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SaaS vendor quits browser to boost sales

SaaS CRM vendor Entellium is phasing out its browser-based offerings in favor of a smart client version that it says sells faster, better and at one-fifth of the marketing costs of the old version. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Entellium, Software-as-a-service, Sun Java Studio Creator, On-demand, Sales, Web Browser, User Experience, Johnston, Rave Complete, Rave Insight, Rave Marketing, Rave Care, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-07-18

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Who is the 90-day Windows 7 Enterprise trial aimed at exactly?

I don't understand you blog? You don't think there are not many businesses and organizations out there in the SMB market, for example, that fall into a large group that could benefit from trying windows 7 out? Are you saying buying a copy would be better? I don't get...

Tags: Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Is it just me, or does Bing look a lot like Google?

Is it just me, or does Bing look a lot like Google?RE: Is it just me, or does Bing look a lot like Google?I would say it looks like ask and google,since ask has the colored backgrounds and overlapping screen widgets like the map in the bing videowhile google recently...

Tags: Bing, Google Inc., IS IT, Encarta.com

Discussion threads 2009-05-30

Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?

Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?I'm telling you whatBuy a pc twice as fast as a mac in hardware performance terms.RE: Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?I can agree with him. I wouldn't want to pay out that much money for a desktop or laptop when they will...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Low-end PC, Apple Macintosh, Macs ARE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., PC, Adrian

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Jobs' Apple as premier platform mantra to accelerate

Jobs' Apple as premier platform mantra to accelerateNo, ZDNet talkbacks are the reason[i]So, instead, they declare the Mac user irrational.[/i]5 minutes on ZDNet talkbacks are all we need to declare Mac users irrational. :)False on many frontsWhy PC users are not excited about their machines? Completely wrong. Plenty...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, job, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, computer

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking

Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarkingoffice 2007not totally pertinent to the discussion, but office 2007, specifically excel, is slower than office 2003 on xp or vista.i have excel code that takes twice as long to execute in office 2007 than it does in office 2003. the os...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Office 2007 benchmarking, Vista RTM, benchmarking

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Apple rolls out new eight-core Mac Pro, Xserve refresh

Apple rolls out new eight-core Mac Pro, Xserve refreshDidn't George Ou write about theseAnd how horribly expensive the Mac Pros were. Oh wait, that was last week with the older models. This is an entirely new line up of not so over priced models.Looks like it may be...

Tags: Processors, Homemade, Apple Inc., MAC Pro, quad-core, processor, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Xserve

Discussion threads 2008-01-08

How Universal Music lost touch with their customers

How Universal Music lost touch with their customersWhat was stupid is stupid again.I love how the author rants about how clueless universal is, and then proclaims the holy grail in music is subscription services.How many times now has that model been tried and failed?People don't want to rent music.iTunes is...

Tags: Apple iTunes, music, CD, subscription service, Universal Music Group

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

Close call: U.S. NOT the world's worst polluter

Close call: U.S. NOT the world's worst polluterNo you don't[B]"Hah, I have a god-given right as an American to drive an SUV that gets 12 MPG and keep my house at 68-degrees even when its a 110-degrees outside by my swimming pool. I even live in a house built in...

Tags: carbon dioxide, pollution, polluter, global warming

Discussion threads 2007-12-09

My Alienware Experience - Amazing gaming system!

My Alienware Experience - Amazing gaming system!Battery LifeExcellent, I look forward to that review. Would help me make up my mind where to buy a laptop from!That will be interesting.Check out how long the battery will last under full game power. I will give it 120 minutes tops.Price? Weight? Battery...

Tags: Games, Engineering, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, game, Alienware, battery, laptop computer, gaming system

Discussion threads 2007-11-12

Windows Vista: More than 88 million copies sold

Windows Vista: More than 88 million copies soldThe name of the gameIt's called "creative accounting" in legal circles, and hyped as "big business" by the liberal press all owned by corporate America.Street language has many more colorful, easy to understand descriptors for what Microsoft and other predatory corporations are doing.Blowing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., sales

Discussion threads 2007-10-25

Are multiple global forces conspiring to knock Microsoft's other foot off the cliff's edge?

Are multiple global forces conspiring to knock Microsoft's other foot off the cliff's edge?Microsoft is like IBM in the mid-1980'sThey are just like IBM was back then. They are more interested in a few very large customers than the consumer market. Vista is really about satisfying Citigroup with 350,000 desktops...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

Can new Solaris beat Linux in server market?

Can new Solaris beat Linux in server market?Well if I can get it downloaded sometime this centuryI'll give it a test spin.Are Apache and Tomcat...ported for Solaris? What about MySQL?These are some questions to answer before comparing to Linux.RE: Can new Solaris beat Linux in server market?I dont see...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Sun Solaris, Linux, server, new Solari

Discussion threads 2007-09-11

Microsoft finalizes Windows Home Server code

Microsoft finalizes Windows Home Server codeI cannot waitI have not used any of the Beta versions, but I am excited about this. I know I know LInux can do this for free, and Mac OS is better, but I choose to use Microsoft. I do hope that Windows home server...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Corp., WHS, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, server, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-07-16

Steve Jobs goes 'all in' with the iPhone

Steve Jobs goes 'all in' with the iPhoneWaiting...Nice phone, just nice all around.When they get the things I need to really justify this phone I'll look again.-no 3G-no doc editing-don't use iTunes, why do I have to register to use this phone-many othersMy Blackjack does almost all this and then...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Fake Steve, technology writer, Apple iPhone, phone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-25

Mainsoft gives latest .NET developers a means to deploy widely without knowing Java

Mainsoft Corp. has sweetened the interoperability pot for .NET developers who want to run applications on Linux, Unix and Java EE platforms. The company today announced Version 2.0 of its Mainsoft for Java EE, which allows developers to code in the latest Visual Studio and run the applications on Java...

Tags: .NET, Adobe, Agile Development, Application Lifecycle Management, Developer Tools, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Java, IBM, Java, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, SOA, Software Development, Software Infrastructure, Windows

Blog posts 2007-06-06

Google launches Street View; Be wary

If Google's Street View is so great, why am I wary. Oh yeah, it must be the FOG the fear of Google Robert Scoble talks about. Hey, I'm happy to have street views until it zooms in on my house (I checked, but it doesn't yet). It does get within...

Tags: General, Google, Search, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-29

Apple's former CFO lays blame on Jobs over options

Apple's former CFO lays blame on Jobs over optionsI thought it'd be something like this.Scapegoating. I am not utterly surprised Jobs would be in this caper, somehow. Or at the very least I am not surprised that it would merely be two people put to the sword for...

Tags: Investment, Accounting Rules, Apple Inc., Pagan Jim, stock, stock holder, job

Discussion threads 2007-04-24

Microsoft launches effort to woo advertisers

Microsoft launches effort to woo advertiserslike anybody caresdream on M$....you are doomed!Yes, like anyone cares, LoserGeekWell, Mr. LinuxCreep, I have to give you credit for being predictable, though for the life of me I can't credit you for anything else. Sure enough, the instant there is some ZdNet article...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft launches effort, Microsoft Launches, Google Inc., in-game advertising

Discussion threads 2006-09-25

Hey YouTube! Can you say ANAMORPHIC

You can talk and rave about 1920 by 1080 pixel 1080p HD DVD or BlueRay DVD all you like but if it ain't showing anywhere but YouTube, you'll watch it on highly re-compressed artifact-laden 320 by 240 pixel video and you'll like it damn it! This just goes to...

Tags: YouTube Inc., video, YouTube

Blog posts 2006-08-14