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Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast...- more about Larry Dignan »
ZDNet Resources
- News to know: Hotspot insecurity; VMware Fusion; Microsoft's iPhone
- Notable headlines:George Ou: Hamster plus Hotspot equals Web 2.0 meltdown.Ryan Naraine: Blue Pill Project extends VM rootkit cat-and-mouse tussle. OpenBSD team mocked at first ever 'Pwnie' awards.House OKs billions for federal science, tech projects.Larry Dignan: VMware Fusion for OS X ready to lift off. Gallery right.Dan Farber: The future of...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- News to know: Google buys PeakStream; VMware as a service; Firefox flaws
- Notable headlines:Google acquires programming toolmaker PeakStream. The Register: Google shivs server crowd with PeakStream buy.Dan Farber: VMware offers virtualization as a service.Ryan Naraine: Mozilla downplays Zalewski's Firefox flaws. Microsoft security guru: Get fuzzing. ID theft allegations haunt founder of ID theft fraud protection service. Google: Microsoft IIS ‘twice as often' serving...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- News to know: Vista on 512MB; VMware Workstation 6 gallery; Joost funding
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Vista Home Basic on 512MB? Hey, it works!Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Introducing VMware Workstation 6. Gallery right.GPL likely to regain Apache compatibility.Mary Jo Foley: Could Microsoft take a community lesson from Sun? Microsoft keeps the Open XML fires burning.George Ou: Retailers havent learned from TJX - still running...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
Additional Resources
- Photos: Electric vehicles, present and future
- While consumers wait for a mass-market electric auto, carmakers show off vehicles under development and those already being used. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Electric Vehicle, Photograph, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-12-05
- Support.com: We'll kill your crapware for free
- Support.com on Monday will roll out a free service designed to remove crapware from your PC. This public service has a bit of a motive: Support.com--essentially the Jiffy Lube of the PC industry--wants your future business. Here's how this will work: Folks call 1-800-PC-Support or log on...
- Tags: Software, PC, Support.com, Netbooks, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Four obstacles to implementing VoIP [video]
- Voice over IP is growing in popularity because companies are attracted to its potential for saving money on long distance and international calls. Still, fewer than half of all businesses are using VoIP because of a few drawbacks. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives discusses the biggest obstacles...
- Tags: Video, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- News to know: Layoffs at AT&T, Adobe, Real; AMD warns; $99 iPhone
- Larry Dignan: AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spending Jason D. O'Grady: Adobe lays off 600; skips Macworld Expo Sam Diaz: Next up for layoffs: Real Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD warns of 25% drop in Q4 sales Larry Dignan: AMD:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., Health Care, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Coming on Patch Tuesday: 8 bulletins, 6 critical
- The final Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2008 will be a big one: 8 bulletins covering serious code execution flaws in a wide range of ubiquitous software. According to the company's advance notice mechanism, six of the eight bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. The...
- Tags: Flaw, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...
- Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Facebook Connect goes live; Tell your favorite Web site
- The curtain has been officially raised on Facebook Connect, a feature that links partner Web sites with the profiles of Facebook members.Techmeme Everyday, Facebook looks more and more like a platform instead of just another social networking site. Now, using Facebook Connect, members can share information about...
- Tags: Web, Facebook, Web Site, Curtain, Web Site Development, Social Networking, Web Technology, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- American auto industry low on fuel and popular support
- After today's Senate hearings the Detroit Big Three are nowhere nearer getting any federal aid than they were after their last visit. Whatever you may think of the automakers "plan" to change and become viable, there is no plan in the Senate itself that would lead to a bill that...
- Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Industry, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Microsoft hires former Yahoo exec to run online services
- Microsoft has hired former Yahoo executive Qi Lu to run its online services business. Lu will start on January 5 and report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, according to a CNET report. The company also announced that Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of Aquantive and a...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Former Yahoo exec to head Microsoft Online Services; Former aQuantive chief quits
- Microsoft's search for a leader for its beleaguered Online Systems business is over and at least one of its top execs seemingly is none too happy with the results. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Exec, Lu, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped
- Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- The cost of solar cells [video]
- At the Always On Venture Summit in Half Moon Bay, Calif., a panel of solar energy executives debates whether or not silicon prices will fall as the industry matures. While they all think margins will narrow, they disagree on whether there will be an industry wide shakeout, or if the...
- Tags: Managing Director, Silicon Wafer, Solar Cell, Solar Energy, Video, Semiconductors, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- NYT takes new approach, taps blogs to keep readers informed
- Have blogs become the new AP for news outlets? The New York Times has announced the launch of Times Extra, an online view of its front page that comes with links to content from other news outlets and blogs. For a long time, news outlets have been...
- Tags: Blog, NYT, News Outlet, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Microsoft Big Brains: Dave Campbell
- The Microsoft "Big Brains" series, via which I am profiling Microsoft's roughly two dozen Technical Fellows, continues. This week's fellow is Dave Campbell, the head of strategy and architecture for SQL Services. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Team, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Databases, Storage, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Where's Netbook's niche?
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Editor in Chief Larry Dignan about Netbooks, the "mini-me" of laptops. Dignan discusses the gadget's intended use vs. the everyday reality and how Netbook sales are shaping up this gloomy shopping season.
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sales Strategy, Notebooks, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Netbook, Intel, Dell
- Videos 2008-12-04
- Photos: Production Fisker Karma
- The world of plug-in hybrids is about to get a whole lot sexier when the Fisker Karma debuts at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Plug-in, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-12-04
- Apple In-Ear Headphones w/Mic
- CNET takes a first look at Apple's In-Ear headphones with in-line microphone. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Apple Inc., CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-12-04
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