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- SanDisk's music-on-flash gamble - will it work?
- SanDisk and several record companies are announcing a new way to buy MP3s: slotMusic. They are loading the music on flash memory - micro-SD cards it looks like. Will this work? Compared with downloadable MP3s, there are a couple of advantages. First, you get...
- Tags: Record Company, SanDisk Corp., Media, MP3, Apple iTunes, Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- One, long unbroken string of weather records--what do they tell us?
- One, long unbroken string of weather records--what do they tell us?Still it is insufficient evidenceAt least for the hard line Republicans it is.Over a hundred years of data? Wow, that's like...Standing in your front yard for one minute between 0742 and 0743 while smoking a cigarette and extrapolating the next...
- Tags: Climate Change, cigarette, weather record
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Google makes waves and may have solved the data center conundrum
- Google is pondering a floating data center that could be powered and cooled by the ocean. These offshore data centers could sit 3 to 7 miles offshore and reside in about 50 to 70 meters of water. The search giant filed for a patent in February. The...
- Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, Computing Unit, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- NetApplications Aug 08 data - Big gains for Firefox and iPhone
- NetApplications Aug 08 data - Big gains for Firefox and iPhoneGreat to see Safari, Firefox gaining. That will mean it is more likely thatthe Internet will stay mostly free and open.Both FF and iPhone are keeping up with trendsIt is not surprising at all both of these 'product' are gaining....
- Tags: Web browsers, INTERNET, Quality, Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, NetApplications Aug 08, standards, Apple Safari, Web browser, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- The End of SaaS? Or Just the End of Hype?
- Lawson CEO Harry Debes started -- or rather continued -- a brouhaha that's getting some pixels in the blogosphere, and his position is worth commenting on for both its courage foolhardy and its excess hyperbolically so. According to Harry, the SaaS market will collapse in two years time, due to...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Customer Choice, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?
- Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?Linux is cheaper than WindowsAnd since they do the same thing, why not go with the cheaper option?And really you're right in that the other OS is more important to the end user. But as far as the sale of this "terminal", what it...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, LogMeIn, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- 79 million adults can't pay medical bills
- 79 million adults can't pay medical billsReaganomics..it's the cure.Look, cut taxes to the wealthy. Let 5% get as much as they can.A rising tide floats all boats. Wait, economic data says that's not true...but, but we've been believing it so far.So what if the majority of Americans...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Taxes, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Free trade, Insurance, health care, tax, government
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Is the "killer app" argument dead?
- Is the "killer app" argument dead?Great blog.It is about the browser nowadays. The age of convoluted proprietary lock-ins is going going but not quite gone .....An awful lot of devs are now building web based sharing tools, and any IE only dev, if it still goes on, is by the...
- Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, knowledge economy, killer application, Web browser, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- IBM: The mainframe is back
- IBM: The mainframe is backMainframe decision makers...As long as IT departments are headed by baby boomers who are in bed with IBM, the z series will continue to exist and propogate. There are a number of old systems (re: COBOL) that still meet the business needs, and will continue...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Nuclear renaissance has sprung a leak, or several leaks
- Nuclear renaissance has sprung a leak, or several leaksWe certainly do know what to do with the waste.The waste from fission reactors can be reprocessed to recover unused fuel, while the rest can be condensed and stored. We have a waste repository waiting in Nevada (you know, the place...
- Tags: leak, renaissance, nuclear energy, Nuclear renaissance, Nuclear Waste
- Discussion threads 2008-08-10
- The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already
- ZAP truck courtesy of ZAP. American consumers are bypassing Big Oil and Big Auto, they are going directly to the electric car. They are not waiting for fancy new start=ups to come out with traditional looking cleantech vehicles. How is this happening? By buying golf carts....
- Tags: car, vehicle, zap, clean technology, american consumer, sales strategy, sales, harry fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- 'Making available' argument rapidly dying well-deserved death
- I'm passing along Ray Beckerman's post on two recent cases that show the RIAA's attempt to use a "making available" theory to show copyright infringement is clearly on the way out. The Copyright Act clearly requires a showing that the defendant transferred the content to someone else; the RIAA has...
- Tags: RIAA, Judge, Statute, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- CIOs: Storage, virtualization, IT staffing in; PC upgrades, Vista, consultants out
- CIOs: Storage, virtualization, IT staffing in; PC upgrades, Vista, consultants outNews Flash: 60% of CIOs plan to upgrade to Vista!Larry, does this mean the tide is turning?RE: CIOs: Storage, virtualization, IT staffing in; PC upgrades, Vista, consultants outI'd really like a good, clear article on this point. We've been...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Virtualization, IP storage, Storage management, storage, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC Upgrade, storage virtualization, PC, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Pfizer Thrives in Challenging Marketplace With Versatile Performance Management Solution
- Like most Big Pharma companies, Pfizer has encountered tougher market conditions in recent years, fighting to hold market share against a tide of generic drugs while at the same time racing to develop new generations of safe, effective pharmaceutical products. For Pfizer, the challenging environment is forcing it to adapt...
- Tags: Performance, Pfizer Inc., Performance Management, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream
- Last year, x64 editions of Windows Vista were hard to come by and seen as mainly for early adopters. This year, with little warning, the tide seems to have shifted dramatically. By my back-of-the-envelope calculations, at least 20% of all Vista PCs sold in the second quarter of this year...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Network Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software, Networking, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- The more things change
- The more things changeBe productive with a touch only computer ?"The potential is amazing - you can imagine was well as I can, I think, what a 12″ iPhone replacement for the traditional laptop could do for user productivity"You are talking of home user or of business user ?Because i...
- Tags: Processors, Linux, Operating systems, Intel x86, PPC, GPU, Microsoft Windows XP, security
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism
- Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalismIt's happening everywhere.Nobody wants to be in business or make a transaction unless they make a killing, not just a reasonable profit.I have nothing against making money, but when your greed hurts others, like the Starbucks managers and employees, I think it's time...
- Tags: Retail, Blogging, Investment, Food & Beverage, Starbucks Corp., compassionate capitalism, capitalism, blog
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Best Apple App Store apps
- Best Apple App Store appsNot a buyer but am a developerI'm working on a new 3G app called 'Rose Garden'. It gives any i-based phone user the chance to grow a host of flowers and fruits including the traditional long-stem rose variety... the object is to somehow find a...
- Tags: 3G, WIRELESS, App Store, ebook reader, Apple App Store app, Apple App Store, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- News to know Monday
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic' WSJ: New Rejection from Yahoo Sets The Stage for Ugly Fight Dana Blankenhorn: We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, sdiaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
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