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Post steeped in blog comments kerfuffle

Post steeped in blog comments kerfuffleWrong again, zdn..."Howell's defense in Post.blog attempted to soften the language she had used, but tried to make the point that Democrats had taken money from Abramoff's clients."http://mediamatters.org/items/200601150001No, actually some Dems took money not from Abramoff, but from the hapless clients that he duped.Is lying...

Tags: Government, Blogging, crux, blog comment, news outlet, blog

Discussion threads 2006-01-21

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Why Microsoft pulled the plug on the Win 7/Family Guy promo - Because it was lame

I was VERY surprised when I learned that MS would be using Family Guy in their commercials. I never watched the show, but I was always amazed, when flipping channels, at how the guy's chin looked like testicles. I guess MS never looked at it that way. ;-) When...

Tags: Family Guy, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

The month ahead: Partnerships and products expected

WerryIf they are linking from the comment, I would consider it spam. If they post a comment, and it is on topic, be glad someone saw your blog and thought enough to post to it. mirc . chat . mirc sohbet . chat sohbet . cinsel sohbet . cinsellik sohbet...

Tags: Business structures, partnership

Discussion threads 2009-11-29

Best Buy adds $197 HP laptop to Black Friday lineup

I hate agreeing with linuxbut alas I must do it this time :( He's right, this is some cheap hardware. Intel celeron? Who uses that anymore? I guess its good for kids, but any power user will not want this laptop. I'm holding out for a...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Black Friday lineup, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, Best Buy Co. Inc., Black Friday, HP Laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Internet: A threat to government or the other way around? (Part 4)

internet and governmentI'm glad I read this, it was interesting. Not as informative as it might have been - I would have liked to see some actual cases and decisions cited - but it raised interesting issues. However, what really struck me is that this article needs a good copy...

Tags: Vertical industries, government, Part 4, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...

Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Schiller: App Store isn't broken

The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Niacin best for raising good cholesterol

i'm a pharmacist...and this article is a rubishDO NOT trust this type of cheap propagandaI'm also a pharmacist...agree!The "study" consisted of only 300 or so "patients"...not large enough to be statistically significant. Not only that, it was funded by a competitor to Zetia/Vytorin!Now, I'm not saying niacin...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, cholesterol, Health Care professional, CEC, Costco, pharmacist, Dana, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Microsoft Patents Sudo - So Sudo me!

i do think that it time for some rule and regulation .and some major MS legal bashing . anti-trust Adrian this is shameless self promotionYou would not even have this if a reader had not given it to you. Means nothing but what youre getting out of it, HITS....

Tags: Idiocy, patent, Microsoft Corp., Adrian

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples

RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Nokia jumps into Netbook game with Booklet 3G

http://www.hayda.net/If they are linking from the comment, I would consider it spam. If they post a comment, and it is on topic, be glad someone saw your blog and thought enough to post to it.mirc

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Nokia Corp., game

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Organic Social Networks, the Yankees and....Wha'? (UPDATE: WE WON OUR 27TH WORLD SERIES!)

Needless to say, being a Yankees fan of the entirely driven and committed sort, I'm biting every nail on my hands off and frankly, if I could reach my feet, would go at those nails too (Ugh.). I do that every time that the Yankees are in the playoffs or...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Twitter Inc., CRM, Games, Social Networking, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Washington: lots of talk about global warming

Fuller: Too many blogs about the LIE of global warming.Global warming b*llshit demolished:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1533290/Climate-chaos-Dont-believe-it.htmlGuys (or should I say - Fuller), stop LYING.Also, stop saying there's a problem and then coming up with burdening 'solutions' to non-existent problems. The latest FASCIST idea: Blame Children for 'global warming'. Yeah right.http://unitedfamiliesinternational.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/children-to-blame-for-climate-change/Fuller, why are you...

Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?

My school teaches...... web design in the conventional way. Intro classes cover HTML, CSS, using JQuery modules or writing basic js. Advances classes teach PHP and such. None of the classes I know of cover CMS.I had a summer internship where I used Drupal. I didn't do any of the...

Tags: Content management, CSS, Enterprise software, KompoZer, content management system, Microsoft FrontPage, CMS system

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Hearings on climate, cap'n'trade, energy

well dont expect any change economy will always prevail the rest ....Maybe one day when it will be too late to turn around ... people will understand once again too late.. They will have a vibrant economy and a dead sentence quite ironic.. Im full of...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Businesses, tax, IT IS

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

A Net Neutrality Solution: Opinions Wanted

First thoughts"the incumbents fought it tooth and nail"Same thing happened in the last 4 industrial revolutions!I'm broadly in favour of your improvements ... with a few caveats ... and will look at the 2 papers you plugged, sorry referenced ;-)"Users should be concerned that the Internet services they pay for...

Tags: Fiber optics, Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality Solution

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Facebook upgrades its Share button, beefs up analytics offerings

Facebook has revised its Share button on Web sites, incorporating in a counter, and is also enhancing its offering of analytics data, giving Web site operators more information about how Facebook users interact with their sites. In a post on its developer's blog, the company notes that...

Tags: Web, Facebook, Analytics, Web Site, Financial Planning, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Finance, Internet, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-26

The chief value of open source

Custom code solutions...It's great you can see the code, but for companies I disagree that is a "value".What SMB has the resources to comb through thousands of lines of code to assure reliability and security? Even if they do manage to find a bug, are they going to fork...

Tags: open source, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

What Windows7 could mean for Linux

Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...

Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-24