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Dana Blankenhorn is a business journalist, blogger, and consultant. He began his professional journalism career in 1978 and began covering the online world in the mid-80s.

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Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance

Google has the chance to make desktop Linux secure. By starting with a blank sheet of paper, and lessons learned while developing its browser, Google wants to build a lightweight OS for netbooks that avoids the weekly “security update” hassles of its ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Larry Augustin's practical revolution at SugarCRM

Because of his experiences at the dawn of open source, Larry Augustin has always viewed himself as a practical, hard-headed businessman. The failure of VA Linux to launch obscured our view of that image but at SugarCRM he is making certain we know it’s ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Salesforce.com Inc,  George Carlin,  Sarah Palin,  Will Ferrell

The medical home is reform without objections, so far

There is one type of health reform that, so far, has received little publicity and no political objections. Physicians have been talking up the concept since the 1960s, and at its heart it is pretty simple. Charge for wellness and create a team, headed ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  23 Nov 2009

Who wants tea with their turkey?

Whenever I had Thanksgiving dinner with my in-laws in Texas, there was always tea at the table. There’s going to be a lot of unsweet tea at a lot of American tables this Thanksgiving, as Republicans and other health reform opponents launch an all-out ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Mary Landrieu,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Joe Lieberman

Google goes all-in with an open source cloud

This is a big deal, but let’s first admit why Google did it. As I have written many times, Google has a big cost advantage when it comes to delivering Internet resources. It’s like America’s nuclear advantage during the Cold War. Anyone who sought to ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Ronald Reagan,  Salesforce.com Inc,  New York Yankees

Tim O'Reilly and the Cassandra act

Tim O’Reilly delivered a dire warning at his Web 2.0 Expo over the weekend. I felt great sympathy for Tim, reading his words. I issued similar warnings over the dot-boom, starting from when I launched A-Clue.Com as a weekly newsletter in 1997, having ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tim O'Reilly,  Google Inc.,  New England Journal of Medicine,  News Corporation Limited,  ESPN

Paying for what does not work remains popular

This is good news. Pap smears are a hassle. If you’re a woman, or know any, you know this. One reason is that women continue to die from cancer, including famous women like Stephanie Spielman (right), wife of former football star Chris Spielman. She ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  20 Nov 2009

Oracle opponent cheers delay in mySQL decision

Florian Mueller, coordinating opposition to Oracle’s purchase of Sun Microsystems and mySQL, sent a note today cheering word that Oracle has asked for, and gotten, a six-day delay to answer European objections to the purchase. (Picture from Roberto ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oracle,  European Commission,  Sun Microsystems, Inc.,  Larry Ellison

Reid promises 60 on Saturday

Senate Democrats released their final leadership bill on health reform yesterday, believing there will be 60 votes to start debate on Saturday. The measure, now known as S. 3590, runs to 2,074 pages, includes a public option, and carries a “CBO Score” ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  MSNBC,  U.S. Republican Party,  Blanche Lincoln

ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall

An Australian friend wrote yesterday with a question: I really can’t see the point of a cloud-based OS for the general user. The added cost in using it doesn’t seem worthwhile. It would take me over 6 months to upload my data at my connection speed not ...

From DANA BLANKENHORN, ZDNet,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Gates,  Michael Dell,  Andy Grove,  Intel,  Applied Materials, Inc.

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