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- Excel and Basic Accounting Error
- Excel and Basic Accounting ErrorWe should go back to manual ledgers...VisiCalc was created to eliminate accounting errors. Now the spreadsheet is now being blamed for accounting errors. Perhaps the real problem is GIGO. Garbage in, Garbage out.The real culprit is slick sleaze ball corporate accountants and managers that are trying...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, fun thing, Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet, big system, accounting
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
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- Open source needs successful champions
- Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...
- Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook
- I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...
- Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Internet performance management makes data center consolidation possible
- There are many more advantages to consolidation... Virtual switch technology... Virtual switch technology, is far faster than anything Ciscoor other hardware router vendors can push through your INTRAnet.... In the era of mashups... and multi database applications, you want internet connections that are at memory transfer speeds, not...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, data center consolidation, data center, hub/Switch, IP, hardware, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- The current system is stacked against greentech in big buildings
- Illinois tech company bucks the system to build green headquarters. by Harry Fuller
- Tags: Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- What should open source do in a car?
- Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...
- Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- 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
- 2010 Infiniti QX56
- Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...
- Tags: Infiniti QX56
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals
- Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's ambitious push into cloud computing -- and the enterprise. Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop and there are several desktop improvements in this upgrade -- including a faster boot and login and enhanced audio and and 3G broadband connectivity. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- Needles and haystacks: Balancing precision and recall
- Attivio's Sid Probstein says for traditional search, the conventional model is to return many results to get high recall; somewhere in there are the right answers. But what if you want a more precise answer? Commentary - These terms are bandied about in most every...
- Tags: Recall, Pregnancy, Attivio, Spam Email, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, search, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-10-29
- Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless)
- Editors' note: Over the next few days we will continue to test the Droid and add the results to this review.You have to hand it to Verizon Wireless: though the Google Android operating system now extends to a handful of devices, the carrier was able to get the tech world...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, display, Color Support, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Inc., Motorola Droid
- Product reviews 2009-10-29
- Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down
- Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Microsoft's Windows 7 challenge: Selling Live services (without being sued)
- What competitors?Other than iLife, who is competing with Live Essentials?These seem like little trivial programs to be fighting over. Besides the people complaining about bloat (Even though these programs don't take up much space), I don't think anyone would complain even if they were included in Windows to begin with.The...
- Tags: Operating systems, Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Firefox hit by multiple drive-by download flaws
- Thank god I am still using 3.0.xxxI still don't understand why the need to make all things software larger and more featured. Also I will never understand why people rush to use the latest larger, bloated package...Bigger is always better......that's why we're fat! =DIE still more secure than FF...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, NoScript, Microsoft Corp., Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- What the DoD now says about open source
- I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption
- You forgot to mention....which OSs it affects! Or is it based on something multi-platform like Java?Look at the bigger size version of the screenshot, it's all in thereA lot of russian characters and...YES, you guessed it right, the word "windows" prominently displayed in red in the title.Who would ever thought...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, LoroBot, decryption, malware
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Onkyo HT-S7200
- Photo gallery:Onkyo HT-S7200"True" home theater fans may look down on home-theater-in-a-box systems, but sometimes that elitist attitude is unwarranted. The Onkyo HT-S7200 may technically be an HTIB, but that's just because it comes in a giant box; the system is composed of two separate components, the SKS-HT870 7.1 speaker package...
- Tags: speaker, Onkyo HT-S7200, Onkyo, HTIB
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- 2010 Scion xB
- Photo gallery:2010 Scion xBWith funky styling and a reputation built around the tuner crowd and the sound-off set, the Scion xB almost single-handedly established the market for little boxy city cars in the North American market. However, the current generation xB faces stiff competition from the likes of the even-quirkier...
- Tags: Performance management, Scion xB
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- ZFS on Snow Leopard? Forget about it!
- Isn't it funny how the Apple crowd ........ attacked Microsoft when WinFS was pulled from Vista but appear to be totally absent on this story? I can't wait to see how they alibi Apple for this move.They'll defend it based upon licensingbut all that will prove is Apple was...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, ZFS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WinFS
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Dear Microsoft: What's the deal with Windows 7 upgrades?
- Location?38.921473?N 77.066946?WYep, same here ...... stonewalled at every turn. With you ...... I can see, because you've been pulling on Microsoft's scab lately. But in Ed's case, I don't know why they would treat him like that.^o^Message has been deleted..Believe it or not ...... it makes little difference. The...
- Tags: upgrade media, reverse engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
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