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- Microsoft bracing for malware attacks from embedded fonts
- Not too worried here......Been using group policy for a long time with font downloads always being disabled for all users on my network. I am patching no doubt, but much less concerned knowing I have always had this blocked. I'm coveredno windoze , no threat.Again with the fear...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, font, Microsoft Windows, malware attack, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, malware, Windows7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook
- I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...
- Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?
- My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...
- Tags: Operating systems, MSF, OS Installed, operating system, Ubuntu, Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- What the DoD now says about open source
- I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Microsoft training materials teach Best Buy employees how Windows beats Linux
- Just how many Linux machines are there at Best Buy?The last time I went in, I saw no Linux machines being sold at Best Buy.RE: Microsoft training materials teach Best Buy employees how Windows beats Linuxexactly ni Linux machines so why is MS trying so hard to push the GET...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, System76, training, Linux, Best Buy Co. Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Latitude for iPhone shows off iPhone deficiency
- Latitude for iPhone shows off iPhone deficiencyApple's walls are becoming apparent to average people.I think more people are noticing the restrictions of living in the Apple ecosystem. Apple is the most closed and restrictive tech company out there, yet they are #1.The Palm Pre is in an epic battle against...
- Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., battery, iPhone deficiency, deficiency, Dell Latitude, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-07-25
- Why the first Chrome netbooks may not be so revolutionary
- Acer and Lenovo will be among the first to release netbooks running Google's Chrome OS. These netbooks, which will be dual-boot systems with Windows XP as well, could be available as early as next month in some markets, according to several reports. HTC, the smartphone manufacturer, could also release a...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Google Chrome, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Mobile Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- New Linux kernel adds file-system support
- New Linux kernel adds file-system supportBut but but!But this is THE file system to use! Its the future! Until they add another file system next month to the kernel that is supposed to replace this one and make the kernel even more bloated than necessary.yet another useless file systemyet...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux file system, Linux, file system, kernel, New Linux kernel
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- Intel buys Wind River; Targets software for embedded devices
- Intel buys Wind River; Targets software for embedded devicesGreat move!What a great move by Intel! Wind River is one of the premier names, in the embedded device space.The transformation going on in the tech industry these days is VERY exciting!RE: Intel buys Wind River; Targets software for embedded devicesIt could...
- Tags: Linux, Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Wind River Systems Inc., Intel Corp., embedded device, software
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- Intel buys Wind River; Targets software for embedded devices
- Intel said Thursday that it would acquire Wind River, which makes software for embedded devices, in a deal valued at $884 million. With the move Intel is making a move to diversify into software and away from its dependence on the PC and server markets. The chip...
- Tags: Software, Wind River Systems Inc., Intel Corp., Tools & Techniques, Research & Development, Semiconductors, Management, Business Operations, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- The CIO is dead (long live the CIO)
- TechRepublic's Patrick Gray takes on the changing role of the CIO, writing that a C-level position for IT will no longer be warranted unless it evolves beyond the operational, shared-service mentality. You can find more posts like this on TechRepublic's IT Leadership blog. With the...
- Tags: CIO, Role, Information Technology, Technology, Service, C-level, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- In fairness to Moblin
- I've been enthusiastically toting around my little Classmate, happily telling anyone who will listen how enamored I am of both the device and Ubuntu's Netbook Remix NBR that I have running on it. At the same time, I've been giving further thought to Moblin and had an interesting chat...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Palm Inc., Moblin, Classmate, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Keyboards, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- Microsoft's Zune HD ... looks an awful lot like an iPod touch to me
- Microsoft's Zune HD ... looks an awful lot like an iPod touch to meYummy looks and likely better sound than any iPod Looks are good and the Zune has similar or better features as the iPod Touch and if it is anything like previous Zunes it has superior sound...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Zune HD, awful lot, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-27
- The Ultimate Tablet: On Palm's webOS?
- Palm's soon to be launched Pre on the Sprint mobile network will introduce the first webOS-based device into the consumer market. But should webOS be restricted to just smartphones? What about larger devices such as a tablet in the conceptual rendering above? (NetPilot Tablet Design Concept...
- Tags: Device, Palm Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Alfresco agonistes
- Alfresco agonistesThe race to zero is almost completeIt is getting harder and harder to see viable business plans for open source. The recession which were supposed to be so great for open source is having the opposite effect: Instead of customers rushing to the open source model with "paid support",...
- Tags: COMPANIES, open source, Alfresco
- Discussion threads 2009-05-17
- Cloudy day: Google, Gmail sucking wind or down; Packets lost in key cities
- Cloudy day: Google, Gmail sucking wind or down; Packets lost in key citiesRE: Cloudy day: Google, Gmail sucking wind or down; Packets lost in key citiesI can't function like this; I need Google! Thanks for reporting this news, it's nice to know it's not me, I guess.So lets see.....No downtime...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Cloudy day, Google Gmail, key city
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- Cucku 2.0: Be your own Internet backup service
- CUCKU Backup from Tech Broiler on Vimeo. Today, CUCKU updated its software to version 2.0, marking the first release of a paid-for version of its Social Backup product. As first I wrote about the product when the software was...
- Tags: Software, PC, CUCKU Backup, Backups, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?
- The last week has seen a lot of speculation about the future of Sun's open source projects now that the company has been absorbed by Oracle. Most of the fallout from Oracle's latest acquisition falls outside my realm of expertise or even interest. Some of my university readers...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- Election industry fights open source like it is 1999
- Election industry fights open source like it is 1999Correction: change the insecure in previous posting to secureReally got to look closer at what I post.I have to agree that the electronic election industryNeeds some severe reform, if not the hammer brought down on them. I was ALWAYS suspicious as to...
- Tags: Companies, election industry, open source, TRANSPARENCY
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- Anatomy of Microsoft's "It's a PC" ads
- Anatomy of Microsoft's "It's a PC" adsPC adsWhy would M$ which doesn't even make a PC be so aggressive pitching a PC over a Mac? There's the rub. A company with a given 90% of the market is threatened by lil' ol' Apple? And Apple is just a hardware manufacturer,...
- Tags: Desktops, M$ Office, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., PC, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
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