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Are all Google ads good? Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on Mar 29, 2007 11:23 AM Subscribe via RSS or Email: Has Google really succeeded in making advertising something YOU want to see? Google touts "Gmail isnt a traditional webmail account":There are no pop-ups, untargeted banner ads or warnings urging you...[Read the rest]

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Adobe 'no64' Photoshop CS3 launches: Yesterday saw the launch of Adobe "no64" CS3 with no AMD or Intel x64 64-bit extensions support. So what really prompted me to write this blog? Simple: It was Adobes... [Read the rest]; Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Mar 28, 2007 1:24 AM

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Will notebooks outsell desktops by 2011?: According to a report by analysts IDC, notebook sales will outstrip desktop PCs by 2011. The report goes on to predicts that the notebook market will grow by 16.1% year-on-year... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 21, 2007 11:24 AM

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Worst PC of all time - Which one gets your vote?: The Washington Post has an article by Dan Tynan of PC World listing the top 10 worst PCs of all time. I think that youll agree that its a pretty... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 19, 2007 10:38 AM

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Is Google afraid of big, bad Viacom?: Will Viacoms $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube owner Google rattle the $150 billion market cap "everyones favorite garage band"?I have been predicting a major copyright infringement lawsuit against... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 13, 2007 9:59 AM

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Google: Copyright infringement lawsuit risks 'could be substantial': UPDATE: Earlier this month I underscored the real, substantial copyright infringement risks Google faces, large financial and business model risks (see below).Viacom has now quantified the risk for Google: $1... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 13, 2007 7:05 AM

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Your reaction to Viacom suing Google/YouTube for $1 billion?: Just hit the wires.Viacom has sued Google and YouTube for $1 billion.Something to do with nearly 160,000 clips of copyrighted allegedly being viewed more than 1.6 billion times. Look for... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Mar 13, 2007 6:42 AM
DST - Happy or headaches?: [Updated: Mar 12, 2007 @ 2.25 pm] NIST is keeping an eye on DST-related issues. Here are a few issues:SANS.org - Daylight Saving Time Change Problem With Symantec Backup Exec... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 12, 2007 3:17 AM

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Are you ready for DST changes?: This year sees Daylight Saving Time in many jurisdictions of the United States and Canada move as a result of Energy Policy Act of 2005 from its usual slots of... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 5, 2007 5:19 AM

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Best distro for the desktop PC: OK, I'm getting ready to try Linux on one of my desktop PCs and rather than choose a distro myself I thought I'd let you choose it for me. [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 4, 2007 2:51 PM

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Should Google be trusted?: When Google speaks the world listens, and believes, the media in particular.Is that a good thing? Generally not, especially when billions of dollars of others’ property is at stake.In the... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 3, 2007 5:37 AM

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Google Search: How high can market share grow?: The January 2007 search engine share stats are in. Top Search Providers, Ranked by Searches (U.S.), Nielsen/NetRatings: Google Search: 53.7%Yahoo! Search: 22.7%MSN/Windows Live Search: 8.9%AOL Search: 5.4%Ask.com Search: 1.8%[poll=66]ALSO: Google:... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 28, 2007 3:09 PM
Is Gmail your productivity hub?: In “Google displaces Microsoft, already” last Friday, I put forth the Gmail centric productivity philosophy behind Google Apps Premier edition:Kevin Gough, product manager, Google Enterprise: Really what we did was... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 27, 2007 4:55 AM
Courts continue to immunize community sites under CDA Section 230, but what about the Live Web?: Courts thus far have given far reach to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, but are the peculiarities of the Live Web poised to change this, and what about... [Read the rest]; Posted by Denise Howell in Lawgarithms on: Feb 26, 2007 6:20 PM

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What does Windows Vista reduced functionality mode look like?: UPDATE: Ive now added a gallery showing how to restore functionality if you run into trouble. Over the past few days a project that Ive been working on has mean... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 26, 2007 9:29 AM

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Will you pay $500 for the iPhone?: A study by online market research firm Compete Inc suggests that consumers won't be willing to pay $500 for Apple's upcoming iPhone and that in order to get users to... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 24, 2007 10:31 AM

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Google Gmail: Do you want ads?: Google Apps Standard includes “relevant text based ads along side email,” an optional “feature” in Google Apps Premier, I underscored yesterday in "Google undercuts Microsoft Office."While advertising is not typically... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 23, 2007 12:21 PM
Why criticize Microsoft for giving away free software? It's the trend nowadays!: Why is Joe Wilcox (Microsoft Watch) criticizing Microsoft for giving away free software? Dosen't he realize that this is the modern trend? [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 22, 2007 9:25 AM

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Tagging Hits the Mainstream: Microsoft's Photo Gallery is the first mainstream application to make heavy use of tags. Will tags prove to be a better way to organize your photos? [Read the rest]; Posted by Phil Windley in Between the Lines on: Feb 21, 2007 3:20 PM
Should Mac users be more concerned about security?: Last month we saw the Month of Apple Bugs (MoAB) project uncover 31 bugs relating to OS X and popular programs that Mac users run on the platform. But with... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 21, 2007 12:49 PM

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Illegally downloading collegians, I hope you get what you deserve: The Associated Press reports today that the Recording Industry Association of America is not letting up on its campaign to target universities where illegal music downloading is going on."The... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 21, 2007 12:49 PM

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iPhone touch-screen tech could mean legal trouble for Apple-do you agree?: Better get to know Quantum Research. They are a touch-sensor screen specialist based in Southampton, N.Y.According to electronicsweekly.com, Quantum is getting quite "touchy" about the touch-screen technology described as... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 21, 2007 12:23 PM

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Will cracking down on piracy boost Microsoft's profits?: Last week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Wall Street analysts that "piracy reduction can be a source of Windows revenue growth." Can it? [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 21, 2007 9:49 AM

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Poor Google?: Google News is reporting bad news for Google. Today’s Google News headlines on Google: Google closes potentially devastating hole in desktop search Cold to Google, Viacom partners with Joost Google... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 21, 2007 8:28 AM
In software services we trust?: Practically everyday you read about a service outage from one of the popular online services. The latest was last night, when Flickr was out of service for a few hours... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Feb 20, 2007 2:22 PM
Viacom to Google: We're NOT bluffing!: “Is Joost old medias answer to YouTube?” asks fellow ZDNet blogger Larry Dignan. Philippe Dauman, Viacom CEO declares:Were extremely pleased to be working with Joost, and couldnt be prouder to... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 20, 2007 7:56 AM
Only consumers pressure can curb Microsoft's obsession with anti-piracy technology: Consumers need to call on Microsoft to be more open and honest when it comes to WGA and other anti-piracy measures. [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 20, 2007 6:40 AM

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Poll 2.0: Do you say 2, dot or point 0?: We've all heard of Web 2.0, Office 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Business 2.0 and all the other 2.0's. But what exactly do we hear? Is that a dot or a point... [Read the rest]; Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Feb 19, 2007 12:02 PM

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When DRM dies what happens to my restricted songs?: As the music industry transforms and ultimately ditches DRM--and it will happen probably sooner than we think--one question is left hanging: What happens to the tunes you bought already... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 16, 2007 12:58 PM
Apple tax, Microsoft tax - The virtualization tax: Why can't you run Mac OS on a Windows PC from within a VMware or Parallels virtual PC? Why does the Windows Vista EULA only allow the virtualization of Vista... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 14, 2007 7:11 AM

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Microsoft's Patch Day: Is there a better way?: Microsofts Patch Tuesday unloads 12 bulletins with patches for at least 20 vulnerabilities (6 critical) and its likely there are still holes left unplugged.Ryan Naraine reports:"There are fixes for... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 13, 2007 11:54 AM
Poll of the Day - Would you pay more for DRM-free music?: Quick poll - If, say, iTunes (just an example) started selling DRM-free music, would you be willing to pay more for it?[poll=79] [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 12, 2007 9:36 AM

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Thought balloon: Twitter for business?: As a new means for social interaction, Twitter is both harnessing and receiving a wealth of attention. But must it be all play and no work? [Read the rest]; Posted by Denise Howell in Lawgarithms on: Feb 7, 2007 2:10 PM
Google Office: Will businesses buy it?: Way back in November 2006, I announced Google’s intentions to launch a paid, enterprise version of its Google Apps this first quarter 2007.SEE “Google battles Microsoft” Early last week, I... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 7, 2007 3:49 AM
Are DRM requirements in America's best interest?: Political support for the technology demands of content providers has been based on the idea that we are protecting American interests. In one paragraph Jobs has ripped that argument to... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Open Source on: Feb 6, 2007 2:04 PM

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Would you download digital videos from Wal-Mart?: Today Wal-Mart Stores introduces a digitally downloadable library of 3,000 titles from the six major movie distributors. The significant majority of these titles are available for $14.88, but are... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 6, 2007 11:37 AM

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Should Apple be looking at Vista for ideas?: When Steve Jobs demo'd Mac OS 10.5 (a.k.a. "Leopard") at last year's Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) on August 7, 2006 he deliberately kept many of its major features "top... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 6, 2007 6:52 AM

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Amazon’s Web services: What do you think of cloud computing?: Doug Kaye's architecture for a new podcasting platform provides a glimpse of computing's future with it's sophisticated use of Amazon's Web services. [Read the rest]; Posted by Phil Windley in Between the Lines on: Feb 5, 2007 10:40 AM
Is your PC's security worth more than $150?: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that record label Sony BMG is to reimburse consumers up to $150 for damages caused to their PC by hidden anti-piracy software embedded... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 2, 2007 5:37 AM

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Wikipedia: Should students trust it?: Jimmy Wales, co-founder Wikipedia, admonished Microsoft for its efforts in seeking to correct what it deems to be inaccuracies in a Wikipedia entry, as I discuss and analyze in “Can... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Jan 27, 2007 8:25 AM
Poll: Do you want MacOSX on your PC?: Today you can run Windows on Apple hardware with no problem. With Parallels, Windows and Mac software can even run at the same time, sharing the same screen. But consider... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Jan 23, 2007 12:01 AM

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Poll of the Day - Should Apple charge for BootCamp?: MacScoop is speculating that Apple is planning to charge Mac OS X Tiger users for the final version of Boot Camp which will be released when Mac OS X Leopard... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 22, 2007 7:53 AM

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If not an Apple iPhone, then what name: Now that Apples is now in litigation with Cisco over use of the iPhone name, Steve Jobs might have to come up with an alternative. For some reason, Jobs was... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Jan 10, 2007 4:26 PM
Poll: if you could have one for free: Apple iPhone or BlackBerry Pearl?: Two of the hottest handsets:Apple iPhone, announced Monday. Up there.BlackBerry Pearl, announced last September.Here:Both have cameras, music playback, video playback, calendar, Web surfing, personal organizer functionalities.Pearl- $399.99 but carrier discounts... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Jan 9, 2007 11:14 PM

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How much is the iPhone name worth?: I pinged several people at Macworld, including Apple executives regarding whats behind Apples use of the iPhone name, given than Cisco owns it. Cisco issued a lawyerly statement earlier in... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Jan 9, 2007 5:06 PM
Google: Do you want to work there?: Google 'perks' include stimulating coding quizzes in their high-tech washroom facilities. Google is famously known for its 'free lunch' perks, however. How do Googlers feel about Google? [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Jan 8, 2007 6:14 AM
Do you need a 1TB drive?: 1TB drives are in the pipeline from both Hitachi and Seagate - but do you really need a drive that big? Do the downsides outweigh the benefits? [poll=62] [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 5, 2007 8:13 AM

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Poll: Pick your top trend for SaaS in 2007: I've listed ten of the most distinctive predictions from around the Web for SaaS in 2007. Vote for your favorite prediction and help decide the top trend in SaaS for... [Read the rest]; Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Jan 5, 2007 3:10 AM

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Why do users put up with bad software?: Reuters carried a story yesterday about David Platts book, Why Software Sucks. Coincidentally, Id just finished interviewing David for my Technometria podcast on IT Conversations. (The show with David wont... [Read the rest]; Posted by Phil Windley in Between the Lines on: Jan 4, 2007 10:24 AM
What should Apple's new phone be called?: Thanks to blogosphere chatter over the iPhone Apple has a branding pickle. What do you do when the best name for an alleged phone is owned by Cisco Systems? Linksys... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Dec 18, 2006 7:33 AM
Who should have been Time's Person of the Year?: Note: the first four paragraphs of this post are adapted from my remarks in The Huffington Post, where I put up a new blog entry this morning. Every year, TIME... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Dec 17, 2006 5:34 AM

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