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rsmiller510 writes:
While the mobile consumer market is clogged at the top, the enterprise market is still ripe for the taking, and a Microsoft-RIM combination could take control of the market from Apple and Google.
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rsmiller510 writes:
Rather than signaling a company committed to a cloud future, the recent spate of executive departures points to a company in disarray, lacking in a clear vision.
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rsmiller510 writes:
With two carriers selling the iPhone, competition could lead to lower prices and better service.
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jfruhlinger writes:
In the wake of the recent kerfuffle over VLC's licensing terms that got it pulled from the App Store, Brian Proffitt wonders if software freedom should also include freedom from want. While he acknowledges that Apple's policies and the GPL don't mix, he feels that open source advocates spend too much energy telling open source developers why potentially lucrative sales channels are closed to them, and not enough energy helping them actually profit from their software.
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rsmiller510 writes:
There is something that feels shady about a market for stock that is outside of the realm of government oversight. What is the real basis for Facebook's $50 billion valuation--a firm that hasn't gone public? Speculation has lead to many questions.
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rsmiller510 writes:
If publishers can get past their print proclivities, they might just have found a new publishing outlet in the burgeoning tablet market--if they don't blow the chance, that is.
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rsmiller510 writes:
It's really high time we learned that services like Skype will go down from time to time, and it's not the end of the world when they do.
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rsmiller510 writes:
As user expectations change from consumer and mobile applications, should IT give users what they want and simplify software?
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polar_bear` writes:
Red Hat's Matthew Garrett has been checking to see who's naughty and nice. Most Android tablet vendors? Naughty, naughty, naughty, when it comes to GPL compliance. The current crop of Android tablets fails miserably when it comes to GPL compliance, with most of the vendors flouting the GPL and failing to ship source.
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rsmiller510 writes:
Even if Google figures out how to build a working OS, do we really want to operate in Google's world 24/7? In fact, can't we get the advantages of the cloud without using an operating system that ties us to it?
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rsmiller510 writes:
Time Magazine whiffed big time with its choice of Mark Zuckerberg for its 2010 Person of the Year. Zuckerberg shouldn't have even been on the list as far as I'm concerned. As for who was the clear Person of the Year. No contest. It was WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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rsmiller510 writes:
When Amazon Web Services decided to arbitrarily shut down WikiLeaks recently, it sent a chill through every cloud customer, but instead of running scared, use it as a teachable moment to understand every word of your Terms of Service.
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Roblimo writes:
Every year, an increasing percentage of my income comes from video shooting and editing. I also help friends, neighbors, and various business associates learn to shoot and edit their own videos. This article describes my five favorite entry-level Windows video editing programs, with a brief run-down of each one's strengths and weaknesses. While I wrote this for people doing business-type videos, this information is also valuable if you want to edit your family's holiday videos. (Free registration required to view.)
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rsmiller510 writes:
Is Google is favoring its own content over others? Given its total dominance in Web search, that would seem to constitute unfair business practice. Is Google a content company or a search engine? Time to decide.
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rsmiller510 writes:
Data in the cloud came together last week in a big way with Salesforce.com announcing Database.com and the purchase of cloud-based Ruby development platform Heroku, while cloud data vendor Factual got a huge influx of venture capital. Both moves were squarely aimed at Oracle. IT Pros need to pay attention to cloud trends like this or risk getting left in the dust by lean startups with low overhead.
