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- Is Steve Jobs slowly passing the baton?
- ZDNet's Sam Diaz offers his views on Steve Jobs' presentation at the Apple notebook event Tuesday. He says the Apple CEO could slowly be handing over the reins, given that he gave a lot of his time during the event to Apple executives Tim Cook and Phil Schiller.
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz Memo, Apple
- Videos 2008-10-15
- RealDVD goes live, let the lawsuits begin
- ZDNet senior editor Sam Diaz offers his views on the recent lawsuits filed by the movie industry against Real Networks for its new RealDVD software. The movie studios are suing Real Networks alleging the software violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA. Diaz says consumers should be able to enjoy...
- Tags: Software, Lawsuit, Movie, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD, Movie Studio, Tools & Techniques, Management, Sam Diaz Memo, RealNetworks, Hollywood
- Videos 2008-10-01
- Microsoft's rough start to a new beginning
- ZDNet senior editor Sam Diaz shares his views on Microsoft's recent commercial starring Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The new 90-second ad was a letdown mainly because it had nothing to do with computers, says Diaz.
- Tags: Senior Editor, Microsoft Corp., Productivity, Sam Diaz Memo, Microsoft, Apple, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Gates
- Videos 2008-09-11
- TiVo's new strategy: Too little, too late?
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz says it's time for TiVo to focus its resources on licensing its technologies for the non-TiVo DVR boxes offered by cable and satellite TV providers. TiVo should abandon developing its standalone set-top boxes, since it has never been good at luring a mainstream customer base,...
- Tags: Strategy, TiVo Inc., Satellite TV, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sam Diaz Memo, Tivo, DirecTV
- Videos 2008-09-03
- Looking deeper into Comcast's new cap
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz offers his take on Comcast's recent announcement that it will begin implementing a Web-surfing limit on its customers October 1. Imposing data limits could discourage existing users from experimenting with alternatives to cable TV, Diaz says.
- Tags: Limit, Comcast Corp., Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Channel Management, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Sam Diaz Memo, Comcast
- Videos 2008-09-02
- Dark clouds may hurt growth efforts
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz isn't ready to give up on cloud computing just yet, even after Google's e-mail service recently went down. But Diaz believes the infrastructure that supports the cloud needs some beefing up before it can go prime time.
- Tags: Cloud, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Online Communications, Sam Diaz Memo, gmail, google
- Videos 2008-08-18
- Dell changes gears for a comeback
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz says Dell's recent product announcements show the company is positioning itself for a comeback, and he believes Dell's entry into new product categories like lightweight laptops and wireless music players is a step in the right direction.
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Comeback, Media Players, Branding, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz Memo, Dell, Latitude, Precision
- Videos 2008-08-15
- Will Wi-Fi fly with travelers?
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz gives his take on Delta Air Lines' announcement that it will be providing in-flight Wi-Fi for a fee later this year. Diaz says it's smart business because users can take control of their in-flight entertainment, whether they're accessing e-mail, playing video games, or watching streaming...
- Tags: Video, Wireless LANs, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Games, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz Memo, video, wireless lans, corporate communications, web site development, games, wi-fi, wireless, marketing, internet, personal technology, delta
- Videos 2008-08-11
- Cuil is not cool
- ZDNet's senior editor Sam Diaz shares his views on the new search engine Cuil. He says the launch of the product was premature, and he doesn't believe that Cuil has what it takes to be a contender.
- Tags: Senior Editor, Cuil, Search, Sam Diaz Memo, Google
- Videos 2008-07-30
- Diaz's Memo: Can cloud computing weather the storm?
- ZDNet's Sam Diaz isn't ready to give up on cloud computing after Amazon's recent S3 storage service outage. He believes the technology still has the potential to drastically reduce operating expenses.
- Tags: Diaz, Cloud Computing, Sam Diaz Memo, Amazon
- Videos 2008-07-25
- Beyond the Icahn-Yahoo honeymoon
- ZDNet's Sam Diaz offers his take on the agreement between billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Yahoo. He says the latest development only settles the proxy fight, and now comes the big challenge--getting Yahoo's newly expanded board to work together.
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz Memo, Diaz, Yahoo, Icahn
- Videos 2008-07-21
Additional Resources
- Apple's ad spend almost a half-billion dollars
- There's no doubt that Apple has become one of the most popular brands around the globe - iPod, iMac, iPhone, iTunes. I'm sure you've heard of them. Likewise, you probably know about Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" TV commercials and can spot an iPod billboard on a moving...
- Tags: Advertisement, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Microsoft loses MLB but keeps swinging
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz talks about the recent announcement by Major League Baseball to drop Microsoft’s Silverlight service for Adobe's Flash player. Diaz says it's a setback for Microsoft but he doesn't believe the loss of business will have long lasting effects since the company has also signed deals...
- Tags: MLB, Microsoft Corp., Silverlight, Microsoft, Adobe, Sam Diaz, NBC, Netflix
- Videos 2008-11-21
- Facebook scores SEC exemption
- Facebook has been granted an exemption by the Securities and Exchange Commission that allows the company to not comply with the same law that pushed Google into becoming a public company. The exemption, reported by Business Week today, was granted on October 14 and allows the company to continue to...
- Tags: Facebook, Exemption, SEC, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Google Chrome to be pre-installed on PCs in 2009?
- Google is reportedly thinking about cutting deals with PC makers to have its Chrome browser pre-installed on new computers, a move that could position the Internet giant to not only boost its presence in search but also put some of its branded apps - Gmail, Google Docs, Google Reader and...
- Tags: Google Inc., PC, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Corporate holiday parties: Is there reason to celebrate?
- In the midst of job cuts, slower sales and declining stock prices, it's hard for the corporate world to put on a smile and celebrate with a holiday party this season. Morale alone may be reason to keep that holiday party scheduled - but be careful to be frugal but...
- Tags: Holiday Party, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Strategy, XML, Food & Beverage, Financial Accounting, Investment, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Manufacturing, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- News to know: Dell; Army bans USB drives; Salesforce; Microsoft
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging' Sam Diaz: Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising. Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Internet, Open Source
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd had Vista concerns
- HP CEO Mark Hurd told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an e-mail last year that HP's call centers were "being overrun" by customers who were having difficulties upgrading to Windows Vista, a detail that was revealed in the unsealing of a court filing in the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit. ...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Mark Hurd, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising.
- updated: At a time when companies are issuing warnings about missing earnings targets and scaling back expectations, enterprise cloud computing company salesforce.com seems to be bucking the trend. After the bell, Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of $276.5 million...
- Tags: Revenue, Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Enterprise Software, Quarter, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Finance, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Amazon CTO: Cloud infrastructure keeps companies focused on innovation
- On the night of the historic U.S. presidential election, news outlets across the country streamed live video of the news coverage on their Web sites. Obviously, the Web traffic that night, compared to others, was exponentially greater. But it's not as if news organizations went out and spent boatloads of...
- Tags: Innovation, Amazon.com Inc., Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
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