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Apple changes mind over dirty words

Apple changes mind over dirty wordsGood to see Apple's Social Concerns!Good to see Apple's Social Concerns of banning obscenes and dirty words.Cheers,-Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comRE: Apple changes mind over dirty wordsthat SMS text app on there is evil! i get all kinds of vile four letter words that aren't fit to print!...

Tags: Apple Inc., dirty Word, porn app, phone

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

Social media...dirty word or essential skill?

Social media...dirty word or essential skill?Striking a balanceInteresting piece. I guess your assertion makes the assumption that we learn ANYTHING at school that is useful in business. If the curriculum does include genuinely useful sales and marketing modules alongside maths and economics, then there is much to be...

Tags: social media, dirty Word, essential skill, education, job

Discussion threads 2008-10-22

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Most of us use a lot of oil without ever driving a car

Well, this is one time that I agree with FullerBio-plastics are the way to go.... there is absolutely no reason with the numerous plants that can be relatively easily turned into biodegradeable plastic that still lasts for a year when not exposed to certain conditions, that we should still be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, plastics, car, climate change, oil

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

A Microsoft and News Corp. search pact? It adds up

Goodbye RupertI am not going to use Bing.Google will find stuff I am interested in.Too lazy to use Bing.Bing is dead.Something will dethrone Google, but it ain't Bing.Goodbye Google...You can't earn money without paying for content made byothers...Google has milked the industry for years without giving anything back...There's no such...

Tags: SEARCH, Digital music, Digital media, News Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons

Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...

Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Resistance to change: The real Enterprise 2.0 barrier

Vive Le Resistance!Michael - Resistance to Change, Immunity to Change - there is a lot of activity on the "real work" beyond tech and into enacting and leveraging change agents of Enterprise 2.0 lately... great that we're all surfacing these issues in increasingly large forums.For a bit more flavor on...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, transparency, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate

If I'd paid the full whack $2,495 to attend the Enterprise 2.0 conference I'd be demanding at least a partial refund. It seems the 'Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock' debate was less than a damp squib and more like a feeble whimper. Here's the back story: ...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Geothermal gets its day in the sun

Wow. Who didn't see that coming.GE, which has been a fervent supporter of Obama, along with Prince Harry's home state, get the lion's share of the federal money. I am sure that none of us saw that coming.From Halliburton to GEsome of us might see that as progress....

Tags: Obama, geothermal energy

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption

You forgot to mention....which OSs it affects! Or is it based on something multi-platform like Java?Look at the bigger size version of the screenshot, it's all in thereA lot of russian characters and...YES, you guessed it right, the word "windows" prominently displayed in red in the title.Who would ever thought...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, LoroBot, decryption, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years

In other words...This only confirms what we have been saying for sometime now.Desktop Linux lags behinds Windows And Mac for these facts alone, but the biggest one is mainstream application software compatibility which so far, were you to look at system requirements would only support Windows and Mac... There are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Coin-sized nuclear batteries to revolutionise electronics

.. Nice post for a change. Good job. ntntA beautiful dream...and then reality hitspeople have been so indoctrinated that nuclear material is the most toxic substance on the planet and even saying the word will give you cancer, that this has about as much chance as a snowball in hell...

Tags: Engineering, nuclear-battery, Coin-sized nuclear-battery, alpha, cell, electronics

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Word saved? Microsoft gets stay of injunction in i4i patent battle

M$ bribed againIts dirty cash is destroying the fabric of justice and America.This kind of misscarige of justice would not have been possible if the gouverment was run by conservatives.Uh......... NoI think you need to go back and re-read the history of the case.MS clinging to hold on...You can only...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., I4i, Microsoft Windows NT, software patent, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Windows 7 works great on the MacBook Pro

I concurI've been very happy with Windows 7 on my MBP. I also just ordered Snow Leopard for the improved Windows drivers. Don't get me started on having to pay for a driver upgrade since I'm rarely (never?) going to use Snow Leopard itself. Only Apple would have the nerve.Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Looks like window, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, trackpad, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

SCO Group wins Unix copyright appeal

I see M$ dirty fingerprintsThis BS decision is the result of M$ FUD and dirty money paid to SCO to continue annoying the FOSS and Linux in particular.Prove itI bet you cant!Was that before... or after you adjusted your tinfoil hat? Take your meds dude, it's for your own good.A...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Unix, SCO Group Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Examine the patent that made selling Microsoft Word a crime

counter productiveIsn't XML meant to provide a standard format for storing and transferring data? This lawsuit will just make other companies more cautious about using XML which will basically negate any attempt to make XML a standard. In my opinion, i4i never should have received a patent on...

Tags: KARMA, Microsoft Word, patent, XML, I4i, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Government is killing Silicon Valley innovation

Who cares?'m tired of this struggle for capitalism, I'm off to Galt's Gulch.Wah, wah, wah!Americans like Franklin, Westinghouse, Whitny, Kilby, didn't need fake "incentives"!Massengill Satchel"I don?t want to come across as a crying venture capitalist " but..............Sickening. Self-centered VC story. Complaining about access to talent, h1b's etc. No mention of...

Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Regulations, innovation, H1B, government

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Downloading content illegally vs. getting away with it

Downloading content illegally vs. getting away with itBasically, student don't appreciate the effort going into music/videosTheir world is focussed on their own wants and desires, rather those those with whom they do not share much thinking-wise.It is only after having to appreciate the value of their own efforts that values...

Tags: Operational accounting, Overall IT, Downloading Content, music

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Dell, HP even in second quarter U.S. PC shipment race; Apple market share slips as Acer surges

Dell, HP even in second quarter U.S. PC shipment race; Apple market share slips as Acer surgesWill be fun to see how Mac blogs spin these numbersThe Mac blogs always find a way to spin mediocre number gains into a statistically epic triumph. It will be fun to see how...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Apple Inc., Acer Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Mozilla playing catch-up with Microsoft and Google

Mozilla playing catch-up with Microsoft and GoogleWhat's the wordabout Opera? I would think this would be something you might want to investigate, and talk about. We're small, but loyal.It seems as though it should be on the burner, as Unite would make use of it completely.I am wondering if Mozilla...

Tags: Adrian, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA

Discussion threads 2009-07-09