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Probably no wolves for Ballmer
in The CIO Weblog, on October 30, 2009
When I saw this post at the Seattle PI this morning I was all ready to get up and watch the show as the pack of wolves materialized baying for Steve Ballmer's head. On the heels of a similarly negative article in the New York Times last week, I was sure that two made for a trend.
Then I saw th...
Microsoft Has a Win with Windows 7 and Zune HD
in The Gadgets Weblog, on October 25, 2009
....net, I am able to steam my media to my Mac via Fox or Safari. Zune.net has replaced Pandora on my desktop and the Zune HD has replaced my iPod for music on the run. There are several reviews about ... ... little Windows 7 netbook, but I am not carrying my MacBook around with me on a day to day basis anymore.
First, the Zune HD is a winner. It is an iPod Nano, Shuffle, or Classic killer. I don't...
Apple 新款 Magic 鼠标
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-21
Apple 今天推出了新款 Magic 鼠标，依然是单键设计，顶面支持触摸控制。操作要比 Mighty 鼠标更复杂一些。使用两节 A A电池，提供 4 个月的持续使用时间。十月底开始接受预订，售价 69 美元。
以下是官方新闻稿：
Apple Introduces Magic Mouse — The World’s First Multi-Touch Mouse
CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today introduced the new wireless Magic Mous...
Apple 推出新款 21.5/27 英寸 iMac
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-21
今天，Apple 更新了不少产品，首先就是新款的 21.5/27 英寸 iMac，新的四款基本型如下：
21.5-inch iMac (MSRP of $1199)
• 21.5-inch LED backlit screen with 1920×1080 resolution (16:9)
• 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
• 4GB of DDR3 RAM
• 500GB hard drive (7200RPM SATA)
• Slot-loading DVD burner
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M gra...
Times dismisses Microsoft
in The CIO Weblog, on October 19, 2009
... of the company's chances as the industry spins slowly on an axis leading away from the traditional desktop market it dominates. While haters such as myself have long questioned Microsoft's commitmen...
It's the Law
in The CIO Weblog, on October 17, 2009
I just noticed this post by Michael Krigsman over at ZDNet's IT Project Failures blog linking to a post at OPENforum on "The Seven Laws of Projects, and How to Break Them." The post, and these laws, were formulated by Matthew May, author of "In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Some...
Can a CIO be successful without IT experience?
in The CIO Weblog, on October 15, 2009
... wisely, most also point out that business experience is equally necessary), the counter-points are more interesting and more informative. One tells of a CISO he worked with who came from a non-IT ba...
Blackstone 计划上市或出售旗下公司
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-13
...a Die A Natural Death
• Zaypay - Big in small payments
• Ubidesk - Online team collaboration workspace, project management, document and task collaboration, SSL
• VisualDNAShops
• DailyPer... ...eaming Service ...
Seen that? - A CERTIFICATE THAT MATTERS?
in Java Entrepreneur, on October 11, 2009
...eractive features and downloadable course materials that are powerfully engineered to ease IT, help desk and support professionals' training experience - making training and certification faster, ... ...interview someone the fact that they have a Sun Certification in Java means something, but there is more to know then writing code in order to be a contributing member of my team. The other day I was ...
IBM versus who?
in The CIO Weblog, on October 6, 2009
... a reasonable price ($3 per user per month; right in line with both Microsoft's pricing for the Deskless Worker Suite and Google's Premier Apps pricing) available for you. Companies have been ... ...seem to be tremendously threatening to anyone as the pace of these Internet based offerings becomes more and more rapid. At any rate, it's not about the service itself, which IBM claims already ho...
Seen that? - FlatOut 2, Better than the First?
in PCGamers Blog, on October 2, 2009
... were boring and the game just did not grab me. I played it once and now it sits dust covered on my desk. Here is hoping that the follow up is better than the original.GameSpot has a hands on preview ... ...s hoping that the follow up is better than the original.GameSpot has a hands on preview [...] Read More All-Star Bands for Flatout 2 Soundtrack at XboxSpace ...
Seen that? - Bring some Life into your office
in Cool Picking, on October 2, 2009
... All you working people - we spend more than 8 hours daily sitting at our office desktop. Right?! And if we are lucky we have some windows....if we are unlucky we do not even have a... ...ice at Cool Picking All you working people - we spend more than 8 hours daily sitting at our office desktop. Right?! And if we are lucky we have some wind...
Security breaches up in 2009
in The CIO Weblog, on September 30, 2009
... outgrowth of lower IT budgets (respondents indicated an average decrease of 10%) and staff who are more willing to skirt the law to steal valuable information when they feel their own positions to be...
Addressing Management Challenges of Converged Mobile Devices
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 25, 2009
...evice failures. Therefore it is important to support wireless devices with systems that allow Help Desk staff to monitor operations in real time and remotely take control of devices to perform trouble... ...orkers may not be able to service customers and perform tasks until applications are restored. The more users depend on wireless connectivity and real-time information access to do their jobs, the gre...
EDS assimilation into HP is complete
in The CIO Weblog, on September 23, 2009
... business was, and will probably continue, to ail. On the public relations front, the deal has been more problematic, resulting in confusion and layoffs at a particularly bad time as CEO Mark Hurd w...
SOA: Just try it, you'll like it
in The CIO Weblog, on September 14, 2009
Or was that crack cocaine? I forget.
At any rate, if you can get past all the teapot tempests that have troubled the concept of Service Oriented Architectures recently and actually begin to implement it, there seems to be a pretty good chance you'll stick with it for the long term, according to...
Amazon Kindles the UK's Imagination
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on September 9, 2009
...ur nearest bookstore and browse. With the Kindle you can order your next book without leaving your desk. And unlike online ordering, you can read it instantly.
4. Write an E-book. With Kindles b... ...log for Kindle Readers. If you already write a blog, you can publish it to Kindle . Its just one more way for people to read and stay connected to your company.
2. Access the latest news on the ...
Web OS shaping the future
in The CIO Weblog, on September 9, 2009
...sual, that the only obstacle right now is the recession, who think cloud computing is a fad or that desktops will continue to predominate in both personal and corporate computing....
Whither the mashup?
in The CIO Weblog, on September 3, 2009
...ts; penetration is broad and satisfaction levels are, well, satisfactory. But it may be a few years more (or another generation) before mashups get the love I think they deserve in the enterprise....
Powermat: The wireless charging system for your iPhone and Blackberry
in The RFID Weblog, on August 8, 2009
... even come across Powermats which could be easily embedded into tabletops and walls making your desk an invisible connectivity point for wireless energy.
...
Shapely Secrets: New Motionless Exercise Techniques
in Well Woman Blog, on August 6, 2009
... Shapely Secrets offers easy steps that can be done anywhere whether it is your home or your office desk.
Please let me know if you would be interest in reviewing the program.
I look forward to hear...
The missing XP - 7 upgrade path
in The CIO Weblog, on July 28, 2009
...h to business users, either; the trend in corporate IT has been to systematize and centrally manage desktops, and like as not, a new operating system deployment in the corporate environment avoids the... ...her factor that continues to keep them from switching. And the longer that process continues, the more Microsoft stands to lose, and the heavily featured desktop operating systems that Windows epito...
Kensington Nightstand iPhone Charger Is Alarmingly Smart
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 24, 2009
...landscape mode with a small kickstand device, and is small enough to not add to the clutter on your desk. The Rise and Shine application keeps the iPhone in landscape mode and displays the weather and... ...art. When I use my phone, I just use the built-in alarm, which does not offer a static display, and more than once, I have not been able to plug my iPhone in next to my bed because of lousy outlet des...
Washable Keyboard Takes the Ewww Out of Typing
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 20, 2009
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I was cleaning my desk out earlier this summer, and when I picked up my keyboard, I heard rattling. I thought it was a rock or a screw, but I was not that lucky. It was a piece of peanut butter an...
Temporary vacation
in The CIO Weblog, on July 17, 2009
...r the big glowing blob in the sky.
I'll continue to update the blog but posts will probably be more intermittent for a month or so, and less topical, as I am hoping to leave some of the topics be...
Skipping Seven
in The CIO Weblog, on July 13, 2009
I'm not sure I want to hop on this bandwagon yet, but it sounds like someone is already trying to start up a "Skip Seven" movement in the same way that some of us argued for skipping Vista.
I say this not because of the recent poll that indicated, quite appropriately, that some s...
Netbooks may be the new mobiles
in The CIO Weblog, on July 6, 2009
While everyone has been busy catching iPhone fever, and Blackberries have firmly entrenched themselves as must-have tools in corporate America, the consumer-oriented, scorned netbooks may be the next hot device for businesses.
Although netbooks are viewed by traditional IT types as little better th...
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...emphasizing flash and style over the substance of the information. They get pitched and constructed more as cool toys than legitimate management tools and subsequent abandonment and neglect, followed ...
Lots of changes rolled out yesterday!
in WebKinzBlog, on June 25, 2009
...tta bring in some new so replacing them will be five new items - Gas Pump, Moon Rover, School House Desk, Seaside Palace Sandcastle and Time Warp Clock.
— The rest of the Grocery store theme... ...The Daily Activities are now starting at 9am since it is summertime and they'll run until 11pm. More goodies and games for all!
— Say goodbye to some old long standing exclusives like the B...
CIOs who tweet
in The CIO Weblog, on June 21, 2009
... Dashboard on his site.
Listing, by category, prominent (and some not-so-prominent... would it be more polite to say "soon-to-be-prominent?") CIO twitterers are listed with their most rece...
ROI metrics for SOA
in The CIO Weblog, on June 11, 2009
... can be difficult to assess without a correspondingly larger measurement effort which may will cost more than the benefits could accrue.
Today Joe McKendrick comes to the rescue with a list of metri...
Your weekend funny
in The CIO Weblog, on June 7, 2009
Courtesy of Thomas Wailgum, telling us the difference between "What a CIO Says, and What He's Really Thinking." I don't doubt that a few of these have run through your minds from time to time, either.
Apps adoption not so terrible
in The CIO Weblog, on June 5, 2009
...cent assertions that "the Cloud isn't enterprise-ready" or "cloud adoption is more theoretical than real right now" it turns out that the people who actually have the data ...
Microsoft releases new MOF documents
in The CIO Weblog, on June 1, 2009
...tself, I won't strain your credulity with such statements. If I do happen to get through one or more of those items, I'll report back; otherwise, your comments on the documents are always appr...
ROI Measurement and Misunderstanding
in The CIO Weblog, on May 26, 2009
...os in which the very process of measuring complex second and third order investment benefits can be more complex and costly than those benefits are ultimately worth.
Since SOA is almost entirely abou...
Easier imports to AWS
in The CIO Weblog, on May 22, 2009
...to any company that has a large dataset it wishes to store or process in AWS, but the enterprise is more likely to have larger datasets in the first place, and also comprises an underserved market for...
Infosys CEO interviewed
in The CIO Weblog, on May 20, 2009
...learly sees the dangers in industry consolidation and in changes in the nature of outsourcing, with more businesses taking the same tack as they have with their internal IT organizations by looking at...
Finally
in The CIO Weblog, on May 19, 2009
... any audience which might have made productive use of the analysis, but anyway, you know, welcome.
More surprising is the quote later in the same article from Senior VP for Windows Bill Veghte:
If ...
Time to lob a Molotov cocktail
in The CIO Weblog, on May 14, 2009
... post covers the study of Drama in London, for god's sake, and he usually doesn't post anymore on utility computing models unless he's plugging a specific Amazon product. Other proponents...
Cordotz Prove That Little Things Can Make A Big Difference
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 14, 2009
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My desk is a cable nightmare. At any given time, I have at least five devices plugged in, five USB connections flowing, and a few sound and video cables. More than once, I have unplugged the wrong... ...e at least five devices plugged in, five USB connections flowing, and a few sound and video cables. More than once, I have unplugged the wrong device only to lose data and scream. Cordotz appear simpl...
The Revolution
in The CIO Weblog, on May 12, 2009
...her there will be an awful lot of frustrated users out there, or that IT will simply have to become more efficient to address the increasing demand. If history is any judge, I'd have to vote with ...
D u s t y T u n e s
in Wangtam, on 2009-05-12
...ing with Deletion of IHT.com
• The KEEP CLEAR Desk
• Egg Substitutes: Handy Recipe List
• EncodeHD Offers One Click Conversion for Popular Portable Devices
• A New Employer: 8 Steps to Put You...
Madoff's secretary tells all. What's next?
in Sox First, on May 11, 2009
...t me,' he would say to me. Sometimes when he came out of his bathroom, which was diagonal to my desk, he would still be zipping up his pants. If he saw me shaking my head disapprovingly, he would ... ...he revelations last week in Vanity Fair from Eleanor Squillari, Bernard Madoff's secretary of more than 20 years who claimed the man was an egotistical sexist who got his rocks off in massage pa...
Microsoft needs LESS focus, not more
in The CIO Weblog, on May 8, 2009
...nswer I have seen yet to that question, who quotes the old company motto, "A computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software." But I am not sure I can accept that as evi... ...starting out with languages and moving into operating systems, then desktop applications, then even more specialized applications, leading today to product offerings in CRM and finance, maps and games...
Pandemic preparation in the IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on April 28, 2009
...ations technologies and hosting services, I am surprised this approach isn't already receiving more attention. Preparations have the added dividend of moving the company in a direction that most a...
That's no moon... it's a vSphere!
in The CIO Weblog, on April 24, 2009
...releases at least twice now for VMware's vSphere, and I'm still not clear on how it is much more than a routine upgrade from the company's VMWare Infrastructure product.
Don't get me ...
Is all this free sustainable?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 16, 2009
... these free-to-use, ad-revenue supported Web 2.0 sites are sustainable under their chosen models is more important to corporate IT than you might initially imagine.
It's also not news that many o...
What is up with Enterprise 2.0, anyway?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 13, 2009
...ly with my impressions from the CIO Forum here in Seattle last week, although I come away from that more optimistic about the plans and intentions of CIOs and IT managers than Hinchcliffe seems to be....
Here we go again
in The CIO Weblog, on April 6, 2009
This time it's IBM and Sun instead of Yahoo and Microsoft (although Yahoo and Microsoft haven't gone away yet, much to my annoyance). What is up with these companies? Just roll over and be acquired already! Does anyone at Sun imagine a song and dance routine is going to improve their po...
Sanyo Introduces HD Waterproof Video Camera
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 6, 2009
...ck. I just hope you don't drop your video camera in the ocean while I am slaving away behind my desk. If you are worried about this sort of technological nightmare happening to you, then you might...
Yet Another Amazon Web Service
in The CIO Weblog, on April 2, 2009
YAAWS... I think it's got a certain ring to it, don't you. At the rate Amazon Web Services are rolling out new products, I feel the need for an acronym to lighten the typing load. It looks as if there are significant synergies to be had in the web services business once you build out th...
Clarifications on HP and Mark Hurd
in The CIO Weblog, on March 31, 2009
Perhaps predictably, my praise of HP's handling of the recession touched a raw nerve, particularly among HP (or former HP) employees.
Unfortunately this morning is also when our comments and editing system has decided to have a conniption (I'm looking at you, Amazon [just kidding... I b...
The importance of corporate DNA
in The CIO Weblog, on March 30, 2009
...because they dedicated themselves to the advancement of the new paradigm ("A computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software") while their larger and more powerful compe... ... computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software") while their larger and more powerful competitors tried their own versions of "Software+Services" to keep their ex...
A service pack milestone
in The CIO Weblog, on March 27, 2009
..., instead of adopting "Skip Vista" as my mantra, I should have been saying "Skip the Desktop."
In five years, when XP finally hits Extended Support EOL, what are the odds you'... ...tantiate this advice. But it brings up a larger question, which Vista can be credited with exposing more broadly in many organizations: what are your motivations to upgrade, if your assessment of the ...
EMI: Still Sizzler, not Google
in The CIO Weblog, on March 25, 2009
...rrill's exit beyond that the company appears to be dissolving the "digital unit" (the more often I repeat that phrase to myself, the funnier it gets) and that Merrill's picked number...
Systems and the AIG catastrophe
in The CIO Weblog, on March 18, 2009
I'm sitting here watching AIG CEO Ed Liddy testify before the House Financial Services Committee insisting that he had to pay out massive bonuses to a bunch of people who, rightly or wrongly, are widely seen as culpable for leading the company into the dire straits in which it is in today.
Lidd...
CIO Weblog now powered by Amazon
in The CIO Weblog, on March 18, 2009
Just a quick note; this is my first post since the change over yesterday of the CIO Weblog to run using Amazon's EC2 and S3 systems on the back-end. I can feel it running faster already!
The blog remains unaffiliated with Amazon despite my occasional cheerleading; in fact, if it blows up, ...
Cloud computing killed your future
in The CIO Weblog, on March 17, 2009
...ary accounting processes with full compliance and no tech-talk is the day the CIO can clean out his desk.
That day isn't here yet, except for in some relatively narrow verticals, but it's on ... ...effect of simplifying the application of technology, and often to a level where it can be discussed more at the level of business process than raw technology. In these cases, more so than ever in the ...
微软下周发3款补丁软件 影响所有Windows版本
in Wangtam, on 2009-03-07
... - Desk Space Genie
• Swapaskill | a favour for a friend
• Sky News realises news breaks first on Twitter, not TV - Creates a Twitter Correspondent
• Firefox 3.1 renamed Firefox 3.5
• It's...
Thain's bonanza
in Sox First, on January 23, 2009
... $15,000; four pairs of curtains for $28,000; a pair of guest chairs for $87,000; a "George IV Desk" for $18,000; six wall sconces for $2,700; six chairs in his private dining room for $37,0...
Floppy Disk is Actually Stealth CD-R
in The Gadgets Weblog, on January 15, 2009
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So, I was cleaning out an an old desk drawer the other day when I pulled out a floppy disk. My son picked it up and asked me what it was, and so I explained it to him. He looked at me, looked at ...
Mini-Server
in The CIO Weblog, on December 31, 2008
... that's right: a co-location host specializing in Mac minis, the smaller-than-a-shoebox low-end desktop-in-a-box device introduced by Apple in 2005. For $35 a month plus startup costs, you too can...
New Wireless Keyboard by Sanwa Frees Deskspace
in The Gadgets Weblog, on December 10, 2008
...
Desk space is always a priority for a computer user. There is just so much stuff lying around to clutter thing which is why we have invented things like wireless mice and keyboards. Well, what if...
Work At Home Opportunities: VIP Desk
in Home Based Business, on December 8, 2008
Here's a look at a company that offers opportunities to people interested in doing customer service work from home.
互联网周刊：网易非常道
in Wangtam, on 2008-10-11
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• Investor proposes Microsoft buy Yahoo for $22 per share
• Deskography - Share photos of your desk
• Feng-GUI - Feng Shui for Graphic User Interfaces
• QikCom - The Business Cloud Co.
• So...
One Touch Touchpad controls in Kubuntu
in HackITLinux, on October 1, 2008
...cially when you also use a mouse once in awhile, like I do. I normally have a mouse when I am on my desk at home or in the office. However, when I am on the go, I use the touch pad.
I do not normally...
Xerox Takes Major Step Forward in Cleaning up My Office
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 29, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Viorika Prikhodko
Cleaning and de-cluttering my desk was probably certainly not drove Xerox and their research and development on their new paper concept, but i...
GOOD CLEAN FUN: Tips to Keep Kids Healthy
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 24, 2008
...ers and the community healthy. Kids can touch up to 300 surfaces in just 30 minutes and the average desk has 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat. Think these stats are bad, we have mo... ...ty healthy. Kids can touch up to 300 surfaces in just 30 minutes and the average desk has 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat. Think these stats are bad, we have more...There are thin...
Exercise Desk?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on September 23, 2008
... harryalverson
Then the Babe of Business has the answer for you. The all in one treadmill and desk will allow you to work and exercise at the same time. Isn't that what you always wanted?
M...
