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A (Microsoft) code name a day: Cider

A Microsoft code name a day: CiderInteresting...not news. Yes it's a Blog. But enough of the free advertising for MS. If people care enough about this let them signup for the RSS or ask for email.Painfully contrived Microsoft advertisingCardinal Bill is correct. In most cases, ZDnet blogging...

Tags: Blogging, Cider, Microsoft Corp., advertisment

Discussion threads 2006-12-07

Judge ties antispammer's hands

Judge ties antispammer's handsdefinition of irony....a spammer complaining about harrasment"We're not going after IronPort because of their blocking. We're going after IronPort for the harassment,"what an @$$hole."DoNotSpam" list?!?!What ever happen to "Do-not-spam-list"? Just like "DoNotCall" list we should be able to disallow spammers from flooding our mailboxes with garbage.OptIn, oh...

Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Spyware, SpamCop, OptIn, advertisment, e-mail

Discussion threads 2004-05-11

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GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employee

GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employeeProfit is easy.When all you have to do is print more money.Google and MicrosoftMaybe it just takes more people to do what Microsoft does then Google? Microsoft actually make things, Google just sell ads and fool around with some...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., tech firm, MSFT

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

Pepsico Saved from Suicide Campaign by Twitter?

It's not easy to push consumer products these days as discretionary spend dries up and advertising channels become ever fragmented. Understandable then when corporations are seduced into more edgier terrain by their creative agencies. And yet where trust and sustainability is at a premium, its hard to figure how BBDO convinced Pepsico to cross the line...

Tags: Advertisement, PepsiCo, Suicide, Twitter, BBDO, Christine Lu, TBWA, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Apple sued over hairline cracks in iPhone 3G

Apple sued over hairline cracks in iPhone 3GIf you HYPE .....you'd better be prepared to DELIVER!Sounds like a drug dealer's advertismentFree crack with every iPhone. ]:)RE: Apple sued over hairline cracks in iPhone 3GHere in the lower Midwest it is normal to be bumped back and off the 3G....

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Apple iPhone, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, crack

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

CopyKiller 3.64 (Windows)

CopyKiller is a copy-protection for cds! You will get the following features if you unlock this programm: All Features, Trick and Tools are unlocked! NO Advertisment anymore! You can protect AudioCDs, too!

Tags: Copy-protection, Tom Commander, CopyKiller, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-05

Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?

Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?UPGRADE YOUR NETWORK!You are certainly paid enough money to provide the services you are SUPPOSED to provide.If you can't, leave the business and let someone else step in. Please...RE: Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?Nope. Its still unreasonable. They are still taking an antiquated...

Tags: INTERNET, Comcast Corp., Robb, QoS, Internet Engineering Task Force

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

The Associated Press plays role of Metallica in Napster-esque war with bloggers

The Associated Press plays role of Metallica in Napster-esque war with bloggersHey, Jennifergood and HOT blog. Exactly what we needed :)Good Job, Jen...As a published author and a blooger of sorts myself, I am damned happy to be a part of the Internet and what it has done both professionally...

Tags: E-books, Postal Service, Metallica, e-book

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

When application failure is not an option

When application failure is not an optionWe have just completed a conversion to virtual.Since you've asked, we have just completed switching over from a large data center of discrete servers to a virtual environment. We now use VMware ESX servers running on HP blade hardware. Each frame holds...

Tags: Utility computing, Storage management, Blade servers, Servers, virtualization, application failure, blade

Discussion threads 2007-12-05

Microsoft-commissioned study: European schools prefer Microsoft to open-source

Microsoft-commissioned study: European schools prefer Microsoft to open-sourceAnd this is a surpise why?[B]"Yet another Microsoft-commissioned study, comparing Microsoft technologies to open-source software, is out, as of June 13."[/B] - now if this was an INDEPENDENT study... it would hold value and probably be more accurate. ]:)Just more from the Microsoft...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, GIMP, Wipro Technologies, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., open source, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-06-13

Verizon to Greece: Sorry for Parthenon photo

One would think that the copyright to publish photos on a 2,500 year-old temple would have expired by now, but Greek laws on the Parthenon are very clear. Telecom giant Verizon Communication Inc. has had to publicly apologize to Greece for using an unlicensed photo of the famous Athenenian temple,...

Tags: International

Blog posts 2007-06-08

Adobe's Apollo looks to one-up Ajax

Adobe's Apollo looks to one-up AjaxNot a One-UpHey Martin,I think you're mixing the line between what is Flex and what is Apollo. For the most part, your article is about Flex, not Apollo. Apollo is a cross-OS runtime and is relatively indifferent to Ajax or Flex/Flash. In...

Tags: Adobe AIR, Apollo, AJAX, Adobe Systems Inc., desktop

Discussion threads 2007-03-21

Viacom videos still playing on YouTube

Viacom videos still playing on YouTubeYouTubeI dont understand why they are complaing""Its free advertising for their shows.Im sure posting bits of sketches of SNL haveincreased it popularity and more people are watching the show""What about the false positivesIn Viacom's alleged claims, there are thousands, if not tens of thousands of...

Tags: Corporate communications, video, Now IT, Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-14

Will defendant Google bite the copyright infringement bullet?

Will defendant Google bite the copyright infringement bullet?Do No EvilI always through the boys who run google were arrogant and shallow in the social sense. Like street thugs they think that whatever they want they can have just because they say so. They have helped the communists government...

Tags: Digital media, DMCA, Viacom Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-13

Viacom to YouTube: Take down pirated clips

Viacom to YouTube: Take down pirated clipsIt's not our fault, honest...And the fact we are making money from all your work shouldn't be a factor. Yeah, like any judge is going to buy that.Three words to YouTube, Take It Down! I have the feeling they will be hearing...

Tags: Corporate communications, Disney Corp., Shakespeare, Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., video

Discussion threads 2007-02-02

Sony and the fake PSP blog

Sony and the fake PSP blogAdvertisment rarely affects my purchasingThat being said, I do own a PSP. Neat little gadget. I chose it because of the titles available for it as well as its graphics and sound capabilities. I paid for those two things in disc load times... win some,...

Tags: Blogging, Games, Sony PlayStation Portable, blog, Sony Corp., game

Discussion threads 2006-12-12

Download movies to your XBOX 360

Download movies to your XBOX 360John, Just thought I'd mention... OTOn Thanksgiving, "Star Trek:New Voyages" released their next web-isode "To Serve All My Days" guest-starring Walter Koenig. Not quite up to stuff with the previous episodes, but interesting.What to do with video on the XBox 360? Nothing, but you had...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Apple Inc., movie

Discussion threads 2006-11-26

PatriciaGate: More heads roll and...what California's AG "didn't" say

PatriciaGate: More heads roll and...what California's AG "didn't" sayblah blah blahAnother case of zdnet sensationalizing it beyond any reason to get more page hits so asto get more revenue from advertisment just like how newspapers sensationalize an issue to get more new paper sales."Quite frankly, it was the first...

Tags: Corporate governance, Patricia Dunn, Patriciagate, board

Discussion threads 2006-09-25

CA expects to recover 'ill-gotten gains'

CA expects to recover 'ill-gotten gains'sensationalize an issue to get more advertisment revenue"We do expect to recover some money," Swainson told reporters after a shareholder meetin"The title of the article says "CA expects to recover 'ill-gotten gains'" whereas the article states "We do expect to recover some money". Here is...

Tags: ill-gotten gain, Computer Associates International Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-19

Never say never, even about Microsoft

Never say never, even about MicrosoftMicrosoft does not have to protect itself...... so much as it has to keep giving people and organizations reasons to buy upgrades of the company's products.If customers bought any given Microsoft product only once and remained fully satisfied with its performance, the company's profits would...

Tags: Dana, Microsoft Corp., OSS, Linux

Discussion threads 2006-09-11