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Tech giants form open cloud standards group

Tech giants form open cloud standards group And "they" are there to OOXML the whole thing.Have no doubt.Complaints about their anti-competitive behaviour within 12 months. Guaranteed.Cloud Computing is NOT Safe!!!!!!!!!!!Just another venue for criminals to steal our information, corporations to outsource our data to countries who could give a crap...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, Tech Giants, standards group

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Tech giants may face dollar daze

Tech giants may face dollar dazeMerchants of chaos strike againand they can't resist putting a negative spin on ANY news, even items that are contradictory. So, when the dollar declines, it's bad. When the dollar stops declining, it's bad.Journalists must be some amazingly depressive people to be around.The most important...

Tags: Operational accounting, Tech Giants

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass

Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the passEasier SolutionAn easier solution to the problem is to get rid of destructive, insidious software patents completely. Software should never have become patentable.Software patents == utter corruption of our market and will be a major cause of the US losing...

Tags: Tech Giants, patent troll, patent, software patent, software

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Tech giants reveal their agenda

Tech giants reveal their agendaNational SecurityOr is that self-induced national paranoia?How many asking for patent lawsuit ...protection would turn around and sue anyone stepping on their patents? You can't have your cake and eat it too.They Only Listen to Cash and Hookers!Lobbying?Private suite with a beautiful girl is more...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, amendment right, Tech Giants, H1B Visas

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Tech giants go for the games

Tech giants go for the gamesMessage has been deleted.

Tags: Games, Tech Giants, game

Discussion threads 2004-06-03

Tech giants abuzz over VoIP for cell phones

Tech giants abuzz over VoIP for cell phonesSun Microsystems ???What does Sun Microsystems have to do with anything in this space? Once again Sun is working hard to get into new spaces in an attempt to stop the massive hemmoraging of their company.And why would I want to use a...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, Tech Giants, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oh-my God!!!, cell phone

Discussion threads 2004-03-23

Additional Resources

News to know: Google; CTIA; Microsoft; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people Sam Diaz:Mobile VoIP services no longer taboo, following AT&T...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mobile, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, CTIA, Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Web Browsers, Podcasts, Tablets, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Eolas sues tech giants over Web technology

It was just a matter of time.They didn't bleed enough from Microsoft so now they are going after other big names. No one is safe.Two words:Frivolous lawsuit.And they said......Eolas would only sue MS. :)Stupid and blind indeed. The Eolas patent is particularly bad, but all software patents need to...

Tags: Web, web technology, Eolas Technologies Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Can Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon help scuttle Google's book settlement?

Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon are reportedly joining the Internet Archive and other non-profit groups to dismantle Google's book settlement with publishers and authors. According to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and others, the group of tech giants and library groups will be co-led by Gary...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Settlement, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-21

EU ombudsman slaps antitrust regulators over Intel case

The European Union ombudsman reportedly criticized antitrust regulators over its evidence collection against Intel. According to the Wall Street Journal, EU ombudsman P. Nikiforos Diamandouros said that the European Commission, which fined Intel $1.45 billion in May for monopoly abuse, failed to record evidence from a Dell...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Regulator, Antitrust, Intel Corp., European Union, EC, Journal, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Apple and AT&T asked to explain denial of Google Voice app

Apple and AT&T asked to explain denial of Google Voice appno one careswell, i would think their hardware, their software, their appstore. if you don't like apple's decisions, don't buy an iphone, you have plenty of choice.Just put it on the Pre and G2 and stop helping AppleThey don't want...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Google Inc., denial, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-01

Poll: Did Microsoft and Yahoo do the right thing?

Poll: Did Microsoft and Yahoo do the right thing?SuccessfulI think that this agreement has the potential to be huge. When you combine all of Microsoft's and Yahoo's page views, you have a lot of people viewing a lot of pages. As an advertiser, having one platform to get...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh

Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh wow companies want you to buy stuff from them...details at 11I'd be interested in knowing how they arrived at the correlation between......older PCs and malware. I can't see why an older system would be any more likely to get malware than a brand...

Tags: SMB/SME, Cyberthreats, Intel Corp., small and medium enterprise, PC Refresh, PC

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Get ready for Oracle's 100 days of press releases aka innovation

It's a while since I read Bruce Richardson, chief research officer at AMR but a couple of his most recent posts rang bells with me. The first: Who Drives Software Innovation? The “Best-of-Breed vs. Giants” Debate raises a donkey's year old discussion where he concludes: Call me cynical, but...

Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Bruce, Simon Wardley, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-25

News to know: Intel-Nokia; Netbooks; Security Essentials; Oracle; Win7

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dana Blankenhorn: Intel-Nokia deal boosts open source Jason Hiner: A Nokia, Intel partnership makes sense, but they...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-06-24

HP, Intel, Yahoo collaborate on cloud computing

HP, Intel and Yahoo today announced that three new research organizations will join their Open Cirrus joint effort, a global open source testbed for the advancement of cloud computing research. The continued effort marks increased collaboration between the tech giants for cloud computing....

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., Intel Corp., Open Cirrus, Testbed, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-08

News to know: Pre; NetApp; Bartz; Windows 7; Netbooks

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition? Matthew Miller: Palm Pre reviews appear; can it beat the...

Tags: NetApp Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Yahoo's China "police informant" role sparked a $47.5 billion slide in market value

The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests recalls the courage of the Chinese people and the vicious response of the Chinese government. It also recalls the gutless behavior of Silicon Valley tech companies towards the Chinese government in pursuit of profits rather than morals. Many are guilty...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Shi, Government, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Tomorrow's World

By now you will probably have digested the initial information about Google Wave, strategically announced on the same day as Microsoft's Bing search engine last week. Two not quite ready for prime time products - one open source, the other arguably a partially walled garden -...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Yahoo Search Monkey, Channel Management, Wiki, Productivity, Marketing, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-31

Intel Larrabee to have 32 cores, ship in 2010

Intel has hinted to its plans for its multiple-core Larrabee graphics processor, showing a design that uses 32 processor cores and mates each to its "own vector math unit, allowing each core to process very specialized tasks very efficiently," according to Electronista. The news was revealed at...

Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Larrabee, Chipsets, Leadership, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-15