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EIC podcast: Yahoo trial balloons; Mumbai and Twitter;

EIC podcast: Yahoo trial balloons; Mumbai and Twitter;No iPod Support?I want to download this and other ZDNET podcasts, but it just doesn't work. I tried it from here webpage and directly from iTunes Store and both don't work. What is going on? THX. B4N.

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, trial balloon, EIC Podcast, Twitter, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

Yahoo: Going private trial balloon floated; Is private equity the solution?

Yahoo: Going private trial balloon floated; Is private equity the solution?anything but M$ is better for yahooM$ aquiring yahoo means certain death.Any other option has merits.

Tags: Investment, Going Private, trial balloon, private equity, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Microsoft floats a new Shared Source trial balloon

Microsoft floats a new Shared Source trial balloonYou are asking..."[i]Will including the CE kernel under Shared Source make it more attractive to device makers who've been working with or leaning toward working with Linux and other more liberally licensed operating systems?[/i]"You are asking that question here on ZDNet, thinking you...

Tags: Shared Source, trial balloon, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-11-01

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Hot air balloons rise from United Nations

Hot air balloons of the "trial balloon" type in the verrrry political world of climate change diplomacy. The heads of state from the world's two biggest air polluters--China and U.S.--made strong statements about global warming. They are clearly not in favor of it. Meanwhile, the head of...

Tags: U.S., China, Japan, Global Warming, U.N., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Will Microsoft always be seen as open source Astroturf?

Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., publically-traded company, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

IBM buying Sun Microsystems makes no sense, it's a red herring

Someone has floated a trial balloon, through a leak to the Wall Street Journal, that IBM is in "talks" to buy Sun Microsystems for $6.5 billion. The only party that would leak this information is Sun itself, and it smacks of desperation in trying to thwart an unwanted acquisition, or...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Nope, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Open Source, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Investment, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Living in the cloud

Living in the cloudTry a whole businessWhen we launched out DigitalChalk, a amazon cloud based SaaS, we decided to see if we could run the whole business in the cloud. It was a trial balloon floated in 2006 and still floating. AWS infrastructure, Google apps & Mail and...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), cloud computing, Handhelds, time-I, AWS

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

News to know: Mac malware, Windows 7, Netbooks, Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adam O'Donnell: Despite what blogs and Apple say, Macs will eventually have malware Ed Bott: Windows 7 Beta 1 to arrive January 13? Andrew...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Data Center, Microsoft Windows 7, Malware, Data Centers, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Yahoo: Going private trial balloon floated; Is private equity the solution?

Former AOL Chief Jonathan Miller is looking in the couch cushions to raise enough money to buy a part--if not all of Yahoo. According to the Wall Street Journal, Miller has been talking to private equity folks and sovereign wealth funds to buy Yahoo for about $20...

Tags: Private Equity, Yahoo! Inc., Miller, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

EIC podcast: Dell's music plans; Microsoft's Mojave; Broadband wars

On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I assess Dell's MP3 player trial balloon, Vista's Mojave experiment and the broadband wars and whether any of the big players can actually win. First up, Dell floated a trial balloon in the Wall Street Journal today and the...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Broadband, Microsoft Corp., Podcasts, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Internet, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Icahn reportedly eyes Yahoo proxy fight

Just when you thought the Microhoo saga was over billionaire investor Carl Icahn wants in on the act. According to CNBC, Icahn has amassed as many as 50 million shares of Yahoo and is mulling over a proxy war. He has until Thursday to declare an alternate...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a time

If the "Vista sucks" movement has a public face, it's the Sony Vaio. No one knows that better than my new friend Jeremy Toeman. In May 2007, this 15-year Windows veteran replaced his old, beloved, XP-powered Vaio with a newer Vaio that came with Windows Vista Business installed. Practically overnight,...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Clean Install, Installation, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Machine, Recovery Partition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Yahoo goes nuclear vs. Microsoft: Inks limited Google ad deal; Microsoft fires back

Update: Yahoo hit that big red button that could nuke any potential merger with Microsoft or at least raise the price: An ad deal with Google. As first reported in The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo has launched plans to carry search advertising from Google. The move is...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Subscription iTunes? It can't come soon enough

Apple may be finally getting a clue about music subscriptions. We can only hope that Apple gets on the subscription bandwagon. The Financial Times reports: Apple is in discussions with the big music companies about a radical new business model that would give customers free access...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-19

The open source link of AMD and Nvidia

About a week ago I got an e-mail asking me to comment on rumors that Nvidia might buy AMD. A research company had floated this trial balloon, hoping it might ease out AMD CEO Hector Ruiz. Yesterday, however, came some news relevant to this...

Tags: Open Source, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Announcement, Chip, Moore, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-22

Balloon Scheduler 1 (Windows)

Balloon Scheduler is free full featured desktop reminder application that allows you to keep track of important events in a very easy way, so you'll never forget your girlfriend's birthday, Valentines Day; 100% Freeware no nasty trial periods or registration codes to worry about. Balloon Scheduler can be hidden in...

Tags: Balloon Scheduler, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-02-13

Encyclopedia of Observances, Holidays & Celebrations. FREE 10 celebrations in the trial version (Mobile)

The illustrated book gives historical and cultural background of major holidays around the world. Introduces major world carnival, festivals and parades. FREE 10 celebrations in the trial version.Features Where is the best time to spend February? What nation celebrates Durga Puja in September? What are major film festivals around the...

Tags: Mobile, Festival, Celebration, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2007-11-08

Complete Works of Jules Verne. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography and stories (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Authors biography and free stories in the trial version.Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights...

Tags: Earth, Mobile, Biology

Software downloads 2007-09-25

Complete Works of Jules Verne. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography and stories (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Authors biography and free stories in the trial version.Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights...

Tags: Earth, Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2007-09-25

Works of Edgar Allen Poe. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography and stories in trial (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classics literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Authors biography and free poems in the trial version.Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2007-08-08