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Let 'Em Go Cold Turkey on DTV, President Obama

Let 'Em Go Cold Turkey on DTV, President ObamaAgreedThis digital TV thing should be the absolute lowest thing on Obama's list of priorities. C'mon already!RE: Let 'Em Go Cold Turkey on DTV, President ObamaYeah like explaining to me how Social Security differs from the Madorf Ponzi scheme, other than...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, digital television, Cold Turkey, coupon, Barack Obama, TV

Discussion threads 2009-01-08

Open source migration must be evolutionary

Open source migration must be evolutionaryI agreeThe risk and effort involved in a all-in one migration is very high. Open source works great with proprietary software so there is no reason to migrate the server-side all at once. The desktop is a little harder to do.James DixonThis is why FOSS...

Tags: Web browsers, Desktops, open source, migration, Open Source Migration, Microsoft Corp., desktop

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

Cold Turkey

Cold TurkeyCommon ExperiencesWhen it comes right down to it, we are all human, with frailties, and common experiences.Getting thru that 'life journey' includes the unavoidable loss of loved ones, and family pets are no less dear.You have revealed more interesting facets about yourself and I appreciate your sharing because it...

Tags: Sales tools, Cold Turkey, cold calling

Discussion threads 2006-07-23

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Who wants tea with their turkey?

Push comes to shove.....I still believe Reid will throw down the reconciliation card. I'm sure he doesn't want to, but he won't accept defeat. If he can't get the sixty, he'll settle for 51.Which is a shame, because while the stated goals of this bill are admirable, in...

Tags: Vertical industries, GOP, Dana, Lieberman Software Corp, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Dead-Finger Tech: The Weber Smokey Mountain

The Weber Smokey Mountain, also known as "The Bullet" will be the best $250-$350 you will ever spend and will reward you with years of enjoyment and smoky meaty treats, unlike many of the Dead-Finger gadgets you'll see picked by ZDNet's bloggers this summer. (Photo: Jason...

Tags: Bowl, Jason Perlow, Blogger, WSM, Bottom Bowl, Blogging, Handhelds, Internet, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey bill

Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey billEvidence for your assertions, pleaseWhile there is at least weak scientific evidence that man contributes to global warming (I do not trust it, but at least some studies try to make the point), there is none for climate change causing weather events like hurricanes. ...

Tags: Messiah, hurricane, global warming, Waxman-Markey, life saving, sea level, game, Katrina

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that it's easy to switch search engines so the company really has no power that should upset regulators. Microsoft has introduced Bing, a search engine that has been well received and could take market share. Where does the truth lie? Somewhere...

Tags: Google Inc., Brand, Search Engine, General Motors Corp., Bing, Allentown, Search, Branding, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Google's back-pedal--or expansion--into offline is OK with me

When Google announced last week that it was opening Google calendar to offline access for Apps customers, I couldn't help but shake my head and chuckle. Just a few weeks earlier, it had been Gmail that was released into the offline world - for all customers, not just those using...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-18

More precious than platinum

More precious than platinumTry out the following More than half the nation's fruit, nuts, and vegetables come from here.California is the nation's number one dairy state.California's leading commodity is milk and cream. Grapes are second.California's leading export crop is almonds.Nationally, products exclusively grown (99% or more) in California include almonds,...

Tags: Climate Change, Grape

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

More precious than platinum

A few days with no water and we humans get our priorities straight. We're about to witness what happens when one of the largest farm economies in the world runs out of water. California looks to be headed to its worst drought since agri-business became big business in...

Tags: California, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-04

News to know: Palm Pre, Windows 7, CES

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Matthew Miller: Welcome Palm Web OS, now what happens with Palm OS 5 applications? Sam Diaz: Palm's Pre and OS: Home-run announcements at CES Matthew Miller:...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Operating Systems, Web Site Development, Software, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Let 'Em Go Cold Turkey on DTV, President Obama

By February 17, Barack Obama will be president. Already, he wants to delay the DTV transition scheduled for that night. Right now, TV stations across the country are supposed to flip the switch to all-digital signals at the end of...

Tags: Barack Obama, Digital Television, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-01-08

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual Computer

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual ComputerOne Question - Why?Just because you CAN do it, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Virtualization barely makes sense in the datacenter only for poorly performing OSes like Windoze that cannot run more than one or two server programs at a time, so why would you bring...

Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, Virtual Computer, server, user data, Microsoft Windows, virtual machine, virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawal

Despite being a class-A CrackBerry addict, Barack Obama will likely be forced to go cold turkey from email when he takes office, The Times' Jeff Zeleney reports. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official...

Tags: President, RIM BlackBerry, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-15

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress

In the wake of the Russian-Georgian conflict, a week worth of speculations around Russian Internet forums have finally materialized into a coordinated cyber attack against Georgia's Internet infrastructure. The attacks have already managed to compromise several government web sites, with continuing DDoS attacks against numerous other Georgian government sites, prompting...

Tags: Web, Russia, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Alania TV, RIA Novosti, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past

To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...

Tags: Oil, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Chris Nelder, Nelder, IEA, U235, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Global warming: a fish story, and your health

Global warming: a fish story, and your healthSpecies come, species goGlobal warming positivies :Organisms can grow and develop at faster rates, thus bringing us new species more rapidly.Plants will grow more quickly, taking more CO2 from the atmosphere. The warmer it gets, the harder vegetation will work to remove CO2....

Tags: High-altitude habitat, health care, forest, global warming, species

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

HTC is kicking off a North American campaign and holding a London event on May 6th

There is lots of speculation surrounding the special invite-only May 6th HTC event being held for 100 selected members of the press in London. Are we going to see a Google Android device, a new HTC form factor Windows Mobile device, or another iteration of an existing Windows Mobile device?...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows, Branding, Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Straight Talking - The Spread of Email Reliance

As the mobile industry started its grand annual event in Barcelona - Mobile World Congress - a breakdown in the BlackBerry email service meant that many thumb weary executives had a break from their mobile email habit. The device is often known informally as the 'CrackBerry', but the reliance on...

Tags: Quocirca, Mobile E-mail, Mobile, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Online Communications, Marketing

White papers 2008-02-29

Office Live Workspace narrows Google App gap while playing to MS-Office's strengths

Office Live Workspace narrows Google App gap while playing to MS-Office's strengthsWhat do I think?Microsoft,Microsoft,rah,rah,rah.Microsoft is the bestest software maker around.Microsoft,Microsoft,rah,rah,rah.Useless - still requires MS OfficeYou need Office on your local machine and you can only exploit all of the features if you are using Outlook and its screen sharing...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office Live, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2007-12-10