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- I'm well aware what I pay for Google's services
- My post on Google earlier Tuesday was met with mixed reactions. A few folks agreed that, in fact, Google's suite of services is quite slick, long live GOOG, etc. Others, like fellow ZDNet blogger, Michael Krigsman, disagreed pretty strongly. In his response, http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=1059, Michael didn't leave much...
- Tags: Google Inc., OpenOffice, Productivity, E-mail Providers, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Will Apple help Android succeed?
- I have to wonder how Apple manages to have any sort of developer ecosystem, given how closed the company is and how it regularly treats its developers with what can only be described as contempt. I sincerely hope that Google (and T-Mobile) does a better job with Android's developer community...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Apple Inc., Android, Telecom & Utilities, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- EFF sues NSA over warrantless wiretaps
- EFF sues NSA over warrantless wiretapsCounter: two words"State Secret." The plaintiffs can't prove standing, thus no subject matter jurisdiction, thus dismissed.RE: EFF sues NSA over warrantless wiretapsWhats the point? Bush stole the last 2 elections, free elections no longer exist in the US, its all a sham orchestrated...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF Sues NSA, warrantless wiretap, wiretap
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Dell repair adventure, conclusion
- Dell repair adventure, conclusion"less than optimal or expected"The phrase I have heard for this is "opportunity for improvement." Glad to hear your machine got fixed.Dell serviceDell has no where near the skill level of the old DEC field service reps and probably never will.I have had 3rd parties from...
- Tags: Manufacturing, NEXT BEST, outsourced tech, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- China busts hacking ring, managed to penetrate ten government databases
- China busts hacking ring, managed to penetrate ten government databasesChinese hackers bustedWell, at least we know now that it's not just other countries that they work on. and "however, as in many other countries there seems to be a lack of political awareness on how severe the situation has...
- Tags: Government, Chinese Government, hacking, government database, Chinese Hackers
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress
- Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progressOffending messagesI would like to know what constitutes an 'offending message' and who makes the decision and on which criterion?Other than that, I want to say that Russia is being vilified in a similar way to Serbia when she fought against terrorisism directed...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, cyberattack
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Second guessing at 3AM
- Second guessing at 3AMIt's 3 AM...A crisis is happening somewhere in the world. It's 3 AM, and a phone is ringing at the White House. Who do you want answering that phone?...Couldn't resist. :)hey murph here a conceptDeep down inside what your guts telling you.This morning when you...
- Tags: Roman
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Microsoft splits its Platforms
- Microsoft splits its Platformsjohnson leavingFirst of all, this is good news. It's not like he as done a good job running this companies marketing and online business. This is good news. Microsoft is making changes and its for the better. For all your naysayers who like to...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Microsoft Corp., Johnson, rep, Juniper Networks Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Who will win open source professor cage match?
- In this corner, the challenger, the former executive director of MIT's Media Lab, software guru, now with Sugar Labs, the champion of Linux, Walter Benderrrrr! And in this corner, the champion, the co-founder of MIT's Media Lab, best-selling author, founder and chairman of One Laptop Per Child OLPC,...
- Tags: Professor, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Hardware, One Laptop Per Child Project, Nick Negroponte, Walter Bender, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- HP partners with Desktone to advance virtualized desktops as a service
- Desktone, the desktop as a service DaaS provider, has lined up a powerful ally in Hewlett-Packard HP, which has signed on as the first member of Desktone's partner program for desktop virtualization technology. Desktone announced HP's involvement at the same time it unveiled its service provider...
- Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, Service Provider, Desktone, Virtual-D Platform, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Google losing cellphone battle?
- In the fight to create a competitor to the Apple iPhone, which defines the Mobile Internet Client MIC category, many people put their money on Google and its Open Handset Alliance. That bet looks shaky today. RIM has come up with its own "iPhone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Alliance, LiMo Foundation, Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile, Cell Phone, Sprint Communications, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Google's open source problem is Affero
- Google's open source problem is AfferoOrly?So, if I understand things correctly from the linked article and this, Affero would require Google to release their source code updates for software that runs the [i]services[/i] they sell, not just for compiled software packages as under the current Affero?In the case of the...
- Tags: Mac-user, Affero, F/OSS, open source, AGPL, Google Inc., source code
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- SynapSense gets a grip on your data center's environmental profile
- I was invited by a local hosting provider to give a presentation last Friday about green data centers. As I was gathering the data to illustrate some of the trends I wanted to highlight, I was astonished to discover that very few companies apparently measure their server power consumption very...
- Tags: Data Center, Server, Wireless, SynapSense, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's patent minefield
- On February 21 of 2008, just two months ago, Microsoft announced "strategic changes in technology and business practices to expand interoperability." These changes, which would be incorporated into a set of "Interoperability Principles" that would provide API and protocol documentation for connectivity to and from their "high-volume business products" naming...
- Tags: Patent, Centrify, Samba, Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Tom Kemp, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- What kind of company would "Micro-hoo" be?
- After falling off the radar screens for several weeks, Microsoft's proposed merger with Yahoo is back in the news feeds. First, Ballmer sent a letter to the Yahoo board, drawing a three week line in the sand after which Microsoft would possibly lower its bid and/or start a proxy...
- Tags: Google Inc., Merger, Network, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogue
- Microsoft said Tuesday at the RSA security conference that it is launching a trustworthy Internet initiative much like its Trustworthy Computing plan launched in 2002. And like Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative it all started with a whitepaper. That fact is what makes Microsoft's strategy and research chief's...
- Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Corp., Trustworthy Computing, Craig Mundie, Internet, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPU
- Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPUIntel wants to FAIL???Didn't Intel see how well that strategy worked for AMD?RE: Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPUI think AMD and Intel MCM strategy are different.When intel started their MCM products, they were trying to counter AMD multi products, and they did not have...
- Tags: Processors, photograph, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Shanghai CPU, CPU, Nehalem-EX
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Microsoft tries to stop more 'Vista-capable' e-mails from going public
- Microsoft is trying to put the kibosh on more of its internal and embarassing e-mail messages around its Vista marketing plans going public. As Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop blogged on March 7, Microsoft is appealing the decision to turn the "Vista-capable" lawsuit lodged last year into...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Online Communications, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-09
- European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?
- European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?Fine is for the pastThis fine is for the past and has nothing to do with their current 'openness'!I'm gladI'm so glad Microsoft have suddenly changed and decided to makes these moves purely out the goodness of their own hearts.Who knows if the...
- Tags: Servers, European Commission, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- Apple's cookie monster: Safari CRS
- Apple's cookie monster: Safari CRSGood ideas are squashed by the big boysA few years ago there was a great company called Mirra. I heard people rave about Mirra backup systems. Then one day Seagate snatched them up. They were quickly buried into the corporate depths and never seen again. Seagate...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Backups, Seagate Technology LLC, cookie, Apple Safari, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, MICROSOFT HAS, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
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