Oracle Fusion 11g Middleware: Executed according to plan Oracle largely stuck to the previously announced roadmap for convergence of BEA products, with the only major surprises being in the details. by Dana Gardner
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:23:17 -0700 "Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu" Obviously, this isn't true. Their underlying architectures are quite a bit different, Gnome looks different than the 7 UI, etc., but to an average 17-year-old, there just wasn't any meaningful difference between the two operating systems. The other day, I posted a blog titled "Windows 7:...
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:11:41 -0700 Episode 113: PowerPage Podcast Episode 113 of the PowerPage Podcast has been posted. This week we discuss iPhone, 3GS, overheating, shortages, OS 3.1 and we play "What's on your Mac?" Featuring: Jason O'Grady, Rob Parker and Tom Hesser. You can subscribe to it in iTunes. by Jason D. O'Grady
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:41:10 -0700 Celebrate 4th of July on your smartphone with Handmark Fireworks I thoroughly enjoy launching and watching fireworks on the 4th of July and with the native American reservations close to my house I get the chance to buy some pretty fantastic explosives. If you want to play it a bit safer and save yourself some money you can visit Astraware...
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:24:21 -0700 Aster targets mid-market with budget-conscious, massively parallel data warehousing appliance Aster is seeking to level the playing field on the data warehousing entry front, and that message should resonate well with companies that need an entry-level solution that doesn’t compromise on power. Aster â€" and it won’t be alone -- clearly sees a sweet spot with companies that are value-conscious...
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:18:21 -0700 Saas? We're too busy making ERP work It's sometimes good to be reminded that while the industry hype is around saas/cloud/on-demand that there is still another world out there where customers are wrestling with more traditional approaches to computing. The other evening I had a conversation with Erick Kimberling, CEO of Panorama Consulting. Panorama...
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:09:54 -0700 Touch in Windows 7: Just for show? Support for multitouch input is one of the most tangible ways that Windows 7 differs from its predecessors. But will many people actually get their hands on the technology? There's a reason the first thing in Windows 7 that Microsoft chose to show publicly was its support...
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:46:24 -0700 Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade The dust is beginning to settle a week after Microsoft went public with its Windows 7 retail pricing plans. Now the details and lack of details are starting to sink in with some Windows users. by Mary Jo Foley
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:31:01 -0700 News to know: Facebook privacy, Windows 7, Kindle, Firefox 3.5 Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Facebook's privacy settings: users get more control as wall gets torn down Ed Bott: Microsoft to offer Family Pack...
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:00:53 -0700 Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium Every time the subject of OS licensing comes up, Apple's defenders point to the OS X Family Pack as one of the biggest differentiators between their favorite OS and Windows. But it looks like that difference is likely to go away when Windows 7 is released. I've got the text...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:40:28 -0700 So about those illegal downloads PC World posted an interesting article today about the sale of The Pirate Bay. Titled "Pirate Bay Sale Signals the Death of an Era", the article brings up some important potential implications for education in secondary schools as well as for enforcement at colleges and universities. ...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:54:34 -0700 Do we need cloud oriented architecture? One of the criticisms leveled at service oriented architecture is that the 'architecture' aspect has often been overlooked. In one of his latest analyses, ZapThink's Ron Schmelzer wonders where architecture fits among all the excitement around cloud computing. "The discussion of architecture has been given short shrift in cloud...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:32:54 -0700 NetSuite vs. SAP – How Newton would see this contest Competition is a great thing. It forces even the biggest firms to become humbled. It makes innovation a necessity. It can lower pricing and expand markets to everyone’s benefit. Competition in the SaaS software as a service world of ERP got a little hotter this week...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:10:23 -0700 NetSuite + AdaptivePlanning = BPM disruption This slipped under the radar but on June 10th NetSuite and AdaptivePlanning announced a marketing and integration partnership that will see NetSuite acting as a reseller for AdaptivePlanning's business performance management BPM solution. Why should this matter? So far, the saas/on-demand transaction app...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:35:54 -0700 Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7, eventually; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XP A new TechRepublic survey shows that 96% of IT departments are still running Windows XP as their primary operating system, and 43% plan to keep XP indefinitely and avoid migrating to Windows 7. by Jason Hiner
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:50:38 -0700 Business intelligence comes to Kindle. Will companies care? Business Intelligence provider MicroStrategy said today that it will make its business reports and dashboards accessible through Amazon's Kindle DX reader, bringing one of the first business tools to a device that's been mostly defined by its ability to display electronic books. The company already has an...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:53:44 -0700 CoPilot Live GPS navigation solution now available for Google Android devices I posted a full review of TeleNav GPS Navigator software on the T-Mobile G1 and for a long time it was the only voice navigation software for the platform. Today, ALK Technologies announced the release of CoPilot Live for the Android platform that can be purchased for $34.99 in the...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:20:01 -0700 Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas? The love fest around Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g is truly extraordinary. The geek crowd certainly seem to like it and Oracle does a great job of singing to the DBA crowd. Dana Gardner is positively effusive: Oracle has sewn up its field brilliantly via its organic and aquisitions-fueled growth...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:11:55 -0700 Oracle's Fusion middleware master plan starts coming together Oracle on Wednesday launched its Fusion 11g middleware family and the effort is aimed at linking the technological underpinnings of all of the company's acquired applications, owning the market, creating one fundamental software stack for the enterprise, laying the foundation for a cloud strategy as well as a few other...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:23:40 -0700 eMachines introduces trio of ET mini-tower desktop PCs; $299 to $449 eMachines on Wednesday introduced three new mini-tower PCs priced from $299 to $449, reminding budget-conscious consumers everywhere that bargains on desktops are greater than ever. The eMachines ET1300-02, ET1810-01 and ET1810-03 desktop PCs stand in gleaming white regalia accented by green LED lighting,...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:27:55 -0700 Tailoring Web technology to a bespoke dress shirt business It's not easy to mix up the monotony of putting on a shirt and a tie every day for work, but what if the shirt was made-to-order, with details of your own choosing? Fashion startup ShirtsMyWay allows you to spruce up your tired work uniform and customize...
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:40 -0700 Nielsen: Average Apple.com visit lasts 74 minutes A recent report from Nielsen PDF reveals that Apple.com was the number 1 hardware manufacturer Web site destination with 55.7 million unique visitors in May 2009. This more than doubles the number two Web site, HP.com, which received 21.3 million unique visitors during the same period....
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:38:37 -0700 Overstock dumps affiliates, rants about tax-happy states Overstock is joining Amazon and Blue Nile in the parade of e-commerce companies dumping affiliates in states that aim to slap a tax on Internet referrals. On Wednesday, Overstock said that it will drop its affiliate advertisers in California, Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island---four states looking...
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:47:29 -0700 Analyst: Kindle to reach 10 percent of Amazon's customer base; Ending Target deal a risk The great Kindle sales guessing game continues. Cowen and Co. analyst Jim Friedland upgraded Amazon to outperform from neutral on Tuesday and his case depends heavily on future Kindle sales---along with the power of Amazon Prime subscriptions and new businesses like Amazon Web Services. However, Friedland also...
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:23:31 -0700 IBM's latest campaign against paper You've got to love all the statistics that high-tech companies use to express the return on investment of their green IT offering du jour. Here is a new-ish one from IBM: the average office worker uses roughly 10,000 sheets of copy paper year. (Notice that does not mention printer output,...
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:03:32 -0700 Cybercrime doesn't pay: well it does, and very well A large part of me is worried about writing this post because in some way, I could be considered as promoting the idea or inciting people to commit cybercrime. Well, that's not my intention as such - instead I'm taking a more back seat approach to denounce why people commit...
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:24:36 -0700 Qik rolls out live video streaming for Google Android My T-Mobile G1 is my preferred T-Mobile device and it just gets better and better all the time with more developers supporting the Google Android platform. The latest software/service available for the Android devices is Qik mobile video streaming application. iPhone users cannot say, "There's an app for that." since...
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:03:32 -0700 'Golden Cash' network - rent a botnet Finjan said that they have uncovered an underground botnet-leasing network where cyber criminals can pay $5 to $100 to install malware on 1,000 PCs for things like stealing data and sending spam. Researchers at security firm Finjan said on Wednesday that they have uncovered an underground botnet-leasing network where...
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:09:08 -0700 Some pre-ordered iPhone 3GS' delayed I received an email from an irate reader who placed a pre-order for a new iPhone 3GS on launch day who's delivery date has been pushed back from Friday to Tuesday, 23 June 2009. delivers by the 23rd? I was told I’d have it by...
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:03:49 -0700 Iranian protesters take to the tweets With Iranian authorities essentially locking foreign journalists in their hotels, shutting down websites and blocking text messaging, Iranian protesters have taken to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook with a passion -- both to get the word out about what's happening in the country and to communicate logistics, says a CBS/AP report....
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:19:51 -0700 LG begins shipping first HDTVs with built-in Netflix capabilities Streaming media devices are a good idea, but a better idea is baking those features straight into your TV. While TV manufacturers have been pretty slow about integrating online services with their sets, they've finally started figuring out it's not too tough to add an Ethernet...
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:12:31 -0700 Apple Safari jumbo patch: 50+ vulnerabilities fixed Apple has shipped a whopper of a Safari browser update to fix more than 50 vulnerabilities, some rated extremely critical. The latest fixes, available in the new Safari 4.0, corrects a wide range of code execution and denial-of-service vulnerabilities and even comes with a fix for the...
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:17:43 -0700 Rumor: Leaked pictures of the new iPhone Italian iPhone blog iSpazio has posted pictures of what they're calling the next iPhone (English translations: here and here). The shots are reportedly from an "unpublished update to the iPhone page on Apple's website." The site claims that the website also...
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:20:46 -0700 Businesses gain access to Google data through Local Business Center Starting today, Google is putting valuable information in the hands of local business owners, giving them access to Google query data that led a customer - or potential customer - to the company's online listing. Google's Local Business Center is the place where local businesses have been able to...
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:24:18 -0700 Xenocode - Making Windows Applications Web Applications From time to time, I have the chance to speak with Kenji Obata, CEO and Founder of Xenocode. This time Kenji showed me a demonstration in which several versions of Internet Explorer appeared to be running simultaneously on the same client system. As we all know, new versions of Internet...
Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:00:56 -0700 Canon offering workshops to new, current EOS users If you're looking for a summer hobby, getting to know your camera better is definitely worth your time. While many local colleges and art schools often offer photography classes for all skill levels, Canon is getting in on the action nationwide this summer with a series of workshops for both...
Tue, 26 May 2009 06:00:16 -0700 Judge issues TRO in Craigslist case against South Carolina A South Carolina judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state's Attorney General from pursuing criminal charges against Craigslist, according to press reports. Until the court rules on the merits of craigslist's claims, defendants and their attorneys and staffs shall refrain from initiating or pursuing...
Mon, 25 May 2009 21:21:38 -0700 Wrong, blogger, there IS A SOLAR PLANE! Sunseeker II, courtesy Solar Flight website. I was so wrong...again. I mentioned nobody was proposing solar planes. Hell, there is a solar plane already. And it flies. It's called Sunseeker II. The plane is based in Switzerland. Solar Flight, Bachstrasse...
Fri, 22 May 2009 14:57:16 -0700 Inside Dell's command center If there’s a hurricane forming in the Caribbean, a major freeway closure in Los Angeles or flight delays out of Chicago, chances are that Jason Allen knows about it. Allen is in charge of Dell’s five worldwide Global Command Centers, around-the-clock operational centers where technicians are constantly...
Fri, 22 May 2009 03:00:16 -0700 Craigslist sues South Carolina AG, who backs off sort of; Download the complaint Craigslist said Wednesday that it is suing South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster for his "direct and public threats to criminally prosecute Craigslist and its management." As noted on the Craigslist blog, the classified ad site is seeking declaratory relief and a restraining order. For background, McMaster...
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