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- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog
- Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...
- Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings
- Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...
- Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?"
- The other day I reported that Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit, had asked his managers to see which jobs could be cut because there were volunteers among Intuit's 50m users that were doing a better job -- and for free. These seem to be the emerging business benefits from...
- Tags: Job, Intuit Inc., Unemployment, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Another student hacks another police website
- Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...
- Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Deals abound for back to school
- I took a walk through Circuit City today to see where consumer PCs stood. We'll be back to school in a matter of weeks and parents are already asking about laptops for their high school and college-bound students. The good news is that for $700 you can pick...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Evil tech administrators
- Evil tech administratorsEvil Tech Admin'sI've work at a few places where some of the Admin's I worked with were a bit on the sneeky side. So As a admin I made sure there was a back door incase one fo these admins tried to pull the same stunt. Its happened...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Recruitment & Selection, administrator, network
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Mayor: Cleantech leaders are finding their way to San Jose
- The great thing about visiting my brother and his family in San Jose is that there is almost always a business reason for me to be here. I used my latest trip ending tomorrow to catch up with the mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, about his city's aggressive green...
- Tags: San Jose, Leader, Clean Technology, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Apache's open source governance model
- Apache's open source governance modelI give Murph a 10 on this onentMike Cox couldn't beat this one...NTIIS dominates the market, of courseThough Apache has almost half the web servers in use, the more important number is the Fortune 1000 result. There Microsoft has 55% vs Apache's 25%, with Microsoft...
- Tags: open source, Microsoft IIS Server, Apache Software Foundation
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- File Renamer Turbo (exe)
- File Renamer Turbo is a cutting edge file renaming tool that will make your life easier. If you need to rename multiple files, folders or set the ID3 tags of MP3 files or the tags of WMA, M4A, OGG, FLAC, APE and MPC files, this program will do the job...
- Tags: Tag, Kristanix Software, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?
- I really love coffee. Not Folgers or Maxwell House, but the good stuff. My current favorite is Dean's Beans' "Ahab's Revenge" (with "the highest caffeine content of any organic coffee!"), but there are few things that make me happier than a really good cup of coffee. ...
- Tags: Coffee, Scout Hunt, Marketing Research, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Marketing, Finance, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Will social media lead to user generated unemployment?
- Will social media lead to user generated unemployment?will stop if...I believe that users will stop volunteering their time and knowledge if their work will cause their own job losses. No one wants to dig their own grave, unless they are not aware that it's going to be theirs.RE: Will social...
- Tags: social media, unemployment
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Updated:Will social media lead to user generated unemployment?
- [Updated with video.] I'm spending a few days at Fortune Magazine's invite-only Brainstorm conference. It's an excellent lineup of speakers and the audience is full of top tech industry luminaries. Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit, was just on stage and he spoke about trying to harness...
- Tags: Intuit Inc., Social Media, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- eMachines T5274
- The eMachines T5274 is eMachines' higher-end budget desktop for the back to school season. While it seems like a good deal for $400, the fact is that the low-end PC market has become increasingly competitive this year, which makes it hard for systems such as this one that straddle two...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5274
- Product reviews 2008-07-21
- The key barrier to health care reform
- The key barrier to health care reformReducing residenciesHey, at least Georgia [b]has[/b] residencies. Arizona's University Hospital has, thanks to Andrew Weil, turned all of its general practice residencies into NCCAAM-funded "alternative health care" training programs.If you think it's bad now, wait until your insurance only covers "therapeutic touch" and...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, barrier, health care, residency, physician
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- 2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced
- Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on. From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...
- Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?
- If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?OT but relevant: The heavy tread of IT.Quoting from the stern warnings about SharePoint from another Comment:“As many shops are discovering, SharePoint is also a development platform that people both inside and outside of IT use to create intranets,...
- Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise software, Microsoft SharePoint, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
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