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Apple's iPhone SDK and the business halo effect: Apple's iPhone SDK and the business halo effectHow does Apple do their enterprise iPhone security?It never ceases to amaze me that none of you folks want to know how Apple does it.It is an enterprise of 22,000 people in the world's wealthiest markets. Its sales are $25 billion per...; Tags: Litigation, Apple iPhone, Ziff-Davis Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone SDK, SDK; Discussion threads 2008-03-06
Eight mistakes trade show exhibitors and their p.r. people REPEATEDLY make that drive me batty: I go to lots and lots of trade shows. Currently in San Francisco at one such event. Next week I will be at another in Boston. For longer than you want to know, I've been working this beat for ZDNet and other publications. I come because I...; Tags: Booth, Aisle, Trade Show, Agency, Ziff-Davis Inc., E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing Research, Online Communications, Marketing, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-10-24
Get ready for the 'Twitterization' of mainstream media: Back in 1991, when I first started as a tech journalist for PC Week now eWeek, there was no Web. There was print, TV, and radio. PC Week was a print book and, to the extent that any of the parent company Ziff Davis' publications were online, it...; Tags: Media Company, Web, CNET Networks Inc., Media, Blog, Information, Blogging, Investor, Twitter, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-08-16
Optimizing Customer-Facing Operations Through Service-Oriented Applications by Ziff Davis and Comergent: Optimizing Customer-Facing Operations Through Service-Oriented Applications by Ziff Davis and Comergent By making it easier for customers to do business with you, however and wherever they choose, service-oriented eBusiness applications improve sales and accelerate order fulfillment. Download this in-depth white paper to learn about the value of service-oriented...; Tags: Comergent Technologies, E-business Application, Ziff-Davis Inc., E-business/E-Commerce, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Internet, Web Services, Software; White papers 2006-11-03
What good is a Linux study?: What good is a Linux study?ZDNet is killing Linux! Conspiracy!Ziff Davis owns the DesktopLinux.com site which is poorly presenting Linux as the top google slot.Why are you doing this ZDNet?Wasn't Novell supposed to step up to the plateand make desktop Linux a true rival? What's SuSE done since the buyout...; Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ziff-Davis Inc., Linux; Discussion threads 2005-12-01

Top PC and electronics news sites: CNET, AOL Computers, IDG, Ziff Davis, ZDNet: Nielsen//NetRatings analyzed audience data for the week ending July 24th, 2005, to determine top computer and electronics news sites.Top consumer electronic and PC news destinationsWeb siteAudience, 000Reach, %CNET5,4344.34AOL Computers & Electronics1,5701.25IDG Communications1,3301.06Ziff Davis Media1,1020.88ZDNet9650.77.mac9350.75Source: Nielsen//NetRatings; Tags: electronics, PC, computer, Ziff-Davis Inc., International Data Group, America Online Inc.; Blog posts 2005-08-30
The quiet monopoly: The quiet monopolyThey have to be nice, processors are interchangable.If you write portable code, it would not be that hard for a phone company to switch processors. And, on cell phones, if all the downloadable applicaions are Java, no problem ther either. Really, they just do NOT have the same...; Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Cellular phones, Ziff-Davis Inc., ARM, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2004-07-09
Identity Management: Easing the Cost of Compliance: This Ziff Davis white paper reveals some eye-opening statistics on just how much regulatory compliance is costing today's enterprises. While the cost of complying with the provisions of SOX, HIPAA, and other regulations is high, the cost of non-compliance is even higher. Fortunately, today's robust identity management IdM solutions are...; Tags: Cost, Oracle Corp., Compliance, Ziff-Davis Inc., Identity Management, Regulatory Compliance, Authentication/Encryption, Hipaa, Regulations, Security, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Healthcare, Government; White papers

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More Snake Oil: LifeLock spokesperson's stolen ID leads to lawsuits: Can you remember being a kid, when your parents first told you what your SSN was? I remember mine telling me to never give it to anyone. Of course, then as soon as I got my first job as a caddy at the local golf course I had to give...; Tags: Lawsuit, Advertisement, LifeLock, Identity Theft, Government, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-22
Yahoo board of director resigns; Shareholder meeting delayed: Yahoo said Thursday that Edward Kozel resigned from its board of directors. The company will reduce the size of its board from 10 directors to nine and delayed its shareholder meeting from July 3 to "around the end of July 2008." Investor Carl Icahn has proposed an...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Mr., Director, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-22
Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case: In a huge break in the Capitol v. Thomas case – in which Jammie Thomas right was hit with a $220,000-plus verdict for copyright infringement – the judge in the case said he may have made a "manifest error of law" in his instructions to the jury. ...; Tags: Distribution, RIAA, Judge, Mr., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em off: Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em offuh huhDon't know about Canada. Here in Montana, two years ago it was -50 so they are dead...all of them. What wasn't mentioned here is that they are a constant thing, but if it gets below -40 they die. The more...; Tags: global warming, winter; Discussion threads 2008-05-10
Can Deep Green help a combat commander?: University of Southern California USC researchers are developing several parts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA Deep Green program. Their efforts are intended to help commanders on the battlefield to anticipate enemy moves. 'The system interweaves anticipatory planning with adaptive execution to help the commander think ahead, identify...; Tags: Program, Battlefield, DARPA, Corporate Governance, Data Mining, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-01
What One Laptop Per Child lacks: An entrepreneur. (Read to the end for the story of this picture.) Nicholas Negroponte is a brilliant man, a futurist of high rank, an idealist, and an all-around nice guy. He is not an entrepreneur. Neither, for that matter, is Walter...; Tags: Entrepreneur, One Laptop Per Child Project, Tycho, Entrepreneurship, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Interview: Alex Wiley, creator of the gold MacBook: In October 2007 an outfit called Computer Choppers gave us the 24-karat gold-plated MacBook Pro (15-inch) complete with diamond-studded Apple logo. Now comes the gold MacBook Air pictured with multi-colored sapphires in the Apple logo. Computer Choppers offers the following plating ...; Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Computer, Jewelry, Computer Choppers, O, W, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-22
UFO News (gadget): Direct links to George Noory of Coast to Coast Am reaching 20 million listeners each night, Jeff Rense his radio show reaches 15 million listeners each night and 78 of the top UFO, Alien abduction, Cattle mutilation and Crop circle researchers on this planet starting with Mar Allin, Colin Andrews,...; Tags: Horn, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-16
Software Update may balk at recent firmware updates: Software Update may balk at recent firmware updatesDavid, you've got your chocolate in your peanut butter...Or rather your text in your graphics or your graphics in your text.RE: Software Update may balk at recent firmware updatesYeah, mine balked, too. But after downloading the update and running it, it told...; Tags: recent firmware update, Software Update, firmware, firmware update, software; Discussion threads 2008-04-09
Kristin Davis Gallery Quiz (exe): The Kristin Davis Gallery Quiz is a multimedia quiz about the life and career of the Sex & the City star. Multi-choice questions give an appearance of simplicity - but this quiz is deceptively difficult. It's not for the faint hearted. Only undertake this quiz if you're a confident kind...; Tags: Quiz, WizoBizo, Kristin Davis Gallery Quiz, Professional Development, Career; Software downloads 2008-04-08
Oracle Ironman and other super heroes: Oracle Ironman and other super heroesNitpicky but Ironman is a triathlon; Iron Man is the superheroNTAgreed - Trademarks are im portantBut you need to add:IronmanrOthers may have the right Ziff Davis shaping code to make IT work better...RE: Oracle Iron Pengiun and other super heroesEh, I thought that Oracle already...; Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle Ironman, Oracle Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
Steve Jobs named: Steve Jobs namedI agree, The only thing he is shaping the futureof is "corporate acquisitions".Agreed...Don't hardly ever hear his name these days.Totally AgreeLarry's name probably shouldn't even be on the list and if it must be, then it should be the last one. All Oracle has done is acquire...; Tags: Linux, Strategy, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Steve Jobs, Microsoft Corp., Larry Ellison, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-04-07