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PlayStation - The Perils of Secrecy: is it Game Over?

PlayStation - The Perils of Secrecy: is it Game Over?Deja vu is what it is - but with a twistRemember OS2? IBM funded Microsoft to develop both OS2 and DOS. Then MS took that knowledge and made Windows, consequently blowing both OS2 and IBM DOS out of the water.It...

Tags: Games, Game players, Sales strategy, DVD, Consumer electronics, Deja Vu, Sony Corp., Nintendo Wii, game, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corp., Secrecy, Perils, Sony Playstation

Discussion threads 2009-04-18

Perils of Detroit: What's the Deal?

Perils of Detroit: What's the Deal?fyihttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/07/krugman-us-auto-industry_n_149082.htmlNot a pretty picture.

Tags: Perils

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

The Perils of Showboating

The Perils of ShowboatingMocking companies looking for VC moneyYears ago I wrote two articles about start up presentation events. Out in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley there are tons of these events. It was getting out of hand so to have some fun with it, some producers thought it...

Tags: Gong Show, Perils

Discussion threads 2008-08-24

Additional Resources

In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline

Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

News to know: Oracle; Sidekick; Win7 party; Google; Yahoo Hack day

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Internet, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Canada scandal illustrates perils of health IT stimulus

I love it... you do a story that involves tech, and nobody says anythingPeople just like to complain. If this was a Health Reform article, you would have people screaming and crying all over TalkBackFUDDisappointing Dana, I would have thought you were above this type of FUD.RE: Canada scandal illustrates...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health-IT, stimulus

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Canada scandal illustrates perils of health IT stimulus

Call it the law of unintended consequences. Many private acts, done in the normal course of business, become matters of criminal interest when public money is involved. A commission becomes a kickback, a sales dinner a bribe. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Missing what open source cannot afford

FOSS needs some town hallsto get free air time on the news and to educate the users on the perils of closed source.I have to disagree ...I'm not sure how isolated you are, but my experience with open source through OpenNMS has been quite different.Sure, companies like mine that are...

Tags: open source, OpenNMS

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Frugal Friday: Twitter, Social Networking, Open Source and Women, RMS vs. MDI, Oracle, CentOS

Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the recent $100M VC investment in Twitter, the perils of Social Networking, the lack of sensitivity towards women in the Linux and Open Source community, Richard M. Stallman vs. Miguel de Icaza, Larry Ellison and his plans for the...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Women, Network, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Gender And Diversity, Linux, Social Networking, Open Source, Digital Rights Management (DRM), UNIX, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Frogger for iPhone 2.0 (Mobile)

Frogger for iPhone is a classic arcade hits the iPhone/iPod touch. Point Frogger across the highway, hopping past cars and trucks after avoiding the perils of traffic, crossing the fast stream waits. Hop along moving logs and turtles and guide Frogger home. Guide five frogs to safety and move to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Konami Corp., Entertainment, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-24

Frugal Friday: Steak! Apple rebellion, Zune HD, PC Building, Hyper9

Frugal networker Ken Hess and I discuss saving money on meat, the recent Calcanis-inspired Apple angst, Microsoft's portable Zune HD media player, the perils of Building your own PC and talk with Server Virtualization expert Andrew Kutz of Hyper9. Click Here to Listen...

Tags: PC, Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Server Virtualization, Media Players, Desktops, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-14

SaaS Vendor Selection: A Systematic Approach to Selecting a Software-as-a-Service Vendor

The moment of Software-as-a-Service SaaS is undoubtedly upon them. The benefits the SaaS approach to software deployment are numerous and compelling, especially for small to mid sized organizations. The ability to have access to powerful technologies, with a minimal financial commitment has opened new vistas of productivity and competition to...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, HyperOffice, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies

White papers 2009-05-15

D-Link adds CAPTCHA to home routers

D-Link adds CAPTCHA to home routerstoo latehttp://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=4177RE: D-Link adds CAPTCHA to home routersbeen running that version of firmware for a few weeks, first thing i did was turn captcha off.The perils of logging in from the WAN.Just disable this feature and you will never have to worry about attempted break...

Tags: Home networking, CAPTCHA, home router, D-Link Systems

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...

Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization

Blog posts 2009-04-20

PlayStation - The Perils of Secrecy: is it Game Over?

Microsoft's XBox 360's core technology was essentially funded and developed by Sony without them knowing, as detailed in the excellent book 'The Race for a New Games Machine' by David Shippy and Mickie Phipps. Sony partnered with Toshiba and IBM in 2001 to...

Tags: Game, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Playstation, Cell, IBM Corp., Chip, Game Players, Semiconductors, Processors, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-18

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ATOh won't the M$'ers be Upset.No windoze. They will be complaining that Linux nerds have infect ATT, hahahaha.iPhone 3.0I would love to see a more complete Outlook support for both Notes and Tasks, although I am using a 3rd party solution to deliver that in a seperate sync-to-web process. ...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

The Perils of End-of-File Processing When Subsetting Data

End-of-file processing in a SAS DATA step occurs when an entire file is read and some specific processing takes place only after the last record is read from the dataset being processed. When selecting a subset of the data from the dataset using a subsetting IF statement, problems can arise...

Tags: SAS Institute

White papers 2009-02-27

The Perils of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-site Scripting XSS attacks are universally seen as the #1 security vulnerability facing web applications. Don't wait another today to learn how protect the organization. The presenter of this webcast gives an overview on XSS (techniques, consequences and vulnerabilities and give real-world examples and offensive techniques aimed at short circuiting...

Tags: XSS, Breach Security

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Perils of Detroit: What's the Deal?

A proposed bill has been sent to the White House for vetting. It apparently calls for immediate bridge loans to be made available to the Detroit Shrinking Three automakers. We do know the loans would come from a $25 billion dollar package approved earlier this year. Originally...

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-08

Computers checking mathematical proofs?

Computers checking mathematical proofs?I suppose proofs could be computer generatedBut unless there's a readable printout, it's only been proven to the computer. Likewise, I have no objections to computer checking of proofs prior to publication with the understanding that it's akin to spell checking. The important thing is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Office, mathematical proof, computer

Discussion threads 2008-11-08