Technology Today

• Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated

  News outlet Bloomberg gave Apple fans and investors a huge scare late yesterday when it accidentally published an incomplete version of Steve Jobs obituary over its wire service. Although the ...

  Tags: Financing Startups, Corporate Law, Finance, Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Business Operations, Jason D. O\'Grady

  Aug 28, 2008 7:29 AM PDT

• Is probiotics a scam?

  Some of the claims made by probiotics advocates remind me of the patent medicine craze of the 19th century. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: Human Resources, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Health Care, Food & Beverage, Dana Blankenhorn, Bacteria, Manufacturing, Software, Probiotics

  Aug 28, 2008 7:09 AM PDT

• First images of Google-powered HTC Dream

  It was rumored that the HTC G1 Dream would be the first Google powered phone on the market, and if everything pans out, those rumors will end up being true ...

  Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Personal Technology, Bluetooth, Cellular Phones, Digital Video, Garett Rogers, Digital Media, Digital Music, Wireless, Consumer Electronics

  Aug 28, 2008 7:00 AM PDT

• What's in IE 8 for enterprise users?

  In the IE 8 Beta 2 Reviewers' Guide, Microsoft provides a list of what it considers the most alluring features for business users of IE 8, the final version of ...

  Tags: Web Browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

  Aug 28, 2008 6:54 AM PDT

• Perot: Making Sure "Everybody Has Access To The Truth"

  He doesn't "do a lot of Internet work." He's not on Facebook, Linked In or MySpace. He's not an iPhone guy. He prefers to get "instant feedback from the people,'' ...

  Tags: Ross Perot, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Microsoft Access, Nominee

  Aug 28, 2008 6:40 AM PDT

• SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years

  Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes says SaaS is the third attempt at "on demand" in his lifetime and predicts it will take the same path as the first two--to oblivion. Lawson's ...

  Tags: Software As A Service (SaaS), SaaS, Cloud Computing, Software as a service, ZDNet Asia, Lawson, Software-as-a-service, Emerging Technologies, software, Asia

  Aug 28, 2008 5:47 AM PDT

• Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround tale

  Dell reports its fiscal second quarter results on Thursday after market close and analysts are turning optimistic about the company's turnaround prospect amid better consumer notebook designs, emerging market revenue ...

  Tags: Financial Services, Sales, Dell Computer Corp., Marketing Research, Finance, Sales Strategy, Larry Dignan, Marketing, Revenue, Operational Accounting

  Aug 28, 2008 5:10 AM PDT

• Smart grid player Trilliant closes $40 million in funding round

  Trilliant, a green tech company that's working with about 100 utilities on various smart grid deployments, has just closed a $40 million round of equity funding from a group of ...

  Tags: Vogel, Ontario, Government, Heather Clancy, Green Technology, Trilliant

  Aug 28, 2008 5:09 AM PDT

• Bloomberg publishes Jobs obit but why?

  Bloomberg published an obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs after the closing bell on Wednesday and quickly retracted it. Amid all the rumors of Jobs' and his pancreatic cancer Bloomberg's ...

  Tags: Human Resources, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan, Steve Jobs, Bloomberg L.P., Software, Benefits

  Aug 28, 2008 5:01 AM PDT

• GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting

  I'm keen to see startups in the accounting for small business space. Part of that is because I spent more years than I care to remember in finance roles, part ...

  Tags: Financial Services, Advisor, Dennis Howlett, Tax Estimate, GoBootstrap, Taxes, GoBootstrap.com, Free Trade, Accounting, Operational Accounting

  Aug 28, 2008 5:00 AM PDT

• News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

  Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Handhelds, Hardware, Enterprise Software, SOA, Apple iPhone, Consumer Electronics, Password

  Aug 28, 2008 4:21 AM PDT

• Hero of the week: Mike McDerment

  It's rare for me to pick out individuals but Mike McDerment CEO of FreshBooks deserves attention by anyone in the startup game and especially those trying to develop business applications. ...

  Tags: Dennis Howlett, Start-up, Software, Enterprise Software, Hero

  Aug 28, 2008 3:59 AM PDT

• Datacore - nothing but storage

  Angie Gonzalez, of Datacore, and I had a conversation about how virtual storage complements any type of virtual processing solution. Nearly all virtual server-based solutions gain a great deal of ...

  Tags: Dan Kusnetzky, Hardware, Datacore, Storage

  Aug 28, 2008 3:00 AM PDT

• Resurrecting E-voting

  To make e-voting work you need a voting machine that can't be corrupted without setting off alarms - Sun Rays fit that requirement, are cheap, and allow for easy central ...

  Tags: Machine, Financial Accounting, Finance, Government, Audit, Paul Murphy, Sun Ray, E-voting

  Aug 28, 2008 12:15 AM PDT

• How do we address the have-nots?

  I attended a leadership summit on Monday (it was actually pretty good stuff, with concrete plans, goals, and generally more than you get out of your average bit of professional ...

  Tags: Kid, Transportation, Management, Finance, Christopher Dawson, Wireless LANs, Leadership, Productivity, Business Structures, Wireless

  Aug 27, 2008 9:23 PM PDT

• SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?

  Are business leaders out to lunch on SOA? by Joe McKendrick

  Tags: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Joe McKendrick, Software, SOA, Loraine, Enterprise Software

  Aug 27, 2008 8:02 PM PDT

• Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated

  The Irregulars draws its 'crew' from a wide and varied group of technology interests. One is Charlie Bess, an EDS Fellow. These are the brightest of the brightest among EDS ...

  Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Dennis Howlett, Finance, It Operations, Outsourcing, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Investment, Business Operations

  Aug 27, 2008 5:15 PM PDT

• EIC Podcast: Apple-Psystar; Cisco vs. Microsoft; DNC; Dell

  On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about that ongoing Apple-Psystar legal showdown, Cisco and Microsoft's collision course, the Democratic National Convention and Dell's plans for the ...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan, Cisco Systems Inc., PostPath

  Aug 27, 2008 4:42 PM PDT

• Tweetrush for enterprise?

  Much has already been said about Tweetrush, the service that allows you to get statistics on your personal Twitter usage. I particularly liked Bernie Goldbach's commentary where, among other things, ...

  Tags: Dennis Howlett, Twitter, Finance, Financial Planning, Tweetrush, Analytics

  Aug 27, 2008 4:39 PM PDT

• The Irregular view of all things 'green'

  One of my Irregular colleagues received a pitch from GreenJobInterview.com describing a new video service but using the 'green' moniker as a way of injecting novelty. He wasn't impressed. The ...

  Tags: Hiring, Dennis Howlett, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toilet, Job, Recruitment & Selection

  Aug 27, 2008 4:17 PM PDT

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