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RIAA boilerplate complaint thrown out

Few would have expected a Supreme Court decision limiting plaintiffs' ability to sue telcos for alleged conspiracy and price-fixing to result in damage to the Recording Industry Association of America. That is the result, however, of Bell Atlantic v. Twombley, a Supreme Court decision that held that proof that the...

Tags: RIAA, Bell Atlantic, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Additional Resources

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home users

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home usersMakes senseMakes sense. Your average small biz probably doesn't want very much. They just want something that works. If it runs the databases and the tax software, it's good enough. For a small business, a single PC is usually...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Basic, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Home Basic hint, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Times are officially tough: Sequoia says so

Talk about the insulated bubble that is Silicon Valley. Sequoia, one of the best venture capital firms out there, emails a bunch of portfolio companies and tells them to hunker down. And now everyone notices that things may not be so peachy in Web 2.0-ville. GigaOm has...

Tags: Web, Sequoia, E-mail, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Government, Channel Management, Investment, Online Communications, Finance, Financing Startups, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!

Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!Wrong title, MurphIt should be "IT N00bs at large in Canada" or something along those lines :)Also funny they switched to a windows server. "Oh, we understand windows, cause we use it at home! let's try that! Oh no use! Oh no, what...

Tags: Operating systems, data-processing, Murph, Linux, big success, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

2CUROK Screensaver (scr)

2CUROK is a screensaver that monitors your mobility by tracking when you last used the computer. It sends automated e-mails requesting help from those close to you. If you were to fall or were otherwise immobilised you would be unable to reset the 2CUROK Screensaver countdown and automated e-mail alarms...

Tags: Screensaver, 2CUROK, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-10-01

Is Chrome a security risk?

Is Chrome a security risk?My scary experience with chromeI am the kind of guy who would even use IE without fear because I know how to stay away/get out of trouble.So I downloaded chrome after reading all the hyped stories and this is what happened to me in the first...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, security risk, security, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBet

Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBetAnd this is Zero Day material because...?Where's the computer security bit of the story?RE: Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBetThat's a funny comment.RE: Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBetWell Duh! There is no "true" security value in this story. Gambling is inherently...

Tags: Regulations, Iovation, UltimateBet, online poker site, poker site, poker, security

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Standards-obsessed politicians partly to blame for math/sci problems

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, educators are coming up with the same conclusion – obvious enough to the kids and probably their parents – standardized tests and policies that require kids to learn difficult topics before they're ready actually hurt math and science education. From the...

Tags: Kid, Kids, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-22

VMware vs Microsoft: Place your bets

VMware vs Microsoft: Place your betsDoes History Not Repeat ItselfOver and over again, we have seen Microsoft saturate markets, working from the bottom rungs of those who can't afford, and raising the needed capital to choke those who are to superior for their own good. VMWare is no exception...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Blogging, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Grab yourself a 64GB solid-state drive for $99

Grab yourself a 64GB solid-state drive for $99Comments are lousyI looked through some of the comments at the Newegg site and they are pretty uniformly negative. Apparently the drive has a lot of problems.hoops?The only hoops I ever run into are the norm: you must have bought it in...

Tags: UPC, original

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

Ultimate Steal spreads across the pond: Vista Ultimate included

As I wrote a few weeks ago, the Ultimate Steal has been roaring for those in the US and Canada, and it's finally reached us across the pond the Atlantic to all the idiots out there. Similar things apply, such as needing a valid university or college email address, and...

Tags: Offer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Pond, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, E-mail Address, Open University, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-17

EU scrutinizes Google-Yahoo deal

EU scrutinizes Google-Yahoo dealthat's some M$ ployI bet the M$ agents are fomenting unrest among newspapers to call in the the big brother and shift attention from its dirty deeds.Uh, Excuse me, EU - I have an important msg...No one cares how you feel about it.Now please shut up.Thanks.RE: EU...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Adobe: Sizing up Creative Suite 4

Adobe reports its third quarter earnings after the closing bell Tuesday and analysts will be looking forward to comments about its flagship Creative Suite 4, which will be unveiled Sept. 23. Wall Street is expecting earnings of 46 cents a share excluding charges and 36 cents a...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Creative Suite, Operational Accounting, Productivity, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-16

All-in-One Internet Filtering Solution Solves Costly Problems for Easton-Bell Sports

After extensively evaluating a number of different Web filtering solutions, Network Operations Manager Matt Baskett and his team at Easton-Bell Sports EBS selected Bloxx's Web filtering appliance as the most satisfying solution for EBS. It is a dynamic content filtering solution that uses industry-leading Tru-View Technology to analyze, categorize and...

Tags: Internet, Bloxx Inc., All-in-One, Channel Management, Marketing

Case studies 2008-09-04

Bloomberg publishes Jobs obit but why?

Bloomberg published an obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs after the closing bell on Wednesday and quickly retracted it. Amid all the rumors of Jobs' and his pancreatic cancer Bloomberg's timing couldn't have been worse. However, the Bloomberg incident may reveal that rumors about Jobs' health are intensifying. ...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Bloomberg L.P., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Time Zone Calculator (exe)

Time Zone Calculator can easily convert one time zone to another. For example UTC / GMT time zone to USA zones: Central or Mountain, Pacific or Eastern, Atlantic or Hawaiian. Of course Time Zone Calculator can convert any other world time zones. Time Zone Calculator takes into account Daylight Saving...

Tags: Time Zone, Evercyber, Time Zone Calculator, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-08-27

SAP: show the love your customers crave

SAP: show the love your customers craveit would be nice if SAP wasn't a BLACK HOLE for IT Budgets..very funny, ask them nicely for a few bread crumbs...if ever there was a sign that should say BUYER BEWARE, it would apply to SAP. Just ask all those companies that...

Tags: SAP AG, API

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

This week's rants

This week's rantsYou've got it.I never tire of Robin Harris telling the world that MS has lost all their data...a classic. Even when he admits other filesystems are worse. Why then MS? Well they are the biggest and deserve to be blamed...so there..pouted Robin in reply to that question. ...

Tags: Linux, Blogging, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld

Discussion threads 2008-08-23

Big tech on campus

CNET's Kara Tsuboi visits the University of California, Berkeley, to find out what gadgets students are craving at the start of their school year. CNET Reviews editors Bonnie Cha and Donald Bell also weigh in on their top cell phone, MP3, and laptop picks.

Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, News, kara tsuboi, iphone, apple, mac book, ipod, school, berkeley, laptop, itunes, imac

Videos 2008-08-22

Next Question: A Whole Lot of Traffic Shaping Going On, With Olympics Video?

Next Question: A Whole Lot of Traffic Shaping Going On, With Olympics Video?Traffic Shaping is not the reasonTom:I suggest you review the material that Limelight Networks has put out regarding the Olympics streaming infrastructure.The reason why the Net has not melted is because the content is not on the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Data centers, INTERNET, Storage, Traffic Shaping, Olympics Video, Limelight Networks

Discussion threads 2008-08-14