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- Dick, Jane, and MySQL: why recessions favor open source
- Recessions are good for open source simply because they force non IT management to face the costs of IT -and think a bit about what they know it can do for the business. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Recession, Information Technology, MySQL, Open Source, Paul Murphy, Bank, Accounting, Server, Times, Richard, Sales Strategy, Financial Services, Sales
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Microsoft shows interest in WaMu bankruptcy over software agreements
- When Microsoft filed a "notice of appearance" in the Washington Mutual bankruptcy proceedings - which is basically a request to be kept updated on developments of the case - and then initially declined to comment about its interest in the case, the speculation began. (Silicon Alley Insider wondered if Microsoft...
- Tags: Software, Washington Mutual Inc., Enterprise Software, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., Bankruptcy, Times, Litigation, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Google is NOT your friend
- ZDNet Education blogger, Christopher Dawson, wrote a post titled, "Google is your friend." Dude, I can assure you that Google is NOT my friend. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Google Inc., Times, Web 2.0, Productivity, Financial Services, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Open source and the blame game
- When the boat is sinking you grab the first liferaft available. If the captain of the raft dithers you grab another raft. Amazing how so many people would rather drown. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Game, Raft, Times, Social Networking, Open Source, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- NY issues its RealID card
- In a move that some fear as the harbinger of a national ID card, New York this week launched its version of the "enhanced" driver's license, complete with RFID chip and good for land and sea crossings to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. by Richard Koman
- Tags: REAL ID, Card, New York, Times, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Report: Netbook prices falling, falling, falling...
- I must have missed this while I was busy searching for a mouse last week (stay tuned -- an answer coming soon!), but The New York Times Bits blog reports that Netbook prices are headed south for the winter: "Dozens and dozens of...
- Tags: Research Director, Price, Times, Mice, Blogging, Productivity, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Searching by color to nibble away at Google.
- I have to admit that I raised an eyebrow when I read the L.A. Times piece about "Black Google." No, it wasn't talking about the color of the screen (though I have written about a black screen search engine being green.) Instead, it was talking about the racial color of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Search Engine, Times, Search, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- New technique IDs substances, not just fingerprints
- Law enforcement has a powerful new tool – mass spectrometry. The technique to measure the chemical composition of a sample isn't a new technology but, writing in Science, R. Graham Cooks has identified a variation that will allow crime labs to identify not only the identity of...
- Tags: technique, law enforcement, fingerprint, times, productivity, richard koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Attack Fish Chronicles Volume I: The Omega (zip)
- Times are harsh, and everyone has been affected by the recent events. You will not find loot tucked away in treasure chests at random locations, and you will not obtain gold from killing beasts outside of town. Whether you are mining for ore in a remote cave, skinning sheep and...
- Tags: Quest, Adventure, Attack, Times
- Software downloads 2008-07-07
- Pet Shop Hop (exe)
- The joys of animal companionship can now be yours to share! For decades your family business has offered pretty fish, cuddly kittens, furry rabbits, adorable puppies, and feathered friends to customers from the neighborhood. Times are changing though, and now MegaPet Superstore is threatening to put you out of business!...
- Tags: Shop, Business, PlayFirst, Times
- Software downloads 2008-05-14
- Digg: Better off with Microsoft or Google?
- Digg is reportedly for sale with the leading bidders being Microsoft, Google and two media companies. The big question: What's best for Digg and its community? TechCrunch is reporting that Google and Microsoft are in a bidding war for Digg with a price tag in the $200...
- Tags: Google Inc., TechCrunch, Digg, Microsoft Corp., Times, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Health care or health insurance?
- The political debate over guaranteeing health care or health insurance was put in sharp relief today by a story out of California. The Los Angeles Times broke the story, of Wellpoint asking doctors to seek out pre-existing conditions in all new employees so coverage could be cancelled...
- Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Times, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- More reflection on the Kindle: Did Amazon just answer an unnerved media industry's prayers?
- This is a replay of a conversation with my father who spent most of his life as a media executive (though not with any company that I've ever worked for). Dad: Oh, you have the Kindle? Me: Yes. It's pretty neat. Raises a lot...
- Tags: Media Company, Advertisement, Screen, RSS, Industry, New York Times Co., Amazon.com Inc., Content, Kindle, Times, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-12-06
- Whistleblower calls on Congress
- Mark Klein, 62, the AT&T whistleblower at the heart of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's suit against the phone company, spent the day in Washington trying to convince senators and congressmen not to hand away citizens' rights to sue. At the urging of the White House Congress is...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, U.S. Congress, AT&T Corp., Mr., Times, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Time for a do-not-track list?
- A coalition of privacy groups is calling on the FTC to create a do-not-track list, akin to the do-not-call list, in light of Internet search companies' purchasing Internet advertising outfits, Reuters reports. The "do not track" list would require advertisers that place electronic cookies or...
- Tags: Consumer, Do-Not-Call, FTC, Times, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Search, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Would you pay more for the same news in new paper? Now, with corrections!
- The Associated Press has issued the following correction to the story I was responding to here: In an April 28 story about Bill Gates' address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, The Associated Press misstated New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr.'s response to a question...
- Tags: TimeS
- Blog posts 2006-05-01
- All the news that hits
- Gillmor Daily resurfaces with a conversation with Rafat Ali of paidcontent.org. In the Good Olde Days, Professor Irwin Corey would run down to the corner around 11 and pick up the next day's Times. Then he would turn to the Obituaries and check people off the list. Today, Irwin is...
- Tags: TimeS, Irwin Corey
- Blog posts 2005-08-31
- Times they are not a'changing
- Rojo to fix bugFrom Rojo's Chris Alden on the Rojo blog:Steve speculated that perhaps the "Times doesnt want server-based aggregators such as Bloglines and Rojo to consistently allow permalink access beyond seven days." Fortunately we don't see any evidence of that and in fact believe NYT has done a...
- Tags: Rojo, TimeS
- Blog posts 2004-12-28
Additional Resources
- Podcast: gadgets for Christmas, iPod lovin' and the Blu-ray war
- Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", but last week took half an hour out to record a podcast with his best friend, Elliot Harrison, who has stepped up to the firing squad to cover this week. Some notes for...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Web Site, Blu-ray, Zack Whittaker, Podcasts, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
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