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Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck?

Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck?Editing.There are many spelling errors and a missing link at the bottom of this article.Oil is messyThis is story is why China will become an even bigger superpower.Everything with them is a business transaction. They don't...

Tags: own tar baby, tar baby, investment, duck, dead duck, oil

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

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What Windows7 could mean for Linux

Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...

Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-24

Owners set up online memorial to dead Apple Time Capsules

wowBut those "older" ones aren't really that old.Hilarious!! ntntYeaBecause to Apple, function follows form... so your drive isn't as pretty, but it functions better and its cheaper. Trust me, you win.Well, he wins only ifno one has to look at the device. :)RE: Owners set up online memorial to dead...

Tags: Backups, Time Capsule, disk, Apple Inc., Apple Time Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottom line

SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottomCompletely disagree. Outsourcing only works for small projects that can't be done in-house, like wiring jobs, installing generators and the such. Outsourcing entire departments doesn't work. I've seen it before, when the employee is on a contract...

Tags: Managed hosting, Outsourcing/Offshoring, outsourcing, outsource

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Coal: more on the fall-out

Coal: more on the fall-outCoal is not perfect......but right now it is what we have. I used to live down there in SW Colorado, and have seen first hand the effects of living near large coal fired power plants. I used to fish in those lakes, until the...

Tags: breeder

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Excerpt #2: Customer Experience - Chap 21 from CRM @ The Speed of Light, 4th ed.

I have to be straight with you. I'm entering the head down, grind it, drive to the goal line when it comes to CRM at the Speed of Light's 4th edition.  Which means that in other areas that I'm writing, I'm treading water. So there is a dual purpose to...

Tags: Expectation, Interaction, Customer, Customer Experience, CRM, Strategy, Management, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Pirate Bay judge is member of Copyright Association

Pirate Bay judge is member of Copyright Associationthat judge is a joke redo the whole processWith some one impartial and honest.This whole thing is farce is should be seen as is ...... there no legal ground when you judge is before its start already sold to one...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Pirate Bay, Copyright Association, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

German researchers score Conficker detection breakthrough

German researchers score Conficker detection breakthroughI think they meant March 30"The Honeynet Project has released proof of concept scanner and, later today (April 30th)..."Link for nmap would be appreciatedI've been looking for instructions or a plugin for nmap and haven't found anything but others looking for the same thing. A...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Patches, Cyberthreats, Conficker, detection breakthrough, Conficker detection breakthrough

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

Psystar offers another (weak) argument in Apple suit

Psystar offers another weak argument in Apple suitPsystar: FailI think Psystar is going to lose this lawsuit. But I think Apple is going to end up losing even more.My understandingWas that Psystar bought *EVERY* copy of OS X it used at retail. Given that, first sale doctrine rules.After all,...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks

Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaksWindows 7It seems that Microsoft is playing it safe with Windows 7 by having minimum changes.Is WinFS still alive or do we have to consider it as a dead duck?Thanks RodIt's mostly the applications anywaysFrankly, it's mostly the applications that need to take advantage of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Windows Kernel, Craig, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, parallel-processing tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Win32, tweak, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Oil and the future of cleantech are NOT separable

Courtesy Gordon Murray & Mohr Davidow. I recently blogged about one VC's efforts in cleantech as it relates to finding renewable replacements for petrochemicals and coal-based products. That same company, Mohr Davidow, has invested in an auto design firm. Why? Because Gordon...

Tags: Oil, Duck, Clean Technology, Fossil Fuel, Jadoo, Oil Pit, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-04

Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck?

As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond filled with crude oil polluted water: Bufflehead. Here's a picture of a gorgeous male Bufflehead in fine fettle. ...

Tags: Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-01

U.S. to plug Open XML as an ISO standard

U.S. to plug Open XML as an ISO standardOpen XML is now deadThe rest of the world is severely pissed at America right now, and coming right after Bush blocked a law that would have made Torture illegal, I'm expecting the world to take a dim view of anything America...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Durusau, Fast Track, ISO, OOXML, Open XML, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Coming soon: Movies on flash memory cards

Coming soon: Movies on flash memory cardsA dead duckAny time I see "proprietary", it just reminds me that people will use it because they have to, until the next big thing comes along. Theres also the issue of cost.Speaking about the reality, there is a lot of internet movie copying...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Memory, Digital media, digital-rights management, movie, memory card, flash memory, video store

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Nintendo Wii Zapper

If you grew up with a Nintendo Entertainment System in your house, then you no doubt remember the Zapper, the gray or bright orange light gun that let you shoot at ducks, bulls-eyes, and banditos. After almost 20 years, Nintendo has brought the Zapper, at least in name, to the...

Tags: Games, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Wii Zapper, Nintendo Wii, game

Product reviews 2007-11-29

'Storm worm' exploits YouTube

'Storm worm' exploits YouTubeHeadline needs fixingStorm worm exploits Windows. YouTube just happens to be the delivery mechanism of the day. Tomorrow it will be something else. Facebook, or WoW, MySpace...take your pick.RE: 'Storm worm' exploits YouTubeI give them credit. I can't read the Captcha stuff half...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Storm Worm, YouTube Inc., Torrent

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Ozzie spells out the Live platform layers

Ozzie spells out the Live platform layersTreading on AppleIt sounds to me like Microsoft is trying to downplay Apple's Rendezvous now called Bonjour because of trademark disputes by abusing the name for their own games.just marketing bable!Have you red any product announcement here?...just talking about clouds and other BS!If you...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, rendezvou, platform layer, Ozzie

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

YouTube videos downloadable and storable on new RealPlayer

YouTube videos downloadable and storable on new RealPlayerAn innovation for sure, but...ripping net videos is nothing new. I have a command-line tool which functionally does the same thing, called youtube-dl. But what about RealPlayer's open source version, Helix Player? Will it inherit the stream-ripping technology?Dead DuckReal Player is a dead...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Corporate communications, RealNetworks RealPlayer, YouTube Video, video, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-31

No 'Second Life' for Microsoft's Vista

No 'Second Life' for Microsoft's VistaNo 'Second Life' for Microsoft's VistaThis is a Second Life problem and NOT a Vista problem. Linden Labs had plenty of time to test their software on Vista. Besides, Second Life isn't all that great anyway.[i]Microsoft representatives didn't immediately respond to requests for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), patient, Microsoft Windows Vista, Second Life, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-13

Why you probably don't need that extended warranty

Why you probably don't need that extended warrantyExtended warrantiesThat may be true for a lot of things, but I'll tell you one item you would be crazy not to put one on. Laptops. Most laptops come with a 1 year warranty. Now if you get a real cheap one, then...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, extended warranty

Discussion threads 2006-11-20