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- Apple sues power adapter knockoff maker
- Gah!!!Our patent system is a mess. "I patent supplying 20V DC to your laptop!!! muwahahahahaha!!!!"If you follow the link...backwards about 5 times, you'll find the patent in question:[u]http://www.google.com/patents?id=h7cOAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false[/u]It's a design patent, which covers the [i]look[/i] of the adaptor.Check this out, and see what you think:[u]http://www.informationweek.com/galleries/showImage.jhtml?galleryID=326&imageID=136&articleID=221901168[/u]I stand correctedOther stuff is still...
- Tags: Apple Inc., patent, design patent
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Linux as Wintel parasite
- You have some questionable ideas.If Microsoft hadn't happened, there still would have been the PC, there still would have been GUIs perhaps a more expensive IBM monopoly one, and there still would have been the opportunity for anyone such as Linus to write a free alternative.I think to even use...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Wintel, Linux, interrupt, parasite, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., hardware, Red Hat Inc., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2009-09-26
- USB 'SuperSpeed' 3.0 logos to appear on certified devices
- In 3 Years, Apple Will Take Credit For ItOne of my FanBoy friends, who died a couple years ago, swore that Apple invented the USB. Not really any different than Apple's commercial advertising now.Oh well, give me more speed, no matter what !Sweet...been waiting for USB 3.0 to hit the...
- Tags: USB, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- The price factor
- Prices and profitsCompetition is supposed to erode ALL excessive profits, so that is what is happening. PCs (incl. Apple) have largely become commodity products, which makes it almost impossible to compete on anything BUT price.And why so obsessed about quality? We throw away millions of WORKING PCs every year because...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Strategy, price factor, Toshiba Corp., notebook, graphics
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Der Frankenputer: A Last Hurrah at System Building
- Well, Jason ...... for twenty-five years I have toyed with the idea of building my own system and every time I came close, I always ended up concluding that I could get more bang-for-the-buck by purchasing a pre-built system. I am now on my seventh computer. The...
- Tags: Desktops, Last Hurrah, Dell Computer Corp., home brew
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- The! meaning! of! bing!
- they're all dyingcan three men dying in a boat save one another, well I guess cannibalism could work.HP: has cut their printer line so much that I have to wait a month to get a printer shipped direct from themIntel: actually the strongest of the bunch, but your right their...
- Tags: Backups, PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-08
- Does "oil" have a negative spin?
- Does "oil" have a negative spin?Add this to your clue bag.I know that in the green/liberal/socialist world there is a tendency to come up with a simple slogan and then repeat it as loudly as possible and as often as possible until you hammer it into people's heads. However...
- Tags: negative spin, natural gas
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- Walmart to sell $298 Compaq laptop in time for back-to-school, 'while supplies last'
- The annual back-to-school shopping trip is just around the corner. Load the family in the mini-van, drive over to your local Walmart, and watch as your shopping cart fills with new clothes, shoes, pencils, notebooks, protractors, calculators, and a million other things. The yearly resupply is...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Compaq Computer Corp., Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- Digital Storm 950Si (Intel Core i7)
- The $3,636 950Si is the first PC we've reviewed from Digital Storm, and for the most part we've come away impressed. The system itself came with an overclocked, but more importantly stable Intel CPU, and but for a minor design flaw it seems competently built. Digital Storm could have pushed...
- Tags: Storm 950Si, Intel Core Microarchitecture
- Product reviews 2009-07-02
- Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh
- Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh wow companies want you to buy stuff from them...details at 11I'd be interested in knowing how they arrived at the correlation between......older PCs and malware. I can't see why an older system would be any more likely to get malware than a brand...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Cyberthreats, Intel Corp., small and medium enterprise, PC Refresh, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Apple's MacBook flop - fixed!
- Apple's MacBook flop - fixed!Alert for Mac fanboy outragedHaving USB 3.0 is quite important when Apple claims to be the 'latest and greatest'.It would be a long time untill you'll see USB 3.0 ports on any Mac.For PCs, you just have a PCI card and a driver to install because...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., USB 3.0, rich people, Linux, Apple Macintosh, laptop computer, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- Put together a solid barebones system for $350
- Put together a solid barebones system for $350Put together a solid barebones system for $350[i]Solid motherboard for the Intel AMD.[/i]Intel makes AMD chips now? I'm kidding of course but still fun to bust your chiggity chops.RE: Put together a solid barebones system for $350While I think your choices are...
- Tags: Games, Microsoft Windows XP, system-for $350, system-For, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
- Shutting down your PC: Frugal fact, or financial fiction?
- Shutting down your PC: Frugal fact, or financial fiction?Dave's is closerHowever 10 minutes and 5 minutes are a bit of an exaggeration unless you are using 5+ year old equipment. Which most workers do not. The actual number of minutes is probably half that, maybe less. However that still puts...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Shutting Down, Frugal fact, financial fiction, Frugal, computer, PC, financial, Dave
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- Microsoft's "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person" ad tries to kick Apple where it hurts
- Microsoft's "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person" ad tries to kick Apple where it hurtsTo be honestMS hasn't much to crow about in terms of pricing. $300 for Win7 or Vista? For what? So I can do the [I]same things that Win2k or Ubuntu does now?[/I]....
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., advertisement, Microsoft Windows 2000, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-03-29
- Homebrewing isn't dead yet
- Homebrewing isn't dead yetShould be programs for asset re-use by big vendors for K-12I don't see why IBM, HP, Dell and a few others can't take off-lease near-EOL equipment for enterprises and re-distribute it to K-12 with a limited warranty for reclamation costs and for re-use in educational environments. The...
- Tags: Homebrewing IS, Homebrewing, K-12, Dell Computer Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2009-03-09
- The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PC
- The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PCThe cost of the OS is the issueWhen I bought my current system, 5 years ago, it was cheaper to buy a prebuilt system then build it myself if I wanted Windows.If I had wanted Linux, then it would have...
- Tags: Desktops, Memory, Operating systems, PC, RAM, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?
- Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?In light of this news, look at this old Sun commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNqPTOb31S8I like Windows on my desktop but for the back end... no thanks. The reasons aren't worth getting into but for particular services, identity management ActiveDirectory and RDBMS SQL Server,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, UK Economy, London Stock Exchange Plc., tech play, meltdown, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
- Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including Roku's new Netflix player, a travel USB hard drive, and a set of Bluetooth speakers from Nokia.Here''s our weekly roundup of the new products CNET reviewers liked best. 1. Aperion Intimus 5B Harmony SD Black ...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Performance, RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Bottom Line, CNET', Price, Smart Phones, Performance Management, Corporate Communications, Handhelds, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-24
- Netgear announces new switches, access point at Interop
- Netgear announces new switches, access point at Interop20 static routes and you're out of memory.At least that is the case with the FVS318. It now stands as a simple gateway and one of my Linux boxes does my routing.Netgears equipment is average at best. Plus expect to replace the...
- Tags: Home networking, NetGear, FVS318, access point
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
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