June 4, 2009 3:08 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Android,
Barbara Darrow,
Google,
IT channel products and technologies,
netbooks,
Windows 7I can't remember who said it but around the time Oracle launched its big Sun Microsystems buyout plan, one industry pundit snarked that it was only a matter of time before Oracle CEO Larry Ellison would rechristen netbooks as NCs and declare victory. (If you kids don't know what an NC is, ask...
May 26, 2009 6:51 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Android,
Barbara Darrow,
Google,
Intel,
IT channel products and technologies,
Linux,
netbookFirst there was news that Hewlett-Packard, Dell and possibly other hardware makers would consider slapping Google Android on netbooks.
Last week, Intel said it's jumping into the netbook OS market...
May 14, 2009 3:40 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Google,
Google News,
Google outage,
Microsoft Live SearchThe reporters in my row are agog as the Google news outage continues.
Folks wanted to know which alternative search engine to use. The consensus winner was Ask.com, although Altavista and...
May 6, 2009 4:55 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Google,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Office,
Scott McNealy,
Steve BallmerLast month, the New York Times brilliantly reproduced Steve Ballmer's white boarded vision of the company's cloud services plan. It depicts the company's "software plus services" vision with...
March 24, 2009 1:38 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Google,
IBM,
IT channel products and technologies,
mainframe,
Microsoft,
Orac,
Platform Solutions,
Sun,
T3 TechnologiesHere's a reminder that Microsoft isn't the only tech vendor known for its hardball tactics. When it comes to monopolistic practices in the computer business, many say IBM wrote the book.
February 24, 2009 1:54 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Domin,
Email -- Exchange,
Gmail,
Google,
IT Channel,
IT channel products and technologies,
Outlook,
ZimbraIt's been just a few hours, but it's safe to say that the February 24 Gmail outage will go down in history as the day that proves that people...
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January 28, 2009 12:10 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Google,
Hewlett-Packard,
MicrosoftMassachusetts governor, and Friend Of Barack, Deval Patrick is heading to high-tech hubs in Seattle, Portland, and Silicon Valley to lobby for more IT jobs for the commonwealth.
