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- Will market reject Sun's open source vision?
- Matt asks today whether open source will save Sun Microsystems. Good question. But it depends on what we mean by open source. (Copies of this lovely poster are for sale at eBay.) And what we mean by saving. As I noted here in January,...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Vision, Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Microsoft's Michael Howard: Sure we have security problems, but we're fixing em
- Microsoft's Michael Howard: Sure we have security problems, but we're fixing emWorst in IT historyMicrosoft is the worst kid in class and should be ashamed of what they've accomplished. No other platform comes even close to the abysmal security in Windows, to even try to compare it with the alternatives...
- Tags: Operating systems, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Michael Howard
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Websense CEO Gene Hodges on attack vectors, the future of AV and the malware arms race
- Gene Hodges, CEO of Websense, has had a busy year. The company has integrated the acquisition of SurfControl, built out its security suite and delivered strong financial results. "Last year was one of rapid change," said Hodges, referring to the integration of SurfControl and removing 50 percent...
- Tags: Software, Web, Suite, Antivirus, Websense Inc., Malware, Antivirus Software, Attack Vector, Attack, Data Loss Prevention, Europeans, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- AMD: Is the worst over?
- AMD fumbled the Barcelona launch, lost $1.77 billion in its fourth quarter and has a bandwagon of doubters. But there are a bevy of reasons to be cautiously optimistic following AMD's latest checkup. First let's get the bad stuff out of the way. AMD lost money by...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Processors, Servers, Investment, Finance, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- Seagate points to higher hard drive prices
- Seagate points to higher hard drive pricesHigher for which drives?500GB SATA drives are down to 20 cents/GB and 750GB drives are 25 cents/GB. A year ago September, the Seagate 750GB drives was selling for 47 cents/GB.I know that laptop LCDs and Core 2 Duo mobile chipsets are in somewhat restricted...
- Tags: Notebooks, hard drive price, Seagate Technology LLC, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- How can Apple turn the iPhone into a long-term success?
- How can Apple turn the iPhone into a long-term success?Convergence devicesI think you're going to be in for a surprise. If 10 million RAZRs can be sold for $500 and 2 year contract, the iPhone should be a piece of cake. It is alleged flaws and all a...
- Tags: Keyboards, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., convergence device, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-06-25
- Dell officially does Wal-Mart; more partners expected
- Dell officially does Wal-Mart; more partners expectedDell just bought a very large problem...One thing Dell has never had to deal with is obsolete PCs. Stick a PC on a store shelf for 60 days and it is obsolete and its street value drops quickly. Say you have a...
- Tags: RFID, Business structures, partnership, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-24
- Thoughts on the online/offiine apps controversy
- Thoughts on the online/offiine apps controversyWhat's so myopic?David writes: "Nirvana, eh? Hell no. Access to my web applications meant that the one time where I’d actually have serenity to read a book or listen to a podcast or just chill out got sucked into looking just like any other day...
- Tags: INTERNET, Customer relationship management (CRM), Marc
- Discussion threads 2007-04-08
- Free Laptops for lapdogs
- Ed Bott, who writes the Microsoft Report blog here on Zdnet has an interesting comment on his own website about Microsofts practice of giving away free laptops to pro-Microsoft bloggers. Heres his introductory bit: Earlier today, my friendly DHL delivery person dropped off a small package...
- Tags: notebook, PC
- Blog posts 2007-01-09
- Former HP chairman pleads not guilty to felonies
- Former HP chairman pleads not guilty to feloniesDid Dunn surrender her passport?Dunn was released on her own recognizance? As far as I know, she still is on the board of directors for a large firm based in EnglandAfter working as an investigative reporter, Dunn woked in finance as a temporary...
- Tags: pond, Barclays Plc., Barclays Global, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
- Text message spam could spell trouble for text-based ads
- Text message spam could spell trouble for text-based adsLegitimate advertising?I couldn't agree more. Personally I also never click on any web adverts and especially not Google adverts. I would never buy anything from a company that advertises using Google and I am surprised that so many people apparently do.legitimate text...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cyberthreats, Cellular phones, Text Message Spam, phone, advertisement, spam, text messaging
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
- Stochastic Service Network Design: A Deterministic Primal Heuristic
- This paper has demonstrated that introducing stochastic demand into a service network design model produces solutions qualitatively different from those stemming from deterministic models. These structural differences are now used to create a primal deterministic heuristic for finding solutions to the stochastic program. For the study reported in this paper,...
- Tags: Network, Network Design, Network Administration, Networking
- White papers 2006-09-08
- Air as a building material
- Air as a building materialSince you asked...An inflatable home is about as dumb as ideas get. An inflatable pavilion is maybe less so, for novelty's sake, but if it's going to be up for more than a few days I'd generally prefer a tent.Why? I have some experience with inflatable...
- Tags: Santa Claus, inflatable house
- Discussion threads 2006-08-19
- Apple - You need a Scoble!
- I don't know if Steve Jobs reads this blog, but if he does, I have some advice for him: Steve, you need to drive a truckload of cash to Robert Scoble's home, hire him and get him blogging. Fast!OK, my suggestion that Apple should hire Scoble is said with...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-06-14
- Is Google Maps too right-turn happy?
- Is Google Maps too right-turn happy?I think I see the problemAs for myself, I never ask for directions, but I think you mistyped the url:http://www.google.com/mars/Try it from there. ;)George, you should have asked usGeorge, these mapping services are fairly new, almost beta. After 25 years M$ is still trying to...
- Tags: Google Inc., I-95 Redesignation, I-81, Google Maps, Tasman, trailer park
- Discussion threads 2006-04-16
- Lawsuit against Zone Labs dropped by 180solutions
- Lawsuit against Zone Labs dropped by 180solutionsLet's just put it this way... If I were on a sinking ship and one lifeboat had Zone Labs in it and another had 180Solutions in it, I'd get into the boat with Zone Labs.Stealing the CreditMy read is that ZL made a change...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Web site development, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Zone Labs Inc., weasel, 180Solutions
- Discussion threads 2006-01-30
- More on Exchange 12 64-bit only news from around the blogs
- I wasn't the only one who said "wow" when the earth moved under Microsoft Exchange the other day (ref: Exchange 12: 64 bit only?). Some other blogger views: Andrew Pollack:Exchange 12 will do what every previous version of Exchange has been targeted to do....
- Tags: Exchange, Ferris
- Blog posts 2005-11-17
- NATO tests RFID to prevent friendly fire
- NATO tests RFID to prevent friendly fire... to prevent friendly fire and engage UNfriendly fire. Smart! NTNTWhat About Stealing?So what happens when friendly soldier "Bob" dies on the field wearing an RFID unit and enemy soldier "Jack" finds the unit, secures it for himself and skirts through toward attacking the...
- Tags: RFID, NATO
- Discussion threads 2005-10-20
- Wired-up Africans reach 100 million-- ingenious uses abound
- Wired-up Africans reach 100 million-- ingenious uses aboundWired-up AfricansAnd it gives them access to the 'Net so the unscrupulous can try to run scams/frauds on the American public as if we had just fallen off a truckload of turnips.Scams know no colorYeah, I get hit with Nigerians trying to scam...
- Tags: Wired-up Africans, scammer
- Discussion threads 2005-10-19
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