http://www.jstsqn.com Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:35:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, but you know the list--Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL... Imaginary Schmidt: We're done here. Unless you wanna talk about health care. Since Eric the Silent rarely talks about what really goes on inside the inner sanctum, I've saved you the trouble of the guesswork and conducted my own imaginary Q&A: In ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/09/04/i-wonder-what-would-eric-schmidt-say-post-androi/ August 22 releases As Apple COO Tim Cook told us last month, the iPhone 3G will land in 20 more countries August 22. Several carriers made their formal announcements this week, including Telefonica and America Movil. Those rivals will overlap in eight Latin American countries. As of this writing we know ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/08/29/iphone-3g-arrives-in-20-more-countries-aug-22/ When the RIM BlackBerry Storm debuted last year, there were quite a few things about it that made us scratch our heads. One of the biggest was the 3G handset's limited support for Verizon Wireless services. Though it could play music and video, it didn't support Verizon's V Cast Music ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/08/24/v-cast-video-now-on-blackberry-storm/ And don't think that just because you're the boss you're off the hook. The team tested Enron's e-mail archive and uncovered several individuals who represented potential insider threats. Granted, none of them were the bosses who had done all the damage, but the researchers were confident that with full access and ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/08/24/data-mining-detects-the-disaffected/ Did Apple fans get all they wanted? Will Apple fans be pleased with Monday's announcements? CNET's Molly Wood offers an overview of Jobs' keynote address. Daily Debrief: iPhone 3G's unveiling Following Steve Jobs' announcement Monday of the new iPhone at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, CNET News.com's Charlie Cooper and Tom Krazit ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/08/24/video-roundup-meet-the-next-generation-iphone-2/ Mike sold Sleepyat, an open-source embedded database company, to Oracle back in February 2006. Much to my aggravation, I've never heard a negative word out of his mouth about his two-year stay with Oracle, either in public or private. Mike is class and gave to his employer what was due, ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/08/24/mike-olson-co-founder-of-sleepycat-leaves-oracle/ Clearly, Microsoft is not having luck getting Yahoo to consider the price it is willing to pay, so the direct option hasn't worked. CEO Steve Ballmer says that Microsoft has also ruled out going directly to shareholders, a move that would likely require a nasty, costly, and time-consuming proxy fight. In ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/08/24/microsofts-move-is-it-just-a-feint/ Yes. In fact, we're building two communities: Many years ago we realized that we needed some processes around our adoption of open source. We were very clear that we wanted to take advantage of FOSS (free and open-source software) but also that we needed to manage our use of it. Our ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/08/24/the-story-behind-hps-fossology-open-source-tools/ Xobni (Credit: Rick Broida) I don't know about you, but I'm getting a little spoiled by all the free software out there. Seriously, I feel for the developers working hard to make a buck when there's so much good freeware. Like these five gems, all of which I use almost daily and ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/08/24/five-killer-software-freebies-youve-probably-ne/ Apple released OS X firmware update 1.1.4 Tuesday for the iPhone, saying little about the new features. The last update, 1.1.3, introduced a few new capabilities such as the ability to customize the home page, but the only thing noted as new in 1.1.4 are "bug fixes," which are ... http://www.jstsqn.com/index.php/2010/08/24/apple-releases-new-iphone-firmware/