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Plasma Pong 1.2 (Windows)

Plasma Pong is a variant of the popular PONG game, with a high tech twist--it uses computational fluid dynamics to drive the environment. As the game starts you will have to duke it out against the opposing paddle, using the fluid as your weapon. You can shoot plasma out of...

Tags: Paddle, Fluid, Microsoft Windows, Steve Taylor, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-05-10

Would you pay for a "Skype Nanny?"

Network World's Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick put forth an interesting "devil's advocate" proposition with reference to Skype.Their essential point is that because Skype gets updated often, doesn't offer customer support, guaranteed QoS or proactive as compared to reactive security monitoring and related information accessible to the subscriber, wouldn't you...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Skype Nanny

Blog posts 2005-11-02

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Are Steve Jobs' management skills a corporate risk?

Are Steve Jobs' management skills a corporate risk?Claim the successes, pass the losesIt appears to work well for Apple at the moment, and if employess wish to take the abuse with the benefits, it is their choice.If the problems Apple is seeing as of late with their hardware continues, and...

Tags: Strategy, BLINDERS, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Are Steve Jobs' management skills a corporate risk?

We all know that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is a revered figure in the consumer electronics industry for pushing the envelope and getting filthy rich doing it. But does the magic of Apple product success hide a poor business manager? ...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., CEO, Bill Taylor, O'Grady, Consumer Electronics, Leadership, Personal Technology, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-07

News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai’; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-13

News to know: Ballmer on Windows 7; T-Mobile G1; Google's 3Q

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ballmer: It's ok to wait until Windows 7; Yahoo still 'makes sense'; Google Apps 'primitive' Microsoft wants you to move: To IE 8, Vista... Ballmer: 'Windows...

Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile G1, Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, T-Mobile, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Outsourcing, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-10-17

News to know: Clickjacking redux; SAP pricing; BlackBerry Storm; Windows 7

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat Dancho Danchev: Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows, Semantic Web, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet

Blog posts 2008-10-08

News to know: Debate Hub, Clickjacking; RIM's Q2; Twitter; Slingbox goes HD

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: EXCLUSIVE: C-SPAN launches gadget-fueled ‘Debate Hub’ as social, political destination Former Google product manager ‘disappointed’ by T-Mobile G1 ...

Tags: CBS Interactive Inc., Digital Rights Management (DRM), Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Matthew Miller, Research In Motion Ltd., Sam Diaz, Security, Twitter

Blog posts 2008-09-26

News to know: Google and T-Mobile on G1; OpenWorld; SOA; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown UPDATED: T-Mobile, Google, HTC unveil G1 (with hands-on pics) Ed Burnette: Google releases Android 1.0 SDK Hands-On with...

Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Semantic Web, Web Services, Research & Development, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-24

News to know: IE vs Chrome; Microsoft's TV pack; Oracle; Pandora CEO

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Should Microsoft do an IE 8 'Lite'? Larry Dignan: Google: Chrome likely to land on Mac before Linux Ed Bott: TV...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft TV, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., TV, E-mail, Open Source, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Samsung announces 3G 'iPhone killer'

Samsung announces 3G 'iPhone killer'3GCan you honestly believe 3G wasn't solid enough to add? It's not like it was brand new, or GPS perhaps?If lacking those features...already available in other phones is not a flaw, then yes, you are correct.Other people who don't chug the Kool-Aid might think otherwise.Not...

Tags: Cellular phones, Cell Phone Quality, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Apple iPhone, 3G, Apple Inc., cell phone, iPhone-killer, phone

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

News to know: Netflix; Google Health; Storm Worm; Fixing Vista

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: The Storm Worm would love to infect you Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Microsoft: Half of Exchange inboxes to be Microsoft-hosted in five years...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Worm, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Healthcare, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-20

News to know: Apple; Windows updates; Google mobile ads; Denial of service attack 101

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple blows through estimates; Ships 2.29 million Macs; Outlook light by design? Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Liveblogging: Apple's Q2 2008 financial results Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Why I won't be buying a "Hackint0sh" system Forbes: Apple Buys Chip Designer...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Windows Update, Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux, Security, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-24

News to know: Linux galore; Black Hat Europe; Vista reliability; Google and censorship

Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft partners with open source Jaspersoft, Sourcesense Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors Red Hat CEO: We haven't done a good enough job as an industry leader, or project leader ...

Tags: Black Hat, Google Inc., Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Semantic Web, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-26

News to know: Windows 7; FCC; Census IT; HDMI; MacBook mystery; Fave Windows programs

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: Why Windows 7 might go to pieces Michael Krigsman: Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau George Ou: HDMI survival guide...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., HDMI, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Rootkits, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-21

News to know: AMD; Bebo; Google; IT training

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Triple-core Phenom - Where does it fit in to the big picture? John Morris: AMD ships triple-core Phenoms EIC podcast: AOL and Bebo; Yahoo talks; Spitzer and IT; Semantic Web Michael Krigsman: 5 ways to fail at...

Tags: Bebo, Google Inc., America Online Inc., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Training, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Semantic Web, Social Networking, Linux, Internet, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-14

News to know: Windows Server 2008 launch; Hotmail outage; Berners-Lee on semantic Web; Apple

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft courts open-source vendors to support Win Server 2008. Jason Perlow: Server 2008: The Windows Workstation we always wanted Outage hits Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger users Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with...

Tags: Google Inc., MSN Hotmail, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Server, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Photograph, Outage, Apple MacBook Pro, Microsoft Windows, Semantic Web, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Internet

Blog posts 2008-02-27

News to know: Microsoft interoperability; Bypassing FileVault; Woz; Black Hat; More benchmarks

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft pledges interoperability--again Reading the fine print on Microsoft’s new open-source promises Larry Dignan: Microsoft’s real game: Open interoperability protects its stack Dana Gardner: Microsoft on open APIs: New tune or blowing more smoke? Dana Blankenhorn:...

Tags: Black Hat, Interoperability, Disk, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-22

News to know: Vista SP1 hacks and 551 bugs; Apple patch; RIM outage

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixes. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: More information on the Vista SP1 activation hack. Gallery right. George Ou: Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition 'analog' hole RIM notifies of 'critical' BlackBerry outage. Russell...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Outage, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2008-02-12

Is Yahoo's! board brain dead?

What on earth was the Yahoo! board thinking that it could reject Microsoft's bid at $31 a share and come out the other side looking credible? OK - so there are egos involved here but at the end of the day investors rule. As Dave Taylor said: Mashable writer...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-02-09