Salesforce CEO Benioff deputizes staff to poach Siebel employees
Via e-mail last night, I received a copy of an internal memo that salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff distributed to his staff.
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Skype's post-eBay roadmap
Fellow ZDNet blogger Russell Shaw has an in-depth interview with Saul Klein, Skype's vice president and chief marketing officer, about the new version of Skype, the company's ambitious plans, E-911, personalized Skype, QoS VoIP and PBX intergration and, of course, eBay parenthood. Here's how the marketing chief handled a question on the eBay deal: Well, one of the new 1.
In raising ante on definition of 'open', Sun shuts its critics up
Just when you thought there was nothing left to say about Massachusetts' recent decision to standardize on the royalty-free OpenDocument Format...
The $100 PC, Palm/Microsoft bonding, AJAX disruptors and more (The Dan & David Show)
In this latest episode of the Dan & David Show, David gives his take on MIT's Emerging Technologies Conference--$100 PCs for the masses, eliminating the PC bus, wireless mobility without compromise. We also discuss the Palm/Microsoft Treo and the rise of AJAX-based applications.
IFPI's update on the illegality of AllofMP3.com
In response to the difficulties I've been having getting my $20,000 whole home audio/video setup to play the 99 cent songs I'm purchasing online, several readers wrote to me about a Russian outfit that they thought was legally selling digital music a la carte without wrapping the music in any digital rights management (DRM) envelopes.
Cisco's Giancarlo: There's a new computer bus in town
Here at MIT's September 2005 Emerging Technologies Conference, Cisco senior vice president and chief development officer Charles Giancarlo said it's time for a rethink on what a computer is. Harkening back to a Sun tagline that says "The Network is the Computer," Giancarlo talked about how today's network switches are as fast as the backplanes of the computers that are connected to them, creating new opportunities to disintermediate the computer's bus when connecting processors to storage.
On the complexity of digital theft
The possibility of "supernatural" retribution (and very real jail time) may make even the most chaotic-evil barbarian pause and reflect.
Best Quotes from Day 2 at EmergeTech
While the people on stage are often rocket scientists and the technical discussions can be extremely dense, MIT's Emerging Technology Conference can be full of great sound bytes and quotes. Here are some from today:I am great sketpic of video conferencing.
Zimbra leads a path to AJAXed apps
You've heard all the talk about Web 2.0 and new Web-centric software platforms.
First reactions to EJB 3.0
After my first real exposure to programming EJB3.0, I'm pleasantly surprised to find them less complex and more easy to use.