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Amazon invests in user-generated shopping channel Talk Market: Amazon said Monday that it has invested in The Talk Market, a user generated TV shopping channel. Terms of the investment, which closed in May, weren't disclosed, but the move does make you go hmm. In the case of Talk...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., QVC, Talk Market, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Investment, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-09

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Good news on the Dell netbook front: Just a quick update now that I have a minute to sit down tonight. I heard from my Dell rep this afternoon that, although it's not available on the Dell K-12 education pages, the Inspiron Mini 9 is available to all education customers in quantity. Here's...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blogging, Notebooks, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-09-05
VMworld is bringing out the vendors: VMworld is bringing out the vendorsVMAs it once was sed.."veri interestingting"..Seriously.. There is a lot of talk about VMware lately and all of it competition..Hope that you do a follow-up article...Sleep well..Puppa; Tags: VMworld; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope: Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as PopeThat's what I thoughtThe ad was about nothing except of course Bill. It is unclear why this ad was made.Who in the world is this "journalist"?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Ratcliffe"I see you baby ...... shakin that ass -shakin that ass."http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/digital/article/548871/publicis-dialog-puns-ass-shaking-new-renault-viral/RE: Microsoft builds $300M...; Tags: Wiki, Blogging, ass, Jerry Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Bill Gates, advertisement; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?: What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?That explains it....The client was invisible to the user as a cost-saver, rather the cost savings were apparent to the video distributor. So, how does the client app make itself valuable? Joost had several interesting features besides this P2P media capability, but it also...; Tags: Joost, desktop client, desktop; Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Possible AMD Q4/08 desktop processor roadmap surfaces: Possible AMD Q4/08 desktop processor roadmap surfacesUntil AMD can develop a product...that will perform as well as Intel's offering their roadmap doesn't really matter. They will be struggling in the market day after day. They can only keep market share by pricing wars with Intel. This will prevent them from...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., roadmap surface, AMD Q4/08, Intel Corp., processor, desktop; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Mainstream media writes Windows obit: Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Mainstream media writes Windows obit: Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-09-05
2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging: The crossover is close. The Internet is poised to overtake the newspaper industry in total size as an advertising medium. And the question is whether it can also overtake it as a news medium. Says here, the year will be 2011. That is likely to be when...; Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Internet Advertising, News, Governor, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Service integrators = Ed Tech bargain hunters?: I'm not entirely enamored of my ISP right now. Their backbone is dated, downtime too frequent, the email interface they provide is kludgy at best, application support for their web hosting is more limited than what you can get from $1.99 a month hosts, and, well, I'm just not...; Tags: Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Hosting, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Echelon wins smart meter project in Germany; plus insight on smart grid in Europe: A reseller for smart grid technology player Echelon announced a deal this week to deploy an advanced metering infrastructure system that will serve roughly 10,000 customers in Hassfurt, Germany. The contract, which will be rolled out over the next three years, is being handled by EVB Energie AG. The utility...; Tags: Germany, Green Technology, Echelon, Grid, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up: Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upGoogle Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upFile this in the "No Surprise" category. The shoddy programming at Google which has been reflected on many of their applications and services should come as no surprise to anyone on Chrome. Google is trying to live...; Tags: SECURITY, Google Chrome vulnerability, Google Inc., Google Chrome, vulnerability, Chrome, programming; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
What the fight against cancer really needs: What the fight against cancer really needsSadly this is where a problem existsCuring cancer would be great on the human level. But it doesn't make good business sense for doctors and pharmaceutical companies that rely on patients to make money. Much like many other diseases, it's more profitable to keep...; Tags: cure, pharmaceutical company, patient, government; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft lab: You may have heard of Microsoft's Live Labs, Office Labs, adCenter Labs. Get ready to add one more Microsoft incubator that is designed to speed up the delivery of Microsoft-created innovations to market: Startup Labs. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Web Technology, Product Development, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-09-05
From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture: From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureOverbroadYou wrote:[The appliance computing culture’s interactive] applications model drives almost everything, from processor and OS evolution to appropriate management structure - and even the conflicts with traditional business systems experts whose internal model of “automatic data processing” is broadly unrelated to the needs and...; Tags: Mainframes, Operating systems, Processors, business systems expert, appliance computing culture, mainframe, best practice, Windows PC; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial ... vague, baffling and unfunny, but highly riffable!: Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial ... vague, baffling and unfunny, but highly riffable!It was OKThe ID made me laugh. Not being a Seinfeld fan, I'll assume there were other jokes that I just didn't get.The Apple ads tell you as much about OSX as this did about Windows, but this ad...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Wireless Access: What Price Speed: Wireless Access: What Price SpeedQuick Question.....Why do people still stand for "locking-in" a 2 year contract to do anything with Verizon?No contract, free WIFI and same speed.... seem's like a no-brainer to me.RE: Wireless Access: What Price SpeedAt least here in NYC Metro area they have you coming and...; Tags: 3G, INTERNET, Wireless LANs, Fios, boro, Verizon Communications Inc., wireless access, Wi-Fi, wireless; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Red Hat buys Qumranet, adds gasoline to the spreading VDI bonfire: VDI, somewhat ironically, may also work well for market mover Microsoft as it seeks to slow the momentum to outright web-based and OSS/LAMP-supported applications and services for large businesses. Microsoft must realize that enterprises have had it with the high cost of maintaining and managing the traditional Windows OS in...; Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Server, SolidICE VDI, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find cheap printer ink, toner refills: Ever been to Amazon.com? Sure, everyone has. But how about lately? If you're in the market for a printer, the site's new Ink & Toner Finder makes it easy to save money on ink without investing the time in manually refilling your cartridge. ...; Tags: Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight: Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...; Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-09-05