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Ning CEO on how start-ups can hit the ground running

At the TechCrunch Cloud Computing Roundtable in Mountain View, Calif., Gina Bianchini, CEO of Ning, says that cloud computing can give start-ups an edge by allowing them to focus on the application their business is producing, and then gives them far wider distribution--through sites like Facebook--than was available just a...

Tags: TechCrunch, Start-up, Ning, social networking, startups, windows, azure, Gina Bianchini, Amitabh Srivastava, Microsoft, cloud computing, economy

Videos 2009-03-02

Microsoft Student Technology Day (2 of 2)

The first half of the day after lunch, with the Q&A session which followed shortly after, and demos of Microsoft Surface and developing with it and how Windows 7 ties into it. by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker, Photograph, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Startups, Enterprise, London, Surface, Windows 7

Image galleries 2008-10-03

Microsoft Student Technology Day (1 of 2)

The first half of the day before lunch with Andy McLoughlin from Huddle.net, some photos of the Live Search product, and Steve Ballmer's keynote. by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Zack Whittaker, Photograph, Microsoft, Windows Live, Huddle, Startups, Enterprise, London, Online, Careers, Steve Ballmer, Surface, Multi-touch, Windows 7

Image galleries 2008-10-03

Additional Resources

With Chargify, Web 2.0 and SaaS businesses can bill with ease

Nice approach of ChargifyI think the approach Chargify is taking, is a real good one. In the beginning, we at MoneyBird also found it hard to setup the billing environment for our customers. Delivering a service like Chargify to the starting businesses makes really sense. Maybe this also starts these...

Tags: software-as-a-service, Web 2.0, Web, Chargify, MoneyBird

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

AnVir Task Manager Free 6.1.1 (Windows)

Process and startup manager. Remove spyware and trojans, speed up Windows boot time, increase PC performance, learn more about what is going on under the hood. Monitor and manage processes, services, startup programs, internet connections, DLLs, drivers, locked files. Dynamic icons in tray for CPU, memory and disk load. Automatically...

Tags: Startup Program, System Tray, Anvir Software, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Security

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Google's Schmidt: Washington politics "not very interesting"

Google CEO Eric Schmidt, in Washington this week as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, popped into The Washington Post to chat with reporters and editors about a number of topics, including an FCC vote on net neutrality. Google's name has...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Washington, Net Neutrality, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Gowalla CEO Josh Williams on game mechanics, user experience, and competition

I'm always looking for a new social site to play with, and right now, all I can think about is Gowalla. I was lucky enough to interview Josh Williams, CEO of Alamofire, the creators of Gowalla. What sparked you to build a location-based...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Location, Gowalla, Games, GPS, Sales Force Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

XSecurePro 8.4 (Windows)

XSecurePro is a X Server software package allowing you to securely connect to many different UNIX/Linux environments including RedHat, Solaris, OpenVMS, HPUX, AIX, IRIX, SuSE, and Mandrake using the SSH protocol right from your Windows desktop. XSecurePro allows Window displays in single, full, and multiple modes and provides full control...

Tags: Mouse, Network File System, SSH, Labtam, XSecurePro, Telnet, Microsoft Windows, Mice, Ip storage, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Networking, Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-10-11

Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)

Let the whining by the Neo-Cons begin. nt:-(RE: Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)bingoKeep your damn politics out of itCan't we just discuss technology issues without injecting our political views? There are valid arguments on both sides; let's focus...

Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, net neutrality rule, broadband investment, broadband, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

CTERA launches CloudPlug; Aims for cloud-attached storage

CTERA on Tuesday launched its first "cloud attached storage" devices for general availability. The devices, the CTERA CloudPlug and the CTERA C200, are worth a look. The CloudPlug, a little contraption I was introduced to at the Under the Radar conference in April, has a lot of...

Tags: Online Backup, Network, Backup, CTERA, CTERA C200, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-06

A Different Kind of Phone Service

Ari Rabban and I go way back - like five minutes. The president of Phone.com (wouldn't you like that domain name) has agreed to meet me at the Short Hills Hilton to talk about his newest venture. Rabban is a long time hand in the VoIP space having worked at...

Tags: Marketing, Phone, Phone.com, Virtual Office, Tagging, Rabban, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-05

MY PC OK 2010 (Windows)

Unwanted and even dangerous clutter from daily use and Internet surfing builds up over time. This takes up drive space and tracks your Web-browsing habits, leaving a trail for anyone to see. With My PC OK Cleanup, you can safely remove junk files, internet clutter. And it includes one of...

Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows, MYPCOK, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-23

The Adobe-Omniture deal: Does it make sense?

Adobe & Omniture makes senseOmniture currently have components for Adobe's Dreamweaver and Flash, to integrate analytics into web content and last time I used them, they really weren't that great. I imagine in Adobe's CS5 this integration will be very seamless, which will encourage Adobe's users to use Omniture over...

Tags: Financial Planning, Adobe Systems Inc., Omniture Inc., analytics

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Washington finally embraces tech; the benefits will be here soon

It's fitting that Washington's top IT administrator, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra, would come out to Silicon Valley to announce one of the federal government's largest technology initiatives - a cloud computing marketplace for government agencies that's designed to reduce red-tape and allow faster deployment of money-saving, energy-efficient cloud-based software. ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Washington, Benefit, Sergey Brin, Tech Industry, Government, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Federal Government, Internet, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-16

TechCrunch50 2009 in pictures

The now annual TechCrunch50 is a conference that sees the launch of 50 new Web startups and services. This year was no different. Here are some of the highlights, in photos. by CNET News.com

Tags: Highlight, Channel Management, Marketing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-09-15

At last! Standard legal docs for startups

Good info!Information like this would have been useful for the employees of a software company that I did work for in the 90s. The VCs came in with the right to appoint the board and senior officers so as to improve profitability. The officers were granted large stock...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Investment, Standard Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

At last! Standard legal docs for startups

Finally, startups have access to standard legal documents that can save them as much as $50k when raising money--and protect them from predatory VCs. by Tom Foremski

Tags: Start-up, Standard Corp., Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Watch the BS in Silicon Valley (and don't wear white shoes)

It's always interesting to meet with outsiders and to hear their view of Silicon Valley, just as it is to leave the valley and notice that there's a whole world outside that doesn't care about the things we get our underwear into a twist about. ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Public Relations, Blogging, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-17