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Newspapers face first mover disadvanatge in online pay-for-news

The consensus among newspaper publishers is that they must start charging readers for the news because online ad revenues cannot cover their costs, and their print revenues are going away. But they face a first mover disadvantage. The first daily newspaper to start charging will merely drive...

Tags: Newspaper, Wreck, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-02-16

Texting? Pull Over ...

So, it looks official. The train engineer who never slowed down before ramming his commuter train into a freight train in California was indeed sending text messages right up to the time of the crash. That's bad enough. Twenty-five people died and 135 were injured in the...

Tags: Train, California, U.K., Wreck, Bicyclists, Advertising & Promotion, Food & Beverage, Marketing, Manufacturing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-10-02

A Failure To Not Communicate

The preliminary findings of the investigation of last week's commuter train crash in Southern California: Text-messaging was involved, the Wall Street Journal reports. This is a wreck that should make us think, about how much we need to communicate.. by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Tags: Southern California, Wreck, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging

Don't kill the messaging technology, when the alleged messager is already dead. But the possibility that text messaging was at the root of Friday's fatal train wreck in California should be enough to give us all pause. Isn't it about time we called a timeout on our...

Tags: Text Messaging, Wreck, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Instant Messaging, Cellular Phones, Groupware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-14

Additional Resources

AOL: Will Armstrong get any honeymoon?

AOL will lay off a third of its workforce once it is spun off as a public company. The company's ad business is a wreck. And the best thing AOL has going for it is a subscription model (read dial-up) that's also in decline. Welcome back to the big leagues...

Tags: Honeymoon, America Online Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Do we need a 'beautiful mess' in operating systems? Yup

To make a good soup, you've got to stir the pot...Ok, sure - it turns cloudy, short-term. Just be sure to filter it or let it settle, before serving.Whereas the classic 'design-by-committee' model so often fails, its always useful to have multiple, talented teams working on similar projects, independently. With...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, Linux Distro, operating system, John Gruber, Linux, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Kerry-Boxer bill gets out of the (first) box

Another day...Another train wreck of enviro-ignorance and puffery from Harry. Happy Friday!MeshIt's called reconciliation. When Differing House and Senate bills are passed and a single bill must be decided on.Thankfully many Americans are waking up and the majority now oppose destructive and foolish "cap and trade" legislation. Many House Democrats...

Tags: Kerry-Boxer

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure

There might be some bargains to be had in the wreckage ntntDoesn't change the fact the wreck's comingjust a matter of keeping perspective. The way of all new marketsThis is the way of all new markets. It happened with fiber optics, the dot.coms, MP3 players, smart phones, and it...

Tags: Digital music, E-books, Digital media, e-reader, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

ZDNet readers don't care about celebrity endorsements

I agree with the poll. I'm not buying a new camera because Ashton Kutcher is pimping one out, or because Justin Timberlake is doing it in his commercials. I'll buy one based on the features I need. I'd rather see the commercials prop up the features rather than the celebrity.Oh...

Tags: camera, celebrity endorsement, advertisement, ZDNet-reader

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

The maintenance renewal landscape

A small and therefore statistically dubious quarterly CIO survey undertaken by Kash Rangan's team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch published earlier this month makes revealing reading. On the general spending front, it should be no surprise that the survey believes CIO's are under spending relative...

Tags: Revenue, SAP AG, Maintenance Fee, Maintenance Revenue, Data Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Team Management, Operational Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumers

Can't wait to see theseThe local Best Buy is having a midnight launch. I'm probably going to go and geek out for a bit.RE: Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumersWish I could afford the upgrades.Been laid off and on for 6 years now.Could not renew my...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), way thing, Linux, U.S. Department of Defense, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Typo takes down Internet in Sweden

HeadlineI would have headlined this story "Sweden is Missing Its Period".RE: Typo takes down Internet in SwedenWhat does this imply for the rush to the cloud?RE: Typo takes down Internet in SwedenNot really the right headline.Really should read Typo blocks access to Swedish web-sites and email addresses, since they were...

Tags: Typo, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Show me the innovation StallmanWhile Microsoft pushes forward software technology and produces modern software, open source continues to copy the trailing edge of the innovators. Want an Office97 copy? Want a media player that works on all platforms but just not as well as Windows Media Player, want...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Jason, F/OSS, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Should "Patch Tuesday" updates include a free virus scan?

No, because if Microsoft was to offer such a service the other antivirus companies will cry about it and more antitrust issues will come up. I really don't think Microsoft would be able to do it from a legal stand point. There may also be an issue of conflicting...

Tags: Scanners, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, A/V software, Microsoft Corp., MSRT, virus

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Office Web Apps: OneNote (Office Web Apps: New screenshots)

Office Web AppsNot at all impressed with the Offfice Web Apps....while the other issue that many will still have to decide upon, if they want/ or should allow their own, or business data to be stored on the web/ internet/ cloud.....MS, along with many others pushing Web based apps have...

Tags: cloud computing, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Web application, Microsoft Office, New screenshot, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Are you worried that your cellphone is harming you?

The largest study showed cell users getting less cancerhttp://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/09/half-truths-on-cell-phone-dangers/The largest study showed cell users getting less cancer. I would trust the American Cancer Society before I trust the media who blindly report stories about electrosensitives without any fact checking.All this worry is over a little heat generated from the...

Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, phone, radiation

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Netbooks changing the PC game

The only one not getting it is AppleApple is the only one not seeing the market of Netbook form factor... I'll tell you this, many people with Macbooks (4.5 lbs) envy people with netbooks.Wait until Apple releases a "net tablet"no one will want a netbook after that. :)(The "iPad"?)I told...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, computer game, PC, game, netbook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Global warming, bring it on

more moronic poll choicesAt what point could the people who create these polls pick 5 choices that are meaningful instead of parodies of any rational opinion?Targeted to it's marketRational opinion no longer required.RE: Global warming, bring it onI think that a severe ocean-raising global warming has the potential to adversely...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Is Microsoft stalling on its GPL Linux drivers?

Can't we all just get along?[nt]He has no right to be upsetThis is code that is being released [b]for free[/b] to the Open Source community. It will be released on MS's timeline and not some arbitrary timeline specified by someone who is on record as hating MS. No other open...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, GPL v2, kernel, Microsoft Corp., open source, open-source community, GPL, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux

RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to LinuxAs a roaming tech helper and trainer, I completely concur. Over the past few years, I have moved quite a few of my clients to Mac or Linux and they couldn't be happier. And lately, the infestation...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Linux, malware

Discussion threads 2009-09-09