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- Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers
- In what appears to be a mass defacement, where several hundred domains take advantage of a shared hosting provider, starting as of this Friday, an Islamic hacker known as nEt^DeViL -- this is not the NetDevilz team that hijacked the DNS records of the ICANN and Photobucket in June --...
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Open source and innovation as maintenance models
- Following my piece on a proposed model for enterprise applications maintenance, two fresh posts, one from Matt Aslett at 451.com and another from Leigh Cauldwell offer alternative ideas around how the present conundrum might be solved. Matt offers the open source position arguing that: This would appear to be...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Yahoo and Intel's Web TV widget could be the winner
- I have seen the future of television. And I can't wait to "watch." For years, companies large and small have been trying to merge the experiences of watching TV and surfing the Web. But none have really taken off, largely because the attempts have tried to force...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- HP delivers strong third quarter fueled by blades, international, notebooks
- HP on Tuesday reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $2 billion, or 80 cents a share, on revenue of $28 billion, up 10 percent from a year ago. Excluding items, HP reported earnings of 86 cents a share, 3 cents ahead of Wall Street estimates. Revenue also...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS bet
- There's a lot of discussion today about whether Verizon's $23 billion investment in its FiOS network was worth it, but the argument really comes down to this: How much is future-proofing your business worth? The New York Times did an in-depth analysis about Verizon's FiOS rollout and...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Google, Apple surge in customer satisfaction rating
- Google, Apple surge in customer satisfaction ratingUS Postal Service scores higher than wireless carriersLarry, I blogged last year that it was telling that the USPS did better in the ACSI surveys each year than our wireless carriers - Verizon et alSad to see in 08 it is the same. But...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Compliance and IT
- Compliance and ITOne Small Comment[i]for the average company with three or four sites and a few thousand employees[/i]The average company doesn't have a few thousand employees. 99% of all companies are SME's.AccuracyIf I only had a dollar for every time I was told the tracking data in some system...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?
- Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?1997 called. It wants its article backAs a reader of News.com and ZDNet for years and years, I had to laugh when I saw the headline for this one. Sounds familiar, except it would have been about Netscape.Next maybe you...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Holy cow, Batman, it's a Platinum-level green data center!
- Holy cow, Batman, it's a Platinum-level green data center!Don't Have a CowYour pop culture reference is missing an important element. Robin would NEVER say "Holy cow, Batman!" (at least, the Burt Ward TV character wouldn't). Cows don't have anything to do with Platinum-level green data centers.Robin: "Holy molars!...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Zoho's millions
- It's not often I get excited by adoption numbers but the fact Zoho has passed the million user landmark represents an outstanding achievement and a cause for celebration. Zoli Erdos, chief hand waver and Irregular chum has all the details. I was more interested in the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- News to know: LinuxWorld; Cisco; Microsoft; Yahoo
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'? Sam Diaz: LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest. Larry Dignan: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista A new data center?...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Are you a Dog or a Cat?
- Are you a Dog or a Cat?You proved my point.People do not like change unless they are the implementors.Dog/Cat/FishI liked the way you put that! vista is a pretty configuration but it is a new learning venture for us all..I'm a dog/cat person...who also loves fish..hehehehThey moved everything around......to create...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Holy cow, Batman, it's a Platinum-level green data center!
- Ever heard of Advanced Data Centers out of San Francisco? Well, you're about to, since the corporate hosting services company apparently is the first company to earn a Platinum Pre-Certification for a data center under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program for rating...
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- S. Korea moves to tighten the Net
- Even as China is being roundly criticized for restricting Internet access even for Western journalists during the Olympics, another Asian country is moving to restrict the net. Reuters reports that South Korea is starting to make moves to restrain the Net, as well. The mass access to the Internet,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Mozilla: Threat to Windows or boilerplate risk factor?
- InformationWeek made a big deal of Microsoft citing Mozilla as a competitor to Windows in its annual report, but the report is a bit overblown. InformationWeek writes: Microsoft always paints a picture of the competitive landscape in when it files its annual 10-K report to the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- Will consumer economics have an impact on RealNetworks?
- Will consumer economics have an impact on RealNetworks?Subscriptions, ah, yes...I remember back in the stone age when cable was born. Then it was, well, yes you are paying for it but NO COMMERCIALS, WOW!Years have passed and in most markets not only are you paying monthly, but there are programs...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- IT justice: Weighing the scales on failure
- IT justice: Weighing the scales on failureReally?Doesn't some portion of these problems enter in to every IT project?Kill or cure?The three criteria for killing a project are Flawed approvals, Changing needs, and Poor execution.Projects too essential to kill will have to be cured, no?!Also, if the project approval process was...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Gateway stops selling PCs direct
- Gateway stops selling PCs directHow does this save money?I mean won't part of the sale have to go to the outlet? While a direct sale Gateway gets it all? Also can we stop this name game thing. Gateway is not longer Gateway it's Acer. I remember...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs
- While more and more users are choosing "premium" versions of Windows, the opposite is happening with Office, Microsoft's other cash cow. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microhoo, MicroAOL, and challenging Google
- Microhoo, MicroAOL, and challenging GoogleContentUnless you're including content in your definition of an advertising platform, you've left out a most important factor. People look at ads because of what else is on the page. And that other material has to be located and purchased profitably.Yahoo has been successful...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
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