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- Beyond a shadow of a pornographic doubt, don't rush to judgment
- Beyond a shadow of a pornographic doubt, don't rush to judgmentMisunderstand the issue"But, sooner or later, the legal system will wise up to the realities of hooking PCs to the Internet and the likelihood that nefarious activity could be just as much if not more to blame for the appearance...
- Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, tribunal, search engine, search engine marketing, Timev Media
- Discussion threads 2007-10-08
- Cloud Computing for Students
- Cloud Computing for StudentsRather absurd..."Without opportunities like this, most CS students graduate without ever writing anything bigger than an application written in one programming language that runs on a single machine."Why not? Most large universities have big, heterogeneous environments with Windows, Apple, and several flavors of Unix. As...
- Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, search engine, search engine marketing, programming, Timev Media
- Discussion threads 2007-10-08
- Five questions: SAP's acquisition of Business Objects
- Five questions: SAP's acquisition of Business ObjectsWOW Crystal Reports Visual StudioSunday found me with a human resources guy from Microsoft. He was explaining 360 reviews and how post-Enron Microsoft had gone to all narrative reviews so that it would not be possible to score those reviewed and then can the...
- Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, acquisition, SAP AG, Business Objects, Timev Media, search engine, search engine marketing
- Discussion threads 2007-10-08
- SAP, Adobe, Microsoft: three monkeys take on SaaS
- SAP, Adobe, Microsoft: three monkeys take on SaaSSAP has a not-so-secret anti-cannibalization strategySAP has a really neat anti-cannibalization strategy that just might work:http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/sap-adobe-and-microsoft-are-all-following-my-protected-game-preserve-strategy-to-saas/Adobe and Microsoft I really wonder about.Cheers,BW
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP AG, Adobe Systems Inc., software-as-a-service, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- Is conventional software built on bubble economics?
- Is conventional software built on bubble economics?Conventional SoftwareCould it be that buying traditional, conventional software carries a certain amount of 'keeping up with the Jone's"? appeal? My organisation is as big / important as the next? BizzareIt's all about recurring revenue...There are sound business model reasons why conventional software...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, conventional software, software
- Discussion threads 2007-09-26
- Ellison spurns SaaS for easy ERP pickings
- Ellison spurns SaaS for easy ERP pickingsLarry's not dumb...Oracle wants nothing to do with Saas because it is a model that Larry fully understands. If he didn't he never would have put money with Evan and Zach. But to Larry's credit, he understood that Oracle DOESN'T understand Saas.For those who...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), ERP, Saas, Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- EMC buys Mozy; Roger Rabbit missing
- EMC buys Mozy; Roger Rabbit missingWhy Target the Enterprise At All?SaaS is so often a game of moving into the SMB space. Mozy could easily be viewed as a purely SMB play. Forget the cost per GB, look at the connect speeds. Mozy is terribly slow for...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Storage, software-as-a-service, Mozy, EMC Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- Microsoft hacker summit tackles security veil of virtualization
- Microsoft hacker summit tackles security veil of virtualizationSearch Engine Marketing Conference & Expo 2007, Hong KongSearch Engine Marketing Conference & Expo 2007, Hong KongThe Advanced Event for Search Engine Marketing & Optimization Comes to Hongkong, with update knowledge and case study targeting both Chinese and English market. Search Expo (...
- Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, Timev Media, virtualization, Microsoft Corp., security, search engine, search engine marketing, Expo
- Discussion threads 2007-09-23
- Business ByDesign, SAP's slow-burning fuse
- Business ByDesign, SAP's slow-burning fuseExcuse me?"But on the other hand, as Gavin Clarke of The Register commendably reminds us all, SAP only showed us some powerpoint slides and a very limited live demonstration last night"That is a disingenuous and, quite frankly a statement of the kind yo'd expect from a...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, SAP AG, Business ByDesign, slow-burning fuse, software-as-a-service, fuse
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
Additional Resources
- 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
- Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched
- Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Global spending on Internet ads will total $65.2 bln in 2008
- Worldwide spending on Internet advertising will total 65.2 bln USD in 2008, which is nearly 10% of all ad spending across all media, according to IDC. This share is expected to reach 13.6% by 2011 as Internet ad spending grows to $106.6 bln worldwide. by NB
- Tags: Internet Advertising, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Britain moves against illegal file sharing
- CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...
- Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)
- Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users
- Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...
- Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Speculation over possible Skype backdoor
- There's growing speculation coming out of Europe that there's a backdoor in Skype that allows remote eavesdropping of telephone conversations. A report in the reputable Heise Online says the issue was discussed at a meeting with ISPs last month where high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- World's fastest Blu-ray recorder outruns Blu-ray media?
- World's fastest Blu-ray recorder outruns Blu-ray media?pricesLooks like prices are dropping on the hardware, now we just need them to drop on the media. Still too expensive for long-term backup solutions.
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Blu-ray Recorder, media, recorder
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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