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Open source enthusiasts can almost be every bit as annoying as Apple fan boys. Let’s do the quick attitude checklist, shall we? Considers every other option a bad choice? Check. Considers even buggy versions of open source software superior to or at least comparable to commercial software? Check. Thinks even forward thinking and socially responsible commercial software companies are parts of The Establishment? Check.
Professional job networking site LinkedIN has been a public company for quite some time and so far, it has avoided the fate of Facebook’s stock. While Facebook is the undisputed 800-pound gorilla of the social networking space, LinkedIN can boast of something Facebook wishes it had-a steady and growing revenue base.
Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft Corporation and turned it from an early producer of programming language modules for home computers into the world’s largest software company. He retired from day to day operations to focus on philanthropic activities and handed the reins of the Redmond Washington tech juggernaut to his college buddy and company founding member Steve Ballmer.
The great thing about cloud computing is that you are able to access your software whenever and wherever you are. As long as you have an Internet connection, your cloud-based software application is only a click away. If that isn’t awesome enough, cloud-based computing frees users from the traditional headaches of local computing.
With Windows 8, comes effort of Microsoft to step away from the traditional desktop and icons and in turn focus the PC in a different direction. While there has been a lot of good press about Windows 8, a lot has been said about the Metro style interface which some love and others loath. At any rate, in this article we will discuss the strengths of Windows 8.
The way people listen to music is changing, again. Back in the late 90′s music sharing services like Napster rocked the music industry. No longer did consumers want physical CD’s, they wanted digital copies of their music in the form of mp3′s. They wanted to own individual songs, rather than an entire CD.