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Wordcamp 2008

In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...

Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-16

Prologue = Twitter meets Basecamp

Automattic, the company behind Wordpress.com, have released a pretty interesting new product called Prologue. Essentially a re-skinning of Wordpress (the open-source blog software), Prologue is Twitter-esque in its micro-blogging interface and functionality, but also brings to the surface the collaborative potential of such a platform by taking advantage of Wordpress...

Tags: Wordpress, Twitter, Automattic, Prologue, RSS, Smb/Sme, Blogging, Internet, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-01-29

Additional Resources

Thomas-Rasset to appeal $1.9m verdict

Thomas-Rasset to appeal $1.9m verdictShe sure did ask for it.By sharing copyright protected songs. She should stop trying to blame the RIAA for her predicament. Regardless of the appropriateness or not of the $1.9M award two juries have found her guilty of willful infringement. Own up to it and take...

Tags: Litigation, Digital media, RIAA, Thomas-Rasset

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?Ready to sell them short?Dennis: Sure, Oracle's past performance as a company is no prologue to the future. Seeing as you see the future as distinctly different for Oracle than its history from here on in, I assume you'll be devoting half your...

Tags: Strategy, ORCL, Oracle Corp., Dennis

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Proman Prologue 1.0 (Windows)

Proman is a blue bomber with special powers. Fight robots from another universe and come out on top. This episode is the introduction to the Proman series. With advanced movement system you can dash, charge up, jump and swap weapons!

Tags: Pete, Proman, Robots, Microsoft Windows, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-02-01

How the Wii saved Christmas

How the Wii saved ChristmasSony has failed to market the PS? appropriatellySony missed the boat marketing the PS3 and PSP.People unfamiliar with those consoles still think they are just game consoles.Whoever uses one to the full potential realizes that they are personal entertainment centers. Gaming is just one component. This...

Tags: Games, Game players, probelm, Nintendo Wii, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, console, Microsoft Xbox, game

Discussion threads 2009-01-13

Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live Search

Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live SearchPatience, MikeIt's premature to write: "The future is now, the past is prologue, Microsoft has won."Until Microsoft's victory, savor the slow process of Google's disintegration moment by moment. You wouldn't slug down that Merlot or Cab Sav, would you?!Salute to...

Tags: Chad Myers, Microsoft Live Search, Chad, Microsoft Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

Enterprise 2.0: Progress is mixed, but experimentation is cheap

The state of enterprise 2.0 reveals spotty progress and a separation between key technologies. For instance, wikis are in, podcasts are out and blogs are somewhere in between within the corporation. In two Forrester reports here and here, the research firm hits on a few key themes:...

Tags: NewsGator, Enterprise 2.0, Forrester Research Inc., Web 2.0, Wiki, RSS, Internet, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Logitech Driving Force Wireless

Logitech makes three current steering wheel models for the PS3. At the top of the line is the $300 G25 Racing Wheel, a superpremium "simulator-grade" product that boasts a hand-stitched leather wheel, a six-speed shifter, and metal pedals. Further down the line is the Logitech Driving Force GT. It's...

Tags: Wi-Fi, wireless, Logitech, Driving Force Wireless, Sony PlayStation 3

Product reviews 2008-10-17

Office 2.0: Eating our own dogfood...

It's been a fascinating experience helping Ismael Ghalimi organize the third Office 2.0 Conference, which runs from September 3rd to 5th at San Francisco's St Regis Hotel. As well as the terrific group of sessions and speakers we've organized, plus the action packed 'unconference' ...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Amazon.com Inc., Conference, Session, Office 2.0, Office20.com, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Spinner Prologue 1.0 (Mobile)

Simple and addictive maze puzzle game that makes great use of the iPhone’s accellerometer.

Tags: Maze, Mobile, Spinner, Fuel Games, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-11

PS3 Xploder 1.0.1.8 (Windows)

Access great cheatsaves for GTA 4, Xploder blows your games wide open. Have access to new weapons, loads of money and missions unlocked, Xploder cheatsaves gets you ahead of the game! Also includes cheatsaves for Gran Turismo 5 - Prologue, Call of Duty 4, Assassins Creed and many more BONUS:...

Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStation Portable, Digital Video, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-07-01

2009 Nissan GT-R

Photo gallery:2009 Nissan GT-R It must be Christmas, because a 2009 Nissan GT-R showed up in our garage. Just like how we spent 1973 transfixed by commercials for the Vertibird Rescue Ship toy, we slathered over every specification sheet and photo of the new GT-R since the concept was shown...

Tags: Games, Digital media, Digital music, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Corvette Z06, Nissan GT-R

Product reviews 2008-06-27

Ninja Gaiden II: Prima Official eGuide 1 (Windows)

Thorough walkthrough, including maps of every area. All puzzle solutions detailed. Mini-guide for defeating classic Ninja Gaiden bosses. Expert combat strategyincluding weapon combos and acrobatic moves. Special prologue includes flashbacks to previous chapters in the Ninja Gaiden saga. All secrets and extras revealed. Note: The Download Now link will download...

Tags: Prima Games, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-06-16

Profits-strapped Sun continues decade-long pitch to developers on Java dominance

Leading up to the JavaOne developers conference, Sun Microsystems posted an embarrassing quarterly profit loss, is making OpenSolaris more open than ever, bringing the OpenSolaris platform value to the Amazon Web Services cloud, and is still using variations on the projectile theme to send T-shirts into the international crowd of...

Tags: Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetBeans Ecosystem, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-05-06

SAP's alternative Twitter project

Following on from my last piece about Twitter, I also spoke with Craig Cmehil, another Irregular and SAPper. For some weeks, Craig has been running a side project to develop a Twitteresque alternative for use inside the firewall. Wordpress's Prologue might make a decent alternative but Craig's work started before...

Tags: SAP AG, Wordpress, Twitter, Productivity, Firewalls, Networking, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-31

Why Twitter's failing

Right now, Twitter is a mess. Most of today, European users have experienced outages of varying length and even hard core Twitter fans are saying they've had enough. Some have talked of jumping ship to Pownce or Jaiku. Louis van Proosdij, in answer to TechCrunch France's Ouriel Ohayon offered: ...

Tags: Twitter, Marshall, Joyent, Rod Boothby, Patience, Manufacturing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-31

News to know: Yahoo; Microsoft; Windows worm hole; Demo 08

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Vista and Windows Server 2008--an unbreakable couple? Microsoft seeks new Windows Media Center testers Microsoft makes Visual Studio 2008 more broadly available Larry Dignan: Yahoo lowers its outlook for 2008; Sees 'headwinds'; Restructuring in Feb. Techmeme eBay outlines...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mesh Networking, Software, Networking

Blog posts 2008-01-30

Automattic does Twitter for business

Late this afternoon, Automattic, the folk behind Wordpress released a new theme called Prologue under the GPL that replicates Twitter's look and feel with much of what Twitter already does but with threading via comments. Why it hasn't been done before is a mystery to me...

Tags: Wordpress, Twitter, RSS, Content Management, Firewalls, Manufacturing, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-28