Comments for TechSlant http://techslant.com Technology News and Comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:41:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Circuit City files for bankruptcy: And so the wheel turns by Matthew http://techslant.com/circuit-city-files-for-bankruptcy-and-so-the-wheel-turns/#comment-822 Matthew Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:10:24 +0000 http://techslant.com/?p=201#comment-822 To those folks that lost their jobs at Circuit City...You will find new jobs! www.linkedin.com (professional networking) www.indeed.com (aggregated listings) www.realmatch.com (matches jobs based on your skills) Good luck to the circuit city folks! To those folks that lost their jobs at Circuit City…You will find new jobs!

http://www.linkedin.com (professional networking)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated listings)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches jobs based on your skills)

Good luck to the circuit city folks!

]]> Comment on Technology: How has it affected the 2008 Election by don pharrs http://techslant.com/technology-how-has-affected-the-2008-election/#comment-787 don pharrs Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:53:37 +0000 http://techslant.com/2008/02/14/technology-how-has-affected-the-2008-election/#comment-787 Barack Obama won the first black president yeh we in here 08 Barack Obama won the first black president yeh we in here 08

]]> Comment on Motorola: Maybe the last gasp? by adam hartung http://techslant.com/motorola-maybe-the-last-gasp/#comment-779 adam hartung Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:36:21 +0000 http://techslant.com/?p=175#comment-779 This will not turn around Motorola. Executives are not prescient, and companies need market input to migrate successfully. Cutting new products and technologies is not going to provide the elements needed to success - good scenario planning, obsessive competitor understanding, willingness to be disruptive and using White Space to understand market needs. Motorola's new plan misses most of the requirements. Read more at http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com This will not turn around Motorola. Executives are not prescient, and companies need market input to migrate successfully. Cutting new products and technologies is not going to provide the elements needed to success - good scenario planning, obsessive competitor understanding, willingness to be disruptive and using White Space to understand market needs. Motorola’s new plan misses most of the requirements. Read more at http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com

]]> Comment on The World of Stock Art: Crumbling? by mikey http://techslant.com/the-world-of-stock-art-crumbling/#comment-722 mikey Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:46:23 +0000 http://techslant.com/?p=160#comment-722 We've all seen the writing on the wall for some time. The cheap professional grade digital cameras and micro-stock agencies have made midlevel stock photography cheap and easy. We’ve all seen the writing on the wall for some time.
The cheap professional grade digital cameras and micro-stock agencies have made midlevel stock photography cheap and easy.

]]> Comment on Big security flaw found in T-Mobile’s Android Phone by kris http://techslant.com/big-security-flaw-found-in-t-mobiles-android-phone/#comment-717 kris Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:03:30 +0000 http://techslant.com/?p=158#comment-717 Please post more updates Please post more updates

]]> Comment on Google, Android and The Not-So-Secret Plan by DerekD http://techslant.com/google-android-and-the-not-so-secret-plan/#comment-699 DerekD Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:17:55 +0000 http://techslant.com/?p=134#comment-699 Ashot: Good point, and I never presented it as 'evil' in any way, I just pointed out that Google has a plan with their Android OS and stated so. I'm quite sure if Yahoo! was involved, they'd do the same thing. Ashot: Good point, and I never presented it as ‘evil’ in any way, I just pointed out that Google has a plan with their Android OS and stated so. I’m quite sure if Yahoo! was involved, they’d do the same thing.

]]> Comment on Google, Android and The Not-So-Secret Plan by Ashot http://techslant.com/google-android-and-the-not-so-secret-plan/#comment-698 Ashot Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:52:54 +0000 http://techslant.com/?p=134#comment-698 Even if it makes transferring all your Google account info so easy, so what? Do you know any other company that wouldn't do so? Google created services that people love, including me, and I would love to have that G1 because I'll be able to use all the services I'm used to on my laptop on my mobile as well. Sure, I do it now with my smartphone, too. But I'm sure the experience is not to compare with the the one on G1. Apple, Microsoft, Google... all of them are giants and from business point of view there are steps that are natural to take for a giant in order to not fall down. Apple did it to XEROX. Microsoft did it to Apple. Google does it to Microsoft and Apple. Pretty natural, and who says they aren't trying to do it again to Google? Just because Google is too smart for them, it doesn't mean it is evil. If you compare Google with others, it is not more "deliberate" than other players. Even if it makes transferring all your Google account info so easy, so what? Do you know any other company that wouldn’t do so?

Google created services that people love, including me, and I would love to have that G1 because I’ll be able to use all the services I’m used to on my laptop on my mobile as well.
Sure, I do it now with my smartphone, too. But I’m sure the experience is not to compare with the the one on G1.

Apple, Microsoft, Google… all of them are giants and from business point of view there are steps that are natural to take for a giant in order to not fall down.

Apple did it to XEROX.
Microsoft did it to Apple.
Google does it to Microsoft and Apple.

Pretty natural, and who says they aren’t trying to do it again to Google? Just because Google is too smart for them, it doesn’t mean it is evil.

If you compare Google with others, it is not more
“deliberate” than other players.

]]> Comment on Google, Android and The Not-So-Secret Plan by Sam Curren http://techslant.com/google-android-and-the-not-so-secret-plan/#comment-690 Sam Curren Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:43:44 +0000 http://techslant.com/?p=134#comment-690 Don't confuse Android the the T-Mobile G1. The G1 is only one of quite a number of possible configurations. You wrote: "The Android phone asks you for your Google account information when you first start it up..." and this is not quite true. The G1 asks for your information on startup, but the tight linking to your Google Account is independent of the Android platform itself, and as such is missing from the SDK. To explore this concept further, consider an Android software suite built by Yahoo to interact with all their services. The software could be configured to ask for Yahoo credentials after install or on the next boot, and replace all the 'deeply' integrated Google features. So, 'deep' isn't so deep at all. There are hooks and API calls available for Google services, but these are purely optional. Don’t confuse Android the the T-Mobile G1. The G1 is only one of quite a number of possible configurations. You wrote: “The Android phone asks you for your Google account information when you first start it up…” and this is not quite true. The G1 asks for your information on startup, but the tight linking to your Google Account is independent of the Android platform itself, and as such is missing from the SDK.

To explore this concept further, consider an Android software suite built by Yahoo to interact with all their services. The software could be configured to ask for Yahoo credentials after install or on the next boot, and replace all the ‘deeply’ integrated Google features.

So, ‘deep’ isn’t so deep at all. There are hooks and API calls available for Google services, but these are purely optional.

]]> Comment on IBM - What’s old is new again (Avoid yawning where possible) by Stacey Derbinshire http://techslant.com/ibm-whats-old-is-new-again-avoid-yawning-where-possible/#comment-676 Stacey Derbinshire Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:00:15 +0000 http://techslant.com/?p=132#comment-676 Would you be interested in exchanging blogrolls links with my site? Please email me if you are interested Would you be interested in exchanging blogrolls links with my site? Please email me if you are interested

]]> Comment on If Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 is released and falls, and no one is there, does it make a sound? by Nobody seems to know about Silverlight, for now | Fremus.co.za http://techslant.com/if-microsoft-silverlight-20-is-released-and-falls-and-no-one-is-there-does-it-make-a-sound/#comment-643 Nobody seems to know about Silverlight, for now | Fremus.co.za Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:07:09 +0000 http://techslant.com/?p=103#comment-643 [...] and use. But maybe, just maybe Silverlight was not designed for that purpose and that if people respond to Silverlight in certain ways it means they are taking some notice at least. The response clearly does not take into account the [...] [...] and use. But maybe, just maybe Silverlight was not designed for that purpose and that if people respond to Silverlight in certain ways it means they are taking some notice at least. The response clearly does not take into account the [...]

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