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- News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Jobs reportedly acknowledges 3rd party app failure to launch issue
- I posted on my experiences with the iPhone 3G and upgraded original iPhone last week and there were quite a few comments posted by readers, with many stating they were seeing the same behavior. Apple fans I enjoy many Apple products myself said we must be doing something wrong and...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?
- Intel chairman Craig Barrett, introduced as the company's chief ambassador, delivered the opening keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum this morning, highlighting technological innovation and its impact on the globe - just as you'd expect him to do. But Barrett - with a quick apology for briefly jumping into...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Waiting for Fay
- One of the joys of living along the coast of Florida is the opportunity to see tropical storms and hurricanes up close and very personal. After moving all of the outdoor furniture up under the eaves or into the house and closing the hurricane shutters (big fan-fold aluminum jobs), all...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Is the enterprise ready for cloud computing?
- Guest post: This is a post by Barry X Lynn, CEO of 3Tera, in response to a discussion about whether cloud computing is industrial strength. Lynn can be found on the 3Tera blog. There have been multiple white papers and articles written on the topic -...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- An Event Apart 2008: Day 1
- The antique Palace Hotel in San Francisco houses An Event Apart, a collaboration of interactive presentations about web standards, user experience design, and best practices. The two-day conference features well-known speakers from around the world, including AEA's hosts Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Apple acknowledges reception problem in iPhone 3G
- According to an email response received from a MacRumors reader purportedly from Steve Jobs, the iPhone 3G connectivity issue affects 2 percent of iPhones shipped and is fixable through a software update. The email response was as follows: We are working on some bugs which affect around...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Survey says: Aligning IT operations with business goals increases agility, cuts costs
- Survey says: Aligning IT operations with business goals increases agility, cuts costsjust add ITIL v3 + flexible softwareThe majority of the battle is getting the business and the IT organization on board and on the same page. Then it is up to the people to select and adopt processes (might...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- My Awesome IT Job: IT Service Manager, University of Illinois
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- BlackBerry rumor mill takes a page from Apple
- BlackBerry rumor mill takes a page from AppleTo the flip-phone hatersA flip-phone style BB is a great option for many in Corporate America. I know several people who HATE using the BB as a phone because the ergonomics of the form-factor SUCK!!! Many of these same people just want to...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- BlackBerry rumor mill takes a page from Apple
- For the past few months, writers have been churning out rumors about several new flavors of BlackBerry. Is RIM using careful leaks to beat Apple at its own rumor-fueling game? If you thought iPhone nano rumors were hard to avoid, consider the myriad BlackBerry incarnations haunting cyberspace. ...
- News items 2008-08-15
- News to know: Windows 7; Graphic card upgrades; Psystar; Netflix outage
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Where on earth are these Microsoft patches? Ed Bott: Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinking System Center Online: Another Microsoft-hosted cloud service in the making ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Apple's former counsel settles with SEC
- Nancy R. Heinen, the former general counsel of Apple and considered by some to be the sacrificial lamb in the company's options backdating scandal, has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Without admission or denial of the SEC's accusations, Heinen has agreed to a fine of $2.2 million. In...
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- IT is shedding jobs--should you worry?
- IT is shedding jobs--should you worry?a few question Debok its may seem loom and doom but what about baby-boomer retirement is this a problem in the state , in canada that a known big problem. So personally i always doubt those kind of article ....With the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- IT is shedding jobs--should you worry?
- Recent IT employment reports have been grim. What does this mean for your employment situation? by Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Verizon launches Visual Voice Mail
- Verizon launches Visual Voice MailVisual voice mail for other ATT phones?Is there any news if ATT is going to provide the feature on other ATT phones?RE: Verizon launches Visual Voice MailHate to be nit-picky - but commoditized usually refers to a once valuable item being devalued because it is abundantly...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidatesThis one gets me...[i]Will you seek to increase the H-1B cap so that employers can hire tech workers who are in low supply and high demand in the U.S.?[/i]Mr. Meltzer forgot a word [i]junior[/i], as in [i]junior tech workers[/i]. There is a shortage of...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates
- Robert Meltzer, CEO of VisaNow offers this guest blog post on the questions we should be asking the candidates on the ever-contentious H1-B issue. Consistently throughout U.S. history, immigration has been a divisive topic. Cultural biases, misconceptions, racism and fear continue to influence both opponents and...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself
- Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, YourselfI think there is a balance to be struckI'm not happy with the proliferation of cameras you describe, and am opposed to fishing expeditions on principle. I'd much rather see more police on the street particularly in high crime areas, and more police officers who...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Fire burns for three hours at Apple HQ in Cupertino (updated 2x)
- Fire burns for three hours at Apple HQ in Cupertino (updated 2x)Witness reportedseeing a fat bald guy in his 50s running from the Apple campus. When he reached the street and looked back at the fire, the witnesses said he started jumping around the street - something like a...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
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