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- Is Steve Jobs slowly passing the baton?
- ZDNet's Sam Diaz offers his views on Steve Jobs' presentation at the Apple notebook event Tuesday. He says the Apple CEO could slowly be handing over the reins, given that he gave a lot of his time during the event to Apple executives Tim Cook and Phil Schiller.
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz Memo, Apple
- Videos 2008-10-15
- RealDVD goes live, let the lawsuits begin
- ZDNet senior editor Sam Diaz offers his views on the recent lawsuits filed by the movie industry against Real Networks for its new RealDVD software. The movie studios are suing Real Networks alleging the software violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA. Diaz says consumers should be able to enjoy...
- Tags: Software, Lawsuit, Movie, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD, Movie Studio, Tools & Techniques, Management, Sam Diaz Memo, RealNetworks, Hollywood
- Videos 2008-10-01
- Microsoft's rough start to a new beginning
- ZDNet senior editor Sam Diaz shares his views on Microsoft's recent commercial starring Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The new 90-second ad was a letdown mainly because it had nothing to do with computers, says Diaz.
- Tags: Senior Editor, Microsoft Corp., Productivity, Sam Diaz Memo, Microsoft, Apple, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Gates
- Videos 2008-09-11
- TiVo's new strategy: Too little, too late?
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz says it's time for TiVo to focus its resources on licensing its technologies for the non-TiVo DVR boxes offered by cable and satellite TV providers. TiVo should abandon developing its standalone set-top boxes, since it has never been good at luring a mainstream customer base,...
- Tags: Strategy, TiVo Inc., Satellite TV, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sam Diaz Memo, Tivo, DirecTV
- Videos 2008-09-03
- Looking deeper into Comcast's new cap
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz offers his take on Comcast's recent announcement that it will begin implementing a Web-surfing limit on its customers October 1. Imposing data limits could discourage existing users from experimenting with alternatives to cable TV, Diaz says.
- Tags: Limit, Comcast Corp., Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Channel Management, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Sam Diaz Memo, Comcast
- Videos 2008-09-02
- Dark clouds may hurt growth efforts
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz isn't ready to give up on cloud computing just yet, even after Google's e-mail service recently went down. But Diaz believes the infrastructure that supports the cloud needs some beefing up before it can go prime time.
- Tags: Cloud, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Online Communications, Sam Diaz Memo, gmail, google
- Videos 2008-08-18
- Dell changes gears for a comeback
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz says Dell's recent product announcements show the company is positioning itself for a comeback, and he believes Dell's entry into new product categories like lightweight laptops and wireless music players is a step in the right direction.
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Comeback, Media Players, Branding, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz Memo, Dell, Latitude, Precision
- Videos 2008-08-15
- Will Wi-Fi fly with travelers?
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz gives his take on Delta Air Lines' announcement that it will be providing in-flight Wi-Fi for a fee later this year. Diaz says it's smart business because users can take control of their in-flight entertainment, whether they're accessing e-mail, playing video games, or watching streaming...
- Tags: Video, Wireless LANs, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Games, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz Memo, video, wireless lans, corporate communications, web site development, games, wi-fi, wireless, marketing, internet, personal technology, delta
- Videos 2008-08-11
- Cuil is not cool
- ZDNet's senior editor Sam Diaz shares his views on the new search engine Cuil. He says the launch of the product was premature, and he doesn't believe that Cuil has what it takes to be a contender.
- Tags: Senior Editor, Cuil, Search, Sam Diaz Memo, Google
- Videos 2008-07-30
- Diaz's Memo: Can cloud computing weather the storm?
- ZDNet's Sam Diaz isn't ready to give up on cloud computing after Amazon's recent S3 storage service outage. He believes the technology still has the potential to drastically reduce operating expenses.
- Tags: Diaz, Cloud Computing, Sam Diaz Memo, Amazon
- Videos 2008-07-25
- Beyond the Icahn-Yahoo honeymoon
- ZDNet's Sam Diaz offers his take on the agreement between billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Yahoo. He says the latest development only settles the proxy fight, and now comes the big challenge--getting Yahoo's newly expanded board to work together.
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz Memo, Diaz, Yahoo, Icahn
- Videos 2008-07-21
Additional Resources
- Next up for layoffs: Real
- Real Networks said today that it informed 130 employees, or 7.5 percent of its worldwide workforce, that their positions would be eliminated at the end of year. In a post on the company's official blog, the company said the layoffs were part of a larger cost cutting plan that "is...
- Tags: Layoff, Severance Package, RealNetworks Inc., Health Care, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Facebook Connect goes live; Tell your favorite Web site
- The curtain has been officially raised on Facebook Connect, a feature that links partner Web sites with the profiles of Facebook members.Techmeme Everyday, Facebook looks more and more like a platform instead of just another social networking site. Now, using Facebook Connect, members can share information about...
- Tags: Web, Facebook, Web Site, Curtain, Web Site Development, Social Networking, Web Technology, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Microsoft hires former Yahoo exec to run online services
- Microsoft has hired former Yahoo executive Qi Lu to run its online services business. Lu will start on January 5 and report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, according to a CNET report. The company also announced that Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of Aquantive and a...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- NYT takes new approach, taps blogs to keep readers informed
- Have blogs become the new AP for news outlets? The New York Times has announced the launch of Times Extra, an online view of its front page that comes with links to content from other news outlets and blogs. For a long time, news outlets have been...
- Tags: Blog, NYT, News Outlet, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- News to know: Adobe; Windows 7; Sun; SOA; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A plea to the Windows team: Don't make Windows 7 too Mac-like Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study Michael...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Antivirus, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Home Entertainment, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Linux, Web Services, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Comcast to launch meter to track Web usage
- It only seemed fair that Comcast would give its customers a way to track their Web usage, seeing how the company imposed a a 250 GB limit on the Web data that its customers use in a month. But when the company announced that limit earlier this year, there was...
- Tags: Web, Comcast Corp., Usage, Channel Management, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- IPod shortage for the holidays?
- Now now. There's no need to panic. And we certainly don't want any shopping mall stampedes. But, just between us, word is that there may be a shortage of iPods this holiday season - not that anyone out there is trying to fuel a buying frenzy to ensure that little...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Yahoo headlines: What's fact and what's rumor?
- If you're tired of rampant speculation about Yahoo's future, including headlines from legitimate news sources that are fueling the blogosphere with rumor and unconfirmed theories, raise your hand. Just as I suspected. I know it's been a while since I...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Source, CEO, Blogging, Corporate Governance, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Cyber Monday spending jumps 15 percent. What happened to bah humbug economy?
- Maybe there's some hope for the holiday season after all. Spending on Cyber Monday - the Black Friday of online shopping - jumped 15 percent from the year before, with online shoppers dropping a cool $846 million in a single day, according to comScore. In fact, spending...
- Tags: ComScore Networks Inc., Sales Strategy, Retail, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
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