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- Could open source have built Silicon Valley?
- Could open source have built Silicon Valley?Silicone Valley?Isn't "Silicone Valley" down in Orange County, where all the plastic surgeons are? ;)By your own admission, it's Constitutional.I think Silicone valley would exist only they would be a lot poorer for it. The turnover rate for companies would be higher. We also...
- Tags: patent, Silicone Valley, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- CIO Jury: No cloud in our future
- CIO Jury: No cloud in our futureIt will happenWhile the largest companies (Fortune 500) may run internal clouds, I am confident others will eventually run almost everything in the cloud.Security is an impediment. Surely from Amazon and others we will see some advanced VPN/virtual firewall offerings for their services...
- Tags: SMART Money
- Discussion threads 2009-03-27
- Clock ticks for Satyam as customers eye exit
- Clock ticks for Satyam as customers eye exitWhy customers might stay with SatyamClearly, what has happened with Satyam has been a shock. A shock to Satyam's shareholders, customers and employees, as well as corporate India and beyond.What did happen? That might be some time coming, but it would appear from...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Operational accounting, Financial services, SMART Money, Satyam
- Discussion threads 2009-01-28
- Dear stockholders: Please believe us, Microsoft undervalues us
- Dear stockholders: Please believe us, Microsoft undervalues usenough already! They told them no!News must be very slow on the M$ innovation front. They told them no the past weekend, and you still beating a dead horse.It's like M$ was turned down for a prom date and can deal...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Strategy, SMART Money, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Smart money eyes climate change
- Smart money eyes climate changeWrong focusThe headline should read: Smart money eyes POLITICS of climate change, which will be far more disastrous and catastrophic than any actual climate change that may occur.Smart Money in the Mid West would be in Fire Fighting equipmentDue to grass fires. Flood insurance companies...
- Tags: Construction, SMART Money, climate change
- Discussion threads 2006-07-10
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- Acer announces first Google Chrome OS netbook
- ChromeOS as dual-boot optionAlthough not Google's plan, I think ChromeOS would be a great dual-boot option, for existing Windows & Ubuntu netbooks.When you want an instant on, fast, secure & no maintenance OS, for internet access, boot into ChromeOS. When you need a specific desktop application, boot into Windows or...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Acer Inc., netbook, ChromeOS, Ubuntu Netbooks, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-12-02
- Consumer Reports ranks AT&T last among U.S. wireless carriers
- More salt on the woundEven AT&T's latest commercials seem to echo the very same perceptions everyone has of them. And they seem to do little to help their own image.I think one commercial boasts they can reach something like 98% of the US population, which is great if you...
- Tags: Smart phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., VZW, Apple iPhone, LTE, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., wireless carrier, carrier, Consumer Reports, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Swoopo: a lottery disguised as an auction?
- Swoopo, SSDsHi Robin - Thanks for headsup on Swoopo. - I've been reading your excellent articles on SSDs and look forward to an update.- My iPod Touch has an 8 gig SSD and it's performance has been outstanding for a year. No degradation with heavy write usage. I copy a...
- Tags: Swoopo, auction, lottery
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Smart toy shopping this holiday season
- What's up with Harry Fuller? 8 out of the 20 blogs right now?I count 20 blogs on the ZDNet start page, and 8 of them are eco-farts from Harry Fuller. Non IT.Can someone remove his gaia-pollution from ZDNet? We need some IT blogs again.Lenin said to repeat a lie...Lenin had...
- Tags: Blogging, Lenin, Harry Fuller
- Discussion threads 2009-11-27
- India goes to Copenhagen
- See, it's all about wealth transfers.Now under the guise of 'climate debt'.Climate debt my ass. Nonsense.If countries want more wealth, here's the recipe:- get off your ass, and work;- good governance, no corruption.And stop blaming everything on the west.Of courseHumans seem incapable of any measure more sophisticated than money. We...
- Tags: Co2-emission
- Discussion threads 2009-11-26
- Are small cars doomed to fail in the American market?
- Well, Americans will at least buy cars that get better gas mileage, and aresmaller when gas prices rise. It was not that long ago that US manufacturers had big problems with people switching over to Japanese crossover SUVs when gas prices spiked.Maybe the very smallest and best gas mileage will...
- Tags: standout, car, small car, SUV
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Larry Augustin's practical revolution at SugarCRM
- Pretty soon we'll forget all about SugarCRM's badgeware past and start rooting for it. This is smart, basic, strategic thinking. It's how real executives earn the big money. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: SugarCRM, Larry Augustin, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Can Obama make science cool?
- Give him a Nobel for Science for his science speeches!Please! Obama doesn't even deserve to be your President. All the promises he made have remained just that. What else can this world expect from a politician? And things are clear from his popularity ratings.Obama is good with one thing and...
- Tags: Workforce management, Obama, education
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Online retailers, marketing firms scam consumers for $1.4 billion
- Hopefully the Obama admin will curb this rackett...The Bush admin sure didn't care about the general public --- and let this stuff get out of control. Asleep at the switch.WTF......does the garbage you wrote have to do with the article?Nothing? Yeah, that's what I thought.online crooksnothing new here.he...
- Tags: Retail, marketing, Dell Computer Corp., retail company, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money
- SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....
- Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- GIMP dropped from default Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx installation
- I use the GIMPThe user interface stinks, but the GIMP is a powerful application. I use it regularly for editing pictures. F-spot on the other hand, I don't like much. I use gThumb for organizing my photos (gThumb was F-spot's predecessor in early Ubuntu versions). gThumb also allows some simple...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, GIMP, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- AT&T loses bid to stop Verizon ads, responds with its own
- AT&T could use Apple's patentApple has patented a technique where a user is forced to watch an ad and then answer a quiz about that ad before they are allowed to use their Apple device. AT&T could use this to force all iPhone users to watch AT&T ads.AT&T has no...
- Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Squirrel 0.8.2b3 (Mac)
- Squirrel is a simple finance application for Mac OS X. It has been designed for users who want a simple way to track and plan their finances. Features: Budgets: Plan how much you allow yourself to spend on some categories History graph: full color graph that shows you the history...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Pacific Turtle, Squirrel, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...
- Cheaply made partsWell, look at the parts they all are stampedwith 'Made in CHINA'...Quantity over Quality.People are now geared towards a Wal_Mart mentality they do not want to pay for quality and they do NOT care where it is made.Therefore, you will see a lower standard of living because the...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Policies and procedures, notebook, netbook, accident, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage
- The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
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