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Mozilla: Threat to Windows or boilerplate risk factor?

Mozilla: Threat to Windows or boilerplate risk factor?Mozilla killing Windows -- not likelyIt's the same story since the Netscape days, "A browser might kill Windows".Admittedly web applications have become a big deal since then but ultimately a browser is still relying on core operating system services to do its work,...

Tags: Web browsers, Games, Game players, Operating systems, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., console, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-03

Safari for Windows: Mozilla was right

Safari for Windows: Mozilla was rightReally, a smart move, and good for keeping the internet STANDARD, FREE, andOPEN. Well, Microsoft is still dragging its feet, trying to keep some sites IE only.Ok, what's with this...File Name: SafariQuickTimeSetup.exeAgain, you HAVE to install Quicktime? For a Browser?I guess it makes senseEven...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, power user, Mozilla Corp., Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, safari, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

PermaTabs for Firefox - a must-have add-on

PermaTabs for Firefox - a must-have add-onFirefox "innovations"...Opera has had this feature for ages.Who needs itFirefox already has many "permatabs", its called BOOKMARKS!It's almost rightI'd much prefer it if you could actually lock the tab to a particular page or domain, causing any other links to open in a new...

Tags: Web browsers, Now IT, Opera Software, Mozilla Firefox, PermaTabs, power user, TMP

Discussion threads 2006-12-21

Additional Resources

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business

This crappy photo-edit of a fairly standard netbook design illustrates the power of Apple branding. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu Netbook and pinged me for tech support questions regarding his new toy --...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple iPod, Operating System, Apple Inc., Wireless, Android, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-22

Apple's ad spend almost a half-billion dollars

There's no doubt that Apple has become one of the most popular brands around the globe - iPod, iMac, iPhone, iTunes. I'm sure you've heard of them. Likewise, you probably know about Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" TV commercials and can spot an iPod billboard on a moving...

Tags: Advertisement, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-21

A live, more interactive Diggnation

Television and the Internet are on a collision course that will revolutionize entertainment, but Revision3 is always one step ahead of the game. Today, they launched a new live video player that allows the user to be the director. That's right, you...

Tags: Episode, Media Players, Internet, Corporate Communications, Instant Messaging, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Online Communications, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybrids

The auto industry may be in a tizzy, but that doesn't mean you can't get a great deal on a new vehicle. And who doesn't love a little holiday cheer in the form of a four-wheel gift? Here are 2008's best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and...

Tags: Car, Page, SUV, Honda Motor Co., Minivan, Manufacturer, Manufacturing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-21

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 5

Today is the last day of a 5-day course on iPhone programming class led by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I've been taking notes on how development for the iPhone compares to development for Android. By the way, BNR also offers Android courses if you're interested....

Tags: Program, Apple iPhone, Web Service, Android, iPhone API, Settings App, Android Preference, Cloud Computing, Web Services, XML, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Ulteo offers server based computing solution for Linux desktops, apps

Ulteo is now offering what Microsoft and Citrix will not: a server based computing solution for the Linux desktop and Linux applications. The company, which late last year launched the first OpenOffice open source desktop online, has announced the availability of the Open Virtual Desktop...

Tags: Linux Desktop, Citrix Systems Inc., Server, Ulteo, Open Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Terminal Server, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Gallery: Blackberry Storm User Interface Hi-Res

A quickee gallery of the Blackberry Storm User Interface by Jason O'Grady

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, BlackBerry Storm, Bluetooth, card slot, EDGE, GPS, GSM, HSPA, HTML, landscape, MMS, navigation, November, portrait, removable battery, Research In Motion, RIM, touch screen, Verizon, Wi-Fi, Jason O\'Grady

Image galleries 2008-11-21

Gallery: Blackberry Storm user interface

I've posted a quickee photo gallery of the new Blackberry Storm (9530) user interface. Click through for 30 shots of the iPhone's latest competitor. Sorry about the lack of captions, look for an update this afternoon. by Jason D. O'Grady

Tags: User Interface, RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Handhelds, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Enterprise 2.0 solution reduces email abuse

We now live in a day and age where we can expect to get dozens, if not hundreds of emails a day. Most of these you'll find are replies and forwarded emails - emails which you have already responded to and are following up, or emails which have been passed...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise 2.0 Solution, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-21

iPhone update kills 12 security bugs

Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor tool

Two new pieces of malware affecting Mac OS X appeared this week, a Trojan horse and a hacker tool for creating backdoors. Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Trojan Horse, Tool, Hacker Tool, Intego, OSX.Lamzev.A, Lamzev, Spyware, Apple Mac OS X, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Mac OS X, malware, Trojan, backdoor, hacker, Adware & Malware, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2008-11-21

Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks Customer

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Nick Portolese, Senior Manager of Data Center Operations for Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Nick's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what...

Tags: Network, Environment, Network Security, Server, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMWare ESX, Nielsen Mobile, Altor Networks, Nielsen, Productivity, Data Centers, Ip storage, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Google launches personalized searches via SearchWiki; Scale, data equals fine experiment

Google has launched an effort it calls SearchWiki, which allows folks to customize searches and move results. An example: Say you disagree with a ranking of a result. You can move it up. You can also add notes to the result. And you can also remove results....

Tags: Google Inc., Personalized Search, Productivity, Search, Engineering, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Gallery: Blackberry Storm User Interface

Some pictures of the new Blackberry Storm user interface. by Jason O'Grady

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, BlackBerry Storm, Bluetooth, card slot, EDGE, GPS, GSM, HSPA, HTML, landscape, MMS, navigation, November, portrait, removable battery, Research In Motion, RIM, touch screen, Verizon, Wi-Fi, Jason O\'Grady

Image galleries 2008-11-20

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4

It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging'

Updated: Dell's third quarter was a mixed bag. Revenue was down amid weak demand, but earnings were better than expected by a wide margin. The outlook was "challenging" as expected. The company reported third quarter earnings of $727 million, or 37 cents a share, on revenue of...

Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., IT-spending, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Wells Fargo team shares green tech tips for the data center

In my quest to uncover practical information about what real data center managers are doing to decrease their energy consumption, for real, I recently spoke with two executives from Wells Fargo's Technology Information Group TIG. Scott Dillon, executive vice president and CTO for Enterprise Hosting...

Tags: Team, Data Center, Green Technology, Wells Fargo & Co., Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-20