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Farewell to ZDNet (and CNET)

Farewell to ZDNet and CNETThanks for your good work!You've put in some hard time at ZDNet, and I've been reading the blogs for awhile -- it'll be sad to see you go, and I hope someone is out there that can adequately fill your shoes while you move on to...

Tags: Blogging, RSS, Farewell, Best Wishes, blog, CMP

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

Xbox 'mod chip' delivers stolen goods

Xbox 'mod chip' delivers stolen goodsFirstsing PS2 Football Square special offer!!!Firstsing PS2 Football Square at special good price :(http://www.firstsing.com/products/psx2/PSX2010.htmIf any inquiry,please kindly contact me soon! Best wishes! Sincerely, Anndy Wang and Peter Ben, Firstsing Co.,Ltd. Video game and PC accessories manufacturer from China OEM&ODM orders wellcomed!...

Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Please Visit, Best Wishes, chip

Discussion threads 2004-08-05

Additional Resources

Open source in a time of recession

Open source in a time of recessionWhen the water hole shrinks,the kangaroo mice flourish.HistoryYes, the end of the dot-com bubble killed a number of illusions. The most prominent lesson was, Don't give away your main product. So at that time pure Linux and other open source plays disappeared.What was...

Tags: Rewriting History, recession, open source, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Improve your failed IT culture

Improve your failed IT cultureRisk and rulesWhat's the connection between your suggested steps to improve projects and the problem identified?Is it possible to deal with the problem identified in the following quoted quotes without using the word "blame"?Creating a culture for risk management is a challenging proposition for most firms....

Tags: Strategy, Financial Planning, Computer Services, Anton, risk management, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

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

When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?

When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?A reader repliesI received this in email from a user who apparently wishes not to go through ZDNet registration. So here's my policy: I will not engage in private debate through email on the content of blogs. I will post the...

Tags: E-mail, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Accellion Secure File Transfer

Paula Skokowski, VP of Marketing for Accellion, and I had a lovely debate, err, conversation over the need for her company's product, a file transfer "virtualization" product. In the end, she won me over and I was forced through gritted teeth to agree that Accellion's managed file transfer solution could...

Tags: File, Accellion, E-mail, Storage, Online Communications, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-01

I... B... Wha?

I... B... Wha?I. B. AmazedYou have to think though, after the 90's the markets are flooded with consumer products based on technology. People associate with what they are exposed to. However in the 70's and better part of the 80's if you wanted a PC, it had to be "IBM...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Desktops, Operating systems, Mindshare, IBM Corp., Wha

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

TV Pack headaches reveal Microsoft's Media Center dilemma

Of all the features in Windows, Media Center is unique. It offers high-end capabilities that appeal strongly to digital media enthusiasts, sparking the growth of online communities like the Green Button, with more than 110,000 members at last count. These days, that passionate community is spending much of its energy...

Tags: Release, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Center, Feature, Media Center Application, Fiji, HD, Medium, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Shuttleworth defends Firefox license in Ubuntu

Shuttleworth defends Firefox license in UbuntuNever has a statement been more pure BS in the history of licensing.none of us are in a position to be experts about the legal constraints which Mozilla feels apply to them." What does that mean? Come on talkbackers. You've shown you know every reason...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Shuttleworth, source code, Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureA correction(?)[i]and a new proprietory OS called VMS - that eventually became the basis for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0[/i]The first version of Windows NT was 3.5, not 4.0.Also, I think its not correct to say VMS formed the basis of NT. It is true...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Digital Equipment Corp., VMS, data-processing

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Code is law

Code is lawCopyrighted state codes?Any chance you could provide a list of states that do that? This is definitely something voters should know.RE: Code is lawReceived this from Carl and I tried to edit the post to get it right:***Usually, the states don't claim copyright but the people who...

Tags: Government, State Laws

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

I'm done with GMail

I'm done with GMailRE: I'm done with GMailI was going to go off on 'WTF are you on about?' but I read the 'inbox zero' page first & saw this paragraph,"Gmail's made me see the value of having very few actual folders for storing new and archived mail. It makes...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Gmail

Discussion threads 2008-08-23

Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnership

Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnershipWhy would you want your competition...selling your product and why would you want to sell your competitions product? I would like to believe this is being done for the good of the customer.I'm trying to think of any other industry where this kind of relationship...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, partnership, Companies, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Linux partnership

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Intel Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Windows 7 wishes

Windows 7 wishesOn layers.Per Ed's post, IE 8 continues to be integrated and integral to the OS. It is likely that many other user space apps that MS creates, will at least be partially embedded, if not completely.End user applications have no business being part of the OS itself,...

Tags: Operating systems, 64-bit, Luna, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 Wishes, operating system, Aero, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Windows 7 wishes

Today Ed Bott has been furiously rubbing the lamp hoping that the great genie Sinofsky will appear and grant him some wishes. Well, since there's a chance that Microsoft is listening, here's my wishlist. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: WinFS, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating System, Aero, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-19

<grimace>I'm going to my first administrators' meeting!</grimace>

I'm going to my first administrators' meeting!You have your work cut out for you!Since most administrators and few teachers understand the very even the basics of computers, and since most states mandate computer objectives which focus on teaching software rather then concepts it will be a fight between the computer...

Tags: administrator, first administrator, education, computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Is the latest cancer cure claim real?

Is the latest cancer cure claim real?BittersweetAll news like this about advances in cancer treatment is bittersweet. My wife passed away from cancer two and a half years ago, and I can't help but wish more advances had been made before she died, not after. But I am happy for...

Tags: latest cancer cure, cancer cure

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Microsoft to push another Windows Update to users ... whether you want it or not

Microsoft to push another Windows Update to users ... whether you want it or notI agree completely[i]I just can’t understand why Download updates but let me choose whether to install them or Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them doesn’t mean what it says...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-14