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- They don't all really need laptops, do they?
- I've been getting this question a lot lately from administrators, parents, and taxpayers. The question isn't malicious, but rather comes from folks with a vested interest in making sure that our technology dollars directly benefit students. Does giving teachers laptops directly benefit students? For people who aren't...
- Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Benefits, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Segway CTO to become Apple VP of product design
- Segway CTO to become Apple VP of product designhuh?"Engadget points out another irony of the move: When asked for his reaction to the original Segway design Steve Jobs said “I think it sucks.” Funny how things change, isn’t it?"so? He probably still thinks it sucks. Just because he...
- Tags: Product marketing, Engineering, iCAR, product design, Segway, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership
- I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronics, TechForward, Lebovitz, Retail, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update
- For years, Microsoft has occasionally updated its Windows Update client software automatically on systems that are configured to check for updates. This has been true even when Windows Update is set to simply check for (and optionally, download) updates but not to install them. That decision led...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Update, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user data
- A federal judge ordered PDF Google to hand over 12 terabytes of YouTube user data to Viacom, finding that the list of "login IDs" does not qualify as personally identifying information. In opposing Viacom's request for the information, Google had asserted users' privacy rights: "Plaintiffs would...
- Tags: Google Inc., Personally Identifiable Information, YouTube Inc., IP, IP Address, User Data, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- 12 terabytes of YouTube data
- A lot of us block YouTube access in our schools. There's plenty of objectionable content worth hiding from young eyes. Probably an equal number of us, however, leave it open at the request of teachers who use its vast resources for teaching (yes, there is more than zit...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Teacher, Viacom Inc., Chances, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4
- Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers
- Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHAs, has been an urban legend for over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breaking services, and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers, phishers and malware authors into registering hundreds of thousands of bogus accounts for spamming and fraudulent purposes. ...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, HIP Character, E-mail Providers, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Linksys WRT610N Wi-Fi router delivers dual bands, simultaneously
- If you're the type who likes to wirelessly stream HD video from your PC to your TV, or if you live in a densely populated environment that's packed with interference in the 2.4GHz range, listen up. Linksys has unveiled a dual-band Draft N Wi-Fi...
- Tags: Router, Network, Wi-Fi Router, Linksys Inc., Linksys WRT610N Wi-Fi Router, WRT610N, Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet
- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheetMissing Advances"Inevitably, the spreadsheet came up ... that statement touched off a minor storm of comment. Spreadsheets were immediately taken to task as being far too error prone."Same ol', same ol': I've had a few comments in these forums recently for suggesting...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- So about that Microsoft licensing
- So about that Microsoft licensingpenny wise and pound foolishIts not about giving $20K to Redmond. Its about users/teachers being productive and getting the work done so that they have more time to focus on the students.Saving $100 for a licence over the life of the software is nothing. Office is...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past
- To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...
- Tags: Oil, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Chris Nelder, Nelder, IEA, U235, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Towards eco-friendly fireworks?
- Many fireworks will be launched in July, at least in the U.S. and in France. A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how chemists are developing environmentally friendlier compounds for fireworks (scroll to article #5 in the PressPac). Current 'fireworks, flares and other so-called pyrotechnics commonly include potassium...
- Tags: Pyrotechnics, Real Estate, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- What is a company blogger good for?
- I often hear from companies that want to "be social" or "hire a blogger." Usually, there hasn't been any effort put into the question of what they'd like to accomplish from the effort, so I send out the following. Now, you can call me to talk when you have an...
- Tags: Marketing, Industry, Blog, Site, Blogger, Industry New, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- A world ruled by Apple
- Tributes to Bill Gates littered the blogosphere on Friday for obvious reason, as it was Bill Gates' last day as a full-time employee at the company he co-founded. This, predictably, rubbed certain people the wrong way, as the success of Bill Gates represents to some the "failure" of their preferred...
- Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, Hardware, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Littlearth Handbags (gadget)
- Introducing the Littlearth Handbags and Amazon search bar gadget. The idea was to make fashionable, unique and trendsetting purses and belts by reusing and recycling materials. We have recently received a lucrative NFL contract allowing us to manufacture purses and accessories for all 32 NFL teams as well as NBA,...
- Tags: Search Bar, NFL, Purse, Sidebar Gadgets
- Software downloads 2008-06-30
- What programming language should we teach?
- What programming language should we teach?Re: What programming language should we teach?How about Javascript? No, seriously... it's free, it's cross-platform, it's already available on virtually ANY computer without needing to install anything at all, it's not terribly complicated, and it greatly resembles many of the other languages in use.When it...
- Tags: Programming languages, Development tools, C#, Scripting languages, programming, programming language
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude
- California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dudeWell the next law will be to eliminate passengers...so the driver can not talk to anyone :) Of course I am not sure what will happen to those car pooling lanes :)RE: California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dudeI'm from NYC, where...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Fun with openSUSE 11.0
- Fun with openSUSE 11.0Virtualized OpenSUSE 11.0I too am a devoted Ubuntu user, and decided to check out OpenSUSE 11.0. I downloaded the 32bit GNOME LiveCD and loaded in with Virtualbox in Windows XP. I got through the whole setup fairly quickly but when the "system" rebooted it crashed and said...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop virtualization, openSUSE 11.0, KDE, KDE 4, Novell OpenSuse, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
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