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Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public

Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup publicRE: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup publicI think "take public" is a bit confusing -- I assumed this was an IPO!Sabatical - HR need to challenge this policyI hope investors in CrowdEye did their due diligence on the founding team.

Tags: IPO, real-time social-search startup, social-search startup, Softie

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

VMware picks up yet another former Softie

VMware picks up yet another former SoftieThe key word is "former"as in "We at VMware like to hire those that no one else wants"?

Tags: Virtualization, VMware Inc., Softie

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Another former Softie joins VMware

Another former Softie joins VMwareAnother former Softie joins VMwareWhat is this, one-in one-out week?It's looks like football to me where they're trying to get all their staff moved around before the transfer window closes. :o}RE: Another former Softie joins VMwareI can see why VMWare want as many Softies as...

Tags: VMware Inc., Softie

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Talkie 1.3 (Windows)

Talkie is a highly advanced piece of voice and speech recognition software. It will act of your voice alone, and can be used in a large series of your daily life tasks in front of your computer whether you are using Talkie to optimize your routines at the home-office or...

Tags: Mouse, Voice, Microsoft Windows, Softie, Talkie, Keyboards, Mice, Games, Speech Recognition, Telecommunications, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2007-01-16

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Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales

Over-reaction of marketThis Apple news will be diluted once Windows7 ships this week. Plus, with the new Zune HD and Windows Mobile 6.5, Apple's days are definitely numbered. Microsoft is poised to take control of all markets once and for all. I would sell AAPL if I were a shareholder...

Tags: Investment, Digital music, Digital media, Financial accounting, Personal finance, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPhone, sales, Apple stock price, Windows Mobile 6.5, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., market capitalization, stock

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; Palm

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. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Search, Palm Inc., Text Messaging, Corporate Communications, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Branding, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public

Ken Moss, a former General Manager of Microsoft Search, is set to take his new "social search" startup public on June 18, if all goes as planned. CrowdEye, a "custom-built social search engine," tracks discussions on Twitter. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Start-up, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Microsoft unveils Beatles Rock Band, motion controller at E3

Microsoft unveils Beatles Rock Band, motion controller at E3RE: Microsoft unveils Beatles Rock Band, motion controller at E3heres a dumb thing you can get a beatles game but you can't get their tunes on any online services.heh"The vast majority of people are just too intimidated to pick up a video...

Tags: Corporate communications, Games, Game players, motion controller, Beatles Rock Band, Wiimote, Beatles, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

News to know: VMware; IE 8; Google; 3D Web

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. Sam Diaz: Facebook responds to redesign concerns; Changes are coming Mary Jo Foley: VMware picks up yet another former...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3D, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., VMware Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Twitter, Smart Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-25

VMware picks up yet another former Softie

At the rate it's going, VMware is going to be Microsoft's alumni clubhouse No. 1. On March 24, VMware announced it had hired former Softie Richard McAniff as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Research & Development, Content Management, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-03-24

News to know: Macworld, CES preview, Windows 7

Macworld Coverage: Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates Jason D. O'Grady: Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009 Sam Diaz: Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint Apple expands DRM-free music selection [video] Apple reveals...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital-rights Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Macworld, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Digital Media, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Another former Softie joins VMware

A year ago when I wrote that former Microsoft manager -- and current VMWare CEO -- Paul Maritz was getting the old band back together, I had no idea how many members would end up reuniting. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Maritz, Nielsen, Corporate Law, Productivity, Development Tools, Middleware, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Netbook security risks?

Netbook security risks?Netbook security risks?Having linux on the netbook is an automatic security risk. Linux lacks any central management as you stated, but in its very design lacks security. It leaves the telnet port open. Its required to check the installed application version for each package - remember...

Tags: Operating systems, security, NetBook, security risk, Netbook security risk, netbook, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

Microsoft give students the finger, once again

Microsoft give students the finger, once againHere`s my takeI have a theory that explains why MS did that.1. Windows Vista and the currently circulating build of Windows 7 have Windows Defender as a bundled application. It is a pure antispyware product. If you look at the current client security applications,...

Tags: Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

Look who's running VMware now

Former Softie Paul Maritz has a new challenge on his hands: Competing head-to-head with his former employer in the virtualization space. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so often

Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so oftenYou failed to explain...WHY rebooting in necessary.It's because of the Windows architecture. It is so monolithic that it can't recover from simple application errors. When one thing goes wrong, it is a snow ball effect. Other OS's do not suffer nearly...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Other OS, reBoot Windows, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-28

IT catfight in Portland, OR

IT catfight in Portland, ORSacraficeMy company just finished an ERP release, successfully!It takes whole company sacrifice and requires separate Change Management groups to come to power to lead staff and executive management with the project and the temporary sacrifices in business process and political ownership. It takes years of...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Leadership, information technology, change management, ERP

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week? Touch

Is this week the week that Microsoft finally will shed a bit more light on what's coming in Windows 7? Istartedsomething.com blogger Long Zheng recently reported that Microsoft is planning to show off Windows 7 at the D6 conference in Southern California this week. But given the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Microsoft's competitor to Adobe Lightroom gets another champion

What's Microsoft want with Adobe Photoshop guru Mark Hamburg, who recently joined the Redmond juggernaut? Hamburg a programmer who has been part of the Adobe Photoshop team since version 2.0 and helped lead the Photoshop Lightroom one, is now a Softie, as News.com's Stephen Shankland reported on...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-29

News to know: Salesforce and Google; LiveMesh; Cloud computing; Linux

Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise Garett Rogers: Google announces SalesForce integration with Google Apps Techmeme Mary Jo Foley: The big reveal: Live Mesh Statement: Blockbuster proposes to buy Circuit City  ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Data Center, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-14