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- The New Era of Mobile Linux Ubiquity
- In the last few years, Linux has progressed from marginal status as a platform for intelligent devices to a position of ubiquity, even dominance, in embedded design. The progress of the open source Operating System OS spans the gamut of embedded applications, from communications to consumer electronics to automotive applications...
- Tags: Device, Microsoft Access, Mobile, Ubiquity, Mobile Linux, Linux, Embedded Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Craig Burton cries 'ubiquity'
- At Novell, Craig Burton was one of the driving forces behind the modern notion of a network as a collection of services rather than a collection of wires. He's a master at seeing the big picture and identifying the limitations of particular strategies within that picture. I've known...
- Tags: Craig, Identity 2.0
- Blog posts 2005-10-07
- Nomadic WiMAX: A Giant Step Toward Broadband Ubiquity
- The real value of wireless technologies lies in its ability to un-tether the end user while communicating, WiMAX Fixed can and will have widespread adoption, delivering voice and data communications to buildings and facilities around the world. But it is the capability to deliver Nomadic broadband that will greatly enhance...
- Tags: Ubiquity, Broadband, WiMAX, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Food Manufacturer Improves Customer Service and Reduces Operating Costs
- Ubiquity Brands is a successful food manufacturing holding company, but its outdated IT infrastructure could not keep pace with its rapid growth. Ubiquity Brands had no effective to way communicate or share data with its subsidiaries, and the IT staff was so busy reacting to end-user complaints that they had...
- Tags: Food, Customer Service, Brand, Information Technology, Ubiquity, Microsoft Corp., Ubiquity Brands, Branding, Food & Beverage, E-mail Servers, Strategy, Marketing, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
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- Cell phone as desktop computer
- Cell phone as desktop computerGood stuffThat is a really good idea and if Microsoft doesn't implement it, someone will like meS. Jobs said something similar not too long agoIn a WSJ interview he said that he thought we'd see most big advances come from "devices" rather than normal computers.The conversation...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, phone, computer, cell phone, desktop, desktop computer, docking station, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Intel: Enough with the whining; We're not holding back USB 3.0
- Intel: Enough with the whining; We're not holding back USB 3.0I'll believe it when I see itSATA and eSata is already at 3.0 Gb/s, which is way faster than most drives can use. FireWire 1600 and 3200 will be available by the end of the year, providing competition for...
- Tags: Intel Corp., USB, FireWire, USB 2.0, eSATA, USB 3
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- The spreadsheet love affair
- I never thought I'd go on a tear about Excel in these pages, but Josh Greenbaum's correct assertion that Excel is pretty much everywhere and is probably the software industry's most successful product provides the perfect foil. Josh concludes: So, like the floppy disk icon that never dies, the...
- Tags: Spreadsheet, Error, Josh, Panko, Productivity, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Taking on Excel, and Winning, Sort Of.
- It's common knowledge that, when trying to find a true market leader in mid-market enterprise software, the "other" category is by far the largest, despite the efforts of Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, Lawson, Infor, and pretty much any vendor with dreams of high volume sales to capture true market dominance. ...
- Tags: Enterprise Software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Programming in 6th or 7th grade algebra?
- I wrote about my interview with CSTA Executive Director, Chris Stephenson, yesterday and mentioned their emphasis on teaching algorithmic approaches to problem solving as early as primary school. Interestingly, a reader on Slashdot asked a related question about the need for some programming skill (no particular language, just flow...
- Tags: Programming, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- D6: Snippets of Microsoft's morphing business model emerge
- D6: Snippets of Microsoft's morphing business model emergeMicrosoft should not emulate appleMacintosh sales come from iPod sales which come from aggressive marketing campaigns. Microsoft needs to ignore Apple and focus on improving software that people use to get the work done. While the Apple may have cornered beatnik and trendy...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Big earthquakes trigger tremors worldwide
- U.S. researchers who have studied 15 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 7 since 1990 have found that at least 12 of them triggered smaller quakes thousands of miles away. Their study shows that large earthquakes routinely spark jolts worldwide, 'including on the opposite side of the planet and in areas...
- Tags: Researcher, Wave, University Of Utah, Velasco, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Telecom transforms downtown Los Angeles
- As noted last week, I'm in the midst of scrambling to complete work before I head across the Atlantic to London, and soon thereafter, Africa. That means I am having to do a few things I don't do in the normal course of a programming day. ...
- Tags: Network Solutions Inc., Telecommunications, Sales Strategy, Servers, Sales, Hardware, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft
- Silverlight and the future core of MicrosoftCompetition"the clout and the brand equity" What Microsoft has is money and the ability to isolate technology and exploit that to beat down competition. I don't mind that they're developing Silverlight but its important that they don't approach this the way they did with...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, .NET, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, tool
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- My kid hates Linux too! (so what?)
- My kid hates Linux too! (so what?)Message has been deleted.My kid hates Linux too! (so what?)My completely nonsensical 15 year-old daughter whines about the fact that all the machines in the house run Linux. I laugh....she'll get over it. Else, she can buy/build her own machine....learn to maintain it....alone....while...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- My kid hates Linux too! (so what?)
- Christopher Dawson's admission that his 15 year old hates Linux has drawn quite a blogswarm. My kid hates Linux too. He's 16, loves games, and finally stopped whining for a GameCube when he learned his Windows DVDs could also be played online. Now you...
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Former Softie getting the old band back together?
- Former Microsoft platforms chief -- who, these days, is heading up cloud computing at EMC -- might be trying to get at least some of the old Microsoft band back together again. According to a few different sources who asked not to be named, Maritz has hired...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Smart Desktop, Storage, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Microsoft's End to End trust vision: Can this identity, trusted stack thing work?
- Microsoft's End to End trust vision: Can this identity, trusted stack thing work?Wow then why is Microsoft even doing an whitepaper?Because it's obvious that you have all the answers. What's stunning is that you have all the answers yet none of this is done. Bottom line: This proposal is complicated....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., identity, End-to-End trust vision, stack thing work, thing work, software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- Gartner: $100 laptop still too expensive for the emerging markets
- Gartner: $100 laptop still too expensive for the emerging marketsIt is a process to hit price points that will work everywhere. OLPC hasat least hit price points that mean probably hundreds of millions more will now be able to afford computers. True, there are billions in need, but, prices will...
- Tags: Financial services, Marketing research, emerging market, $100 laptop, laptop computer, Gartner Inc., phone, computer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- The Eternal Floppy Disk: The Icon that Never Dies
- When was the last time you had a computer with a floppy disk drive? Five years? Six? If you're a Mac user, it could be ten years or more. Safe to say the floppy disk has been a thing of the past for eons, at least in computing years. And,...
- Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Why Windows 7 might go to pieces
- Why Windows 7 might go to piecesConfusedI think you are confusing OS componentization which was the point of MinWin with productivity application packaging. These are two separate things.Delivering Windows 7's productivity apps as downloads for older versions of windows is something that has happened in every release of windows....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, UAC, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-03-20
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