Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Where's Richi?

Yes, I'm not blogging here much these days. So what am I up to?

In addition to my Computerworld daily ramblings and Ferris Researchings, you can mostly find me microblogging on Twitter.

You'll also find me at Facebook, LinkedIn, FriendFeed, and FriendFace.

Here's a full list of contact details.

Friday, 6 March 2009

IT Blogwatch roundup

Here's a catchup of the last two week's of IT Blogwatching. Sorry I missed last week's post: I had a rush job on.


TomTom fights Microsoft to protect GPL?

TomTom logoIn a special IT Blogwatch Extra, Richi Jennings watches the growing disquiet over Microsoft's TomTom patent lawsuit. Not to mention what Darth Vader finds disturbing...

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Obama: we need a CIO before a CTO

ObamaIn Friday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches a surprise Obama appointment: a CIO (confounding commentators' CTO conjectures). Not to mention MeggySeq...

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Windows 7 allows IE uninstall

Windows 7 screenshotIn Thursday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Microsoft allow users and OEMs to actually remove IE -- sop to Europe or misdirecting canard? Not to mention 3D street art...

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Skype SILK codec set free-as-in-beer

Skype logoIn Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Skype open up its fancy new voice encoding technology. Not to mention London Underground: run by people, not androids...

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New Apple desktops: fanbois drool

Apple logoIn a special IT Blogwatch extra, Richi Jennings watches Apple quietly revamp its entire desktop hardware line. Not to mention Square Root Day...

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Demonstrators demo at DEMO 09

Demo logoIn Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches bloggers watch the DEMO 09 conference. Not to mention what not to wear...

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Iran leeches Obama's helo. plans, peer2peer

Marine One (U.S. Marines; public domain)In Monday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches the fear, uncertainty, and doubt surrounding the discovery of Marine One blueprints on a peer-to-peer network. Not to mention how extra airline fees may have gone too far...

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Windows 7 RC on its way

Windows 7 screenshotIn Friday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Microsoft announce tweaks to Windows 7 in time for the upcoming Release Candidate build. Not to mention Darth Walkies...

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Microsoft "recalculating route" of Linux patents

TomTom logoIn Thursday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Microsoft sue TomTom over its Linux patent "infringement" -- is this the beginning of the end? Not to mention a Mac Mini inside a Disk ][ Drive...

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Apple Safari 4: better, stronger, faster?

Apple logoIn Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Apple launch the Safari 4 beta, claiming improved speed and standards-compliance. Not to mention paper computers...

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Microsoft: "Just kidding; keep the money"

MicrosoftIn Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Microsoft overpay redundant employees, ask for the money back, then change its mind. Not to mention Error'd...

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Steve Jobs is "offline"

Apple logoIn Monday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches the curious case of Steve Jobs' instant messaging presence (or recent lack of it). Not to mention exploding, flying, and crashing servers...

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Friday, 20 February 2009

IT Blogwatch roundup for w/b Feb 16th

Here's what I've been up to for those fine folks at Computerworld this week. Yes, amazingly, I've not been fired yet...


HP has "hurd" about a recession

Mark Hurd (source: HP)In Friday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches HP CEO Mark Hurd impose pay cuts across the board. Not to mention misheard lyrics...

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Terry Childs speaks from SF jail cell

Terry Childs (credit: Robert McMillan)In Thursday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches former San Francisco network administrator Terry Childs speak out from his jail cell. Not to mention the end of U.S. analog TV...

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Cisco gets cozy with Trend Micro

HND logoIn Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Trend Micro slide its security software into routers from Cisco/Linksys. Not to mention how not to cross at a railroad crossing...

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Facebook TOSses out your privacy?

Facebook logoIn Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches a row erupt over Facebook's new Terms of Service. Not to mention gaming in a world without bad guys...

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Downgrade to XP is $60: Microsoft sued

Windows XP box (source: Microsoft)In Monday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Microsoft get sued over a fee to downgrade from Vista to XP. Not to mention a special Valentine's Day gift...

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Friday, 13 February 2009

This Week's IT Blogwatch Roundup

Instead of posting links to these things each day, I'll do a Friday roundup of the week...

1234567890 seconds since 1/1/1970: tonight!

1234567890In a special IT Blogwatch Extra, Richi Jennings watches geeks celebrate 1234567890 night. Not to mention more mayhem from the Improv Everywhere crew...

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Industry gets serious about Downadup, aka Conficker

Microsoft security  logoIn Friday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches an industry cabal get off their collective backsides to do something about the latest 10-million-strong botnet. Not to mention conclusive proof that Google does have a sense of humor...

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"Ditch XP for Vista," begs Microsoft

MicrosoftIn Thursday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Microsoft cajole and plead with IT customers to stop using Windows XP. Not to mention the oh-so-hysterical Cake Wrecks...

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IBM floats big blue clouds

IBM logoIn Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches IBM get serious about cloud computing. Not to mention if Apple made batteries...

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Google PowerMeter... err, powers your power meter

Google.org logoIn a special IT Blogwatch Extra, Richi Jennings watches bloggers watch Google.org watch your power meter (phew). Not to mention Queen vs. Songsmith...

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Kindle 2 to fan flames for e-books?

Kindle 2In Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Amazon launch its "new, improved" e-book reader. Not to mention corpulence pedagogy...

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OLPC throws in the towel

OLPC logoIn Monday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches the One Laptop Per Child project give up on making laptops. Not to mention Ice Invaders...

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Soon be 1234567890



Hat tip: Claudio Gamboa