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OpenDocument Foundation's 'woes' have little to do with OpenDoc Format's future: I've been so busy with other stuff that I've only peripherally been paying attention to an ongoing meme on the Internet about how the World Wide Web Consortium's Common Document Format CDF had been identified by the OpenDocument Foundation as a superior document format to the OpenDocument Format that it...; Tags: Drama, OpenDoc, Fact, OpenDocument Format, Disagreement, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-16
Facade (1): Facade is an attempt to move beyond traditional branching or hyperlinked narrative to create a fully-realized, one-act interactive drama, integrating an interdisciplinary set of artistic practices and artificial intelligence technologies. You, the player, using your own name and gender, play the character of a longtime friend of Grace and Trip,...; Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Drama, Facade; Software downloads 2006-10-27
Politics, technology, and doubt by association: Politics, technology, and doubt by associationThe brutal truthis that I can only think of one zdnet blogger who routinely makes things up (err, "misunderstands reality") - and it certainly isn't David Berlind.Now, about those headlines ... "Sun to Collapse" gets a bigger audience share than "Sol A life expectancy estimated...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, drama; Discussion threads 2006-08-31
Four Brothers Trailer: Watch the trailer for the new Mark Wahlberg drama. Four adopted brothers come together to bury the woman who raised them.; Tags: Drama; Software downloads 2005-08-20
Facade (exe): Facade is an attempt to move beyond traditional branching or hyperlinked narrative to create a fully-realized, one-act interactive drama. Integrating an interdisciplinary set of artistic practices and artificial intelligence technologies, we have completed a five-year collaboration to engineer a novel architecture for supporting emotional, interactive character behavior and drama-managed plot....; Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Drama, Facade; Software downloads 2005-07-08

DiDio drama underscores difficulty tracking open source: DiDio drama underscores difficulty tracking open sourceIt's more than tracking difficultyI think it may represent a deeper issue. Specifically that the business world hasn't gotten its collective mind around how to deal with Linux. It's one of those challenges to conventional thinking that comes along all to rarely...; Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, DiDio, open source, drama, DiDio drama; Discussion threads 2005-04-07
EFF appeals Apple fan site ruling: EFF appeals Apple fan site rulingHow many times did Steve Jobs give up Apple’s trade secrets to Bill Gates?Maybe it’s fair to jail Steve Jobs first and then go after the journalists?By the way, a NDS agreement is [u]a civil case[/u], not criminal.Thus, [b]it’s illegal to force the journalists[/b] to...; Tags: drama, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2005-03-22
drama Helps Trainers at Weight Watchers: Weight Watchers has used drama-based training to help its Regional Trainers coach and support new Leaders, responsible for running the Weight Watchers Meetings. Drama-based training specialist Steps ran an interactive session, as part of a two-day training course, in which the trainers practised their coaching skills in a series of...; Tags: Drama, Training, Weight Watchers, Workforce Management, Human Resources; Case studies

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AT&T's on-again, off-again free WiFi for iPhones (updated): It's on-again! Update: It's OFF again. For those that haven't been following the drama (shame on you!) here's the scoop. AT&T last Thursday began trials of free WiFi service for iPhone users â€“ and people picked up on it pretty fast. It was...; Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-09
How long can AMD continue to blame Intel for its failures?: How long can AMD continue to blame Intel for its failures?Could not agree moreI think AMD relied upon "evil Intel" marketing far too much and as you suggest, even AMD fans have switched back to Intel because thats where the bang for the buck is at.Buying ATI seems to have...; Tags: Processors, Marketing research, Games, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., marketing, ATI Technologies Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on Microsoft: It's crunch time for the Microsoft-Yahoo saga. Yahoo reports first quarter earnings on Tuesday and if the results are good the company could get a little negotiating leverage against Microsoft, which is chasing Jerry Yang & Co. like a lovelorn teenager. Microsoft reports its earnings on Thursday and will be...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yang, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-21
ELT Resource Bank (zip): You get: Big Grammar Book (101 Worksheets for English Lessons with Answers and Notes for Use); Big Activity Book (95 Worksheets for English Lessons with Answers and Notes for Use); Big Resource Book (101 Worksheets for English Lessons with Answers and Notes for Use); Check It Again Book One (60...; Tags: Bank, IBM Lotus Notes, English Banana, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-04-21
Psystar: I smell a rat (updated): Yesterday The Guardian did some ol' fashioned gum shoeing to find out more about the elusive yet seductive Psystar â€“ the purported Mac cloner that many have been following. They found out that Psystar changed their address from what appeared to be an average row of suburban houses to a...; Tags: Address, Psystar, Financial Services, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-16
First my kid hates Linux, now I have to buy laptops with Vista: It's been a rough week. The drama club is performing the musical Into the Woods starting Thursday and was only able to practice with the band for the first time last night. Let's just say it was a little, well, discouraging. Then there was the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-15
Google plans for bigger role in Microhoo scrum: Google plans for bigger role in Microhoo scrumThis drama has a lot of twists and turns to it!! It will be interesting tosee what Google can cook up here!!RE: Google plans for bigger role in Microhoo scrumGoogle needs to mind its own business and stay out of others affairs. ...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., court order, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-11
Google plans for bigger role in Microhoo scrum: Google has hired Frank Quattrone, a long-time Silicon Valley investment banker, and his firm Qatalyst as an adviser. Hiring Quattrone indicates that Google has no plans to let go quietly as Microsoft makes its play for Yahoo. According to the New York Times' DealBook blog, Google has retained Quattrone's...; Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hiring Quattrone, Internet, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Services, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-11
Yahoo investor doubles down: Is that double dumb?: Yahoo investor doubles down: Is that double dumb?Well, they could be in a good position to force MS to up the offer, andthen make sure that it is accepted. 10% is huge given how likely a lot of investors are to vote. A lot of very interesting aspects to this...; Tags: Financial accounting, investor, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-10
Yahoo goes nuclear vs. Microsoft: Inks limited Google ad deal; Microsoft fires back: Update: Yahoo hit that big red button that could nuke any potential merger with Microsoft or at least raise the price: An ad deal with Google. As first reported in The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo has launched plans to carry search advertising from Google. The move is...; Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Kill Bill Screensaver 1 (zip): Kill Bill is the fourth film by writer-director Quentin Tarantino. The movie is an epic-length revenge drama, with homages to earlier film genres, such as Hong Kong martial arts movies, Japanese samurai movies and Italian spaghetti Westerns. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Screensaver, Movies, Wallpaper Screensavers, Kill Bill; Software downloads 2008-04-09
Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost: Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lostI'd rather see Apple buy them out...At least with Apple, they would be guaranteed to be infused with some true innovation on top of what they already have. Microsoft would suck the life force right...; Tags: Corporate governance, Investment, Financial accounting, MICROSOFT TODAY, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-07