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Sony Apologizes For Decapitated Goat In 'God Of War' Launch
Animal rights groups chide the European event held for one of Sony's most popular video games for the PlayStation 2.
Sometimes Steve Ballmer Just Takes Your Breath Away
In a USA Today interview Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is asked if he wishes consumers would get as passionate about Microsoft as they do when Apple comes out with something new. "It's sort of a funny question," he answers. "Would I trade 96% of the market for 4% of the market? I want to have products that appeal to everybody." Steve, I've got one word for you: iPod.
Parting Shots: Q&A With Former Gartner BPM Analyst Jim Sinur
Last week, Gartner's preeminent business process management analyst Jim Sinur announced he would join Global 360 (http://www.global360.com/ ) as Chief Strategy Officer. In this broad-ranging interview, Sinur explains the move, offers an update on the BPM market and explores the evolving convergence of BI, data, events, modeling, business process management and business rules.
Google To Launch iGoogle
At a brunch for journalists (where I am typing this), Google today rolled out new personalization applications and features that are scheduled to go live first thing Tuesday morning.
First, the Google Personalized Home Page, previously known as IG because those two characters are at the end of the Personalized Home Page URL (www.google.com/ig), has formally become iGoogle. If you thought Froogle was a poor product name, be thankful Google rejected Yougle, Fusion, and Mockingbird for the rename
Outsourcing To Indiana: IBM To Open Hoosier Call Center
The town of Daleville and Delaware County provided a package of incentives to IBM worth $419,000 to entice the company to locate the $2.9 million call center in the town.
Microsoft Blog Takes On .ANI Bug Post-Mortem
How did the animated cursor flaw, which plagued Microsoft users with wave after wave of exploits this spring, get through Vista's security? A Microsoft security guru takes on the question in a blog.
IBM's Hardware Rollout Targets Small Businesses Abroad
An IBM survey of 1,200 midmarket businesses around the world found that nearly 66% planned to change their business model within the next two years to compete internationally.
Ray Ozzie Outlines Microsoft's 'Sea Change' At Mix 07
The company spotlights its cross-browser Silverlight technology, as well as improvements to Windows Live Spaces, Virtual Earth, and Live Search.
IBM Adds Business 2.0 Tools For Partners
The new social networking services will let IBM's business partners communicate using the type of online tools more commonly found on teen-centric Web sites like MySpace and Facebook.
Ballmer Takes Another Swipe At Google Apps And The iPhone
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just can't resist taking shots at the iPhone. Who can blame him, the iPhone has the potential to redefine the entire handset business -- as well as position OS X as a competitor in the mobile OS market.
Data Integration Comes in Three Flavors
Those shopping for data integration solutions will find that they come in three flavors: Stand-alone tools from niche players like MetaMatrix, Group 1, Pervasive and Tableau… Focused Solutions from vendors like Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica, Initiate and SAS… and One-Stop Shops such as IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. Here's what each flavor has to offer.
Dear Microsoft: Enough With The Interactive TV
Dear Microsoft,
Thank you for your concern about the lack of interactivity in my television. I realize that your researchers have only my best interests at heart, but please tell them that interactivity isn't necessary. TV is passive entertainment and I'm fine with that. If I want to interact, I'll do so using the computer in my home office, or maybe, if I'm feeling decadent, from my laptop while watching TV.
Amid Challenges, SAP CEO Kagermann Sticks To His Plan
Technology, business models, and leadership are in flux.
Salesforce.com Recast As A "Platform"
New offering attempts to draw in more developers and application customers.
Dimensional Relational vs. OLAP: The Final Deployment Conundrum
The choice between deploying relational tables or OLAP cubes is not a trivial matter. Weigh these 34 pros and cons of each approach early in the design of your extract-transform-load system.
Deferred Revenue From Vista Upgrades Boosts Microsoft's Earnings
Concerns continue to be raised about application compatibility and hardware requirements
Early SOA Adopters Face High Costs
BearingPoint says these services costly, less reliable, hard to maintain
Brief: Eben Moglen Steps Down From Free Software Foundation
Moglen will return to teaching at Columbia University and spend much of his free time on the Software Freedom Law Center.
HP Looks To Neoview For Gains In Data Warehousing
The company is combining its NonStop database engine with its Integrity and ProLiant servers and its StorageWorks hardware and software.
MySQL Gets Boost From Google Enhancements
IBM also pledges support for open source database on its System i.
New Cisco Switch Automatically Adjusts To Applications
Lets network administrators give priority to voice over IP, video, and other traffic types.
ACS Acquires Welfare Enrollment Software
ACS gains control of Albion's Vantage product line -- software that helps state officials determine citizen eligibility for health care and welfare programs.
Microsoft Details Silverlight At Mix 07 Conference
Flash competitor to support VB programming; may show up in cell phones and on Linux
N.Y. AG Gets First Settlement Under Security Breach Notification Law
The New York Attorney General's office reached an agreement with a Chicago-based firm that did not notify consumers of a data breach for two months.
Apple QuickTime Bug Could Be Days Away, Experts Warn
Researchers say hackers could be a few days away from finding the vulnerable code, and then exploits and malicious sites could be built within a week.
Microsoft: Windows XP Sales Will Fade In 2008 as Vista Takes Hold
Officials at the software maker said they expect that Windows Vista will account for 85% of OS sales in fiscal 2008 compared to 15% for Windows XP.
Pulling Back The Curtain At Sun Labs
Sun is working on faster switches, more efficient servers, new programming languages, and 3-D virtual workplaces.
Sun Researches Server Clusters With A Song
Projects like Search Inside The Music, Snapp Radio, and MailFinder could help researchers understand how to build a better server cluster architecture.
BearingPoint Says SOA Can Be Costly, Hard To Maintain
It costs more to build a reusable service -- up to 35% more -- than it costs to build one for single use.
Vista's Compatibility Challenge
Adobe, IBM, and Symantec are among the software vendors still struggling with the complexities of making their apps work with Microsoft's new operating system.
High Five: Meet Hal Jespersen, CTO Of Open IT Works
At 57, Hal Jespersen is a man on a mission: The former Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems, one of the fathers of the Posix line of standards, is now CTO of Open IT Works, a new company founded to bring CIOs and CTOs together in collaborative forums.
Sun Sees Virtualization Without VMware or Xen
The company's investment in its Live-Star project could translate into improved software and security distribution models.
Microsoft Posts Record Third Quarter Profits, Credits Windows Vista
The company said it achieved record third quarter profits partly on the strength of sales of the new Windows Vista operating system.
Broadband Service Providers Face Wiretapping Deadline
The FCC ruled in 2005 that broadband and VoIP providers must be able to facilitate wiretaps used by intelligence authorities so that old eavesdropping practices can be applied to newer technology.
EMC's VMware Unit Plans IPO
The move isn't without risk. VMware's prospectus notes that the company may have a more difficult time thriving in the hotly competitive virtualization market as a spin-off.
Siemens Loses Its CEO, Gains An SEC Probe
The giant engineering firm said the SEC is examining "possible criminal violations of U.S. law."
Carriers, Startups Face Off Over 700-MHz Auction
The FCC on Wednesday announced technical specifications for the upcoming 700-MHz auction, but put off deciding exactly how the spectrum will be divided and sold off.
IBM To Push Mainframes For Powering Virtual Worlds
The project is meant to develop a new, and potentially lucrative, use for the mainframe, which has traditionally been used in banking, manufacturing, and other industries.
Cisco Warns Of Bug In NetFlow Monitoring Tool
When the tool is installed, it creates matching default username and passwords, enabling a remote hacker to gain access to the system.
Icahn And Zander Cite Proxy Studies In Motorola Board Battle
Corporate raider Carl Icahn is seeking a Motorola board seat, while Motorola CEO Ed Zander maintains Icahn's lack of high-tech experience will be a problem.
Microsoft Releases Windows Server Longhorn To Public Beta
The server software includes more than 130 management tools, an integrated scripting language, and a built-in Web server that brings together numerous online publishing technologies.
Ex-Comverse Chief, A Fugitive In Africa, Gets Another Reprieve
Jacob Alexander's legal team maintained the presiding magistrate was biased against him and a resolution of the extradition issue was put off until June.
Thoughts on Content Management as a Service
Are Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) options viable for enterprise content management? I hear that question with increasing frequency, and it's a difficult one to answer. There are plenty of vendor options out there - from pure plays like Spring CM, to hybrids like Xythos and Treno. But just because there are plenty of options doesn't means it's a particularly good idea.
IBM, MySQL To Bring Open Source Database To System i
The companies have agreed to work together in offering the MySQL Server for i5/OS, the flagship operating system for System i, and to certify IBM's DB2 as a MySQL storage engine.
IBM, Intel, And Microsoft Tout Technology Future
Though each company is working on something different, together they paint a picture of life with faster and more ubiquitous computing technology.
The Two Most Useful Search Tricks I Know
I use these all day and every day. One of these tricks allows you to do a search quickly in Firefox. The other trick allows you to narrow searches down to a particular site.
HP Looks To Neoview For Gains In Data Warehousing
The company is combining its NonStop database engine with its Integrity and ProLiant servers and its StorageWorks hardware and software.
Does A Job Ad Signal The Return Of The Google Phone?
Just when you thought it was safe to deny the existence of a Google Phone, more rumors stir the blogosphere. Late last week Dan Jones at Unstrung pointed out that Google posted a job ad for hardware product manager. So much for Google not getting into the hardware business. Oh, it gets better.
OZ Buys Thumbspeed: Is The Mobile Messaging Market Consolidating?
Mobile messaging platform company OZ this week said it acquired Thumbspeed, a maker of mobile messaging and personalization applications, from Hands-On Mobile for an undisclosed amount. What does this deal mean for the mobile messaging market?
Survey: 30% Of Businesses Have No Plans To Upgrade To Windows Vista
Concerns about compatibility and cost are driving less-than-stellar adoption rates, despite security enhancements in the new operating system.
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