I think CrunchBase is a really nice resource. For those of us bemused by the silly throwing around of money that is going on at present, this database is a nice way to search. So I can easily look up any company (eg Jaiku) and find out what hell people are attracted to it for, and even some financial data if any is available (eg here's a new company you may not have heard of :-). Michael...
Interesting to read what Computerworld thinks Gartner thinks are the top 10 strategic technologies for 2008. The usual woffle abounds with Green IT and 'the Web platform' (I kid you not) getting trotted out. And look out for number 10 – Social software – my goodness they are prescient. The problem with these kinds of reports, is firstly, this is Computerworld's take...
Microsoft is adding F# to its list of support languages in Visual Studio. So reports Mary Jo. And no, F# is not the .net version of FoxPro :-)
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I’ve been reading Jonathan’s blog for a while now (he’s the CEO of Sun) because I love his honesty, curiosity and ability to think right outside the square. His latest post on reducing waste by improving efficiency is so simple and common sense as to be jarring – it caught me completely by surprise. I’ll never look at a computer spec the same way again. Technorati...
I was going through a pile of papers and found my notes from CeBIT earlier this year. Yay! I thought I’d lost them. Anyway, back in early May (yikes – was it that long ago?) I attended CeBIT to check out the latest and greatest in the technology stakes. There were a few things that struck me about the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of exhibitor’s stands. So I compiled a list...