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Curing what ails Microsoft

Curing what ails MicrosoftYou are the firstNTDid anyone ever tell you that you look a littlelike Tucker Carlson on MSNBC fromerly CNN?Pagan jimWhat you describe......is inherent in any large organization look at the US Government, but your suggestions are good ones, nonetheless. Any plans to fight unnecessary code duplication...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Quality, Microsoft Corp., Amiga, Commodore, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Is Commodore poised for a comeback?

Is Commodore poised for a comeback?Vic20 C64I've got a C64, the 1541 floppy drive, the 1702 monitor, a VIC20, a Commodore pen plotter for the C64, game modules, programmer's modules etc. You serious about wanting one back? I'll sell it as a complete kit.email me at mww1000atyahoo.comAhh...The MemoriesI still...

Tags: Commodore, Vic20 C64, floppy disk, memory

Discussion threads 2005-12-16

There must be some misunderstanding?

There must be some misunderstanding?Lacking enterprise desktop applicationsThe problem with Linux is with lack of serious desktop applications such as productivity s/w and business applications. There are too few. Even they exist they are crappy. The real problem lies with lack of MS MFC-quality-levl graphical interface systems. Currently, it's impossible...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Linux, MSFT, IBM Corp., Commodore, IBM PC

Discussion threads 2005-01-15

Additional Resources

Otellini at IDF: Innovation shifts as technology grows beyond the PC

You can do all that...You can stream music while swimming... just you need your PC very far from the swimming pool. You also can watch a recent movie on your car, well inside an autocinema.Laughs aside, it is completely true that sometimes Intel creates things that end up on devices...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Otellini, PC

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

The 10 biggest moments in IT history

Missing: Tim Berners-Lee?The Mouse, and the GUI ...... without the invention of the mouse or the GUI/WYSIWYG there would not be as many users as there are today, and I would hazard a guess that it would be restricted to business applications like accounting, and Data Analysis.LudoRE: The 10...

Tags: Mice, Strategy, Operating systems, GUI, PARC User Interface, mouse, Microsoft Corp., IT History, Xerox PARC, operating system, IBM Corp., information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Dissecting the FSF's "Windows 7 Sins"

Disingenuous?Is it disingenuous for the media and the police to be singling out Phillip Garrido for the kidnapping and holding Jaycee Dugard as a sex slave? After all, he's not the only person to have committed that crime.The FSF is in no way suggesting MS is the only company to...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows 7, Free Software Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

SIDPLAY 4.1.3 (Mac)

SIDPLAY is a Commodore 64 music player. It emulates the sound chip and other internals of the Commodore 64 home computer to play back music that was originally written on it. The sound chip of the C64 is called the "Sound Interface Device" or SID, and therefore this music is...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, SID, Music, Chip, Sidmusic, SIDPLAY, SID Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking

Software downloads 2009-08-28

Open-source voting: Secure over obscure?

Not that difficultI could have programmed a voting machine on a Commodore 64 in 1984 when I was twelve that is more reliable than Diebold... WITH A PAPER TRAIL. What's the problem?

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

10 bits of tech to get for the back-to-school student

RE: Cant digest your idea of promoting speakersAhh I see your point and thought it through. IMHO the best headphones I've ever had are those which came as standard with my BlackBerry. Investing in expensive headphones is again IMHO pointless. Having beefy speakers is a good social tool; sticking them...

Tags: Notebooks, speaker, headphone

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 critical

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 criticalI'm sorry, don't you mean..."Microsoft Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities?"RE: Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 criticalI am sure that all these patches, after all the patches last month, the month before, etc. are for XP only.We have been assured repeatedly on this forum that...

Tags: Operating systems, Construction, Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patch Tuesday heads-up, heads-up, Patch Tuesday, critical vulnerability, OSX, Microsoft Windows, Linux, window, Microsoft Corp., patch management

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Google Chrome OS is a game changer

Google Chrome OS is a game changerthis is just another silly ideadon't you understand that people want more than web-surfing on computers? be it netbook, notebook, desktop or what ever.if google means business then it means my smartphone offers more capabilities than this so called web OS calle google chrome...

Tags: Operating systems, Games, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Google Chrome, game, Chrome, game changer, Web, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

GoatTracker 2.68 (Mac)

GoatTracker is a cross-platform tracker written by Lasse �örni, producing SID chiptune music for the Commodore 64, and released with source code under the GPL. It is notable for being possibly the only SID chiptune-composer NOT native to the C64, as many alternative composers (including JCH, and CyberTracker) only execute...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, SID, Sidmusic, GoatTracker, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-05-21

Gallery: PC gems from the 1980s

Gallery: PC gems from the 1980sI have a..Commodore Vic 20, INCLUDING a B&W TV you can have for cheap.On a more serious note, the advances in the price performance ratio over the past 25-30 years is sometimes hard to fully appreciate. Nothing comparable has ever happened during the history of...

Tags: Desktops, Gallery, PC

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Gallery: The evolution of the PC

The The National Museum of Computing's PC Gallery in London gives a look at the 44-year history of personal computers - from the PDP-8 and Commodore PET, to the Apple Newton and iPhone. by Andy Smith

Tags: PC, Hardware, PCs, desktops, history, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-05-13

EC fines Intel record $1.45 billion in antitrust case for moves vs. AMD

EC fines Intel record $1.45 billion in antitrust case for moves vs. AMDChoice vs. StandardizationWith respect, Dietrich, the digital world is not as simple as freedom of choice. Freedom of choice is great for hamburgers, pizza, and toothpaste. But multi-state and global companies users and developers require some level of...

Tags: Strategic planning, Desktops, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., uniformity, Apple Inc., OS Installed, PC, Linux, standardization, Intel Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

BBC Micro (Gallery: The evolution of the PC)

BBC Micro (Gallery: The evolution of the PC)The BBC Micro has a picture of a Dragon 32 on it. [nt][nt]Where are the home PCs?It's a pretty incomplete gallery that includes no Apple II, no Atari 400/800, no Commodore 64, no TRS-80.And the TRS Model 100 was surely deserves a...

Tags: Desktops, BBC Micro, British Broadcasting Corp., Gallery, PC

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Advances in TREKnology

Advances in TREKnologyI can think of three . . .right off the top of my head:1) The high-speed sliding doors at every mall, store, emergency room, etc, you go to today, came about as a direct result of the inventor seeing it on Star Trek, and wanted to duplicate...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, Corporate communications, Geordi, computer, Kirk

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Apple to developers: Conform or die

Apple to developers: Conform or dieWhat if end users don't want 3.0?What if I'm an iPod Touch user and don't want to paid for the upgrade?I know a few friends still on iPod 1.0. They can make do with no AppStore. If Apple is forcing 3.0 down to developer's throat,...

Tags: Apple Inc., developer, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

SeaWolf X 1.75 (Windows)

A native PC redeux of the arcade and Commodore classics. Fire your torpedos with planned precision in an attempt to destroy as many enemy vessels as possible within the allotted timeframe. Enemy vessels destroyed at higher sea lanes closer to surface earn the higher points. Stay clear of drifting mines...

Tags: Vessel, Werewolf Industries, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-04-30

Apple beats for Q2; calls it best non-holiday quarter

Apple beats for Q2; calls it best non-holiday quarterMac sales plummet!Apple is spiraling down! Losing business! Watch the stock price sink as well! Oh, wait a minute...RE: Apple beats for Q2; calls it best non-holiday quarterAh but there is a new Zune coming out - i bet they are terrified!!!...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Netbook hardware, Apple Inc., netbook, non-holiday quarter

Discussion threads 2009-04-22