Top Items:
Jason Busch / SpendMatters:
Vista, Office and Outlook 2007 are a Nightmare — Hey, category managers in charge of IT spend. Want to make yourself a friend of the business for life? I've got a secret for you: don't rubberstamp your CIO's decision to upgrade to Vista or Office 2007. In fact, tack on a big "reject" to the request or the requisition.
Discussion:
Global Nerdy, jkOnTheRun, Software as services, A View from the Isle, Venture Chronicles, Between the Lines and AccMan
RELATED:
Chris Pirillo:
Windows Vista: I'm Breaking up with You — No, seriously. When I know I have time, I'm "upgrading" from Windows Vista to Windows XP. — I stand by my original assertion that the shipping version of this OS is late beta, at best. I realize that other enthusiasts are leaving Windows altogether …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Ning: let '000 Social Nets Bloom — Ning, thanks to the pedigree of its co-founder, Marc Andreessen, has been under close scrutiny by the Silicon Valley cognoscenti. The Palo Alto-based start-up has played its cards close to its chest, a move that has left many scratching their heads and wondering what is Ning.
RELATED:
Sony:
SONY UNVEILS SEVEN HOME THEATER SYSTEMS — Sony Electronics today unveiled seven home theater systems. — Three of the new systems are being called BRAVIA™ Theater to complement select models of Sony's market leading line of flat-panel BRAVIA LCD televisions.
RELATED:
Business Wire:
Carl Icahn Invests $50 Million in Motricity — Funding Fuels Motricity's Continued Growth and Expansion — DURHAM, N.C.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Motricity, a leading provider of mobile content services and solutions, today announced the completion of $50 million in equity funding from Carl Icahn …
RELATED:
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Integrated voice coming to 'Second Life' — Second Life users who want to chat up those cute avatars across the virtual room can soon try to lure them over with voice rather than text. — Next week, Second Life publisher Linden Lab plans to unveil a small beta trial in which, for the first time …
Discussion:
Ministry of Tech
RELATED:
Alex Veiga / Associated Press:
Virtual Designers Busy in Online Worlds … LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Toyota Motor Corp. wanted to promote its new Scions to young buyers, it turned to one of the growing number of digital design companies doing business in the popular online universe "Second Life."
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Radar:
Creating Engaging User Experiences — Adobe's holding a special product preview summit today called Engage, focused on Adobe's new tools for creating engaging user experiences. I love Adobe's framing of "engaging user experiences" as a touchstone for the web going forward.
Discussion:
The Universal Desktop
RELATED:
Sony:
SONY'S CHARMING CYBER-SHOT DIGITAL CAMERAS BECOME THE LIFE OF THE PARTY — Sony is introducing a line of slim and stylish Cyber-shot T-series cameras that are destined to be the fashionista crowd's favorite party companion. — The 8-megapixel DSC-T100 camera is a showstopper …
hosting.mansellgroup.net:
Random Ramblings: Sequoia v. ComVen, PCG & Quiz Time — Random Ramblings: Sequoia v. ComVen, PCG & Quiz Time — The VSP Capital Memorial trophy is awarded each year to theventure capitalfirm that most effectively turns itself into a punching bag. The 2007 frontrunner is ComVentures.
RELATED:
Kelly Hill / RCR Wireless News:
Verizon Wireless to launch Vcast Mobile TV March 1 — Verizon Wireless will begin offering mobile television on March 1, according to coverage maps on the carrier's Web site. — No further details were offered, and the maps offered the caveat that mobile TV would be available only in "select markets" on March 1.
Discussion:
MoCoNews, InformationWeek Weblog, StartupSquad.com, Phone Scoop and broadbandreports.com
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Gizmo 3.0, Voice for all IMs — JUST RELEASED: How do you make Gizmo Project better? Add free calling to other IM clients to the service. And that's exactly what SIPphone, the company behind Gizmo Project, has done with the just-out-of-oven Gizmo Project 3.0 soft client.
BBC:
Burgers paid for by mobile phone — Visitors to fast food outlets in Japan will soon be able to pay for their burgers with their mobile phones. — Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo is teaming up with McDonalds to offer electronic payments and special promotions for mobile users.
Sony:
SONY INTRODUCES ENERGY LINK USB PORTABLE POWER SUPPLY AND ADAPTOR — Today's growing mobile market can now power up most portable, USB-compatible electronics devices virtually anytime, anywhere thanks to Sony's new USB portable power supply, which, when fully charged, can give hours of play time.
Iljitsch van Beijnum / Infinite Loop:
Final version of Parallels Desktop released as free update (updated) — Is it a sad commentary on our zeitgeist that the actual release of a piece of software, rather than a new beta, feels slightly disappointing? We're so used to running beta software these days (yes, I'm looking at you …
useit.com:
Life-Long Computer Skills … I recently saw a textbook used to teach computers in the third grade. One of the chapters ("The Big Calculator") featured detailed instructions on how to format tables of numbers in Excel. All very good, except that the new Excel version features …
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Tech Policy Summit: Patent Office head lays out reform strategy — The patent system is not broken, just not perfect. That is the viewpoint of Jon Dudas, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror:
Why Can't Programmers.. Program? — I was incredulous when I read this observation from Reginald Braithwaite: … The author he's referring to is Imran, who is evidently turning away lots of programmers who can't write a simple program: … Dan Kegel had a similar experience hiring entry-level programmers:
Amy Gahran / E-Media Tidbits:
Startling New News Technology — Yesterday, I found it in my driveway and brought it inside. I thunked it down next to my husband, who was tapping away on his laptop. "Check it out," I said, "It's a different kind of news delivery technology. It's called a news-paper."
