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- An interesting exchange on politics and IT
- Was just thinking about thisExcept I was thinking about what I've heard Linux advocates say in the past, that most consumers make dumb technology choices, and whether this squares with advocating for free markets? Yes, I think it does. People will buy products that they can relate to and feel...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, information technology, Linux, computer, software
- Discussion threads 2009-11-14
- OpenOfficeMouse - Put an end to button envy!
- it looks like a...parody advertisement on The Onion, it even looks cheesy...can't imagine it being very comfortable and easy to use, how does one remember which button to press?Looks like...A Mouse designed by commitee.A Mouse with ADD.A mouse for a centipede.A mouse named "Sybil"A mouse decorated by color blind kindergardners.Come...
- Tags: Mice, mouse, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- How to find a quality film scanner
- ConfusedV500: 6400dpiV700: scan speed(?) from 300 to 600dpi8800F: maximum resolution of 4800?9600Am I ignorant or is this full of errors and inconsistencies in data/spec presentations?More quality film scannersCertainly there are many more than just those three. Microtek, for instance, currently offers five models, all of which support transparencies up...
- Tags: Scanners, scanner, quality film scanner
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU
- JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOUNo Kindles for us...This goes along with my statement in the other article on this subject.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66909&messageID=1266075We will not purchase any Kindles for family members nor for ourselves. With Amazon having this much power over a persons Kindle why would anyone consider to purchase it. This Kindle...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, JEFF BEZOS IS, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-18
- Pico projector phones by the end of this year?
- Pico projector phones by the end of this year?Good for casual readingI picture myself lying in bed and projecting the pages of an ebook on the ceiling.Display technology is there, but not the powerThe prototype I saw had to be plugged in to project, otherwise it would drain the battery...
- Tags: Projectors, Scanners, projector, laser, Pico projector phone, Microvision, image
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Windows 7: The incentives are coming
- Windows 7: The incentives are comingIncentivesI don't think Microsoft has to offer any great incentives. If they want people to move to Windows 7, they just need to sell it for a reasonable price. No more then ?100 for Home Premium, and it will be worth the upgrade. Im all...
- Tags: Sales force management, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, computing history, Microsoft Windows 7, incentive, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- Microsoft plugs 14 PowerPoint security holes
- Microsoft plugs 14 PowerPoint security holesPP Viewer?Do these issues affect the Power Point Viewer software?I despise Power Point, but but the corporate types often ship out power point files as "information" so I have to look at some of them.Can't Install the PatchAmazingly on one of our Windows XP Pro...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, security, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability, Affected Software, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for May/Jun 09
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for May/Jun 09Extreme - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295Oh yeah. I got one of those. It's ok I guess.Personally I would take AMD processorsover Intel, but that is just my opinion. I prefer a company that will stand behind its product for more...
- Tags: Processors, Very Best Kit List, May/Jun 09, Hardware 2.0, processor, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- April deadlines loom for Windows XP, Office 2003 product support
- April deadlines loom for Windows XP, Office 2003 product supportMessage has been deleted.One item is staggering.All the other EOL products, that's fine, however, Microsoft should be, literally ashamed AND shamed into forced support for XP home for AT LEAST the next 3-4 years. It's disgusting that they entice and...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Office 2003 product support, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2003, product support, operating system, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- Everybody loves virtualization
- Everybody loves virtualizationOne of my pet peevesVirtualization is useful for testing and development environments. It makes no sense whatsoever for production environments.UNIX has a very nice scheduler that is built to handle hundreds/thousands of processes at a time. It automatically doles out CPU and memory and I/O resources. It has...
- Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Operating systems, UNIX, virtualization, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Microsoft sued over Vista-to-XP downgrade policy
- Microsoft sued over Vista-to-XP downgrade policySince XP was available at retailwhen she bought it, there should have been no extra fee.However, i have no idea how it will turn out. If I did, I'd take it to Vegas and bet big.What Lenovo does is not MS FaultMS will promote the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., OEM, Lenovo Group Ltd., Microsoft Windows XP, General Motors Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-02-13
- An interpretation of the cloud
- An interpretation of the clouda questioncloud computing does not address the small machine computing side of the equation, it adresses the big machine side. Loud does not pretend to replace clients, but storage and application servers.So what is your point there ?The cloud is not for everyoneIf you are a...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, big machine
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
- IntelliCAD Pro 6.5 (Windows)
- IntelliCAD by DP Tech is the powerful yet very affordable CAD software you have ever been looking for to create or modify drawings in DWG AutoCAD file format. You can read and modify drawings created with AutoCAD or create from scratch your own ones with a similar performance. 5 good...
- Tags: AutoCAD, Rolek, CAD, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Software, Operating Systems, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-12-03
- Live migration across different platforms demonstrated
- A while back I received a note from Red Hat's PR company that exclaimed that Red Hat and AMD had successfully migrated a running virtual machine from a dual socket Intel Xeon DP Quad Core E5420-based system to a system based on the forthcoming 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteronâ„¢ processor, utilizing...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Microprocessor, Migration, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Semiconductors, Processors, Open Source, Hardware, Components, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Apple mega-patch covers 34 Mac OS X security issues
- Apple mega-patch covers 34 Mac OS X security issuesSome third-party components.Most people don't use "some" to describe half.RE: Apple mega-patch covers 34 Mac OS X security issuesApple Slow to protect their DRM supporters Thanks but no thanks we Run Linux here.No Exploits? Who Even Would Know?Some Apple apologist will likely...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, mega-patch cover, Apple Macintosh, Mac OS X security, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, security, virus
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureOverbroadYou wrote:[The appliance computing culture's interactive] applications model drives almost everything, from processor and OS evolution to appropriate management structure - and even the conflicts with traditional business systems experts whose internal model of "automatic data processing" is broadly unrelated to the needs and...
- Tags: Mainframes, Operating systems, Processors, business systems expert, appliance computing culture, mainframe, best practice, Windows PC
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...
- Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Pravda, Sutor, and IBM Linux
- Pravda, Sutor, and IBM LinuxWrong!At it again are we?Paul get your facts straight before you try to be the same failure as that fraud.Yes the U2 crashed because it used a jet engine who was held together by good intentions and bailing wire.But regarding Linux, you are still wrong. Linux...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Utility computing, Linux, IBM Corp., Unix, duck, IBM Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-08-09
- iPod touch 2.0 anyone?
- iPod touch 2.0 anyone?He's probably stressed it more than you haveI've crashed mine a few times, too doing stuff it was never intended for. Like using data URLs to create 4MB bookmarks. That will bring an iPod touch to its knees pretty quickly.NOT MOVIES??!!??!![i]I've thrown everything at it and have...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Archos, Archos 605
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
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