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That noise in the blogosphere is Google choking on its own hype

That noise in the blogosphere is Google choking on its own hypeWell said!Ryan,I couldn't agree more, which may sound strange coming from the CEO of Sapotek, a company that has created a web-based desktop, Desktoptwo, that you reviewed favorably in the not-so-distant past (http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/index.php?s=desktoptwo).While I am obviously a firm believer...

Tags: Blogging, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., blogosphere, differnce, Xcellery

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

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No, Vista DOESN'T scream past XP in gaming tests

No, Vista DOESN'T scream past XP in gaming testsok vista doesn't scream past xp but..vista has a lot more to offer with its 64bit OS unlike XP, and when it comes to gaming it doesn't matter how good your computer is if you can run the game on the lowest...

Tags: Games, Microsoft Windows XP, vista, Microsoft Windows Vista, game, console, PC

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

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

Is Microsoft tinkering with Live Search results?

Is Microsoft tinkering with Live Search results?Just goes to show you why no one uses Live SearchRather than some effort to hide the log, this is just a great example of how far MS needs to go to be considered a credable seach engine.Nothing is beneath Microsoft.They care about one...

Tags: SEARCH, Nothing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., search engine, search result, Live search result

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

Why ClearType doesn't work in Portrait mode

Why ClearType doesn't work in Portrait modeDidn't notice a differnce...UntilI didn't notice a difference. So here I was trying to figure out what you problem was. Then I rolled back in my chair and stretch. That's when the difference really appeared. Stand back a bit and the portrait shot looks...

Tags: Monitors & displays, ClearType, portrait mode, monitor

Discussion threads 2007-07-16

iPhone Diary Day 12: Keeping your screen clean

iPhone Diary Day 12: Keeping your screen cleanGreat article Jason. I especially liked...[i]"...I’ve been trying to get into the habit of hovering iPhone away from my ear and cheek while using it. I’ve also been trying to use my Jawbone Bluetooth headset almost exclusively.."[/i]Hmm, I guess it must have slipped...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, cloth, phone

Discussion threads 2007-07-10

Apple results beat the Street

Apple results beat the StreetApple is finished...The Zune player will kill the iPod once and for all. The release of Vista will relegate OS X to the scrap heap of history. My kid's friends all bought Apple Macbooks for college this year. When I heard about I called all of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Processors, Digital music, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2006-10-18

Beware of ransomware, firm warns

Beware of ransomware, firm warnsCasting a suspicious eyeLooking at my TrueCrypt partition...check the backup...yup, still there. Backup of header files...check. Not worried. Besides, all the important stuff on my network is on Linux. This attack would still work on Linux...after they managed to hack their way...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, hacker, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2006-07-24

A car that slows you down

A car that slows you downIdiotsWhat are these idiots going to say the first time their system decides that the speed limit on the highway is 30 km/h, and the driver is unable to get up to a safe speed? Sure, drivers make mistakes, but at least they can sometimes...

Tags: corrolary, speed limit

Discussion threads 2006-05-24

Apple patent covers wireless iTunes distribution

Apple patent covers wireless iTunes distributionpatents out of controlThese days, every time I hear one of these "patents" I laugh. Somehow people seem to feel that in a technical context, any new combination is an invention. I beg to differ.Marking something so you can remember it later has been around...

Tags: patent, Apple Inc., wireless, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2006-05-04

Google employees win wireless patents

Google employees win wireless patentsSad, but Google has to do the Patent dance like everybody else.These are probably dippy patents, but if they didn't patent it, somebody like NTP would patent it, and have Google and others by the balls. Remember RIM? We have yet to see if Google will...

Tags: Wi-Fi, patent, wireless, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-27

Microsoft appeals South Korea antitrust ruling

Microsoft appeals South Korea antitrust rulingHere's a novel ideaRead the ruling. It no doubt explains why.Congrats on substantiating competitors' position...by raising opposing sides of the argument.>>> The U.S. firm said its bundled version benefited consumers and the local technology industry, and did not block competition because [b]South Koreans could already...

Tags: Media players, Corporate law, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., media player, antitrust

Discussion threads 2006-03-27

Vista graphics tools to reach Mac, phones

Vista graphics tools to reach Mac, phonesA port to Linux? Don't you mean a umm, borrowing?YesI’m curious – how Mac users can explain that ..... MS develops apps for [i]the deadliest MS competition[/i] – Mac OS X, but not for the [i]lesser evil[/i] - Linux? (Why I wrote that...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, phone, Apple Mac OS X, Apple OS, Microsoft Windows Vista, tool, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, graphics, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows NT

Discussion threads 2006-03-21

Rivals: Microsoft offer is a "poisoned honeypot"

Rivals: Microsoft offer is a "poisoned honeypot"that's Natzi censorshipThe Natzi censors from zdnet have deleted my opinion.Their M$ masters must be proud of them for suppresing the truth about Linux.Lin$uxYes, I do see how calling Microsoft "M$" makes your argument more valid. You really do come off as intelligent...

Tags: European Government, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2006-03-07

Report: Spitzer probe now includes radio groups

Report: Spitzer probe now includes radio groupsWill they go after the IRPThe IRP is Independend Record Promoters. Technically they bypass the payola laws by being independent. So what happens is the Major Labels pay these guys HUGE amounts of money to promote thier music. What these IRP guys do is...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, radio, IRP, Spitzer

Discussion threads 2006-02-09

Patent office to re-examine JPEG patent

Patent office to re-examine JPEG patentThis is a difficult issue.There is no black and white, just shades of gray, with strong arguments possible for both original patent holders and companies that also make claims by way of prior art, etc. in products that actually exist. One thing that seems...

Tags: patent, NTP, JPEG, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Discussion threads 2006-02-02

Is there an open source community?

Is there an open source community?Its Pretty Easy To Take Issue With It20 years ago, almost every home user had some understanding of How to Program. Don't beleive me? What computer platform dominated the Home market in 1986? How was software distributed to the home in 1986?I'll give...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., open source, open-source community, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2006-01-15

Trojan delivers unwanted gift to Windows PCs

Trojan delivers unwanted gift to Windows PCsFYISecurityfocus claims that this exploit automatically gains SYSTEM pruvledges, but based on third party testing I seen with sites that are using this, the exploit code actaully runs under the users priveleges. All of the websites that are using this exploit code are using...

Tags: Web browsers, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, PC, Mozilla Firefox, trojan horse, Linux, WMF file, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Metafile, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows PC

Discussion threads 2005-12-28

$100 laptop expected in late 2006

$100 laptop expected in late 2006Regardlessof this noble effort, I don't think most of these laptops are going to server children. Whether or not they will be diabled after a few days of not loggin inwhich must be a joke there will be a secondary market. These kids and their...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, food, $100 laptop, computer

Discussion threads 2005-11-16

Consumers ready to ditch landlines

Consumers ready to ditch landlinesAnd what should corporations do?Offer their customers Naked DSL, because it has the word Naked and because you don't have to be tied down to a Land Line...Consumers ready to ditch landlinesI ditched my landline back in 2000. Moved somewhere, never got the landline hooked...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, phone, cell phone, land line, Consumers Ready, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2005-10-25