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Day 2: Scripting Eclipse

The second session on Tuesday was the panel on Scripting Eclipse . Ken Dyck, from AMI Semiconductor was the moderator. Here's a rough transcript of the panel, as fast as I could type. Ken standing: Who are you and what is your interest in scripting? Ed...

Tags: Mark, Bjorn Freeman-Benson

Blog posts 2006-03-21

EclipseCon Day 1: NetBeans pickets Eclipse conference

Outside the convention hall this morning, there were a couple of "protesters" on a "picket line" handing out NetBeans CDs and water (I'm not sure what the connection was to the water). It was all in good fun, of course, and I saw several folks posing for pictures. Once inside,...

Tags: Bjorn Freeman-Benson

Blog posts 2006-03-20

Additional Resources

Is Intel trying to torpedo the OLPC?

Is Intel trying to torpedo the OLPC?TTech going the way of pharmaceuticalsThe big technology companies are following the path blazed by the drug companies. Make America pay the cost of R&D through premium pricing for pharmaceuticals and technology. Then make Americans subsidize the costs of exporting our technology...

Tags: Free trade, developing country, One Laptop Per Child project, Intel Corp., laptop computer, Here Come

Discussion threads 2007-05-21

FAQ: What the daylight saving shift means to you

FAQ: What the daylight saving shift means to youIt means un-needed updates / fixes on all my servers / computersThe whole office needs to be up to date, and with a mix of winxp pro & win 2000 machines that will be fun, as well as an assortment of dedicated...

Tags: Patches, Servers, DST Histroy, patch management, server

Discussion threads 2007-03-09

Microsoft to blast Google over copyrights

Microsoft to blast Google over copyrightsSame song different targetMicrosoft managed to nearly destroy Netscape and Real Networks before their MO was clearly established. Their level of success with Linux was not nearly as impressive and I suspect that both Symantec and Google have seen this tactic often enough that...

Tags: Web browsers, Like Sun, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microcrap EULA, Netscape Communications Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-05

Black Hat RFID hacking demo threatened

Black Hat RFID hacking demo threatenedSecurity through obscurity never works...They should have learned that by now one would hope. It doesnt matter if he talks about it or not, there are lots of people who already know it's weakness and how to profit by them !!!!!Call me confusedI don't get...

Tags: SECURITY, RFID, Carroll, hacking, Black Hat

Discussion threads 2007-02-27

You can taste the irony of Microsoft's patent positions on MP3 and Linux

You can taste the irony of Microsoft's patent positions on MP3 and LinuxNo good optionEventually Microsoft will have to realize they have no good options and are inevitably going to be the loser in every IP case they get entangled in.If some small software distributor knocks off a Microsoft idea...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Network technology, MP3, Linux, Microsoft Corp., IP, software

Discussion threads 2007-02-23

Supreme Court to consider climate change rules

Supreme Court to consider climate change rulesIt's time to take action..The scientific verdict is in.. A VAST majority of scientists agree that our Global Warming cycle is..Mostly man made, and demonstrates a very disturbing trend, that left unchecked will dramatically alter earth's biosphere for the worse (that's being optimistic). The...

Tags: carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2006-11-29

Vista winds its way to market

Vista winds its way to marketit is all going to come down to driversIn the final analysis the early success of Vista, like x64 before it, is going to come down to drivers.If early adopters try to load Vista and discover that their hardware is either not supported or poorly...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Think Microsoft, vista, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2006-11-10

What the Democrats' win means for tech

What the Democrats' win means for techHow pathetic......one must be to pin hopes, for anything positive, on democrats. Alot of hot air is all that one can realistically "hope" for.What this really means is that this, like many other issues, will become riddled with so many added extras, that it...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, MPAA, government

Discussion threads 2006-11-09

NTP slaps Palm with patent infringement suit

NTP slaps Palm with patent infringement suitHere we go again.... NT*sigh*Maybe Palm should just stall as much as possible untill the pantens areinvalidated, and the apeals process at the patent office has run it's course. About the only thing that NTP can hope is that they can squeeze a settlement...

Tags: patent, NTP, RJR Direct, troll, Palm Inc., patent troll

Discussion threads 2006-11-06

Allchin: Vista won't RTM next week

Allchin: Vista won't RTM next weekMSFT will release to RTM in January.Mark my words. They will miss the launch target again.RTM = Rush to Manufacturing?teehee indeedIf Vista never showed that would be the best news for consumersHow could MICROSUCKS possible RTM when Vista can't even run basic PC hardware? IE7...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), RTM, GET IT, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2006-10-18

Verizon sues data brokers linked to HP

Verizon sues data brokers linked to HP"Everybody on this side . . .of the controversy, for a picture."Great photograph opportunity! Like:"Hey, look at us and see what we are doing to help prevent this sort of thing from ever happening again!"This sordid affair is turning into a soap opera with...

Tags: Litigation, fraud, Verizon Communications Inc., investigator, private investigator, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2006-09-28

Post-9/11 privacy and secrecy: A report card

Post-9/11 privacy and secrecy: A report cardWhy did it take 9/11 for people to realize that in theoryfreedom and yes privacy is dangerous! I've always known and excepted that as a fact of a free/private life and I except the risks for in my humble opinion the alternative is...

Tags: SECURITY, Federal government, Regulations, U.S. Congress, Big Brother, privacy

Discussion threads 2006-09-08

RIAA copyright education contradictory, critics say

RIAA copyright education contradictory, critics saya lie . . .repeated often enough and loud enough becomes the truth.If every college student can be taught the same set of "facts" those "facts" will become the "truth" without regard for their validity.Bjorn A FreemanRIAA Sux[b]"The RIAA seems to be making...

Tags: Digital media, RIAA

Discussion threads 2006-08-31

Can anything tame the battery flames?

Can anything tame the battery flames?Batteries and fuel cellsNobody seems to talk about it but what about Aluminum air fuel cells. They are being produced right now for cell phones and laptops. You can seach for information on Google. It's simple non explosive technology whith very high energy output.Desmo4consumers get...

Tags: Engineering, Fuel cells, battery

Discussion threads 2006-08-16

$3K for Fujitsu's new notebook? Gimme a break!

$3K for Fujitsu's new notebook? Gimme a break!Getting off the treadmillAt some point the technology that you have is exactly what you need. After that any upgrade other than security patches is a complete waste.Many businesses wouldn't have moved off of Win98 + Office97 if it they hadn't been pushed...

Tags: Notebooks, hardware, laptop computer, Fujitsu Ltd., notebook

Discussion threads 2006-07-27

Where on the horizon is Vista?

Where on the horizon is Vista?a moment here pleasewell explain to me how the hell M$ will force the 60 Million of socall pirate to change there way since they are mostly outside usa ( let me remind you that outside usa, usa law a about the same weight as...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), income, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-07-27

YouTube dances the copyright tango

YouTube dances the copyright tangoNot YouTube's responsibility---YouTube COULD do more to stop this stuff---Sure. YouTube could hire a guy to personally screen every single video before it goes online. But guess what--they don't have to. They are following the letter of the law, meeting and actually exceeding...

Tags: Corporate communications, INTERNET, stock market, YouTube Inc., video

Discussion threads 2006-07-24

Putting a price on a virtual computer

Putting a price on a virtual computerThis does present some "interesting" issues.Say I run a few "virtual" windows on my Mac. Now I only have maybe OSX and one Windows window using at anytime and or connected to the web but I do have "others" So MS or...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Operating systems, computer, server, license management, operating system, mainframe

Discussion threads 2006-07-17