http://www.icarebiz.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:24:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The site just doesn't inspire or engage and I have no reason to visit other than to answer requests - usually from perfect strangers--to become "linked in." But reading about the rollout of the beta version of LinkedIn's business directory and I'm intrigued by the idea. To wit: Now ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/09/04/linkedin-starts-living-up-to-its-name/ (Credit: Kent German/CNET Networks) It's always a good day at our house when the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly arrives in the mailbox. And when last week's summer double issue arrived, an already good day was made even better. I love top 10 lists, but Entertainment Weekly managed to maximize my ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/09/04/top-tech-and-no-cell-phone/ AVADirect's new slimtower GT3 custom gaming PC. A chief benefit of the GT3 is that it offers a slim profile, but it also lets you add a full-size graphics card. Based on AVADirect's high-end processor offerings, including Intel Core i7 Extreme chips, we don't believe it's using the GT3 to go ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/08/30/avadirect-continues-small-gaming-pc-trend/ Earlier this week, Dell said it will close its Austin, Texas, desktop manufacturing facility as it seeks to trim billions in costs. The company is hosting a briefing with financial analysts at its Round Rock, Texas, headquarters on Thursday at which CEO Michael Dell discussed its layoff plans. "We are not satisfied ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/08/29/dell-layoffs-bigger-than-expected/ The game's conceit will be to have players help Ariadne find her identity through a complex series of online and, most likely, real-world clues and puzzles. Somehow, it will all be tied in to the Olympics. One clue on the game's site says she offers up the "fact" that, after ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/08/24/olympics-themed-alternate-reality-game-goes-live/ This agreement gives advertisers a new opportunity to bid for placement on an additional network that includes Yahoo inventory. They will bid for what they think this opportunity is worth at prices that produce positive ROI. That's how pricing works today in this industry and this agreement won't change ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/08/24/down-to-the-wire-on-google-yahoo/ Get Microsoft's Office Compatibility Pack The greatest challenge in switching from Office 2003 to Office 2007 isn't trying to find the ribbon equivalent of the old toolbar options, it's remembering to save files in the .doc, .xls, and .ppt formats rather than their new XML equivalents. In a way it's a ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/08/24/three-ways-to-avoid-problems-when-sharing-office-f/ A new feature has to be tested to make sure it is better than the old way of doing things and that it doesn't mess anything else up. Microsoft is hoping a new tool can help make the testing process more methodical and, by doing so, speed things up. The company ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/08/24/microsoft-better-testing-can-speed-development/ It is only by building such a layer of [service] abstraction that will enable IT's focus to truly change from their traditional asset perspective ("what we have"), to the new value-oriented perspective ("what we deliver"). Furthermore, aggregating data at a service layer reveals far more potent information sources and the ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/08/24/software-becomes-a-service-not-product-industry/ "We don't have the Microsoft patent promise that Novell provides. We can't provide that with rPath Linux," Marshall told this ZDNet blogger. "It takes a long time for people to overcome their historical biases. " Paula Rooney at ZDnet reported on today's announcement that rPath has entered a pact with ... http://www.icarebiz.com/2010/08/24/rpath-plays-the-sucker-for-novell-and-microsoft/