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McAfee: Watch out for 'island-hopping' spam

McAfee: Watch out for 'island-hopping' spamWhy don't we just...Go with a registration of ALL email addresses... period! And FINE the heck out of an ISP not validating their email...not so fast..Who would fine them. i.e. define "we". Who would collect the money, and what would be done...

Tags: e-mail, not-so, McAfee Inc., Best Bets

Discussion threads 2006-11-01

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Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?

Not available on the N1000I don't see any options for this on my N1000.Bummer.Has the resolution improved on HD content?That was one thing I'd like to know. I can see a future, where everything you would ever need in the home will go thru the internet. I am already set...

Tags: Cable, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Advertising & Promotion, FrameChannel, video quality, Roku Inc., cable television

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Android opens doors for Google's next-gen search, ads and tools

There's no question that there's been some pretty astounding growth around Android, Google's open-source mobile phone operating system. A year ago, there was only one Android device out there - the T-Mobile G-1. Today, Android is powering 12 devices in 26 countries with 32 carriers - and there's more on...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Google Android, Phone, Mobile, Smart Phone, Tool, Carrier, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-16

News to know: Scareware; HP; SAP; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: The ultimate guide to scareware protection Gallery: The ultimate guide to scareware protection 9/11...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Andrew Nusca, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future

Nothing but lies...When will this lie stop, no different than Lenin quoted, if you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth.There is NO evidence of this and it is ludicrous that everything will be electric. The power grid cannot even support what we have now, so now it is...

Tags: Obama, global warming, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Kasino 2.6 (Mac)

Fun and dynamic casino table simulation, with the popular Texas Hold'em as its first game. In this poker game, each player has 2 cards, and all players share 5 common cards, betting in rounds until all cards are dealt and the best hand gets the accumulated bets. Take a...

Tags: Card, Apple Macintosh, Player, baKno, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-14

TIBCO and SAP: place your bets

TIBCO Governance?TIBCO has certainly made an investment in Cloud with Silver.But to say that they understand Governance and can lead that is an overstatement... They OEM their Governance technologies from Amberpoint and Systinet and hardly have much to say on the topic themselves.Full disclosure, I work at Software AG and...

Tags: Middleware, Web services, Enterprise software, TIBCO Software Inc., SAP AG

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Lone Star Texas Holdem Poker-COPY (Mobile)

Howdy Pardner, would ya like to join us in a gameHold ''em poker, Texas style, where the bets arebig and the winnings even bigger. So hold on toyour hat and join the ride. Hee haw!! Lone Star Texas Holdem Poker, The best casino Poker game. If you love playing Poker,...

Tags: Mobile, JBL Mobi Game Lab, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-08-09

Lone Star Texas Holdem Poker 1.0.0.1 (Mobile)

Howdy Pardner, would ya like to join us in a gameHold ''em poker, Texas style, where the bets arebig and the winnings even bigger. So hold on toyour hat and join the ride. Hee haw!! Lone Star Texas Holdem Poker, The best casino Poker game. If you love playing Poker,...

Tags: Mobile, Poker, JBL Mobi Game Lab, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-08-09

What Asus wants in a Linux

Linux needs a real mainstream distroLinux unfortunately is too fragmented to get the attention of consumers.Way too many distributions. We think Microsoft is bad with Windows! But just look at how many our out there of Linux! Hey Linux idiots! stop doing so many and concentrate on one well...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ASUS, Driver Problem, Linux, Nope

Discussion threads 2009-08-08

Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?

Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?No.Govt. sponsored research is only a big edge for products where the government is the customer (nuclear bombs, stealth jets, tanks, etc.)When the market decides that green products and tech is desirable, then a market with less government baggage will produce...

Tags: COMPANIES, green technology, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

News to know: Chrome OS; Azure; Cable speed; Google Apps; Internet radio

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google goes after Windows with launch of Chrome OS Matthew Miller: Google Chrome OS announced, It should...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Internet Radio, Radio, Microsoft Corp., Cable, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-08

If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage?

If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage?The ones who will have the best advantagewill be the ones who contribute the most and the best software. You reap what you sow in the F/OSS world.HTC already has a pretty big head start, and has already has learned a...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, OPEN SOURCE, Smart phones, Android Market

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?Can't blame Microsoft for doing what the EC wanted. ntntRE: Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?And this is the impact of the supposedly "consumer protecting" EC. Way to go EC, you just forced us to buy...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows 7 E, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Hospital confirms Steve Jobs transplant

Hospital confirms Steve Jobs transplantThis is news?Was there really anyone who up until this point didn't believe he had the transplant surgery?RE: Hospital confirms Steve Jobs transplantWell i hope he recovers good and can go on with hes life.Personaly i am waiting for the same transplant as him.Hopefully it will...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, donor, organ, Steve Jobs, transplant, organ donor, hospital

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Search, Palm Inc., Text Messaging, Corporate Communications, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Branding, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Microsoft bets big on a new platform subscription license

Microsoft bets big on a new platform subscription license"rental" under a different nameHi Mary Jo, yep we've seen a number of APA pitches recently. The CRM angle looks interesting, especially for a customer who's competing Saleforce.com and Oracle's online CRM. The APA generally works out well if you're...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, APA, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?

Tech giants are spending heavily on research and development, but it's difficult to follow the bouncing return on investment ball. The research and development return topic was brought up by my ZDNet UK colleague Rupert Goodwins earlier this week. Rupert went on a tour of Microsoft Research...

Tags: R&D, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., IEEE Spectrum, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-14

The Oracle open source credibility gap

The Oracle open source credibility gapIf I was in Larry Ellison's shoes......I'd do the following:1. Spin off MySQL either by selling it to the public, or by setting up a non-profit foundation and transferring all MySQL copyrights and employees to it. Ellison would get to play the good...

Tags: StarOffice, PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, open source, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Studio

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

News to know: Windows 7; Twitter; Satyam; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate? ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Dana Blankenhorn, Satyam, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Open Source, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Internet, Management

Blog posts 2009-04-13