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- Vista sucks - reality or perception?
- Dwight Silverman asks an interesting question - Does Vista suck, or is this just a perception? Depending on who you talk to, Microsoft's Vista problem has its root in one of two versions of reality: 1. The operating system really does suck. 2....
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Perception, Dwight Silverman, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
- Which is more hassle to set up - Mac or PC?
- Is it more hassle to set up a Mac or a PC?Dwight Silverman offers both sides of the argument: How I get a Windows Vista machine ready to use How I get a Macintosh ready to useDwight's put a lot of effort into these two posts and I think that he captures well...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Hassle, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Dwight Silverman really wants an 8-core Mac Pro desktop
- Dwight Silverman really wants an 8-core Mac Pro desktopA great machine no doubt ...Last Monday I went to the Apple site and it stood there in great evidence.The configurator does tell an expensive story ...Just the option for two Quad cores is something like 1498$00 over the base two...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, MAC Pro, Dwight Silverman, computer, desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- Dwight Silverman really wants an 8-core Mac Pro desktop
- If youre not already a regular reader of Dwight Silvermans TechBlog (if you dont, I highly recommend you add it to your RSS reader), you really should check out his latest post. Gadget lust has hit him hard and he really "needs" an 8-core Mac Pro desktop. ...
- Tags: Links, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- What does Windows Vista reduced functionality mode look like?
- Over the past few days a project that Ive been working on has mean that I needed to experience for myself Windows Vistas reduced functionality mode so I could see what it looked and felt like. This, combined with posts by Dwight Silverman on TechBlog and Ed Bott on...
- Tags: DRM, Microsoft, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Windows Vista Beta 2? Pass the Maalox, please
- In about two weeks, Beta 2 of Windows Vista will be officially released to the public. And when it does, Microsoft will officially enter uncharted territory.The last time the hoi polloi were allowed to tinker with an unfinished version of Windows was March of 2001. That, as it turned out,...
- Tags: Dwight Silverman, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-05-10
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- When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?
- Any major Western company doing business in China is collaborating with the government to some degree. We know this. Chinese citizens know this. The best case scenario is probably Microsoft or Google's operations where access to certain information is limited. The worst case, until now, has been Yahoo's explicit cooperation...
- Tags: China, Yahoo! Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Tom, Government, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Wireless, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Skype says Tom violated agreement for Chinese service
- Skype has a further response on the Chinese monitoring situation. And they don't sound that pleased about it. Here's Skype president Josh Silverman: In April 2006, Skype publicly disclosed that TOM operated a text filter that blocked certain words in chat messages, and it also...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Agreement, Tom, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Chinese monitoring Tom-Skype messages
- Chinese monitoring Tom-Skype messagescheaper solutionJust get the logs from NSA, or run a joint operation...viztorThe U.S. does the sameIs there really much difference?Zillions of warrentless wiretaps. Deep packet inspection on the backbones.Getting search records from search companies for U.S citizens.U.S. laws broken repeatedly.Who are we to call the kettle...
- Tags: Tom-Skype, Chinese monitoring, Tom-Skype message, monitoring
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- The cost of doing business in China: Privacy
- The cost of doing business in China: PrivacySo does the US !The only difference is, in china's case, you know and in US, you don't (or atleast most people don't). They even hijack all the data that flows through pipes of ISPs and make a copy and put analyzers on...
- Tags: SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., fundamental human right, big deal, human right, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Seinfeld target is not open source
- Seinfeld target is not open sourceIrrelavant comicIs that site supposed to be relavant or something?Seinfeld's from Massapequa?I grew up the other side of Boundry Ave. in F'dale.:)Well, the ads may not target Apple or open source, but, they sure are aresponse to Apples successful ads and increasing market share, and...
- Tags: Apple Ads, Seinfeld, advertisement, Apple Inc., open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- iPhone 2.0 - Time for some wild speculation!
- So, the iPhone 2.0 announcement is mere hours away, it's time for the rampant guessing and speculation to hit high-gear! Dwight Silverman has done a good job of covering the possible features: Almost certainly, it will connect to AT&T's 3G network. Apple and AT&T...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Exchange Server, AT&T Corp., 3G, E-mail Servers, Groupware, GPS, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- VeriChip going away?
- Just as it was launching its consumer campaign VeriChip seems to be going away. The company launched its ad campaign under the name HealthLink in April, but just three weeks later sold its Canadian unit, Xmark, to Stanley Works for $45 million and put itself on the...
- Tags: VeriChip, Chip, RFID, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Hardware, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgrades
- There is an off chance that the recent disclosures about Windows 7 could give folks a little more comfort in their decision to upgrade to Vista once you wade through the various crosscurrents coming from Microsoft. Based on various nuggets emanating from the D6 conference, various leaks...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Kernel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS
- I keep trying to come up with explanations for why rational technical publications continue to amplify the nonsensical research coming out of Australian security vendor PC Tools in the past few weeks. Jedi mind tricks? Post-hypnotic suggestions embedded in web pages served from the Southern Hemisphere? Sunspots? There's certainly...
- Tags: Operating System, PC Tools, Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Does running Vista make you feel safe from malware?
- [UPDATE - This is a reposting of a TalkBack comment I made on Ed Bott's post "Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS": Are we disagreeing? ??? I start the post by referring to the PC Tools report (at the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, UAC, UAC Prompt, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Will eBay's Craigslist gambit backfire in the court of public opinion?
- Updated: EBay has gone public with the details of its lawsuit against Craigslist and its two shareholders Craig Newmark and James Buckmaster. While suit details alleged self-dealing by Newmark and Buckmaster and a rift over eBay's Kijiji unit, which competes with Craigslist, it's worth pondering the motives--and perceptions--here. ...
- Tags: Craigslist, eBay Inc., Newmark, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!
- It's Friday and that means time for another Friday Rant! Sony and iTunes, I just thought it polite to let you know that as of today you've made it onto the wedgie list. What's the wedgie list? Well, it's pretty straightforward really. It's a list containing the names...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Apple Safari, Sony Vaio, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Big storage is watching you
- Kudos to Larry Dignan for an informative post on the system that caught NY governor Eliot Spitzer canoodling with a prostitute. Modern information technology enables 24 hour surveillance of every citizen. Should we care? Of course not. Every citizen is a potential terrorist. You want to...
- Tags: Database, President, Surveillance, Information Technology, Storage, Personal Responsibility, GPS, Government, Handhelds, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Skype appoints new CEO: "I want to learn." Well, duh
- Former Evite co-founder (well, I guess he will always be a co-founder), and eBay marketing exec and current Shopping.com CEO Josh Silverman has just been named the new CEO of Skype. As Jim Courtney of Skype Journal notes, Josh is already blogging. In...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., CEO, Social Networking, Blogging, Corporate Governance, Biotechnology, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
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