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CBS News Mobile Reader story - News Corp. Sites May Disappear from Google

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:49:00 +0000

I think that this decision from a media company is not going to be a good one as new generations will just turn to other sources for the information. This is the same battle as music producers are fighting and the fight looks like a lost battle. As an author of books, i understand the issue, but what can one do as everything is required to be free...

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"News Corp. Sites May Disappear from Google"

Rubert Murdoch Accuses Google, Microsoft and Others of "Stealing" his Company's Content

Sci-Tech

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Comparing Freedom on Maemo and Android: one person's view of these two from a blog

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:49:00 +0000

I have been tracking the mobility OS war's for a while and it looks like that Android is getting huge exposure from handset makers, excluding Nokia who has decided to continue with Symbian and the Linux-based Maemo. Today (November 10th, 2009) I read that Samsung is also going to release their own mobile OS. I think it is the consumer that is going to loose here.. as developers can't focus on many platforms and the competition of applications will be spread too thin... This is my personal opinion and I think we should be looking beyound the OS as of now and really provide value to the consumers.. When have the mobile OS platforms brought anything really new... besides touch screen....?

cool900: Comparing Freedom on Maemo and Android

Microsoft, Amazon Poised for Cloud Battle -- keep the innovation going

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:22:00 +0000

The battle of the cloud is going to get very heated... Amazon just released its strategy to include MySQL to its cloud.. and I am sure there is going to be a price war as well going forward. All this, we hope, will benefit the developers and end user organizations. Keep the innovation going!

Microsoft, Amazon Poised for Cloud Battle -- Redmondmag.com

How to Plan Your Cloud Computing Mix - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:20:00 +0000

The market is full of cloud computing and pressure for organizations to consider it. From an ISV perspective, financial models have to be considered as cloud computing will change the overall financial model of an organization and I would also emphasize that end user organization should look at the viability of the software vendor. I expect hybrid models to exist for quite a while.

How to Plan Your Cloud Computing Mix - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

The Book That Contains All Books

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:44:00 +0000

Kindle rocks, what else can I say. It now also rocks internationally.

"The Book That Contains All Books"

The globally available Kindle could mark as big a shift for reading as the printing press and the codex.

Mea Clouda: SaaS Vendors Can Win Over Customers with Honesty - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:55:00 +0000

I like this article that explains that all SaaS vendors have an opportunity to build trust with their clients by being open and transparent when an outage happens. No IT system is failsafe, and I would even argue that some onpremise solutions do not provide 99.5 or higher uptime. I have not seen one yet.

Mea Clouda: SaaS Vendors Can Win Over Customers with Honesty - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Nigel Pendse Sharply Criticises Traditional BI Providers at the 2009 Palo Open: do you agree with him?

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:57:00 +0000

Nigel Pendse gave a keynote and gave his opinion about traditional BI vendors. I happened to collaborate with Nigel in the past, he knows his stuff and focuses on the BI field.

Nigel Pendse Sharply Criticises Traditional BI Providers at the 2009 Palo Open

Adobe Eyes the Cloud with ColdFusion 9 - vendors coming out with software tools

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:47:00 +0000

Expect to see lot's of software development tools to be coming out to the cloud platform environment. Here is one annoucement.

Adobe Eyes the Cloud with ColdFusion 9

Is Cloud Computing Secure? Prove It

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:45:00 +0000

This article is a good discussion of issues around cloud computing security and what private clouds can do for an organization. Compliance and other regulatory issues is something that organizations have to think about as well. Read on....

Is Cloud Computing Secure? Prove It

A BlackBerry Storm Is Brewing (And A Bold Stroke May Also Be Imminent)

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:37:00 +0000

The competition on the mobile market is heating up. RIM is coming out with second release of both BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Bold. There is still not much information what they have added.. but I am sure this will come out out soon.

A BlackBerry Storm Is Brewing (And A Bold Stroke May Also Be Imminent) | In This Issue | Mobile Enterprise Magazine

Five reasons corporations are failing at social media

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:32:00 +0000

This is an interesting article to check out... why organizations could fail with social media.

Five reasons corporations are failing at social media

B&N Plans e-Book Reader

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:47:00 +0000

Yet another eBook reader, now from Barnes&Noble. I hope there will be some type of standardization among the players so we don't end with multiple devices like I do with Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader from the past.

"B&N Plans e-Book Reader"

Barnes & Noble plans to unveil its own brand of electronic-book reader. The company already sells e-books.

WSJ.com: What's News Technology

Amazon Cuts Kindle Price

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:41:00 +0000

Now Amazon Kindle will have an international version with wireless access. This seems not to apply to Kindle DX

"Amazon Cuts Kindle Price"

Amazon.com trimmed $40 off the price of its Kindle e-reader and introduced a version of the device with international wireless service.

What's News Technology

'Masters of Light' Share Nobel in Physics

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:37:00 +0000

Windows 7 is going to be success for Microsoft, no question about it. I am convinced that organizations and consumers will start upgrading from XP that is 8 years old operating system.

"'Masters of Light' Share Nobel in Physics"

Three scientists were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for breakthroughs that led to fiber-optic cables and digital cameras.

WSJ.com: What's News Technology

IBM Faces Justice Antitrust Inquiry

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:29:00 +0000

Here we go again... if it isn't Microsoft, Google or Intel it is IBM that is seen to have monopolistic behavior. It is not the first time that their mainframe business is thought to have monopolistic character.

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"IBM Faces Justice Antitrust Inquiry"

The Justice Department has begun an inquiry into alleged monopolistic behavior in the mainframe computer market, according to an industry group backed by IBM rivals.

What's News Technology

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Dell to Build Phone for AT&T

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:25:00 +0000

Now Dell is coming out with a phone using Google Android operating system. I am not sure whether this makes any sense... time will tell.... but if the large vendors such as Nokia has issues.... why would Dell be able to make money on this....?

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"Dell to Build Phone for AT&T"

Dell expects to launch a smart phone, powered by Google's software, on AT&T's network as early as early 2010. The device would be Dell's first cellphone.

What's News Technology

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Microsoft, Google Intensify Mobile Push

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:54:00 +0000

Windows Mobile 6.5 was released yesterday with a bunch of additional announcements such as 30+ new Windows mobile devices before the end of the year. The competition between Apple, Microsoft and Google gets even more heated.

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"Microsoft, Google Intensify Mobile Push"

Microsoft and Google intensified their efforts to supply the software that powers the next generation of mobile phones.

WSJ.com: What's News Technology

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Cameras With New Views

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:50:00 +0000

Now we are talking, a digital camera with a projector. This is the way to go!

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"Cameras With New Views"

The Samsung DualView and Nikon Coolpix have new crowd-pleasing features, including a built-in projector and dual LCD screens, writes Katherine Boehret.

Mossberg/The Mossberg Solution

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AT&T to Allow Internet Phone Apps

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:48:00 +0000

US operators are trying to do everything to protect their sinking fixed line business and this is a welcome act by AT&T to allow IP apps to work on iPhones.

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"AT&T to Allow Internet Phone Apps"

AT&T reversed course and said that it will allow Internet phone software applications on the iPhone to run on its 3G network.

WSJ.com: What's News Technology

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Skype Founders File New Suit in eBay Saga

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:59:00 +0000

The saga and disputes over Skype continue very heated and it is going to be interesting to see if the whole deal will fall apart. Let's see what happens...

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"Skype Founders File New Suit in eBay Saga"

Two companies owned by the founders of Skype have filed another lawsuit that could complicate eBay's $2 billion deal to sell the Internet phone company.

What's News Technology

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Dirty vendor tricks | Applications - InfoWorld article of software business

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:42:00 +0000

Having been in the software industry for 20+ years, this article kind of made me laugh.. Is the software industry so desparate, and if it is.. are you one of these vendors...?

Dirty vendor tricks | Applications - InfoWorld

US ISV Developer Evangelism Team : Best Practices for Your Software Available for Free

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:29:00 +0000

The ISV Developer Community provides free resources for Best Practices

US ISV Developer Evangelism Team : Best Practices for Your Software Available for Free

Palm Unveils Pixi Smart Phone

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:09:00 +0000

Palm Pixi is the new smartphone from Palm. I can't see them having a chance in these markets... I just can't...

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"Palm Unveils Pixi Smart Phone"

Palm unveiled a thinner, smaller smart phone model called the Pixi, part of its effort to turn itself around.

US: Business News

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Tools for researching topics and keeping track on things: Microsoft OneNote and MindJet MindManager for Web - ISV Community - Network for people in the software industry

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:57:00 +0000

As a researcher, I am constantly struggling on how to manage all of the information that is available to me. I rely heavily on Mindjet's MindManager and Microsoft OneNote connected to Microsoft SharePoint. Check out, and let me know if you agree on this.

Tools for researching topics and keeping track on things: Microsoft OneNote and MindJet MindManager for Web - ISV Community - Network for people in the software industry

Four Steps to Organize Your Network for Powerful Pinging

noreply@blogger.com (Petri I. Salonen) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:49:00 +0000

I like the blog entry by Keith Ferrazzi (author of Never eat alone etc.) about how to nurture your social network network. Social networking is not rocket science, but you have to be very consistent in doing it!