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West Group Uses Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework to Add Power and Flexibility to WestFind&Print Online Service

West Group delivers a powerful competitive advantage to its customers by providing the best legal, regulatory, and business information available and the innovative technology tools to manage it. In a move to create a more flexible and beneficial research experience for its customers, West Group used Microsoft Visual Studio .NET...

Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Microsoft Corp., West Group, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

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An interesting exchange on politics and IT

Was just thinking about thisExcept I was thinking about what I've heard Linux advocates say in the past, that most consumers make dumb technology choices, and whether this squares with advocating for free markets? Yes, I think it does. People will buy products that they can relate to and feel...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, information technology, Linux, computer, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-14

Grado PS1000

Grado is one of America's oldest hi-fi companies. In the 1950s it manufactured phono cartridges, turntables, and speakers. While Grado still makes a full line of highly regarded cartridges (budget-priced all the way up to high-end models), it's perhaps better known today for its headphones, which spring from the professional...

Tags: ear cushion, Grado, headphone

Product reviews 2009-10-15

SaaS Customer Bill of Rights: right thing, right time

AG Customer Bill of Rights - SaaS - Live I'm not pimping this because Ray Wang and I happen to be collaborators or that I got a credit in the Altimeter Group report but because Ray and Jeremiah Owyang's SaaS Customer Bill of Rights is the right thing at...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Goodbye, Works!

GoodThis will also make more people shift to Open Office and Google Documents at home: there are few things as loathsome as applications that contain ads. :-)Untill...They see that Open Office breaks the format in .doc files and that Google Docs are a nightmare to convert to .doc files...(PS: I...

Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, pdf, doc, OpenOffice, WORKS!

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Verizon ad trashes AT&T's 3G coverage

However, JD Power tells us a slightly different storyAccording to their latest survey the iPhone is ranked top in customer satisfaction for both consumer and business users. In fact I was surprised at the size of the large margin the iPhone has with business users.I guess this means that if...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., phone, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T 3G coverage, AT&T 3G, advertisement, Apple Inc., 3G

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Red Book: Report of the committee on Infectious Diseases (RedBk) 12.0.3 (Mobile)

Red Book: Report of the committee on Infectious Diseasespowered by Skyscape Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics The Red Book - The authorative guide to the latest pediatric infectious disease information brings you the latest clinically tested guidelines on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of more than 200 conditions....

Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Mobile, Hepatitis, Skyscape Inc., Data Mining, Federal Government, Tools & Techniques, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Government, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-25

News to know: Kanye West; Bing Visual Search; Quicken-Mint; Sprint; 802.11n, Intel

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. Oliver Marks: Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full...

Tags: Larry Dignan, IEEE 802.11n, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-09-15

The iPhone Telephony Tragedy

I've got a first gen iPhone and live in San Francisco, the heart of Apple country. The voice communication part of it has been slowly getting worse and is now virtually unusable. A first gen iphone is of course ancient history to an Apple or Mobile...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Telephony, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Service, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Intel discusses upcoming laptop and Atom chips, why we need more performance in mobile devices

This week I'm at the Semicon West show in San Francisco. Most of this is inside baseball--the show is devoted to the companies that make the equipment used to manufacture chips--but in his opening keynote, Anand Chandrasekher, who heads up Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, discussed some details of the company's...

Tags: Performance, Mobile, Power Consumption, Mobile Device, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Chip, Advertising & Promotion, Performance Management, Notebooks, Processors, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Westlaw Wireless 3.0 (Mobile)

Westlaw Wireless is a mobile version of Westlaw, a legal and business research service from West Group. Westlaw Wireless gives legal professionals on the go access to cases, statutes, regulations, law reviews and journals, newspaper articles and other news, the KeyCite service, and much more. Westlaw Wireless allows users to...

Tags: Password, Mobile, Service, Westlaw Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Litigation, Marketing, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Coal: more on the fall-out

There are vastly different ways to look at coal in the U.S. Coal's plentiful, it's American, it's relatively cheap to obtain and burn. And it will produce electricity for the rest of your children's lifetime. Coal burning is destroying our atmosphere, our climate and turning an already...

Tags: China, Coal, Construction, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Sunwize on wise use of solar

Were near the longest period of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere. So in honor of the pending solstice, I spoke with a man who's mission is to spread the harvesting of solar energy. David Kaltsas, SunWize Executive Vice President, explained how his firm is helping spread residential use...

Tags: Solar Energy, Tax Credit, Solar System, David Kaltsas, U.S. Sunwize, Personal Finance, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-19

China demands new PCs carry spyware

China demands new PCs carry spywareI don't think that anyone thinks that China's government has changed its position on freedom of speech.RE: China demands new PCs carry spywareWait for something like this to come our way in the US. Except under the guise of protection against software piracy.RE: China demands...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, COMPANIES, spyware, government

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?

Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?Re: But does GP miss the point?I for one believe we have a responsibility to be 'good stewards' of the planet, but the amount of suspect science and unbridled emotionalism that has surfaced regarding the supposed 'green house' effect tells me that...

Tags: Greenpeace, Greenpeace Cool-IT

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?

Greenpeace upped the ante on the IT sector by switching focus from reporting on the environmental performance of consumer electronics to looking at how the industry as a whole is performing on climate change. Yesterday they launched their inaugural Cool IT ranking of the top 12 IT firms performing on climate change. The ranking is...

Tags: Greenpeace, Information Technology, James Farrar, Management, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Teflon: is it safe?

Teflon: is it safe?And? If it does much more good then harmthen we have to live with it. CRT monitors and cell phones "may" cause tumors, but they are both used in the process of saving lives. Should they disapear, too? It is like saying that some heart medication that...

Tags: teflon, Teflon, plastics

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Is Facebook an unsafe environment for business?

Developers continue to vent their frustration at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the direction he's taking his iconic social networking site. Zuckerberg’s vision for Facebook is to become the web-based platform of the future. But has it become tainted with so many changes that it has become an unsafe environment...

Tags: Facebook, Environment, Nick O'Neill, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-02

How far does Conficker infection of British government go?

How far does Conficker infection of British government go?the Government harvesting everyone?s electronic dataAlways wondered who'd be watching the watchers,the criminals will. Be afraid. Be very afraid!No one is safe, anywhere!You never know who will end up owning important data about you, gaining power over you and other unsuspecting potential...

Tags: SECURITY, NETWORKING, Conficker infection, Conficker, British Government, infection

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

Web 2.0 Expo: Recommended sessions for social business

It's about that time to gear up for Web 2.0 Expo (#w2e) next Tuesday through Friday at Moscone West in San Francisco. I am excited about the content that TechWeb / O'Reilly Media, Inc., has produced and I have put together the following schedule for myself. Why should you care?...

Tags: Web, Social Media, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-27