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ThinkSecret smackdown: Steve Jobs' and Apple's Vladimir Putin moment

Well, it's safe to say now that Apple has driven tipster site ThinkSecret out of business, none of you will be sending leads to that site anymore. Background: Apple gets so way beyond touchy when rumors or news of forthcoming products, platforms, policies,...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Time Magazine, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Sorry, iPhone is NOT an "invention"

TIME magazine's Lev Grossman announces the choice of Apple's iPhone as the "Invention of the Year." Well yea, Lev's main points are valid. The iPhone is pretty, its touch-screen actually works,and the iPhone's User Interface is something that all competitors might take under advisement as an influencer...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Time Magazine, Keyboards, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-11-01

Angelina Jolie Sultry Screensaver (zip)

The gorgeous Angelina Jolie was included in a list of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, and she was described as the world's most beautiful woman in the "100 Most Beautiful" issue of People. Celebrating her sultry sexuality, this free screensaver is a must have...

Tags: Time Magazine

Software downloads 2007-08-22

Cheeky China company suing Google over name

Cheeky China company suing Google over nameCheeky China company suing Google over nameMore trouble for Google? This company is taking such a beating lately they don't know whether they are coming or going. And if you hear their leaders speak you can tell just how bad of shape...

Tags: Investment, Google Inc., Cheeky China company, stock price, stock, Time Magazine

Discussion threads 2007-07-13

The commie smear against open source

There are days on this beat when I fear Im covering politics, not business.It happens when the proprietary companies trot out their FUD that open source is somehow socialist, communist, as pink as its programmers underwear.Because proprietary companies will always spend more of their money on marketing than open source...

Tags: business models, General, Legal, Linux, Linux Desktop OS, Linux Server OS, Microsoft, Patents

Blog posts 2007-02-20

New media journalism: Who will pay for news production?

Time magazine, a 80 plus year old mainstream media icon, ended 2006 proclaiming its belief in “you” over mainstream media; “You” made the cover of its annual Person of the Year issue (see "‘Branded Conversations’ frame social media in 2007").Time begins 2007 paying homage to “you,” and uses the mainstream...

Tags: Web 2.0, Local, Media, Advertising, Citizen Journalism, Culture, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Brands, Self-Promotion, Content, Social Networking, Social Media, Print, Time Magazine

Blog posts 2007-01-09

Here are some WAY better candidates for TIME Magazine's "Person of the Year"

Here are some WAY better candidates for TIME Magazine's "Person of the Year"my choice for person of the year is...Nicholas Negroponte.gnu/linux...giving choice to the neX(11)t generation.and/or the olpc. NT;-)

Tags: Time Magazine, HERE ARE

Discussion threads 2006-12-17

Time Magazine celebrates you and Web 2.0. Why?

Time Magazine celebrates you and Web 2.0. Why?Considering the value we generate...... - according to Donna Bogatin - this is more than reasonable.See my small cartoon:http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2006/12/the_most_valuab.htmlBye,OliverI called this in OctoberAt the risk of being too self-promotional, I made just this prediction in early October.You and DarfurI think 'You' is a...

Tags: Government, Darfur, Web 2.0, Time Magazine, Web

Discussion threads 2006-12-17

Time Magazine celebrates you and Web 2.0. Why?

Time Magazine has tapped "You" as its Person of the Year. With so much bad news and so many bad actors on the worlds stage this year, it appears that by default Time went with something soft and fuzzy. Indeed, the rise of UGC (User Generated Content, an awful phrase)...

Tags: Web 2.0, IM, Time Magazine, General

Blog posts 2006-12-17

Web 2.0: 'The Media' still in control

Web 2.0 ‘users are in control’ has been affirmed, by Time Magazine, circa 2006.It’s annual “Person of the Year” issue proclaims “YOU”:Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world.Time also underscores “Power to the People”:You control the media now, and the world will never be the same.REALLY?...

Tags: Time Magazine, video, Web 2.0, Web

Blog posts 2006-12-17

Here are some WAY better candidates for TIME Magazine's "Person of the Year"

Note: the first four paragraphs of this post are adapted from my remarks in The Huffington Post, where I put up a new blog entry this morning. Every year, TIME magazine editors name their Person of the Year. You know the individual-or in some cases, group- they believe whose actions...

Tags: cell phone, camera, YouTube Inc., innovation, Time Magazine

Blog posts 2006-12-17

Gates increases stake in Berkshire

Gates increases stake in BerkshireGates person of the year?[Time magazine in December named Gates, his wife, Melinda, and U2 lead singer Bono its Persons of the Year for 2005.]This is like having Bin Laden or Saddam as "persons of the year"!Just go to prove Gate$has waaaaay tooooooo much money and...

Tags: Time Magazine

Discussion threads 2006-01-06

Additional Resources

Howard's happy: Sirius-XM merger (finally) approved; Now the work really begins

The government regulatory debacle known as the Sirius-XM merger has officially ended as the Federal Communications Commission approved the deal after 17 months of deliberation and lobbying from the National Association of Broadcasters. According to the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal the FCC approved the deal...

Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Sirius, Howard, Satellite Radio, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Federal Government, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Government, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-26

Girls are as smart as boys, but tests are getting dumber

New research published in the journal Science confirms what all of us teachers have known for a long time: girls are just as smart as boys. I hope none of our tax dollars went into that one. A quick quote from the article before I get into the...

Tags: Test, Teacher, Hyde, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux

Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...

Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-25

MobileTechRoundup show #141, jkOnTheRun is aquired, Sony Reader, battery life, and more

I had a good time recording MobileTechRoundup show #141 with the two newest members of the Giga Om Media group, James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel. Don't worry listeners and readers, you will still get the same content from those two and from me here on the podcast for the foreseeable...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Sony Corp., Battery, Sony Reader, Kevin, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-25

iPhone gas application roundup

On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Talent development

Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...

Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-25

EIC podcast: Microsoft's analyst meeting; Icahn's deal; Facebook

On this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan is back and we talk about Microsoft's analyst meeting, Kevin Johnson's departure from the software giant, Carl Icahn's deal with Yahoo and Facebook. The big news this week was Microsoft's financial meeting (see Mary Jo Foley and Ina Fried's coverage)...

Tags: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Dan, Podcasts, Portals, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing

On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25