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Motorola reveals Cliq XT (Quench) Android smartphone: Flash, pinch zoom, virtual keyboard, T-Mobile

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:02:08 +0000

Motorola on Monday announced the Cliq XT Google Android-based handset, a keyboard-less new handset that will use the Motoblur platform and be known as Quench overseas. The device, which uses a full virtual QWERTY and sports a rounded square navigational touchpad on the front, offers a new messaging feature called Swype for text entry. Judging from this promotional video, Swype is a drag-your-finger-around instead of tap type of input: The Cliq XT/Quench is Motorola s eighth Android device to date, and was announced at Mobile World Congress 2010. The handset is aimed at the same social media-meets-multimedia audience that the original Cliq was, and its new media player allows users buy and download music from a store as well as integrate third-party apps such as …

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Krusader Conquers Linux Files

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:46 +0000

Krusader is one of those must-have computing tools that turns difficult or tedious computing tasks into easy, point-and-click operations. It’s an advanced twin-panel file manager that’s loaded with features. When I made the switch from the Windows to the Linux operating system, I had a short list of program requirements. This list was a match to critical computing procedures I relied upon in Windows.

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Eating Our Own Dog Food: dynaTrace Does Continuous APM

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:46 +0000

Obviously dynaTrace takes performance very seriously as we preach to our clients that Continuous Application Performance Management is critical across the Application Lifecycle. The earlier in the Lifecycle you manage and get your performance under control the less you have to worry about actual problems later on when you ship your product.In the discussion I had with dynaTrace Test Automation Lead Stefan Frandl, he talked about how dynaTrace transitioned from traditional performance management to where we are now – which means: “eat our own dog food” and “live the dynaTrace Continuous APM message”.

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Using Social Media To Get Work

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:46 +0000

If you prefer to live in the real world you will agree that the job situation in the US is not getting better any time soon. If there are any political pundit types out there who want to duke it out about the what’s and why’s of this situation that’s fine. I’m just stating a fact.

This reality of the times we live in is played out all the time across social media channels. In particular, LinkedIn is the recruiters haven of social media as headhunters who collect connections like the business version of baseball cards. Collect’em all and trade with your friends who need a new VP of something or other. Hey, I’ll trade a VP of Biz Dev for two Directors of marketing!

Of course, you can’t expect something as current and pervasive as extreme unemployment to escape the grip of Twitter. The social media powerhouse is still figuring out those revenue thingys while other are using it for more and more practical purposes (that generate a penny for the company).

The newest is TwitJobSearch. We learn more from the New York Times technology blog Bits.

In the last month, 340,000 jobs have been listed on Twitter, said William Fischer, co-founder of WorkDigital, which created TwitJobSearch, a site that searches Twitter for jobs.

The latest tool that job hunters can use to find openings is called JobDeck, a new product from TwitJobSearch and TweetDeck, a desktop Twitter application.

TwitJobSearch scans Twitter for job postings by paying attention to the context in which employment-related keywords appear. For example, if a Tweet links to a story about the construction industry losing jobs, that should not show up on the list. If a Tweet says there is a job listing for an assistant to the vice president, the search engine needs to categorize it under openings for assistants, not vice presidents.

There are many early success stories in using Twitter as a job search tool and recruiting tool. JobDeck even pulls job listings from LinkedIn. This all makes sense especially of you are looking for some help with social related activities since those using the service are already at least on the platform. It doesn’t stop there though as the opportunities for many different jobs are popping up on Twitter.

The article gave this quick sketch of a real success story.

On Jan. 7, Richard Barton, chief executive of the real estate Web site Zillow.com, fired off this Tweet: “Greg Slyngstad & I are cooking up a consumer internet startup. R U our founding CTO? Seeking smart, passionate team-builder.” (Mr. Slyngstad and Mr. Barton helped start Expedia together.)

“We were deluged with résumés,” Mr. Barton said. “It’s the most powerful recruiting tool I’ve ever used.”

He has also hired three Zillow employees using Twitter, including its new marketing director. Mr. Barton says Twitter is especially useful for job announcements because, unlike e-mail, recipients do not need to respond unless they are interested in applying or know someone who might be.

So if you are in the market for a job or are looking for new job opportunities don’t discount Twitter as a great resource. Just be ready to make that first impression in 140 characters or less.

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Microsoft ‘Quebec’ Windows 7 embedded product nears the finish line

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:02:40 +0000

Microsoft is a step closer to delivering the final version of the Windows 7-based version of its Embedded Standard 2011 product that is codenamed “Quebec.” On February 15, Microsoft made available to testers the Release Candidate (RC) version of Windows Embedded Standard 2011 — a product the company has decided to renamed Windows Embedded Standard 7. The RC is available to select testers via the Microsoft Connect site, according to an email sent to those testers on February 15. Windows Embedded Standard is targeted at OEMs and specialized device makers who want to build platforms and applications that use various Windows components. In other words, it is the componentized version of Windows 7. Microsoft delivered a first test build of the product in …

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Google Buzz Biffs It Big-Time on Privacy

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:02:20 +0000

Google’s launch of Buzz on Tuesday, widely seen as an attempt to outdo Facebook, succeeded all right — in the way it ran roughshod over users’ privacy. The sheer volume of complaints over this issue forced Google to tweak privacy controls for Buzz users. Why is it that while Google was building Buzz, it didn’t bear in mind the repeated run-ins Facebook has had with its users over privacy concerns?

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series: Too little too late?

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:14 +0000

Microsoft has finally come up with an answer for its mobile phone operating system conundrum: Take the Zune software and extend it into something unique and fresh. The big question is whether Microsoft has solved the Windows Mobile puzzle too late. At the Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft introduced Windows Phone 7 Series (statement, Techmeme). Clunky name aside, the software giant’s take is solid. If you have a Zune HD you’ll recognize Microsoft’s phone platform immediately. The Zune HD software works well and does what it’s supposed to without a lot of clutter. One can only hope that Windows Phone 7 does the same. Microsoft said Windows Phone 7 represents a “fresh approach” that will layer in simplicity, context, applications and the …

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New Asus Eee PC T101MT is a multi-touch convertible Windows 7 tablet/netbook

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:10 +0000

Asus kicked off the netbook craze about 18 months ago with its original Eee PC, and now the line has graduated to Windows 7 and a multi-touch, swiveling screen that turns the T101MT into a tablet PC. The T91 was the first Eee PC that worked as a convertible tablet, but it had a smaller 8.9-inch screen and ran Windows XP, which of course lacks multi-touch capabilities. The T101MT comes with a 10.1-inch LED-backlit screen that works with the bundled touch-based software as well as PenWrite technology for stylus-based interaction. It sports the Intel Atom N540 CPU, though it sadly doesn’t pair that with Nvidia Ion graphics platform. You can get it with 1GB or 2GB of RAM, a 160GB or …

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Looking Back to 2009, and Brokering the Cloud for 2010

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:30 +0000

I’m pleased to report that Vordel today announced “a record increase in annual revenues and net income for 2009 with overall revenues up almost 80% on the previous year.Vordel added an additional 32 enterprise customers to its global user base validating Vordel’s position as the premier provider of SOA and Cloud Governance products”.If you read down through the news details, you can see that a key offering for Vordel in 2010 is the Cloud Service Broker.We are now seeing the category of the Cloud Service Broker begin to emerge, and it is as exciting as the early days of the XML Gateway.

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MWC 2010: Symbian reveals fully open-source S^3 build - V3.co.uk

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:02:22 +0000

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