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Review: Tom Bihn's Ristretto bag for the MBA

Review: Tom Bihn's Ristretto bag for the MBATom Bihn has great bags and backpacksI have a backpack with laptop case from Tom Bihn that I bought 4 years ago and it is still going strong. I had used some other backpacks and they all failed in a year or so....

Tags: Tom Bihn, backpack, MBA

Discussion threads 2008-04-15

Tom Bihn ID messenger bag

Tom Bihn ID messenger bagI use a Smart Alec with Monolith sleeveNeedless to say, I love my Tom Bihn bag. They're very well designed.Waterfield BagsI use the Waterfield large Cargo bag with one of their laptop sleeves for my MacBook Pro. Excellent bags. The sleeve is really nice -...

Tags: Notebooks, sleeve, Tom Bihn, Tom, Apple MacBook, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2007-04-10

Additional Resources

MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search

The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...

Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-04

News to know: Searching Silverlight; IE 8; Dell; Google vs. YouTube

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: Silverlight content searchable, too Ryan Stewart: Brian Goldfarb talks about Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom with Michael Cot LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Linux, UNIX, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Dishing It Out

There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...

Tags: AT&T Corp., DirecTV, Satellite, Satellite Television, Liberty Media Corp., John Malone, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-02

News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-07-02

ThomsonReuters' OpenCalais increments to version 2.1

The Calais team over at ThomsonReuters reported the release of Calais version 2.1 earlier today, adding some new entity types, enhanced relevance ranking, integration with Yahoo! Pipes and a revised version of their Gnosis browser plugin that now includes compatibility with Internet Explorer. It's good to see...

Tags: ThomsonReuters, Web Browsers, Team Management, Internet, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer

So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...

Tags: Thinking Machines, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Computer, Astronaut, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-01

News to know: Apple patches; Adobe; XP-Vista; Yahoo

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities. David Morgenstern: Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 update Apple update notice. Robin Harris: Why computers fail Adobe: Adobe Advances Rich Media Search on the Web ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Patch Management, Apple Inc., IBM Consulting Service, Web 2.0, 3G, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?

I just finished a news story about VeriSign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) secure OpenID services chosen by Microsoft for HealthVault users. The story discusses VeriSign's DNS services and its OpenID services and asks if this is a problem or a feature. Is this a possible privacy issue or could the two technologies...

Tags: DNS, VeriSign Inc., Privacy, Domain Name, OpenID, Domain Names, Security, Networking, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Online Rule #1: Online fights . . . don't!

Online rule: Don't get into a fight with anyone online. This one is adapted from a recent Twitter experience in which I got into a twit fight with a twit... This paraphrases a Confucius saying: Don't get into an argument with an idiot because people passing by...

Tags: Fight, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA

Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...

Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-30

The Steve Jobs Premium

This is a sidebar to The Steve Jobs Standard. It was about the simplest shopping list one could imagine: an audio cable to connect my iPod to the Bose stereo in the family room. My search on the online Apple Store yielded only...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-30

The Steve Jobs Standard

The Steve Jobs StandardWell saidIn a world of greed, that last sentence was a breath of fresh air.Amen, Tom ntntThe unsung hero of AppleJohnathan Ive.An Apple product develops something like this:Jobs to Ive: Give me something sexy.Ive: Here you go.Jobs: Awesome.Gee - Maybe he should be a SaintNo doubt Steve...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Ive

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

The Steve Jobs Standard

Ever since the black turtlenecked one appeared at the Worldwide Developers Conference, there has been no shortage of discussion about the health of Steve Jobs, the worry that he is mortal and who might succeed him.There's the photo by photo rundown of the increasingly thin Jobs. There's the discussion...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Vertical Industries, Digital Music, Benefits, Healthcare, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-30

News to know: Phishing; Gates gone; Google; Hyper-V

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks TechRepublic: Most report their IT career has been better than they expected Mary Jo Foley: J Allard gets a new job Mystery explained: Why...

Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Leadership, Strategy, Open Source, Security, Spam And Phishing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Daily Debrief: Great, big Apple expectations

In two weeks, Apple fans will finally be able to get their hands on the iPhone 3G. In Friday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss the phone's new activation process and other rumors swirling around out there in the blogosphere.

Tags: Apple Inc., 3G, Blogging, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, News, daily debrief, kara tsuboi, tom krazit, iphone 3g, apple, cellphones

Videos 2008-06-27

Bill Gates: Saving the world is easier than saving Microsoft?

I was shocked when I first heard that Bill Gates was going to move much of his time away from Microsoft and devote it to giving away money. MSFT is doing well financially but its short to long term prospects are challenging to say the least. The...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Gates: Yahoo deal unlikely

During his last day as a full-time Microsoft employee, Microsoft's Bill Gates told Tom Brokaw he does not think a deal with Yahoo was likely. NEW YORK--Microsoft's Bill Gates told journalist Tom Brokaw he does not think a deal with Yahoo was likely, CNBC reported on Friday. ...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Tom Brokaw, Internet, Reuters, Microsoft, Yahoo

News items 2008-06-27

Taking the 'H' Out of HR

You'll know that the efficiency drive that is called "self-service" in corporations around the globe will have reached its ultimate course when you walk into your human resources department and find only a telephone on the counter. You'll pick it up...

Tags: Talent, Human Resources, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-27