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So I'm working along minding my own business and all of a sudden I'm getting a system beep. This isn't just a 'beep' it's like an alarm - it's like there's a European police car in hot pursuit inside my case.
IBM changes pricing
Settling a rift over whether AMD’s Opteron processor counted as two chips or one, IBM announced that it would change the pricing scheme of software licensing.
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Bored By Microsoft
Scott Koon is bored by all the stuff he saw come out of Microsoft's WinHEC gathering yesterday. I can understand that. Sometimes computers seem as exciting as cable TV, electricity, or water.
Microsoft Releases Newest Visual Studio and SQL Server
Microsoft announced availability of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2, Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 and the SQL Server 2005 April Community Technology Preview (CTP).
Meet the Community at OSBC
Panel with Brian Behlendorf from Apache/Collabnet, Josh from PostgreSQL, Chris Hoffman from Mozilla, Larry Wall from Perl and David Wheeler from Bricolage. Moderated by Christian Einfeldt, "How these communities result..."
Serialize This - Saving Objects in PHP
When building my website "Crossword Heaven" I came across a problem. I created a PHP object called "crossword" but needed to save the information in the object to a database. Now considering that this object contained a lot of information this was not an easy thing to do. Or was it?
What if Intelliseek Bought Technorati?
The more I think about Intelliseek, the more I think they'll either try to muscle Technorati out of their market or they'll buy 'em. Intelliseek's BlogPulse Conversation Tracker is the sort of tool that I expected Technorati to build last year.
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04.27.05
Microsoft Seeks Input On Longhorn Development
 By Neville Hobson
In a post on the Longhorn developer blog, Microsoft asks for customer input on some networking features Microsoft is considering ...
... including in Longhorn, the next generation of the Windows operating system:
[...] The Microsoft network product team is investigating ways of resolving peer-to-peer connectivity problems in Longhorn, and we would like to get customer feedback to help validate some of the design proposals.
Today, there are many situations where users are unable to run such functions as remote assistance, voice/video conversations, and many other peer-to-peer functions because of firewalls, NATs and other network configuration problems. Our goal is to build networking technology into the operating system that will overcome many of these problems, allowing these peer-to-peer scenarios to "just work."
Feedback will be through participating in an online survey.
This is a great example of a company directly seeking meaningful input from its customers in its product development planning. Given the technical focus of the input requested, it's not the type of request you'd expect to see fanfared in mainstream media. Instead, Microsoft has used a highly appropriate communication channel - the relevant developer blog.
Post: Microsoft Wants Your Feedback on Networking Scenarios
About the Author:
Neville Hobson is the author of the popular NevOn blog which focuses on business communication and technology.
Neville is currentlly an independent communication practitioner helping companies build dynamic relationships with customers, employees, shareholders and other key audiences and influencers. Visit Neville Hobson's blog: NevOn. |
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Steve Jobs Claims Microsoft Is "Shamelessly Copying"
 By Robert Scoble
News.com: Steve Jobs says Microsoft is copying Apple. I'm interviewing Jim Allchin on Wednesday morning.
I think I'll ask him where his photo copier is.
Steve Jobs gets to write the industry's story. Truth is, Apple is ahead in a few areas. The one in the lead gets to write the story.
But there's more to the story than Steve is giving. More on that some other day. I'm taking my son out for a dad/son weekend in Northern California (we're up by Lassen National Park -- it's raining, don't know what we'll do).
Update: Oh, heck, here's two major things in Longhorn. Improved Tablet PC support and improved Media Center. I didn't realize Apple had a portable computer that you could use while standing up and that you could write on. Oh, I guess you could say we copied the Newton, but the Newton didn't run a full-fledged mainstream OS. And, I don't see a Macintosh designed to plug into your HDTV and play and record video on.
Link: Apple's Jobs swipes at Longhorn
About the Author:
Robert Scoble is the founder of the famous Scobleizer blog. As an employee of Microsoft, Robert Scoble is recognized as the most prominent corporate blogger in the world.
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Firefox Developer Accuses TechWeb Journalist Of Lying
 By Steve Rubel
Firefox developer Asa Dotzler is using the Spread Firefox blog to accuse TechWeb of lying about the Firefox 1.0 downloads.
He also says CNET (which has since corrected their story, according to a comment on Dotzler's post) is "falling down on the job, too, claiming that it took us five days to hit 1 million downloads." Asa continues...
"This so-called journalist needs to hear from you all too. Please quote C|Net's original article that refutes this new one about as directly as anything else. The incompetence just amazes me."
Blogs are the new letters to the editor.
Referenced links:
Asa Dotzler
Let's Get the Facts Straight
Users Rush To Opera 8.0
About the Author:
Steve Rubel is a PR strategist with nearly 15 years of public relations, marketing, journalism and communications experience. He currently serves as Vice President, Client Services at CooperKatz & Company, a mid-size PR firm in midtown New York City. Rubel evangelizes the application of Weblogs and RSS in traditional public relations campaigns.
He authors the Micro Persuasion weblog, which tracks how blogs and participatory journalism are changing the public relations practice. |
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