Friday, September 18, 2009

Skype Founders File New Suit in eBay Saga

The saga and disputes over Skype continue very heated and it is going to be interesting to see if the whole deal will fall apart. Let's see what happens...

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"Skype Founders File New Suit in eBay Saga"

Two companies owned by the founders of Skype have filed another lawsuit that could complicate eBay's $2 billion deal to sell the Internet phone company.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Palm Unveils Pixi Smart Phone

Palm Pixi is the new smartphone from Palm. I can't see them having a chance in these markets... I just can't...

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"Palm Unveils Pixi Smart Phone"

Palm unveiled a thinner, smaller smart phone model called the Pixi, part of its effort to turn itself around.

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Tools for researching topics and keeping track on things: Microsoft OneNote and MindJet MindManager for Web - ISV Community - Network for people in the software industry

As a researcher, I am constantly struggling on how to manage all of the information that is available to me. I rely heavily on Mindjet's MindManager and Microsoft OneNote connected to Microsoft SharePoint. Check out, and let me know if you agree on this.

Tools for researching topics and keeping track on things: Microsoft OneNote and MindJet MindManager for Web - ISV Community - Network for people in the software industry

Four Steps to Organize Your Network for Powerful Pinging

I like the blog entry by Keith Ferrazzi (author of Never eat alone etc.) about how to nurture your social network network. Social networking is not rocket science, but you have to be very consistent in doing it!

A Radical Rethink of R&D: are we going to be competitive in the future?

This article from BusinessWeek should be a wake-up call for our education, our view of the world and how competitive factors can go away if we do not work on them

A Radical Rethink of R&D - BusinessWeek

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Upgrading to Snow Leopard

Mac users with non-Intel processors will be forgotten by Apple... Is that customer-friendly?

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"Upgrading to Snow Leopard"

Technology columnist Walter S. Mossberg answers readers' questions about Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and netbooks.

Mossberg/Mossberg's Mailbox

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Nokia Sets Premium Netbook Price

I am vondering if this pricing will fly with the new upcoming Nokia laptop.... 800 US is pretty high when you think about the overall laptop market. Maybe the design is worth the money...?

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"Nokia Sets Premium Netbook Price"

Nokia announced new phones and services, including a new "Lifecasting" offering that integrates its phones with Facebook. It also announced a price of around $800 for its first netbook offering.

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Know It All - Enterprise 2.0 - Twitter is a CIO-level Concern

CIO's around the world are scratching their heads how to react and position Twitter.. The advice is "get on it or somebody else will". This is something that can't be stopped and I am sure something else will appear in the future where Twitter goes down, something else becomes the latest "new thing".

Know It All - Enterprise 2.0 - Twitter is a CIO-level Concern

SAP Upgrades: Dos and Don'ts from an ERP Guru - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

I am sensing that the era of the huge software upgrades for ERP vendors is over. People are tired, very tired for the "never stopping" projects. This article shows and talks about what not to do... It is worth while of reading....

SAP Upgrades: Dos and Don'ts from an ERP Guru - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

iPhone Users Love the Device, but Hate Its Slowness - NYTimes.com

I now know the reason why my smart phone (it is not iPhone) does not work at all in Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. During one call, there might be multiple call drops and I have started to wonder if I should switch to another cell provider if iPhone users are the ones that are killing my 3G service. It is bad, very, very bad service that I am getting... and I am not the only one.

iPhone Users Love the Device, but Hate Its Slowness - NYTimes.com

Microsoft Will Launch Windows 7 in New York City

Steve Ballmer will be the keynote speaker in New York and the big day is very close for Windows 7

Microsoft Will Launch Windows 7 in New York City

'Oslo': Microsoft's Modeling Strategy will be more clear at PDC09

"Oslo" codename for Microsoft's modeling strategy will be more clear at PDC09 in November. Creating software tools for the domain-specific modeling space is not easy, not even for large software companies. Microsoft PDC09 will be key to gain an understanding of how Oslo modeling platform looks like now and in the future.

'Oslo': Microsoft's Elusive Modeling Strategy

Study: Half of All Developers Plan Private Cloud Deployments

Software business has changed and gives huge opportunities for the ones that can innovate. I also believe that private clouds will be something that many will be looking at.

Study: Half of All Developers Plan Private Cloud Deployments

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Team Blog : Architectural Model: CRM Online Extensions with Azure

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Team Blog : Architectural Model: CRM Online Extensions with Azure

Interesting article about what is going on in the Dynamics CRM space.