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EDS termination HP's loss
Insight commentary Hewlett-Packard's contemptuous termination of the 47-year-old EDS brand in a five-paragraph statement filled with marketing spin is a colossal mistake and one the company will live to regret.
Tags: Outsourcing, Acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Ross Perot, EDS Termination HP, IT Services, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hardware, marketing
The antitrust cop and the tech industry
News Christine Varney aims to reinvigorate antitrust policy without stifling U.S. business, but Google and Intel could be among her targets.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Intel Corp., Google Inc., Bush Administration, antitrust, U.S. Government, network, industry, advisor, Netscape Communications Corp.
Unmask your passwords with this JavaScript trick
Techguide If you think you mistyped a password into a password field in your browser, a simple JavaScript trick can help you find out by unmasking the password.
Tags: Security, Web Browser, Jakob Nielsen, Password, Clear, Chad Perrin, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, newsletter, Security
Using title attribute to provide more data about HTML elements
Techguide The ability to provide additional information is especially helpful with HTML forms where tooltips can be used to let the user know what is expected in user input.
Tags: Web browsers, Title, IBM Corp., Web Browser, Title Attribute, Mouse, ID, Tooltip, ALT, Microsoft ASP.NET
Create a title style in Word to save time and mouse clicks
Techguide It's easy to define a custom style for your document titles, and it will greatly simplify the task of formatting title text.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Title, Microsoft Corp., C, check box, Mouse, Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Access
Design ideas show Firefox 4.0 with a Chrome look
News A Mozilla mockup for Firefox 4.0 raises the possibility of a very Chrome-like interface for the browser.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Web Page, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, performance, window
The curious case of Sun Microsystems Philippines
Blogs In more ways than one, Sun Microsystems Philippines (SunPhil) is an "anomaly" among the large IT companies in the countr...
Jaguar supercomputer races past Roadrunner in Top500
News Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" finally bests IBM after three tries. The top 10, while still dominated by supercomputers housed in the U.S., had just one newcomer.
Tags: Supercomputing, Teraflop, Cray Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Sandia National Laboratories, Computer, Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Tweeting from the command line
Techguide Find out about a simple script that will allow you to send tweets from the command line.
Tags: Open source, Web 2.0, Script, Twitter Inc., Web 2.0, Red Hat Inc., Social Media, Vincent Danen, API, Canada
Facebook hires an open source advocate
News Prominent open standards advocate David Recordon will join Facebook as senior open programs manager.
Tags: Web 2.0, LiveJournal, Facebook, job, founder, blog, open standard, Web 2.0, board
Running a contest on Facebook? That'll cost you
News Social network tightened rules for companies running contests on its platform, and sources say those companies will be required to buy ad space, too.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web sites, Web 2.0, Facebook, advertisement, CEO, U.S., CBS Interactive Inc., Human Resources Inc., Web sites
What Windows 7 means to developers
Techguide Wondering what Windows 7 will break in your applications? Justin James assures you that there's not much need to worry.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows Vista, Animation, Developer, Microsoft Windows 7, Justin James
Qantas plans slimmer, friendlier IT dept
News Qantas CTO David Hall's vision for a more streamlined IT department, may save the the airline US$83 million over the next financial year.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT outsourcing, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, Supplier, Australia, Qantas Airways Ltd., CEO, Fujitsu Ltd., financial
Will PSP Go keep pirates at bay?
News Like all of Apple's portable devices, the PSP Go will have a sealed in battery that's non user-replaceable. An integrated battery helps save precious space, but in the case of the PSP Go, it was also designed to thwart pirates.
Tags: Game players, Battery, Security, Piracy, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, digital content, firmware upgrade, disc, firmware
Internet Archive's BookServer could 'dominate' Amazon
News A new initiative from the nonprofit Internet Archive aims to make all books, commercial or public domain, available for digital distribution. If it works, Amazon could be in serious trouble.
Tags: Handhelds, Publisher, Google Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., search engine, e-reader, Amazon.com Inc., BookServer, public domain, Amazon Kindle
