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- News to know: Smartphones; Windows 7; Palm Pre; EU and Sun-Oracle
- 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. Andrew Nusca: Smartphones to eclipse desktop PC sales by 2011 Sam Diaz: Facebook Mobile: Now 65 million strong...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, European Union, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-09-04
- Am I a big whiner about Gmail's downtime?
- I received a lot of feedback on my post from Tuesday, "Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes down." Comments ranged from commiseration, to ridicule for buying into a cloud-based solution, to thoughtful musings on the nature of the cloud in education. by Christopher Dawson
- Tags: Google Gmail, Downtime, Cloud, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Recession and employment: where does the student stand?
- Recession and employment: where does the student stand?Obama is going to socialize everythingWho needs an education, Obama is going to give you free_heatlh_care. Also, he is going to spread the wealth around so we do not have to work. He is going to tax everyone in the Middle class and...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, welfare, education, tax break, real welfare, Obama, Middle-Class, recession
- Discussion threads 2009-05-22
- Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston College
- Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeAre "they" sure it was Linux?It could have been DOS. ;-)RE: Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeChris writes another blog where he whines about how linux doesn't get any respect. And there is good reason why it doesn't....
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Boston College, illegal activity
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
- Dissecting Apple's new eight hour battery
- Dissecting Apple's new eight hour batteryHard to say, time will tell...From my own experience, it's rare that I go more than an hour or two on battery. I guess for students who might use their machines around campus through the course of the day. Though they'd probably opt for the...
- Tags: Engineering, Robin, battery, hour battery, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-15
- Apple sued for ... slavery?!?!!
- Apple sued for ... slavery?!?!!You SUE for slavery?Huh.I did not know that. I would have thought criminal charges for such an act would be more appropriate.I have a question, though. If he disliked the arrangement so much...why didn't he just quit? Some people will sue over anything.RE:...
- Tags: Apple Inc., overtime
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- Google gives developers access to your contacts
- Google gives developers access to your contactsYes it does have an odor.I agree this is one bad development and I intend to voice my displeasure to both directly to Google and on message boards and articles like this one. I would suggest that all Google users do the same.Frank Woodman...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Google Inc., developer
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- Gizmodo prank trashes CES presentations
- Gizmodo prank trashes CES presentationsHas Larry figured it out yet?So far, he and the Goo Goo Gaa Gaa Gizmodo pre-school prankers are about the only ones who think it's funny.How's THIS for hypocrisy?Am I the only one who finds it hypocritical that the Goo Goo Ga Ga Gizmodo pre-school pranksters...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, TVs, Giz, Gizmodo, Consumer Electronics Show, prankster
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- More on Vista network performance issue
- More on Vista network performance issueShssh. Don't let George or Ed hear this problem.They suffer from Stockholm syndrome and so will always side with their captors that hold them hostage Microsoft. It must be a hardware issue, driver issue, user error or the phase of the moon; anything but...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), performance, network, Vista NOW, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
- iPhone Diary Day 3: porting problems persist
- iPhone Diary Day 3: porting problems persistSolutionYou're probably aware of this by now but here is a page describing the problem and a solution.http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/06/30/how_to_port_ineligible_mobile_numbers_to_att_and_iphone.htmlby a factor of 10.As much as Im sure Steve would like it... I think they've sold more like 200k phones, not 1.5mill. Being in California,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, call box, Jason
- Discussion threads 2007-07-01
- Welcome Nicholas, to the world of unintended consequences
- Welcome Nicholas, to the world of unintended consequencesCompetition is good, regardlessI can see why Negroponte is upset, but I still believe in free markets, and this is an example of just such a market. I agree that regardless of the outcome, Negroponte has made it plausible to create affordable hardware...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Negroponte, Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-07
- What does Daylight Saving Time cost IT?
- What does Daylight Saving Time cost IT?DST should be bannedDST has failed to demonstrate real benefits to people over the years, but adds needless complications. It makes exchange of time-related data across timezones and borders extremely difficult. The so-called energy savings cannot be proven. There is x...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Patches, Servers, information technology, Daylight Saving Time, DST
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Why do users put up with bad software?
- Why do users put up with bad software?CostThe majority of Americans will choose paying less over getting better quality much of the time.comment on the other voteit's much simpler than all the choices. The majority of users don't know what they are doing in the first place, so how can...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, coder, software, bad software, X+1
- Discussion threads 2007-01-04
- Sunday funnies - ironic packaging
- Sunday funnies - ironic packagingRight out of the Ironic Marketing division of Hell, Inc.I'm not sure which is funnier... seeing this package opener imprisoned in the type of package it was made to open, or knowing that people will spend $13 for one of these and being unable to use...
- Tags: tin
- Discussion threads 2006-08-20
- And now this: Verizon sues Vonage for patent infringement: what's the deal?
- And now this: Verizon sues Vonage for patent infringement: what's the deal?This sucksI use Vonage.This is the problem with civil courtYour guilty until proven innocent. The other problem is that the more money you have, the more likely you are to win... its soo wrong. If this proves...
- Tags: Telephony, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Pricing, Verizon Communications Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-19
- RIM CEO cautious about unlimited wireless data plans
- RIM CEO cautious about unlimited wireless data plansThen he should get out of the market...Because unlimited is the way of the future and if he can't deal with it get out of the way of those that can.No it will affect greedy cell companiesI'm sick of this "if we don't...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, NOW HERE, RIM BlackBerry, cell phone industry, Research In Motion Ltd., cell phone
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
- Google's first mashup goes green
- Google's first mashup goes greenIt would be niceIt would be nice if they could provide you with a 'green' carHow much gasoline will people use up before they arrive at these 'green' spots?http://otherthingsnow.blogspot.com/and why is the enviroment not safe""One of the big objectives for Google as a corporation is to...
- Tags: Al Gore, pollution, Google Inc., mashup
- Discussion threads 2006-05-31
- McAfee sends 'Falcon' after Symantec, Microsoft
- McAfee sends 'Falcon' after Symantec, MicrosoftHow?They are a monopoly and aren't afraid to use their position to crush their competition. They've gotten off with consent decrees and cash and other settlements so far for their monopoly abuse.Who knows, maybe the EU and South Korea decisions as they stand at the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Construction, Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Falcon, monoculture, software, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Windows, McAfee Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-30
- HP Labs India shows off tech goodies
- HP Labs India shows off tech goodiesMore jobs lost to India.......[b]I love hearing about all the new jobscreated by the Big CEO's of HP, IBM, Delland the rest. That is great news, Indiawhere they worship rats and live in 3rdworld conditions, I guess they will be so happy when the...
- Tags: Outsourcing, tech goody, HP Labs India, HP Labs
- Discussion threads 2006-04-06
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