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- $300 CrunchPad is no more, legal mess all that remains
- Cold blooded Fusion Garage - boycott timeI have followed the CrunchPad development from very early on, long before Fusion Garage got involved. I can't imagine that there is ANY way they can justify coming onto a project long after it started and then stealing it to produce on their own....
- Tags: Financial accounting, CrunchPad, legal mess, Arrington
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- New Microsoft social computing lab formed under Ozzie
- desktop social networkingI saw this awhile back when doing some research and bookmarked it, looks to be a promising angle, and involving this team:http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/SocialDesktop/Lili, Social Desktop, and Live MeshThis must mean that Social Desktop (Lili's previous MSR project) is on the fast track to productization.I also find it interesting that...
- Tags: Social networking, Desktops, social computing, Lili, Social Desktop
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm
- 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. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Percentage of Internet users clicking on display ads halved in two years
- The percentage of U.S. Internet users who click on display ads has fallen 50 percent in the last two years, according to a study by comScore, Starcom and Tacoda. The findings Techmeme, an update to research conducted in 2007, found that 16 percent of Internet users in...
- Tags: Advertisement, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- News to know: Scareware; HP; SAP; Cloud computing
- 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. Dancho Danchev: The ultimate guide to scareware protection Gallery: The ultimate guide to scareware protection 9/11...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Andrew Nusca, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- News to know: Yahoo's home page; Barnes & Noble; Microsoft's Linux Code; 3G iPod Touch
- 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. Sam Diaz: Yahoo's new home page: Spending more time in your world Larry Dignan: Barnes & Noble partners with...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod Touch, Barnes & Noble Inc., Linux, 3G, UNIX, Operating Systems, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- TechCrunch Research: Big deal or not?
- TechCrunch Research: Big deal or not?This is absurd on so many levelsTech Crunch's reputation is to NOT do research, but to file stories based on rumor. Do they really think people are going to pay money for a known defective product? Or maybe they're creating a payment channel for blackmail....
- Tags: Big Deal, TechCrunch, Tech Crunch
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook
- 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. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- TechCrunch Research: Big deal or not?
- Does TechCrunch Research provide value to buyers or threaten established analyst firms? by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: TechCrunch, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?
- My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?Current default search?So, after a week of Bing are you sticking with it or did you change back to Google?RE: My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?I made Bing my default search engine the day it was released...
- Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., search engine
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- News to know: Office 2010 leak; Windows Mobile; Wolfram/Alpha; SOA; Zappos; ;
- 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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Mobile Dev team: 'Windows Mobile 6.5 is done' New Microsoft Office 2010 test build leaks Zack Whittaker: Screenshots:...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Dana Blankenhorn, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Mobile Applications, Microsoft Office, Wireless And Mobility, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Office Suites
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Google's MySpace payments: just one more year to go
- Assuming MySpace meets its page view requirements, Google writes a $75 million check to News Corp. every quarter as part of a multi-year, $900 million AdSense deal the two hammered a few years ago. In a post today, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington detailed the payment schedule in the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Payment, MySpace, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- NEXT09: deconstructing the enterprise gulf
- Attending NEXT09 was a breath of fresh air for me. As seems to be the way, there's always a good showing by controversial polemicists. You won't for example get two more strident and different speakers than Jeff Jarvis and Andrew Keen. As an enterprisey guy, Keen's assessment...
- Tags: Google Inc., Social Computing, Conference, CODA, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft
- 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. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- News to know: Microsoft; Amazon; SOA; AMD
- 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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft bends a little on Windows 7 due date Five unanswered questions after Microsoft's Q3 earnings call...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cybersecurity, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Operating Systems
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Stop bashing social networks
- First it was privacy concerns (not that they've gone away, but they aren't front page on Google News anymore). Now, apparently, social networks, like every other bit of technology young people embrace, rot our minds. ZDNet's Andrew Nusca summarized the report out of the UK well, finally asking,...
- Tags: Network, Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- iPhone tops RAZR in sales; twice as reliable as Blackberry
- Market research firm NPD has announced that the iPhone 3G was the leading handset purchased by adult consumers in the U.S. during the third quarter of 2008. The move strips the top dog title away from the previously top-ranked Motorola RAZR and puts an end to the RAZR's three-year run...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Motorola Razr, Handset, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, RIM BlackBerry, Sales, 3G, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- News to know: FCC oks white spaces; Firefox; Dell; Adobe patch
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Obama wins: CBS News: Election Webcast Techmeme: FCC approves plan to approve white spaces for broadband use Joe Brockmeier: Vote Firefox! Mozilla passes 20%...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., FCC, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Read and recognize - 10 must-know social business bloggers
- I read a lot of blogs. I mean, a lot of blogs. So the other day when David Grober, ZDNet's fearless leader, told us bloggers that we have the option to include a blog roll on our site, my little head started to spin. Who do I choose? ...
- Tags: Blog, Social Media, Blogger, Maeve Naughton Maeve, Stuart Robertson Here, Stuart, John Cass John, Blogging, Web 2.0, Internet, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
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