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reporter's Notebook: Apple's iPhone SDK rollout: Cupertino — After the announcement of iPhone support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync services, and after the testimony by software developers — most of whom had never used a Macintosh or an iPhone — about the ease of coding with the new iPhone SDK, and after Apple...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Notebook, SDK, Apple Inc., Reporter, Games, Personal Technology, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-03-06
Something uncomfortable about DEFCON's treatment of Dateline NBC reporter: I don't know about you but after watching the video and reading the reports (George Ou, Techmeme, Threat Level) about DEFCON's outing of Dateline NBC producer Michelle Madigan, I came away with an uncomfortable feeling that it was rather childish, over-the-top and unnecessary.For starters, there's the irony of underground hackers...; Tags: Hacking, TV, Reporter, Hacker, Conference, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-08-06
Fake Steve Jobs outed by New York Times: It's a sad day for impostors everywhere.The New York Times has outed Fake Steve Jobs and he is Daniel Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes.Times reporter Brad Stone quotes Lyons:"I'm stunned that it's taken this long," said Mr. Lyons, 46, when a reporter interrupted his vacation in Maine on Sunday...; Tags: Steve Jobs, New York Times Co., Mr., Reporter, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-08-05
Photos: Bringing reporters where the action is: All-terrain vehicles, tiny turbine helicopters and high-powered communications systems allow broadcasters to go where no media van has gone before.; Tags: turbine, helicopter, van, broadcaster, photograph; Image galleries 2007-04-17
Photos: NASA meets Burning Man at Yuri's Night: CNET News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman captures the Yuri's Night Celebration at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.; Tags: Yuri, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, NASA, California, photograph; Image galleries 2007-04-14

More hard to believe details of HP's witchhunt emerge (and spyware tactic deemed legal): News.com's Ina Fried and Jim Kerstetter have posted a nearly unbelievable account of the witchhunt involving reporters, HP directors, and HP employees that was ordered by HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn. News.com, a sister-organization to ZDNet under CNET Networks, Inc. has a bit of an inside track on the story...; Tags: honor, Hewlett-Packard Co., Ina Fried, Patricia Dunn; Blog posts 2006-09-20
HP trojan foiled by Linux - updated 2x: HP-hired investigators searching for the source of boardroom leaks allegedly tried to plant a trojan horse program on a CNET reporter's laptop, but apparently the attempt failed because the reporter was running Linux instead of Windows, according to Groklaw's Pamela Jones [see update below]. Details are...; Tags: reporter; Blog posts 2006-09-18
NuJournalism: Jay Rosen has penned a long response to my comments last week on those of Nicholas Lemann, Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism and a columnist for The New Yorker, who I was responding to, as well. In a well-cover-copied email to me [Click here to...; Tags: journalism; Blog posts 2006-08-05
What does Gates' exit mean for Microsoft?: Reporter Roundtable examines Bill Gates' departureReporter roundtable : The world's richest technology baron is taking leave of the company he co-founded. Is this a turning point in Microsoft's history and what impact will Bill Gates' exit have? Join Charlie Cooper, Dan Farber, Jim Kerstetter and Mike Ricciuti for this week's...; Tags: Reporter, Reporter Roundtable; Videos 2006-06-16
reporter Roundtable: Lenovo and the China card: CNET writers discuss Chinese dollars and security risksIs Lenovo a potential information security risk because of the Chinese government's part ownership in the PC maker? That's what an influential Congressman says, and he forced the U.S. State Department to back down over the issue. Join CNET News.com's Reporter Roundtable with...; Tags: Reporter, Reporter Roundtable; Videos 2006-05-27
On the Internet and in print, no one knows you're on the take: The Center for Media and Democracy call our attention to this story about a reporter paid to shill for a CEO on trial for a massive fraud: Throughout the six-month trial that led to Richard Scrushy's acquittal in the $2.7 billion fraud at HealthSouth Corp., a small, influential newspaper...; Tags: Richard Scrushy; Blog posts 2006-01-19
Seeing into the big, myopic Tiffany eye: I picked this up through CyberJournalist.net, which quoted a San Jose Mercury News interview with Larry Kramer, president of CBS Digital Media, on the importance of judgment in newsgathering and the news organization as the "magic" that makes...; Tags: CBS Broadcasting Inc.; Blog posts 2006-01-19
Blog first and ask questions later?: The Promethean Dave Winer who I wrote about here chimed in to the percolating Berlind/Scoble chief Microsoft geek blogger conversation about their respective views on Technorati and blogging styles:Meanwhile Scoble is getting some grief from ZDNet's David Berlind. I've gotten this kind of grief myself, and it's based on a...; Tags: reporter, Dave, two-week; Blog posts 2005-07-16
GPL legal controversy running on spin: When a reporter calls with an angle, the temptation of an analyst to go along and get their name in the paper can be irresistible. That's how I read Red Monk analyst James Governor's comments to VNUNet this week, implying that the General Public License remains under legal threat.The quote...; Tags: GPL; Blog posts 2005-04-22
SWREG reporter: SWREG reporter is a full-featured reporting tool based on multidimensional EASY OLAP technology allowing you to analyze your SWREG sales data from many aspects dimensions. SWREG reporter uses SWREG's CSV sales data reports, imports them to a relational database and then processes as a multidimensional OLAP cube. It supports Win95,...; Tags: Reporter, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 98, Data Mining, Sales Force Management, Business Intelligence, Databases, Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; Software downloads
UltraQuest reporter: This webcast explains the simple process of building a report in UltraQuest Reporter via its Guided Tour wizard.; Tags: Webcast, Reporter, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Webcasts

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Using satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico: An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology RIT is using satellite imagery to peer into the ancient Mexican past. Bill Middleton, an archeologist, is teaming up with computer scientists to build the most detailed landscape map of the southern state of Oaxaca in order to learn...; Tags: NASA, Scientist, Satellite, Satellite Imagery, Bill Middleton, ScienceDaily, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Google launches CERT for open source: Google on Tuesday detailed plans for oCERT, a volunteer workforce that will remediate security issues in open source applications. The move makes a ton of sense. Community driven software can have bugs and plenty of folks to find these vulnerabilities. The problem: There's no central group to...; Tags: Google Inc., CERT, oCERT, Open Source, Security, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Active Directory reporter (msi): Active Directory Reporter ADR enables IT organizations to extract vital data from Active Directory in seconds after installation. ADR provides the best solution to meet Active Directory Reporting requirements. ADR has an extensive reports list with over 100 out of the box reports. Armed with this information, organizations can quickly...; Tags: Active Directory Reporter, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-06
Possible next steps for Microhoo: CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Microsoft beat reporter Ina Fried sit down to discuss where Microsoft's bid for Yahoo stands. Ina breaks down the options and likens the strategy on both sides to a slow-moving game of chicken. Find out why she's not straying far from her desk anytime this...; Tags: News, kara tsuboi, michael kanellos, microsoft, yahoo, bid, merger; Videos 2008-04-30