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Spectra Hardware Information Tool (zip): Spectra Hardware Information Tool provide useful information about your computer hardware this include processor manufacturer, caption, name, role and max. Clock speed and harddisk serial, model and type. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Tool, Spectra Mind, Productivity, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2008-09-01

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Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?: Last week, when I asked "Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu?" I received a record number of talkbacks, good, bad, and in between. One of the more interesting, though, came from reader ksheppard, who responded with a challenge: ...Here's a challenge to...; Tags: Budgeting, Superintendent, Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-11-30
I want an iPhoneStormDroid: Wind River's Multicore Software Hypervisor solution permits multiple embedded OSes to run on a single device. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to actually choose between an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or a Google Android? What if all those device operating...; Tags: Device, Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-11-25
ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budget: Desktops get little love these days as more and more users opt for notebook PCs. Laptops have closed the gap in recent years in terms of features and performance. But the fact remains that desktops deliver a lot more bang for buck. In fact, you can...; Tags: Game, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., PC, Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Quad-core System, Studio, Flash Memory, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-11-24
Is Command & Control Management Inefficient?: When most people think of how businesses are organized, they visualize command and control management: the pine tree visual with the leaders at the top. Since we are entering the Western festive season here are some appropriate images to illustrate this. The traditional 'Christmas Tree'...; Tags: Fractal, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-11-24

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 5: Today is the last day of a 5-day course on iPhone programming class led by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I've been taking notes on how development for the iPhone compares to development for Android. By the way, BNR also offers Android courses if you're interested....; Tags: Program, Apple iPhone, Web Service, Android, iPhone API, Settings App, Android Preference, Cloud Computing, Web Services, XML, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-11-21
A guide to cutting IT costs: Reduction of spending in the IT department is more art than science. Metri consultant Paul Michaels offers some advice on how to get it right. For the past few months everyone was hoping the IT industry might be saved the worst of the credit crunch fallout, on the...; Tags: CIO, Benchmarking, Information Technology, IT Cost, Paul Michaels, Conundrum, Strategy, Management, IT management, costs, cutbacks, staffing, Paul Michaels silicon.com; News items 2008-11-21
Google launches personalized searches via SearchWiki; Scale, data equals fine experiment: Google has launched an effort it calls SearchWiki, which allows folks to customize searches and move results. An example: Say you disagree with a ranking of a result. You can move it up. You can also add notes to the result. And you can also remove results....; Tags: Google Inc., Personalized Search, Productivity, Search, Engineering, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-21
Photos: Luxury cars in the 200 grand plus club: There are luxury brands, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus come to mind, then there are LUXURY brands, cars with the leather from a herd of cows and wood from a whole forest. Spyker, Ferrari, and Bentley all showed off hand-crafted cars at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show with price tags over...; Tags: Car, Brand, Photograph, Branding, Marketing, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-11-20
ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: What good is it to have the best line-up of product bloggers around if they can't help you pick out holiday presents? With that in mind, we tapped our crack crew to help us help you find the year's best tech gift ideas. We'll run...; Tags: Holiday, Blogging, Cellular Phones, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Josh Taylor; Blog posts 2008-11-19
iPhone vs. Android development: Day 3: This is the 3rd in a series of 5 posts about an iPhone programming course I'm taking this week. The course is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. To make things more interesting I'm writing about how iPhone development differs from Android development, a subject with which I'm...; Tags: OpenGL, Apple iPhone, Android, Timers, Textures Textures, MultiTouch, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-11-19
Unstructured transparency - the management methodology that pulls us through the crunch?: I've just spent a couple of fascinating days at the HCL Global Meet in Orlando, Florida. As the name suggests this was a very international gathering of HCL's partners, clients, staff and thoughtleaders in the management and collaboration space. I've written before about...; Tags: Innovation, Pyramid, Employee, Financial, CEO, HCL Global Meet, Vineet Nayar, Nayar, HCL Tech, Krishnan, Hamel, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Leadership, Strategy, It Services, Team Management, Branding, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Management, Marketing, Finance, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-11-19
Office 2.0: a digital revolution for students worldwide: With hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people using Google Apps and Zoho, two of the main cloud office suites on the web, Microsoft once again sees an opportunity to slam it's iron fist onto the web in hope of crushing the same competitors as before. ...; Tags: Office 2.0, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-11-18
CRM 2.0 = The Conversation - But First....The Intro: This is my first post for ZDNET. I'm back from a 10 day cruise to the Caribbean - had a great time - came back to the economy worse than what I left - though gas prices are great - and I'm feeling relaxed anyway - so I thought it...; Tags: Strategy, Community, Customer, CRM, CRM 2.0, Social Customer Thing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg; Blog posts 2008-11-18
More OLPC Give One Considerations: It's the second day of sales for the OLPC Give One Get One program on Amazon; the site is still up and still claiming next day delivery is available (anyone who gets theirs in a day, please talk back below). I posted several musings yesterday on this latest effort...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-11-18
i-Cards: the next SSN?: When it comes to the new information cards - the digital wallet initiative backed by the likes of Google, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle - think of this as Phase 1, the information gathering phase This week, another partner in the effort - credit reporting agency Equifax - launched an online...; Tags: Card, Equifax, i-Cards, Social Security, Operational Accounting, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-11-14
Non-profit group looking to get greener? TechSoup adds green-tech resources: TechSoup Global, which is a technology information and education resource for non-profit groups that operates on an annual budget of $22 million, has been bitten by the green tech bug. The organization has started an effort called the GreenTech Initiative to help non-profits get a better handle...; Tags: Green Technology, TechSoup, Reduce Paper Use Challenge, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-14
Microsoft, Creative Financing, and the Bank of EAC: Microsoft's announcement that it would offer 0% financing to new customers of its Dynamics product line is a welcome offering at a time when the credit crisis requires out-of-the-box solutions to the fact that a bunch of ungrateful banks are unwilling to loan the taxpayer those megabucks we lent them...; Tags: Bank, Financing, Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-11-13
Poll: Are smartphones worth it?: The Dow dropped more than 400 points yesterday, again. 401ks are tanking. Corporations, big-box and small, are taking nosedives. Grocery store sales are up; restaurants are losing business and the Fed's freaking out. Oh, and that new smartphone is about to come out. Do you bite? ...; Tags: T-Mobile G1, Phone, Smart Phone, Smartphones Worth, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-11-13
Marketers, stop the hate! Customers are not the enemy: Guest editorial by Susan Etlinger Back in the seventeenth century, soldiers would spend the cold winter months in towns and garrisons until the weather cleared enough for them to venture back into the field (in Italian, nella campagna) to resume fighting. And...; Tags: Technologists, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-11-11