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- Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll
- Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- AT&T loses bid to stop Verizon ads, responds with its own
- AT&T could use Apple's patentApple has patented a technique where a user is forced to watch an ad and then answer a quiz about that ad before they are allowed to use their Apple device. AT&T could use this to force all iPhone users to watch AT&T ads.AT&T has no...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4
- Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Wow! Top execs say they are influenced by social networks
- What this means for B2B marketers:Trade publishers have tried, unsuccessfully, for years to build such on-line communities which they could control and mine. As it turns out, customers (C-level execs) like everyone else want to own and control their own networks. If customers are increasingly turning to each other for...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?
- So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Widespread BlackBerry data outage reported, is it time to move on?
- umgotta say this sounds like a justification for an iffy iphone purchase or usage maybe? you make it sound like if BIS goes down you're dead in the water, but if BIS goes down all you lose is what you don't have with any other service anyway, you still get...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- SprinxCRM Free Edition 6.1.3 SR1 (Windows)
- SprinxCRM is a full featured CRM solution. Contact information, relationships, business opportunities, orders, sales activities, marketing campaigns, planning, reporting and more can be handled by SprinxCRM helping you make the right decisions. Integrated with major business registers, e-mail functionality, and Microsoft Outlook. SprinxCRM works within an Internet browser. Therefore access...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- eBay Confidential Interviews 2.0 (Windows)
- Discover amazing inside information that shows you how a few smart people are making an absolute fortune on ebay while most others are making costly mistakes.Listen to these pro's tell you how to profit from the mistakes most other ebayer's are making so you can make money from home using...
- Software downloads 2009-11-10
- Internet Marketing Tool 2.01 (Windows)
- Easily categorize your IDs in different groups - emails, auto responders, hosting, the choice is yours. Need to save multiple details? No problem. Internet Marketing Tool does all those, including login name, password, login link, cloaked link, payout info, you name it you have it.
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- TopSales Personal 6.62 (Windows)
- TopSales is a useful and powerful sales automation, contact management, document management and email message processor tool for sales and marketing people who are into internet marketing. It enhances sales productivity by automating sales process with daily contact management functions, mailing lists and email autoresponder. With TopSales you can maintain...
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- Copyright associations want enforcement for free
- The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- SMSCaster E-Marketer CDMA Enterprise Edition 3.7 (Windows)
- SMSCaster E-Marketer is powerful SMS message broadcasting software for mobile marketing. It allows you to send bulk SMS messages to your customers easily and receive reply from them. If differs from other software that send sms directly with your CDMA mobile phones and does not rely on an Internet SMS...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- SMSCaster E-Marketer GSM Standard 3.7 (Windows)
- SMSCaster E-Marketer is powerful SMS message broadcasting software for e-marketing. It allows you to send bulk SMS messages to your customers and receive reply from them with mobile phone connected to the computer. If differs from other software which rely on an SMS gateway on the Internet. Mobile phone can...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?
- I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Apple TV update looks good but doesn't offer much more
- I second your thoughts, Sam.The updates were nice, but hardly worth it from the functional standpoint. Yes, Netflix would be nice, although iTunes provides most, if not all, of what Netflix would, doesn't it?One thing Tim Cook mentioned during the most recent earnings call was that Apple was going to...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- What's the key to Apple's success?
- One word: QUALITYA concept absent from WindowslandTDSo sad to see how Apple destroyed the word "innovation"Apple has never, ever, done anything innovative. By applying the term to blatant rebadging of 5 year old technology, you devalue the meaning of the word and insult those who actually [b]do[/b] innovate. For shame.Oh,...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Smartphone wars; one platform will never rule them all
- UbuntuThere are enough potential customers out there, and enough open source software available for potential OS builders that you don't really need that much market share to remain vital.Mac OS has only a fraction of the entire computer market and Ubuntu only has a fraction of Mac OS's market share....
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?
- Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Saying goodbye to Zimbra
- Garbage?Garbage?It's not garbage if it works for him.Just because you're on some strange crusade to hate it doesn't mean nobody should use it.If it works for him, great.Always the right tool for the right job, always. Some things work better for some people than others.Good luck, you picked the WORST...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Survey: cloud interest grows triple-fold; cost may not be main factor
- buble bust...anyone learns from 2000 and so IT burst?Current interest in private cloudsHi Joean interesting piece, and thanks for the link to my post? This current enthusiasm for private Clouds is also interesting? and I am left wondering how long it will continue.It's presumably a mix of security concerns (real...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
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