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- Rockstar ready to release Bully
- Schools and parents have been worried about "Bully," the new game from "Grand Theft Auto" makers Rockstar. Back in March, for example, the Miami Dade schoolboard passed a feel-good resolution against the new game. Now Rockstar says the game will come out in October. ...
- Tags: Rockstar, game, Bully
- Blog posts 2006-08-09
- Who's the bigger "Bully?" School board or game maker?
- A school district in Miami is considering speaking out against a new, secretive computer game called Bully, the Miami Herald reports. It's produced by Rockstar, the makers of the infamous Grand Theft Auto game. ''This game is built entirely around...
- Tags: game, Rockstar, Bully, School Board
- Blog posts 2006-03-14
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- Internet abuse and Cloud Computing
- Internet abuse and Cloud ComputingAgreed - principle, not practiceI do think MacOS is better than Vista on almost all measures - and by that same standard that one side in the current U.S. elections has the right.As you say:---Oh and by the way I don't vote on ideological lines anymore...
- Tags: hypocrisy, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-07-05
- Apple caught neglecting iPhone security
- Apple caught neglecting iPhone securityApple doesn't really care.I believe that Apple puts security of its products at the bottom of the list, with cool design at the top. All this stuff just proves me right, that sure they have a neat casing and a touch screen, but underneath it...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, security, iPhone security
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4
- Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Is Microsoft accessible without Bill Gates?
- Is Microsoft accessible without Bill Gates?Gates will be missedI believe Ray Ozzie would be a great replacement for Gates on the speech / giving a MS vision front. Ray speaks very well. Maybe Ballmer could make him make 6 or more speeches a year and so some light promotion work....
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, M$ Needs
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Lori Drew arraigned today
- Lori Drew arraigned todayThose charges dont really make any sense ...You said:"She’s charged with accessing protected computers without authorization and conspiracy."She set up an account under a false name. Nobody told her she couldn't -- and in fact, most web sites encourage registrants not to use their real identities...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Catch-Up, Lori Drew, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Lori Drew arraigned today
- Lori Drew, the psycho mom who set up a fake MySpace identity to toy with a teenage neighbor, is being arraigned on federal charges in Los Angeles today. She's charged with accessing protected computers without authorization and conspiracy. After the fictional Josh Evans told 13-year-old Megan Meier...
- Tags: Internet, Web Site Development, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Meet Jerry Yang, pinata
- Meet Jerry Yang, pinataYahoo customers are walking.http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/06/marketers-see-l.htmlEveryone thinking Yaoo/Google was such a great idea, think again.RE: Meet Jerry Yang, pinataShame, really, because Yang esssentially stood up for employees and customers.Gee, what a concept.If MS took over Yahoo, there would have been massive layoffs, and the Yahoo products, and the consumers...
- Tags: INTERNET, Benefits, Investment, Yahoo! Inc., Yang, Meet Jerry Yang, Microsoft Corp., Jerry Yang
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Windows will go open source when pigs fly
- Windows will go open source when pigs flyMicrosoft can not afford to go to open source....People will see how much of other companies IP they have used.Er??? >> Er???"Pliny the Elder" had it right, your ("SpikeyMike") logic is wrong or you misread the post.expanding on the statement: If MS code...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source, F/OSS, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?
- I caught this article the other day on InfoWeek, where Nancy Gohring discussed Microsoft's new-ish open systems policy. As noted in the article, it's easy to view Microsoft's new stance with a certain amount of skepticism: But Microsoft may have a way to go to placate a market that...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Federal charges in MySpace suicide case
- Federal prosecutors have indicted Lori Drew for actions on MySpace that led 13-year-old Megan Meier right to kill herself, USA Today reports. She was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of computer crimes. The grand jury charges that she accessed protected computers without authorization to...
- Tags: Count, Distress, Computer, MySpace, Mulford, Ron, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- 10 reasons for IT failure
- 10 reasons for IT failureThe number one reason...I still say the number one reason for failure is the mind set that in some magical way IT project management is different than other diciplines. (Engineering projects as an example.)One of the short comings I see in most curriculum for computer...
- Tags: Strategy, Project management, information technology, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Psystar: Go-to-jail-free card
- Psystar: Go-to-jail-free cardI Don't Think It's THAT Easy ....Hopefully this is a high-profile enough scam that the FBI will actually do something about it.For instance, Best Price Cameras has been scamming online buyers for years (at least since late 2004). They don't want your money, just your cc info. A...
- Tags: Psystar, card
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'
- Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'Statistics...About real people and statistics - my son was firstly complaining about UAC in Vista, then he upgraded to Windows XP.A friends of mine bought new computer with Vista which was SUPER slow with 1GB of RAM and Core Duo (2.4 GHz). I...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Open source will not save education
- Open source will not save educationOpen sourceHuh?If I need a course on calculus, every g** d*** calculus teacher doesn't need to invent it. This is monkey see, monkey do.Wait a second. Aren't teachers "government employees"?Never mind.I beg to differIt isn't the teachers, it's IT. There's an education IT...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Linux, education, open source, computer, information technology, game
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- News to know: MacBook Air hack; Zoho; Windows Search; Comcast
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases first public test build of Windows Search 4.0 Larry Dignan: MacBook Air falls in two minutes at PWN 2 OWN EIC podcast: Comcast-BitTorrent; Oracle; Facebook and OpenSocial, Adobe Comcast, BitTorrent kiss, make up...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Comcast Corp., Apple MacBook, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- Microsoft's Chief Counsel Brad Smith urges open source rivals to compromise on IP issues, co-exist peacefully
- Microsoft's Chief Counsel Brad Smith urges open source rivals to compromise on IP issues, co-exist peacefullyJust surrender and it won't hurt at allSeriously, unless/until MS discloses which patents have been violated by which packages, their patent claims and their lawyer should be treated with absolute contempt. Furthermore, inasmuch as...
- Tags: IP, Microsoft Corp., Brad Smith, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Blogger says Cuba blocked access to her site
- Blogger says Cuba blocked access to her siteWhere's the American Media on this?The American mainstream media has such a love affair with Cuba, which I often don't understand. You'd think they'd be aghast about a country that not only runs the media, but openly suppresses any form speech. ...
- Tags: Cuba, media, Blogger
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- A look back at Microsoft's advertising-related acquisitions
- A look back at Microsoft's advertising-related acquisitionsWhat's the big deal?Any bully can take over more and more neighborhoods, as long as everybody is too afraid to stop him!Hmmm, acquisitions . . Google, Sun, IBMOracle, all of them buying some other small fish. How bully.
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, acquisition, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
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