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hardware News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 27, 2008
Fellow blogger, Robin Harris, wrote an interesting piece on the costly touches to the new MacBooks (design process, LED backlighting, etc.). Steve's history of putting form before function - or price - comes at a …
Also tagged: hardware, notebooks, steve, apple macbook, apple inc, christopher dawson, netbooks, pricing strategy, notebooks and tablets
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Microsoft releases Singularity under unapproved licenseOpen Source - Nov 24, 2008 Microsoft has released some important code under an open source license — psych. As with the image of blind justice to the right, you can look but you better not touch. Singularity is the name of the project, a … Also tagged: general, development, microsoft, mobile, legal, distributions |
Between the Lines - Nov 17, 2008
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program on Monday launched this year’s ‘Give 1 Get 1′ program and it’s simply stunning how the environment has changed. I did the Give 1 Get 1 program last year and my daughter found the …
Also tagged: general, olpc, personal technology, hardware infrastructure
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 17, 2008
There is a correlation between an advanced degree and your willingness to respond to health information. This is a link that needs to be broken if America is to become healthier. by Dana Blankenhorn
Also tagged: software, healthcare, cigarette, health care, enterprise software, benefits, human resources, burlington, huntington, dana blankenhorn, vertical industries
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Author royalties the test for Flat WorldOpen Source - Nov 11, 2008 After spending a pleasant hour with Flat World co-founder Eric Frank it seems obvious that the key to making “open source” textbooks work lies in the author’s bottom line. Frank is telling textbook authors that if … Also tagged: general, management, marketing, publishing, content, business models |
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End the open source obsession with MicrosoftOpen Source - Nov 11, 2008 Whenever I write the word Microsoft on this blog I can be pretty certain of big traffic and big talkbacks. It’s a measure of just how much open source advocates loathe and fear Microsoft, and perhaps how Microsoft … |
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John Galt is dead or Linus shrugsOpen Source - Oct 28, 2008 John Galt is the lead character in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, a classic beloved by boys in late adolescence and former Fed chairmen. Galt represents Rand’s ideal of objectivism, of free market absolutism and rule by … Also tagged: general, events, management, linux, values, business models |
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The open source textbook conundrumOpen Source - Oct 22, 2008 Flat World Knowledge of Nyack, New York says it has funding for a roll-out of its open source college textbooks next year, adding a former chair of Simon & Schuster to its advisory board. Flat World will offer its … Also tagged: general, publishing, applications, content, business models |
hardware News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Oct 13, 2008
The Mac community and fellow travelers are holding their collective breaths until noon on Tuesday when Apple's spotlight will move off of notebooks. While most of the speculation is on what will be introduced -- …
Also tagged: hardware, digital media, consumer electronics, notebooks, personal technology, apple ipod, quarter, digital music, apple iphone, apple macbook, apple inc, david morgenstern, notebooks and tablets, apple ipod touch
hardware News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Oct 8, 2008
Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have a pretty good idea what it means: lots of computers somewhere (we don't actually …
Also tagged: hardware, productivity, pc, computer, desktops, cloud, thin client, thin clients, cloud computing, christopher dawson, simtone corp