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CES 2009: Widgets, Widgets Everywhere

It seemed like nearly every TV manufacturer at CES was touting its Internet integration on new sets via widgets, small apps that can provide updated streaming information from online. Many of them are making use of the Yahoo-and-Intel-developed Widget Channel platform, though some are trying to roll their own. Here...

Tags: TV Company, Internet, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet TV, widgets, Yahoo widgets, Widget Channel, Sean Portnoy

Image galleries 2009-01-12

Yahoo: TV widgets and pondering a Disney takeover

If Yahoo's battle with Google has taught us anything it's that the company isn't run by engineers. Sure, Yahoo is tech savvy. Sure it has an open platform. And sure it'll do things like plan a Widget Channel with Intel and tout it at a developers conference. But Yahoo is...

Tags: Disney Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Widget Channel, Minyanville, Harrison, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

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Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM Technology Rears an Actual Head

I am almost always in awe of Oracle OpenWorld.  The scope of this conference is spectacular. Can you imagine an event that the attendance is down to 37,000 attendees?  Actually, that puts me in awe of their event planners more than even the event. How in the name of whoever...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Anthony Lye, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-14

MLB Schedule 2.12 (Mac)

The MLB Schedule widget is a simple dashboard widget which provides a small glimpse at the course of any Major League Baseball team's schedule. You can choose your favorite baseball team and the widget will display a five day range of both completed and upcoming games, providing information such as...

Tags: MLB, Apple Macintosh, Logan Rockmore Design, Games, Team Management, Personal Technology, Management

Software downloads 2009-08-13

Hands on: Verizon FiOS TV launches 'Widget Bazaar': Adds Twitter, Facebook, online video

Hands on: Verizon FiOS TV launches 'Widget Bazaar': Adds Twitter, Facebook, online videoEasier way to differentiate from cableis the lack of availability. Years of waiting and they are no closer to installing in West Haven, CT.RE: Hands on: Verizon FiOS TV launches 'Widget Bazaar': Adds Twitter, Facebook, online videoAnother step...

Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Widget Bazaar, Verizon Fios TV, Verizon FIOS, Hands-On, online video, TV, Twitter, Facebook, Verizon Communications Inc., video

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

News to know: Pre; NetApp; Bartz; Windows 7; Netbooks

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. Ed Bott: From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition? Matthew Miller: Palm Pre reviews appear; can it beat the...

Tags: NetApp Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Living with the limits of Windows 7 Starter Edition

Living with the limits of Windows 7 Starter EditionYou are a GENIUS! :-)Actually going through a process called "testing and evaluation" - with an actual product no less! Genius!! ;-)p.s. more should try it.Shareware style limitStill baffles me who would want to buy this, it makes MS look cheapskate and...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter Edition, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

SaaS News: NetSuite, Northgate Arinso, Taleo

Lots of coolness in the SaaS world... I took a number of interesting briefings this last week or so. All of them were positive, interesting and solidly focused on the SaaS Software as a Service market. So, in no particular order, let’s get...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Taleo Corp., NetSuite Inc., Northgate Arinso, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Radar In Motion 2.6.1 (Mac)

A Dashboard widget that grabs radar images from the Weather Channel or NOAA and displays the animation. One can access the radar for a given city in the United States or get a regional map, including several international maps. The widget has options for displaying and updating the maps, including...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Map, Radar, Kamal Aboul-Hosn, Widget, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2009-01-14

News to know: Palm Pre, Windows 7, CES

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Matthew Miller: Welcome Palm Web OS, now what happens with Palm OS 5 applications? Sam Diaz: Palm's Pre and OS: Home-run announcements at CES Matthew Miller:...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Operating Systems, Web Site Development, Software, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-09

CES 2009: Intel recruits Comcast, Samsung, Toshiba for its Widget Channel Internet TV initiative

While Yahoo has been grabbing headlines this week with its partnerships with TV makers like Samsung and Vizio to bring its Internet TV widget platform to new sets, Intel wants to make sure people remember that it also introduced the underlying API with Yahoo last fall at the Intel Developers...

Tags: Set-top Box, Set-top, Internet TV, Comcast Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Intel Corp., Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-01-08

CES 2009: Hands-on with Netgear's new streaming media devices

Certainly one of the big stories at CES this year has been TV manufacturers finally embracing the Internet on their new sets, thanks in large part to the widget platform that adds real-time streaming info on-screen while you're watching shows. But home networking companies aren't yielding the living room just...

Tags: Video, NetGear, Streaming Media, Elite, Home Networking, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Marketing, Internet, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-01-08

Social Plagiarism? Might Be, But SOOOO Stupid

Brent Leary is not only one of the more influential guys in the world of CRM but he is one of the nicest. He is a bright, insightful fun-loving and well-respected CRM guru who understands especially how the small business needs to use CRM and Social CRM.  He has a...

Tags: Campaign, Barack Obama, Social Media, Small Business, CRM, Brent Leary, LaFarce, Stevens, Dale Carnegie 2.0 President-elect Obama, Taxes, Web 2.0, Free Trade, Public Relations, Financial Planning, Finance, Internet, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-30

High hopes at Yahoo, Intel for Internet-enabled TV

High hopes at Yahoo, Intel for Internet-enabled TVRE: High hopes at Yahoo, Intel for Internet-enabled TVSounds good. Maybe they will be able to make a 100% free TV service with all of the channels, because of the widget ads supporting more revenue for the service provider. [:Right idea, wrong implementation....

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Internet, advertisement, TV, Internet enabled TV, HIGH HOPES, Yahoo! Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-29

News to know: Facebookgate, XP, iPhone credit, greentech in 2009

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: 'Facebookgate': Fake Class of 2013 groups today; Annoying marketing tomorrow? Mary-Jo Foley: Microsoft to allow custom PC makers to stock XP through mid-2009 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Roland Piquepaille, Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Internet, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Intel to showcase Widget Channel Internet TV platform at CES

Another tech heavyweight is jumping into the battle over bringing the Internet to the living room. Intel will be showing off its new Widget Channel platform, which combines the new Media Processor CE 3100 with a software framework for displaying widgets of information on your TV,...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Internet TV, Intel Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-12-20

Election Day '08: Where to get live results

There's no better time in history to watch election results on the fly. Some, but not all, of us will have access to a television, where you can watch results stream in on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC or Fox. But for those of you...

Tags: Result, Associated Press, Election Day, Twitter, CNN, Palm Beach Post, Northwestern, Corporate Communications, Blogging, RSS, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Vote and then come to the free virtual virtualization summit

I wish I could vote but I'm not yet a citizen. Once you've voted please check out the online virtualization summit I've been helping to pull together which runs throughout the day. It's a great lineup and registration is free. It's the first time I've been involved...

Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Network Stat 1.5.1 (Mac)

Network Stat displays the Name of your current Network-Location, your LAN- and your WAN-IP. The Features: display the current Location change your Location right in the Widget display your internal IPs, along with an Icon of the Interface display your "real" Internet-IP send notification emails whenever your IP changes...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Network, IP, Network Technology, Networking

Software downloads 2008-11-03

Fernsehen 2.0 (Mac)

Fernsehen gives you easy access to the german TV program provided by TVToday. See what's currently on, look for upcoming shows, search for movies starring your favourite actor or read a short description about a movie you're not yet sure to watch. And since the widget caches all the data,...

Tags: Channel, Apple Macintosh, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Desktops, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-10-20