IE8 “Epically Porcine” (1)
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is significantly faster than IE7. It’s more stable and feature-rich than its predecessor as well. But it’s also something of a resource pig. IE8 Beta 2 consumes 52 percent more memory than IE7 and uses more than double the number of processor threads. In fact, it’s the most resource-intensive version of the Web browser to date, according to Florida-based independent software research firm Devil Mountain Software. “IE8 is epically ...
Gannett Takes Controlling Stake In CareerBuilder For $135 Million (2)
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Gannett Co. (GCI) is helping Tribune Co. CEO Sam Zell raise some much-needed cash. The nation's largest newspaper chain is paying Tribune $135 million for a 10% interest in CareerBuilder, a deal that values the employment site at $1.35 billion. The deal raises Gannett's interest in CareerBuilder to 50.8%, leaving Tribune with 30.8%. McClatchy (MNI) and Microsoft (MSFT) hold 14.4% and 4% respectively. As a result, Gannett gets three seats on CareerBuilder's six-member board; the ...
Who Cares About Google Chrome? A Quarter Of The Market Still Uses Internet Explorer 6 (4)
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At my company, Kloudshare, a big part of what we are developing involves pushing boundaries of what browsers are expected to do. Generally speaking, this is the case industry wide, as the Web browser is becoming more and more a real application delivery system. Google (GOOG) understands this issue and has apparently been focused on some of the more glaring weaknesses of the current crop of browsers. As such, they have decided to launch a ...
Today in Mountain View: The Google Chrome Browser Is Released Into the Wild (and to the Wilding Media) (1)
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This morning, the media circus has been summoned to the Googleplex in Mountain View for a look-see at its new Internet browser and a chit-chat with Google execs about the meaning of it all. (Also, 100 percent chance of both free comic books and tasty organic snacks too!) And Chrome, which is the shiny code name of the project that stuck as the brand name, will also be going out to the world at large–100 ...
Here’s the Google Chrome Browser Comic Book: Hey Microsoft, Kaa-POW!!! (10)
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Here is Google’s entire comic book–BoomTown’s not going to say the search giant is juvenile, but a comic book?–that it is using to explain the technical details of its new browser called Chrome. Sources told me definitively that Google (GOOG) will launch the browser–which is its most blatant attack on Microsoft (MSFT) yet–as early as tomorrow for download by consumers. Until then, I got a copy of it and here is the entire comic book ...
Microsoft Planning An iPhone-Like App Store? Smart Move, But Won't Be Easy (2)
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Microsoft (MSFT) is working on an app store for its Windows Mobile phones -- similar to rival Apple's (AAPL) iPhone App Store -- according to an alleged Microsoft job posting spotted by AppleInsider. The store, "Skymarket," would work with phones running the new Windows Mobile 7, which is supposed to go on sale sometime in 2009. If true, this is a smart but expected move: Apple's App Store is one of the highlights of the ...
Google Ignites a New Browser War With Microsoft By Unveiling One of its Own | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD (12)
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In its most frontal and aggressive attack on Microsoft yet, sources with knowledge of the project said Google is preparing to unveil a new browser--ready for download to users as early as tomorrow--to try to loosen Microsoft's iron grip on the most important piece of software to navigate the Internet. In addition, Google Blogoscoped has published a comic book that Google is apparently using to explain the technical aspects of its open-source browser, which is ...
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Huh? Why is it an attack on MS and not Firefox?
Microsoft Planning An iPhone-Like App Store? Smart Move, But Won't Be Easy (2)
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Microsoft (MSFT) is working on an app store for its Windows Mobile phones -- similar to rival Apple's (AAPL) iPhone App Store -- according to an alleged Microsoft job posting spotted by AppleInsider. The store, "Skymarket," would work with phones running the new Windows Mobile 7, which is supposed to go on sale sometime in 2009. If true, this is a smart but expected move: Apple's App Store is one of the highlights of the ...
Microsoft Sets Sights on Europe With Shopping Site Buy (1)
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Greenfield Online, the parent company of Munich-based comparison shopping site Ciao, said this morning that Microsoft would spend $486 million to acquire it, derailing an earlier offer from a private equity firm to buy the company. The Ciao sites operate in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK. For Microsoft, the hope is that the deal will help boost its search business overseas. After the failed bid for Yahoo, Microsoft has been ...
Microsoft Announces Internet SafariFox Beta 2 [Digital Daily] (1)
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It’s taken nearly a decade but Microsoft has finally debuted the first significant overhaul of its Web browser since Internet Explorer 5. The company released IE8 Beta 2 this afternoon, and by most accounts, it’s a solid update. In fact, it might even put IE on par with competing browsers like Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s Safari. Certainly, this latest iteration, with its new privacy and security features, adherence to Web standards, enhanced tabbed browsing and ...
Google Still Not Selling Apps To Big Companies. Fine For Now -- That's Not The Point (GOOG) (2)
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Fortune is the latest to point out that Google's Web-based apps aren't exactly taking the enterprise market by storm. Writes Yi-Wyn Yen: "Eighteen months after making a push into corporate software, only a handful of Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies have started using Google's programs -- mostly anti-spam or calendaring tools -- and none have embraced Google Apps in its entirety, preferring instead to stick with Microsoft Office or its distant competitors." Tech executives interviewed ...
Google Still Not Selling Apps To Big Companies. Fine For Now -- That's Not The Point (GOOG) (2)
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Fortune is the latest to point out that Google's Web-based apps aren't exactly taking the enterprise market by storm. Writes Yi-Wyn Yen: "Eighteen months after making a push into corporate software, only a handful of Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies have started using Google's programs -- mostly anti-spam or calendaring tools -- and none have embraced Google Apps in its entirety, preferring instead to stick with Microsoft Office or its distant competitors." Tech executives interviewed ...
Apple (AAPL) iTunes And The Sherman Antitrust Act (1)
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"Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal".--The Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890. Apple's iTunes is sort of the digital Standard Oil of the 21st Century. Its share of the music download business is breathtaking. The Wall Street Journal writes, "The store sells 90% or more of digital downloads in the U.S., according ...
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is here (1)
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OK beta lovers. Microsoft just unleashed Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8. As I've written recently, I've spent a lot of time with IE8 Beta 1 but didn't feel comfortable recommending it to anyone because of serious stability and other issues (some of which were solved over time). This is just a heads up for you guys (and gals) with beta boxes that can't wait to get your hands on the 'next big thing'. Well ...
Red Hat's push into identity management - part deux (2)
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It's time to following up on my previous post on this topic. Again, I'll make reference to Steve Coplan's (The 451 Group) impact report on "Red Hat identity management push takes shape" which was published on 24 July 2008 and Steve's analysis of Red Hat Enterprise IPA (Identity, Policy, Audit) product.Steve makes this statement:...it's useful to consider that AD is certainly the most pervasive directory and certainly there is no rational reason to try and ...
Gen Y takes to Google Apps (3)
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Before using Google spreadsheets, Robert Khoo used a whiteboard to plan a major gaming expo. Image: Penny Arcade Expo By Yi-Wyn Yen While Google struggles to sell Google Apps, its web-based version of Microsoft Office and Outlook e-mail, to large corporations, it has found success with young entrepreneurs. Each day 6,000 businesses are signing up for Google Apps, and more than 10 million office workers are using the company’s office suite, according to Matthew Glotzbach, ...
Apple's iPhone Getting More Popular With Enterprise Buyers, Says Study (AAPL, RIMM) (1)
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Encouraging news for Apple: Its iPhone appears to be making inroads with some enterprise buyers. ChangeWave's August survey of almost 2,000 people "involved with I.T. spending in their organization" says that 17% of respondents plan to buy iPhones in the next quarter, up from 13% in May and 11% in February. What's changed since then? Apple has rolled out its new iPhone 3G, which is cheaper, and -- when it works -- offers faster Internet ...
Apple's iPhone Getting More Popular With Enterprise Buyers, Says Study (AAPL, RIMM) (1)
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Encouraging news for Apple: Its iPhone appears to be making inroads with some enterprise buyers. ChangeWave's August survey of almost 2,000 people "involved with I.T. spending in their organization" says that 17% of respondents plan to buy iPhones in the next quarter, up from 13% in May and 11% in February. What's changed since then? Apple has rolled out its new iPhone 3G, which is cheaper, and -- when it works -- offers faster Internet ...
