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- Microsoft denies role in British Linux flop
- Microsoft denies role in British Linux flopWell..."What part of 'Windows XP was cheaper' is hard to understand?"At face value the OS itself is not cheaper. The total cost of upgrading to XP vs switching all of the desktops to Linux, still would seem to not be cheaper.Therefore, it would...
- Tags: Operating systems, web technology, Microsoft Corp., Al Capone, Linux, Microsoft Windows, nuisance law
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
- Former CA sales chief gets seven-year sentence
- Former CA sales chief gets seven-year sentenceAccidently Kill Someone and you get 5 yearsThe wrong doing's of business executives which impact so many more human lives than the accidental killing of someone owing to a prank involving burning a banner and starting a fire in a dorm still does not...
- Tags: Former CA sale, Al Capone
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
- BitTorrent servers under attack
- BitTorrent servers under attackAm I mistaken?"Though distribution is shared, the technology still relies on central tracking servers to direct a downloader's software to different pieces of a file, which could be hosted on several users' PCs."I thought the trackers role was just to get you connected to other peers and...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Peer to peer (P2P), Kazaa, Sharman Networks Ltd., tracker, eDonkey, BitTorrent, Al Capone, attack, server
- Discussion threads 2004-12-02
- Chicago 1930 demo (Windows)
- Al Capone rules the Chicago underworld. In their HQ, Jim Malone and Eliot Ness are recruiting a team of elite policemen to crush his gang. Choose your side and set about conquering the city. Try out Spellbound's squad game set in Prohibition-era Chicago in this English-language demo.
- Tags: Wanadoo, Al Capone, Microsoft Windows, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2004-01-23
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- New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion
- Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...
- Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- EC ramps up PR war with Intel (by publishing 518 page decision)
- Not a big surpriseThe EC is a protectionist tool extorting technology and money from the creative genius of the US and other countries outside the EU. If you are successful, you are a target.RE: EC ramps up PR war with Intel (by publishing 518 page decision)Well that says it...
- Tags: Intel Chip, Intel Corp., page decision, PR War, public relations
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- The Steve Jobs Standard
- The Steve Jobs StandardWell saidIn a world of greed, that last sentence was a breath of fresh air.Amen, Tom ntntThe unsung hero of AppleJohnathan Ive.An Apple product develops something like this:Jobs to Ive: Give me something sexy.Ive: Here you go.Jobs: Awesome.Gee - Maybe he should be a SaintNo doubt Steve...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Ive
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Taking down spammers: Successful spam fighting via legalization, regulation and economics
- Guest post: Gadi Evron is Security Architect for Afilias global registry services and recognized globally for his work and leadership in Internet security operations. He is the founder of the Zero-Day Emergency Response Team ZERT, organizes and chairs worldwide conferences, working groups and task forces. He is considered an...
- Tags: Spammer, Regulation, Client, Nothing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- House panel approves legal shield for bloggers
- House panel approves legal shield for bloggersA good lawBut it doesn't go far enough. It should have also protected online bloggers who do not make any money off their websites through ads and other things.I was happy to see that they put in the 'reasonable exhaustion of other means' thing...
- Tags: Blogging, Vertical industries, government, blogger, illegal act, shield, First Amendment
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Anatomy of an Internet scam
- Anatomy of an Internet scamWe're dependent on credit cards, you knowThe Government robbed people of jobs and rights, so actual money is hard to come by. If you look at how easy it is to break security in a "secure" transaction, "thieves," possibly like Al Quaeda guys who have...
- Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, SSL, GUI client, Al Quaeda, Internet, credit card, System Admins
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Microsoft's Live Points point the way to micropayments
- Microsoft's Live Points point the way to micropaymentsThe Kiaser LivesOr is it Al Capone?Amazing how many suck up the slop....er..ahhh micropayment scheme.
- Tags: micropayment, Live Points, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-28
- Bill Gates was 9th most-read story at the open source blog
- Bill Gates was 9th most-read story at the open source blogBlind leading the way" It showed how sharing of results among colleagues has declined in this proprietary age"A guy who has no experience or knowledge of working in science and technology is talking about what people working in science and...
- Tags: Soviet, Bill Gates, capitalism, open source, Microsoft Corp., Communism
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- Microsoft sends mixed messages with its new design tools
- Microsoft sends mixed messages with its new design toolsanother M$ dud!M$ just released another stillborn.Nobody would touch this proprietary lock in technology with a 10 foot pole since it doesn't run on anything but windoze.Already deployed it...I pulled down our web site today with no notice and my rep and...
- Tags: Channel management, PRODUCTIVITY, Web technology, Adobe PhotoShop, Nothing, Illustrator, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web, rep, tool
- Discussion threads 2006-12-04
- Reviewing a Microsoft anti-Linux case study
- Reviewing a Microsoft anti-Linux case studyTime to prepare tendersfor when this 120 server monster lifts its head briefly to life before expiring with a wimper.The talk of "messages" leads one to believe that the CIO of the LSE will shortly be replaced by someone who has a clue about data...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Unix, Microsoft Corp., LSE, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., London Stock Exchange Plc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-21
- McAfee, Symantec and vested interests
- Vested interests often force governments to continue with policies that are counter-productive, if not downright negative. Examples arent hard to find. Even if congress had the will to confront the vested interests that protect all the various deductions in the US tax code and create something...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., kernel
- Blog posts 2006-10-19
- Another support call and e-commerce nightmare: This time, it's Ticketmaster
- Another support call and e-commerce nightmare: This time, it's TicketmasterOf course they suckOf course they suck, they are practically a monopoly. They have no motivation not to suck.You probably would have had better luck if you had gone directly to RollingStones.com and signed up there.Need to see the...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Ticketmaster Corp., Rolling Stones, e-business
- Discussion threads 2006-07-26
- Google says bill could spark antitrust fight
- Google says bill could spark antitrust fightTelecomsThe problem is that the telecoms don't have to treat everyone's data equally. That was why the Net Neutrality amendment to Ted "I don't have a clue about how the Internet works" Stevens' gift to the telecoms was, and still is, so critically important....
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Google Inc., telecommunications, antitrust, Duh'bya
- Discussion threads 2006-07-04
- Red Hat scoops up JBoss
- Red Hat scoops up JBossWell saidCouldn't agree more.Software companies should not try to do both open source and proprietary.It causes way too much hesitation and lost opturnities trying to not do anything with open source that would hurt the proprietary business. Novel should have a program to open source...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Middleware, JBoss, Microsoft Corp., open source, MS DOES, vaccine, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-10
- U.K. spammer sentenced to 6 years
- U.K. spammer sentenced to 6 yearsPlease note:None of the crimes he was convicted of were spamming.Another ZDnet FRAUD!Extremely deceptive headline!Such is the fate of all ZDNet stories...Of course, we all know that now. But, they are very clever with the title of these articles; if they take the facts...
- Tags: Spam, spamming, Fraudulent Trading, spammer
- Discussion threads 2005-11-17
- The evils of self check-in kiosks
- I've probably flown more in my life than the average American, and that's not simply because I have this odd compulsion to live in foreign countries. Both sides of my family worked in the airline industry. One grandfather was a pilot before he moved into upper management at United, which...
- Tags: baggage, kiosk
- Blog posts 2005-11-07
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