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- Google looks like mobile Linux break-out
- Google looks like mobile Linux break-outI tend to doubt that it willPeople use mobile phones for telephone calling and more recently for MP3s. I seriously doubt embedded linux will do anything at all for the desktop linux movements since most people I know don't know and don't care about...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, music industry, Linux, Google Inc., mobile, mobile Linux break-out, Google Looks, break-out, Mobile Linux, phone, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- Microsoft rejects Visual Studio delay request
- Microsoft rejects Visual Studio delay requestA suggestion for developers...Then I suggest all the developers get together and create a simple guarantee contract that Microsoft must sign that will compensate the developers if performance and bugs affect their developement. If Microsoft won't sign it, then hold off on implementing VS 2005...
- Tags: break-out, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Corp., developer
- Discussion threads 2005-08-15
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- 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
- Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending
- Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Students: the broadband troubleshooter
- Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...
- Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Facebook gets serious about app quality
- Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- (Gallery: New user interface for Xbox 360)
- (Gallery: New user interface for Xbox 360)AvatarsWhat is with this absurd thought that 2D avatars of whatever you want should be replaced with these real life 3D versions? I always thought of avatars as a way to display your art, feelings, or to break through the realm of reality. I...
- Tags: avatar, New User Interface, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- The $200 web tablet ... dream on!
- The $200 web tablet ... dream on!Reinventing the wheelIt's been done albeit not quite $200 but the technology has been here--The Nokia N800/810. I've got an 800. The 800 shares the same multi-core TI ARM processor as the 810, except the 810 has a slide out keyboard. ...
- Tags: Notebooks, Channel management, Keyboards, Operating systems, OS 2008, web tablet, laptop computer, Web, Nokia Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- The App Store's buggy update process
- The App Store's buggy update processI got mine to updateBasically when it gave me that "find all the updates" screen, I would just look for version numbers that had changed (this is easy to do now that everything is 1.0 generally, it will only get harder as time goes on,...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., App Store, cryptic error message, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Yahoo: Microhoo, Icahn drama cost us $22 million; Economy soft
- The Carl Icahn proxy battle and Microsoft buyout drama appears to have been a slight distraction for Yahoo, which is seeing slowing display ad demand amid a weak economy. Yahoo on Tuesday reported second quarter net income of $131 million, or 9 cents a share, on revenue of...
- Tags: Revenue, Jerry Yang, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Evil tech administrators
- Evil tech administratorsEvil Tech Admin'sI've work at a few places where some of the Admin's I worked with were a bit on the sneeky side. So As a admin I made sure there was a back door incase one fo these admins tried to pull the same stunt. Its happened...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Recruitment & Selection, administrator, network
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- The empire strikes back: Can Microsoft's ads cure my Vista psychosis?
- The empire strikes back: Can Microsoft's ads cure my Vista psychosis?180 million soldMany buyers are selecting more expensive versions. Microsoft revenues are up extraordinarily. Despite Apple's ads and sales, PC sales are up significantly.And the SP 1 release usually helps sales.You might consider that the reputation you discuss...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft revenue, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, Apple Inc., Vista psychosis, psychosis, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me
- Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), AppŁe, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- At Netroots, relations warming with Obama
- At Netroots, relations warming with Obama"Democracy cannot exist without strong differences"I disagree. Seems to me that democracy works in a consensus environment just fine. What it does require, though, is toleration for differences in opinion and the ability of citizens to say what they think without fear of...
- Tags: Obama, Netroots Nation, Netroots
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?Toshiba Cell Laptop anyone?...[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9102518&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top]FYI[/url]Slap Yellow Dog Linux on it and you are good to go!Do we know if backwards compatibility is holding back......progress? Or is it just purists who would like to see legacy support end?Currently x86 outperforms US T2 in just...
- Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Real Bottom Line, Linux STILL, Linux architecture, Intel x86, Linux, slate
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Q'n'A: Your correspondence to date
- Q'n'A: Your correspondence to dateOne you never bothered to answer...http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-17923-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=49195&messageID=921163&start=0RE: Q'n'A: Your correspondence to date[b]Q. [Email] I want to break up with my boyfriend but I don’t want to hurt his feelings. Help![/b]Just go ahead and forward this email to me, I'll take care of her! ;)
- Tags: E-mail, Q'n'A, correspondence
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Dear OEM: Ditch the crapware, you'll make up the revenue elsewhere
- Dear OEM: Ditch the crapware, you'll make up the revenue elsewhereSony can afford to.They aren't selling $299.00 desktops or $399.00 laptops. There systems sell for a premium. Other OEMs are forced to subsidize the hardware with these offers.Reactions"First reaction: That's great that Sony is moving the needle on...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, OEM, crapware, Crapware
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- 600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddance!
- Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! As the great Obi-Wan Kenobi once said "I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." Click on the "Read the rest of this entry" link below...
- Tags: Coffee, Starbucks Corp., Modems, Retail, Wireless LANs, DSL, E-mail, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Apple chaos theory
- I got a fairly lukewarm response to my excitement over Oracle putting applications on the iPhone. That should be no surprise to readers of Fortune which also poured cold water on the idea that iPhone's are going to be the next big thing in corporate gadgets: Companies in highly...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, CIO, Theory, Information Technology, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- AMD on road to recovery, says research firm
- Technology Business Research says Opteron and Puma are boosting AMD's chip business, but the company could be hurt by the economic downturn. While AMD's processor business is showing strength, the company is still in a worse position than Intel to face a dip in demand for the rest of...
- Tags: Recovery, Technology Business Research, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, AMD, Opteron, processors, servers, PCs, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
- News items 2008-07-21
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