A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm.
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- Google makes Chrome OS open source today
- I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Cisco Announces Hosted Email Service
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- The new information agenda:Do you have one?
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- White papers 2009-11-09
- Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- 2010 Acura RDX
- Photo gallery:2010 Acura RDXAs we raced the 2010 Acura RDX along winding mountain roads, feeling out corners carefully so as not to send this small SUV tumbling, we wished the turbocharged engine and all-wheel-drive system were in a completely different car. Throw this running gear into a small coupe, ditch...
- Product reviews 2009-10-23
- Google Wave: The Microsoft Bob of the New Millennium
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- Blog posts 2009-10-14
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- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- Google Wave: Begging for a classrom
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Google Wave: Begging for a classroom
- I got my Google Wave invitation Saturday night and, as much as I wanted to race home, log in, and see what all the fuss was about, I decided instead to relish the rest of my 3-day weekend. Now, however, the weekend is essentially over, the sham of a...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- App Store surpassed 2B apps downloaded
- paradigm shiftAll the talk about Apple's 'possible' tablet has missed the boat. The iPhone IS an Apple tablet computer. While a good many of the apps are admittedly silly, the vast majority aren't. I'm not sure Windows has 85,000 applications. What is a netbook, but a smallish computer able to...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- The democratization of IT
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- Simplified Cloud Computing
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- Training 2009-09-03
- Self-service Cloud Computing
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- Download resources 2009-09-03
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- Apple's Snow Leopard Completely Blows It Virtually
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-30
- The incredible shrinking GOOG! 25% smaller...
- oddmaybe that's how they're making google faster - just by indexing less?Analysis is way too simpleSimply looking at the number of returned results is a useless criterion for determining search quality. I Googled my name and got 489,000 results - none of the first 30 or so referred to me....
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Global Collaboration Competitive Success: Old Dogs, New Tricks & The Shift Index
- The above CNBC video of John Hagel Deloitte Center for the Edge discusses the huge problem of applying old business thinking when adopting new technology, and the scary new realities around global business competitiveness. 'Measuring the forces of long term change - the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-10
- Pico projector phones by the end of this year?
- Pico projector phones by the end of this year?Good for casual readingI picture myself lying in bed and projecting the pages of an ebook on the ceiling.Display technology is there, but not the powerThe prototype I saw had to be plugged in to project, otherwise it would drain the battery...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- So about those illegal downloads
- PC World posted an interesting article today about the sale of The Pirate Bay. Titled "Pirate Bay Sale Signals the Death of an Era", the article brings up some important potential implications for education in secondary schools as well as for enforcement at colleges and universities. ...
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
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- Survey: Wall Street looks to cloud technology for its next bailoutCloud Computing is a disruptive technologyIt's great to see that the technology's acceptance is growing. Although we can't call it main stream just yet, it's certainly moving in that direction.Add to that the companies that are out there that...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
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