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Study: 637 million Google users surfing with insecure browser

Study: 637 million Google users surfing with insecure browserHave to take your word for itAd? What ad?The (really, REALLY little) price one pays for running AdBlock in Firefox.That bird in the active Tech Pros ad is pretty:-)Laziness, ignorance or apathyI have a coworker an IT director that has a Windows...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Laziness, apathy, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns

New GPL draft has olive branches, thornsThe old school of *nix continues to hamper Linux's adoptionWhen will the ball-and-chain that is the GPL finally disappear and die? When will the community see the FSF for what it really is - a bunch of 1960's throwbacks who believe that making any...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, PRETTY MUCH, GPL, Linux, New GPL draft, Microsoft Corp., olive branch

Discussion threads 2007-03-29

U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control

U.N. summit revives concerns about Net controlU.N. summit revives concerns about Net controlThe U.S. is here to stay and will remain in control of the internet. Yes the whole internet. Get over it.Pretty much says it all"During the Tunisia summit, nations like Cuba, Iran and Zimbabwe blasted the United...

Tags: Domain names, PRETTY MUCH, Internet, U.N. Summit, Net Control

Discussion threads 2006-10-27

Microsoft looks for 'protection' money

Microsoft looks for 'protection' moneyheres how it sounds...they sell you a boat with holes. then if you want to fix the leaks they will sell you the corks. they know there are holes. you choose, do you want a leaky system or do you want a leaky...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, PRETTY MUCH, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, security

Discussion threads 2006-02-22

Gateway to cut more jobs

Gateway to cut more jobsThey are still in business?Honesty I am surprised they are still in business. They haven't posted had a positive quarter in a long. Shame to see a good computer company doing so badly. :(good award![Separately, Gateway has disclosed that it will it will pay Wayne Inouye,...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, PRETTY MUCH, job, Gateway Inc., eMachine

Discussion threads 2004-03-02

Additional Resources

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

Taleo's November to forget

An HR Soap Opera This month hasn't been a good one for Taleo. Here's the timeline of events and an analysis of the lawsuits that are originating from recent events. On 11/3/2008, the company announced its Q3 earnings and they didn't delight Wall...

Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Stock, Revenue Recognition, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Lines out door, around corner for BlackBerry Storm

The day has come, the time is near, and RIM's BlackBerry Storm has arrived in a store near you. So what kind of reception are we looking at here -- a mile-long frenzy like that for the Apple iPhone 3G, or the collective sigh for the T-Mobile G1? ...

Tags: Page, RIM BlackBerry, St., Ave, Storm, Handhelds, 3G, Hardware, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Salesforce.com: Recession resistant or just late to the pain?

On the surface, Salesforce.com's third quarter was impressive. The company hit or exceeded its targets and noted that its "value proposition" was resonating among enterprise software buyers. But worries abound under the surface. Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Recession, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Ed Tech in a recession

At the beginning of this week, I wrote about why the OLPC makes less sense than ever during a recession. Little green netbooks, though, aren't the only things that will get hit as the global economy tanks even further. Next year, our district is looking at a best...

Tags: Recession, Hardware, Technology, Teacher, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration

There is a thought provoking piece in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review written by James I. Cash, Jr., Michael J. Earl, and Robert Morison. Morison is an executive vice president and director of research at nGenera Corporation, while Earl and Cash are...

Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Integration, Morison, Distributed Innovation Group, Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-21

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

News to know: Storm; Holiday gift guide;Lenovo malware; Dell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm Gallery: Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: Top...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, Malware, RIM BlackBerry, VUDU, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Personal Technology

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

Please, give me a few billion, pretty please

The chances are dimming for any loans to the automakers this year. There's a stall, a back-up, a traffic jam in Congress according to the blogosphere. The Detroit Big Three were in Washington today with their over-sized begging bowls out. They got some support, some raspberries. ...

Tags: White House, Loan, Banking, Financial Services, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Enterprise mashups need complexity to create value

Those who drink the Web 2.0 Kool-aid live in a idealistic world where we can mentally connect a great idea to a great implementation of that idea. We live on faith that the great implementation will come, since there are plenty of smart people out there who will eventually figure...

Tags: LinkedIn, Mashup, Collaboration, Gil Yehuda

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Witnesses set for MySpace suicide trial

Well, it's shaping up to be a juicy time at the trial of psycho-mom Lori Drew, the woman whose weirdo obsession with a neighbor girl led to the teen's MySpace-driven suicide. A long list of witnesses are poised to testify, Wired reports, including the parents of...

Tags: Juror, Suicide, MySpace, Internet, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Dell: How bad is it?

Dell's fiscal third quarter isn't expected to be pretty. The only real question is where Dell's quarter falls on the ugly scale. The company's first shot at an outlook for the quarter unraveled just a few weeks later amid weak PC demand. And when Dell reports earnings...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Did Microsoft really kill OLPC?

I posted a number of pieces Monday about OLPC and its XO laptop now for sale on Amazon in a reboot of the Give One Get One program, one of which declared that OLPC was dead. A year ago, that would have been worthy of a pretty serious flame...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Dell data dump: More energy ammo for the procurement checklist

Two Dell-related green tech proclamations this week: First, the company has done one of those fun green math exercises and is calculating that its customers have saved an estimated $3 billion in energy costs and 29 million tons in carbon dioxide emissions by using OptiPlex desktop systems since 2005. Whether...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell Optiplex, Procurement, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-19