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Obama: I’m a PC

Obama: I’m a PCI'm a little confused....[i]I have been using PCs forever and just recently made the switch to Apple. I also recently had my entire company switch to Google Docs for spreadsheets and documents. I have been dreaming of the day when the OS wouldn't matter any more and...

Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Walled Garden, Obama, PC, operating system, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

Irony of the day: Steve Jobs rails against walled gardens?

Irony of the day: Steve Jobs rails against walled gardens?AgreedJobs is in no position to attack media operators. Apple's DRM call it what you want is not good for Apple, the consumer or the content providers... it's basically a state of insanity. All parties, including consumers, are tolerating this...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Walled Garden, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, irony, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2006-07-17

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Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet

That'll teach them what happens to jailbreakers!This only hits those who deliberately climbed the fence and ventured into the dangerous would outside Apples walled garden.Victims of this have nothing on Apple for this. The vulnerability was introduced by their own incompetent actions, but knowingly non-sanctioned by Apple.The learning: You better...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

AOL/Facebook in the Enterprise

In 1994 America Online trailed Compuserve and Prodigy, a third subscription option in how you hooked your modem up to the internet to go cyber surfing. What propelled AOL to global dominance by the end of that decade was their proprietary 'rainman' platform, which enabled partners...

Tags: Facebook, America Online Inc., Shop Logic, Business World, Internet, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

SharePoint 2010 Vegas First Impressions

Kirk J Koenigsbauer • Microsoft Trying to write a blogpost about the SharePoint 2010 announcements today here in Las Vegas is like trying to summarize Microsoft in a few paragraphs. SharePoint, the fastest growing product in the company's history, is also arguably the...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Google plays a hand of Ogre with Apple

'Ogre' is an interesting - if obscure - analogy. But I would suggest that you'd to better to stick with plain old chess.In my view, the AT&T/iPhone team have a better position, if only by virtue of their early start in the market. But, as a belated entry, Android is...

Tags: Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Ogre, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Countdown to Google Voice on iPhone

It's going to be a while...I don't think Apple is ever going to approve Google Voice, unless pressured to. They know that when users install Google Voice, they are going to want to replace the phone icon with Google Voice. They will want to replace the Messages Icon with something...

Tags: Smart phones, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Dear Palm: Make you own sync software

On Saturday Palm rebuffed the USB Implementers Forum's (USB-IF) recommendation and released WebOS 1.2.1 which restores syncing between the Pre smartphone and iTunes 9. This whack-a-mole measure/countermeasure between Palm and Apple is a farce that needs to end. Craig Hunter (via...

Tags: Software, Palm Inc., Apple iTunes, USB, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Will the Palm Pre come to Verizon? Analysts debate

Do any of you realize that analysts get paid to GUESS about things?So here we have a bunch of idiot analysts GUESSING what might, or might not, happen regarding Verizon and the Palm Pre. Give me a break.It's like the report I heard in Bloomberg TV the other morning. The...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Federal government, WebOS, Verizon Communications Inc., Pre, Palm Inc., Palm Pre, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Google exec calls for ISPs to get tough on botnets

I can't agree with a requirement for active A/V.I don't need nor want useless A/V software on my systems.Its inappropriate for an ISP to scan MY machine..for paid access to the interent (when they want to claim they are a "dumb pipe"). If I am spewing out malware - sure,...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, A/V, malware, operating system, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

The new Sony Reader Daily Edition may replace my Kindle and Reader 505

And it's real easy for you to transfer, right?All you have to do is push a button, or make a phone call, or send an email, and all your Kindle stuff moves right over to the Sony?Of course notBut that's the risk you take when you deal with companies that...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, Sony Corp., Sony Reader, Reader 505, new Sony Reader Daily Edition, Sony Reader Daily Edition

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

(Our Apple tablet hardware/software wish list)

(Our Apple tablet hardware/software wish list)WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER TABLETWe need a larger iTouch device that you can easily carry around...Size:imagine 3 iTouch devices next to each other, built-in accelerator for orientation controlMultitasking: A must haveNetwork:support all WIFI standards specially the newer faster; optional support for 3GConnectivity: Full...

Tags: Tablets, Smart phones, Apple Mac OS X, Notebooks, Operating systems, software, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, tablet, Apple Tablet, hardware, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Verizon Wireless to developers: 'Our success is tied to you'

Verizon Wireless to developers: 'Our success is tied to you'"Consumer presence and data can be shared for marketing"Nice of VZW to pimp out their subscribers to developers, and people call Apple arrogant?! This guy joking! OR crazy! - NTNTWalled GardenLooks to me like they just moved the walls a bit.RE:...

Tags: developer, Verizon Wireless

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Verizon Wireless to developers: 'Our success is tied to you'

Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam pitched application developers on the company's strategy as it moves toward its 4G long-term evolution LTE network. Verizon Wireless, which put some meat on its developer plans, also said that its app marketplace will complement existing stores from platform partners. The goal: "Provide more applications than...

Tags: Developer, Verizon Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?

Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?WOWAs we all know from reading these forums, anything can be spun, and this article proves it.RE: Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?Following this logic an alternate explanation is possible -- Kindle is primarily a walled-garden distribution platform for maximizing sales by cutting...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., customer-relationship management appliance, Amazon Kindle, CRM

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Facebook - Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory?

Facebook - Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory?Zuckerberg has proven before that he does not value members' privacy...Remember the Beacon fiasco? People were learning about their Christmas gifts and one poor guy was even upstaged when Facebook, or rather Beacon, informed his girlfriend that he'd purchased a diamond...

Tags: NOW IT, Zuckerberg, Myers, Facebook, Jaws

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Enterprise 2.0 conference impressions

I'm in seat 14c on a Virgin America flight back from Boston to San Francisco after an exhilarating Enterprise 2.0 Conference. There's a lot of similarities between this airline and the Enterprise 2.0 movement. The plane has wifi and a good modern user experience but essentially...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Collaboration Environment, Sharepoint Plan, Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Intel's name game: Switching to good-better-best to reduce complexity

Intel's name game: Switching to good-better-best to reduce complexityActually, I found the best way to reduce complexityUse a Mac.Apple makes it very simple.I know it costs more, but I don't care.I know it is "too limiting", but I don't care.RE: Intel's name game: Switching to good-better-best to reduce complexityAbout 6...

Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., processor, name game, game

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Semantic Search Round Table at the Semantic Technology Conference

Wednesday's opening Keynote here in San Jose sees Guidewire's Carla Thompson joined on stage by senior representatives from many of the more interesting players in the Semantic Search space; Tomasz Imielinski from Ask, Peter Norvig from Google, Riza Berkan of Hakia, Scott Provost from Microsoft, William Tunstall-Pedoe of the UK's...

Tags: Result, Search Engine, Search Result, Question, True Knowledge, Carla, Tomasz, Questions, Wolfram Alpha Team, Search, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-17