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The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let go? Should he?

The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let go? Should he?Scott McNealy is worm ridden filthHe only cares about two things.HimselfHis holy war against MicrosoftHe is a certifiable nutjob who should have been put into an institution long ago. Hey Scott, you lost, Bill Gates won. Take that to your grave scum...

Tags: Servers, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Arg, Scott McNealy

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

For new multimedia spy game, it's pay to play

Start-up aims to convince consumers that "The Prague Files" and other mobile games are worth paying for. A new company thinks it knows just how to get consumers to pay for multimedia cell phone games. New York-based Live Games Network, which launched Wednesday, is banking on being able...

Tags: Multimedia, Player, ARG, Community Engagement, Games, Personal Technology, Daniel Terdiman

News items 2006-10-25

Additional Resources

Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead Laptop

Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead LaptopSomeone from HP will read thisand email you with an apology and some effort to correct this. I hope you do not take them up on their offer since it would never be extended if you weren't blogging for ZDNet. It has taken some time...

Tags: Notebooks, Hewlett-Packard Co., laptop computer, HP Laptop, Shiva Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

ASP.NET Blob & File Control 2.0 (Windows)

A single DLL ASP.NET server control solution for rendering 2 way data bindable images or other files on the fly from SQL BLOB or URL with Thumbnail generation, Rollover image effect, IFrame, File Upload to BLOB or URL, 'Force Download' and simultaneous server side Click Event support without requiring you...

Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, File Upload, SQL, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Servers, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-11-27

Whispers from a ghost: Windows 7 and cloud computing

Whispers from a ghost: Windows 7 and cloud computingYou don't mention it until MS is involvedMS is a latecomer to the party. Yet you single out MS for this. Well, since you're so confident - why don't you put a bet on it? How much money will you put up...

Tags: Storage, Operating systems, Storage management, Microsoft Windows, cloud computing, I/O, Microsoft Windows 7, basket, ghost, IBM AIX, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

LaunchOne 0.1.2 (Windows)

LaunchOne allows you to start applications and documents via keyboard using completion on every arg major lack of other keyboard launchers. It provides a default plugin to start documents with associated applications and applications with simple command lines. It provides also a calculator plugin and a run plugin to use...

Tags: Application, Microsoft Windows, Plug-in, AirOne Dreams, LaunchOne, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2008-06-11

AirOne Dreams LaunchOne 0.1.2 (Windows)

LaunchOne is a keyboard Launcher similar to Launchy (http://www.launchy.net). It allows you to start applications and documents via keyboard using completion on EVERY arg major lack of Launchy.

Tags: LaunchOne, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-05

Outages could rattle BlackBerry's iconic status

Outages could rattle BlackBerry's iconic statusOh please...People can't go for three hours without their BlackBerry's? I'm a BlackBerry addict myself...and even I found the outage to be refreshing.Even with 2 outages in one year, RIM should still be within 5 nines (99.999%) of uptime...which is far more than can...

Tags: Handhelds, Manufacturing, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., outage

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

This Is Not a Game: Using Alternate Reality Games in Corporate Training

When training must teach complex subject matter and motivate behavioral change, it comes with extra challenges. For example, an organization's information security policy requires its employees to understand the full implications of a host of actions - knowledge that is difficult to convey through standard e-learning or classroom training. Recent...

Tags: Corporate Training, Training, Enspire Learning, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Games, Human Resources, Personal Technology

White papers 2008-01-22

Apple collecting iPhone user data

Apple collecting iPhone user dataI would be surprised[i]You did read the iPhone EULA, didn't you?[/i]I would be surprised if even 10% of everyone who agreed to any EULA actually read it.RE: Apple collecting iPhone user dataOh my God. I shudder to think that Apple might possibly know what the temperature...

Tags: Investment, Stock Data, Apple Inc., stock, iPhone user data, Apple iPhone, user data

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

Antitrust is a scurvy dog

Antitrust is a scurvy dogyes, there are lots of other balant monopolies around, butthat does not mean that M$ should get a pass!The worst are probably the 'natural monopolies' and for me, the most expensive are the 'hubs' created by airllines on most airports.The difference is the fact the the...

Tags: Corporate law, Anti-trust, Toyota Motor Corp., Microsoft Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2007-09-19

iPhon Diary Day 15: Battery myth busting

iPhon Diary Day 15: Battery myth bustingLithium Ion, or Lithium Ion Polymer?I think iPhone uses a Lithium Ion Polymer (Li-Po) battery, doesn't it?Seeing this article is about batteries in the iPhone Ifor one found it very POSTIIVE...:)Pagan jimThat's what I'm sayin'An external battery solution will obviate to a significant degree...

Tags: Engineering, battery, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-07-13

Cool use of anonymous delegates

I try to keep up to date with the latest changes to the programming tools I use on a regular basis. This means that I have a tendency to use less generally well-known language features. I use them, however, if I feel I have good reason to use them. Until...

Tags: General, Programming

Blog posts 2007-05-09

John Chambers keynote for Interop 2006

John Chambers keynote for Interop 2006Nice photographLucky guy, you get to meet all the who's who and attend all the industry expo'sWhere's the tie George?Where's the tie George? John was the one at the grindstone giving keynotes. He's the one entitled to slacken the tie!Be sure to thank CiscoWe appreciate...

Tags: Interop 2006, John Chambers

Discussion threads 2006-05-02

Apple earnings top estimates

Apple earnings top estimatesHoly cow!So much for the thought that the Intel announcement would kill PPC based Mac sales for the next year (1.236 million Macintosh systems for the quarter-- 48 percent growth from the same quarter last year).And for those who are going to make the same tired comments...

Tags: Sales strategy, Investment, Linux, Financial accounting, Operating systems, Apple sale, Apple Inc., stock, hardware

Discussion threads 2005-10-11

Google, Sun pact brainchild of Sun engineer

Google, Sun pact brainchild of Sun engineerI never used the Google tool bar, but, was it available on Linux or Solaris6 months ago? If not, somebody in Sun was using Windows, which I though was banned!!!!Also. Google needs to figure out a way to release Linux and Windowsversions at about...

Tags: AJAX, Linux, Sun Solaris, Programming languages, Operating systems, UNIX, Java-killer, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Java

Discussion threads 2005-10-04

Trojan rides in on unpatched Office flaw

Trojan rides in on unpatched Office flawHold your breath, Cox and Davidson...Here it comes.Booya!Now, I am really puzzled: mr Ou had convinced me that FF iss sooo unsafe...BTW ``The malicious code takes advantage of a flaw in Microsoft's Jet Database Engine, a lightweight database used in the company's Office productivity...

Tags: Databases, SECURITY, OpenOffice, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, flaw, Office flaw, database, MDB, trojan horse

Discussion threads 2005-09-30

FAQ: The Supreme Court's ruling against P2P

FAQ: The Supreme Court's ruling against P2PTypical vague junk[i]"can be sued and held legally liable for the copyright infringement of the people using their software, [b]if the companies actively encourage that infringement[/b]."[/i]And why do I get that usual feeling that what constitutes actively encouraging infringement will never clearly be defined,...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp., P2P, software

Discussion threads 2005-06-27

Cops get cybercrime help from Microsoft

Cops get cybercrime help from MicrosoftBill Gates would make a GREAT Barney Fife.Man, this is funny, Microsoft helping the police!! I just can not stop laughing.How generous of themThe question is, does it run on anything but Windows? Looks like lock-in to me.I don't understandWhats so funny about that?Don't...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Billy Gates, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-03-30

Sausages 1.0 (Windows)

Move your dog, Arg, before it gets eaten by a monster. Link sausages together as a path for Arg to get to a bone, biscuit, bomb, bird, or cat. There are three fun game modes with multiple special items to get you going. You can bomb the monster, burn it...

Tags: Monster, Eph Software, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-08-27