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- Updated: AMD CEO Hector Ruiz has stepped down and the chipmaker has named chief operating officer Dirk Meyer as its new leader. The news comes amid the latest financial miss for AMD--a second quarter loss that missed estimates by a wide margin. Meyer's job: Restore credibility. According...
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Are solar-energy materials in short supply?
- At the Intersolar and Greentech Media conferences, J. Michael Horowitz of the Stanford Group moderates a discussion on solar-thermal technologies and the challenges solar-energy companies face when acquiring materials. Panelists include Bob Cart of GreenVolts, Andrew McMahan of SkyFuel, Robert Morgan of Ausra, Suvi Sharma of Solaria, and...
- Videos 2008-07-17
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'
- The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys",...
- News items 2008-07-17
- Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it'
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Evaluating the cost of solar
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- Videos 2008-07-16
- Bob the Builder - Can Do Zoo (exe)
- Bob the Builder and his machine team are ready to tackle any project. As they hammer out solutions that lead to a job well done, Bob and the Can-Do Crew demonstrate the power of positive thinking, problem solving, team work and follow through. This version is the first release on...
- Software downloads 2008-07-16
- Hammering at cost with open source
- Irregular Bob Warfield riffs on Salesforce.com's decision to ditch Sun/Solaris in favor of Dell/Linux. In doing so, Bob makes the point that: ...for a SaaS company, the cost of service delivery is an absolutely critical factor. Once you have software that runs well and scales horizontally on cheap commodity...
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Last.fm app debuts on iPhone and iPod touch (video)
- On the opening day of the App Store, a number of competing music streaming applications were available, including major brands AOL Radio and Virgin, along with a favorite of mine, Pandora. However, one notable admission on day one was the music social network and ad-supported streaming music service, Last.fm. That...
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- The iPhone 3G's yellow screen of warmth explained
- Many people who purchased the new iPhone 3G on Friday noticed that it's got a noticeably yellower tint to the screen than the iPhone 2G. The yellow cast on the iPhone 3G screen was explained this way by Bob Borchers, senior director of product marketing for the...
- Blog posts 2008-07-13
- Seagate announce first 1.5TB desktop hard drive
- Seagate announce first 1.5TB desktop hard driveSeagate announce first 1.5TB desktop hard driveDamn thats a huge drive. Just think of all the adult entertainment you could store on that drive.Why?Give me a RAID 5 featuring four 500GB drives. Far more stable, faster, et cetera... of course, it...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Senate, Web ad titans joust over behavioral targeting
- A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday picked apart behavioral Web advertising as executives from the likes of Google, NebuAd and Facebook touted their privacy controls and even went as far as noting that ads are good for you. The hearing before the Senate Committee on Senate Committee...
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Microsoft to deliver SQL Server 2008 in August
- The long wait for SQL Server 2008 is nearly over. At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston on July 9, Bob Kelly, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Infrastructure Server Marketing, told attendees that SQL Server 2008 will be on the August price list. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Top 10 things Michael Arrington should do to protest Microsoft's bad behavior
- TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is miffed. Microsoft crossed a line by ganging up on Yahoo with Carl Icahn. Arrington outlines his case, but the last sentence is what intrigued me: "I'm all for a merger. But I won't stand by quietly while Microsoft destroys what's left of...
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet
- Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream. He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Apple posts iPhone 3G guided tours
- As was the case this time last year, Apple has posted two Web video demonstrating some of the features of the new iPhone 3G. You're host is, you guessed it, the same guy that did the first iPhone videos (Bob?). Last time he was a little more...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- The lighter side of Bill Gates
- As you all probably know, considering the 2 year lead-up to today and the considerable press coverage, it's Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft. I'd like to take a slightly different spin on covering his career and life, by pointing out the stupid stuff, in the hope it will appeal...
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Reggae MP3 Songs (gadget)
- Introducing the Amazon Reggae MP3 Song Gadget. This MP3 Song gadget lets you play music samples in the Reggae genre from Amazons DRM-free catalog of over 5 Million songs, with artists like Bob Marley, UB40, Wyclef, Rhanna, Sean Kingstonand the Black Eyed Peas. You can listem to the songs and...
- Software downloads 2008-06-27
- Will Oracle answer these questions?
- Tomorrow sees Oracle provide its Q4 results. I have no more insight into what those numbers will look like than anyone else but if past history is anything to go by, they'll likely be 'dramatic.' More dramatic for me though will be insights...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Time to blow up the software industry
- Vinnie Mirchandani's post, Call to Steve Jobs: Please reshape the enterprise software market was bound to get a reaction out of my Irregular chums. 70 reactions to be precise as at the time of writing this post. That's the number of posts to our Google Group on the topic with...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- IT work is 'boring,' students
- IT work is 'boring,' studentsThey're right. It can be boring.It's nothing like where I came from doing CAD drawings and design work.There's a [i]lot[/i] more boring paperwork in this position then I imagined.Why do you think I stop here from time to time?RE: IT work is 'boring,' studentsIts all in...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
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