http://www.manlypowertools.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:44:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Virtualization specialist VMware is sticking its head in the clouds, and hoping for sunshine. Cloud computing has become one of the dominant drives in the IT sector in recent months. It's a loose term, but generally it refers to hosting applications away from local desktops and in an Internet-based computing resource, ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/09/04/vmware-takes-its-turn-at-cloud-computing/ At the time of the selection, they evaluated Openbravo POS against some the most popular commercial POS solutions and our beloved open source application came out on top. The deciding factors were its simplicity, rich functionality and the quality of its code. The implementation project was very rapid and within a ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/08/30/open-source-openbravo-buys-your-ticket-on-portland/ Social network Facebook also has a display ad contract with Microsoft (in addition to a $240 million investment) but has been putting more emphasis on the experimental "Engagement Ads" product that it packages and markets in-house. The News Corp.-owned MySpace, meanwhile, relies more heavily on traditional display ads. "It's not unusual ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/08/24/digg-buries-microsoft-ad-contract/ Here we go again. A new company, Reframe It, is launching its Web markup product on Wednesday. Like ThirdVoice and Stickis before it, Reframe It lets you highlight a piece of a Web page, comment on it, and discuss those comments with other visitors to the site. I found ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/08/21/reframe-it-launches-community-markup-system-for-we/ The assistant to Motorola's former chief marketing officer has accused former CEO Ed Zander of working his boss to death--literally--and declared that current CEO Greg Brown is "actively killing the company." Engadget obtained a letter written by Numair Faraz, who was a personal adviser to former Motorola Chief Marketing Officer ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/08/21/former-motorola-employee-blasts-current-former-ma/ Microsoft now says the server version of Windows 7 will not be a major release and will bear the name Windows Server 2008 R2. The move is surprising, given that in the past, Microsoft has used R2 monikers to signify a product with a few new features, as opposed to major ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/08/21/cnet-news-daily-podcast-microsoft-speaking-with-o/ LocalReuse lets you browse free things up for grabs in your area. (Credit: CNET Networks) You might remember Gigoit, a service we covered early last year. Much like Freecycle it's set up to let you get rid of, and browse through other people's, junk. The site is littered with things like old ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/08/21/localreuse-iphone-app-helps-you-find-get-rid-of-j/ I'm personally not too keen on a touch-screen keyboard but this new Blackberry Thunder looks to be a potential real competitor to the iPhone, at least for business users. And yet, somehow this new BB makes me like the iPhone even more. I'm not convinced music apps matter as much to BB ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/08/21/blackberry-thunder-touch-screen-photos/ Zappos.com's new user interface (Credit: Zappos.com) Sometime in the next few weeks, shoe e-tailer Zappos.com will launch a new interface that lets consumers buy lipstick and MP3 players along with Birkenstocks and Nikes. The company is preparing to do a soft launch of the new, cleaner look to around 1,000 customers before deciding on ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/08/21/would-you-like-an-ipod-with-those-shoes/ SD Times just published a well defined list of their choices for top 100 companies of the moment. An interesting point they make is that 2007 was a difficult year for developers while 2008 is much shinier and happier. Check out how the influencers list show the power of open source: ... http://www.manlypowertools.com/2010/08/21/sd-times-top-100-software-vendor-list/