(Gartner analyst Jorge) Lopez argues that CIOs have to be ready to “clear the table” of current plans and start over. CIOs will also have to deliver cost savings, lay off folks and cancel projects. These items will be replaced by projects surrounding acquisitions and divestitures and speedier high risk projects.

…The big question is timing-it [...]

Google’s AdSense serves up pay-per-click text ads to Web sites within its publisher network, while DoubleClick, which markets a product called Dart, places banner ads on Web sites. DoubleClick also runs an advertising exchange and a search-engine marketing business called Performics.
“A lot of DoubleClick’s customers consider Google a competitor,” says Frank Addante, chief [...]

Check out the full review of Intimus 5B Harmony SD speakers for all the details.

We just posted our review of Aperion’s new Intimus 5B Harmony SD home theater speakers, and the verdict is in: Aperion’s new system sounds seriously awesome. It’s got a new remote-controlled sub, with adjustable EQ, which we loved for [...]

Bottom line– the electronics and the in-air food ordering are fun, but not enough to make a difference for me. I will certainly consider Virgin America for future travel, but I’ll continue to choose airlines based on price, schedule, and compatibility with my existing frequent-flyer miles, as I’ve always done.
Virgin America also offers [...]

Lenovo Group reported a 10.5 percent increase in its fiscal first quarter revenues, despite a weakening global economy.

Sales in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, for example, increased by 26 percent, while Asia Pacific shipments grew 11 percent.

“Despite a softening global economy, we delivered solid gains in worldwide sales,” Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo chairman, said [...]

Don’t miss the excerpts from Ou’s emails at the bottom.
Gutmann wanted to point out that he had, in fact, responded to Ou some time ago here.
Again, the Macalope will point out that he’s not qualified to judge who’s got the technical high ground here, but it does make for interesting reading.
Peter Gutmann of A Cost [...]

Several studies on this topic are under way, as delivery dates of plug-in hybrids for Main Street USA, promised by automakers such as Toyota, Ford Motor, and General Motors, loom closer.
Keep in mind, eTec does not manufacture the type of electric car battery you would find in a plug-in hybrid car like a Toyota Prius, [...]

It also affects one’s blood pressure to see the chap in the waistcoat on the breakfast show “Tokudane”, continually tap a file, then the Windows logo, then any and every part of the screen in a vain attempt to make for a little exciting television.
However, the fine Japanese news source, Japan Probe, was itself somewhat [...]

As for the outlook for the current quarter, which stretches through September, analysts are currently expecting earnings of 49 cents per share, on revenue of $15 billion. It will be interesting to see where Microsoft’s forecast comes in, as well as what it has to say about the broader economy and IT spending in particular.

Expect [...]

Canon XL H1S
Like its fixed-lens, handheld counterparts, the XH A1 and XH G1, the XL H1 now splits into two personalities: the $8,999 H1S, which, like the original H1, will come replete with the HD SDI, Genlock, and SMPTE timecode support necessary for operation in a multicam environment when it ships this June, and the [...]