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- Whispers will not kill fair use
- Whispers will not kill fair useDon't discount the power of briberyThe amount of money and influence poured into Congressional coffers by the media cartel is huge. Add to that the fact that both elected officials and bureaucrats suffer from "star worship" as the general populace. Just look at the Hilary...
- Tags: Government, GWB, fair use, international law, epitome, indifference
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
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- Facebook sues German 'clone'
- On Friday, Facebook filed suit in California court against studiVZ, a German social net with a look undeniably close to Facebook's. Facebook accuses studiVZ of copying its interface. "We believe that our success thus far has been directly related to the unique look and feel of both...
- Tags: Facebook, studiVZ, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Defending Java against Paul Murphy
- Defending Java against Paul MurphyA musician's mindObviously no musician created it. But did he or she hang around a radio station before throwing the logic in there?Sorry Mr. Carroll...... but I'll remind you that "What moved me to respond ... was what I consider to be an inaccurate portrayal...
- Tags: Programming languages, C/C++, SECURITY, Paul Murphy, Java, flaw, C, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- Defending Java against Paul Murphy
- Paul Murphy recently wrote a piece where he made the worst insult a Unix person can make about any technology used in Unix environments. He called Java "Windows on Unix." Next up, Paul Murphy will call Dallas residents New Yorkers in cowboy hats, and accuse Hillary Clinton of being a...
- Tags: Paul Murphy, C, Object-oriented, Paul, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Still no word: ISO to announce results of OOXML vote Wednesday
- Still no word: ISO to announce results of OOXML vote WednesdayWill Microsoft declare before Mugabeit's a race to the result .......Pretty sad the way the standards system is being trampled on here. It issupposed to be about the merits, NOT politics.Another thing, this is giving OSI a black eye. An...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, ISO, OOXML
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- Harvard organizer: No Comcast employees showed up
- Harvard organizer: No Comcast employees showed upthis is one reason why I don't trust ComcastI recently was asked whether I trusted Comcast.This is one reason why I don't. Shame on youComcast for doing this.In the future, organizers of these meetings mayhave to allow equal space to both pro and...
- Tags: Federal government, Business ethics, Network technology, Comcast Corp., FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Gates: Curtain call for crystal ball
- Gates: Curtain call for crystal ballI say, goGates, Ellison, McNealy, lightning rods of controversy and fighting whereas the industry could have been something different and mostly better, IMO, without any of them or their ways and means.Link to video doesn't appear to be workingTried it in FF and IE; neither...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), 64-bit, Strategy, Processors, Curtain, Gates IS, Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- Denon AVR-3808CI
- This has been a landmark year for AV receivers. Traditionally receivers have just been the muscle of a home theater, but now there's no denying that they're the brain, as well, as they contain more functionality than nearly any other piece of home-theater equipment. The Denon AVR-3808CI is the epitome...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Denon AVR-3808CI, receiver, Denon, LED DISPLAY
- Product reviews 2007-11-29
- PS3's U.S. sales double after price cut
- PS3's U.S. sales double after price cutUsing their own media is a Sony weakness...Look @ all the other Sony products you have to have a memory stick, they do not support another types of media.Opinion, not factFirst of all, it's spelled Blu-Ray. Secondly, all the games are on Blu-Ray...
- Tags: Games, Consumer electronics, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3, game, Sony Corp., DVD
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Poll of the Day - Vista vs. Leopard
- Poll of the Day - Vista vs. LeopardLeopard wins so far...It appears that out of the approx 19 votes so far, Vista was a disaster and Leopard was great. I apparently voted with the popular opinionAh, but the second Vista machine!Went flawlessly. Once I knew where the issues were...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Scanners, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Leopard, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- UTStarcom Coupe 8630 (Verizon Wireless)
- For many people, the cell phone isn't just for communicating with friends and family; it can also be a lifeline in times of crisis. Indeed, a very good reason to own a cell phone is simply for those rare emergency situations when you need help pronto. It is with that...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, UTStarcom Inc., Coupe, phone, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless Coupe
- Product reviews 2007-09-19
- Can 'friendly' AI save humans from irrelevance or extinction?
- Can 'friendly' AI save humans from irrelevance or extinction?Message has been deleted.IMHO this is distant futureI doubt I'll see this type of intelligence in my lifetime. We're still a long ways off from understanding our own intelligence, much less designing a machine that surpasses it.Sure, we may have machines that...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, irrelevance, computer, extinction, mankind
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- Nintendo Wii the sales leader?
- According to recent sales figures from vgchartz.com, Nintendo's Wii game console may now be this generation's sales leader. That's a heck of an accomplishment, given that the Wii has only been out since November of last year. The console is still hard to find in stores around the world, which...
- Tags: Game, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Console, Leader, Sales, Gamer, Nintendo Wii, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- (Photos: Wave keyboard fits your fingers)
- (Photos: Wave keyboard fits your fingers)Ohhh I want one!!Anything Logitec does is usually quality. This seems like the epitome of keyboards.
- Tags: Keyboards, keyboard, photograph
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- Can mySQL take it back?
- Can mySQL take it back?the whole issue?I don't know whether this move is ultimately kosher but:other bloggers suggest reasons you don't state.http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/08/08/is-mysql-really-taking-a-step-away-from-the-open-source-modelMySQL realised that putting community contributions into a current GA release was just not sensible – we all know that Jeremy’s famous SHOW PROFILE patch (the epitome of Community...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, MySQL, GA Release
- Discussion threads 2007-08-12
- Apple leads PC design again with iMac
- Apple leads PC design again with iMacThe design looks like a knock off ....... of Gateway's original Profile. I would hardly call following Gateway 5 years later leading PC designVery misleading pictureThink about it. The iMac as shown has what cables:- Power cord- Keyboard cord- Mouse cordThe Dell:- Two...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple iMac, PC, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Do you consider iPhone "crippled?"
- Do you consider iPhone "crippled?"My definitiion of a crippled device is......One that has the hardware capacity of performing a specific function but is prevented by doing so by software written for the explicit purpose of preventing the user from exercising the use of that function.By this definition, not just the...
- Tags: Bluetooth, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Digital music, Apple iPhone, phone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- FairUse4WM breaks Microsoft DRM again
- FairUse4WM breaks Microsoft DRM againSo we need to stop buying DRM Music?Does that mean we should pirate everything, or only buy items that don't have any DRM like some of the Apple iTunes. Even though they are watermarked with sales info, they are still free of DRM.ROI is the...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, ROI, Even Microsoft, digital-rights management, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
- Hack: Custom iPhone ringtones
- Hack: Custom iPhone ringtonesI've read legal ones are comingBut Apple has to finalize a new agreement with the record companies as ringtones were excluded from the basic iTunes agreement - understandable when you see what some carriers charge for theirs.There will probably be a fee attached to the ones you...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Digital music, ringtone, Apple iPhone, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-07-15
- Rehabilitation Hospital Improves Clinical Efficiency and Patient Care
- Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation Hospital, a network of nine inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation facilities around Richmond, Virginia, is the epitome of the forward-looking healthcare provider. The hospital wanted to extend clinical applications and information wherever they are needed. The challenge was to improve hospital healing environment by eliminating excess noise...
- Tags: Patient, Hospital, Rehabilitation Hospital, Healthcare
- Case studies 2007-07-01
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