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- Will lame hardware cripple Vista?
- I've been reading lots of Vista articles recently -- especially those from my colleague, Ed Bott (see Ed Bott's Microsoft Report). I was particularly intrigued by his first article in his 'mythbuster' series (Vista Mythbusters #1: It's not a hardware hog). His very next article was entitled On...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-09-15
- Introduction to StAX
- The approach of XML processing gives more control to the client application than to the parser, enabling much faster and more memory-efficient processing. This is becoming a standard across different domains of XML processing. For example, Apache Axis2, one of the prominent SOAP processing engines, improved its performance four times,...
- Tags: Axiom, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2006-07-20
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- What's a Little Money Between Friends?
- Gaming Incentive Systems Joel Spolsky (www.inc.com/keyword/spolsky) wrote a nice piece in the October 2008 issue of Inc. magazine. The article, Sins of Commissions, provides a cautionary tale to executives who are contemplating the addition of or changes to sales incentives in their workforce. ...
- Tags: Incentive, Commission, Joe, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- FCC issues 'radical' order re: Comcast
- FCC issues 'radical' order re: ComcastInstead of throttling ...... the ISPs could monitor the average bandwidth per month up and down per user. The billing could be done on a bandwidth basis ... If one user is using a lot more bandwidth, then their bill will be a...
- Tags: Federal government, Comcast Corp., FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe
- Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe.....So what, you lost some electronics and doo dads. You and your's are alive, that's what is important. The electronics can be replaced, repaired and data recovered from back-ups I know you have them. The fact that you consider losing your electronics harmful is...
- Tags: Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, security system, lightning strike, electronics, strike
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Security vs. convenience: Apple chooses poorly
- Security vs. convenience: Apple chooses poorlyWhat if..they need to install diagnostic software?You are kidding, right?So you change your password when you get it back. Or change it before you send it in.It's the same in the Windows world - you pretty much need and Admin password to do anything.This...
- Tags: Apple Inc., password, security, admin password
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Mint 220 - Wireless Digital Music Station
- The Mint 220 Wireless Digital Music Station offers us something that we haven't yet seen in an iPod speaker dock. Instead of combining iPod playback with a CD player or AM/FM alarm clock radio, the Mint 220 gives you the ability to wirelessly stream any audio from a PC or...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, wireless, Bass, Mint 220, dock
- Product reviews 2008-06-24
- The customer is not always right
- How many times have you heard the old adage, "The customer is always right"? If you're like me you just took it as an axiom, something that was beyond questioning. I think it's time for software developers and project managers to start questioning it. Now, I'm not...
- Tags: Google Inc., Result, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Tools & Techniques, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Management, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Microsoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circle
- Microsoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circleMicrosoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circleThere is no denying that Microsoft is in the right here. Yahoo screwed itself by making a deal with the devil. I hope the authorities hit Google very hard because of this.RE: Microsoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circlethis is relay bad,...
- Tags: Corporate law, SECURITY, Microsoft-Yahoo-Google, vicious antitrust, antitrust, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Has Microsoft solved the ad spend conundrum?
- Some light-hearted commentary. Nineteenth-century department store founder John Wanamaker is said to have lamented, "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half." This well-known axiom sprang to mind when I read fellow ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley's report earlier this week...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Is GPS liability next?
- Is GPS liability next?RE: Is GPS liability next?The driver is the one at fault, not the maker of the GPS. It was their lack of driving skill if anything that got the car stuck, not the GPS.GPS Provider should not be liableThe GPS providers offer a device that provide...
- Tags: Handhelds, GPS Software, GPS, GPS liability
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
- Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?
- I rarely get e-mail from the USA Today's Byron Acohido who from time to time interviews me for my opinions on tech. But today, Acohido drew my attention to a story that he has co-authored with Jon Swartz under the headline FTC under fire as credit bureaus sell consumers'...
- Tags: ZIP Code, Bureau, Database Company, FTC, E-mail, Government, Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- Trouble on horizon for 'white box' PC makers
- Trouble on horizon for 'white box' PC makersMost people I know what bothThey want the desktop for performance, large screen size and ease of use and the laptop for mobility. SO when you can only have one a person weighs what they want or need. If mobility is the key...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, desktop, laptop computer, CPU, mobility, PC, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
- Hulu and the expectations game
- Expect nothing--or better yet expect a total trainwreck--and you're always pleasantly surprised. That axiom is at play today as Hulu--the online video venture of Fox and NBC launches. The online service, which was launched to be a YouTube-ish competitor, is in private beta and the blogger class...
- Tags: Game, NBC, Web, TechCrunch, Online Video, TV, Music Industry, Hulu, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Channel Management, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- Is the road to Moscow paved with good intentions?
- I just finished reading a most interesting post from my colleague, Chris Dawson -- Russia installing Linux in every school in the country -- reporting that ... ... the Russian government is actively pursuing the development of a "Russian OS" to be available to every school in the country -- based upon Linux!...
- Tags: Educator, Russia, Microsoft Corp., Chris, Government, Linux, Vertical Industries, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Marc Wagner
- Blog posts 2007-09-20
- Pillar: No tradeoff to invest in green storage
- When you compete with the likes of data storage giant EMC, it helps to have a point of differentiation. A gimmick, if you will. In the case of Larry Ellison-backed Pillar Data Systems, that gimmick is green. The company has come up with a clever way of...
- Tags: SAN, Pillar Storage Efficiency Quotient, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Storage Management, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- iPhone lawsuit doesn't stand a chance
- iPhone lawsuit doesn't stand a chanceThats your take, not the courtsThat's your take. Now lets see what a real judge has to say. Apple was negligent in NOT at any point telling customers that a NORMALLY user replaceable items such as the battery was sealed inside the device. Let me...
- Tags: Engineering, Apple Inc., battery, fool, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
- Operation Bot Roast: Too little too late
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dr Jose NazarioThe US FBI has kicked off Operation Bot Roast this summer with the goal of addressing the botnet problem. Hurray for them,it's good that something is being done. However, this is probably not going to stop the botnet problem, and maybe...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- The iPhone ad secret Apple probably doesn't want you to know
- The iPhone ad secret Apple probably doesn't want you to knowA matter of aesthetics"Pacific Catch" is a lot better name for a restaurant in an ad than "Tony's Seafood", and it is located such that the tag falls over the uncluttered blue of S.F. Bay.Who knows? Maybe this is one...
- Tags: Desktops, Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., PC, Apple iPod, John Hodgman, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- Does open source make Gates right on immigration?
- Does open source make Gates right on immigration?You are right.Bill can't find talented people, because talented people don't want work for his company.HeheYeah, this is karma coming back to bite them. That and the fact that the rest of the world realizes that Open Source is the future. ]:)I agree...
- Tags: Benefits, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, OPEN SOURCE, knowledge, salary, tax, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
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