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Pondering Google 2.0: How will it get to $100 billion in revenue?

Google is projected by Wall Street to have annual revenue of $15.7 billion in 2008 and $19 billion in 2009. But the ambitions are higher--more like $100 billion in annual revenue. The big question: How will Google get there? That question is being addressed in a report by Stephen...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Idea, Math, Mathematics, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., eBay Inc., Stephen Arnold, Bigtable, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-26

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SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city

SF mayor gets back to the keys to the cityThen what?What happened then? Is this a cliff-hanger blog?The story you quoted from at least mentioned this:"By Tuesday morning, the system was back in the hands of the city."GoodKudos to Mayor Newsome for stepping up and resolving the situation. I'm...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SF Mayor

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patches

Database server giant Oracle plans to ship patches for a total of 45 security vulnerabilities on Thursday (July 17), bringing the vulnerability count for 2008 to a whopping 112. Since January 2006 this CPU included, Oracle has shipped fixes for a total of  572 vulnerabilities. ...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Vulnerability, Patch Management, Server, Storage, Patches, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-14

When proprietary companies go open source

I've been burning the midnight oil yet again, working like a beaver on speed as I build my software castle on a server in Los Angeles not that beavers build castles. It's going well, and we are on the verge of starting trials in the UK. If any of you...

Tags: Software, Netscape Communications Corp., Stallman, Open Source, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 1)

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 1)What a whiner!Ha! Just kidding ya, Zackster. Sounds like a harrowing experience. But, much like a Stephen King horror novel, I can't wait for chapter two. :-)RE: Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 1)Aww, I know...

Tags: diary

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promiseEmission cuts promised unfeasible without clean coalWithout clean coal, the emission cuts promised by the G8 puny though they are are unfeasible: "The vast majority of new power stations in China and India will be coal-fired; not "may be coal-fired"; will...

Tags: global warming, emission cut

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Deskless Workers, Useless Services: Microsoft Online Misses the Mark

I spend a lot of time tracking the deskless souls who inhabit the workworld, the factory workers, nurses and others who spend more time on their feet and less time on their butts than the rest of us. So I was all ears as Stephen Elop, Microsoft's latest Business Division...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Worker, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Does Google need a standards office pronto?

Google is increasingly in the middle of multiple efforts like Android and standards development. The problem: Google doesn't have a centralized standards office to manage its efforts. According to open source consultant Stephen Walli, Google needs a standards office as its reach grows. Walli writes in a...

Tags: Google Inc., Standards Office, Walli, Team Management, Blogging, Management, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Make your next hire based on past behaviors not personality

When you're interviewing job applicants, do you search for traits such as hardworking, confident, and dependable? In this brief introductory chapter from The Truth About Managing People, 2nd Edition, author Stephen P. Robbins explains that traits aren't necessarily good predictors of future job performance -- but past behavior is. ...

Tags: Trait, FT Press, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Book chapters 2008-07-03

Cozying up on Twitter

Twitter...yet again. Stephen Rose over at Fast Company has discovered a new use for the beast: Following the activities of business contacts with whom you want to ingratiate yourself. So What? Twitter skip this paragraph if you know is a micro-blogging service. You use...

Tags: Twitter, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Internet, Sales, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-06-24

How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?

How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?It took Mother Nature...millions of years to lock up the carbon into fossil fuels that we have managed to release in a hundred.Nature can not fix it as fast as we are polluting it. That is the issue. Take a...

Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Daily Debrief: Mozilla makes its mark

In Wednesday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Stephen Shankland discuss Mozilla's record-breaking launch of its updated browser, Firefox 3. Also, News.com readers weigh in on how and why Firefox developed such a cult following.

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, News, Daily Debrief, Kara Tsuboi, Stephen Shankland, Firefox 3, Mozilla, browser, web

Videos 2008-06-18

Yahoo nears Google search deal; Icahn's plan goes kaput as Microsoft talks end

Yahoo is reportedly near a search deal with Google and plans an unrelated reorganization. Meanwhile, Microsoft says it's no longer interested in Yahoo. Add it up and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's grand plan to cash in on Yahoo just went kaput. First, the news. News.com's Stephen Shankland...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Construction, Search, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation

Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violationwho do they think they are fooling?apologizing for nothing does not absolve M$ of the other grave crimes they commited in the last 20 years.The point of CodePlex is???I have a fellow developer thats completely oblivious to anything non-MS. We would discuss...

Tags: Open Source Initiative, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

Time to overhaul grandfather's FDA approval process?

In February the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Riegel vs. Medtronic, that the FDA's authority to approve medical devices means states, and their courts, have no recourse when something goes wrong. At a stroke this pre-emption ruling eliminated medical device product liability. Once the FDA approves a...

Tags: FDA, Medical Device, Recourse, Federal Government, Healthcare, Government, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Google I/O doesn't disappoint

CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi checks in with News.com Senior Writer Stephen Shankland about the two-day Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. From demos of the Android touch screen to details on the Google App Engine (don't forget the free junk food), Shankland calls the event a success.

Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Stephen Shankland, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, News, kara tsuboi, steven shankland, google, android, developer

Videos 2008-05-30

Amazon bolsters Kindle catalog, inks pact with Simon & Shuster

Amazon said Friday that the Kindle will get 5,000 additional titles from Simon & Shuster for its e-book library. Simon & Shuster is a unit of CBS, which is buying CNET, parent of ZDNet. With the Simon & Shuster deal, Amazon adds titles like...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Digital Content, Simon & Shuster, Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Google's mission: Extend the browser

Google Gears launched a year ago and the search giant is ditching its moniker to reinforce that Gears is an open source project. So far so good, MySpace has used Gears to launch search and sort mail messages. The overall theme: Google is trying to extend the browser. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, Google Earth, Web Browser, MySpace, Pricing Detail, Web Browsers, Pricing, Channel Management, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-28

A gaggle of Google I/O predictions

CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Stephen Shankland discuss the upcoming Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Could a second mobile SDK be released? Or maybe the winner of the Android developer contest?

Tags: Google Inc., I/O, News, kara tsuboi, steven shankland, google, sdk, android, iphone, apple, conferences

Videos 2008-05-28

Big earthquakes trigger tremors worldwide

U.S. researchers who have studied 15 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 7 since 1990 have found that at least 12 of them triggered smaller quakes thousands of miles away. Their study shows that large earthquakes routinely spark jolts worldwide, 'including on the opposite side of the planet and in areas...

Tags: Researcher, Wave, University Of Utah, Velasco, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-27