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Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?

You point this Netbook to LogMeIn, and use it to access your own desktop back at the office. You do all your work that way. You use all the Windows or Mac applications you have now, but the device you use them on is basically a terminal. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: LogMeIn, Laptop Computer, Press Agent, Linux, Notebooks, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-26

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IT resellers encouraged to spread the EPEAT green gospel

If you're not interested in understanding the in's and out's of the EPEAT Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool rating systems, the Green Electronics Council has started training IT solutions and services providers about how to better-interpret the information for their clients. EPEAT uses 51 different criteria (such...

Tags: Information Technology, Reseller, EPEAT, Federal Government, Strategy, Government, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Verizon snoops peek at Obama's cell phone records

Nosy Verizon employees improperly accessed and peeked at Barack Obama's personal cell phone records, the company said in a statement acknowledging the privacy breach. In the statement, Verizon Wireless chief executive Lowell McAdam apologized to the President-elect and vowed that the errant employees will be disciplined.  The...

Tags: Employee, Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., Cell Phone, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Security, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open source

The good news? Gartner says that 100 percent of businesses will be using open source within the next 12 months. The bad news? Gartner doesn't really seem to understand open source licensing requirements, and is trying to scare companies into adding bureaucracy around open source adoption. According to Gartner, companies...

Tags: Software, Gartner Inc., Open Source, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Advantages of the Storm over the iPhone (updated)

(Update: I took the number out of the headline, because it keeps changing.) I got to play with a Blackberry Storm earlier this week and a couple of features immediately jumped out at me that beat the iPhone hands down: Copy and Paste...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Blackberry Storm, Keyboards, Engineering, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Thanks Microsoft, I will now subscribe to the Zune Pass

Larry posted the news about the updated Zune Pass music subscription service and after checking out the press release in detail I am going to sign back up for the monthly service. Getting to keep some songs for my own collection each month was the kicker that pushed me over...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Service, Matthew Miller, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Marketing, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-20

T-Mobile USA increases data plan rates for voice customers

Today, T-Mobile USA is kicking off its web2go initiative that add Yahoo! oneSearch to some devices, a customizable home page, a new mobile shopping and download experience (I'll cover this in a follow-up post), and higher data rate plans. The press release actually states that the data rate plans were...

Tags: T-Mobile, Web Site Development, Leadership, Web Technology, Internet, Management, Matthew Miller, T-Mobile G1, Plan, Sidekick Device, G1 Plan, Smart Phones, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm

First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-11-19

What's blowin' in the wind? Alternative energy in China

A new study of the Chinese wind energy market finds the country's growth will likely continue despite the global economic spasms. EER's report finds China will be #1 in generating electricity from wind by 2011. As much as the once communist state now embraces a brand of capitalism,...

Tags: China, Alternative Energy, Wind Energy, EER, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-19

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 3

This is the 3rd in a series of 5 posts about an iPhone programming course I'm taking this week. The course is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. To make things more interesting I'm writing about how iPhone development differs from Android development, a subject with which I'm...

Tags: OpenGL, Apple iPhone, Android, Timers, Textures Textures, MultiTouch, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-19

From Peter Chernin to Mark Cuban: Picking Jerry Yang's Replacement

So, Peter Chernin's name keeps coming up as a potential replacement for Jerry Yang as CEO of Yahoo. Chernin's the always-cool president of News Corp. Under Rupert Murdoch and Chernin, the old-line publisher and broadcaster has shown serious savvy about new media. People...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Peter Chernin, Corporate Communications, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Marketing, Management, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-19

First Core i7 desktops from Dell, Alienware and Gateway

Now that Intel has officially released its Core i7 processor, fresh desktops are arriving daily. Dell has released four systems with Core i7 processors, including one mainstream Studio XPS desktop and three gaming rigs. Gateway also announced two FX-series gaming systems. Notably absent is HP, which has yet to announce...

Tags: Desktop, Alienware, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., Memory, Core, Gateway FX6800-01, Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Flash Memory, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services

Microsoft is discontinuing its paid Windows Live OneCare subscription security service. Microsoft is touting a new, free security service, codenamed "Morro," and due in the second half of 2009, as OneCare's successor. The Microsoft press release and statements on Morro offer some other interesting tidbits. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Morro

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Echosign prepares for tipping point of e-signatures

Electronic signatures aren't new. In fact, they've been equivalent to written signatures since 2000, under the Federal E-Sign Act. But adoption has been slow. Sure, my tax accountant may be submitting my electronic signature on my tax returns but recently, when it came time to put my out-of-state home on...

Tags: Signature, Echosign, Taxes, Free Trade, Sales Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Copy and paste on the Blackberry Storm

In this video (00:50) you'll see how the copy and paste function works on the new Blackberry Storm smartphone from RIM and Verizon Wireless. It works like this: select a range of text with two fingers, press the Blackberry menu key, select copy, then launch the destination...

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

Blog posts 2008-11-18

MailShadowG syncs Outlook data to Google and thus your G1

After checking out my T-Mobile G1 review and reading how I was looking for a way to get my Exchange information on my device, Clay sent me an email with a link to the press release announcing MailShadow for Google Apps or MailShadowG. I have been using the free Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Calendar, MailShadowG, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Cloud Computing, Online Communications, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Matthew Miller, T-Mobile G1, Productivity, E-mail Providers, Strategy, Internet, Management

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Expensive repairs for Large Hadron Collider

So this Large Hadron Collider thing is a pretty sensitive piece of equipment. An electrical failure shut the great atom smasher down in September after only a few days on the job. It was supposed to be brought back online this month, but now, the BBC reports, the...

Tags: CERN, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Adobe lands MLB.com deal

updated: Adobe has reportedly landed a Flash deal with MLB.com upending Microsoft's Silverlight. Andy Plesser at Beet.tv reports: Adobe has landed a two-year agreement with Major League Baseball to stream its 2,500-plus spring training, regular season and post-season games live to MLB.com's 1.5 million subscribers.  Games...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., MLB, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Asus launches 'world's fastest' smartphone

Yes, you read correctly: Asus has unveiled its latest smartphone, which, it claims is the "fastest business PDA phone in the world." Them's big words coming from a mobile underdog. That's because the juice behind the shell of the Asus P565 is an 800MHz...

Tags: ASUS, Phone, Smart Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Google voice search coming to iPhone

Google is close to releasing a new iPhone application that will allow you to speak search terms into the iPhone and get search results. The application will be convenient for use while driving or for any time you don't feel like pecking out your query on the iPhone's keyboard....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Voice, Search, Keyboards, Telecommunications, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-14