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Is Apple seeking a union with Adobe?: Robert Cringely makes a case for Apple buying Adobe. What I DO see happening is Apple buying Adobe, which would give it effective dominance of digital content creation and distribution on a global scale. Bruce Chizen suddenly stepped down as Adobe's CEO without warning: why? A caretaker CEO (my...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Robert Cringely, Steve, Corporate Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Desktops, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-11
robert cringely shows blatant ignorance of networking: Robert Cringely shows blatant ignorance of networkingRight on George!That PBS guy is a typical "journalist". Like most journalists, he pops off with great abandon on topics he has little or no knowledge about. The errors in that column are indicitive of someone who's read the dictionary, but doesn't really understand...; Tags: NETWORKING, network, Robert, Robert Cringely, IPv6, IPv4, blatant ignorance; Discussion threads 2006-11-06

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Facebook flap: Google's side: Amid the Facebook move to block Google's Friend Connect, the search giant has responded. As expected, Google had a few issues with Facebook's privacy assessment of Google Friend Connect. There's a lot of debate on Techmeme about the issue and it's a big one as all of...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Google Friend Connect, User Privacy, Third Party App, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-16
News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Small differences can make a BIG difference: I recently got a chance to talk with one VC firm that's focused some of its attention and money on cleantech. One of their investments is in OPX, which seems to have a unique approach to solving some of the energy and raw material supply issues facing the planet....; Tags: Chemicals, Clean Technology, Costs, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-15

Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Security Researcher to release Cisco rootkit at EUSecWest: According to good friend Robert McMillan of IDG News, Sebastian Muniz, a researcher with Core Security Technologies, has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco's routers, which he will release on May 22 at the EuSecWest conference in London. This will mark the first time at least publicly that someone has released a...; Tags: Black Hat, Cisco IOS, Router, Cisco Systems Inc., Robert McMillan, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move: In a move that surprises few people, Plaxo is being acquired. The surprise - at least for some - is that it is Comcast and not one of the usual suspects of Facebook or Google. Comcast is Plaxo's biggest partner and provides hosting for all Comcast email subscriber address books....; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Marketing, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-14
News to know: HP's to buy EDS; AMD; XP SP3; iPhone; Spam attacks: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services. Dennis Howlett: HP to take out EDS: does it make sense? AMD rejiggers management; Forms central engineering group Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Integrate Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Windows Media...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Nokia Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Podcasts, Data Centers, Homeland Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Government, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Sun CTO previews JavaFX-powered game: Sun Microsystems shows off a new JavaFX-powered game at its annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco Tuesday. Sun CTO Robert Brewin talks to Ken Russell and Chris Oliver of the company's JavaFX team about how they created the animation inside the game Moon Tank using the JavaFX environment.; Tags: JavaFX, Sun Microsystems, CTO, Sun Microsystems Inc., Games, Personal Technology; Videos 2008-05-07
Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun: At the opening day of JavaOne on May 6, Sun officials began laying out their vision for a future cloud-computing platform, code-named Hydrazine, that Sun plans to field against competitive offerings from Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others. Robert Brewin, Sun Chief Technology Officer and Distinguished Engineer, described...; Tags: Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hydrazine, Productivity, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Is Apple selling off its professional software titles?: The slimmest hint of a rumor can gain steam when cycled around the Internet. It seems to be happening with rumor that Apple is pitching its professional applications such as Final Cut Pro. The rumor was buried below the fold in the Friday Pulpit posting by Robert...; Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Video, Final Cut Pro, Corporate Communications, Marketing, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Can Deep Green help a combat commander?: University of Southern California USC researchers are developing several parts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA Deep Green program. Their efforts are intended to help commanders on the battlefield to anticipate enemy moves. 'The system interweaves anticipatory planning with adaptive execution to help the commander think ahead, identify...; Tags: Program, Battlefield, DARPA, Corporate Governance, Data Mining, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Images: In 'Iron Man,' CGI is a major element: Paramount's new film based on the popular comic book hero is heavy on the computer-generated imagery provided by Industrial Light & Magic.Iron Monger faces down Gwyneth Paltrow in a scene from Iron Man. :ILM visual effects supervisor Ben Snow, who led the visual effects team on Iron Man,...; Tags: Team, Film, Animation, CGI, Computer, Paramount, Scripting Languages, Productivity, Software/Web Development, Web Development, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-01
3Com names new CEO; Eyes China expansion: 3Com said Tuesday that it has appointed Robert Mao to replace Edgar Masri as CEO. The networking firm also brought on Ronald Sege as president and chief operating officer. The shakeup isn't entirely unexpected given the 3Com's inability to sell itself to a group of investors led...; Tags: 3Com Corp., Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Guest post: Introducing the Open Data Definition: This is a guest post by Ben Werdmuller who is the CTO of Curverider and one of the leads behind the Elgg open source social application engine. The Open Data Definition is a new format for the import and export of data from within social applications....; Tags: Software, Format, Data, Open Data Definition, Data Portability, Service Closure, Chances, Semantic Web Community, RDF Parser, RDF, Semantic Web, XML, RSS, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Betting that Apple will make PPC laptops again: Betting that Apple will make PPC laptops againThere is something to be said of the PPC architecture .I trust my old PPC PowerMac running Tiger more than any of the other machines that I have . It would be really nice to have a newer Tower PowerMac with a new...; Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Cringely, laptop computer, PPC, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-26
Questioning IT: Questioning ITConsistencyIn a prior entry, didn't you make the unassailable point that in a disaster Murphy's Law (a tribute to haplessness?) will assure that the best laid plans...So all that practice is like the mouse's "mony a weary nibble" creating a home that was destroyed in the Robert Burns poem...; Tags: Data centers, Storage, UNIX, data center, traditional systems environment, systems environment, dual data center, disaster recovery, insurance company; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Online thieves worse than 1960s Mafia: It took Robert F. Kennedy to break the back of Mafia families like the Bonannos (that's Joe Bananas pictured) and we need that kind of dedicated commitment to stop today's equivalent of organized crime: online scammers, many of them from Eastern Europe. That was the message Attorney General Michael Mukasey...; Tags: Banking, Government, Federal Government, Financial Services, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Leopard mauls podcaster (updated): Leopard mauls podcaster updatedA who what nowWhy not marinate in the solution rather than the problem.Quite baffling.RobertSolution...Use Tiger if you use Skype.(that wouldn't be much of blog post, now would it?)- Jasonuh oh, here comes NZto tell us how he has NEVER had this problem on vista (even though he...; Tags: Cable, Snowball, Leopard, Skype Technologies S.A.; Discussion threads 2008-04-24