Operating Systems
Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: With Vista, you have an OS that comes in four retail flavors, but the differences between these editions comes down to little more than arbitrary decisions made for the sake of marketing
Product Review Blogs
Nokia N79, N85 announced for October release
Matthew Miller: The Nokia N79 has a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash along with Xpress-on smart covers in five colors that change the screen theme to match the back cover.
Web Technology
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: when it comes to performance, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is three times faster than the Internet Explorer 7. But Firefox 3.1 still passes the Acid test.
.General News
Wireless networks mimicking biological systems
Roland Piquepaille: The goal of the EU-funded WINSOC project is to build self-organizing networks of wireless sensors by applying principles learned from living organisms.
Communications
Comcast sets broadband cap
Larry Dignan: With Comcast implementing a broadband cap of 250 GB of data per month you can rest assured that other carriers will quickly follow.
- Windows Mobile magazine ends, but iPhone Life launches on September 9th
- Android Market is Google's competitor to the Apple iPhone store
- Nokia N79 and N85 announced for October 08 release
- DataViz releases Documents To Go for touch screen Windows Mobile devices
- Review: Palm Treo Pro brings thinnest Treo to the world
IT Management
Google Apps dashboard: Serious about the enterprise?
Michael Krigsman: Google's interest in a dashboard for its Apps Premier product lineprovides further evidence Google is serious about becoming an enterprise software vendor.
Companies
Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated
Jason D. O'Grady: Although Bloomberg quickly retracted the release, it's an eerily-fascinating read complete with XXXX marks for the cause and date of his death.
Security
iPhone passcode lock rendered useless
Ryan Naraine: The feature, which lets users set a four-digit pincode to limit access to the device, can be easily bypassed with a few finger taps on the iPhone to give an intruder access to sensitive information.
Enterprise Hardware
Netbooks just want to be free
John Morris: At a trade show in Berlin, T-Mobile confirmed that it will sell an Asus Eee PC 901 netbook with built-in 3G. Bundles added to the Netbooks are making their value rise.
Enterprise Software
Virtual desktop solutions and mobility
Dan Kusnetzky: Several suppliers, including Citrix and VDIworks, have come about work they're doing to address the inhibitors to deploying VDI-based solutions. Here are some of the issues.
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Can computers sort data like humans?
According to U.S. researchers, it is possible to train computers to discover trends and order in large datasets like we do since our childhood. The new algorithm, which was developed ...
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Actions speak louder than words and the message is disheartening
Here's a rhetorical question: If you're holding a seminar about the benefits of green technology strategy, should you really be giving away a gas card as one of the incentives ...
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Partnoy's Complaint
In reading Partnoy's complaint (aka "Infectious greed") I was struck by the extreme simplification of his views and moved to push them forward a bit by suggesting that companies like ...
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Google Earth to license new satellite imagery
Google has agreed to license imagery for their mapping products from a satellite due to launch on September 4th. This new satellite can take detailed imagery for an area the ...
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ROFLthing 2008
Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang ...
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Google-Yahoo to Washington: We're moving forward.
I've been watching this battle for a couple of years now - this arm-wrestling match between the Washington suits and the Silicon Valley geeks to see which has more power. ...
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Windows Mobile magazine ends, but iPhone Life launches on September 9th
While I get the majority of my news and content online, I still do subscribe to a few magazines including MacWorld, Laptop, and Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine. I am ...
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JavaScript 2.0: Why Give Programmers Crutches?
[Guest Comment from Shane Steinert-Threlkeld] A new spec on which JavaScript 2.0 will be based , should be finalized by the end of the fall. Yet most of the proposed ...
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India search market in June 2008
Searches, mln. Searchers, 000 Searches Per Searcher Visits Per Searcher Searches Per Visit Worldwide 74,217 802,267 92.5 23.6 3.9 India 1,242 23,416 53.1 14.7 3.6 Source: comScore SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: ...
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Cool Tools - What is your Twitter grade?
HubSpot has launched what it is calling the Twitter Grader, which seems to be the now-defunct Tweeterboard reincarnate -- yet with a proposed business purpose. The grader allows Twitter users ...
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See the heart beat in real time from outside
The Acuson SC2000 ultrasound lets a doctor watch your heart beat, in real-time, from outside your chest. by Dana Blankenhorn
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Top search engines in July 2008
Core Search Entity Jun-08 Jul-08 Growth, MTM Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% NA Google Sites 61.5% 61.9% 0.4 Yahoo! Sites 20.9% 20.5% -0.4 Microsoft Sites 9.2% 8.9% -0.3 Ask Network ...
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Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while ...
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Green Plug snags heavy hitter for board
Who says green tech isn't rocket science? Starting Sept. 1, green tech start-up Green Plug, which is pushing for the concept of a universal power converter, has appointed former White ...
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Top social networking sites in Japan in June 2008
June 2007 June 2008 % Change Total Internet 53,716 56,220 5 MIXI.JP 12,367 12,738 3 MYSPACE.COM 1,137 1,245 10 Orkut N/A 638 N/A FACEBOOK.COM 172 538 213 Gree 531 455 ...
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Top Web sites in Germany in June 2008
Property June 2007 June 2008 % Change Total German Internet Audience 32,857 34,986 6% Online Gaming 9,609 10,502 9% Zylom 1,977 2,492 26% Spill Group 1,521 1,542 1% Gameforge Sites ...
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The biggest health tech story of our time
It's the sort of work politicians have been doing for decades, only with much greater depth, because the database is deeper, and with a purely scientific motivation. by Dana Blankenhorn
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Historical e-commerce growth rates, June 2007 to June 2008
Month YTY growth Jun-07 25% Jul-07 22% Aug-07 28% Sep-07 19% Oct-07 19% Nov-07 20% Dec-07 18% Jan-08 12% Feb-08 14% Mar-08 9% Apr-08 15% May-08...
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Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism
I was not a fan of Opera Software's antitrust sabre-rattling a few months back over Microsoft's lack of standards compliancy with its browser. But Opera's latest complaints about Internet Explorer ...
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Empower your people
It's the beginning of the year and I'm going out of my mind. Even though we've added my position of "Technology Director" and I don't have to teach anymore, we're ...
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Dev Connection
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Dion Hinchcliffe on leveraging the convergence of IT and the next generation of the Web.
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Feeds
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Googling Google
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Garett Rogers explores the mystery behind the hottest and fastest growing tech company in the world.Google spoilers inside.
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GreenTech Pastures
Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy
As the global warming debate rages, Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy chronicle alternative energy start-ups, green data center projects and other high-tech and political developments shaping the green technology movement.
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Hardware 2.0
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes sieves through the marketing hyperbole and casts his critical eye over the latest technological innovations to find out which products make the grade and which don't.
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iGeneration
Zack Whittaker
Talking 'bout the next generation of IT users
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Irregular Enterprise
Dennis Howlett
Dennis Howlett analyzing the issues faced by senior business practitioners who work with enterprise software.
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IT Facts
Alex Moskalyuk
Your daily research synopsis is the top resource for business and technology statistics that inform, enlighten and entertain.
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IT Project Failures
Michael Krigsman
Michael Krigsman is passionate about reporting, analyzing, and reducing IT failures.
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Laptops & Desktops
John Morris
John Morris delivers straight talk about notebook and desktop computers.
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Lawgarithms
Denise Howell
Issue-spotting the Live Web, attorney Denise Howell muses about cutting edge technology-related legal issues.
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Linux and Open Source
Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney
Covering all aspects of the shared software, shared processes business model, including open spectrum, an open Internet and the implications of open source values on politics and society.
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Managing L'unix
Paul Murphy
A free-ranging daily blog on issues related to Unix - including Linux, BSD, and Solaris - with a particular focus on enterprise-level decision-making.
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On Sustainability
James Farrar
James Farrar focuses on the business balance between financial performance and social-environmental impact.
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Rational Rants
Mitch Ratcliffe
"Mitch Ratcliffe blogs about the constantly changing boundary between media and life, the businesses that live on that border, and the meaning of all this change to society and the economy.
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Service Oriented
Joe McKendrick
SOA promises many "-ilities": greater agility, flexibility, and reusability. Joe McKendrick explores the challenges and opportunities with SOA, and how to capitalize on this new computing philosophy.
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Software as Services
Phil Wainewright
In the best-informed blog on software-as-a-service and on-demand business applications, Phil Wainewright cuts through the vendor spin, analyzes the trends to watch and adds his thought-provoking insights.
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SOHO Networking
Rik Fairlie
Get the latest news and expert views on new wireless networking products and services, plus tips on how to optimize your SOHO network.
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Storage Bits
Robin Harris
Storage is what makes a computer your computer. Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.
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Team Think
David Greenfield
David Greenfield delivers practical information about tools and technologies that enable organizational teams to work more effectively with one another.
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Tech Broiler
Jason Perlow
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The Apple Core
Jason D. O'Grady & David Morgenstern
Apple technology keeps gaining respect in the executive suite, with businesses and in the data center. Jason O'Grady and David Morgenstern deliver critical news and penetrating analysis that managers need to succeed.
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The Core Truth
John Morris
John Morris delivers straight talk about semiconductors.
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The IT Grind
Deb Perelman
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The Mobile Gadgeteer
Matthew Miller
Professionals are doing more today on the go than ever before. Matthew Miller provides you with news, commentary and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile gadgetry running Windows Mobile, S60, Palm, BlackBerry, and more.
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The Semantic Web
Paul Miller
Paul Miller offers insight and analysis on the Semantic Web, dissecting the news and showing why it matters to the wider business world.
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The Social Web
Steve O'Hear
From Facebook to MySpace, YouTube to Second Life, social software is reshaping the world we live in. Steve O\'Hear provides daily news and analysis of the emerging social web.
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The ToyBox
Josh Taylor and Andrew Nusca
The latest gadgets and gear -- because even busy business professionals need their playtime.
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The Universal Desktop
Ryan Stewart
The technology and business implications of the next generation of software, rich Internet applications.
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The Web Life
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Tom Foremski: IMHO
Tom Foremski
Former Financial Times reporter Tom Foremski writes about Silicon Valley business trends and the intersection of technology and media.
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Virtually Speaking
Dan Kusnetzky & Paula Rooney
Virtualization is a mix of technologies that is changing how datacenters use standard systems. Dan Kusnetzky examines this hotly competitive market and weighs the strengths and weaknesses of each supplier.
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ZDNet Education
Christopher Dawson
News and analysis on IT and computing in the education sector.
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ZDNet Government
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Richard Koman delivers news and analysis on IT and enterprise computing in city, state & federal government.
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ZDNet Healthcare
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Covering all areas of medical technology, and the public policies under which they're paid for. From networked systems and electronic medical records to gadgets, breakthroughs, and research.
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