November 2006 - NevilleHobson.com

The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #194: November 30, 2006

Content summary: SNCR’s new print journal; Microsoft launches Windows Vista; word of mouth marketing; the police and the blogosphere; TiVo and attention; David Phillips reports on CBS on YouTube, XPRL and the CIPR guidelines; listeners’ comments discusssion; Dan York reports on Skype 3 beta; recording with Pinnacle Podcast Factory; the music; and more. [Messages from our sponsors: Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir. Online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting:…

No painless switching to Open Office

The French parliament has said ‘au revoir’ to Microsoft, according to a Yahoo News report: […] Starting [next June], French deputies will use desktops and servers running Linux, Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, and OpenOffice.org, a free open-source alternative to Microsoft’s Office software. […] Why the change? The French parliament […] believes it can save money using open-source software, despite the near-term costs of switching from Microsoft systems and retraining all employees. The Yahoo story discusses differing views on the realities…

If Microsoft had Firefox…

An imaginative spoof. I don’t know who’s behind it nor what its marketing or PR goal might be. No matter – hugely disruptive entertainment! http://www.msfirefox.com/ I bet Stuart would like this :) (Via TechCrunch UK)

The never-ending spam deluge

If you’ve noticed a sudden upsurge in spam email in the UK recently, offering sex, stock tips, genuine fake Rolexes and the usual pharmacopia, it could be the result of criminal gangs using hijacked computers, says a Reuters report. I’ve been getting loads of such spams recently, all of which have managed to get through the spam filters on my email server. When they arrives at my PC, most get trapped by the excellent Cloudmark Desktop for Outlook, a pay-for…