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- ThinkPad X200 reviews: Great ultraportable . . . but it's no X300
- The X200 is one of eight new ThinkPads--including the SL series for small business--that Lenovo announced as part of Intel's Centrino 2 launch. The 12.1-inch wide-screen ultraportable, which replaces the popular ThinkPad X61, is designed to bring some of the features of the pricey 13.3-inch X300 to a broader audience....
- Tags: intel centrino 2, intel centrino, ibm thinkpad, lenovo group ltd., thinkpad x200, x300, reviews, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, john morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- The Microsoft middle ground
- Microsoft occupies a middle ground between the vertically-integrated control of an Apple and the bazaar-like atmosphere of the open source world. Microsoft abandons that middle ground at their own peril. by John Carroll
- Tags: software, business model, apple inc., microsoft corp., hardware, tools & techniques, open source, management, john carroll
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plans
- Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plansWhere had you read that?[i]When it comes to new hardware, most makers charge you for Windows even if you don’t get it. They do this to maintain their relationship with Microsoft[/i]Actually, I hear that these companies charge you for FreeDos, (though they claim it...
- Tags: operating systems, ibm corp., microsoft corp., oem, lenovo group ltd., microsoft windows, agreement, linux
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- The social media corporate identity crisis
- The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...
- Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Paris for President: Energy crisis solved
- Slightly off-topic but call it proof that YouTube still has a role to play in politics. Always ready to ride a publicity wave, Paris Hilton has responded to John McCain's famous ad juxtaposing Barack Obama with Hilton and Britney Spears with an "ad" of her own, posted on the Funny...
- Tags: offshore, paris, advertisement, hilton hotels corp., john mccain, barack, outsourcing, it operations, business operations, outsourcing & subcontracting, richard koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Cisco Telepresence: Coming to a home near you (someday)
- Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers can barely keep quiet about the company's Telepresence video effort, a high-end video conferencing system, but on the company's fourth quarter conference call he was especially chatty. The big takeaways: Telepresence will be a $1 billion business within five years and it will be coming...
- Tags: john chambers, cisco telepresence, video, cisco systems inc., telepresence, corporate communications, collaboration, tv & home theater, marketing, personal technology, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- News to know: LinuxWorld; Cisco; Microsoft; Yahoo
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'? Sam Diaz: LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest. Larry Dignan: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista A new data center?...
- Tags: apple iphone, linuxworld, larry dignan, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., cisco systems inc., cloud computing, help desk, data centers, corporate communications, it operations, storage, hardware, data management, marketing
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- 10 ways to kickstart the performance of your underachievers
- Poor performers can drag down your whole team. Business and leadership coach John McKee shares some strategies for determining the underlying issues and turning those underachievers around.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Tags: performance, john mckee, team management, leadership, blogging, performance management, management, internet, human resources, workforce management
- Download resources 2008-08-06
- Cisco's quarter clears hurdles; Outlook murky but close enough
- Updated: Cisco Systems on Tuesday delivered fiscal fourth quarter earnings of $2 billion, or 33 cents a share, on revenue of $10.4 billion, up 10 percent from a year ago. Excluding items, Cisco reported fourth quarter earnings of 40 cents a share, a penny ahead of estimates. ...
- Tags: john chambers, microsoft outlook, cisco systems inc., larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- World's first wind-powered vehicle race
- World's first wind-powered vehicle raceKewl but sorta done already.Sorta like sailing, but without wind, your dead in the water, guess you could pedal.. lolRE: World's first wind-powered vehicle raceNot even the first LAND vehicle, wind powered race. The ice boats on Lake Geneva WS. were racing at 40+MPH, 50 years...
- Tags: first wind powered vehicle, wind powered vehicle
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move
- Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing movehave to say it's goodSomebody finally gets it about actual security development in a shared mode.I Agree. Good Move, finally.This will allow the mfrs of network perimeter appliances and IPS to solidify their signatures beforehand.I'm not sure daring is the word...They should have been doing...
- Tags: microsoft corp., security, oh god, vulnerability, open source, oss
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- The lowdown on Intel's Larrabee
- With Siggraph 2008 starting next week and IDF Intel Developer Forum on its heels, Intel is revealing more details of its mysterious Larrabee project. Intel has finally stated unequivocally that its "many-core" architecture will be used in desktop add-in boards for 3D gaming that compete directly with AMD and Nvidia...
- Tags: nvidia corp., intel corp., gpu, larrabee, john morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Cisco faces tricky fourth quarter report
- Cisco Systems reports its fourth quarter earnings Tuesday and an analyst says the quarter may be "the trickiest in memory." Wall Street is expecting fourth quarter earnings of 39 cents a share on revenue of $10.31 billion, according to Reuters' Thomson Financial. But observers will be combing...
- Tags: john chambers, analyst, cisco systems inc., data centers, storage, hardware, data management, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- News to know: Vista x64; Apple; Phishing; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista Ed Bott: You've got Vista x64 questions, I've got answers Jason O'Grady: Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 software (updated 3x) Infinite Loop: Steve Jobs:...
- Tags: facebook, microsoft windows vista, apple inc., intel corp., vyatta, mauku, phishing, service-oriented architecture (soa), sales strategy, cyberthreats, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), spam, security, spam and phishing, web services, enterprise software, software, sales, operating systems, microsoft windows, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Apple releases iPhone 2.0.1 software (updated 4x)
- Apple this evening posted updated iPhone 2.0.1 software (249MB, build 5B108) via the Update feature in iTunes (iPhone > Summary > Version). Not much information is offered beyond Apple's ridiculously lame "bug fixes" description but I'm sure that details will start to trickle out soon. ...
- Tags: software, apple iphone, apple inc., tools & techniques, backups, digital music, digital media, management, personal technology, consumer electronics, jason d. o\'grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Should Microsoft become more Apple-like?
- About a week and a half ago, Mary Jo Foley wrote a piece where she argued that Microsoft was planning to get more "Apple-like" in the PC and phone space, based on various statements from Microsoft executives. I intended to write a response that following Monday, but work intervened, which...
- Tags: microsoft zune, apple inc., microsoft corp., digital music, digital media, personal technology, consumer electronics, john carroll
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Failed IT causes major Georgia Blue Cross health privacy breach
- Failed IT causes major Georgia Blue Cross health privacy breachRegulation neededI agree that regulation is needed. But until consumers really start pitching serious fits, and/or the courts start implementing some punitive damages with teeth, it's not going to happen. http://whistlersear.wordpress.comRE: Failed IT causes major Georgia Blue Cross health...
- Tags: regulations, health care, information technology, blue cross blue shield, georgia blue cross health privacy breach, georgia blue cross health, failed it cause, privacy breach, regulation
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Multi-core Intel chips to be used in handhelds and supercomputers?
- Intel's "Larrabee" family of multi-core chips, originally aimed at the personal-computer graphics market, may now see action in "an increasingly broad spectrum of the computing world, from Windows and Macintosh desktop personal computers to handhelds and even supercomputers," reports the New York Times. Larrabee is slated to...
- Tags: supercomputer, handheld, multi-core, graphics, intel corp., chip, larrabee, semiconductors, network technology, processors, hardware, networking, components, andrew nusca
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid
- I love the ideas behind social media and the move towards all things green but if you want evidence our industry is fashion driven then look no further than John Furrier's 'so what?' thumbs down to Delicious2. Even so, sooner or later, technology has to deliver and it is a...
- Tags: dell computer corp., social media, general motors corp., dennis howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
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