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New trial date in IBM-SCO case

New trial date in IBM-SCO caseDepositions and fishing...Depositions are often little more than a fishing expedition and the person going through it REALLY needs a sharp attorney to put a stop to it when it happens.SCO's new business model!We can't make money selling a legit product, let's sue everyone and...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp., deposition

Discussion threads 2005-07-07

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More on the iPhone 3G woes (updated)

More on the iPhone 3G woes updatedRE: More on the iPhone 3G woes updatedfail.the issue isn't 3G failing with the iphone, it's with a chipset inside the phone itself failing. other phones don't have the issue because the don't have that chipset.and what in tarnation does your subject line mean...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Apple iPhone 3G, Apple iPhone, 3G

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

iPhone 3G issues blamed on Infineon chips

iPhone 3G issues blamed on Infineon chipsWhooot!Go Apple!... Deny till you fix it... then you never had a problem right? Sounds good to me.It's user error.Buying the first gen of any product (the first of the 3G iphones) means you take greater risk. One question nobody seems to ask,...

Tags: Cellular phones, chip, Is it MS, Apple iPhone 3G, Nomura, Apple iPhone, Infineon Technologies AG, 3G, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

The lighter side of Bill Gates

As you all probably know, considering the 2 year lead-up to today and the considerable press coverage, it's Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft. I'd like to take a slightly different spin on covering his career and life, by pointing out the stupid stuff, in the hope it will appeal...

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 95, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Sales, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Yahoo: Our poison pill isn't 'nuts'; Icahn guessing at plan costs

Yahoo in an SEC filing fired its latest volley at billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and defended its employee compensation plan. The company, embroiled in a proxy war with Icahn, outlined an FAQ that it sent employees. The key excerpts: Mr. Icahn says this Plan costs...

Tags: Poison Pill, Yahoo! Inc., Mr., Plan, Benefits, Investment, Vertical Industries, Financial Services, Human Resources, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-10

New fingerprint detection technology

Researchers at the University of Leicester, UK, working with Northamptonshire Police, have found a new technique for identifying fingerprints on metal. This method will enable forensic scientists to 'visualise fingerprints' even after the print itself has been removed. What is even more interesting is that this technology could 'enhance --...

Tags: Technique, Fingerprint, Metal, Metal Surface, Results, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Growing nano pine trees in Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have accidentally created nano pine trees with trunks and branches. As said the lead researcher, 'At the beginning we saw just a couple of trees, and we said, 'What the heck is going on here?' They were so curious.' In fact, this could lead to an...

Tags: Dislocation, Trunk, Productivity, Team Management, Leadership, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for cars

According to EE Times, a California-based company called QuantumSphere has developed nanoparticles that could make hydrogen cheaper than gasoline. The company says its reactive catalytic nanoparticle coatings can boost the efficiency of electrolysis the technique that generates hydrogen from water to 85% today, exceeding the Department of Energy's goal for...

Tags: Fuel Cell, Electrode, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Nanotechnology, Hydrogen, QuantumSphere, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-27

IBM experimenting with DNA to build chips

IBM experimenting with DNA to build chipsDNA computingThe NY Times ran a piece in 1995 on DNA computing using DNA pairs as stand-ins for the 0's and 1's of binary code. The NSA is into this big time.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEFD91338F932A25757C0A963958260RE: IBM experimenting with DNA to build chipsThis sounds like the basis for...

Tags: Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Microsoft Corp., NSA, DNA, nanotube, IBM Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

Recreating 3.5 billion year-old genes

A U.S. team of scientists wanted to determine what was the Earth's temperature several billions years ago. But because most of the team was composed of biologists, the researchers took an unusual approach. Instead of analyzing rock formations or measuring isotopes in fossils, they've 'resurrected' a variety of genes and...

Tags: Earth, Protein, Environment, Gene, Opposite, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-08

Hey, folks...it's cold

Hey, folks...it's coldOne more tipIf you don't have a really dry place to rewarm it, wrap it in a tight plastic bag first. Helps prevent condensation in the innards.Bake your laptop at 400 degrees ...A colleague of mine thought it was a smart idea to hide his laptop in...

Tags: Notebooks, Monitors & displays, laptop computer, condensation, cold calling, phone

Discussion threads 2008-01-25

Open Source Cars and More

The Consumer Electronics Show CES might be in full throws this week, but some of the coolest devices may be found off the Net -- blueprints and all. A burgeoning trend in open source hardware is putting up somedevices on the Web -- from machines that make anything (including...

Tags: Web, Goal, Video, Hardware, Chip, Open Source, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-01-06

Transcript Manager Pro (dmg)

Transcript Manager Pro is a realtime and transcript management program. It allows attorneys to connect to court reporters in deposition or in court and see the transcript in real time. It also allows attorneys and legal support staff to run searches, create annotations, add notes, run reports, print transcripts, and...

Tags: Transcript, Attorney

Software downloads 2007-12-27

Dell launches its first tablet PC; Hopes touch boosts interest

Dell launches its first tablet PC; Hopes touch boosts interestNot even close.The most they will save is $40 since that is what Windows costs a volume OEM. Then there will be a tech support at Dell that knows nothing of Linux to null and void that real fast.You linux fanboys...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, PC, Butt Ugly, tablet, Dell Computer Corp., first Tablet PC, Dell Launches, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

Oregon AG office to RIAA: 10 things we want to know about how you find file-sharing students

If you think the Recording Institute Association of America is going too far in its prosecution (or should that be persecution?) of college students who file-share from time to time, you'll love the news that Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers is adding meat to the University...

Tags: RIAA, File-sharing, Myers, Lindor, Peer To Peer (P2P), Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-11-30

Even Microsoft has trouble understanding what "Vista Capable" means

When a Microsoft manager can't clearly explain what "Vista Capable" means, you know that the whole "Vista Capable" and "Premium Ready" thing has gone too far and that marketing has gone too far. In a deposition taken in relation to a class action lawsuit over the labeling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-28

A nanotechnology award for NASA

NASA is rarely associated with nanotechnologies. But one of its researchers working at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center just received a Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 award for a manufacturing process for high-quality carbon nanotubes CNTs. Because of its ability to produce bundles of CNTs without using a metal catalyst,...

Tags: Nanotube, NASA, Carbon Nanotube, Manufacturing, CNT, Metal Catalyst, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Testimony closes in first RIAA trial

Testimony ended Wednesday in the first trial of a computer user accused of copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America. Defendant Jammie Thomas took the stand but her attorney called no other witnesses. While the RIAA lined up a fairly hefty heap of evidence, Thomas's defense was essentially...

Tags: RIAA, Juror, Productivity, Wi-Fi, Wireless, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-03

News to know: Vista DRM; Flash drives; Adobe zero-day; Blacklisted iPhones

Notable headline: Ed Bott: Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 3). Robin Harris: Will flash EVER replace disk? Ryan Naraine: 'High risk' zero-day flaw haunts Adobe Acrobat, Reader. Jason O'Grady: Apple blacklisting hacked iPhones? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Digital-rights Management, Nortel Networks Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Apple Inc., USB Flash Drive, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Piracy, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Blog posts 2007-09-21

Report: Jobs was subpoenaed in backdating lawsuit

Apple CEO Steve Jobs was subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to give a deposition in the company's option backdating lawsuit. The news, reported by Bloomberg and based on "two people familiar with the matter," indicates that the SEC wants testimony from Jobs in its lawsuit against...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Lawsuit, SEC, Stock Options, Human Resources, Benefits, Stock Options & Grants, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-20