Monthly Archives: November 2006
Top 5 Google Weaknesses
One of the most common questions people ask about Google is whether the search-cum-media company is friend or foe. The answer, of course, is...
Ten Completely Obnoxious Reasons Why Yahoo is Doomed
The Journal published a leaked memo from Yahoo that reveals mismanagement and confusion in the ranks. Poor company has lost its way. Maybe it's...
Office 2007 Is Off-Putting
When our family room PC swung at its third and final strike a year ago, with failure to boot signaling the "Youre out!" instance...
Salesforce Targets Integration
A battle brewing in the business applications market is boiling down to two sides: on-premises versus on-demand software.Salesforce.com, an on-demand vendor in San Francisco...
Office 2007—Something New
Ten months ago: Finally, a bit of free time. Is there anything I can do to save time for later on? I know! A...
SMBs Have Big Business Needs
Most things in life can be represented by the classic bell curve: test scores, voting preferences, economic class, height and weight, for example. Count...
Work in Progress: Edgy Eft Is Edgy in Name Only
Having emerged, mostly, from the depths of Windows Vista testing, Ive turned my attention to Edgy Eft, the latest version of Canonicals Ubuntu Linux.As...
Microsoft-Novell Deal Causes Strife
The controversial deal between Microsoft and Novell is continuing to roil the open-source waters. Just weeks after its patent cooperation agreement with Microsoft, Novell...
Saving the Data
U.S. businesses are going to have to change the way they handle electronically stored information when new federal rules go into effect Dec. 1.
The...
IBM Bulks Up Storage for SMBs
IBM is filling a hole in its catalog of storage hardware and software for small and midsize businesses and is extending its relationship with...