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China's Lenovo says it's still keen on Packard Bell

China's Lenovo says it's still keen on Packard BellWhy would anyone buy the Packard Bell name?Since PC "clones" were running at 4.77Mhz I've worked in computer retail plus for many years have owned my own business custom designing and building high end computers for graphics professionals.Since I've been in this...

Tags: Desktops, Packard Bell NEC, Lenovo Group Ltd.

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

Lenovo in talks to buy Packard Bell

Lenovo in talks to buy Packard BellIsn't Packard Bell...The same company that years ago made machines that literally had no IRQ channels free, but included 3 ISA ports? Didn't they really shaft customers and have everything share main memory too...using the least-expensive chips available ones with almost no cache? The...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Packard-Bell, Packard Bell NEC, Lenovo Group Ltd.

Discussion threads 2007-08-08

Riverbed Steelhead Appliances Enable a Consolidation Strategy for Consumer Electronics Manufacturer

Packard Bell is one of the leading suppliers of not only PCs and notebooks for the consumer market, but also MP3 players, portable GPSs, and home multimedia solutions. Packard Bell wanted to reduce maintenance and operating costs in its remote sites by consolidating and centralizing their It infrastructure. However, it...

Tags: Strategy, Riverbed Technology Inc., Consumer Electronics, Packard Bell NEC, Consolidation

Case studies 2007-02-15

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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

SAP: show the love your customers crave

SAP: show the love your customers craveit would be nice if SAP wasn't a BLACK HOLE for IT Budgets..very funny, ask them nicely for a few bread crumbs...if ever there was a sign that should say BUYER BEWARE, it would apply to SAP. Just ask all those companies that...

Tags: SAP AG, API

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

This week's rants

This week's rantsYou've got it.I never tire of Robin Harris telling the world that MS has lost all their data...a classic. Even when he admits other filesystems are worse. Why then MS? Well they are the biggest and deserve to be blamed...so there..pouted Robin in reply to that question. ...

Tags: Linux, Blogging, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld

Discussion threads 2008-08-23

Big tech on campus

CNET's Kara Tsuboi visits the University of California, Berkeley, to find out what gadgets students are craving at the start of their school year. CNET Reviews editors Bonnie Cha and Donald Bell also weigh in on their top cell phone, MP3, and laptop picks.

Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, News, kara tsuboi, iphone, apple, mac book, ipod, school, berkeley, laptop, itunes, imac

Videos 2008-08-22

Words from the Woz

Steve Wozniak is many things: electronics enthusiast, author of iWoz, former fifth-grade teacher, plane-crash survivor, ex-reality-TV-boyfriend of D-list comedian Kathy Griffin, and, oh yeah, co-founder of a company called Apple. You might have heard of it. Today, he put on the hat of former engineer as he...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Electronics, Apple Inc., Computer, Intel Developer Forum, Productivity, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Not so idle: HP earns green transport logo for business products

It takes more than better attention to energy-efficiency or attention to materials to classify some gadget or another as green tech. That's why Hewlett-Packard has made a concerted effort to have its products vetted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay logo program, which focuses on the fuel consumption...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Emission, Product, Document Management, Supply Chain, Transportation, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Next Question: A Whole Lot of Traffic Shaping Going On, With Olympics Video?

Next Question: A Whole Lot of Traffic Shaping Going On, With Olympics Video?Traffic Shaping is not the reasonTom:I suggest you review the material that Limelight Networks has put out regarding the Olympics streaming infrastructure.The reason why the Net has not melted is because the content is not on the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Data centers, INTERNET, Storage, Traffic Shaping, Olympics Video, Limelight Networks

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Court clarifies open source copyright: Key excerpts for the enterprise

It's a big day for open source software as a U.S. District Appeals Court ruled that just because a developer gave code away for free doesn't mean it's not copyright protected. The win, which stemmed from a railroad hobbyist spat, was praised by Stanford's Lawrence Lessig. The...

Tags: Eleventh Circuit, Open Source, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Who owns the Internet?

Who owns the Internet?The internet isn't free of costsIt's necessary to pay for building, maintaining, and operating the internet. Users pay part of the cost, but, appropriately, not all. Those providing content and often making money for what they supply also are responsible for some of the expenses.So...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), UK Government, Internet, market-force, Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Are NVIDIA G92s and G94s failing prematurely too?

The Inquirer is reporting that in addition to the NVIDIA G84 and G86 GPUs being bad and failing due to thermal issues, the G92s and G94s are also affected. If you haven't been following the story, the short version, up till now, is that all G84 and G86 chips...

Tags: NVidia Corp., Chip, GPU, Inquirer, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Cable: Natural born monopoly?

The second quarter results are out and it appears that the cable industry is winning share in broadband, phone and TV connections and handily thwarting encroachment by the likes of Verizon and AT&T. In fact, TV and broadband service is meant to be a monopoly and cable appears to be...

Tags: verizon communications inc., broadband, at&t corp., ma bell, satellite, moffett, broadband growth, cost reduction effort, network technology, cable, broadband internet, telecommunications, networking, personal technology, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Dell throws down the green gauntlet, again. Fulfills carbon-neutrality pledge

When was the last time you heard about a high-tech company reaching a promised delivery date AHEAD of schedule? And, yet, that is exactly what Dell says it has done. Last fall, it pledged to achieve carbon-neutrality by the end of 2008. Well, it's just the start...

Tags: dell computer corp., investment, finance, heather clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-10

HP reincarnates old ink cartridges as key part for new printer

Here's a fun use for discarded ink cartridges: turn them into the printhead of a new printer. That's what Hewlett-Packard has done with its HP Photosmart D5460. The printhead of the new product is made up of 55 percent recycled PET plastic, which is made out of...

Tags: Cartridge, Hewlett-Packard Co., Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-08

MacBook Pro graphics chips failing prematurely

MacBook Pro graphics chips failing prematurelyImagine thatntWouldn't this imply that ....... Apple is using the same faulty parts as Dell and HP and not the superior parts that Laff and others claim?How can this be?Just yesterday we were being told how Apple used better quality parts in their systems.Though since...

Tags: Notebooks, Semiconductors, Video cards, chip, Apple MacBook Pro, graphics, graphics chip, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

When IT culture changes with or without you

When IT culture changes with or without youLast paragraph is the punch lineIf the cultural changes aren't in sync with your ethics and higher ups aren't listening, then it's time to hand in the resignation. Otherwise, assuming you can stand it, adapt, positively influence the culture as best you...

Tags: corporate value, IT culture change, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

Has Dell lost its mind?

Has Dell lost its mind?Dell has lost it's wayAnd Michael isn't the guy to bring it back. Making colorful boxes isn't the way either.Your solution is spot on, but it's too simple! They can't see past the BS like "cloud computing". WTF does that mean to someone who is shopping...

Tags: cloud computing, XP1, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

The social media corporate identity crisis

The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...

Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-06