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- Dell data dump: More energy ammo for the procurement checklist
- Two Dell-related green tech proclamations this week: First, the company has done one of those fun green math exercises and is calculating that its customers have saved an estimated $3 billion in energy costs and 29 million tons in carbon dioxide emissions by using OptiPlex desktop systems since 2005. Whether...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Unstructured transparency - the management methodology that pulls us through the crunch?
- I've just spent a couple of fascinating days at the HCL Global Meet in Orlando, Florida. As the name suggests this was a very international gathering of HCL's partners, clients, staff and thoughtleaders in the management and collaboration space. I've written before about...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Lanamark Vready
- Mark Angelo, CEO of Lanamark, dropped by to tell me Vready, a new service his company is offering. I've spoken with representatives with many smaller organizations and think that Lanamark has a good grasp on the problems these organizations are facing when they choose to embark on the journey to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- HP unveils multi-touch consumer laptop
- Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday launched its first multi-touch notebook for consumers. The TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC was modeled after HP's desktop version of the same name (statement, Techmeme). The move ups the ante in the notebook race--assuming you think multi-touch is important. The laptop also...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Judge tosses Psystar's countersuit
- A federal judge has tossed out a countersuit filed by Mac clone maker Psystar, which alleged that Apple was engaging in anticompetitive business practices by controlling both the hardware and software that makes up the Macintosh computer line. Psystar was given 20 days - until Dec. 8 - to amend...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Photos: Magazine archives bring history to life
- A few of the more than 10 million photos from Life magazine's archives that Google is making available online. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-11-18
- Forrester, SaaS and market uptake in IT management
- Competition in the Changing IT Management Space Yesterday I discussed CA's move into SaaS-based IT Management. Today, a Forrester Research shared with me a new report their firm also released yesterday (How Big Is SaaS In IT Management Software? by Peter O'Neill) on the predicted...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Members of right-wing UK party exposed
- There's turmoil at the right-wing British National Party today after personal information on 10,000 members was published on the Web, The Times reports. Names, addresses, telephone numbers and professions were published. The members include teachers, scientists, a government employee and at least one...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Echosign prepares for tipping point of e-signatures
- Electronic signatures aren't new. In fact, they've been equivalent to written signatures since 2000, under the Federal E-Sign Act. But adoption has been slow. Sure, my tax accountant may be submitting my electronic signature on my tax returns but recently, when it came time to put my out-of-state home on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!
- Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least. So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Office 2.0: a digital revolution for students worldwide
- With hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people using Google Apps and Zoho, two of the main cloud office suites on the web, Microsoft once again sees an opportunity to slam it's iron fist onto the web in hope of crushing the same competitors as before. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- SOA, BPM cozy up to desktop with TIBCO, OpenSpan partnership
- Together the products cover SOA infrastructure requirements while ushering the services to the prevalent clients. The proper paths for SOA workflows and processes out to the user has been a subject of much and varied discourse over the past few years. There is no right answer; the more the better....
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Mozilla to end support for Firefox 2
- Stability and security releases for the browser will end next month, despite ongoing problems with Firefox 3 The Mozilla Foundation is planning to end support for the Firefox 2 browser in mid-December, despite the persistence of significant flaws in the most-recent version of the popular browser. ...
- News items 2008-11-18
- CRM 2.0 = The Conversation - But First....The Intro
- This is my first post for ZDNET. I'm back from a 10 day cruise to the Caribbean - had a great time - came back to the economy worse than what I left - though gas prices are great - and I'm feeling relaxed anyway - so I thought it...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Can Facebook do anything without raising a ruckus?
- Facebook rolls out what appears to be a fine move: Verify applications are trustworthy and validate them. I could use the help given I don't download a lot of Facebook apps since a lot of them would be described as crap. But this seemingly straightforward effort has raised a ruckus...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next move
- Now that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is out, the handicapping begins. Who will be Yang's replacement and what will that choice reveal about Yahoo's future? The story line Techmeme revolving around Yang's departure is familiar. Yang took over the company at the second worst time in Yahoo's...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- More OLPC Give One Considerations
- It's the second day of sales for the OLPC Give One Get One program on Amazon; the site is still up and still claiming next day delivery is available (anyone who gets theirs in a day, please talk back below). I posted several musings yesterday on this latest effort...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Photos: Adobe moves Flash 10 to smartphones
- Adobe Systems shows off a full version of Flash Player for Symbian, Microsoft, and Google smartphones--but not Apple's iPhone by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-11-18
- Flash coming for WiMo, Android, ... iPhone?
- Apple isn't exactly known for bowing to pressure, but Mr. Jobs had to be sweating just a little under his turtleneck Monday when Adobe demonstrated Flash Player 10 running on Nokia's Symbian operating system, Microsoft's Windows Mobile, and Google's Android. Real Flash, not Flash Lite. That leaves the Blackberry and...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
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