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AT&T consumer perception drops during summer '09

Despite rumors that Apple may be looking into extending its contract with AT&T, consumer perception for the carrier has dropped lower than it has all year. In a comparison of Verizon Wireless and AT&T consumer perception among adults 18 and older, goodwill toward AT&T has dropped precipitously...

Tags: AT&T Corp., Consumer Perception, YouGov, Respondents, Branding, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-11

POTUS to SCOTUS: Leave Cablevision decision alone

Should the Supreme Court hear networks' and movie studios' plea to consider whether Cablevision's remote DVR technology violates copyright law? The Justice Department urged no, Dow Jones reports. A federal appeals court said Cablevision could go forward with its plans to record, store and serve copyrighted content...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Copyright Law, Digital Video Recorder, Respondents, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Survey: SOA delivering; SOAP out, REST in

State of SOA: SOAP is in, REST is in by Joe McKendrick

Tags: SOA, Survey, Simple Object Access Protocol, Respondents, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, SOAP, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-23

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Samsung launches Google Android-powered Galaxy Spica i5700

It's funny how many people snickeredwhen it was stated that there would be 19 Android devices on the market by year's end. I wonder how many we are at right now.Is this.....Apple iPhone vs MS Android all over again? It will be interesting to watch.MS Android ? WTF? ntntthat would...

Tags: Smart phones, Strategy, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Google Android, Android Devices, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., gloves off, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Study claims netbook users dissatisfied with Windows 7. Are you?

Very satisfiedVery satisfiedIt's a intentionaly crippled OS from a software company with lackluster QACYou should expect to be disappointed.In the Netbook realm, closed source can't compete with free.I have 7 Pro on mineand I also dual boot with Ubuntu Netbook Remix. And while I personally prefer Ubuntu, there is nothing...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Windows 7 Pro, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, netbook user

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Survey: Cloud confusion among IT could slow enterprise adoption

Security - Connectivity?Can the connectivity be guaranteed, if a glitchoccurs and thousands of customers are lefthanging saving $500 is hardly worth it.Plus, the security holes when dealing with data... Instead of worrying about....whether your are using the cloud or any other "buzz word" technology IT pros need only worry that...

Tags: Marketing research, information technology, good-IT pro, Well HERE, IT Pro, survey

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

IronKey reveals new, ultra-secure D200 USB flash drives

Another bad designIf I can lose the cap and damage the connector, it's not secure. Why would anybody make a flash drive with a separate cap any more? I'll continue to wait for a secure drive with a good physical design that operates reliably with NO software installation on host...

Tags: Flash memory, IronKey, D200 USB flash drive, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Men watch more high-def than women--and other things about HDTV you probably already know

There was a time not too long ago when a lot of people bought an HDTV, brought it home, and started watched TV, all the while thinking they were watching in HD when they hadn't bothered to upgrade their cable or satellite package to make high-def programming available. Now viewers...

Tags: Men, Women, HDTV, HD, HD Drama, Gender And Diversity, Cable, TVs, Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Human Resources, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-10-31

The maintenance renewal landscape

A small and therefore statistically dubious quarterly CIO survey undertaken by Kash Rangan's team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch published earlier this month makes revealing reading. On the general spending front, it should be no surprise that the survey believes CIO's are under spending relative...

Tags: Revenue, SAP AG, Maintenance Fee, Maintenance Revenue, Data Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Team Management, Operational Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Global study: Hybrid model rules as cloud heats up, SaaS adoption blazing

Nine months ago, 61 percent of respondents indicated that they were using only internal IT systems and today, that number has dropped to 41 percent. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Dana Gardner, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Report: Microsoft prepping now for next beta of Security Essentials

I have been invitedThe e-mail contains a link to a survey, and they will select the beta testers from the respondents by November 1.An excerpt form the mail:''In the coming months we will be rolling out an ongoing beta program. As part of the Microsoft Security Essentials ongoing beta program,...

Tags: Servers, MSE, Security Essentials, OneCare, security, beta, server, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Upcoming energy efficiency research from Pew will provide corporate benchmarks

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is preparing a report on corporate energy efficiency, to be released in March 2010. Turns out Toyota is the big sponsor of this project, putting up a $1.4 million grant over three years. The data was SUPPOSED to be based...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Two bars at home; three at work. Wireless coverage data is going granular

Two Bars at home; three at work.You have two bars at home and three at work?! Man, you're lucky. All I get to drink at either place is water or a coke once in a while. Oh, you mean cell phone service? Never mind.RE: Two bars at...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Cellular phones, wireless, Wireless coverage data, coverage data, cell phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Two bars at home; three at work. Wireless coverage data is going granular

Say goodbye to those no-help coverage maps that the wireless carriers use to show you how great their coverage is from one coast to the other. So hello to granular maps, those that measure the true signal as well as the actual data coverage down to the Google Maps street...

Tags: Phone, Coverage, Cell Phone, Carrier, Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Consumers only want 3D HDTVs, Blu-ray players if they don't cost extra

Market research firm In-Stat has just conducted a survey that should prove sobering to the TV manufacturers and movie studios that are in a hurry to put 3D HDTVs into our homes. Not only are consumers lukewarm to the idea of 3D content, but they're also unwilling to pay much...

Tags: 3D, Blu-ray, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-10-04

TV Everywhere: We're not just ready; we're already doing it

Television has gone through some major transformations over the years: color, cable, digital and even TiVo. Now, the industry is undergoing another transformation - and consumers are more than ready. A report released today found that consumers are already accessing television-style video content from devices other than...

Tags: TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-30

The burnout risks for E2.0 community managers

Dion Hinchcliffe's piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That's not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There...

Tags: Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-29

The coming "big crunch" - IT systems will start failing on a large scale

ScaremongeringAll that was missing - the placard reading 'The End of the World is Nigh'.So my critical, clustered systems are going to start failing are they? Why did I cluster them then?My RAID arrays are going to start failing are they? Why did I go RAID then? And have I...

Tags: RAID, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT System, power supply, information technology, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

How did Craigslist manage to become the king of classifieds?

Pardon the off-topic rant - but I'm just blown away by how much power craigslist holds over classified advertising and how truly screwed up its system is. You see, for the past few weeks, I've been trying to sell a car. So I did what everyone else...

Tags: Car, Craigslist, Advertisement, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future

Nothing but lies...When will this lie stop, no different than Lenin quoted, if you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth.There is NO evidence of this and it is ludicrous that everything will be electric. The power grid cannot even support what we have now, so now it is...

Tags: Obama, global warming, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2009-09-08