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EIC Squared: SAP, Sun, AMD and Microhoo

Dan Farber — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:50:00 GMT

In this week's EIC Squared podcast, ZDNet's Larry Dignan and I discuss the latest news from SAP, Sun Microsystems, Advanced Micro Devices, and Microhoo. At SAP's Sapphire conference this week, company executives explained the delayed rollout of the new on-demand enterprise suite, Business ByDesign. SAP CEO Henning ...

Has Microsoft really closed on the door on Microhoo?

Dan Farber — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:55:00 GMT

Based on comments by Chairman Bill Gates and CTO Craig Mundie in the last few days, you might think Microsoft has not lost its lust for Yahoo. With no alternatives in sight, Yahoo may be rethinking its terms and conditions for becoming part of Microsoft. In this video, I outline ...

Defining cloud computing

Dan Farber — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:31:00 GMT

Ask a dozen people what "cloud computing" means and you'll get a dozen different answers, all pointing to the network. Rob Boothby of Joyent interviewed more than a dozen technology wonks, including Steve Gillmor, Matt Mullenweg, Tim O'Reilly, Kevin Marks, Rafe Needleman, Stowe Boyd, Brian Solis and myself, ...

New Facebook profile page

Dan Farber — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:18:00 GMT

Justin Smith at Inside Facebook has the scoop on Facebook's new profile page design, which will give users more granular controls and application developers some new tricks.

In late May developers will get access to the new code, and users the new interface a few weeks later.

The new ...

Sun heading into the cloud

Dan Farber — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:47:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO--While an interview with Neil Young has been my big highlight of JavaOne, I also managed to hook up with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz for a video interview. We talked about Project Hydrazine, a new cloud computing initiative with services similar to what Google and Amazon.com offer. We ...

Neil Young rocks JavaOne

Dan Farber — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:15:00 GMT

Editor's note: News.com's Dan Farber reported Young's keynote speech and a follow-up Q&A live from JavaOne.

SAN FRANCISCO--At JavaOne here, Neil Young showed off his multimedia project that chronicles his music career and uses Java to do so.

Neil Young and Sun CEO Jonathan ...

JavaOne: Sun rolls out JavaFX

Dan Farber — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:41:00 GMT

James Gosling, the so-called father of Java, catapults T-shirts toward the JavaOne audience.

(Credit: Dan Farber/CNET News.com)

SAN FRANCISCO--Following a flurry of T-shirts catapulted by Java creator James Gosling and a hot dance troop performance, 75 hours of JavaOne got under way here this week. Sun Microsystems' software ...

Yang courts Microsoft: Show me the money

Dan Farber — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:52:00 GMT

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang talked to a few press outlets Monday, opening the door to further negotiations if Microsoft is willing to show him the money, or what he considers the appropriate price.

Microsoft's final bid was $33 and Yahoo held out for $37, or something close to that ...

SAP CEO: Microsoft should buy Yahoo

Dan Farber — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:53:00 GMT

SAP CEO Henning Kagermann has some advice for how Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer should spend $45 to $50 billion.

"I'd encourage him to spend it on Yahoo. For Microsoft, the challenges are more on the side of the consumer space, not the enterprise space," said Kagermann.

While Ballmer walked away from Yahoo ...

SAP falls short of its goals for Business ByDesign

Dan Farber — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:59:00 GMT

At SAP's Sapphire conference this week in Orlando, Fla., a question posed by one of my colleagues concerns the status of Business ByDesign, an on-demand suite of applications that has been in development for about five years.

SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker

(Credit: Dan Farber/CNET News.com)

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