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Are you willing to pay more for a green tech supplier?

Are you willing to pay more for a green tech supplier?Of course notThe point is to save money, not save Al Gore.

Tags: willing to pay MORE, green tech company, green technology, willing to pay

Discussion threads 2007-10-11

>Land Value taxation and the Stock market

>Land Value taxation and the Stock marketLOL[i]"I like to explain this kind of thing to myself..."[/i]One question: if you have a question do you raise your hand and wait for you to call on yourself? The mental picture of you sitting in front of a mirror lecturing yourself...

Tags: Investment, stock market, Sun Microsystems Inc., willing to pay, willing to pay MORE, stock, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-11-04

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Zmanda launches open source backup, recovery solutions for Windows

Open source backup and recovery independent software developer ISV Zmanda formally announced two new products tailored for Windows users. Zmanda, of Sunnyvale, Calif. announced Zmanda Recovery Manager Enterprise Version 3.0 for MySQL and Zmanda Internet Backup ZIB. ZRM 3.0 is the first Windows edition...

Tags: MySQL, Recovery Solution, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-10-13

LG introduces Wirewize remote pay home theater tech support

Best Buy must get some huge margins from its Geek Squad tech support service, because it seems like everyone wants to copy that model of overcharging noobs for help with tech installations and troubleshooting. Circuit City has Firedog, and Office Depot has Tech Depot Services. Now LG Electronics is trying...

Tags: Home Theater, LG Electronics Inc., Cable, Wirewize, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-13

CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over

Being a CEO today just stinks. The economy is melting down. No one trusts each other. And the chieftains don't even know if their customers will survive. What's this mean for your technology department? A lot of upheaval and perhaps one big do-over that starts in 2009. ...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, CEO, Technology Department, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?

Sun and IBM could not have asked for better timing for the launch of OpenOffice 3, a major upgrade of the open source office suite. Both vendors are preparing to ship commercial offerings of StarOffice and Symphony based on the new OO 3 release and have a...

Tags: Desktop, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Training, IBM Corp., Symphony 1.2, Conversion Tool, OpenOffice, StarOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.

In today's Wall Street Journal, reporter Amy Schatz writes that a proposal to create a free, national wireless Internet service got a boost after Federal Communications Commission engineers "concluded that concerns are overblown about such service interfering with other carriers." Which is all well and good, except...

Tags: FCC, Airwave, Wireless Internet, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Government, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-13

IT warning: Turbulence ahead

The technology budget is on the skids. The business types don't quite get IT (and by the way you don't get them either). And amid all this turmoil all you have to do is keep your infrastructure humming and solve the 25 most contentious business-technology issues by the first half...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Open source protectionism?

I just caught a rather interesting piece by fellow blogger Dana Blankenhorn on the subject of the "value and values" found in open source ecosystems. Near the end, he references an article on InfoWorld which questions whether it is wise to "protect" open source development by mandating its use at...

Tags: Open Source, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Negotiating with your hardware vendor 101

Squeezing the most out of technology budgets seems to be a running theme these days, but customers frequently give up leverage in negotiating hardware deals. According to Gartner analyst Leslie Fiering most hardware negotiations go wrong early on. A customer's maximum leverage occurs when a company is...

Tags: Leverage, Hardware Maker, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Apple agrees to repair MacBook Pros with bad NVIDIA GPUs

Months after Dell and other notebook manufacturers came clean, Apple has admitted some culpability for failing Nvidia GPUs. The GeForce 8600M GT has been failing recently in MacBook Pros and Apple has agrred t0 will pay for the repairs.Read more about it at setteb.it english translation. by...

Tags: NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, GPU, GeForce 8600M GT, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-10

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS servicesAbout damn timeSince the carriers don't give us any way to shut off the COD messaging, laying a minefield for SMS senders is the only practical way to shut off the flood of spim that I have to pay for.They're starting...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, text fee, Verizon Communications Inc., SMS Service, SMS

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Making the giant health database work for you

Making the giant health database work for youSnake oilI see this as primarily snake oil pushed by peddlars of the DB applications themselves.Will it reduce physicians' need to order CYA tests? Not hardly.Will it reduce physicians' need to perform unnecessary procedures in order to be reimbursed at all? ...

Tags: Vertical industries, health database, health care

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Are there really 750 million mentally ill?

Are there really 750 million mentally ill?Not hard to believe at all...just walk down a street or watch people as the are driving... hell look at some of the posters here!LoverockMike Cox (although he is probably the most sane...)Anton PhiladoryeShade TreeMike FarinaHey wait a minute... I see a trend here....

Tags: flute, Messiah

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...

Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Are there really too many Windows editions?

Ask any Windows pundit about all the different versions of Windows Vista that Microsoft offers and you'll invariably get the same response. There are too many! Consumers are confused! It all needs to be simplified! To which I say: Be careful what you wish for. The case for reducing the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Edition, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-10-10

On the Linux laptop the bundle is all

On the Linux laptop the bundle is allI don´t like teenagersI don´t like teenagers or stories about teenagers. But I will say yours seems dumber than most.The bundle is all only if the package is badA properly packaged Linux system should make installing programs child's play. Though I own an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, distro, Linux laptop, Linux, Xandros, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC

Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UACSo I don't have to wait for Windows 7?The need to wait or upgrade to Windows 7 is looking more dim for Windows Vista users. Microsoft just yesterday announced their intention to improve the user experience for UAC in Windows 7. But with third...

Tags: SECURITY, Web browsers, EXPLORER, UAC, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM

A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.9 million shares, or 0.14 percent, of Yahoo, said Microsoft has a window of...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Financial Accounting, Search, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Finance, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

India Radio (gadget)

Introducing the India Radio gadget with 30 stations of Web radio. Simply click on the radio station you desire and play the live internet stream. Don't pay for web radio, when you can listen for free. This gadget uses your windows media player and real player for audio broadcasts, the...

Tags: Web, Radio, Gadget, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-10