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FTC endorsement rules were inevitable

wishfull thinkingenforcement of this rules is virtually impossible since you can't spy on what the blogger in PJ gets in the mail.The only way arround is to force the companies to reveal their special promo/giveaways to select people.Wishful ThinkingConcur. There is no way to enforce this without enforcement becoming intrusive.Hey...

Tags: Blogging, INTERNET, FTC, endorsement rule, blogger

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

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FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies

The Federal Trade Commission wants me - the blogger - to inform you - the reader - about any financial ties I might have with the companies or the products I write about, just to make sure there's no conflict of interest there. That's fine. I have...

Tags: FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-05

BREAKING: Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops

BREAKING: Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptopsAnd yet ANOTHER reason NOT ...to buy Sony ... I used to work in the audio video field, the standard rule of thumb was, if it has a moving part, and it has the Sony name it, it WILL break. They...

Tags: Notebooks, Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Way

Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Wayre: Winning Ugly[i]Why should Microsoft be any different? If you look at how enterprise software vendors have traditionally dealt with upgrades to their software products, the general tendency has been to put the vendor's interests well ahead of the user. Upgrades to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Yes Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

A world ruled by Apple

A world ruled by AppleGood post[i]I am perfectly willing to praise Apple or Linux when I feel they are doing something right, and do so on a regular basis in this blog. That's why I have a hard time understanding the need to believe that Gates did nothing right, in...

Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs

Two weeks ago, I published a list of my 10 favorite Windows programs of all time. The response was overwhelming and refreshingly enthusiastic. As the title made clear, that list reflected my personal preferences; I certainly don’t expect all my choices to be essential for every Windows...

Tags: Program, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, List, Requirement, System, Screen Shot, Quick Macros, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-03-20

High court wrestles with software patent questions

High court wrestles with software patent questionsGood,now Steve can leave Linux alone!Chief Justice Roberts...... should sell his Microsoft stock. A Supreme Court vote on essential issues to a major industry shouldn't be nullified. And many software issues involve Microsoft.Logic.So whether software should be patented is not relevant to...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, High Court, patent, Microsoft Corp., software, OEM, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-21

Forking Wikipedia

Forking WikipediaThe most likely outcomeis that there will be a year's worth of Citizendium not being noticed by anyone. If it can last that long, then the better one will survive and the other will die off relatively quickly.Citizendium's survival will depend greatly on its financing, whether it will hold...

Tags: Wiki, Citizendium, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2006-11-13

Q&A with Tim Bray

In the months and weeks leading up to Mondays announcement there was considerable speculation about which open source license Sun would choose for Java. When I learned it would be GPL, I had a number of concerns and questions about what this would mean for developers of both free and...

Tags: General, Java, Licenses, Community, Programming, Sun

Blog posts 2006-11-13

The Internet Business Model

The Internet Business ModelThe discovery of the dot bomb era...... was You cannot give away your main product for free and survive.Companies which violated this rule disappeared at the cost of the comfortable retirements of millions of people.There are still 401k owners hoping that they can get into the habit...

Tags: AVG, dot-Bomb, Internet-Business Model, marketing ploy

Discussion threads 2006-08-23

Ballmer: IT does matter

Ballmer: IT does matterDance Monkey Boy, Dance!!!!Everytime I see an interview with Steve Ballmer I get to thinking of those wonderful videos of a jumping fat bald man screaming on stage. Such a turn-on.[i]Ballmer: If you look at Windows XP or any major Windows phenomenon, the first major step is...

Tags: Operating systems, SteveB, information technology, Steve Ballmer, open source, Microsoft Windows, rep, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-06-07

Memo to Sun: stop whining

Memo to Sun: stop whiningRoyaltiesLet me see. If I go over to IBM and pretend to write open sore code, and if my stock options go up then I'm not making any money because it's all on paper. But if I go over to Sun and scribble down some...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Java

Discussion threads 2005-02-01

Why SP2 deserved every shred of the scrutiny

Why SP2 deserved every shred of the scrutinyTry a different Linux distro- another benefit of competition.Some are easier than others... that's the beauty of true competition. Go to distrowatch.comNot some company who wasted so much time on FUD that Longdrawn got features axed.Note to Mr. BerlindWhen you start off...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Desktops, Word-of-Mouth, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Service Pack 2, Apple Macintosh, security, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-09-02

SCO gets $50 million investment

SCO gets $50 million investmentBaystar may find itself paying hefty Linux feeshttp://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=baystarcapital.comSolid investmentThis is the way to invest man, find a company that is innovating and blazing trails in so many directions. UnixWare and OpenServer are the most amazing non-Microsoft products I have ever used. Now don't get me wrong,...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, sco, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2003-10-16