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- RealDVD: A walk through the complaint
- RealDVD: A walk through the complaintRealMEHI'd love a way to legally copy my DVDs to my computer's HD so I can watch them without a disc in the drive. However, I'd never buy anything from Real to do it.Software doesn't copy DVDs...... people do. Real might want to talk...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital media, DVD, RealDVD, walk, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Walmart to pull plug on DRM servers
- Walmart to pull plug on DRM serversThe lie in their emailBeginning October 9, we will no longer be able [b] [i] refuse [/b] [/i] to assist with digital rights management issues for protected WMA files purchased from Walmart.com.Edit: Whoops! How do you do a strikethrough in Talkback?Edit edit:...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, server, digital-rights management, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-28
- Standards-obsessed politicians partly to blame for math/sci problems
- From the Atlantic to the Pacific, educators are coming up with the same conclusion – obvious enough to the kids and probably their parents – standardized tests and policies that require kids to learn difficult topics before they're ready actually hurt math and science education. From the...
- Tags: Kid, Kids, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- A moment of lucidity
- It is not often I agree with social media people. Most of the time I find they're full of it and return pointed questions with dopey answers. Today is an exception. Shel Israel, one of the earliest and most prolific arm wavers for all thing social has finally 'fessed up...
- Tags: Sustainability, Scalability, Social Media, ROI, Shel, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- About that London Stock Exchange IT failure
- About that London Stock Exchange IT failureYou do know, right?You do know that the outage was caused by a [b]network[/b] problem, and had nothing to do with MS technology, right?http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/networks/news/index.cfm?newsid=10912And about those performance rantings of yours:http://www.londonstockexchange.com/NR/exeres/5CA1EB52-2B47-4922-A6F1-E9EC32D0152B.htmhttp://www.londonstockexchange.com/NR/exeres/A1B303DD-86EE-4D84-9B4F-BADFA1C770C7.htmSeriously, is there [b]any[/b] truth in any of your rantings? Don't you get tired...
- Tags: .NET, London Stock Exchange IT failure, Murph, LSE, Microsoft Corp., London Stock Exchange Plc., ranting, network story
- Discussion threads 2008-09-13
- First impressions of the Sprint HTC Touch Diamond
- First impressions of the Sprint HTC Touch DiamondExpansys has the TouchI saw expansys has the Touch arriving this week. It says 3G is supported on the 850/1900 band for AT&T. http://www.expansys-usa.com/d.aspx?i=172644&partner=usnewsThis is a fantastic phoneAfter seeing my Diamond, I've already had one friend dump his iPhone for a Diamond. :)...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Expansys, Sprint HTC Touch Diamond, Sprint HTC Touch, Sprint Communications, Palm Treo, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- (Photos: The brains behind Google Chrome)
- (Photos: The brains behind Google Chrome)It's absurd to refer to 'The Brains Behind Chrome'Google Chrome, at this point in time, adds very little to the WebKit rendering engine. It's clearly a very early release, and currently does nothing clever. It will be interesting to watch it develop.Kevin, G-Portal UKhttp://cms.da.gp
- Tags: Google Chrome, Google Inc., photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Would you abort George Clooney
- Would you abort George ClooneyWowNot willing to take on controversial topics, are you? Good luck with this one. :)Here's my two cents: Genetic research and the possibility of using it to "purify" the gene pool using whatever criteria can be justified reminds me of an episode of the old Muppet...
- Tags: George Clooney, gene
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopper
- When I said that CXO's wouldn't give Google Chrome a nanosecond's thought, I under-estimated. They'll give it about five seconds and then pass straight to the corporate legal department. Why? EULA Clause 11.1: You retain copyright and any other rights that you already hold in Content that...
- Tags: Google Inc., EULA, Chrome, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism
- Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticismWell, everything MS does is carefully calculated to make you think they aresupporting standards, at the same time creating a lot of confusion and dragging their feet. But, maybe Opera is being a little picky here, they should just talk about the overall...
- Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Opera Software, Microsoft Internet Explorer, latest IE criticism, IE criticism, Microsoft Corp., Web, standards, straw, compatibility mode
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- "Why do you hate Vista so much?"
- "Why do you hate Vista so much?"Reasons that Vista bothers me...1) I have now spent over 4 hours trying to get SP1 installed on a new box.... the BSOD's are blurry (kind of funny huh?) The same box, XP installed with less heart ache and fewer issues... while I am...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- The Perils of Showboating
- My friend David Spark sent me the link to the above video while we were chatting online this morning, and I facetiously commented it was a little like TechCrunch vs ZDNet. The bizarre contest above, which appears to be between a Capoeira performer and a boxer,...
- Tags: Contest, Online Collaboration, Collaboration, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-08-24
- cloud computing - lowercase, please. hold the (TM)
- cloud computing - lowercase, please. hold the TMStrange First StepO.K. so now it is legal to use the term "cloud computing" to talk about the subject. Great. I hope efforts are made to actually make the technology viable for most businesses and users. This legal battle is as absurd as...
- Tags: cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?
- Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?Wow, a powerful question...Dana;Excellent question. A very thought-provoking question indeed.First, allow me to tell you a bit about myself and then I'll go from there. I suffered a nearly fatal motorcycle accident where I was left for dead. A hit and...
- Tags: Talk about ignorance, addiction, addict, memory, Dana
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- When equivalence is the wrong question
- Use the wrong tool for the job long enough and you'll become convinced that what you know how to do defines the job - and that tools which do it right must therefore be wrong. Sound absurd? It is; but it's true too - and the basis for a...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tool, Desktop Publishing, Productivity, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- The shine is off another apple
- Techies to Apple: You treat us like indentured servants.In a lawsuit filed Monday that the plaintiff hopes to turn into class-action that could include all staff at retail stores, an Apple employee alleges that the company denied technical staffers overtime pay and other compensations required by state law. The network...
- Tags: job, overtime, apple inc., recruitment & selection, human resources, workforce management, deb perelman
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktop
- Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktopIt's GainingI think Ubuntu and Wubi have made big strides in putting Linux on the desktop. My first encounter with Linux was back in the early(?)/mid 90s. I installed an early Slackware version of Linux on my 486 (along with OS/2, PC/DOS, Win 3.1...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Intel Corp., Ubuntu, Wubi, newbie, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Dell's 'Cloud Computing' and other strange stuff
- and When I took a wee poke at Dell the other day I could not possibly have known that labeling something Hybrid and expecting us to meekly gobble it up was only the tip of what can only be described as an ill-conceived marketing strategy iceberg....
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hoover, Cloud Computing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- 'Making available' argument rapidly dying well-deserved death
- I'm passing along Ray Beckerman's post on two recent cases that show the RIAA's attempt to use a "making available" theory to show copyright infringement is clearly on the way out. The Copyright Act clearly requires a showing that the defendant transferred the content to someone else; the RIAA has...
- Tags: RIAA, Judge, Statute, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
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