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Google PageRank: Biased and fundamentally flawed?: Is the infamous Google PageRank anti-democratic? Jakob Nielsen says it like it is, not how people want to believe it is. His “Search Engines as Leeches on the Web” post from earlier in the year is a must-read cutting-through-the-hype antidote to search engine Google worship:Search engines extract too much of...; Tags: participation inequality, web; Blog posts 2006-10-10

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IBM should spend another $1B to sell its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop to the masses: IBM is enlisting the help of the top three Linux distributors to help its desktop Office and messaging software gain ground. It's a small step forward but Big Blue must reach out to the masses to win this game. At LinuxWorld, IBM announced that Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red...; Tags: microsoft office, ibm corp., linux, open source, unix, operating systems, desktops, software, hardware, paula rooney; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Yahoo's shareholders chance to talk: In most cases, a shareholder's meeting is usually a sleeper. But today, all eyes are on Yahoo's meeting, underway now at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. It's up in the air as to how much excitement there will be now that the company and investor Carl Icahn, who is...; Tags: shareholder, yahoo! inc., financial accounting, finance, sam diaz; Blog posts 2008-08-01
Predictive markets: Can they work for the enterprise?: Best Buy, Corning, Google and a bunch of other companies are dabbling in prediction markets for corporate decision making and there may even be a little return on investment given that traditional forecasting methods aren't better. Prediction markets are speculation hubs where traders predict future events. In...; Tags: prediction market, tools & techniques, sales force management, strategy, management, sales, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-31
Eight pitfalls of predictive markets: Predictive markets sound like such a great idea for determining what will work in the market and what won't. But misplaced trust in these markets can spell gloom and doom for many an organization. Here then are eight problems you'll want to avoid as...; Tags: google inc., market, investment, finance, dave greenfield; Blog posts 2008-07-30

Are India and China taking over open source?: Are India and China taking over open source?Silly headlineYou can't take over open source. That's the whole point of open source - fork it and do your own thing.It should be more like "China and India embracing open source".But I guess that isn't provocative enough to run up your page...; Tags: open source, f/oss; Discussion threads 2008-07-29
Microsoft makes pledges to support Apache, PHP, Ruby: Like Dana, I was surprised to hear of Microsoft's decision to become a platinum sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation, announced at OSCON late last week. It wasn't the only announcement. The Redmond, Wash based Windows giant also shared that it would make a contribution to the...; Tags: php, apache software foundation, ruby, microsoft corp., scripting languages, open source, software/web development, web development, paula rooney; Blog posts 2008-07-28
Seagate: Demand is swell, but we're playing catch-up on notebook drives: Seagate delivered some good news with its fiscal fourth quarter earnings: Storage demand is just swell. The bad news: Seagate is lagging with its product line--especially for notebook drives--and that's killing margins and hurting profits in the current quarter. For the quarter ended June 27, Seagate reported...; Tags: notebook market, seagate technology llc, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Insurance vs. coverage in New Jersey and elsewhere: Insurance vs. coverage in New Jersey and elsewhereCorollary to 'Insurance is not the same thing as coverage.'Coverage does not guarantee availability of the covered service.RE: Insurance vs. coverage in New Jersey and elsewherethank you! the whole thing is such a scam, doctors aren't even allowed to offer discounts to their...; Tags: financial planning, linux user, insurance; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Firefox 3 and community -- How Mozilla used social networking to set a world record: Firefox 3 and community -- How Mozilla used social networking to set a world recordFireFox RulesHands down, FireFox is the best browser ever. No one else compares.www.FireMe.To/udiRE: Firefox 3 and community -- How Mozilla used social networking to set aIt also help that it was an automatic install. Click...; Tags: web browsers, ff3, mozilla firefox, social networking, mozilla corp., mozilla firefox 3.0, world record, network; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Content management software vendors eye social networking: Content management software vendors are pondering social networking features and are expected to collaborate or acquire so-called white label networks to make their enterprise apps more social. That's one of the takeaways from Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst at Forrester. Owyang's working theory is that...; Tags: network, content management system, social networking, content management, enterprise software, online communications, marketing, advertising & promotion, software, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-30
And now, the end is near...: Well, its been a nice, fulfilling but short run on Between the Lines. On Monday morning, I pack up my stuff and move to Tech Broiler. As you can see, it's starting to look a little bit like Mount Rushmore in terms of editorial faces on ZDNet's premier blog, and...; Tags: term, linux, open source, unix, operating systems, blogging, software, internet, jason perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-27
Openness: I've been privileged to be around some amazing people recently, first at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston and now this week at SuperNova, Wharton Business school's conference, which this year explored "how decentralization and pervasive connectivity are changing our world". My take away word of the...; Tags: talent, mozilla firefox, collaboration, british telecommunications, openness, jp rangaswami, sam, web browsers, groupware, workforce management, leadership, security, internet, enterprise software, software, human resources, management, oliver marks; Blog posts 2008-06-19
There's data and then there's asking for trouble: Ars Technica is reporting on a Queensland, Australia initiative to build a massive student database whose invasiveness and privacy concerns seem to dwarf even the volumes of data collected on students here in the States. According to the article, 1,251 state schools would...; Tags: school system, professional development, hacking, storage, performance management, databases, career, security, hardware, human resources, workforce management, enterprise software, software, data management, christopher dawson; Blog posts 2008-06-17
Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?: Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?Microsoft sees RedHat and Novell making...money with open source. They are looking to see if it is a market they can tap into as well. Microsoft would rather make money from Open Source than try to kill it - something they have found...; Tags: microsoft windows, operating systems, microsoft corp., open source, winux; Discussion threads 2008-06-16
Searching for definition: A recurring theme for me at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston was defining 'Enterprise 2.0'as discussed in my earlier post. Based on my conversations with various attendees, some were clearly at the conference expressly to gain clarity on this in order to help them sell initiatives...; Tags: knowledge, enterprise 2.0, definition, conference, km, carl, knowledge management, strategy, enterprise software, software, management, oliver marks; Blog posts 2008-06-15
Intel: Enough with the whining; We're not holding back USB 3.0: Has there ever been a technology specification that didn't have some drama involved? Intel is trying to remove a little drama from USB 3.0, which will be a faster version of previous generations. As a quick refresher. USB 3.0 is the newfangled spec for USB connections. It's...; Tags: specification, usb, intel corp., usb 3.0, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-12
Go Green with Ease: Five Steps for Small Businesses: Smart information technology IT strategies can reduce the environmental impact of conducting business, and help small and medium-sized businesses SMBs reduce expenses. With employee awareness and participation, even the busiest SMB can adopt simple "green" strategies that require little to no additional equipment or labor expenditures. View this page...; Tags: small business, small and medium business, smb/sme, strategy, management; Resource centers 2008-06-12
iPhone aims for pole position: iPhone aims for pole positionActually......that is not usually the Microsoft way. People key on the "Plays for Sure" situation like its evidence of a trend. It isn't.Historically, Microsoft has made platforms that were available to everybody. I'm not entirely sure why they went the path they did...; Tags: apple iphone, apple inc., hardware, pole position, microsoft corp., hardware division; Discussion threads 2008-06-10
Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?: Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?Threat assessmentYour point on the ever-shifting sands of Microsoft intentions simply underscores one of the basic rules of threat assessments: "assess enemy capabilities, not enemy intentions."In the present instance, that means that the only things that others should count on from Microsoft are the enforceable...; Tags: open source, security, microsoft corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-29