Month: January 2008
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I’d love to hear from Dell
My main desktop PC is a Dell XPS Gen5. Runs Windows Vista Ultimate, installed last April. Great computer except for peculiar behaviour when everything on screen freezes up, which happens when… well, just about any time. Tried to figure it…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #311: January 17, 2008
Content summary: FIR Interview with Forrester Research posted; still time to enter the FIR Listener Contest; discussion: Twitter, British Airways and an aircraft emergency; discussion: Ford’s and Hasbro’s approaches to protecting trademarks and brands; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop;…
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FIR Interview: Forrester Principal Analyst Erica Driver on Virtual Worlds – Jan 16, 2008
Virtual worlds such as Second Life are often dismissed as venues for business, but a recent study by Forrester – Getting Real Work Done in Virtual Worlds – paints a different picture. Instead of focusing on the marketing efforts that…
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Be prepared for popularity
I was thinking about who I would follow to see what’s going on at Macworld 2008 in San Francisco as the world awaits The Word from Steve on what Apple will be delivering. Maybe what’s in his leaked keynote address,…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #310: January 14, 2008
Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interview with Forrester Research; the FIR Discussion Forum heats up; discussion: the different types of communication crises with comment from Michael Allison; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Ogilvy and BzzAgent form alliance; DRM is dead…