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Google fatal flaw revealed

Google fatal flaw revealedThose patches could for example broke something else.Seriously, I wouldn't post an accusation like "google fatal flaw" based on the words of some vice president of marketing who's selling "products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source and third-party code" (the...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., fatal flaw, open source

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?Not realy, their flaw isThey honestly believe they know vastly more than everyone else, refuse to listen, and miss major oportunities.Not a fatal flaw, but MS recognizes the need to change.MS became dominant, the big dog with selling it's and only it's OS on PCs...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., fatal flaw, flaw, computer, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

The fatal flaw for green-tech companies

The fatal flaw for green-tech companiesThat's sillyGreen energy isn't doomed in the same way energy in general isn't doomed. Just because hydroelectric power isn't sexy doesn't mean they're going under. Your argument is so silly it's hard to even respond to it.I always look for a point...in articles that appear...

Tags: Internet Geeks, green-tech company, fatal flaw, flaw, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2008-02-05

Google's fatal flaw

Google's fatal flawDonna Bogatin is a KoolAide drinker for the Anti-Google league.With the professional advice Donna Bogatin gives to internet companies to win strategic advantage over other companies and Google having 'that' very strategic advantage over other companies, it doesn't make any sense why she is so adamantly against Google....

Tags: Google Inc., fatal flaw, Donna Bogatin

Discussion threads 2006-11-12

Additional Resources

Bang & Olufsen tries to make land-line phones cool again with BeoCom 5

No one wants a land-line anymore for other reasons1. The landline service is too expensive considering that all the 'infrastructure' is already there for them. $30 dollars a month is VERY expensive for a landline, and that's why my family is thinking of dropping ours.2. Cell phones are simply more...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, cell phone, land line, BeoCom 5, Bang & Olufsen, VoIP

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

The new Sony Reader Daily Edition may replace my Kindle and Reader 505

And it's real easy for you to transfer, right?All you have to do is push a button, or make a phone call, or send an email, and all your Kindle stuff moves right over to the Sony?Of course notBut that's the risk you take when you deal with companies that...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, Sony Corp., Sony Reader, Reader 505, new Sony Reader Daily Edition, Sony Reader Daily Edition

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Windows 7 customers still paying for Microsoft's Ultimate mistakes

RE: Windows 7 customers still paying for Microsoft's Ultimate mistakesI'll stick with XP until they stop supporting it, or until I need a new pc, in which case I'll probably get Home basic or Premium.With what Ultimate cost meI'm not switching. Gouge me once, shame on you. Gouge me twice...Thats...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Win 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Tech which back-to-school students should avoid

These 10 bits of technology are for the back-to-school student to avoid at all cost. They're either pointless, economically unviable, or have a fatal flaw. by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Student, Security, iGeneration, School, Technology, Kindle, Backup, Portable, Zack Whittaker, Pointless, Wireless

Image galleries 2009-08-07

EC wants software makers held liable for code

EC wants software makers held liable for code ABOUT TIME!!!!This goes for everyone...Only in software can you find a known defect and then have to pay for the "upgrade" to fix the bug.Many states do this sort of thing with insurance companies every so oftenEither they'll require certain coverage and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Insurance, software, software company

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Sony BDP-S360

Photo gallery:Sony BDP-S360Blu-ray may have started out as a mess, with confusing "profiles" and painfully slow load times, but beginning this year standalone players have finally gotten their acts together. Sony's entry-level BDP-S360 is typical of the new breed of Blu-ray players. It has the basics covered, with Profile 2.0...

Tags: Sony BDP-S360, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-04-14

GPL's cloudy future

One of the things about getting older is that you learn to ignore things until you have to do something about them. It's a learned efficiency, I suppose, rationing your increasingly precious time out to the unceasing demands upon it. I finally realized I have to do some serious thinking...

Tags: Software, GPL, Cloud Computing, Free Software Foundation, BSD, Free Software, Affero GPL, AGPL, Open Source, Jeremy Allison

Blog posts 2009-04-07

The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let go? Should he?

The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let go? Should he?Scott McNealy is worm ridden filthHe only cares about two things.HimselfHis holy war against MicrosoftHe is a certifiable nutjob who should have been put into an institution long ago. Hey Scott, you lost, Bill Gates won. Take that to your grave scum...

Tags: Servers, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Arg, Scott McNealy

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates (good and bad) maturation point of social media

Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social mediatoo much BS, I ignore itOn one hand is too much contradiction in the news that I even stopped paying attention to.On the other hand hundreads of people were dying in Iraq every day last year and the media...

Tags: Blogging, social media, attack coverage, maturation, perpetrator, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-11-28

Fujifilm ressurects the "Polaroid" and announces Instax 200 instant film camera

Fujifilm ressurects the "Polaroid" and announces Instax 200 instant film cameraTalk about uselessYou can take a digital picture with ANY digital camera and use a cheap picture printer to get the same result in less than 5 mins.And you don't have to pay $20 for instant film that may end...

Tags: camera, Polaroid

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

News to know: Yahoo, Blackberry Storm, Black Friday leaks, Smartphones

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless: Storm lands Nov. 21 Sean Portnoy: Best Buy...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Google fatal flaw revealed

Google needs to embrace other open source vendors, their products and code. It needs to share the load, and some of the credit, to get where it wants to go. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Flaw, Open Source, Security, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Bullish Cross: Apple is an undervalued stock prize

Bullish Cross: Apple is an undervalued stock prizeuh... math skillz.8.23% of the internet using market has any mac.5.80 have intel2.43 have ppcit ain't half :Pheck its less than a third(29.5%)What absolute garbage...'objective' view?What absolute garbage, the only company which is “radically undervalued [company] in the tech sector on an objective...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Much More Important, Apple Inc., stock, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who’s buying...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?

I was browsing on webmagazine Salon when I came across an interesting review written by Scott Rosenberg of the book "Planet Google: One Company’s Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know" by Randall Stross. (The title of the article is, "Google's Vulcan death grip." Boy am I a sucker.) ...

Tags: Google Inc., Flaw, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-09

News to know: Windows 7; Tech economy; Samsung eyes SanDisk; NetSuite

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 hits Milestone 3 Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputer VMware’s Datacenter OS: Windows isn’t the competition ...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, SanDisk Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NetSuite Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-17