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- NetSuite vs. SAP â€" How Newton would see this contest
- Competition is a great thing. It forces even the biggest firms to become humbled. It makes innovation a necessity. It can lower pricing and expand markets to everyone’s benefit. Competition in the SaaS software as a service world of ERP got a little hotter this week...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Barron, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Review: T-Mobile Dash 3G takes the Dash torch and runs with it
- This summer is a blockbuster season for touchscreen smartphones with the Palm Pre, iPhone 3GS, Nokia N97, HTC TouchPro2, and T-Mobile myPhone. However, not everyone is crazy about touchscreen devices and they just want a solid smartphone that gets the job done in a compact form factor that is easily...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Smart Phone, 3G, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Dash, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Palm Pre, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- BitTorrent-powered iPhone App Store in beta
- I don't know too many iPhone users that would call themselves dissatisfied with the App Store, but many people cross over to the dark side and jailbreak their phones to get access to software we'll never see in the App Store. There are numerous reasons why people...
- Tags: Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Why Google's software approach won't work for smartphones or the enterprise
- Why Google's software approach won't work for smartphones or the enterpriseBeta Worked For Apple[i]Unfortunately, beta isn?t ?good enough? for smartphones.[/i]It worked well for Apple. Only with 3.0 is the iPhone coming out of beta.Fragmentation and controlFrom what I can tell from reviews and comments by people who have used either...
- Tags: Smart phones, Tools & Techniques, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Google Inc., software, smart phone, software approach, Apple iPhone, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Google Edu Apps: So far, so good
- I started working tonight with a quick tweet: OK, on to setting up Google Apps for our domain...can I finish a migration in a week? I'm not thinking so... I've blogged before about Google Apps for Educational Domains and our move to use this...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-21
- Ireland: Shell's new Nigeria?
- Just as Shell brings to a close a difficult chapter in its troubled relationship with the Ogoni people in Nigeria, its relationship with community groups in the west of Ireland appears to be reaching new lows. Shell is the senior partner with Statoil and Marathon in an effort to bring off shore...
- Tags: Ireland, Community, Shell, Government, Vertical Industries, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- iPhone OS 3.0 now available
- Many of the iPhone's long-awaited features will finally become reality Wednesday when Apple rolled out iPhone OS 3.0. Many of the iPhone's long-awaited features will finally become reality Wednesday when Apple rolled out iPhone OS 3.0. Current iPhone owners can download...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G S, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Software, Consumer Electronics, Apple Inc., iPhone 3.0, Apple, iPod, Erica Ogg CNET News
- News items 2009-06-17
- Kindle DX: Bigger screen means higher expectations
- Kindle DX: Bigger screen means higher expectationsRE: Kindle DX: Bigger screen means higher expectationsI'm a university professor and have been experimenting with the DX since Friday. This device really has the potential to be a powerful and ubiquitous academic tool- it really is possible to read academic PDFs on...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Kindle DX, screen mean, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- One week with my Palm Pre-cious reveals the good and bad
- One week with my Palm Pre-cious reveals the good and badWaiting for the apple haters to jump on pre...like they did to the iphone.I've read a lot of Pre reviews and everyone agrees; useless keyboard, no auto correction or completion, inconsistent interface, and poor battery life.The apple haters jumped all...
- Tags: Keyboards, Engineering, Pre, Apple iPhone, Palm Pre-cious, Palm Inc., battery, apple hater, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Cool-er e-book reader has value, barebones appeal [review]
- Cool-er e-book reader has value, barebones appeal [review]Cool-er e-bookI read with interest all of the facts about an electronic book but why make it so complicated?A paperback novel sized unit slim enough to fit into your pocket and a means of connecting to your PC to download books is all...
- Tags: E-books, Cool-er e-book reader, e-book
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- Like the G1, the battery seems to be the Palm Pre's Achilles heel
- Like the G1, the battery seems to be the Palm Pre's Achilles heelWell, shazamApple really wasn't lying when it said multi-tasking kills battery life. RE: Like the G1, the battery seems to be the Palm Pre's Achilles heelMatthew, I had a couple of issues that you are experiencing. 1st: The...
- Tags: Engineering, Pre, Palm Inc., battery, phone, Achilles heel, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- What to do in Hawaii? Get up early and stand in line for a Palm Pre
- If you listened to the last couple of MobileTechRoundup podcasts you heard me say I was not planning on picking up a Palm Pre. However, a few things occurred that made me rethink my strategy regarding the Pre. With the small number of available review units available (and no timeline...
- Tags: Hawaii, Mobile, Palm Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-06-07
- Quick'n'Dirty podcast comes alive today
- It's that time. The Quick'n'Dirty Social Media podcast with Aaron Strout launches today. Listen in at 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET at BlogTalkRadio! We're pretty excited about it -- and we're also really excited about our new logo, designed by Kenneth Lim. Thanks Kenneth! While...
- Tags: Podcasts, Internet, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Can a startup challenge Google on the re-invention of e-mail?
- The two co-founders of a small Silicon Valley startup had a "Holy Crap!" moment last week when Google unveiled Wave, a online tool that's looking to reinvent e-mail, IM and other forms of online communications. For the past several months, Michael Cerda and Ben Dean, co-founders of...
- Tags: Google Inc., E-mail, Online Communications, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Atlassian Embraces Open Social, Shows Strong Momentum at Summit
- The Atlassian Summit 09 has just concluded in San Francisco, kicking off a busy week for coders, with Sun's Java One also happening. The 6 minute video above, shot in dynamic wobble vision from my Flip UltraHD, is of a portion of CEO...
- Tags: Plug-in, Atlassian Summit 09, Mike Cannon-Brooke, Collaboration Component, Confluence 3 Confluence, Kap IT, Wiki, Collaboration, Online Communications, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Asus Eee PC Seashell 1101HA to have 11-hour battery life?
- We saw some video of the Asus Seashell 1008HA back in March, and just read the review last week, but Asus is introducing new Seashell models at Computex tomorrow. Phew, that was fast. According to Engadget, who grabbed a few shots before Computex begins tomorrow, the...
- Tags: ASUS, Battery, Engineering, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- AMD Istanbul: Field Upgrade Only If Your Hands are Nimble
- The newly-launched AMD Opteron 24xx and 84xx server CPUs have six processor cores. Unlike Intel's Nehalem, which requires entirely new and unproven mainboards, systems, chipsets and sockets, the "Istanbul" is based on existing, mature AMD chipsets and uses the existing 1207-pin Socket F, allowing current Quad-Core...
- Tags: Istanbul, Quad-core, Server, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Chip, Nehalem, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Bing: Microsoft's new search... er, decision engine
- Bing: Microsoft's new search... er, decision engineNed? Ned Ryerson?BING!!!When will LG sponsor Supercross?Way to go Comrads. Your german humor may be buying you a beer at the local pub than out of the Coke machine at Maiche Engineering; Oh ya, I mean HRC Great Britain.I like the layout shown on...
- Tags: Branding, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Google Inc., decision engine, Bing, new search, Microsoft Corp., Apache Software Foundation, brand
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Cyber czar position will be announced this week
- President Obama has signed off on the creation of a cyberczar, someone who will have access to the president and the broad authority to strategize on how to protect America's public and private networks, The Washington Post reports. The big question remains unanswered: What role will the...
- Tags: Advisor, Investment, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-25
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