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- AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology
- AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...
- Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Mid-range European ERP portending the future?
- On my personal blog, I skimmed over recently published results for Agresso and COA Solutions. Agresso is emerging in the US as a small if solid player in public sector as well as for those businesses that need a more agile approach to business configuration than you'd likely get from...
- Tags: Revenue, Public Sector, Vendor, SAP AG, Agresso, COA Solutions, COA, Maintenance Revenue, Saas/on-demand, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Macworld without Apple: The show will go on
- I get it.While at first blush, it really makes no sense; Apple quits Macworld?it sounds like Oscar quitting the Academy Awards. On the other hand, Oscar is a product of the Academy Awards and Macworld is actually more or less a product of Apple. While the linkage between...
- Tags: Desktops, Mac World, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- New Apple ads target Windows viruses and headaches
- Who caresIts just advertising. Its no better or worse than a laundry detergent add telling me that their soap will get my clothes cleaner than their competitor. Apple has its ax to grind just as Microsoft does and buying based on either one of their adds is pure...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Sure Windows, Apple Inc., virus, advertisement, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Is Nokia losing focus by now expanding into the PC market with the Booklet 3G?
- Too early to tell, but.....Nokia runs the risk of becoming an "also ran" in a new and unfamiliar market. A better move IMHO would be to come out with a revolutionary Linux powered smartbook at a sub-netbook price. Nobody knows for sure where the mobile convergence is heading, but this...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Operating systems, PC, Nokia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascend
- who's going to maintain the workstationsyeah it's a cloud system, but the hardware at the desk still needs to be maintained. Waiting for your 3rd party IT people could waste valuable time in the office.RE: BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascendI think...
- Tags: Thin clients, cloud computing, thin client, imminent death, enterprise-IT, Briefingsdirect
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- How do we measure high availability?
- Over the past 2 months, I've seen an increase in the number of end user inquiries regarding high availability and almost more importantly, how to measure high availability HA. HA means something different depending on whom you're talking with so it's worth a quick definition. I define HA as: ...
- Tags: Availability, Information Technology, High Availability, Downtime, High Availability Discussion, Strategy, Management, Stephanie Balaouras
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- The fundamental value of Internet access
- The fundamental value of Internet accessFunny you should compare...the Internet to our road system. One is provided by greedy corporations while the other is provided by the government. Whopping difference.I've said it in the past and I'll say it again. Unless the government nationalizes the infrastructure, big business will choke...
- Tags: Government, Internet, fundamental right, Fundamental Rights, fundamental value, Internet access
- Discussion threads 2009-05-08
- Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?
- Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?Application specific local caching servers make a lot of sense.But, it might be nice to have a generic way of doing it like Gears for the client. How about a sort of Gears for servers, so that you can automatically download an application to a local...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, software
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- Oracle Office, MySQL, and other dreams
- Oracle Office, MySQL, and other dreamsIt also allows Oracle to take baby steps towards the world where databases become a commodity. They will be already are moving up the chain to applications.In the transition, Oracle will have the number one commodity database with the best monetization strategy, and be able...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Oracle Corp., Oracle Office, MySQL, database
- Discussion threads 2009-05-02
- AP eyes news aggregators; Risks exposing its lack of value add
- AP eyes news aggregators; Risks exposing its lack of value addThe dirty little secret of the mediaYour post is dead on. The media's reliance on press releases, public filings, and prepared statements is the deep dark secret of incumbent media. Newspaper editors constantly complain about press releases and swear up...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, value-add, eyes news aggregator, news aggregator, media
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XP
- Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XPThis is really no big surprise of course,mainly due to the fact of some organizations or many organizations reliance on specific software written to work with XP. And they likely will not be ready to change to a newer OS till...
- Tags: Operating systems, way thing, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 user, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-06
- Is Facebook an unsafe environment for business?
- Is Facebook an unsafe environment for business?Facebook Connect is the answerFirst of all, ANY business where the only plan is a parasitic reliance on the existance and performance of another company is setting itself up for a fall. It may seem unlikely that the beat you live off is...
- Tags: environment, Facebook, unsafe environment
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- Windows 7 editions at a glance
- Windows 7 editions at a glanceThe issue with Aero Glass...Starter Edition does not feature Aero theme at all. Home Basic features Aero but not Aero Glass.RE: Windows 7 editions at a glanceFor the sake of a single feature, BitLocker, why don't they just ditch Ultimate and include Bitlocker in Professional....
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows 7 edition, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- Is stimulus health IT money a trojan horse?
- Is stimulus health IT money a trojan horse?From a free market to Socialism 101'Amerika' will be a model for its comrades in a few years, the days of having a choice will soon be decided for you by our new Socialist gov and don't worry about healthcare they will setup...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SECURITY, trojan horse, information technology, Comparative Effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, Troy, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-01-30
- Harman/Kardon Go + Play
- (Editors' note: Harman/Kardon plans to release an updated model of the Go + Play in Spring of 2009 that may address many of the concerns expressed in this review, such as compatibility with recent models of iPods and the iPhone. If you're considering purchasing a Go + Play and you're...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, USB-output, Apple iPod
- Product reviews 2009-01-23
- Raise taxes? On gasoline? How about mothers' milk?
- Raise taxes? On gasoline? How about mothers' milk?Again?He's not even president yet. How about laying some of the blame on the current president? You know, the one who inherited a $500 billion surplus upon entering office and parlayed it into a $10 trillion debt upon leaving?...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Obama, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-01-02
- What do we do with those classroom computers?
- BusinessWeek ran a great article recently focusing on one school in San Francisco that was rethinking exactly what computers in schools meant. As the article quite aptly pointed out, Schools are enthusiastic about the technology's promise, but short of the money and trained faculty to...
- Tags: Computer, Kid, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-21
- Companies drive open source success?
- Companies drive open source success?And this comes as a surprise? :-)It seems that someone hasn't been paying attention for the past decade or so.Linux outgrew its reliance on gifted amateurs about 15 years ago, say the founding of RedHat and SUSE.That said they're still there and often produce the most...
- Tags: open source, open-source success, software
- Discussion threads 2008-12-21
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