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How SocialText is breaking the collaboration mold

Last evening, Ross Mayfield, co-founder of SocialText held a conference call with some of the Irregulars to run through the latest incarnation of the company's flagship product. The surprise he held up his sleeve was Signals, the Twitter for enterprise clone and the topic of much debate today. Unusually for...

Tags: Collaboration, Socialtext, Twitter, Signals, Processes, SocialText 3, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Operational Planning, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Internet, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-30

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(Philips Tapster--photos)

more information please ...The following introductory statement is lacking the beef: [i]"... the product will never set foot on a retail shelf."[/i]WHY will it never appear on the retail shelf?What is it, and why should I want it?Even cycling through the photographs, each with a little info about...

Tags: Philips Electronics N.V., Philips Tapster, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...

Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Amplifying 'weak signals' for IT success

Every executive knows that gaining detailed and accurate information about his or her organization's activities is a challenging and ongoing struggle. New techniques that reveal hidden vulnerabilities are now available. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Google, Android 2.0 sticks fork in GPS devices

It would also be great if Android could automatically re-route you in real-time, when things like the Bay Bridge suddenly close. This means munincipalities automatically posting closures on a web site, that all providers can use in real-time. Munincipalities could also distribute traffic in real-time. Lots of possibilities to replacing...

Tags: Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, Smart phones, GPS, Google Inc., Google Android 2.0, GPS Devices, battery, Google Android

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

eTrigger 0.434 (Windows)

eTrigger can process up to 300 individual MIDI triggers with complete input and output re mapping. Each channel strip consists of multiple controls and options for processing the MIDI input signals. Audio trigger to midi conversion: Trigger to Midi modules can be expensive. eTrigger has a built in Audio to...

Tags: MIDI, Drum, Microsoft Windows, eTrigger 0.434, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-10-28

iTimer Camera Lite for iPhone 1.5 (Mobile)

iTimer Camera Lite for iPhone is an enhanced self timer camera on your iPhone. It allows you to take photos of yourself, a photo sequence of a dancing friend, or record exciting moments at your party. It features custom time interval, single delayed shot, self-timer for taking single photos of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Photograph, Animion, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-28

iTimer Camera for iPhone 1.5 (Mobile)

iTimer Camera for iPhone is an enhanced self timer camera on your iPhone. It allows you to take photos of yourself, a photo sequence of a dancing friend, or record exciting moments at your party. It features custom time interval, single delayed shot, self-timer for taking single photos of yourself...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Photograph, Animion, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-28

CrossGL Reminder Clock 1.1 (Windows)

High quality Desktop Clock Shareware. Provides alarms, on-date events, timers, daily, weekly, monthly and annual reminders with various assignable actions and sticky notes. Reminder functionality works even when computer is in sleep mode or hibernated. May be used as personal organizer or personal information manager software or simply as event...

Tags: Desktop, Webcam, Microsoft Windows, MicroInvention

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Envizen Digital Duo Box Pro ED8850A

You probably haven't heard of Envizen, but it's one of several off-brand companies that are putting out new digital portable TVs to replace all the obsolete analog units that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the power went off. As implied by its name--the Envizen...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, DVD, Games, digital television, TV

Product reviews 2009-10-27

News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Learning from the weak signals of failure

Sometimes a refusal to listen . . .Sometimes it's a refusal of top level management to listen to lower level employees as well. NASA was notorious for having unsatisfied employees who knew key facts about issues, but ignored them, even if the employee was proactive about trying to contact somebody...

Tags: Team management, weak signal

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Learning from the weak signals of failure

Many victims of failed projects claim they were blindsided by problems that arose suddenly out of nowhere. In reality, the notion that failures spontaneously arise without warning is nonsense. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Failure, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Panasonic DMR-EZ47VK

Panasonic should be ashamedThe DMR-EZ47V has so many 'quirks' and Panasonic Customer Service is so awful that I would highly recommend NOT purchasing this unit or any closely related to it. There are lots of reviews out there so why trust me? I have a degree in Computers and am...

Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), customer service, tuner, Panasonic

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Apex LD3249

Great Buy I just bought this TV yesterday, and so far am very impressed. The picture just off the bare cable line is excellent. Analog signals look very good. HD quality is better than on our Toshiba projection HD TV. I find the sound...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HD-quality

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

WinGDB 1.0 (Windows)

WinGDB is an extension for Visual Studio IDE allowing to debug processes on remote machines running Linux or other Unix systems or local machines built with use of MinGW tools, using native Visual Studio debugging user interface. Features: An Add-In for the Visual Studio IDE providing integration with the VS...

Tags: Window, Microsoft Windows, WinGDB, Construction, Microsoft Visual Studio

Software downloads 2009-10-22

A word of warning on hard disk recovery by swapping logic boards

Freezing it?"Popping it into a sealed plastic bag and freezing it for a few hours."Pardon my ignorance - what does this do to help?Except in this case, the problem is almostcertainly fried electronics because of the method in which the drive failed.Strange. Hu?I can't say how it works, but I...

Tags: logic board, hard drive, hard-disk recovery, Cooling

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Attackers could steal crypto keys from mobile devices

Security researchers have discovered a way to steal cryptographic keys that are used to encrypt communications and authenticate users on mobile devices. Security researchers have discovered a way to steal cryptographic keys that are used to encrypt communications and authenticate users on mobile devices by measuring the amount of...

Tags: Cryptography Research, Attacker, Mobile, Radio Frequency, Radio, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Networking, security, crypto, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-21

iTrain 1.2 (Mac)

iTrain offers an easy to use solution to control your model railroad with your computers, especially if you want to automate only parts of your layout and keep control of the rest yourself. For example automatic block control avoids collisions and you control which train is driving manually or fully...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Layout, Berros, iTrain, Client-server Architecture, Switchboard, Productivity, Apple Mac OS X, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Yahoo: Major businesses have stabilized; update on Microsoft deal

Yahoo delivered a bit of a surprise for its third-quarter earnings, beating Wall Street’s expectations handily and offering signs that CEO Carol Bartz is turning the company around. For the quarter, the company reported net income of $186 million, or 13 cents per share, on revenue of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Branding, Finance, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-20