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Is Java cooling down?

Is Java cooling down?The problem, with .netIs the lack of backwards compatibility with older versions of Windows. But I do agree, it will continue to grow as will the the use PHP.A "Seldon crisis"?[Harry Seldon not only predicted the future, he also intervened in it by starting a colony...

Tags: Programming languages, .NET, Scripting languages, Asimov, Harry Seldon, Mule, Java, Second Foundation, open source

Discussion threads 2005-12-14

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Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure

Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Eclipse, Linux, Mircosoft, Azure, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

The best protection for software assets

Support and development."You have to reveal your invention. The rights don?t last that long."They do last too long, frankly. Software technology changes very fast. Most products are well beyond the end of their life cycle by the time a patent expires. Pretty much all of our IP stuff is way...

Tags: asset, patent, Fight Club, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Two new tomes offer tips to guide your Green IT strategy

Believe it or not, I have a stack of 10 business books on my desk right now, begging to be read and reviewed. Two are pertinent for the loyal Green IT folks in the GreenTech Pastures, so I felt it appropriate to mention them as a scan some of the...

Tags: Strategy, Data Center, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Logitech Gaming Mouse G500

Logitech might have a firm grasp on luxury mice, but the gaming mouse market is a much more competitive space. We like Logitech's new $70 Gaming Mouse G500 quite a bit, too, but we can't say that we find it an unequivocally better product than its chief competitor at this...

Tags: Mice, Games, Logitech, Gaming Mouse G500, mouse, game, scroll wheel

Product reviews 2009-09-08

Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest

Real standards[i]"That's important because Microsoft has of late embraced a standard-centric philosophy when it comes to what technology IE supports, and IE is of course the dominant browser on the market."[/i]Microsoft has never been particularly keen on supporting real standards, they've always preferred their own formats to maintain their monopoly.IE...

Tags: Web browsers, Quality, XHTML, W3C, Microsoft Corp., standards, HTML, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, ISO

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

The Movers & Shakers Conference...

I tend to think of Fortune Brainstorm Tech, which happened last week in Pasadena, as a conference for industry titans. Last year's event was held amid tight security and featured the likes of Rupert Murdoch News International , Philippe Daulman Viacom and Jeff Bezos Amazon in...

Tags: Conversation, Conference, Twitter, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Intellectual Property, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?

Is it too late for the green tech boom in the U.S.? Is the nation now second-rate technologically? Did the eight years of aerobics during the Bush Administration leave the U.S. one lap behind nations actually in the running? There are certainly lots of folks counting on a...

Tags: U.S., Green Technology, Pew, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-08

English Logic Intermediate Edition 3.6 (Windows)

Learn to speak English with English Logic. The English Logic Intermediate Edition is the second level of English. The Intermediate Edition continues your strong foundation of English skills by introducing you to more knowledge about the English language. Listen, watch, and study from the Audio and Video Partner. Enhance your...

Tags: Language, English, Learning Trail, English Logic, English Logic Intermediate Edition, Intermediate Edition, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Micro-USB to be universal EU phone charger

Micro-USB to be universal EU phone chargerthe first thing the EU got rightas compared to the shambolic case with IE8 in windows 7RE: Micro-USB to be universal EU phone chargerYes.Probably the single most influential act that Obama could take is to require, as CIC of the Armed Forces, standard batteries...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Micro-USB, phone, phone charger, charger

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .Cloud Computing: The low cost arrived to IT business?Hi Tom,Great analysis, and of course I agree.And dare to say that Cloud Computing is also the IT business ?low cost?:http://www.cloudviews.org/2009/05/cloud-computing-the-low-cost-arrived-to-it-business/RE: The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .i don't think it can...

Tags: Internet, gravity, industrial revolution, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-06-20

NOAA sounding like Noah: head for the hills

Here are some findings on global warming released just now by NOAA. Heat waves will become more frequent and intense, increasing threats to human health and quality of life. Extreme heat will also affect transportation and energy systems, and crop and livestock production. ·...

Tags: Report, NOAA, Transportation, Healthcare, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Forget Moblin! Ubuntu Netbook Remix rocks on the Classmate

Last week I fired up the latest beta of Moblin, the open source netbook/MID/nettop operating system originally spearheaded by Intel, but now shepherded by the Linux Foundation. I've already discussed my first impressions of the OS running on a Convertible Classmate PC, but the most important take home messages...

Tags: Ubuntu, Intel Corp., Classmate, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-26

How IT can help save the global financial system

The ongoing global economic downturn, or "Great Recession" as it has been billed, exposed weaknesses in the U.S. financial system and the widespread interdependence of global financial markets. But what about the weaknesses in the information technology infrastructure that makes the global financial system what it is...

Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Data, Financial System, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?

Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?Microsoft spend too much on R&D for the return, IBM spend right amountIBM has always been a set of collective businesses with a management that is without technology bias. This is a powerful formula for long term success.Microsoft by comparison...

Tags: Research & Development, R&D, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

The new Linux.com is open for business

The new Linux.com is open for businesslooks a little like ZDNet???"The Linux Foundation has opened the doors on its new Linux.com, a new news, discussion and blogging site which looks a little like ZDNet.Not that there?s anything wrong with that. Personally I?m flattered."Well, if that's what you think. You can...

Tags: Linux, Linux.com, Open_Source

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Books: Entering the Age of Glosses

Here's the key to thinking about the future of writing, something straight out of the manuscript era: the humble gloss or "scholia," for those who prefer the Latin. They are the notes, in margins, footnotes at the bottom of a page (the standard starting around 1700) and later in the...

Tags: Movie, Audible Inc., Cryptography, Books, Copy, Kindle, Master File, Page Number, E-books, Digital Security, Security, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-04-27

The 24-Hour Commercial: Signs of Our Times

Our ancestors drew on cave walls. We draw on buildings. There is, for instance, a two-story retail outlet in New York's Times Square devoted to all things M&M. (Not bad for a chocolate that is about the size of a shirt button.) ...

Tags: Sign, Times Square, Randall Bennett, Telecom & Utilities, Games, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Sharepoint's DisneyWorld Style Strategy

Dennis Howlett thinks the promise of Enterprise 2.0 is years away and feels Dion Hinchcliffe's ROI value accrual model is more evangelizing hand waving than evidence of any substantial uptake. From my perspective I think we're at a point where many of the...

Tags: Strategy, Environment, Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett, Business World, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-14

HP files appeal in Cornell patent dispute case

Hewlett Packard said today that it has filed an appeal in a patent dispute case with Cornell University and the Cornell Research Foundation. Statement Last month, the U.S. District Court reduced the amount that an earlier jury imposed from $184 million to $53 million in favor of...

Tags: Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cornell University, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-10