Archives for February 2007
Well, Ning version 2 is out! So, many congratulations to all the people at Ning - it’s always a big deal to get something new launched!
With version 2 being fresh, now would seem a good time to take stock of Ning’s core value proposition. The Ning value proposition seems to be thus: […]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - WPF/E could be massive for Microsoft. However, as is the case with many things, the devil is in the detail. And my assertion is that, whether or not it turns out a success depends critically on how well they execute on the “E” in […]
Ben Holmes of Index Ventures gave a presentation at the FOWA conference last week, entitled, “Everything You Need To Know About Venture Capital”. I highly recommend the slides to you (see below) - perhaps it’s not quite everything you need to know, but it’s a fabulous introduction. It’s great to see a European VC being […]
It’s frustrating. Imagine you want to buy some low-cost, dedicated servers (or virtualised servers). You will manage these servers, but they will be hosted in a remote data center. Now, you have a number of great choices if you want to use Linux or Windows as your server operating system; but what […]
I’m sure you seen that Google has just announced its $50 per user per year set of Google Office applications (you can read the story over at InformationWeek if not). For that, you get access to: e-mail, calendar, instant messaging, word processor and spreadsheet on-line applications.
It’s easy to understand why the Google management team […]
If you’re interested in computing, you might be interested in what’s happening within the particle physics community right now - in particular, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Particle physics not your bag? Well, remember that the World Wide Web came out of this community… and the computing they’re doing right now could help […]
There’s a lot of interest surrounding casual gaming at the moment. Whether it’s on games console platforms, like Xbox Live, or Apple platforms like iPhone (and even iPod), there’s no doubt that people feel there are billions of dollars to be made from casual gaming.
The question arises - who is it that’s playing casual […]
A few weeks ago, on 26 January, I blogged about our impending purchase of some computer hardware. We’re building a high-performance compute grid to meet the needs of one of our key projects - developing a new technology that can automatically, and intelligently, analyse large volumes of high-definition digital video. On […]
Apple is about to find out just how competitive the mobile phone handset business is. Yesteday, Samsung announced a new handset - the Ultra Smart F700. It looks like it could kick Apple right where it hurts.
Like the iPhone, the F700 has a large touch screen. But unlike the iPhone, the Samsung […]
Three days ago, HP put out a press release. I think it’s trying to persuade me that running Sun’s Solaris x86 operating system on HP’s rather nice x86/x64-based hardware is a good idea; but really it’s pretty damned difficult to tell. For example, take this sentence:
HP’s robust UNIX operating system, […]