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- UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores
- UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores LOL!! And linux gets another punch square in the face! How much more abuse can linux take before it just throws in the towel and admits defeat? Lets look at the facts here, linux...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OPEN SOURCE, Linux supporter, Linux, netbook, retail company
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- Bad time to be accused of H-1B visa fraud
- Bad time to be accused of H-1B visa fraudYou are rightThe level of h-1b should be tied to the unemployment rate.When it crosses a threshold there should be no more application approved.Also the burden should be on the fraudsters to prove there were no Americans able to do the jobs.H1-b...
- Tags: H-1B visa, H-1B, H-1B visa fraud, free trade
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?
- Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?yeah....we're just talking about search engines, not about having a frenzied commitment against a single company taking over your life.Just a search discussion. Deep breaths. Not a Vista thread. There you go. Clueless kid!Do you even know what...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SEARCH, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Activists push city endorsements of open source
- Activists push city endorsements of open sourcegreat for vancouver i hope that the rest of the country will follow ... neither fighting it nor joining it, yetbut rather, observing.A large-scale implementation should be interesting, see how it matures and what issues they face.Hopefully they have a good project manager that...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, DC Current, income, open source, goodbye, city endorsement, activist, OH WAIT, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-15
- News to know: Google; Facebook; HP battery recall
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws Larry Dignan: Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities Sam Diaz: Google outage...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, Twitter, Engineering, Wireless And Mobility
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Inside Dell's design labs
- The company's design staff has ballooned in recent years as the maker of PCs and servers aims to create a new look for itself. Crave got a tour of two design labs at the company's headquarters. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Lab, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-03-11
- Photos: Y'know, for kids: Crave at the London Toy Fair
- Crave UK was in its element at the annual London Toy Fair trade show, where the staff indulged its inner child to bring you the pick of the gadgets, games and great stuff on show. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Games, Personal Technology, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-02-03
- Will Obama have a laptop? (Answer: No. Here's why.)
- Will Obama have a laptop? (Answer: No. Here's why.)Then I guess we will seejust how secure/insecure these Google-ified email programs will be.Would people be a bit nervous if they realized that staffers might use unsecured, off-site servers (hotmail, gmail, ect) to conduct secure level business?RE: Will Obama have a laptop?...
- Tags: Now Let, Obama, No., U.S. Senate, e-mail, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-01-23
- Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?
- Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?I would not say that "But the timing is amusing"but rather more towards "not unexpected", and actually quite logical.It is about time. If every other competitor of Microsoft is going to run crying "Anti-Trust" to the EU every other week their...
- Tags: Network technology, IBM Corp., EC antitrust, T3, Neelie Kroes, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- Free Software Foundation sues Cisco
- Free Software Foundation sues CiscoThe FSF scares me!Comply or we'll sue you!Anyone who thinks that the FSF means free as in freedom would do well to remember stories such as these.As a wise customer once told me "sometimes, free costs too much".Seriously!Considering how much money & time Cisco saves by...
- Tags: Free Software Foundation, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-11
- Daily Debrief: Yahoo's health checkup
- In Thursday's Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the state of the company more than four months after Microsoft's takeover bid. What do all the recent staff departures mean and why hasn't Yahoo better articulated its plan to move forward?
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, News, daily debrief, kara tsuboi, dan farber, yahoo, board, carl icahn, microsoft, acquisition
- Videos 2008-06-12
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violationwho do they think they are fooling?apologizing for nothing does not absolve M$ of the other grave crimes they commited in the last 20 years.The point of CodePlex is???I have a fellow developer thats completely oblivious to anything non-MS. We would discuss...
- Tags: Open Source Initiative, open source, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Photos: 'Mobot' races test design skills
- Carnegie Mellon University's mobile robot races test whether students, staff, and alums can create a robot fast and smart enough to navigate an outdoor slalom course. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Robots, Emerging Technologies, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-04-21
- Microsoft makes last-gasp OOXML push
- Microsoft makes last-gasp OOXML pushHmmmmInteresting load of bunk.Funny, they could not even give one example of something in a legacydocument that cannot be translated to ODF. Nor could they give even one example of something required for MS Office that can not be supported by ODF.Statements like this show they...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OOXML, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- Photos: Behind the scenes at Shutterfly's secret workshop
- During the holiday blitz at the top custom photo gift Web site, the staff quadruples and the factory is always on. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Shutterfly, Web Site Development, Internet, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-12-20
- Images: Car tech for the masses
- Telematics Research Group says that2008 will be the car-model year that sees high-tech navigation and communication make its way from luxury models to standard or optional equipment across the majority of car models.The Telematics Research Group announced in early August that2008 will be the car-model year that sees high-tech navigation...
- Tags: Car, BMW AG, Telematics Research Group, Vibration Method, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-08-28
- Photos: Russian air show aims high
- The MAKS 2007 event has lofty aspirations, but is it ready yet to surpass the Paris Air Show? For hard-core aviation fans, it may not matter.The distance between France and Russia is more than just half a continent. You can see it in everything from drink (wine vs. vodka) to...
- Tags: aerospace, aerospace company, aircraft, aspiration, attack, beverage, blockbuster, continent, defense contractor, display, England, food, France, jet, magnet, MAKS 2007, MAKS 2007 event, Moscow, Paris, Paris Air Show, photograph, president, pride, resort, Russia, Salon, spectator, staff writer, theorist, toilet, wine
- Image galleries 2007-08-23
- Photos: iRobot's new 'robust' Roomba
- New Roomba 500 series vacuuming robot gets corners and takes direction without sucking in rug fringe or loose wires.On Wednesday, iRobot plans to release a new generation of vacuuming robots to the public.CNET News.com got a chance to test out iRobot''s new Roomba 500 series ahead of time and got...
- Tags: Robots, photograph, iRobot Corp., iRobot Roomba, subsystem, robot, Roomba 500, modularity, dust, dirt, homeowner, firmware, staff writer, incarnation, C, CEO, battery, Web
- Image galleries 2007-08-21
- Photos: The one-of-a-kind wooden bicycle
- A German timber technology student turned to an unlikely material--beech wood--for his two-wheeled creation.When most people think of bicycle frames, they have in mind materials running the gamut of aluminum, chrome-moly steel and carbon fiber. Not so a timber technology student in Germany. For his two-wheeled creation, he turned to...
- Tags: photograph, Jens Eichler, bicycle, spin, oil, premier, coat, disc, Czech Republic, glue, tire, grain, brake, staff writer, aluminum, partnership, Web site, Web, tool
- Image galleries 2007-08-15
- AOL Web Mail
- AOL e-mail has come a long way since it was exclusive to paid subscribers of AOL Internet access. AOL opened up this free Web-based e-mail more than two years ago to anyone interested in signing up for it. Once you're in, the features of AOL Web Mail are competitive with...
- Tags: Web browsers, E-mail providers, AOL E-mail, America Online Inc., AOL Web Mail, AOL web, AOL Mail
- Product reviews 2007-07-17
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