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- Owen Bird Law Corporation a Virtual Iron Customer
- I recently had the opportunity to speak with Stephen Bakerman, Director of Information Technology, Owen Bird Law Corporation, a Virtual Iron customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Stephen's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what your organization...
- Tags: Environment, Virtual Iron, Stephen, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Cloudy views and more aaS
- Microsoft's entry into the so-called cloud computing space sparked off some collateral knock about posts between Tim O'Reilly and Nick Carr with Tim Bray and Stephen O'Grady joining in. At first blush each seems incredibly reasonable. When taken together they become as dense as some of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Network Effect, Cloud Computing, Network, Microsoft Corp., Tim Bray, Tim, Stephen, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Five reasons why Nokia should consider buying Yahoo
- Nokia makes some awesome devices and I continue to be impressed by their innovation and functionality. However, as we saw last year Nokia is expanding their service offerings, largely through aquisitions. I think Nokia will continue with their hardware, but their future focus on services may be where they focus...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Stephen, Ovi, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Microsoft shake-up: The e-mails on President Raikes' depature
- We know what Microsoft told press and analysts about yesterday's announcement by Microsoft Business Development MBD President Jeff Raikes that he'll be passing the torch, come September, to former Juniper Networks Chief Operating Officer Stephen Elop. But what did Raikes and CEO Steve Ballmer tell Microsoft's near-80,000 employees about the...
- Tags: Jeff Raikes, Business, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Business Development, Jeff, Stephen, Microsoft Business Solutions, Leadership, Professional Development, E-mail, Business Structures, Management, Career, Online Communications, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Juniper Networks exec to succeed Microsoft Business Division President Raikes
- In what I consider surprising timing, Microsoft announced on January 10 that one of its three corporate presidents, Jeff Raikes, is retiring in September 2008. Raikes will be succeeded by Stephen Elop, who until today was chief operating officer at Juniper Networks, according to a Microsoft statement....
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Corp., Helm, Stephen, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
- How Dell screwed up my order
- Yesterday I put in an order for twin Dell Vostro 200 mini-towers for the kids anyone who has two boys will understand why I had to get two identical machines. The transaction was simple, just using a credit card over a secure web site. I expected an uneventful sale and...
- Tags: Card, Customer Service, Dell Computer Corp., Phone, Credit Card, Computer, Stephen, Sales Channel, Productivity, Financial Services, Sales, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- ServerDoc 0.91b (Windows)
- ServerDoc will start a program and check if the program is still running every five seconds and restart the program if required (if it crashed, etc.). It can also rotate servers with its internal scheduling. You may want to run a game server between 6pm and 10pm or run different...
- Tags: Program, Microsoft Windows, Stephen, Games, Servers, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Software downloads 2006-08-27
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- Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
- Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But Mozilla could be one step ahead. Last week, Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But if Mozilla succeeds in its hope, Microsoft could be playing catch-up...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Graphics, Web Browsers, Internet, IE9, Microsoft, PDC, browser, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-24
- Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser
- Microsoft, with IE 9, isn't the only browser provider planning to harness hardware acceleration. Mozilla is planning to do the same with Firefox. Firefox developers have posted a prototype demonstrating the ability to take advantage of Direct2D and DirectWrite. Google is interested in the possibilities of hardware-accelerating Chrome, as well,...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Hardware, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Google hopes to remake programming with Go
- Google hopes to boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an open-source experimental programming language project called Go. Google software luminaries such as Unix co-creator Ken Thompson believe that they can help boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an open-source experimental programming language project called Go....
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Programmer, Programming, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Google, Go, programming language, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-11
- Thunderbird 3: Near-final version due next week
- Thunderbird 3, an update to the email software Mozilla hopes will give it some of the advantages its Firefox browser has enjoyed, is due to arrive in near-final form next week. Thunderbird 3, an update to the email software Mozilla hopes will give it some of the advantages its...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., E-mail Clients, Web Browsers, Software, Internet, Mozilla, Thunderbird, e-mail, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-06
- Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy
- Oracle is taking a hard line in dealing with EU objections to its planned acquisition of Sun, according to a Financial Times report on Tuesday. Oracle is taking a hard line in dealing with EU objections to its planned acquisition of Sun, according to a Financial Times report on...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., European Union, Corporate Law, Regulations, Open Source, Databases, Business Operations, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Oracle, Sun, EU, merger, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-04
- Chrome 4.0 gets beta release
- Google introduced the bookmark sync feature for the developer-preview version in August, and now it is also in the better-tested beta version, Chrome 4.0.223.16. More people will get a chance to try out bookmark synchronization with Monday's release of a beta version of Google Chrome for Windows. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome, Chrome 4.0, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Chrome, browsers, Windows, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-03
- Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard
- In September, Intel introduced its idea of tiny 'microservers'. Now the company wants to make the design into a standard others can use, too. In September, Intel introduced its idea of tiny 'microservers'. Now the company wants to make the design into a standard others can use, too. ...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Computer Industry, Productivity, Corporate Governance, Servers, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, server, Intel, microserver, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-10-30
- Xerox prints computer smarts on fabric, plastic
- In conjunction with a conference in Europe this week, Xerox has announced a new ink technology for printing electronic circuitry on everything from clothes to roll-up computer displays. In conjunction with a conference in Europe this week, Xerox has announced a new ink technology for printing electronic circuitry on...
- Tags: Xerox Corp., Circuitry, Computer, printing, Xerox, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-10-27
- Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time'
- Google CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledges that Google Docs lacks workflow features that Microsoft Office has, but isn't trying to emulate the suite. In an interview with Stephen Shankland at CNet News, Schmidt continued his courting of the enterprise. Schmidt on Wednesday had a good performance at the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- What's a brick?
- Shortly after I posted my blog on CalStar making building materials from coal ash, I heard from the American Brick Industry Association BIA. They feel CalStar is ripping off centuries of brick brand equity. Here is the email with BIA's side of the brick business: "I...
- Tags: Brick, CalStar, ASTM STANDARDS Here, Branding, Blogging, Manufacturing, Marketing, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)
- HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. [caption id="attachment_26254" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Credit:...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Attack, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Google Voice shows need to update telecom laws
- Is a Google Voice a phone service or a web service? The fact is, it's a question that can't be answered under our current definitions. But one thing is clear: Google Voice is the camel's nose under the policy tent that should - and perhaps will - cause a full-blown...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Voice, AT&T Corp., Telecommunications, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- Microsoft to add OneNote and SharePoint clients to next Office Mobile release?
- At last: Some hints about what Microsoft could be working on in the Office Mobile 2010 space. Courtesy of blogger Stephen Chapman, there's a mockup of a next-generation screenshot that shows Microsoft may be adding OneNote and SharePoint clients to its mobile Office suite. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
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