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- Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumers
- Can't wait to see theseThe local Best Buy is having a midnight launch. I'm probably going to go and geek out for a bit.RE: Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumersWish I could afford the upgrades.Been laid off and on for 6 years now.Could not renew my...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), way thing, Linux, U.S. Department of Defense, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears
- another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SuSE, Linux, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl
- Lazy people.Thats all I can think. Who, in their right mind, would entrust valuable data to >> someone elses system
- Tags: Backups, backup, cloud computing, T-Mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- Red Hat: Microsoft taking cloud back to the 80s
- Red Hat should feel right at home then because using their software is like using something out of the 80's. I'll prefer a modern company like Microsoft instead of a company based on 30 year old technology such as Red Hat. My theory is that Red Hat is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NT-kernel, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux, Unix
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Can Moblin wean universities from Microsoft?
- Can Moblin wean universities from Microsoft?Nonsense is AndroidIf we have Debian or Ubuntu, why the hell we need another MS-like company: Intel who is definitely a monopoly to push Linux? Wrong direction, very wrong direction.Moblin might be a dangerous strategy for IntelMoblin might be a dangerous strategy for Intel. ...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Moblin, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- Why Apple's new ad campaign is genius, and why Microsoft can't win as 'PC'
- Why Apple's new ad campaign is genius, and why Microsoft can't win as 'PC'Good Article I'm a PC and I don't like the Apple ads. Mostly because they poke fun at the stereotypical "geek", which is me and it wears on me. Nonetheless Apples strategy is...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, NOW IT, Apple Inc., advertisement, PC, Microsoft Corp., new ad campaign, ad campaign, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- 7 (nasty) truths about IT spending
- 7 nasty truths about IT spendingWisht that I could work....For an over funded IT department. Or even have a project that is anywhere near properly funded. Where do these slices of heaven exist?agreedIt does seem simplistic to simply kill a project because it hit a threshold. If an unexpected data...
- Tags: Strategy, Financial accounting, information technology, IT-spending
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- Yahoo as desktop application: The next frontier?
- Yahoo has launched a project called Sideline, a Twitter monitoring tool built on Adobe's AIR platform. The effort is notable for three primary reasons: Sideline shows how Yahoo can meld user interface and programming to create a multiplatform application. This approach could be a way to...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Twitter, Desktop Application, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail stores
- Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail storesWhat's Microsoft going to sell?Windows 7. Office. Anything else? Oh. Mice. Anything else?Well.....by the time they set up displays of their eleventeen versions of Windows, there won't be much room left for anything else, will there?Maybe they could use one...
- Tags: Retail, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., own family, retail company
- Discussion threads 2009-02-12
- Can IBM sustain its momentum?
- It's amazing how after years of clamoring for the top line, financial analysts have woken up to earnings quality as a measure of success. That is best exemplified in IBM's better than expected Q4 results which Larry Dignan dissected a short while ago. At one level you...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Web 2.0, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- Should Dell buy Palm?
- Dell is allegedly pondering a smartphone, but a better move may be to merely buy Palm now that it illustrated that its Pre and WebOS are the real deal. A Dell-Palm combination is floated by Bob Faulkner, a contributor to RealMoney.com. In an open letter to Michael...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Palm Inc., Smart Phones, Portals, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
- Could Shrek use a netbook?
- Could Shrek use a netbook?Um.. You DO realize that's gotta be the some of the worst advice ever...?Installing multiple antivirus products is counterproductive. There's NOTHING like watching your otherwise snappy computer run like a 98 pound weakling trying to pull a freight train. Not to mention multiple AV products tend...
- Tags: NOW IT, netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-01-04
- Will large 'cloud combines' soon be serving our enterprise needs?
- Will large 'cloud combines' soon be serving our enterprise needs?Enterprise will have to be dumb, too.Since the economic blow up, enterprise business people have been shown to be short sighted and ineffectual at core business practices. This is great for cloud computing because it only offers short term gains and...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, Outsourcing, cloud computing, cloud company, enterprise need
- Discussion threads 2008-12-16
- HP joining the club of enterprise schizophrenics?
- There I was thinking that 200 would end with SAP being crowned the split-personality company of the enterprise apps world and within the space of five minutes I read about how HP/EDS is at serious risk of wresting that crown. First up we have Vinnie Mirchandani talking...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Cloud Computing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- A plea to the Windows team: Don't make Windows 7 too Mac-like
- A plea to the Windows team: Don't make Windows 7 too Mac-likeCrawl Back Under Your RockWe didn't miss you.The only onesIts just that Mac does it better.Good for MacThinking like this will only keep Windows stagnant and drive up Apple market share. I thought the Mac ads were parody, but...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, team, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- They don't all really need laptops, do they?
- They don't all really need laptops, do they?Teachers with laptops - maybeI know teachers who have been given laptops purchased with taxpayer dollars and the machine has ended up becoming an additional computer for use by their family. I can see it if courses require it. I can see it...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.
- Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.Not that strangeFrom a complete novice point of view, Linux isn't hard at all. If you just want to use the provided applications and not fiddle around/tweak with the settings too much. You will be fine.You still need XP for computergames, that's the geeky angle...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Netbooks, Linux, netbook, Microsoft Windows XP, Foleo
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Radeon HD 4850 - Another GPU that fails to keep up with the aging 8800 GTS
- Radeon HD 4850 - Another GPU that fails to keep up with the aging 8800 GTSThis is a great surpriseAMD said that the new 4XXX graphics card range would give movie realistic gameplay...guess it's marketing...Well...I have to say, that GTS is a great card! I've used it in my work...
- Tags: AMD GPU, Radeon HD 4850, Radeon HD, Radeon, GPU, GTS, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., NVidia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- A hard lesson in Internet values, and the Internet's value
- A hard lesson in Internet values, and the Internet's valueThe answer is not simple and depends on multiple variables ...If we take all of the information available to us on the internet, and use it wisely (look at multiple resonses to our query, check out validity of those responses,...
- Tags: Wiki, Internet, Wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
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