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Amazon 'Kindled' thoughts: Should Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 be renamed to Fahrenheit 1981?

Amazon 'Kindled' thoughts: Should Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 be renamed to Fahrenheit 1981?DRM the real problemDRM and endless copyright are the real problem. The books at Project Gutenberg will never go out of print. They have already bee dublicated on hundreds of web sites and thousands, if not millions of devices.Only...

Tags: Digital media, environmentalism, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

The college library of tomorrow

The college library of tomorrowThe only problem is...Reading large passages of text on a computer screen is a pain. Yeah, it's handy to have search functions on text if you're looking for a particular passage, but if you want to actually read the book, staring at your screen gets...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Books, longevity, Fahrenheit 451, college library, computer, Reprint

Discussion threads 2005-08-03

Additional Resources

(Photos: Pre architecture powers concept Netbook)

(Photos: Pre architecture powers concept Netbook)Wow what a non-storyIf "Architecture" means OS and software, there's nothing here. If "Architecture" means physical features and hardware...there's nothing here. What we have is a pretty picture of a netbook and as the article says, "nothing to see here, move along".RE: (Photos:...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, concept netbook, Pre, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

China demands new PCs carry spyware

China demands new PCs carry spywareI don't think that anyone thinks that China's government has changed its position on freedom of speech.RE: China demands new PCs carry spywareWait for something like this to come our way in the US. Except under the guise of protection against software piracy.RE: China demands...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, COMPANIES, spyware, government

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Summer reading for kids

A user on Slashdot asked yesterday for summer science fiction reading suggestions for his preteen kids. There were, of course, plenty of great thoughts from other Slashdot members that included all of the usual suspects from Bradbury to Asimov to Pratchett to Douglas Adams. However, the...

Tags: Kid, Slashdot, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Sharp to sell 108-inch LCD this year

Sharp to sell 108-inch LCD this year108" LCD HDTV -- Super-Deepest Blacks?Will this LCD panel, with 108" in diagonal, will be able to meet the quality of DLP or even surpass it?I don't think so!Such a Detailed ArticleDid they write that during a coffee break, or did they spend all...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung LCD, LCD, Sharp Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-06

News to know: So long Vista kill switch; XP SP3; Adobe; AMD; Microsoft vulnerability

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: With SP1, Microsoft plans to ditch the Vista "kill switch". Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy scheme. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: See, complain loud enough and Microsoft will listen. Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN,...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Eastman Kodak Co., Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Internet, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Sales

Blog posts 2007-12-04

Amazon 'Kindled' thoughts: Should Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 be renamed to Fahrenheit 1981?

As you can see from this past Friday's "unboxing" video, I received for review a Kindle ebook from Amazon. In that video and its accompanying blog post, I had some initial thoughts on the Kindle and now that a full weekend has passed I have a lot more to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., E-book, Kindle, Montag, Fahrenheit 1981.4, E-books, Personal Technology, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-12-03

Before we know who owns the SOA business case, how about simple business processes?

There's a good article on "owning" the business case for SOA on SearchWebServices.com. Some of my most respected analysts are quoted. But is the question posed a relevant one? While making the business case for SOA is and will be a fascinating topic for some time, we...

Tags: Business Case, Business Process, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-09-24

Chertoff: Web could be terror training camp

Chertoff: Web could be terror training campHow many "staffers"?Did I understand this correctly? 35 staffers are going to monitor a network of websites that can't even be counted, and a couple of hundred million american Internet users? Good luck.Guess it's time to declare war on the internet...but where...

Tags: Workforce management, GUESS IT, Chertoff, training, Internet, terror training camp, training camp, U.S. Citizen, government, Web

Discussion threads 2006-10-17

Visions of a virtual reality future

Visions of a virtual reality futureIf everyone remained in the virtual world...... the games would soon run out of new players, and then, gradually, experienced players.With profits depending upon a supply of new players - and the ability of all players to pay bills - I think there'd be lengthy...

Tags: vision, real world, virtual world, virtual reality, Aristotle, nanotechnology

Discussion threads 2006-09-12

Chip breaks speed record in deep freeze

Chip breaks speed record in deep freezespace exploration>"" and cryogenically froze the chip at minus 451 F. It's about as cold as things get. An extremely cold temperature like that is found naturally only in outer space, ""

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, chip

Discussion threads 2006-06-20