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EU privacy laws

A couple of posts ago I wrote about an EU Directive, and how an attendee at our Antispyware Workshop told me it would severely affect adware. Either I misheard him or he got the designation wrong, but instead of it being Directive 8446, like I said earlier, my research has...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, EU Directive, adware

Blog posts 2005-05-10

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Windows 7 Should be a Fixta Free For All

Windows 7 Should be a Fixta Free For AllI agreeJason,I totally agree. I am no vista fan. However if i am a dinosaur like you ( I am in my early 30's) well so be it. Vista is a complete J.O.K.E slow,UI is hard to use etc etc. These are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Fixta Free-For-All, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Windows 7 Should be a Fixta Free For All

Okay, never mind that I'm a dinosaur with an affinity for 1990's era User Interfaces --  I think even my best critics will very likely agree with me that Windows 7, for all of its performance improvements and bling, is essentially one big service deluxe pack...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Raise taxes? On gasoline? How about mothers' milk?

Raise taxes? On gasoline? How about mothers' milk?Again?He's not even president yet. How about laying some of the blame on the current president? You know, the one who inherited a $500 billion surplus upon entering office and parlayed it into a $10 trillion debt upon leaving?...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Obama, tax

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

Journalism vs. blogging: the present and the future

With the rise of online media, from YouTube to Facebook, WordPress to the New York Times, journalism has expanded over the course of the last decade into a new era. "Journalism" may not be guaranteed work all of the time, but it is most certainly in my eyes one of...

Tags: Journalist, Journalism, Microblogging, Blogging, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-02

FriendFinder isn't likely to find any pals on Wall Street; Needs IPO to pay debt

FriendFinder Networks, the company formerly known as Penthouse Media Group, is filing to go public to pay off almost a half a billion in debt in an equity market that stinks. Simply put, FriendFinder is launching an IPO Hail Mary to stay alive. At least  FriendFinder's initial public offering filing...

Tags: Social Networking, Revenue, VAT, European Union, FriendFinder Networks, Various, IPO, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-24

The one time that it's OK to buy an inkjet

The one time that it's OK to buy an inkjetCost per printI think this printer costs only like 1.5 cents per print. While still more than than larger copier/printer, is still much cheaper than older inkjets.Tip: use Ecofont, a font which saves inkThis font can help you save ink:http://www.ecofont.eu/ecofont_en.htmlInstallation...

Tags: Printers, cartridge, inkjet printer, printer, font

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

How many atoms to build a computer?

Because transistors will inevitably stop to shrink in size in the future, European researchers are studying atomic-scale computing. According to ICT Results, this would allow computer processes to be carried out in a single molecule. 'In theory, atomic-scale computing could put computers more powerful than today's supercomputers in everyone's pocket.'...

Tags: Team, Atom, Researcher, Transistor, Computing, Computer, Molecule, Logic Gate, Semiconductors, Team Management, Hardware, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-19

Microsoft offers view into ODF 1.1, Open XML implementations for Office 2007 SP2

Microsoft offers view into ODF 1.1, Open XML implementations for Office 2007 SP2The corpse stirrithBut it is still... "a dead format walking"........http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8722482021.htmlOOXML -- dead format walking?May 28, 2008Microsoft's controversial OOXML document format is not going anywhere, observes Jason Brooks in a blog posting at eWEEK. Brooks points to discrepancies between...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Web browsers, Service Pack 2, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2007

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

News to know: Google vs. Mozilla; SaaS renewals; Microsoft; Cloud computing

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Garett Rogers: Google delivers another blow to Mozilla WSJ: Google wants its own fast track Google ditching network neutrality? Google: Net neutrality and...

Tags: Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Photograph, Microsoft Windows, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-15

EU agreement on emission controls

Today the 27-nation European Commission came up with a plan for emissions reductions. The plan has yet to go before the European Parliament for approval. It calls for a 20% cut in CO2 emissions by 2020. The EU will begin selling carbon emission permits. To...

Tags: Industry, Agreement, European Union, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-12

Move over, Psystar: EFi-X USA to sell Mac OS X-capable PCs

Move over, Psystar: EFi-X USA to sell Mac OS X-capable PCsThis isn't really competition for PsystarPsystar basically covers the low end. This covers the high end. The competition is only with Apple.But of course if Psystar customers get hosed as a result of the lawsuit, this dongle may save their...

Tags: PC, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Psystar, EULA, Apple Inc., EFi-X USA, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

Talking climate in Europe

At the international climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, there is much concern over what role the U.S.will play after January 20, 2009. There have been direct messages that the U.S. will play a different role than it has over the past eight years. How significant, asks this blogger,...

Tags: Poland, Climate, European Union, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-11

British support 70-year copyright terms

The British Government has yielded to European pressure to extend copyright for recorded music, MusicWeek reports. Culture secretary Andy Burnham made a surprise announcement in favor of a 70-year copyright term at a music conference. He said 70 hears is a fair term that will see royalties returned to performers....

Tags: Music, British Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-11

Energy and the Earth's Future

President-elect Obama may intend to keep the same Secretary of Defense, but he sure is changing things at the Department of Energy. Dick Cheney must be rolling over in his political grave. Apparently Obama's pick to be the next Energy Secretary could be a bona fide scientist, Dr....

Tags: Leader, Greenhouse Gas, Conference, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-10

HP further integrates EDS; Rittenmeyer to retire

HP further integrates EDS; Rittenmeyer to retireDe-personalizing the firingsI love how the analyst manages to make you feel good about the fact that some 2,300 real human beings have been kicked to the curb by HP so far, with tens of thousands of more cuts on the horizon. All...

Tags: Financial accounting, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Rittenmeyer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Who are the John Does that Apple is looking for?

Who are the John Does that Apple is looking for?Your #2 suggestion is most likely the correct oneConsidering that Apple is using the DMCA to go after Wiki sites that [b]dare[/b] discuss iTunes, it isn't hard to believe that Apple wants to sue anyone and everyone who dares tinker with...

Tags: Wiki, Linux, Digital music, Digital media, Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, UNIX, Apple Inc., John Does, software, Apple iPod, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

ICANN terminates EstDomains, Directi takes over 280k domains

ICANN terminates EstDomains, Directi takes over 280k domainsThey will just come backunder a different nameThe backlash is probably coming in 2009I applaud the anti-spamming and anti-phishing measures that many registrars are taking, but there is going to be some backlash. There are still many governments and NGOs around the world...

Tags: ICANN, DirectI, Estdomains, backlash

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Why engage in open source FUD?

Why engage in open source FUD?WellWell with a screwed up patent system like you got in the USA where you can patent software code, you are bound to have problems.What FUD needs is a schoolto educate the public, in:What FUD isWho uses FUD past and presentHow to use FUDWho is/are/were...

Tags: FUD, open source

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

Towards a World Wide Grid?

In recent months, the concept of 'cloud computing' was all the buzz. European researchers think about another name, the World Wide Grid, which could run on top of the Internet. In an article to appear soon, ICT Results will report about the g-Eclipse project. As the scientists said, 'the g-Eclipse...

Tags: Grid, Roland Piquepaille, Middleware, Eclipse, g-Eclipse, Eclipse Project, Open Source

Blog posts 2008-11-19