http://www.iesiusa.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:57:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a thought experiment: If you consider marketing as a function of information technology, and you consequently divide it into software and hardware, then you may draw an interesting analogy to what's currently happening in the wireless industry. Like the mobile industry, in particular handset phone makers, who experience a ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/09/04/marketing-software-vs-marketing-hardware/ Yahoo met with RiskMetrics on Thursday to make its case as to why its current board should be re-elected to a one-year term and Icahn was scheduled for Tuesday, Young said. RiskMetrics, and other institutional investor advisory services, issue recommendations on how investors should vote on proxy issues. As a ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/08/30/microsoft-may-come-out-winner-in-yahoo-and-icahn-s/ "The bulk of our 45-nanometer output starts out in servers, moves to mobile, then moves to desktop," he said. In other words, desktops have last dibs on 45nm parts. There were also rumors about motherboard compatibility problems for all three chips. Whatever the case, the processors are now offered on ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/08/24/latest-quad-core-chips-creep-into-consumer-desktop/ For those who want their local weather on the 7s. (Credit: Maplin) Don't trust Marshall Seese? Me neither--the Weather Channel anchor looks a little shifty to me. And I think Jim Cantore's been left out in the field a little too long. If you've lost faith in the Weather Channel, it's time ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/08/21/be-your-own-weatherman/ Microsoft just held a summit on the next version of Windows Mobile, and one attendee is excited about the product, but worried about the timing. Brandon Miniman of PocketNow posted a recap (thanks, Gizmodo) of his trip to Redmond for the Microsoft MVP Summit to check out Windows Mobile 7. He ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/08/21/microsoft-working-hard-on-windows-mobile-improveme/ The HA-SX500 will carry a list price of $79.99. (Credit: JVC) You remember those fold-up Sony headphones that you used to take with you to the gym? Well, JVC's added a new "high-end" version of that type of headphone to its Bi-Metal line of in-ear canal headphones. JVC's HA-SX500 will be out ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/08/21/jvc-goes-slim-with-new-headphones/ commentary I left my Kindle on a flight into SFO on Monday night, and unfortunately it doesn't appear that I'll be getting it back. After a two-hour delay to my flight, I think I was a bit brain-dead by the time we touched down, causing me to leave it sitting in ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/08/21/lost-one-poor-forlorn-kindle/ Google says the "BlogThis!" button in Picasa uses the button API. (Credit: Google) Adobe Systems is getting all of the attention today in the digital photo world with the launch of Photoshop Express. Google, meanwhile, continues to add features to Picasa, Adobe's main online rival. Google has released a new application programming interface ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/08/21/google-api-makes-it-easier-to-share-photos/ This post is somewhat off topic, though the longer I write the (parent.thesis) blog, the more issues seem related to parenting and technology in some way. And after watching hours of election coverage this week, the Presidential race is intertwined with our whole lives right now. So follow me over ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/08/21/online-market-predicts-candidates-chances/ commentary I've seen a lot of noise over the past year about which presidential candidate would be best for open source, most recently this blog post in TechRepublic suggesting that Barack Obama would be better for open source. I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but anyone looking to the U.S. presidency ... http://www.iesiusa.com/index.php/2010/08/21/open-source-for-president-get-real/