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HP aims to pitch print services with payback guarantee

HP on Monday rolled out a payback guarantee for its managed print services and a bundle to better control departmental printing in the enterprise. HP, which has talked up managed print services in the last few years, is looking to get companies off the fence with its...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Printing, Page Plan, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

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Apple's "force fed ads" patent more likely related to content, not hardware

Perhaps neitherHopefully you are right and they'll use this process to allow customers to earn free content. Unfortunatley I see this as being a way for Apple to increase its warchest by forcing its followers to view ads. Perhaps it'll be a blend - view enough ads to put $10...

Tags: hardware, O'Grady, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server

Why ironic?Given that exchange is the de facto standard in business email/cal having their products working as perfectly as possible with exchange is a must. Not only that, they advertise this functionality. Did you expect it to fail miserably? Your expectations must have been low. Heh.It took yearsNative Exchange support...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, E-mail servers, Groupware, Exchage, download page, Apple iTunes, IBM Corp., server

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Peek releases $99 gadget just for Twitter

too much of an unitasker for me to pay $99...ntRE: Peek releases $99 gadget just for TwitterI can't figure out who exactly this is targeting. Everyone who tweets already has a cell phone or computer to do it. Price is too high for the unit and ongoing monthly costs make...

Tags: Cellular phones, Twitter Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived

The MicroSD card is not only expandableIt is hot-swappable. So basically your storage is only limited to how many cards you can afford.Competition is GREAT!I am glad Android is taking off, the future is Linux driven devices/appliances.To the naysayers that Linux distro devices/appliances are a 'niche' I guess Google is...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Droid Preview, phone, card

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?

I hope soNVIDIA with x86-64 technology would be Next Big ThingTM, although I'd rather see a new architecture replace the aging x86. 64-bit is just a tack-on feature set of x86. I'd rather see something in line with IA64 from NVIDIA to shake up Intel. I'm sure...

Tags: Processors, Video Decoding, chipset, Intel x86, CPU, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., GPU, graphics, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

What to look for in a Mini-HD camcorder

Flip tends to get most of the attention when it comes to mini-HD camcorders, but there are more things to pay attention to besides name brand. Here are five things you should consider when purchasing a new Mini-HD camcorder: 1. Quality: Look for resolution and color quality....

Tags: Camcorder, Creative Vado HD, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Microsoft refreshes Bing for touch phone users

but...nobody's 'touching' bing!No luck with bing for M$....even after they bribed people with cash back!Strategery"FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!??!!?? FULLY SUBSIDIZED WITH A PLAN! That is the most expensive phone in the world, and it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard!"But, we'll create a customized version of...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Bing, touch phone user, phone, phone user, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever

Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Piracy and the Apple App Store

PiracyI'm curious as to how they discovered that 80%. I'm assuming (I know, bad idea) that they post the app on the app store (well, Apple does after reviewing it) and someone has to buy it in order to pirate it or is the App store itself broken into? If...

Tags: Games, piracy, game, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

What makes Microsoft's SharePoint tick?

Make a post explaining what SharePoint is...As you said, it is a complex product. I remember when Lotus Notes came out, it was difficult to pin it to a traditional category - what IS it? SharePoint may have some of the same issues of perception.What is SharePoint:There are 2 SharePoint?s,...

Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

iTaskX 2.6.1 (Mac)

iTaskX is a full featured, MS Project compatible project management tool for Mac OS X. It helps you carry out large business projects, media activities or detailed time schedules. It adapts to your working processes and ensures an overview on you targets, dates, costs and the current status of your...

Tags: Project, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., iTaskX, Microsoft Project, Apple Mac OS, Document Management, Desktops, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-14

TimeCard for Outlook - Workgroup 4.3.87 (Windows)

Plan and report your time in the Outlook Calendar. No extra application needed. Complete Outlook-based time reporting for workgroups or single users. Work in your calendar as you normally would, but select one, two or three extra properties from dropdowns to each appointment. Send the appointment information directly into an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Calendar, Kalmstrom Business Solutions, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Groupware, PDAs, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Handhelds, Hardware, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-14

T-Mobile 'everything unlimited' plan to offer voice, SMS, MMS, data for $50?

RE: T-Mobile 'everything unlimited' plan to offer voice, SMS, MMS, data for $50?Sounds good, and I would switch to T-Mobile but they don't have good coverage in my area. I would also question just how long they plan to keep the $50 plan. Is it one of those things...

Tags: T-Mobile, SMS MMS, voice

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Yahoo plots app mall, app portability through its properties

Yahoo has been busy rolling out new features---new home page, revamped My Yahoo, Mail and Messenger overhauls---that come courtesy of its infrastructure revamp a few years in the making. Among the most promising efforts by Yahoo are its homepage applications. Open to all third parties and self...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., App, Mint, E-mail Providers, Strategy, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Internet, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-12

A single national market for health care

health care should wait untill we get rid of the liberals in the governmentonce the Democrats are no longer in power we could start talking about some real healthcare reform based on tax credits and tort reform.Socialist ideeas like single payer or public option are a non starter.Heaven forbid, a...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Healthcare reform, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Report details action plan for smart grid standards

It shouldn't surprise you to hear that the 90-page smart grid standards document released in late September by the U.S. Commerce Department lists no fewer than 80 standards that are vying for some role in the nation's smart grid infrastructure. The analysis ("NIST Framework and Roadmap for...

Tags: Action Plan, Standards, NIST, Quality, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)

Let the whining by the Neo-Cons begin. nt:-(RE: Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)bingoKeep your damn politics out of itCan't we just discuss technology issues without injecting our political views? There are valid arguments on both sides; let's focus...

Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, net neutrality rule, broadband investment, broadband, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

P2P legislation is smart next step in piracy education

Honesty not intelligence"One of the things that has always bothered me about the Recording Industry Association of America and its file-sharing lawsuits is that, for many of those people, their biggest crime is being uninformed."One of the things that has always bothered me about ZDNET and its file-sharing posts: the...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P legislation, music, file-sharing, P2P

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Open source is sold and FOSS is not

I'm confusedAre you advocating breaking the GPL license by selling GPL based products by 'open source' companies?We know NT Selling software is not a violation of the GPLSelling softare is not a violation of the GPL. Not in any way, shape or form. In the words of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, F/OSS, GPL, software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-02