August 24, 2006
13 entries filed this day
Personal TV and Performance TV Get Closer, European Web 2.0. Raw FLow, Self-Cast
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, TheContentStudio.com · content / european web 2.0 / insights / Knowledge Management / new media / streaming / web 2.0 / what's new
It tends to happen under the radar of Web 2.0 commentary but the TV is where Web 2.0 will happen and some giant steps are being made in that direction.London-based Rawflow, a start-up with a Danish background, is one of the pioneers. Already serving medium sized broadcasters, Rawflow is getting ready to launch personal TV...
Filed at 8:21am
What the Terrorists Want
Bruce Schneier · Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Counterpane · it security
On Aug. 16, two men were escorted off a plane headed for Manchester, England, because some passengers thought they looked either Asian or Middle Eastern, might have been talking Arabic, wore leather jackets, and looked at their watches -- and the passengers refused to fly with them on board. The men were questioned for several hours and then released.
Filed at 9:08am
HP pulls away from EMC
Duncan Campbell · Vice President, Marketing, StorageWorks Division, HP · Storage
Check out the attached picture showing HP leading EMC! This photo was taken just last week at the Nürburgring Grand-Prix race track in Germany. It doesn't matter whether it's car racing or data storage -- HP is getting ahead of EMC everywhere:
Filed at 9:32am
Loved or Feared?
Joel Spolsky · CEO, Fog Creek Software · Software Development
Sean Silverthorne : “Is it better to be loved or feared?” The annoying thing about everything that comes out of Harvard Business School is that the conclusion is so infuriatingly wishy-washy. “Expanding your self-awareness, situational awareness, and ability to adapt your leadership style increases your overall range of effectiveness as a leader,” they say. What a bold thought.
Filed at 10:00am
Collanos - European Web 2.0
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, TheContentStudio.com · companies / european web 2.0 / Knowledge Management / what's new
Collanos is not in a direct line with our main concern which is the changing world of media and content and their impact but Collanos is interesting because of the company’s strategy.HQ Zurich, office in San Francisco, coders in Bulgaria. The global start-up. But the company also has a strategy and isn’t just building software....
Filed at 10:58am
Office 2.0
Ray Wu · Director, Venture Management, HP · IT Management
I am going to be a panelist for Office 2.0 conference coming up in San Francisco in Oct. I think the logistics is being worked out right now, but we have a good list of speakers lined up. What’s different between Office 2.0 and Web 2.0 is that Office 2.0 is SMB focused vs consumer. It is funny to see the full circle of centralized computing. When I first started my career, I was a programmer on MVS and VMS with those hunky mainframe machines with dumb terminals. Now, the dumb terminals are being replaced by thin clients, cell phones and web browsers, and hunky mainframes are being replaced by server farms with LINUX and Open Source stacks. The difference is that software is being delivered more and more as service on demand or just free open source download with support contracts (* join me at another event on open source business model ). What this means is that more and more computing power and intelligence is shifting back to the center and it presents huge opportunities for the technology providers such as HP with a combination of hardware, software and services to provide value.
Filed at 11:47am
European Web 2.0 mobile - Nimbus
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, TheContentStudio.com · companies / european web 2.0 / Knowledge Management
Of course it’s in beta but with the problems of high charging on European mobile phones, particularly when users roam across national boundaries, Nimbus promises a noisy revolution.I made note a couple of days back of a company that offers some of the Nimbus functionality eBuddy . But Nimbus goes much further. And the company...
Filed at 11:51am
Say "buh-bye" to more American jobs thanks to CSC
Linda Musthaler · Vice President, Currid & Company · IT Management / musthaler / outsourcing
There’s no doubt that the outsourcing of technical jobs is a real sore spot for many American IT professionals. Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) threw fuel on the outsourcing fire.
Filed at 11:53am
In the Pipeline - European Web 2.0
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, TheContentStudio.com · content / european web 2.0 / Knowledge Management / multimedia / news
European companies have been hoping for, and being funded for, a form of automated content brokerage for about 15 years now. Why it should obsess the European mind is a mystery but Telefonica researchers are at it now in conjunction with teams from Holland, France, Germany and the UK. Motorola is a partner.The relevance of...
Filed at 12:03pm
Links
Joel Spolsky · CEO, Fog Creek Software · Software Development
David Pogue : “Listen up, LG dudes: I’m sorry, but if your primary control system requires seven warnings in your manual, maybe you should reconsider your system.”
Filed at 1:21pm
Chocolate Blog
Andy Lark · Chief Marketing Officer, LogLogic · Networking / participatory comms / pure pr / web 2.0
Paul highlights the blog behind the phone. This is a terrific example of a PR blog. Like Paul, the transparency here is great. It describes the program and highlights their intent. Love the links etc. Great work by HK. The...
Filed at 1:49pm
That Old Pipeline Again - Eprécis
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, TheContentStudio.com · companies / european web 2.0 / Knowledge Management / new tools / what's new
The people behind eprécis are clearly having fun. The application summarises any text document (I know Word has that functionality too) but eprécis applies it to search returns.In fact they have many applications areas but I trialed only the search returns element.Enter your search term and eprécis will give you back your regular search return...
Filed at 3:20pm
Skype Call Traced
Bruce Schneier · Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Counterpane · it security
Kobi Alexander fled the United States ten days ago. He was tracked down in Sri Lanka via a Skype call: According to the report, Alexander was located after making a one-minute call via the online telephone Skype service. The call, made from the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, alerted intelligence agencies to his presence in the country. Ars Technica explains :
Filed at 3:45pm
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