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Microsoft bad cop is up against the wall

Microsoft bad cop is up against the wallEnough open-source propagandaIf this was about a technical violation of a license, focus on that and leave out the bias. I think we've all seen enough crappy and inept open source code that your comment about "being in retreat" against it is laughable.As...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., cop, open source, bad cop

Discussion threads 2008-10-05

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Apple's Schiller defends app approval process; misses the point

Maybe so, but you miss it too.The point is Apple [b]doesn't care![/b] Apple has the Bad Cop/Good Cop thing down pat. Steve feeds his Napoleon complex and Phil trots out to make warm and fuzzy noises. Remember-Steve never wanted the app store, his plan was web apps only (unless he...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., NOW IT

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Soxy 1.0 (Mac)

There's a common problem when there are multiple versions of applications like Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator... installed on the same computer. Double-clicking a file's icon will often cause the wrong application version to launch. As a result, you might unwittingly re-save a document into a more recent file format,...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh, Rorohiko, Soxy, Desktops, E-mail, Hardware, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-11-19

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

House bill calls for ISPs to block some fake financial sites

Good grief!Now the BIG LETHARGIC Gov is going to tell people what sites they can go to and tell ISP's to block them???GOOD GRIEF! It is out of control, 2010 is coming and these socialist will be sent back home... AHHHH the sound of 1984 is very much alive..and well...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Government, Internet Service Provider, fake financial site, financial

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less

Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7.5, Mac history, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Wii sales take a 43% tumble ... why?

Can no longer competeNintendo has dug itself in a hole this time it probably can't get out of. If they have a hardware update to improve graphics to the level of the 360 or PS3 they will not be able to compete on price which was their main selling...

Tags: Games, Sales strategy, game, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Co. Ltd., sales, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Don't tase me in the chest, bro

Seems like a legal memo to me...It seems to me that when a person receives an electric shock, it doesn't matter where it enters the body, chest, legs, shoulder, neck etc. All the same.Taser is starting to cover it's behind, now that a Canadian judicial enquiry has determined that in...

Tags: What-if IT, NOW IT, TASER, aspirin, chest, cop, risk

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Open source and forced obsolescence

You gutted your own articleFirst, no one forces you to update your software, period. There *are* companies that won't support antiques, and who can blame them? Support costs are very high, especially since one person or team can't be expected to be expert in a dozen different versions of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), obsolescence, open source, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

EFF, ACLU says Google Books will chill reading, speech

Better that it is entirely unavailablethan to make it available to anyone who cares to search for it. I have seen nowhere that the Google project will prevent any other source from digitizing books, or from keeping them in print. This is quite possibly THE stupidest argument I have heard...

Tags: Google Inc., American Civil Liberties Union, privacy, Google Book, Vegas, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Controversy over Obama's student address? Gimme a break!

Beats the hell outa me, Chris!I agree wholeheartedly that there should be no controversy over this. Next thing you know, the other party (sadly, the party I once called home - now I feel homeless) will want "equal time". becauseHe's an activist. All he is doing is...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, bad parent, GIMME, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Philip Schiller: Apple's fireman (and perhaps most valuable exec)

That's part of the planThe plan is to de-emphasize Steve and to put "Apple The Company" and "Apple The Products" front and center. 1. Jobs resigned from having the keynote at MWSF2. Cook was put center stage while Jobs was on leave and AAPL stock rose well in that time3....

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Apple Inc., fireman, Phil

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Open letter to all HR software vendors

HR products haven’t really evolved much the last decade. Sure, many have changed their business and delivery models to become SaaS software as a service vendors but the functionality is still little changed from the 1990s. Yes, I know that talent management has seen some changes over the last few...

Tags: Human Resources, Boss, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Can you go without gadgets for a week?

Can you go without gadgets for a week?Sure, I could do it...well, within reason I could. I probably wouldn't be too happy trying to go with dark-age-style gadgetlessness but today, if I was to shut off my computer, cell phone. ipod, etc, I think I'd be fine. Much of what...

Tags: E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, phone

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Microsoft sends mixed patent message

In the wake of the Open Invention Network challenge to Microsoft's patents related to Linux, the company's good cop-bad cop routine has gone into overdrive. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Microsoft deeds are the problem

Microsoft deeds are the problemJudge by the great deed that is Windows 7...Let's forget Open Source once and for all. Open Source is a scourge on the planet and is only used by green screen types. Powerful corporate scions and high powered CIOs like me know Microsoft is the future....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source, deed

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Remote search and the invisible elephant

Remote search and the invisible elephantThis is all about pr0nJust what evidence would you find if you scanned people's home PCs? Would you be able to cross-check every file against a checksum list of confidential/secret files? Could you detect packaged and ready to deploy malware? Nope and nope. There is...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), INTERNET, Corporate communications, Desktops, file name, internet crime, P2P

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

Can the smartphone beat down violent crime?

Can the smartphone beat down violent crime?RE: Can the smartphone beat down violent crime?Depends on how much the smartphone weighs, and where you strike the assailant :)Technically not hard to accomplish MurphFor example, my cell phone a Nokia N95 has an [url=http://mymobilesite.net/]Apache Web server built in[/url], with Python and Perl...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, violent crime, smart phone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

Fun with speed cameras, teen-style

Fun with speed cameras, teen-styleScore one for the kids!Ok, now however illegal this may be [though im not expressly condoning the actions either], its about time that the truth behind the "Speed/red light cameras" come out. Its simply denying the presumption you are innocent until proven guilty. A serious weakness...

Tags: camera, speed camera, car

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!

Blu-ray is in a death spiral. 12 months from now Blu-ray will be a videophile niche, not a mass market product. With only a 4% share of US movie disc sales and HD download capability arriving, the Blu-ray disc Association BDA is still smoking dope. Even $150...

Tags: Job, Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc., Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-Ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-28