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- Semmelweis Syndrome: good science, bad science and global feuding
- How Things have Changed?Read about Copernicus and Galileo who arrogantly tested theories in the real world, contradicting the central belief system of Europe in their time: kings supported by the Papacy.?How things have changed or even worst, if anything today it is the global warming skeptic who is play the...
- Tags: Hindsight, global warming, Semmelweis Syndrome, Galileo
- Discussion threads 2009-12-04
- XP's usage share down, Win 7, Firefox & IE8 up
- Now, if only ....the original Amazon.com $50 price comes back CRITICAL MASS will be achieved (IE: more than 4%).Way to goCongrats Win 7, and Firefox!Hopefully we can put XP to rest for good now and move on with our lives.DOWN WITH XP DOWN WITH XPHopefully XP will see its death...
- Tags: Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Vista STILL, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, Microsoft Corp., Win 7
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Royal Society papers provide science, history resources
- The 350th anniversary of Britain's Royal Society (making it the world's oldest scientific institution) will be marked by the release of a vast library of papers online from the likes of Sir Isacc Newton and Benjamin Franklin. This isn't just science nerd stuff, though. This is a treasure...
- Tags: Science, Site, Web Site Development, Search, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-29
- Is Apple being too precious about the App Store?
- If by precious you mean fascistthen yes they are...great...Get ready for the Jobs cultist starting another holywar because you "tarnished" their cyber-religion.Precious.The marketplace is what it is because of ownership. Apple owns the store they built and has the identical right that Disney or The Atlantic or Toyota does to...
- Tags: Public relations, Microsoft Windows NT, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Schiller: App Store isn't broken
- The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame
- HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...
- Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Do we need a 'beautiful mess' in operating systems? Yup
- To make a good soup, you've got to stir the pot...Ok, sure - it turns cloudy, short-term. Just be sure to filter it or let it settle, before serving.Whereas the classic 'design-by-committee' model so often fails, its always useful to have multiple, talented teams working on similar projects, independently. With...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, Linux Distro, operating system, John Gruber, Linux, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Google Image Swirl: Looks neat, but useless
- I agree - SomewhatAlthough I agree that Google's Image Swirl is basically useless, I would disagree with your prosition on Bing's Visual Search. Google's offering is mainly designed as an image discovery tool, by grouping pictures of similar content or features. While its presentation may be cool, I...
- Tags: Google Inc., Bing
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Inappropriate Performance Review Phrases (We'd All Like to Use)
- Complete waste of skin. nt..The 7 P's"Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Performance. He has the last three down to a science." or "I'm not sure what we would do without his wit, however, I'm not sure what he does without it." This employee......will only be productive when we discover...
- Tags: Performance management, Inappropriate Performance Review Phrases, performance
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Samsung launches Google Android-powered Galaxy Spica i5700
- It's funny how many people snickeredwhen it was stated that there would be 19 Android devices on the market by year's end. I wonder how many we are at right now.Is this.....Apple iPhone vs MS Android all over again? It will be interesting to watch.MS Android ? WTF? ntntthat would...
- Tags: Smart phones, Strategy, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Google Android, Android Devices, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., gloves off, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Epicor's implementation cost drive: what does it really mean?
- Epicor's announcement Monday that it has created a shared benefits program for implementations looks like a step in the right direction for those of us that want to see lowered implementation costs. On the face of it, the offer is compelling. According to the press release:...
- Tags: Epicor Software Corp., Customer, Benefits, Roi/Tco, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- Snow Leopard update squashes bugs
- Already to Service Pack 2?Yet another [b]FIVE HUNDRED MEGABYTE[/b] service pack for Snow Leopard? Wow. Most things that "just work" don't require nearly [b]ONE GIGABYTE[/b] of patches within months of release.473MB?!?!?!How do dial up users do it?RE: Snow Leopard update squashes bugsholy.....Critical bugs need urgent updateThat's the headline if this...
- Tags: Patches, Microsoft Windows 7, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical MS Office patches coming
- Office for Mac also affected...So where are the rants from Windows zealots who scream blue murder every time there's a patch for possible exploits of iTunes on Windows?Oh, that's right, faulty Microsoft software on OS X must be Apple's fault. Forgot that.Critical bulletins for Vista and Windows 7Vista/Server2008: 1 bulletinWindows...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, patch management, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, marketing, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Google Wave: Has potential, but let loose too soon
- Open sourceKeep in mind that the code to developers is completely open source. If someone wants to make their own wave software or use the real time HTML 5 support for something else.Besides this is just a preview of the basics. Open to only 100,000 people, you can't expect much....
- Tags: Google Inc., developer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Stunningly poor quality predictions about the future Internet from Google's CEO
- Sounds nitpickyI don't think Mr. Schmidt had time to include all types of disclaimers or footnotes to his predictions, it wasn't a research paper as far as I know. I can apply the same type of nitpicking to your writing.For example, citing "teenagers" is simply a easy way to describe...
- Tags: INTERNET, poor quality prediction, quality prediction, future internet, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Print and online ad revenues plunge at New York Times Co.
- Their losses will continue, and it's not because of a bad economyThe company said that there was some sign of an improving economy and that fourth quarter losses should be lower than in the most recent quarter.That's some good spin. However, their losses and that of the MSM started...
- Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Sales force management, online advertising, New York Times Co., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- KFC UNThinking at the UN
- Honestly, the professional PR brigade never cease to amaze me with some of the nuttiest ideas for brand enhancement that all too often turn out to be just the opposite. My ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow was spammed today by a top PR agency with...
- Tags: Brand, KFC Corp., UN General Assembly, Yum, Branding, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Apple iMac 27-inch
- If we could, we'd take points away from this iMac simply because by giving it a 27-inch display Apple threatens our livelihood. You don't need our input to simply walk past the 27-inch iMac on a store shelf and recognize that it's the largest all-in-one currently available, and that it...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., screen size, Apple iMac
- Product reviews 2009-10-21
- Brickbats over bricks
- Some more input from CalStar on their pending entry into the building materials market. I had asked about who set the standards for what is a "brick." The answer from CalStar: "ASTM is not the gatekeeper for new products - national and local building codes are....
- Tags: Brick, Standards, CalStar, ASTM, Ash Brick, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise, more clutter in search results
- They are that desperate huh?Never suspected things were that bad at bing.the last thing i need...The last thing I need when I,m trying to look something up is a bunch of meaningless tweets by twits. Hopefully there will be an opt-out so one does not get flooded with garbage....
- Tags: search result
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
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