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- 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
- Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure
- The market knows best, right? Markets are bloody paths to progress. At this writing there are approximately 52 e-reader devices coming to market in the next 12 months. Fifty-two different devices coming to market (Here's what I wrote about Steve Jobs' approach to reader devices when there were just 45...
- Tags: E-reader, Sales, Hardware, Markets, E-books, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Ubuntu Karmic Koala launches to mixed reviews
- Not released yetKarmic koala hasn't been officially released yet and the bug that this article was talking about has been fixed for the official releaseMultiple hard drives issue already fixedThe problem only affected the 64-bit version of the release candidate, and it has apparently been fixed for the final release.wowwow,...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Dana
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down
- Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- SaaS: Shelfware as a service?
- Think the conclusions are a bit flawedI think we can all agree that SaaS saves operational expenses, increases agility and improves the user experience. I don't think the fact that Salesforce.com has been successful can be held against the category.The shelfware point is a bit more subtle. The...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, shelfware
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Are today's new iMacs and Minis game-changers?
- It's been a logn time since Apple was ...... competitive at these retail price points but that day may finally have come! Good for Apple and good for the rest of us. Still, EdTech has always enjoyed extremely aggressive enterprise-level discounts from the top tier of PC vendors...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Apple Inc., keyboard, mouse, Apple iMac
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story
- RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole storyMost corporate PCs were not updated to Vista, because Vista didn't add any additional values; required more powerful hardware and had a very bad name from the start.Most companies will also not upgrade...
- Tags: Operating systems, Software Developement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, corporate PC, PC, Win7, whole story, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Google plays a hand of Ogre with Apple
- 'Ogre' is an interesting - if obscure - analogy. But I would suggest that you'd to better to stick with plain old chess.In my view, the AT&T/iPhone team have a better position, if only by virtue of their early start in the market. But, as a belated entry, Android is...
- Tags: Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Ogre, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Hotmail hacked: Thousands of account details published online
- Facts...have never stopped Zack from sensationalizing a story into an anti-Microsoft rant before....wrong headlinewhile I punch M$ every time it deserves it, phising points to user stupidity not to some sort of hacking or intrusion.That could potentially happen to ANY online email provider...just replace the phising screen.Hacked?If people gave up...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail providers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, phishing, MSN Hotmail, login screen, THOUSANDS
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Dear Palm: Make you own sync software
- PalmI have a Palm Pre and a Palm Treo 680 previously. Back them I had to use a Marspace product (www.marspace.com) to sync my Palm Treo to my mac as neither the Apple Sync software or palm Desktop software for mac did a good job. I use iPhone now as...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, KARMA, Palm Inc., Apple iTunes, Dear Palm, software, Apple iPhone, Pre, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Happy 30th birthday, Compuserve
- It rocked - in its day...I practically lived on Compuserve in the LATE 70's and early 80's, but to be honest they became pretty irrelevant years ago. In fact, I was surprised to see a headline about them.I still have my compuserve e-mail addressI first started using Compuserve in 1991....
- Tags: E-mail, CompuServe
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy
- Business ToolsI recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.Patriciahttp://dataentryjob-s.comdude, you can't even spell his name rightits KANYE...
- Tags: Kanye West, Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Stop the Presses!!! AT&T announces iPhone MMS.
- I can't believe this is actually headline-worthy news and is getting so much attention. With that said, let me join my blogosphere brethren by also sharing the big news: AT&T said today that it will update the iPhone MMS feature on September 25. There ya go, that's...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, MMS, AT&T Corp., Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Vulnerable Adobe Flash shipped with Snow Leopard
- That's all fine and goodbut Apple OSX is based on tried and tested UNIX and is immune to such vulnerabilities. Magic dust is able to discover exploits before they get a chance to spring into action.Unix was designed with security in mind and every object is securable with extremely high...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- News to know: Dell; Word; Firefox; iPhone China; Snow Leopard
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Dell continues to bet on 2010 enterprise refresh cycle; Confirms working with China Mobile Sam Diaz: "Inadvertent...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Word, Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Sam Diaz, E-books, Microsoft Windows 7, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in New York City
- Developers, developers, developers, developers... [nt][nt]Here's to that rounding error getting smaller:DRE: Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in New York CitySweet! Wish I could be there to see it. Who knows, maybe something will come up in NYC and I'll be there.RE: Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in...
- Tags: Chipsets, Branding, developer, Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Gigabyte Technology, motherboard, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Some 40,000 college students studying on a Flat World
- Cool idea - Thanks!My daughter currently rents her books from Chegg.com for a fraction of the $100-$200 price range offered on campus. I'll let her know about this offering as well.Cheers!Being WAY past college age I have to admit....that my first reaction to the headline was that fundamentalist nutballs had...
- Tags: Benefits, benefit
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- iPhone soars, Microsoft 'main loser'
- Well......Beings I don't tie my confidence to a phone or computer I could give two sh1ts about what anyone thinks. Frankly the Samsung Omnia has been an excellent phone and I have no problem letting anyone and everyone see me use it. Plus Windows Mobile is in alot of...
- Tags: Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Mobile applications, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Apple iPhone, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., AT&T Corp., Microsoft Windows, mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Do video games really make you fat, depressed?
- The headline du jour is that the average gamer is 35, depressed and fat. The reality may be a bit more nuanced. MSNBC runs with a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University and Andrews University. That trio analyzed survey data from...
- Tags: Health Care, Video Game, Video, BMI, Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
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