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Follow-up: Build-A-Bear says it will take privacy suggestions to heart: There were lots of reactions to my last post about Build-A-Bear luring kids and parents into divulging personal information they might otherwise, in other contexts, guard more closely. While some responses channeled Scott McNealy, most seemed to get that my beef was not with the fact of the data...; Tags: Information, Build-A-Bear, Privacy Policy, Upshot, E-mail, Online Communications, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-01-26
Bush deleted email archive system, recycled backup tapes: If I may give some props to the Times of London's Bugle podcast, the White House has finally embraced an environmental agenda by recycling data backup tapes. No need to clog up the works with dusty old emails about leaking Valerie Plame's name to reporters or planning for the Iraq...; Tags: Backup, Backup Tape, Upshot, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-01-22
Microsoft creates GWT clone: While the GWT conference was going on in San Francisco, Microsoft announced its own take on the concept: Volta. GWT compiles Java source code into Javascript, and now Volta does the same thing for C# and other .NET languages. "JavaScript is just an assembly language," says Live Labs product manager...; Tags: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Intermediate Language, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Tier, CLR, GWT, Volta, Upshot, Silverlight 1.1, .Net, C#, Web Browsers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2007-12-05
Oracle's misconceived SaaS strategy: Oracle's misconceived SaaS strategyWowHere is what I take from Charles Phillips' comments:It is 1997, not 2007, and Oracle is just a database company, not an applications company. Which makes me wonder just what the hell Oracle was doing acquiring PeopleSoft and Siebel.Oracle is in a very good position to...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Storage, Customer relationship management (CRM), Databases, Charles, Oracle Corp., SaaS Model, SaaS Customer, software-as-a-service, UpShot, database; Discussion threads 2007-08-28
The Business Implications of Implementing IP Telephony on Enterprise Networks: By all accounts, carriers, service providers and enterprise network architects are adopting IP Telephony at a brisk pace. The upshot is that IP Telephony is becoming ubiquitous - in carrier and service provider networks, and in enterprise networks. The proliferation the digital telephony technology will pave the way for true...; Tags: Tolly Group, Telephony, IP Telephony, IP, Enterprise Network, Upshot, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking; White papers 2006-02-01

Concierge (4): Concierge is an integrated bookmark assistant for Safari, Apple Computer's Web browser. Web bookmarks, e-mail links, address book cards and groups, and finder file and folder links are stored and displayed in a drawer attached to either side of Safari's browser window. Manage your Safari bookmarks without switching away from...; Tags: Apple Safari, Concierge, Upshot, E-mail, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing; Software downloads 2005-07-26
Siebel, rivals trade potshots over upshot: Siebel, rivals trade potshots over UpShotSiebel ? Salesforce? Wait till you see C5xwords alone cannot describe it: http://www.convea.com/We've looked at itand found it to be less intuitive than other products available like Siebel, Salesforce, Upshot or even MSCRM; Tags: Sales force management, Siebel Systems Inc., UpShot; Discussion threads 2003-10-20

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PayPal no friend to online buyers: PayPal no friend to online buyersPayPal TipsI managed to have Paypal refund money I lost to a scammer ($24) who was listed as "PayPal Verified" on their website.It's interesting that PayPal arbitrarily decided late last year to change the default payment source account from credit card to bank account for...; Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, PayPal, online buyer; Discussion threads 2008-04-21
UPDATE: $3 billion Census Bureau IT failure: The Census Bureau's $600 million custom-handheld initiative has finally been scrapped. The upshot: the 2010 census will now cost $3 billion more than planned. Guess those pesky handheld computers are a bit too complicated, so it's back to paper and pencil methods. ...; Tags: Information Technology, Translation, Census Bureau, Strategy, Handhelds, Management, Hardware, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-04-05
The Vista license "loophole" that isn't: The Vista license "loophole" that isn'tMS is doing everything they can...to get people to move to Vista.I think you are naive or upset that you didn't break with a blog on the subject.RE: The Vista licenseFFP confusion has never gone this long I believe? Today is the day to bring...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Vista License, Microsoft Windows Vista, OEM, Microsoft Corp., loophole, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-04-04
Acoustic Research AWD510 Wireless Headphones: "Wireless headphones" can mean different things to different people. Many envision Bluetooth portables--either the one-ear cell phone headsets or lightweight stereo models designed for on the go use. But there's also a large market for wireless home headphones, those larger models that are designed to be used around the house...; Tags: Consumer electronics, headphone, Acoustic Research AWD510s; Product reviews 2008-03-26
Standards support for mashups emerge: The announcement earlier this week that IBM has put together an open approach for making user data secure inside of Web mashups, known as SMash, was the most recent step in an unfolding story about the way the industry is trying to bring structure and order to the rapidly growing...; Tags: Standards, Mashup, DataPortability.org, OpenSAM, OpenSAM Vision, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2008-03-20
Vista SP1 - Benchmarking round-up: Given that I've made numerous posts relating to benchmarking Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) on this blog over the past few weeks I thought that many readers would appreciate a single post that pulled together all the individual posts and which drew together the thoughts, findings and conclusions from the individual...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, 32-bit, 64-bit, Benchmarking, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Remote Desktop Connection, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-03-03
Sony Bravia DAV-X10 2.1 Channel Audio System: The home-theater-in-a-box HTIB market is about as commoditized a category as you'll find when shopping for consumer electronics, but Sony's stayed in the game by offering a line of all-in-ones at a wide array of price points. For the 2007 line, the company retained its generally sexy design schemes and...; Tags: Network technology, redesign, Sony Corp., DAV-X10, speaker, satellite, head unit; Product reviews 2008-02-19
CERT: AOL Radio has high-risk flaw: The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team has warned about a code execution flaw in the AOL Radio software. I'm not sure how many folks use AOL Radio, but AOL still has a lot of eyeballs. If you're one of those AOL users check out the CERT warning....; Tags: America Online Inc., CERT, Radio, Flaw, AOL Radio, U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, AOLMediaPlaybackControl Application, Advertising & Promotion, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Security, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-01-10
Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedent: ThinkSecret and Apple have settled a long running lawsuit with a terse statement. The upshot: ThinkSecret protects its sources good. The bad news is that ThinkSecret shuts down. Here's the statement: December 20, 2007 - PRESS RELEASE: Apple and Think Secret have settled their...; Tags: Lawsuit, Settlement, Apple Inc., News, ThinkSecret, Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-12-20
Dell's consumer PC disaster: Dell has climbed out of accounting purgatory, officially restated more than four years of financial results and put an ugly chapter behind the company. But none of those moves fix a reeling consumer business. First the details: Dell filed its restated results with the Securities and Exchange Commission for...; Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Consumer PC, PC, Consumer Business, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Financial Services, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-31
Facebook set to overtake MySpace?: Mainstream social networks continue to grow at a staggering pace in 2007 as they offer users compelling ways to manage and leverage their relationships with each other online. MySpace and Facebook continue to lead the pack as the two most popular social networking sites but for the first time,...; Tags: Facebook, MySpace, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2007-10-05
Micron: Momentum builds for solid state drives; Memory comes cheap: Micron Technology CFO Mike Sadler says the company is optimistic about flash memory based solid state drives and sees about 5 million to 10 million units being shipped in 2008. By 2011, Micron is hoping for about 50 million to 60 million units. Sadler, who made the comments...; Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Memory, Solid State Disk, Memory Product, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-03
CIO survey: HP shines; Virtualization, storage top priorities: UBS released its CIO survey this week and illustrated a number of cross currents in enterprise spending and hardware. The short version: HP is being increasingly viewed as a most valuable vendor; Vista has no affect on PC demand and server and storage spending is expected to jump. ...; Tags: Desktop, CIO, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Server, Survey, UBS AG, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-03