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- Virtualization 2.0 panel recording from NGDC is available
- Back in August, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel at the Next Generation Data Center Conference, entitled "Virtualization 2.0".The panel included Albert Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Director of xkoto, Greg O'Connor, CEO of Trigence, Jonah Paransky, Marketing VP of StackSafe and Lawrence Stein, Engineering VP of...
- Tags: Panel, StackSafe, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Zune 3.0
- Photo gallery:Zune 3.0 softwareIn order for Microsoft's Zune MP3 player to compete against Apple's iPod, Microsoft not only had to create a great MP3 player; it also had to create a solid software client to compete against iTunes. In doing so,it's created an attractive, full-featured digital-media jukebox that some users...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Zune
- Product reviews 2008-10-07
- Tales Runner (PC)
- Tales Runner PCTales Runner is a unique and magnificent new MMO Racing Game!Welcome Runners===============================================================Gameplay:===============================================================Tales Runner is not an MMORPG. It is an MMO Racing game. There aren’t a lot of quality games in this genre and I feel that Tales Runner will do extremely well because of its unique gameplay...
- Tags: Games, PC, Tales Runner
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edge
- Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edgeGreat to see Google forcing Apple to be more open. Hopefully Apple will beforced to also unlock the applications so you do NOT need Apples approval to offer an application.RE: Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edgeApple will only be as open...
- Tags: Branding, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iPhone NDA, T-Mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Oracle customers: Our consultants stink
- Oracle customers attended OpenWorld last week and launched a few bombs at consultants while they were at it. According to a survey by VendorRate--an outfit that ranks vendors via feedback from customers--the companies that implement Oracle's software received low customer satisfaction ratings. The results aren't all that...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Consultant, Product Marketing, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Welcome to the new ZDNet Reviews Beta
- I'm happy to announce that today, ZDNet Reviews got a much-needed overhaul. In addition to some strictly cosmetic design changes, we've added tons of new product review content. click to enlarge While we still feature best-in-breed content from our sister site, CNET.com, we're now...
- Tags: Review, Product, Beta, Matthew Miller, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Wall Street slams tech on bailout bill's failure
- updated: Wall Street reacted sharply to news that Congress failed to pass a $700 billion bailout bill this morning, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a downward plunge more than 777 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, not immune to the financial ripple-effect that stems from the financial crisis, was down...
- Tags: Plunge, Financial, Recession, Yahoo! Inc., Wall Street, Apple Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Apple levels the playing field on the App Store
- Apple made moves over the weekend to close a couple of loopholes in their wildly successful App Store and to level the playing field for developers. Two big changes were rolled out this morning. Apple now only allows customers that have downloaded/purchased an app to review it....
- Tags: Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Apple TV: End of an error?
- Apple TV: End of an error?Microsoft crushed Apple in the living room.First off, AppleTV was only called a hobby by Jobs AFTER it was clear that it was going to be an unmitigated disaster. Has he EVER released any sales figures on this thing? Second, the combination of Windows Media...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Gauging the ThinkPad: Before (IBM) and after (Lenovo)
- Has Lenovo lost whatever mojo the ThinkPad had? That simple question raised a lot of discussion at TechRepublic and it's worth pondering. The problem: Gauging Lenovo's performance depends on a lot of anecdotes with few concrete answers. As background, John Sheesley asked a simple question: Has Lenovo...
- Tags: Consumer Reports, IBM ThinkPad, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now
- A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you nowhypeI'm a big fan of Pandora and have given them decent blog coverage due to that. But every few months we hear from Tim that there's a crisis and we must save Internet radio. And perhaps it's true. However, this...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, radio, Pandora
- Discussion threads 2008-09-27
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureYou may want to edit the "More Terminology" section.In it you state and hopefully this is not your own understanding of it: [i]“T1″ is an North American telco designation for a single cable provisioned to carry up to 24 concurrent telephone conversations but usually...
- Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, T1, recorder
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- EA Spore backlash could help end DRM
- Guest editorial by Oliver Day The backlash over DRM has finally started to gather serious momentum. Everyday consumers started a campaign to give the highly anticipated game Spore one-star ratings on Amazon. Thousands of Amazon users labeled Spore a poor choice because of...
- Tags: Game, Digital-rights Management, Electronic Arts Inc., Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- TubeBooster (msi)
- TubeBooster is a powerful tool for getting targeted traffic to your Web site. TubeBooster will increase your video views, ratings, add comments, subscriptions and favorites, driving niche targeted traffic to your site. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Traffic, Video, ViewsIncreaser, TubeBooster, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Productivity, Marketing, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-09-25
- Rating Booster (zip)
- Rating booster is a new program developed by a computer science student at the University of Southern California. It's main aim is to do what none of it's competitors do, and that is Boost your traffic ratings and Video stat ratings. Where Tube increaser falls short, Rating Booster kicks in,...
- Tags: Computer Science, Video, Site, MicroAtlantic, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-24
- Apple iTunes 8
- The latest version of Apple's iTunes software (Version 8.0.0.35) expands the offerings for iPod, Apple TV, and iPhone users. The popular Windows and Mac jukebox application remains on top of the heap, but it's not the only game in town for organizing and playing multimedia content on your computer. The...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, iTunes Store, iTunes 8
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- Oracle: CRM software demand bubbly; Social networking meets enterprise data
- Oracle's Anthony Lye, senior vice president of the company's customer relationship management software unit, said demand is growing at a rate he hasn't "seen since the bubble times." Lye also argued that social networking is rapidly becoming another dataset for enterprise applications to analyze. When coupled with business analytics from...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Network, CRM Software, CRM, Social Networking, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Software, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- StockPoint (exe)
- StockPoint is the product of over 10 years of professional technical analysis and direct stock investing experience. With the click of a button, it will automatically provide you with Real-Time stock picks, signals, ratings, predictions, recommendations, and much more. StockPoint's built-in analyzer will compile a full analysis of any stock...
- Tags: Stock, StockPoint Trading, Stock Screener, Investment, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-09-22
- Dynamic Sitemap Admin (msi)
- Dynamic Sitemap Admin is capable of creating sitemap files for static and database-driven dynamic Web sites. Use sitemaps to submit to Google Webmaster Tools and increase SEO ratings. Registered version can be used for an unlimited number of Web sites, and export an unlimited number of URLs. Through use of...
- Tags: Web, Administrator, Web Site, Strinum Software, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Search, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-18
- 2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS
- Photo gallery:2008 Porsche Cayenne GTSThe first clue that the 2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS isn't like other SUVs is the shifter, which works the six gears in a manual transmission. Another clue comes when you get it in the twisties, and feel its utter lack of roll in hard cornering. The...
- Tags: cabin tech, Cayenne GTS, Porsche AG, suspension, Porsche Cayenne GTS, Porsche Cayenne
- Product reviews 2008-09-17
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