When your calls roll into voicemail, how often does anyone call you back? Then, if you get through to decision makers, are you running into big objections? Join this live BNET Webcast to hear Jill Konrath, author of Selling to Big Companies, share 5 strategies to...
My ZDNet blogging colleague Jason Perlow has just put together an amazing Geek Sheet covering the bare metal backup and recovery of a Linux-based system using nothing but the standard Linux tools. At the same time Jason has allowed me to finally win a bet with some of you who...
Global WarmingThe problem isglobal temperatures dropped .75 degrees C in 2007, thus showing that the climate models are completely worthless.What would be more effective is identifying business opportunities based on the HYSTERIA surrounding climate change.Global warming is the wrong wordsSure the average temperature has been cooler by a wee bit...
You probably have been affected by flu several times in your life, and it has certainly happened in cold winter months, at least if you don't live in tropical countries. Why is the flu virus more infectious when it's cold? A U.S. National Institutes of Health NIH has an explanation....
Hey, folks...it's coldOne more tipIf you don't have a really dry place to rewarm it, wrap it in a tight plastic bag first. Helps prevent condensation in the innards.Bake your laptop at 400 degrees ...A colleague of mine thought it was a smart idea to hide his laptop in...
I left my laptop in my car last night. For the first night in weeks, I actually went to be instead of working until all hours, so I completely forgot about it, sitting alone and cold in my trunk. For most of us here in the Northern Hemisphere,...
When you have an ice festival, it's pretty well expected you will have a lot of...well, ice. And for years in far northeastern China thew great city of Harbin has hosted an annual ice festival. This year their plans have melted away like the ice sculptures themselves. ...
It's the end of the year, and it is a good idea to look at the 10 most popular posts of the year according to traffic. Before, let me wish you an excellent year 2008. Let's first look at my ZDNet blog. Exclusive images of Endeavour's damaged...
Honey won't cure the common cold, but it may help kids feel better. This headline has been splashed across the Internets and the Teevee today by all the major networks. Here it is at MSNBC. Here it is at CBS. And at ABC. Gee,...
World faces 'cyber cold war' threat, report saysCall China's BluffThen learn what the IP address of the attacker is and pinpoint the persons whereabouts and demand China help find the Criminal. Either China can come up with the criminal and turn him over or admit that China is the...
Heat in a cold climateWhat about below -30?Interesting...but what about below -30? Hallowell doesn't address that issue.RE: Heat in a cold climateThe unit will run all the way down to -45deg F that is when it will cut out on low pressure. At this point you would need...
If you want to build a better home heating system, it would make sense to look to folks who've dealt with real winters. Global warming does NOT promise to do away entirely with sub-freezing temperatures on this planet. So a company in a cold climate is...
Glacial lakes and the floods that undo them. That's the topic of a research project by a British scientist. He studied the annual floods from a glacial lake in Kyrgyz Republic. This may have relevance for those watching effects of global warming. ...
It is finally getting colder here in Jersey-land, which means that the folks down the street who own a diesel truck will be letting it idle more in the mornings before they buzz off to work. Aside from being terribly annoying, especially in the predawn...
I actually found a vending machine last week that provided me with diet caffeine for a mere 25 cents. But I never realized just how many of those machines are out there until I spoke the next morning with Barbara Scott, a product manager for USA...
Across the pond: a cold winter could be cold indeedCongratulationsThe green movement has apparently been very successful in Britain. Maybe they can gather cow chips from the fields and burn them. At least it's carbon-neutral.
Some folks in Britain must be hoping for a little local warming. A cold winter could mean a realllly cold winter, becasue there doesn't seem to be enough infrastructure to deliver the heating energy needed. It seems to be a combo of old nuc plants, insufficient grid, broken down...
Tech Shakedown #8: Maybe system freezes & cold reboots make smartphones too PC-likeThis is why to avoid windows based phones.Do you really want a bloated broken "os" from microsoft running on your phone of all things?If you value your sanity, you'd avoid windows based "smart" phones. I haven't come across...
When you ask people what their top peeves are when it comes to their PCs, somewhere high on the list is how they sometimes lock up at the least opportune times. Regardless of their shipping status, all applications are fallible and, in many cases, we depend on the operating...
Cold fusion. Science or wishful thinking? Fact or fantasy? A conference at MIT brought together many of the proponents to strut their fusion stuff.That's the same MIT that some cold fusion proponents blame for "killing off" cold fusion. Or at least putting it on a list...
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