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Nokia dismisses Google Android threat at its peril

`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!' Sometimes, you have to laugh.(Picture from Juan Cole, who was writing about someone else at the time.) Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, "Olli-mandias" and CEO of Nokia, sneeringly dismisses Google's Android effort with a figurative...

Tags: Google Inc., Nokia Corp., Handset, Apple Inc., Motorola Inc., Olli-mandias, Open Handset Alliance, Linux, Cellular Phones, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-11

Google's Open Handset Alliance releases Android SDK

Google's Open Handset Alliance releases Android SDKSome snappy quotes!"So we have great momentum, we've brought our Windows Mobile 6 software to market, we're driving forward on our future releases and we'll have to see what Google does,""Well of course their efforts are just some words on paper right now, it's...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Android SDK, Open Handset Alliance, Android, Linux Platform, Google Inc., SDK, alliance

Discussion threads 2007-11-12

Google introduces Android and the Open Handset Alliance

Google introduces Android and the Open Handset AllianceWhat a non eventSo If I'm reading this right, the "gPhone" is not really a phone, but a SDK/OS platform that has not even been released yet? "because sometime next year they're going to deliver this year's smartphone" - http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2007/11/the_magic_phone.html

Tags: Smart phones, Open Handset Alliance, Android, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

Is a Java power play lurking beneath Google's Open Handset Alliance?

Is a Java power play lurking beneath Google's Open Handset Alliance?Java and Linux are Free Software, Apache Isn'tI'm glad to see Google stepping up to the challenge, but I have a hard time seeing how getting all twisted up in Apache's incompatibilities with the GPL are going to lend clarity...

Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Open Handset Alliance, Java, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-05

Google outlines the Open Handset Alliance; Will it succeed?

Google outlines the Open Handset Alliance; Will it succeed?OSS rules the handset marketThat's the dawning of a new era in software that will spell trouble for proprietary OSes.I Go With the Least Expensive-Not GlitsiestI did not buy an iPhone because I refuse to pay $60 a month for cell phone....

Tags: DVD, Wi-Fi, Consumer electronics, OSS, Google Inc., Open Handset Alliance, carrier, Blueray, phone

Discussion threads 2007-11-05

Additional Resources

Talent development

Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...

Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-25

How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awards

The big winner? Open Office. It swept the awards for top project, top enterprise project, and top project in education. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: SourceForge, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Is there an open source jobs boom?

The bottom line is things are about as bad in programming as in anything else. But if you know open source you have a cost-cutting story to tell, and that might keep you employed a bit longer than your Microsoft-loving buddy. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Job, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Netflix ups outlook; Customer acquisition costs fall

Netflix said Friday it ended the second quarter with more than 8.4 million subscribers, up 25 percent from a year ago, and spent less money acquiring those customers. Those two factors added up to better than expected quarterly results and an improved outlook. The company has been...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Acquisition, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

10 essential gadgets for students

I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...

Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-25

If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?

Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-25

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge

So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs

Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUsIt's not surprising.The increased cost of the premium Office doesn't provide much that corporations need. Also, as linked, Vista Home Basic is not viable either, so they must, if they go Vista, get the premium product.I do think a clarification is needed. [B]He...

Tags: Elop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Government, markets and regulation

Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...

Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Speculation over possible Skype backdoor

There's growing speculation coming out of Europe that there's a backdoor in Skype that allows remote eavesdropping of telephone conversations. A report in the reputable Heise Online says the issue was discussed at a meeting with ISPs last month where high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Is open source hurt by piracy?

Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...

Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

How SlideRocket plans to make money

How SlideRocket plans to make moneyWhy?After reading about the product I'm left with a "so what" and "why" would I want it feeling. I can see some niches where it might fit, but with the exception of those niches, why would you want to be on a monthly subscription...

Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, nich, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space

Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone spaceMicrosoft Store in the works...My rep told me Microsoft is looking into significant retail space in higher end upscale shopping malls. In the mock-up of the store, boxes of Vista and Office 2007 were kept under lock and key. Customers will be...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., PC phone, PC, phone

Discussion threads 2008-07-24