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NOC-NOC%2C+who%27s+there%3F+Or%2C+%22I%27ve+seen+the+thumbwheel+and+the+damage+done%22: NOC-NOC%2C+who%27s+there%3F+Or%2C+%22I%27ve+seen+the+thumbwheel+and+the+damage+done%22AbsolutelyI am still a BlackBerry fan but there is definitely a need for better redundancy at the NOC levelRE: NOC-NOC, who's there? Or,What if RIM send an army of PI's to dig your dirt and send them anonymous to everybody you know? What if RIM send an army of...; Tags: NOC-NOC, What-If; Discussion threads 2008-02-14
What if you lose your job?: What if you lose your job?The thing is, with open source, you can get a job with a different company,or do consulting, based on the same project. You will be valuable, as you know the code, and can get in and add features, hooks, etc. With a proprietary project, that...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, open source, OSS, What-If; Discussion threads 2008-01-17
Microsoft swipes at Google Apps: Microsoft swipes at Google Appsdue diligenceExecutives have to have their IT folks at least look at alternatives to Microsoft Office 2007, which is itself a version 1.0 and owing to that has inherent risk. The move from Microsoft Office 2003 requires retraining because Microsoft Office 2007 has a very different...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Internet, Corporate IT, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., What-If, Google Apps; Discussion threads 2007-09-12
You want machines second-guessing you?: One of the most frustrating things a doctor, or patient, can face is someone second-guessing a diagnosis.The drama inherent in this is obvious. But what if it's a machine doing the second-guessing? To be more precise, a computer program named Isabel?IsabelHealth, the company which makes this program, is currently trumpeting a...; Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Isabel, What-If; Blog posts 2007-09-06
iPhone's improved battery life: iPhone's improved battery lifeHurray!---is the battery user-replaceable? Oh, and how usable is the virtual keyboard---Glad to see you finally asking these as questions, rather than just assuming things and writing off the product sight unseen.iPhone coverage explainedA superb article in New York Magazine, with a quote that perfectly explains...; Tags: Engineering, Apple iPhone, battery, What-If, Apple Inc., phone; Discussion threads 2007-06-18

Business communications and meetings to become steady stream of Enterprise 2.0 content?: Ciscos $3.2 billion intended acquisition of WebEx has me thinking of what Charles Giancarlo, Ciscos chief development officer, calls "this next wave of business communications."What do you suppose he means?"The combination of Cisco and WebEx will deliver compelling solutions accelerating this next wave of business communications," said Giancarlo in a...; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., What-if, knowledge, Ciscos; Blog posts 2007-03-15
Seeking the true meaning of SaaS: Seeking the true meaning of SaaSLooks like no one is interested.I would say you should ditch the subject. 7 years is a long time to wait for it to become important. No one cares. Find something else to write about.SAAS was a bad idea years ago and worse now.SAAS :...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Internet, software-as-a-service, What-If; Discussion threads 2006-12-04
Facebook regret? ReputationDefender to the rescue: Facebook regret? ReputationDefender to the rescue$30 per instance? What if there are 1000 references?$30 per instance? What if there are 1000 references? What if they keep getting reposted?; Tags: What-If, ReputationDefender, Facebook; Discussion threads 2006-11-13
Telephone banking system recognizes your voice: Telephone banking system recognizes your voiceWhat if someone is deaf or hard-of-hearing?What if they have a TTY (teletypewriter for sending/receiving text over phoneline)?I'm hearing and speech impaired...That's just wonderful!Now, Rich Little will be able to access dozens of other accounts. :(; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephone Banking System, What-If, phone; Discussion threads 2006-10-24
Microsoft sued over Forefront security brand: Microsoft sued over Forefront security brandI agree.How about Microsoft CYA ?As I said about the "Lindows" litigation...This one's not worth fighting. MS should simply change the name.Ahhh ze tables haf been turned!Remember the Linspire suit!? Payback is a mother f***er isn't it? ]:)Just call it ForeRunner or suchmarket the...; Tags: Operating systems, What-If, Microsoft Corp., Forefront security brand, Linspire; Discussion threads 2006-09-15
Could the combination of richness and reach no longer matter?: Steve Rubel has a good post on Chris Anderson's "The Long Tail" and one that has some implication for Rich Internet Applications. I hadn't taken this from Chris' book, but seeing Steve use the word "reach" got me thinking. In the web world, the argument has always been one...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, richness, Long Tail, What-if; Blog posts 2006-08-30
Bosses bring in e-mail snoops: Bosses bring in e-mail snoopsHead off legal and finacial risks?Translation:We don't think some of what we do is legal and that might if we are caught lead to finacial risks i.e. our stock options could suffer so we will watch our employee's like 1984's Big Brother rather than simply do...; Tags: e-mail, What-If; Discussion threads 2006-06-05
These photos illustrate AT&T's phone, Internet tracking activities for NSA: These photos illustrate AT&T's phone, Internet tracking activities for NSAThe WiMAX Steamrollerwill set us free. With no external control over "the MESH", and encrypting ALL traffic - there will be no way to tap into the traffic. Meshing technology will randomly route traffic, and since its all encrypted - you...; Tags: Internet, Orwellian, phone, plastics, AT&T Corp., What-If, photograph; Discussion threads 2006-05-24
What if Microsoft was truly evil: One of my favorite Marvel comics back in the day was the "What If..." series. It was a comic which considered the outcome of alternate paths characters in the Marvel universe might have taken. What if the Fantastic Four had never been exposed to cosmic rays? As it turns out,...; Tags: Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2006-05-19
H-P should not make Marc rich (yet): H-P should not make Marc rich yetTiming[...by simply working with JBoss, and the dozens of companies like it throughout the open source world, until they find something they want to build a software services operation around]What if you invest a lot of time in the relationship, only to have a...; Tags: Java development tools, Development tools, Middleware, OPEN SOURCE, What-If, Marc, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Discussion threads 2006-01-19
What if?: What if Microsoft's David Weise had not created the "protected mode" that let Windows programs blow past the 640K memory barrier back in the late 1980s?Larry Osterman suggests that OS/2 would have dominated Windows, that IBM would have dominated that ecosystem, and thus the Linux boom might never have happened....; Tags: What-If, IBM Corp.; Blog posts 2005-02-05
IDC: Software vendors chart licensing sea change: IDC: Software vendors chart licensing sea changeDidn't....ZDNet already bag us with this article? Are they becoming so devolved that "news" is considered reprinting the article with no post from the prvious one? And do they think that deleting all the posts from an artivle just so it can be refilled...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, sea change, What-If, International Data Corp., software; Discussion threads 2004-03-23