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- Remember IBM at $10.50 per Share? Oracle as a penny stock? Tales of Hope from the Great High Tech Depression of â89
- Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak β¦..October. Paraphrasing Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven seems somehow appropriate to this moment, when it seems that everything we've all worked and dreamed about is going up in smoke. And yet, having seen a version of this movie...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Recession, Stock, IBM Corp., Tech Stock, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures
- The Commerce Department is considering deploying digital signatures to make DNS less susceptible to hacking, ComputerWorld reports. Under the proposal, DNS records would be signed by DNSSEC Domain Name and Addressing System Security Extensions. There have been some commitments to the system for the following top-level domains:...
- Tags: Digital Signature, DNS, ICANN, Domain Names, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- America's airways ready for NextGen
- It's time β long past time β to upgrade the U.S. air traffic control system. The current system, designed during World War II, contributes mightily to flight delays, customer dissatisfaction and a massive energy wastefulness. But a GPS satellite-based system, on the drawing board for more than a decade, has...
- Tags: FAA, Air Traffic Control, Greenhouse Gas, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Will you forget about Android?
- Chris O'Brien from the Silicon Valley Mercury News has an interesting article on why he thinks we will soon forget about Android. When you look at Android up against iPhone, you have to agree that it's going to be a an uphill battle. But if anyone can do...
- Tags: Google Inc., Android, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM
- A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.9 million shares, or 0.14 percent, of Yahoo, said Microsoft has a window of...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Financial Accounting, Search, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Finance, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...
- Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare
- News items 2008-10-10
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee
- News items 2008-10-10
- Is OpenOffice good enough?
- Yes. OK, obviously there's more to this story than my tongue-in-cheek answer. This came up after one of our supercool, power user secretaries (who is an Office 2003/2007 wiz) ran a training session for the other secretaries in the district. The other secretaries are largely...
- Tags: Secretary, Training, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- The Apple II is baaaaccckk (via emulator)
- In the Friday nostalgia department, TechRepublic's John Sheesley has unearthed an emulator for the Apple II. All you need is a browser and you're off to memory lane. Sheesley writes: Unlike the TRS-80 Model I Basic emulator page, the Virtual Apple site doesn't use a Java...
- Tags: Apple II, Apple Inc., Emulator, ActiveX, Sheesley, Virtual Apple, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Stackz Dictionary Edition (msi)
- Stackz Dictionary Edition is a flashcard organizer with a Japanese and Chinese dictionary integration. The Stackz visualization concept lets keep the overview over large amounts of items to be learnt by classifying the words according to two fundamental attributes: The proficiency level (known/unknown), and the refresh state (fresh/old). The state...
- Tags: Card, Item, MindDate Software, Stackz Dictionary Edition, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Aol Q E-Check (exe)
- Tired of sorting through aol mail for important emails? Aol E-check sets in your system tray and notifies you when important mail arrives. Only returns mail from domains or specific email addresses you select. Only works with AOL. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: America Online Inc., NHuntSoftware, E-mail, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Easy Tweak (exe)
- With Easy Tweak you can take control of your Windows system with access to tweaks and hidden registry settings. The simple and intuitive user interface enables rapid access to settings that affect the security, efficiency, and convenience of your computer. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Tweak, Sepanta Soft, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Look whoâÃÂÃÂs buying Vista Home Basic hint: itâÃÂÃÂs not home users
- Look whoΓΒ’ΓΒΓΒs buying Vista Home Basic hint: itΓΒ’ΓΒΓΒs not home usersMakes senseMakes sense. Your average small biz probably doesn't want very much. They just want something that works. If it runs the databases and the tax software, it's good enough. For a small business, a single PC is usually...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Basic, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Home Basic hint, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical
- It will be a very busy Patch Tuesday for administrators managing Microsoft Windows computer systems. According to Microsoft's advance notice mechanism, 11 security bulletins will drop next Tuesday (October 14, 2008), covering a wide range of serious vulnerabilities. Four of the 11 bulletins are...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- GDrive wasn't such a bad idea....
- GDrive wasn't such a bad idea....Why Would Anyone Store Files at a Wh*rehouse?While I don't mean to call Google a wh*rehouse, would you store your most sensitive files at a wh*rehouse in the spare disk space that the wh*res use for their PIM date book system?First, it is know that...
- Tags: Google Inc., GDRIVE
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?
- Another high-profile departure from Sun, this time MySQL's David Axmark is taking wing -- citing a dislike for working in a large organization: I have thought about my role at Sun and decided that I am better off in smaller organisations. I HATE all the rules that I need...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- The five products Apple must make
- The five products Apple must makeDon't quit your day jobGame console: No. The market isn't big enough.Tablet: No. the market isn't big enough. Unless Apple can make a notebook computer that can also be a tablet. Without a price increase.iPhone Nano: No. The touch screen interface requires a product with...
- Tags: Tablets, Operating systems, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Economy-pinched semiconductor industry: How to ride the storm
- The credit crisis and overall economic downturn is starting to hit the semiconductor industry, which saw 5.5 percent sales growth in August. Research firm iSuppli has cut its 2008 sales growth forecast for the semiconductor industry from 4 percent to 3.5 percent and potentially even more if economic conditions continue...
- Tags: iSuppli Corp., Semiconductor Industry, Lidlow, Semiconductors, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
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