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Yahoo's Rivals.com acquisition enhances local footprint: While Yahoo's acquisition of college and high school sports site Rivals.com is a move to boost community and the content on Yahoo Sports don't underestimate the impact on Yahoo's local reach. Local sports are the primary reason that local newspapers exist. In fact, I'd argue it's the No. 1 reason...; Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Social networking, Search, General; Blog posts 2007-06-21

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Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop: Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called theÂ Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle: Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...; Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones; News items 2008-07-24
What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?: During Apple's Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts, Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO and Tim Cooke COO both mentioned a "product transition" that Apple is preparing for that will cut profit margins to help shut out rivals. Both executives punted on several analyst questions for more "color"...; Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Product Transition, iTablet, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me: Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), App£e, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Unintended Consequences and the Future of Maintenance Revenue: SAP Jettisons TomorrowNow: When Shai Agassi called me in early 2005, he asked me a loaded question: How would I respond if SAP decided to take the fight to Oracle by providing third party maintenance for Oracle's recently acquired PeopleSoft customers? I told him it would be an incredibly aggressive move, but that...; Tags: Revenue, Maintenance, Oracle Corp., Customer, SAP AG, TomorrowNow, Software As A Service (SaaS), Public Relations, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Deep Voyage (exe): Beautiful mermaid sets off for her voyage in the depths of sea. Help her to win a royal garden design competition in an Underwater Kingdom. Her rivals in the contest are strong and it will be difficult to excel them. Complete exciting levels, solve puzzles, help mermaid to find all...; Tags: Atis-Labs, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-07-21
Google's second quarter: What to expect: Update: Google results out. Earnings fell short in the quarter and fell into the neutral range on the scorecard below. Google will deliver its second quarter earnings Thursday after market close and analysts are expecting profits of $4.74 a share on $3.87 billion in revenue. Items front...; Tags: Google Inc., Chances, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Seagate: Demand is swell, but we're playing catch-up on notebook drives: Seagate delivered some good news with its fiscal fourth quarter earnings: Storage demand is just swell. The bad news: Seagate is lagging with its product line--especially for notebook drives--and that's killing margins and hurting profits in the current quarter. For the quarter ended June 27, Seagate reported...; Tags: Notebook Market, Seagate Technology LLC, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Microsoft to sell hosted service subscriptions for $3 a month: Microsoft to sell hosted service subscriptions for $3 a monthWith collaberative suites like Zimbra....why pay MS a dime. Even the smallest IT departments from 1 person on up can install Zimbra on a Linux box, spend $1000 or less on the hardware(for small business, a little more fore medium size...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., service subscription; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
Samsung BD-P1500: The most important question for any standalone Blu-ray player is whether it's better than the Sony PlayStation 3. Let's answer that one right off the bat: Samsung's new BD-P1500 is not. They both cost the same ($400 list), but the PS3 has better image quality, currently supports both Blu-ray Profile...; Tags: Overall IT, Samsung BD-P1500, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony PlayStation 3; Product reviews 2008-07-01
News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP: News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XPIn retrospect......no one will ever be able to deny the legacy that Bill Gates will leave behind.All criticisms and vitriol aside from opponents and corporate rivals, Gates is easily one of the great pioneers of Information Technology.We lesser mortals...; Tags: Servers, Oracle Corp., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
Adobe makes Flash searchable, crawlable: It's not gadget news per se, but if you consider Adobe Flash a tool in your arsenal, this is big news. Posted on Slashdot today is news that Adobe has figured out a way to make Flash crawlable by search engines: Today Adobe systems made an...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Search Engine, Shockwave Flash, SWF Specification, Search, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass: Verizon, Google, Cisco, Ericsson and HP are joining a group designed to buy up intellectual property before other parties acquire it to launch lawsuits. The Wall Street Journal is reporting this group of tech giants--dubbed Allied Security Trust--is designed to thwart patent trolls and prevent stand-offs like...; Tags: Patent Troll, Allied Security Trust Effort, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-30
The many faces of algae: From biofuel to cooking oil and skin care products, algae is becoming the new go-to ingredient for a myriad of products. On a visit to Solazyme, a South San Francisco-based biotech company, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi rides in a 100 percent algae-fueled car and samples surprisingly tasty algae cooking oil...; Tags: Biotechnology, News, kara tsuboi, solazyme, alge, bio fuels, gasoline, diesel, laboratory; Videos 2008-06-27
Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for Microsoft: Given the importance of virtualization to the future of the operating system, it seems fitting that Hyper-V shipped on the the same day Bill Gates exitedÂ the Windows company.Â It is truly aÂ new era for Microsoft.Â Who could have envisioned five years ago that a Microsoft platform would openly...; Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Corp., XenSource Inc., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-06-26
The Firefox phone: The Firefox phoneNokia 800 Internet TabletI bought a Nokia Internet Tablet about 6 months ago. I was considering an iPod Touch, which is essentially an iPhone without the phone, because it has a larger screen. It originally came with the Opera browser but was upgraded to FireFox this past January.In...; Tags: Web browsers, Notebooks, Mozilla Firefox, Apple iPhone, Web browser, phone; Discussion threads 2008-06-25
Geek Squad: Best Buy's secret sauce?: Best Buy last week reported solid fiscal first quarter results, but did dish out enough detail to bring out a few worries. Home office gear is selling, but the consumer is winded. But the big takeaway is that Best Buy's services business--specifically Geek Squad--is posting twice the growth of the...; Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Taxes, Free Trade, Retail, Sales Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-23
Googlenomics, Shrugged: Come the morning of September 7, you'll probably go to the Google search box and find a fun-loving in-house artist has replaced the first "o" in the company name with a symbol that looks like a "1" and the second "o" with a slightly altered version...; Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-06-20
Dell's product lust: Are we there yet?: Dell CEO Michael Dell mentioned the product lust mantra last year and has come back to it repeatedly in conference calls and analyst meetings. Dell's message: The company needs to improve design and inspire a few 'gotta have that' moments from technology buyers. How is Dell doing?...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-20