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MacBook Air DiaryÃ¢Â€Â“Day 5: The packaging: MacBook Air DiaryÃ¢Â€Â“Day 5: The packagingNicely done sire! nt.MacBook Air Diary–Day 30: The buyers remorse[i]"Bored of the MBA now. Fed up with having to put my DVD's into another machine just to burn / read them. Wireless is a bit shoddy. Oh I wish I had an Ethernet port. The...; Tags: Blogging, Notebooks, wireless, blog entry, MacBook Air, MacBook Air Diaryâ€, Day 5, MBA, Apple MacBook, blog; Discussion threads 2008-02-04
Is a Java power play lurking beneath Google's Open Handset Alliance?: On the heels of today's announcement by Google of the Open Handset Alliance, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has published a blog headlined Congratulations Google, Red Hat and the Java Community! The blog entry goes onto categorize the initial OHA platform called Android as Google's "new Java/Linux phone platform." Writes Schwartz:...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Free Software Foundation, Platform, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apache Software Foundation, Blog Entry, OHA, Android, JavaFX, Openhandsetalliance.com, JME, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-11-05
Will the real Mike Cox please stand up?: Will the real Mike Cox please stand up?I told ZDnet that he needs his own BlogBlog Entry is a good start though.Mike Cox is the hero of IT departments everywhere. Whoever it is, he probably is a person with alot of time on their hands and the ability to...; Tags: Blogging, Blog Entry, Mike Cox, stand-up; Discussion threads 2007-06-05
Google-Yahoo-Microsft. Net and DRM neutrality, Samsung Q1 and more...: Google-Yahoo-Microsft. Net and DRM neutrality, Samsung Q1 and more...microsoft-yahoo bondingMicrosoft and yahoo seem to see Google in a different light these days.(http://www.arcon5.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=186) and there seems to be much talk about this is recent news (http://www.arcon5.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=10)Ultramobile PC Video Review[url=http://libsyn.com/media/jkontherun/jkOnTheRun_Audio_Edition_14.wmv]Here[/url] is a video review of the TabletKiosk's eo v7110 Ultramobile PC taken...; Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Blogging, Samsung Q1, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., digital-rights management, ultramobile PC, Ultramobile PC Video Review, intelligent people, url=http://libsyn.com/media/jkontherun/jkOnTheRun_Audio_Edition_, blog entry, blog; Discussion threads 2006-05-06
Longhorn renaming contest: Editor's Note: The Longhorn Renaming Contest has concluded. We announced a winner in a blog entry posted October 20, 2004. However, a production error directed some readers of our October 22 newsletter to this blog entry. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please look for the winners here.Two comments have prompted me to open...; Tags: blog-entry, blog entry, blog; Blog posts 2004-09-01

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The Microsoft way with Apache: In making the Microsoft contribution announcement on his blog Ramji specifically cited "The Apache Way" of collaboration as a model for the future. As opposed to, say, FOSS. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-26
Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux: Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...; Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-25
iPhone gas application roundup: On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Foxconn snubs Linux users: Foxconn snubs Linux usersWho needs Foxconn anyway.There are plenty of good MB makers that do support Linux.It's a good idea to look at hardware compatibility at the distro's website anyway. I use Asus. But I have had to update the BIOS on every Asus MB I've bought to get...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Foxconn, Linux, BIOS, ASUS, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
A Friday Active Directory puzzler: A Friday Active Directory puzzlerSuggestions...Have you installed the required hotfixes and patches in the 2000 environment? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331161similar problemupgraded a larger AD domain from 2000 to 2003 by adding a 2003 server.Depending on the error, it could be a lot of things.I got a similar error.it came down to using the...; Tags: Friday Active Directory puzzler, Friday Active Directory, puzzler; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
iPhone 2.0 jailbreaker for iPhone 2g/3g is available: The iPhone DevTeam blog has released the development sources for their tool xpwn version 0.3.Â This tool is the firmware 2.0 version of the team's "cross-platform jailbreaking library/command-line utility".Â The team claims it has been tested on Linux, Windows XP, and Windows Vista for both the iPhone 2g and the...; Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Productivity, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Rumor Mill: iPhone to get copy, paste and better navi in firmware 2.1: The most exciting thing around the watercooler today is the rumor that Apple has seeded iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers. MacNN sources tell them that they've found references to cut, copy and paste in the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj. Woot! According to the story the...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Apple Inc., Firmware, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
IDA Disassembler on the iPhone? Yep.: Ilfak Guilfanov has reported that IDA has been ported to the iPhone. Unbelievable? Yes. Is it useful? Who cares! IDA on the iPhone is hot! Don't act like you don't want IDA for your iPhone, you know you do. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, IDA, Blogging, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops: Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptopsjust thinknow instead of being stuck in a little puddle they can go out there and swim in the ocean of windows applications like the rest of us - a zillion kids just smiledlinuxhelp.net:~# apt-get install mozilla-firefoxReading Package Lists... DoneBuilding Dependency Tree... DoneThe following...; Tags: Operating systems, Vista-64, Microsoft Windows XP, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., OLPC Laptop, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
'Branded community' leads to trademark morass: After publishing a guest blog on enterprise communities, I received what appeared to be a cross between a sales pitch and cease-and-desist email from a branding business. How is this approach good branding? by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: Community, Branding, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog: Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blogBusiness vs making a living.I'm 100% behind the guy who just wants to do what he does, sells it for enough to make a living for his family and employees, and treats his customers as if they were more important than some...; Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, guest blog; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon: Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...; Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon: I listened to the Black Hat webcast today to grab as much info as I could on this subject. The biggest thing that I heard from the whole talk is that the patch fixes things to a reasonable point, but that long-term, there will have to be more work...; Tags: CERT, DNS Server, Server, Kaminsky, Dan, Patches, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Government, markets and regulation: Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...; Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Brocade to acquire Foundry in $3 Billion deal: Brocade to acquire Foundry in $3 Billion dealEthernet Simplicity WinningThis acquisition confirms to me that Ethernet simplicity will be the long-term winner in the data center. http://blog.tmcnet.com/the-hyperconnected-enterprise/data-center/brocade-foundry-acquisition-confirms-ethernet-simplicity-will-win.asp; Tags: Ethernet, Network technology, NETWORKING, Foundry Networks Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24