Category Archives: Technology

June 19, 2007

Will the iPhone rule?

The Peter Burrows’s BusinessWeek article, How big will the iPhone be? discusses the potential impact that the iPhone may have on Apple.  Burrows projects that the iPhone could translate into a $10 billion business for Apple – even in a … Continue reading →

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Filed under 3G, Apple, AT&T, BusinessWeek, iPhone, Peter Burrow, Product Launch, Strategy, Technology

May 1, 2007

Dell pcs to ship with Ubuntu v7.04 pre-loaded

According to a Peter Galli article on eWeek.com: Dell and Canonical will announce a partnership on May 1 that will see the hardware giant ship Ubuntu Linux preinstalled on some of its desktop and laptop computers. The article points to … Continue reading →

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Filed under Canonical, Dell, eweek, Fiesty Fawn, Linux, Operating System, OS, Peter Galli, Technology, Ubuntu, Uncategorized

April 18, 2007

Ubuntu v7.04 – Fiesty Fawn

Late last week, I decided to upgrade two of my PCs from Ubuntu’s v6.10 (Edgy Eft) to the beta release of v7.04 aka Fiesty Fawn.  Now while I have mentioned before that I have “tech-tendencies” but not nearly as tech … Continue reading →

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March 30, 2007

Dell to go after the consumer linux market… again

According to the March 29th Red Herring article, Dell has plans to again offer a Linux PC to the consumer market.  According to the article this is in part due to the “100,000 or so customers who requested it on … Continue reading →

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Filed under Dell, Linux, Microsoft, OS X, Red Herring, Technology, Ubuntu

March 29, 2007

Xcerion Announces Internet Operating System

    In the third quarter of this year, a Swedish-based company called Xcerion expects to launch XIOS or Xcerion Internet Operating System.  They predict that their XML-based operating system will allow for very inexpensive thin-clients – for example computers … Continue reading →

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Filed under International business, Internet, Linux, Operating System, SaaS, Technology, Xcerion

March 28, 2007

Oracle files suit against SAP

When I read the article on the suit filed by Oracle against SAP, I found myself wondering about Oracles license management system.  Time and the courts will tell if SAP is guilty of the charges filed against them by Oracle, … Continue reading →

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Filed under BusinessWeek, Ethics, Oracle, SAP, Technology

March 20, 2007

Unbuntu

A month or so ago I decided that I was either going to replace the Windows operating system on one of my personal laptops.  I debated about purchasing a new version of Windows or installing Linux.  I quickly decided to … Continue reading →

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Filed under Linux, Technology, Ubuntu

March 19, 2007

Slingbox

  For those of us who spend entirely too much time in hotels, the Slingbox could be an incredible product.  I love the idea that I can “sling” my favorite programs from my Tivo to my pc or other internet … Continue reading →

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