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- In our conversations with many information and knowledge management professionals, it's clear that their distributed and multicompany teams need better extranet collaboration tools. And they feel the problem is only getting worse as companies go virtual, global, distributed, outsourced, green, travel-less, and partnered, thus driving the need...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Zoho's CloudSQL: a real step forward
- Zoho just can't stop churning out software. Today it is launching the Zoho CloudSQL. Put simply, this is the first step to providing a cloud based integration framework that allows developers to pass data between Zoho applications and their own. This is exciting stuff. For the...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Why C wins: the cold realities of abstraction
- Why C wins: the cold realities of abstractionPoints of inflectionMy guess is that if we had a valid means of quantifying "abstractiveness" versus effectiveness we'd find a curve with clear points of inflection - and C on one of those.POSIX itself surprised it was not named SOSIX is an abstraction....
- Discussion threads 2008-11-29
- How open should your open source business strategy be
- How open should your open source business strategy beCreate your own network effect ...... and you can grow and shrink as necessary.There's a huge market out there of people who just want their computer to f***ing work.If you're prepared to stick a second hard drive in peoples machines and dual...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-28
- H2O + C = cool idea
- Forty years ago the protagonist in "The Graduate" was told the magic word for the future was "plastics." I would suggest the magic word for our future now is "water." Two Michigan innovators just won a prize for an air conditioning system that uses water as the coolant...
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
- A $1 billion plan for car-charging network
- A $1 billion plan for car-charging networkAre you serious?Hybrid cars are only the first step in the process of moving toward alternative energy. If you seriously believe that we are going to be able to continue use gasoline, even in smaller quantities, then you might want to start paying...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open source
- Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open sourceYou are wrong, Gartner is correct...My rep has confirmed this for me as well. Open Source is impossible to license and maintain. Thus, the only true solution to IT needs and efficiencies is adopting a Microsoft strategy throughout the entire organization. My rep...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Bargain Apples
- Apple is undoubtedly one of the hottest tech and consumer brands in the world and they should easily sell more than 2 million Macs and 20 million iPods in the upcoming holiday quarter. With all the Mac gear out there it's sometimes hard to choose. Here are...
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Opening arguments in Drew case
- Opening arguments in Drew caseLori Drew caseI agree with Drew's attorney. The case is not about homicide.It is my fervent wish that all testimony be limited to her devious means of "protecting" her own daughter, while harassing someone else's.This case can set an important precedent in the matter of...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1
- As I mentioned last week I've started learning more about developing for the Apple iPhone. This week I'll be sharing my experiences during a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. In particular, I'll be pointing out differences between Android and iPhone development. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Vista Bar (exe)
- Vista Bar is comprehensive scalable toolbar, able to implement Vista style functions for older versions of Windows. Google, Yahoo, Alexa, Ebay and others. In addition, it supports large number of unique features: over 30 search and metasearch engines, search Term Highlighting, page Zoom In/Out feature, advanced navigation on eBay, MySpace...
- Software downloads 2008-11-05
- Harnessing a multicore future
- Harnessing a multicore futureThe Java Response?It is certainly going to be interesting to see how the Java community responds to the need to abstract away the complexities of parallel processing from programmers. If the community doesn't do it right, developers will be jumping ship like crazy to .Net.The desktopYour 10th...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Software and business method patents take a hit
- Software and business method patents take a hitIf you want to see technology take off...completely do away with patents and copyrights. Once you free new technology to be improved by all and not just its owner, technology will finally reach its potential.Good news for technology consultantsThe biggest winners from...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-01
- Microsoft's cloud push: Too little too late on purpose?
- Microsoft's cloud push: Too little too late on purpose?Yet another clueless, ignorant ZDNet bloggerOMG....how clueless do you really have to be at ZDNet?Microsoft's strength and point of differentiation to all the FUD and ridiculous hype around "the cloud" is to be exactly in the Software PLUS Services space.What the hell...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- Transcript: PDC08 Keynote – Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet; Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething — and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Army voices Twitter fears
- Army voices Twitter fearsCaps LockCaps lock is cruise control for cool. They teach you this in the military.TWITTERNOTE HOW WELL YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO WRITE ON THESE TOPICSHOW MUCH MILITARY TIME NO YOU HAVE?AS WE ARE MORE AND MORE TECH DRIVEN USING IT TO BE FORCE MULTIPLIER IT HAS BEEN...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-27
- Java SE 6 update 10 is out
- Today Sun released the Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10. Despite Sun's inexplicable version naming scheme, this is a major new release that all Java developers should know about. Some of the features of Java 6u10 include: Java Quick Starter -- A background process (jqs.exe) that...
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Drink beer to avoid cancer...
- The International Genetically Engineered Machine iGEM synthetic biology competition will be held on November 8-9 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 85 teams will be part of this contest, using 'a standard toolkit of DNA building blocks -- think genetic LEGO blocks -- to create living organisms that do odd things.' One of...
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- NewerTech 11 piece portable toolkit
- NewerTech 11 piece portable toolkitSomething is missingWhat, no whiteout?http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=2399
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- NewerTech 11 piece portable toolkit
- Anyone who's had the pleasure of taking apart an early-2008 MacBook Pro, or an iBook can appreciate the need for a good set of tools. If you frequently take apart Apple notebooks or iPods then a good set of tools is essential. I have a drawer full of Torx and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
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