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Fear and loathing of IE 7

Hakon Wium Lie, CTO at the Olso, Norway-based Web browser maker Opera, has contributed a stinging commentary to CNET Networks that calls Microsoft out for using Internet Explorer 6 to slow down the adoption of Web standards. Lie, known by many as the father of cascading style sheets CSS, is...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Hakon Wium Lie

Blog posts 2005-03-16

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Negroponte shows off amazing XO2 design - but will OLPC survive?

Negroponte shows off amazing XO2 design - but will OLPC survive?do they have a prototype?It looks so cool and it will be only $75 in 2 years. Gate$ and Job$ must be turning green of envy!RE: Negroponte shows off amazing XO2 design - but will OLPC survive?This thing is fantastic,...

Tags: Linux, Only Question, One Laptop Per Child project, Negroponte, XO2

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

News to know: Hactivists; XO-2 laptop; HP; Virtualization

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Pro-Serbian hacktivists attacking Albanian web sites Over 1.5 million pages affected by the recent SQL injection attacks DoS Attacks Using SQL Wildcards Revealed Ryan Naraine: Secunia finds 'highly critical' Foxit Reader Flaw Are you wary of...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Network, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Sales Strategy, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Force Management, Sales, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2008-05-21

Negroponte's big lie

Negroponte's big lieWhy act as though this is some surprise?My god, people here were saying this from the start and were treated with the "they aren't in the industry so how the heck should they know" attitude.Anybody could drop a new car off in the middle of the desert, the...

Tags: Negroponte

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Negroponte's big lie

Nicholas Negroponte is working nothing less than a fraud on international governments by washing his hands of support, deployment and maintenance issues. Those costs and tasks are shifted back onto OLPC's government customers, probably the worst possible candidates for an IT support organization. I talked yesterday with...

Tags: PC, One Laptop Per Child Project, Negroponte, Nicholas Negroponte, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Classroom computers don't necessarily help math students, study says

Classroom computers don't necessarily help math students, study saysgames and fun ways of learning is the most effectiveim talking from personal experience here. i've always had some form of electronical aide, ever sine i had a pong console as a very young child. i still remember the paddle that taught...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Games, computer, math student, classroom computer, game

Discussion threads 2008-05-18

Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lost

Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lostStuff and nonsense>From day one, the purpose of Philly’s network is to increase digital inclusion and economic development. The measure of their success should be how lives and businesses are being helped in disadvantaged communities.The city to stick to...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless Philly, wireless, EarthLink Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers

The key to Windows success? It's all about the driversTrialware payolaSo I read Item#5 as something of curiosity in terms of who pays and who gets. So if Widget Mfg. installs Widgette software as trialware, Widgette pays Widget Mfg. a fee to get into the installation rotation? Then...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Widgette, Widget Mfg, Microsoft Corp., OEM

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

U.S. sold 3,500 fake networking parts

U.S. sold 3,500 fake networking partsU.S. and fake networking partsWow!This is really discouraging. Our Federal government is so IT incompetent that they have bought fake parts. Even the Navy bought lousy stuff. They are lucky the fake parts did not cause a security problem or so they are saying...but do...

Tags: Federal government, networking part, fake networking part, Federal Reserve Board, network

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

Blackberry users to get Windows Live services

Blackberry users to get Windows Live servicesRim and MicrosoftThis is good news for BlackBerry users.that is really going to p*ss offcorporate support teams when they've been doing their best to lock out Hotmail from corporate desktops and PDAs etc. They are going to get inundated with calls from users requesting...

Tags: E-mail providers, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Live-Mail, MSN Hotmail, RIM BlackBerry, Blackberry Users, Microsoft Outlook, e-mail, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Live Services, Microsoft Windows Live

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?

Here's a map that purports to show how much oil there is in North America and that the supply far exceeds the demand. This website argues greed is driving the high oil price, not shortage. Wait a minute, isn't greed the heart and soul of a free makret...

Tags: Oil, Petroleum, Clean Technology, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-11

Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid Apple

Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid AppleThis is bull!Everyone knows Apples are organic.A threw away an apple just last week......and already it has started decomposing. In another month, it will be gone entirely. These guys are full of it.RE: Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid AppleAdrien: Did you...

Tags: Climate Counts, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Network Magic simplifies tasks for home users

Network Magic simplifies tasks for home usersEvil early onI used to configure networks for people years ago when Network Magic was included in the AOL Installation. Inevitably. I'd have systems sharing files and printers without a problem, install the latest version of AOL for them (for AOL users only,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Network Magic, network

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

MPAA wins $111m from bankrupt TorrentSpy

MPAA wins $111m from bankrupt TorrentSpyMessage has been deleted.Every time you shut one down, 10 will take its place...How about changing your business model to fit with new world technology. P2P is a monster that the MPAA and RIAA created. They created it by price fixing and raping...

Tags: MPAA, RIAA, TorrentSpy

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

Why many MCSEs won't learn Linux

Here's the entirety of a note by discussion contributor nhudd responding to my e-mail exchange with "MCSE Mike": On behalf of MCSE Mike's everywhere... Paul, I think that the vast majority of techs/geeks out there can relate to MCSE Mike's question at the top...

Tags: MCSE, Newcomer, Nathan, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-07

'In 2008, Vista will make mobile internet fun.'

'In 2008, Vista will make mobile internet fun.'Just saying something is true...doesn't make it so!RE: 'In 2008, Vista will make mobile internet fun.'I'm really excited! Not since Windows ME have I had such a great OS, then I got the great Windows Vista and everything is awesome. It's got a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, mobile, Microsoft Corp., mobile Internet

Discussion threads 2008-05-06

Do we need another CERT?

Yes. Google's backing of oCERT is a major milestone in the history of open source. It's not that I have anything against the Computer Emergency Response TeamCERT at Carnegie-Mellon. They do important work, not only in identifying risks but in educating people on them. ...

Tags: Vulnerability, CERT, Windows Machine, Dana, Security, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows "back door"

Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows "back door"What do you expect?From the loosers at ValleyWag and the rest of the SV echochamber?They're like Hillary Clinton. Screeching and screeching lies until people believe they are true.I was actually expecting a refutationAll you've really said is that law enforcement doesn't need a...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

LG enV(2)

We'll admit that the LG enV(2) was a bit of a surprise to us when we first heard about it. We had initially thought the LG Voyager was the final successor to the high-end messaging phone line from LG and Verizon Wireless. (As you'll recall, the original was the LG...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, LG enV, LG Electronics Inc.

Product reviews 2008-04-23

Salesforce.com's bold development platform vision [includes executive podcast]

Note: Click the player to listen to my podcast interview with Steve Cakebread, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Salesforce.com. Steve comments on his company's strategy, discusses on-premises software, and presents Salesforce.com's vision for mobile devices. Salesforce.com's Tour de Force roadshow is traveling around the world...

Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Developer, Podcast, Outsource, Vision, Force.com, On-premises, Sales Force Management, Sales, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-04-23