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- Apple rewards iPhone beta testers with $200 early buyer penalty
- Apple rewards iPhone beta testers with $200 early buyer penaltyBad stuffI am a big Apple supporter and customer but this move is pretty sleazy. I agree with the blog post, Apple needs to give early users some sort of refund or credit. $200 is way too much to eat.I don't...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, purchase receipt, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., buyer penalty, iPhone beta tester, early buyer penalty, beta tester, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-09-05
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- 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
- 80% of Americans would switch to hybrid cars if they could afford them
- Majority of Americans are willing to sacrifice perceived reliability, luxury, performance and comfort for better gas mileage as they plan their next vehicle purchase. Perceptions exist that gas-only cars are less expensive, more luxurious, and offer better design and comfort, Ruder Finn reports. Only 6% of respondents think hybrids are...
- Tags: Car, Hybrid Car, AM
- 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
- iPhone 3G coming to Walmart, Sam's Club Dec. 28
- Walmart will begin selling Apple's iPhone 3G on December 28th in select locations, eventually expanding to 2,500 stores, according to BoyGeniusReport. Sam's Club gets in on the action too, with 69 locations offering the handset on the 28th. Some stores will reportedly get live demo units to...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Sam, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Giddyap - Oracle Mid-market apps team with Wells Fargo
- A Treasury Solution to Save Money not cost more of it I got a briefing from Oracle's Tony Kender and Wells Fargo's Brad Stewart concerning their new joint plug-in adapter product for Oracle's E-Business Suite. Basically, this adapter allows users of Oracle's mid-market applications to directly...
- Tags: Team, Oracle Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Adapter, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Forrester, SaaS and market uptake in IT management
- Competition in the Changing IT Management Space Yesterday I discussed CA's move into SaaS-based IT Management. Today, a Forrester Research shared with me a new report their firm also released yesterday (How Big Is SaaS In IT Management Software? by Peter O'Neill) on the predicted...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Solution, IT Administration, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Markets, Software As A Service (SaaS), Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- CRM 2.0 = The Conversation - But First....The Intro
- This is my first post for ZDNET. I'm back from a 10 day cruise to the Caribbean - had a great time - came back to the economy worse than what I left - though gas prices are great - and I'm feeling relaxed anyway - so I thought it...
- Tags: Strategy, Community, Customer, CRM, CRM 2.0, Social Customer Thing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- More OLPC Give One Considerations
- It's the second day of sales for the OLPC Give One Get One program on Amazon; the site is still up and still claiming next day delivery is available (anyone who gets theirs in a day, please talk back below). I posted several musings yesterday on this latest effort...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Study: Don't repeat IT mistakes from last downturn.
- A report released today by research firm voke, Inc. makes a point that probably shouldn't need to be made these days - but, given the economic climate, it's probably not a bad idea to say it anyway. Resist the IT downturn slash. Former Gartner...
- Tags: Information Technology, Outsourcing, Strategy, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- OLPC's 'Give 1 Get 1': What a difference a year makes
- The One Laptop Per Child OLPC program on Monday launched this year's 'Give 1 Get 1' program and it's simply stunning how the environment has changed. I did the Give 1 Get 1 program last year and my daughter found the XO an interesting tool that has...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Christopher Dawson, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- $400 XOs and recessions
- The OLPC XO goes on sale through Amazon Monday via a redux of their Give One Get One (G1G1) program that turned into such a debacle last year. It's no secret that, despite my utter willingness to give props to OLPC for spurring an entire market of...
- Tags: Recession, Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, OLPC XO, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Car crash imminent?
- Wow, the battle over the future of American-based car manufacturers is getting more complex. Now there's a major battle brewing WITHIN the majority Democratic Party, and it's centered on the political clout of the Detroit auto interests. ROAD KILL? There's good evidence that...
- Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Going paperless...Are we really saving money?
- I've been continuing to kick around the idea of going paperless in K-12 education, particularly at the elementary level. It's becoming something of a personal crusade as I watch teachers crank out reams of worksheets for their students and find money to buy toner to support their habit. ...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Digital Content, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- i-Cards: the next SSN?
- When it comes to the new information cards - the digital wallet initiative backed by the likes of Google, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle - think of this as Phase 1, the information gathering phase This week, another partner in the effort - credit reporting agency Equifax - launched an online...
- Tags: Card, Equifax, i-Cards, Social Security, Operational Accounting, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Microsoft launches online store: Is there deeper meaning here?
- Microsoft has launched something long overdue: An online store. Yes Virginia, you can download Windows. The launch is a bit quiet. Trevin Chow, a senior program manager at Microsoft, announced the "first-party" store on his blog. The software giant's Windows blog also plugs a purchase of Microsoft's...
- Tags: Electronic Software Distribution, Product, Online Store, Microsoft Corp., Chow, Microsoft Store, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Adventures in CA Support Day 2
- As I pointed out in the post Adventures in CA support, I received a routine message from CA telling me that my subscription to their CA Internet Security Suite was coming to an end and I needed to purchase an update. When I did and installed the updated software, problems...
- Tags: Software, Computer Associates International Inc., CA Website, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Fujitsu gets dense and secure with mobile hard drives
- Fujitsu's latest 2.5 inch 5400RPM 500GB hard disk, the MJA2 BH On Tuesday, storage manufacturer Fujitsu Computer Products of America announced their latest series of mobile hard disks, raising the capacity bar for laptops with their 2.5-inch MJA2 BH and MJA2 CH series...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Mobile, Fujitsu Ltd., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Storage, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- More XP OLPCs?
- Ars Technica is reporting that Columbia will be distributing OLPC XO netbooks to students in the towns of Quetame and Chia. This is a pilot program and, although it is unclear how many will be distributed and how they will be used programatically, we can deduce that these were...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Getting the most value out of Collaborative Technologies
- I'll be speaking at a breakfast briefing in London UK on the 20th November on the subject of ‘How to get the most value out of collaborative technologies‘ for Fujitsu Services, whose Graeme Mackay, Business Manager of Corporate Information Systems, will also talk about Fujitsu's experiences...
- Tags: Information Technology, Business Unit, Tool, Productivity, Strategy, Collaboration, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
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