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Microsoft's penultimates

Microsoft's penultimatesThere is only one problem with your theory MurphVista doesn't appear to be a penultimate. I believe Microsoft has stated that they plan on releasing another NT based OS in a few years.Furthermore, Vista to ME is not a fair comparison. ME added the Win2k interface, system restore,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, copy cat, Microsoft Corp., DOS 1.0, penultimate, open source, Microsoft Windows Vista, DOS

Discussion threads 2007-03-29

SmartChess 1.2 (Mobile)

SmartChess offers eight difficulty levels, tournament rules play, and unlimited undo, as well as a two-player option. The computer moves instantly on most levels, enabling quick yet challenging games. It's like having a chess board and a willing opponent with you everywhere you take your mobile phone. Eight levels of...

Tags: Mobile, Level, Penultimate, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows, Cellular Phones, Personal Technology, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2005-06-14

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HP Report: Good Performance on Sustainability (but dinged by Greenpeace)

HP released their 2008 sustainability report today and again, unsurprisingly, it's a deeply impressive effort. HP has pushed the boat out with substantive improvement in the quality of the disclosure as well the accessibility of the report which has been much enhanced with the use of interactive dashboards. I'm finding...

Tags: Sustainability, Greenpeace, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Commitment, Goal, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-04-06

P570 vs T5220

As part of JesperFrimann's challenge with respect to the options available to a company with two aging p690s running Sybase, he suggested that: It's 256 threads per box on the T5440 versus 16 on the p550, and furthermore the power 550 supports shared pool virtualization.. so it...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM POWER6, IBM Corp., J2Ee, Processors, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Programming Languages, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-12

The App Store millionaire club

The App Store millionaire clubThe fact that they own an iPhone already proves that. ntntSpending .99 on an App makes one a fool?I mean most of these Apps highlighted are as low as .99 cents in the App Store. Many are useless while others are highly useful. My bet is...

Tags: App Store, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-12-15

Talking climate in Europe

At the international climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, there is much concern over what role the U.S.will play after January 20, 2009. There have been direct messages that the U.S. will play a different role than it has over the past eight years. How significant, asks this blogger,...

Tags: Poland, Climate, European Union, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-11

Windows 7 build 6956 - Desktop (Windows 7 build 6956)

Windows 7 build 6956 - Desktop (Windows 7 build 6956)MS had bettter drop the word "Ultimate"... from some of those screens. I think just like "Vista", "ultimate" is pure marketing poison.RE: Windows 7 build 6956 - Desktop (Windows 7 build 6956)Sigh. Ultimate is naturally a marketing position. Just like the...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Negative Feelings, desktop, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

(Photos: A soft landing at Rocket Park)

(Photos: A soft landing at Rocket Park)Apollo 17Hate to nitpick, but you guys should be better than this: "the penultimate moon mission, Apollo 16."Cernan, Evans, and Schmitt might beg to differ:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17(Yes, I'm a bit of a space-nut, but we all need to have our hobbies. And yes, while I'm...

Tags: Apollo, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Effect on Yahoo will be debilitating

In part one of this comment (Febuary 2/08 ) I said: Some mergers are defensive, some are driven by competitive opportunity, and others largely by management egos and investment bankers hooking for commissions. This seems to be one of the latter: Yahoo was over valued relative to its...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Heads, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Free Trade, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-04

About that Yahoo deal

I've had perhaps a dozen emails over the last several days asking what I think of Microsoft's offer to buy out Yahoo's shareholders. So here's what I think - first on motivation and prospects. Some mergers are defensive, some are driven by...

Tags: Google Inc., MSN, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Portals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Web Technology, Data Centers, Strategy, Internet, Investment, Finance, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-02-02

So which laptop will be more reliable than my Dodge Caravan?

As readers might remember, my 2001 Dodge Caravan caught on fire last week after some maintenance to replace the serpentine belt and the power steering pump, both of which had died the day before. Now I've been in a rental for a couple of days (another Dodge Caravan, but...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Microsoft's penultimates

A penultimate version is the second last one - and Microsofts penultimate operating systems have generally been their best ones. There was an MS-DOS 4.0 - but its 3.2 that everyone remembers as the best of the MS-DOS versions. Windows 4.0 was...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-29

Eliminate WEP!

Eliminate WEP!Try telling that to Nintendo DS diehardsI'll admit I'm not up on the most current news about the DS, but last I heard it still does not support WPA, only WEP. As such I know a lot of people who run their home networks with WEP. And they aren't...

Tags: Network security, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, SECURITY, WEP

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Web 2.0 'community': Are 'comments' representative?

A new month, a new TechCrunch advisory of disgruntled users of Web 2.0 free services. Michael Arrington began November with “Top Digg Users Feeling Snubbed (see "Digg vs. Diggers?”), and he begins December with “Yahoo Gets Trashed By Users.” Just as with his Digg "controversy is interesting" post, Arrington’s Yahoo...

Tags: Television, TV, Amateur Content, Digg, Social Web, Culture, Yahoo, User-Generated Content, Yahoo! Inc., Social Media, Social Networking, Wikipedia

Blog posts 2006-12-03

McAfee Wireless Protection

With McAfee Wireless Protection, McAfee enhances last year's stand-alone wireless protection application with a few new features. Much of what you can do with McAfee Wireless Protection--connect to a network, change SSID, and enable encryption--is available for free with Windows XP or within the software included with your wireless router,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, McAfee Inc., McAfee Wireless Protection

Product reviews 2006-09-20

Is four Mac OS launches in 5 years really a good thing?

Is four Mac OS launches in 5 years really a good thing?I would be willing to bet against that oneI think it's a safe bet MS will not be able to turn around another OS within 3 years.FUDSo many things...XP boots in 30 seconds? I'm still laughing over that one....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., service pack, operating system, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-06

BloggerCon: Core values and Mike Arrington rails against the trolls

Mike Arrington of TechCrunch led the penultimate BloggerCon IV session on the topic of core values for bloggers (and podcasters + vloggers). The Doc Searls Docnography notes from the session are here, and the downloadable podcast is here.Mike started off the session with the statement that the blogosphere doesn't have...

Tags: blogger

Blog posts 2006-06-24

Symantec CEO advocates fair play and Macs

Symantec CEO advocates fair play and MacsBuwahahahahaIsn't this the same guy that said he had no fear of MS and would beat them with tech? BuwahahahahIt's possible......that he would have more success if he made an antivirus package that actually works. Norton isn't bad, it's definitely above McAfee and...

Tags: SECURITY, Desktops, Symantec Corp., Norton Co., fair play, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2006-05-15

It's Its, its' ... Apostrophic!

My wife bought Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots & Leaves for Christmass - what a mistake! turns out, her tendency to delete commas is wronger than my tendency to put them in. Worse, at least for her, there's an IT angle allowing me to poke fun at her in this blog....

Tags: BASIC, onChange

Blog posts 2006-01-06

Service Oriented Architecture: Practical Enterprise Architecture

The strongest of Enterprise Architecture EA trends lately is represented by three words - Service Oriented Architecture SOA. One should focus on a Service Oriented Enterprise to enhance business performance across interfaces and to prepare to leverage SOA technology for the highest potential impact. Service orientation is the penultimate solution...

Tags: Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Delegata, Service Orientation, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management

White papers 2005-09-19