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Don't "Buy It Now"? eBay Stock Slides Today After Sluggish Growth Estimate

Oh, my - eBay shares dropped 7% in Wednesday trading. That after the company announced in a wide-ranging conference call with analysts that it wouldn’t meet current quarterly sales and revenue projections. That throws cold water on eBay’s reputation as a company that constantly delivers a...

Uncertainty Plagues Technology Stocks

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is between a rock and a hard place. Bernanke, who spends another day in front of a congressional panel defending his handling of the Fed during a tough economic period, is stuck with a Hobson’s choice. Lower interest rates to help the economy but risk...

Trouble with Your Vendor? Try Twitter

Is your vendor giving you trouble? Won’t respond to your calls? Won’t help with your problem? Who you gonna call? Well, when I spoke to Brent Leary, a partner at CRM Essentials, yesterday, Leary surprised me when he suggested if your vendor won’t help you, go on Twitter, find a person with...

Common Sense Prevails in Google-Viacom Privacy Mess

Though nothing will Drive them away We can beat them Just for one day ~David Bowie, Heroes. That collective sigh of relief you hear this morning is probably the millions of YouTube users who are relieved that Google and Viacom have reached an agreement to protect their privacy. All I can say is...

Microsoft Don’t Know Jack About UI Design

I laughed out loud when I saw this headline on the ars technica Web site: “Monkey see, monkey do: Microsoft launches mobile app site.” It’s so typical of Microsoft in recent years to desperately emulate companies it perceives as its competitors, even at the expense of its own...

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Security Holes Spring Up in Java Framework

The Advanced Research Team of security tools vendor Ounce Labs has identified two vulnerabilities in the Spring framework for Java. The vulnerabilities have the potential, the team says, to allow an attacker to “subvert the expected application logic and behavior,” and gain control of an...

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Microsoft Denies it Demanded Changes to Yahoo Governance

Here’s a footnote for the current chapter of the Microsoft-Yahoo acquisition saga. Microsoft this week issued a statement to “set the record straight” about Yahoo’s July 12 rejection of the latest acquisition offer from Redmond. Rather than trying to paraphrase, here’s Microsoft in its...

Is Microsoft really in talks with AOL?

That's what the Wall Street Journal seems to think anyway. I can't help but be a little cynical about this, what with their would-be deal with Yahoo! hardly cold in its grave. The cold-hearted journalist in me tends to see conspiracy theories wherever it looks, so please forgive me if I indulge...

I hate to say it but text to speech is a waste of time

So I get this call. Would I like an exclusive briefing on a new technology that's going to turn text into speech - the first one to do this 'native'. Forgive me, but no I don't. This typifies, in my view, the all-too-common view that a technical advance ought to be done for the sake of it. Let's...

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Ken Hess's Linux Blog

khess in a Nutshell

I am a techie, a Linux evangelist, and an activist of sorts. I am also a DaniWeb Staff Writer/Blogger, a Linux Feature Writer and Columnist. You can see my work in Systems Management News (www.sysmannews.com) or in Linux Magazine (www.linux-mag.com). Hit my website at www.kenhess.com to find out... (Read Blog)

The Netbook Market Booms with Linux Onboard

Netbook's, or mini-laptops as they are known, popularity, low price, portability, and solid state technology make them prime targets for innovation. Companies like Cyberlink, a multi-media software developer, want in. Their PowerCinema Linux, a custom Linux distribution bundling media software...