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- Context aware telephony
- Last week, in a report from Digital ID World, I mentioned Equals. Gabe Gabe Wachob gave me the demo, but kept saying "I wish Ajay were here--he really gives a good demo." Ajay is Ajay Madhok, the CEO of AmSoft Systems, the company...
- Tags: Ajay, Equal, Equals
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
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- How important is boot performance?
- How important is boot performance?Boot performance is very importantA computer should only take as long to get to working state as a television - 10 seconds tops - with either the option of restoring the exact shutdown state or a fresh rebooted OS.Moderate importance overallBootup speed is not really a...
- Tags: Performance management, PRODUCTIVITY, Patches, Operating systems, boot time, performance, computer, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- CISCO: Why the Olympics didn't melt NBC
- Yesterday I posted about how Limelight Networks was used as the primary caching content provider for NBCOlympics.com and lifted a huge burden off on the public Internet by leveraging relationships with last mile ISPs. It's an amazing story about how technology can be used to solve immense problems. ...
- Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Get kids to touch type!
- Get kids to touch type!Two finger typing works.After years of it, one can attain a good speed. So long as the lights are not turned out. We are now in the interim before speech software is ready to replace the keyboard for many purposes. Though transcribing the...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, rtf, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Google says AOL is a lemon, regretting $1 billion investment
- Google says AOL is a lemon, regretting $1 billion investmentGoogle says AOL is a LemonYou would think that they would have done a bit more research on the company before making an investment. With all of the knowledge that Google has of the world, even with the ability to predict...
- Tags: Social networking, America Online Inc., Google Inc., Google says AOL, investment
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- When Google disowns you
- When Google disowns youThis is a real danger in general with the "Cloud"PaaS, SaaS,Cloud, or call it what you want, this is only one of the major problems that can creep up when you pass your data and applications on to a third party service provider. You put your business...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Storage Encryption, Long-Term Data Usability, NameSecure, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- HP15c (zip)
- HP15C is a simple emulation of the legendary HP 15 C Calculator on the Desktop. With UPN-Logic calculations are faster than the conventional way with the equals sign. It is possible to operate the calculator with the mouse and the numerical keypad. It can be moved free on the desktop....
- Tags: Operation, HP15c, Mice, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-07-30
- The war against tobacco escalates
- The war against tobacco escalatesCan't waituntil tobacco is a distant memory. The stench of smokers is appalling and I make it a point to stand as far away from them as possible. And when they try to get closer I tell them not to. When asked why, my answer is...
- Tags: tobacco, cigarette, smoker
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- There's money up on the roof
- I've reported here before about the eyebrow-raising percentage of operations costs that telecommunications companies spend on energy. After all, their business is centered on providing services through massive data centers and they are directly affected by rising energy costs. It stands to reason, then, that some...
- Tags: Telco Systems, Photovoltaic Energy, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?
- Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?You should be asking why not? Both companies will gain a lot from this buy out. Yahoo has the services, Microsoft has the brand recognition. They can take the best of both worlds and have a dominant...
- Tags: Team management, SEARCH, Branding, Microsoft want Yahoo, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft WANT, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming
- At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warmingMaybeGeorgie was confused and thought he was in China, . . the "from" was probably his nod to them, . . . though aren't they just second place? Oh well, pollution control is within each persons' grasp to impact...
- Tags: global warming, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Software's drive to become like television
- Software's drive to become like televisionTypoFrom the comment:Free as in cost software, however, has the advantage of achieving large market share very quickly, as the consumption barrier is practically non-existent. That’s the recipe for the success of both Adobe and Flash, two products that clearly dominate their respective categories, but...
- Tags: TV, advertisement, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Can open source save Yahoo?
- Can open source save Yahoo?That's one weird photo....It actually looks like Yang's face has been Photoshopped onto a head belonging to someone else.Yahoo is a content company.Having a community which returns to the site is a resource for selling ads. That's why AOL bought Netscape. Well, that and...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., open source, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Apple's <i>Grand Central</i> threat to Microsoft
- Apple's Grand Central threat to MicrosoftNecessary motivationIt could go something like this ...1. Software company APPLE realises it will get good press and follow-on sales by harnessing computing power in existing multi-core CPU's. If only they had better integration with the hardware ...2. GPU Hardware companies (ATI, NVIDIA) realise they...
- Tags: BTW Windows, Apple Inc., multi-core, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Xerox CEO: Time for Washington's help
- Xerox CEO: Time for Washington's helpIt's about economics and the lesser of two evils...Supply and demand, good old basic economics. Nobody wants to face the facts that, as labor, we are simply "supply" for a demand which has gone global and is cheaper elsewhere. Years of Clinton economics were...
- Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, salary, job, Xerox Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- WWDC 2008 live
- WWDC 2008 liveSuper Monkey Ball?Is that a jab at Monkey Man BALLmer? Hmmm... ;)Snow Leopard...after just Leopard? Does this mean not much has changed? Or that the changes are mostly visual? Names should be chosen very carefully!Al Gore? Yeah...what is he doing there? ...
- Tags: Games, WWDC 2008, High Tech Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- Diabetes is also heart disease
- Diabetes is also heart diseaseCalling Steve and Bill......where's my USB blood sugar tester? Where's my USB urine tester? Where's my USB E_Coli-tuned portable field analyzer? Quit the mp3 player refreshes and your horning in on the movie bizniz, and get crackin' building some real life-improvment devices, instead...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Diabetes, A1C, Ala
- Discussion threads 2008-06-08
- In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil position
- In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil positionI've always respected George WillEven when we disagree. Now your job is to tell us why he's wrong.Truly amazingly short sightedYou're in your bedroom, your wife has hollered outside for help because in the background your house is on fire,...
- Tags: concise statement, fairness, oil
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Chinese female hacking group spotted
- Chinese girls talking about using SQL injections to serve malware and ARP spoofing, in between sharing do-it-yourself tutorials on XSS worms? Sexy. Scott Henderson at the Dark Visitor profiled a Chinese hacking group with female members only, discussing these very same topics : "In the male dominated world of...
- Tags: Hacker, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Microsoft blames users for Vista infections
- Microsoft blames users for Vista infectionsyes, yes. yesJust blame everything on the users. Its like if Honda came out and said: "Well our car is the safest we ever build, but since so many people drive and crash it, the car safety rating went down."Just another reason to switch to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Operating systems, NT-kernel, Macintosh user, Microsoft Corp., Vista infection, infection, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
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