I am getting ready to speak at a conference for iLog users in Palm Springs. If you are not familiar with iLog, they are a French company which makes applications that are primarily used in the business intelligence layer. For example, they have a rules base engine that has a [...]
Tiny Pictures, a San Francisco based company, is moving the social network to your cell phone. This is important to the corporate world for a few reason, some of which are not obvious. With the proliferation of smart phones accessing the Internet, and with almost every cell phone having an [...]
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I was not sure we should even write another post on this potential deal, but I was giving a speech today in Florida and someone texted a question wanting my opinion onto the screen, so I take it people are still intrigued. I have had some time to read the [...]
I have been under the weather this week, but I wanted to write a quick post about some interesting items. So let's dig in. Toshiba has given in and stopped trying to compete against Sony's Blu-ray system in the high definition DVD market. Normally I think that competition is good [...]
If you ever happen to be on Second Life and see this person, his name is Scottk Telling. In other words, this is me. I have been spending more time in the synthetic world lately and thought I would offer a few observations just as an update. Without a lot [...]
Microsoft Outlook is a good application. It combines my calendar, contacts, email, notes and even tasks; all in a friendly Microsoft tool. I mean how great is that, right? In fact compared to Lotus Notes, Outlook is amazing, but Outlook could be doomed anyway. You see, Outlook is not cool. [...]
Force feedback is growing up. Any one who has ever played a game system like the Microsoft Xbox360 or Nintendo Wii knows what the controller with a rumble pack feels like. You get the sensation of actually driving over a curb when you play a racing game. You can feel [...]
I think one of the bigger problems with becoming a software behemoth is that the billions of dollars you spend on R&D spawn lots of pieces that do not get a lot of press. Such is the case with Microsoft's Workflow Foundation. If you are not familiar with the concept [...]
Amazon, the world's leading book e-tailer, is getting larger by acquiring Audible. Audible is the leader of audible books sales on the internet with some 80,000 titles in the stable. Reuters is reporting that Amazon will pay $300 million for Audible, a 23% premium. This move gives Amazon a steady [...]