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- The final debate: Don't expect Obama and McCain to spar over net neutrality
- When John McCain and Barack Obama take the stage tonight for the final debate before the election, I expect to hear plenty about the economy, domestic issues and foreign policy. What I don't expect to hear about is net neutrality, wireless spectrum or broadband. In tech circles,...
- Tags: Wired Inc., Broadband, John McCain, Net Neutrality, Barack Obama, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- JetBlue unveils high-tech terminal Oct. 22; IT as customer service tool
- Joseph Eng, executive vice president of JetBlue's systems and technology, said the company will unveil its high-tech terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Oct. 22. The terminal when it launches will be the culmination of one big technology project. JetBlue's terminal at JFK,...
- Tags: Customer Service, Information Technology, JetBlue Airways Corp., Tool, Projects, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Operational Accounting, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- ManageFusion 2008
- I'm sitting in the media workroom preparing for today's sessions at Symantec's ManageFusion 2008. The event is being held at the JW Marriott resort and conference center in the land of the Mouse, that is Orlando, FL. I'll be adding things to this post throughout the day as interesting things...
- Tags: Software, Application, Symantec Corp., Software Virtualization Solution Professional, Steve Morton, Security, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- The University of iTunes
- The ability, or rather art, of being able to be in bed, pyjamas on (or off, if that's your style), mug of tea in your hand, cuddled up all warm and snug, whilst being able to listen to their adoring lecturers waffle on in class about particle physics or some...
- Tags: University, Apple iTunes, Lecture, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- IT's challenges: The end of device charging; ROI; Super programmers
- Gartner on Tuesday outlined its grand IT challenges from 2008 to 2033 and it includes a world where you'll never have to charge your device. That was one of the futurama type predictions outlined by Gartner analyst Ken McGhee at the firm's Symposium ITxpo. These prediction presentations...
- Tags: Device, Information Technology, Gesture, ROI, Programmer, Programming, Wireless, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Development Tools, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Keeping the dream alive - bootstrap your way out of the death spiral
- Jennifer Leggio is on the road. Guest editorial by Ryan Kuder I was very publicly laid off from Yahoo! back in February. It's a gut-wrenching experience for anyone who has gone through it. At the time, my choices were to get a new...
- Tags: Dream, Network, Yahoo! Inc., Start-up, Jennifer Leggio, Ryan Kuder, VC, Angels, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Obama appears on in-game Xbox 360 advertisement
- Obama appears on in-game Xbox 360 advertisementAre you kidding me???Is there no end to that man's hubris?? I have to see his deceitful, lying, marxist mug on every news channel...and now in XBox in-game ads?? Time to send Baraq *Hussein* Obama back to Indonesia...or Kenya...or whatever country seeded...
- Tags: Games, advertisement, game, Obama, game advertising, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?
- Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?What are the specsI haven't seen the specs yet (are they published?) but I don't think it's going to be enough. They either need to compete with Windows PC's or not. Don't half ass it. My guess is the lower price will still not match...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, new MacBook line, MacBook line
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Top Digger helps launch Tip'd, a Digg clone for financial news
- Top Digger helps launch Tip'd, a Digg clone for financial newsCommunity based Financial NewsI think it's a great idea, and something I look forward to watching grow. It's backed by some heavy hitters in the industry, so it's got a great chance of succeeding.With the global economy in the...
- Tags: Tip'd, Digg-clone, financial new, financial
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Lessig: Five proposals for ending copyright wars
- The Wall Street Journal is running an excerpt from Larry Lessig's upcoming book, Remix (book party in SF, Oct. 29.) In this excerpt, Lessig tells the story of Stephanie Lenz, who taped her infant child with some Prince song playing in the background and uploaded the...
- Tags: Larry Lessig, Copyright Law, Regulation, Lenz, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Microsoft pushes idea of "Apple tax"
- Microsoft pushes idea of "Apple tax"upgrade tax?all the mac laptops are upgradable in terms of ram and hard disk. what else do you need to upgrade on a laptop?I think MS should push for Apple salesThe first piece of software that gets installed on a Mac is Windows and at...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Apple Inc., tax, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Microsoft pushes idea of "Apple tax"
- With more people turning to Apple products, and the holiday season just around the corner, Microsoft is keen to emphasize the fact that users looking to switch from Microsoft face the "Apple tax." by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?
- Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?Off course >: )Yes i would especially if it comes with Windows 7 and has quite a bigger than 22" and Full HD screen.Seriously it is not everyday that Microsoft release an innovative and exciting consumer product.Yes. Heck, I have...
- Tags: Keyboards, Games, Food & Beverage, Surface Table, Oahu, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored Routers
- Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored RoutersBackdoored Routers - A Good IdeaWhat's the problem with backdoored routers? It's a good handy way to make sure that you are not stealing Intellectual Property. If the Chinese government, RIAA, etc. watches every move you make, then probably your moves will all be...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Manufacturing, Backdoored Routers, Melamine, router
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Stealth Company decloaks... as Siri
- Silicon Valley stealth-mode startup, Stealth Company, revealed a little more about itself overnight and rebranded as Siri. Stealth Company's website has proved vague at best over the past few months, for example tantalising with allusions to underpinning technology; "We are not building...
- Tags: Software, SRI International, Siri, CALO, Tools & Techniques, Management, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough
- OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enoughSadly, it falls short of my needsI have a spreadsheet that works beautifully in Excel. It's unbelievably slow for OpenOffice Calc. 12 minutes to open, each drop down takes 2 minutes to register.No scripts, just formulas.RE: OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Microsoft Office, object-oriented, OK now OpenOffice, OO 2.4, OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law
- Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law"This law will dramatically move the priority of IP enforcement up..."I certainly hope so, because we all know that IP enforcement is much more important than the minor issues like counter-terrorism, border patrol, organized crime and the thousands of unsolved murders committed...
- Tags: Copyright Czar, Pro-IP, Prez
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Hoping for AppleTV update at Apple's notebook event
- The clock is ticking toward the big Apple event - you know, the one where the company is expected to announce the sub-$1,000 notebook and/or a new design to the MacBook line and/or the move into Nvidia's graphics chipset and/or something altogether different. (Dontcha just love the Apple rumor mill?)...
- Tags: Notebook, HDTV, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'
- Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'Ballmer was very lucky indeed. Now they can purchase Yahoo at a much cheaper price. Yes I'm still for the purchase.I said so at the timeWalking away from Yahoo was a good...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, dodged bullet, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
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In this Super Techies interview, larger-than-life techie Marc Canter talks with ZDNet's Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a multimedia pioneer.
We need to get back to freethinking and innovation that is core to our roots. Companies like Intel were founded on thoughts like the famous quote from Robert Noyce - "Don't be encumbered by the past, go out and do something wonderful."
