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- Lenovo ThinkPad SL400
- Take the ThinkPad R series, remove the internal roll cage and the TPM chip, add dedicated GeForce graphics, an HDMI port, and a glossy lid, and you get the ThinkPad SL400. This 14-inch laptop is Lenovo's play for small business buyers, trading in enterprise features such as the aforementioned security...
- Tags: Notebooks, Lenovo ThinkPad, IBM ThinkPad, ThinkPad SL400, lid, Lenovo Group Ltd.
- Product reviews 2008-10-03
- Election Talking Points: A discussion place
- Election Talking Points: A discussion placeSpoken like a true believer in ...a constitutional republic.RE: Election Talking Points: A discussion placereally this post is for an opinion location,It really becomes a bunch of BSGuess doe to reports about the debate it help McCain,everyone has to put two cents of nonsense,Ok...
- Tags: Mortgages, Palin, Election Talking Points
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Blood in the water and open source on the tracks
- Blood in the water and open source on the tracksConsolidationYou've noticed, then, that the number of banks has been decreasing. And that the survivors are able to make substantial profits.True of the software industry as well, as you imply. Smaller companies of value are likely to be bought...
- Tags: open source, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- What's really ailing Big Blue shares? Hint: IBM is part bank
- Concerns about IBM's third quarter are popping up almost daily. The standard set of concerns revolves around technology spending and the willingness to pay IBM's army of consultants fees for big bang projects as well as a stronger dollar. But underneath the surface there's a bigger worry that isn't being...
- Tags: Asset, Bank, Financial, Financing, IBM Corp., Finance Unit, Financing Unit, Global Financing, Commercial Financing, Participation Rate, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- There is no pony plan for health care
- There is no pony plan for health careUntil the greedy Pharmaceutical Companies are reeled in...There is no hope for fixing health care in the US.It MUST start with the banning of Pharmaceutical Advertising on TV. The billions paid for those ad's are paid by patients needing the meds IF...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, surcharge, pony plan, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- New report places Semantic Web 'On the Cusp' of something big
- Today sees the publication of a new report by Boston-based David Provost. On the cusp: a global review of the Semantic Web industry PDF features David's analysis of the space, informed by detailed conversations with representatives from many of its leading companies, and the picture he paints is an optimistic...
- Tags: David Provost, Semantic Web, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Microsoft JQuery adoption is an open source tipping point
- Microsoft JQuery adoption is an open source tipping pointOptimistAnother way to express your contention is that Microsoft has decided open source is so insignificant a threat that it can be used when convenient without any danger of lost revenues and profits. As a business model open source has peaked...
- Tags: Microsoft JQuery adoption, open source, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Walmart to pull plug on DRM servers
- Walmart to pull plug on DRM serversThe lie in their emailBeginning October 9, we will no longer be able [b] [i] refuse [/b] [/i] to assist with digital rights management issues for protected WMA files purchased from Walmart.com.Edit: Whoops! How do you do a strikethrough in Talkback?Edit edit:...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, server, digital-rights management, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-28
- PR blunders or "mystery meetings"
- PR blunders or "mystery meetings"It sounds like the new SOP for PRPublic relations and "press releases" seem to be in need of some sort of help. Perhaps a consultation with Jennifer Leggio? I read more and more about companies and websites being inundated with press releases that they have specifically...
- Tags: public relations
- Discussion threads 2008-09-27
- Thomas case reveals obscene penalties for P2P downloaders
- <Update>Further note from Ray Beckerman from Recording Industry v The People on the issue of whether MediaSentry's downloading would suffice for the distribution charge see Investigator Downloading section below: "There still has to be sale or other transfer of ownership, or rental, lease, or lending. And the dissemination has to...
- Tags: Distribution, P2P, RIAA, Verdict, Judge, Investigator Downloading, Thomas, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Video: Five things to know about VoIP over wireless
- Voice over IP can provide substantial savings on your telephone service by allowing you to use an IP network to make phone calls. You can also run VoIP over Wi-Fi, but you need to be aware of certain limitations. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives highlights the key...
- Tags: Video, Wireless, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Live coverage of the T-Mobile G-1 Google Android announcement
- Live coverage of the T-Mobile G-1 Google Android announcementGPS supportRumors have been that the G1 does and does not include an onboard GPS. This is a wonderful feature on the iPhone and enables credible real-time navigation and location-based services. Hope to get a positive confirmation regarding GPS on the G1...Wath...
- Tags: GPS, Product marketing, Cellular phones, goggle, T-Mobile, T-Mobile G-1 Google Android, T-Mobile G-1 Google Android announcement, UMA
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Warning: failure-driven IT layoffs ahead
- Even under normal circumstances, IT failures impose a substantial drain on corporate resources. During this period of economic trouble and scarce resources, however, many organizations will show less tolerance for failure, making layoffs likely. CIO blogger, Peter Birley, describes the downturn equation from...
- Tags: Project, Layoff, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Lacie USB Speakers
- In January of 2007, designer Neil Poulton teamed up with LaCie to design a set of FireWire PC speakers. The drawback is the speakers use up a precious FireWire port. In an attempt to fix the problem, LaCie created the $60 LaCie USB Speakers. The new version keeps the same...
- Tags: speaker, LaCie, Lacie USB, LaCie USB Speakers, USB
- Product reviews 2008-09-17
- IT failure: The definition game
- What does IT "failure" actually mean? While this question should be easy to answer, many discussions on the topic become little more than word games. Simple metrics. Some observers, including myself, begin their analysis of failure with three criteria. We ask whether a...
- Tags: Game, Information Technology, Failure, Strategy, Roi/Tco, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- What the credit crunch means for IT
- The credit crunch has dominated the front pages in 2008, and claimed a number of high-profile scalps, such as that of the 158-year-old Lehman Brothers bank. As job losses mount, and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, here's...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Outsourcing Company, Industry, Supplier, EquaTerra, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Nick Heath silicon.com, economy, IT management, HP, layoffs, hardware, software
- News items 2008-09-17
- SanDisk plays hard to get as Samsung (and maybe Toshiba) eye takeover
- Samsung is making a hostile bid for SanDisk for $26 a share in cash, or almost double SanDisk's current stock price. SanDisk promptly said no to Samsung's overtures. And why not? Toshiba may be interested too. In a letter to SanDisk's board, Samsung CEO Yoon-Woo Lee said:...
- Tags: SanDisk Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Flash Memory, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Using open source smarts to pick change agents
- Using open source smarts to pick change agentsNetworksPeople are usually promoted one level at a time. If one of your potential allies has a reprimand in his file for rebellion, would you expect to find him in a more senior position? Would you want to endure the difficulties...
- Tags: open source, network, Murph, agent
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Technology could have averted fatal LA train crash
- Positive train control" technology - already in use in some parts of the country -- could have avoided last week's fatal train crash in southern California, the Federal Railroad Administration pronounced yesterday. PTC includes GPS and digital communications to enforce speeds and monitor movements. Twenty-five people were...
- Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, PTC, LA Times, Monitors & Displays, Government, GPS, Federal Government, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
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