Wake up call: An open letter to Gil Shwed, CEO of Check Point

Opinion
Oct 30, 20063 mins

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Stiennon: Wake up call: An open letter to Gil Shwed, CEO of Check Point Software, 10/26/06

This letter is meant to be a wake up call. While it points to many missed opportunities and wrong turns that I believe Check Point Software has made I hope you will understand that it is a call to action rather than a criticism of past blunders.

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Shipley: Demo Insights, 10/27/06

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Spammers have begun slipping their junk past optical character recognition software through a variety of animated .GIF cut-and-paste techniques, according to John Graham-Cumming, an antispam activist who maintains The Spammers’ Compendium and also …

Tolly: Google Docs: How much Office is enough? 10/24/06

When Google talks, people listen. Therefore, when Google offers alternatives to Microsoft, it is prudent to consider their impact. Google Docs & Spreadsheets, now in beta, is a multipronged assault on Fortress Microsoft.

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Sony’s Vaio UX Micro PC is an ultraportable computer that fits in the palm of your hand and has a full edition of Microsoft Windows XP Professional installed instead of the Tablet PC Edition or Windows Mobile, so Windows XP applications will work on …

Gearhead: App launching and yet more Web OSs, 10/27/06

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