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Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid Apple

Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid AppleThis is bull!Everyone knows Apples are organic.A threw away an apple just last week......and already it has started decomposing. In another month, it will be gone entirely. These guys are full of it.RE: Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid AppleAdrien: Did you...

Tags: Climate Counts, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid Apple

Non-profit environmental group Climate Counts publishes a report that puts Apple at the bottom of its environmental list. Apple scores 11 out of 100, while IBM, which enjoys the top spot on the list, scores 77. Climate Counts goes as...

Tags: Apple Inc., Climate Count, Climate Counts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-09

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Apple declares its environmental credentials

Newsweek ArticleNewsweek recently had a list of the top 100 "green" companies. HP was surprisingly #1, with Dell at #2. Microsoft was in the top half as well. Interestingly enough, Apple wasn't anywhere in the top 100 that I saw.PR BS!What Apple fails to show is the mountains of toxic...

Tags: Public relations, Apple Inc., climate change, aluminum

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Ballmer: He knows when you're using a Mac

So what does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer do when he faces a room of press and financial analysts toting a bunch of Macs. He counts Apple logos. The man knows when you're using a Mac. He knows when your Vista PC is awake. It's unclear if Ballmer...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Steve Ballmer, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Microsoft Windows 7, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Workday update: deep not wide

I've just come off an update briefing with Workday along with fellow Irregulars Susan Scrupski, Jason Corsello and David Terrar. Now on Update 7, due to be rolled out over the summer, Workday is going deep rather than wide. That means functionality may not seem that...

Tags: Workday, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Planning, Marketing, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-26

News to know: Facebook; OpenOffice; Firefox; RIM

Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May Joe McKendrick: Is anyone ready to process a trillion events per day? Tom Foremski: Informatica is on the block say senior sources Michael Krigsman: Hosted...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, OpenOffice, Research In Motion Ltd., Mozilla Firefox, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Windows XP, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em off

Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em offuh huhDon't know about Canada. Here in Montana, two years ago it was -50 so they are dead...all of them. What wasn't mentioned here is that they are a constant thing, but if it gets below -40 they die. The more...

Tags: global warming, winter

Discussion threads 2008-05-10

Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?

Here's a bit from a Washington Post report dated Dec 22/07 and headlined "FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics": CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would...

Tags: Database, Information Technology, FBI, Ballot, Catalist, Federal Government, Government, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Dems: White House fudged climate change data

Dems: White House fudged climate change dataHmmm Pot calling Kettle Black?And, the democrats have been doing *what* with their data?Let's see worst case earliest Climate Change Catastrophe in 50 years? or more?Terrorists attacking America... More probable more sooner...Gasoline to get to and from work at $5 a gallon because of...

Tags: climate change data, Dems, White House

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

My anti-Mac bias rears its ugly head

My anti-Mac bias rears its ugly headDinosaurs and evolution....In my opinion, Mac is a pretty good OS. But overpriced and closed source. Being closed source ranks it amongst the dinosaurs of the digital age: close to extinction....The future of software is definitely open source.Greetz, Pjotr.OT: Isn't Linux just great? Simple...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, OS X 10.5, Windows skill, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2007-08-10

Saving energy with open source

Saving energy with open sourceExplain what the OS has to do with it.Energy use is dependant on the hardware...Linux can achieve 100% savings...in power. It's easy. Simply install any Linux Distro on any hardware of your choosing. It does not need to be Energy Star rated or have any advanced...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Processors, Energy-Use, operating system, hardware, Linux, FreeBSD, RAM, Microsoft Windows, open source

Discussion threads 2007-08-06

Intel pledges 80 cores in five years

Intel pledges 80 cores in five years80?80? Is this number correct? Or a misprint?Wow. You think they'll have to switch back to RISC for this?80 Cores is no problem...You'll pick up the chips at your local Home Depot's floor tile section. Just look for the tile in the ESE...

Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Intel Corp., BOINC

Discussion threads 2006-09-26

Canadian census counts on online responses

Canadian census counts on online responsesyeah right!I've refused do the census on 3 different occasions and I've never been fined or sent to jail. Sure they threaten you but nothing ever happens.Like they are going to waste there time on that sort of thing. All they do is get angry...

Tags: Free trade, SECURITY, Census, Canadian Softwood, Lockheed Martin Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-02