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- Over WiFi at DIA, free speech is DOA
- Over WiFi at DIA, free speech is DOAGriping about... a loss of freedom and dissing the relatives of our troops in the same blog makes you a pinhead. Take your political leanings back to the Huffington Post where they belong.These same freedom fighter are at the front of organizing...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Free Speech, DIA, DOA, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
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- My Awesome IT Job: Director of Rich Media Group at Microsoft
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Rich Media, Strategy, Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- What's a Little Money Between Friends?
- Gaming Incentive Systems Joel Spolsky (www.inc.com/keyword/spolsky) wrote a nice piece in the October 2008 issue of Inc. magazine. The article, Sins of Commissions, provides a cautionary tale to executives who are contemplating the addition of or changes to sales incentives in their workforce. ...
- Tags: Incentive, Commission, Joe, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Former Google product manager 'disappointed' by T-Mobile G1
- Former Google product manager 'disappointed' by T-Mobile G1WhileWhile the Android OS can be impressible (tips :no, it is not), the first cellphone hardeare in use Android is just average and tied a to a draconian contract. So no matter how awesome is the Android OS, if the first cellphone to...
- Tags: 3G, Operating systems, Cellular phones, T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile, Former Google
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)
- (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)$2000 build-it-yourself PCGreat article would do it if I didn't already have a pretty good PC. How about a build-it-yourself gaming laptop?RE: (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)I have a similar system with only 4Gb of cheaper ram , 2 Tb...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Games, Desktops, PC, video, game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- LHC, Genomics and the era of massive data sets
- The world won't end when the Large Hadron Collider makes its anticipated first collision of high-energy particles later this month, but it will produce an explosion of data. The LHC will produce as much data in a single day of experimentation as many scientists dealt with in a lifetime only...
- Tags: Data, Data Set, Policies And Procedures, Benefits, Robots, Wiki, Strategy, Human Resources, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Apple: Shut down MobileMe immediately
- Not long after blogging about Apple's MobileMe mea culpa ten days ago comes a leaked email memo purportedly authored by Apple CEO Steve Jobs and sent to all hands regarding the MobileMess. A few hours after the Ars Technica piece on the MobileMemo from Jobs, setteB.IT published...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., MobileMe, E-mail, 3G, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- The Ultimate Geek Vending Machine
- The Ultimate Geek Vending MachineNo problem.When you buy an ipod from an apple vending machine, you're under the hardware warranty. If it is DOA, you do have the right to get a replacement. Either go to an Apple store or call applecare.It sounds intriguing but,I can envision having...
- Tags: Digital music, OTB, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?
- FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?My choice: USB 3.0At least for mainstream computing.USB has used a single main interface since it was first introduced. Being able to use an old-but-still-functional USB device like a mouse, webcam, or cable to a digital camera in a USB 3.0...
- Tags: FireWire, USB
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- When will textbook publishers get a clue?
- When will textbook publishers get a clue?I buy all my books onlineI mostly use half.com, which is part of eBay. But there's also:http://www.allbookstores.com/This is an aggregator, so it searches a bunch of sites.Here's how much you can save: My "Advanced Suse Linux" book retails for $146.95 at school...
- Tags: Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Office, textbook, Textbook Publishers
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'
- Update: Apple has sued Psystar in U.S. district court over copyright infringement. Apple's complaint (view the Apple Complaint Against Psystar PDF, filed against Psystar back on July 3, alleges copyright infringement, induced copyright infringement, breach of contract, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement and unfair competition and asks...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. BallmerThe ghost of Mr. Ballmerwill be forced to bear the clippy's that he has forged in this life.Oh, the eternal wailing.Well, hey, it IS fun to watch them squirm. But, it probably DOES help themshort term at least to create FUD around open...
- Tags: open source, MSFT, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
- Oracle joins iPhone mania
- Oracle joins iPhone maniaScreenshot size vs. iPhone sizeThe content inside the screenshot is incredibly small and hard-to-read, how bad does it get on the real iPhone hose screen is even smaller? Does this app support finger-based zooming and panning? Even if, that's hardly a good UI for a...
- Tags: Handhelds, WIRELESS, Oracle Corp., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?
- Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?If it is object oriented -it would work like OS/2, the versions after Microsoft and IBM stopped working together.The Workplace Shell was the best environment I've ever worked on.Baseless speculation is fun but uselessToward that end I would recommend you look up the meaning of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Midori, Microsoft Corp., operating system, SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Old DEC code open sourced by HP
- Old DEC code open sourced by HPMove on... why botherWow, and if IBM open sources OS/2, we'd have two museum pieces to admire. AdvFS was DOA five years ago, the last thing we need is another retrieval from the grave.DEC started search enginesFew people remember that DEC started search engines....
- Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, Desktops, Olsen, Hewlett-Packard Co., Digital Equipment Corp., AdvFS, VAX, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Proposed NAFTA-like agreement would turn border guards into copyright cops
- Proposed NAFTA-like agreement would turn border guards into copyright copsDeclaring war on your customers!Great PR move by big content! Apparently big content is feeling too much love from its customers! (These guys are hopeless!)Woot!Finally someone will be cracking down on all of those GPL violations as they cross the border,...
- Tags: NAFTA, Proposed NAFTA, supreme, agreement
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- SAP's Business ByDesign: Explaining the Delays
- In the wake of the brouhaha surrounding the delayed rollout of Business ByDesign and the allegations of technical difficulties (the thread in the Enterprise Irregulars discussion was called BBD=DOA?), I spoke to Hans-Peter Klaey and Jeff Stiles, the two men at SAP responsible for bringing BBD, and the rest of...
- Tags: SAP AG, BBD, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- OOXML appeal possible, but looks unlikely
- The International Organization for Standardization ISO has not received a formal appeal of its approval of Office Open XML as a standard, but it looks more unlikely with each day that passes. To date, there have been "no appeals and I have no way...
- Tags: ISO, Office Open XML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- QA failure in Yahoo unlimited email
- Yahoo's unlimited storage email service fails under certain conditions that prevent users from accessing their mail. Most likely, poor testing is to blame. According to The Wall Street Journal, when users leave too many messages directly in their inbox, login becomes impossible: ...
- Tags: QA, Yahoo! Inc., E-mail, Storage, Online Communications, Hardware, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Over WiFi at DIA, free speech is DOA
- SI model Jessica Gomes, if you must know. Our own Maggie Reardon expands on a Denver Post story that notes the Denver International Airport has chosen to block Wi-Fi access to such sites as boingboing.net, the website of Vanity Fair magazine, and even the web link to...
- Tags: Sports Illustrated, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
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