are really focused on college students, but I'm looking at...

Tags: Text, Textbook, Kindle, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-27

MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud fails

Online storage service MediaMax, also called The Linkup, went out of business following a system administration error that deleted active customer data. The defunct company raises questions about the reliability of cloud computing. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Data, Failure, Storage, Hardware, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Review: Palm Treo Pro brings thinnest Treo to the world

In a bit of a surprising move for Palm they launched a second Windows Mobile Professional device, the Palm Treo Pro, just about a month and a half after the Treo 800w. I expected to see a GSM version of the Treo 800w, but that hasn't happened and we don't...

Tags: Keyboard, Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Palm Treo Pro, Treo Pro, Display, Earpiece, Palm Centro, Nokia E71, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Virtualization software revives dumb terminals, cuts IT costs

With computers growing smarter by the day, why would anyone want to step back more than a decade and fill office cubicles with dumb terminals? The answer is simple - to keep cubicle computers in service longer, uncluttered and free of malware, viruses and hacking programs. At...

Tags: Software, Dumb Terminal, Virtualization, Network, Information Technology, IT Cost, Virus, Computer, Virtualization Software, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Security, Viruses And Worms, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-27