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Our faves: Britney, eBay and tablets, says Google

Our faves: Britney, eBay and tablets, says GoogleSooooooo sick of everything BritneyBritney Spears really really needs to go..immediately. As does all her sorry adoring twit fans. I will never understand the infatuation with some dumb airhead bottle blond who can't sing worth diddlysquat and does simple dance moves that any...

Tags: Tablets, honker, fave, eBay Inc., tablet, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-12-23

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Drivers highlight Linux Summit progress

Drivers highlight Linux Summit progressThe proprietary world is filled with drivers that are Windows onlyThe cool part is that the major graphics card makers, all of them, have open sourced their drivers up to a point. They did not even offer anything in the way of support up until...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Printers, Windows Machines, Linux, hardware, Microsoft Windows, Linux World, software

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

News to know: Windows 7; FCC; Census IT; HDMI; MacBook mystery; Fave Windows programs

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: Why Windows 7 might go to pieces Michael Krigsman: Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau George Ou: HDMI survival guide...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., HDMI, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Rootkits, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-21

Wireless auction concerns rise as some airwaves languish

Wireless auction concerns rise as some airwaves languishCall Me Paranoid, Butdo you think Verizon, AT&T and other exemplars of Big Telco are ::cough:: "punishing" the FCC for agreeing to Google's request that part of the 700 MHz spectrum (not this one, I think) be left open for all comers...?I suppose...

Tags: Wireless-auction

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

Back up b4 Leopard upgrade!

Update: I'm seeing reports that other people are having upgrade problems. Before you upgrade to Leopard you really want to create a bootable back up. There are 2 free utilities that will do this for you on either a FireWire or USB 2 drive: Carbon Copy Cloner...

Tags: Account, Laser, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-10-26

Court bars RMG from using Ticketmaster's system

Court bars RMG from using Ticketmaster's systemLike its RMG's fault?Classic case of blaming the wrong guy. Ticketmaster is the problem for their monopoly on tickets and their serious money grabbing and ridiculous convenience chages. RMG is just using their system. If they would get rid of ticketmaster...

Tags: RMG, Ticketmaster Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

How green is your fave rock band?

I never was big on huge arena rock concerts, but I happily glommed onto some tix last week from friends who FORGOT they had extra Police seats. As if! Who bailed, guys?We were sitting in the Meadowlands football stadium in New Jersey taking in the music when I got to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy, Sustainable Waves

Blog posts 2007-08-15

Friday Rant - Windows Live Messenger ads

Friday Rant - Windows Live Messenger adsThis is one area you have to give Apple credit for.Apple would never consider this approach with any software they control. They don't litter your computer with crapware either.Considering IM products are a servicemore so than a software product, I doubt the companies...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live, wine, Nothing, Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, advertisement

Discussion threads 2007-07-20

Fave (dmg)

Fave organizes your approach to the Internet by only showing you ads and listings you specifically ask for and updating your results until you ask it to stop. It performs your searches and stores the results locally, meaning there's no history or profiling. And it features tons of cool local...

Tags: Result, Fave Media, Internet, Corporate Communications, Search, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-07-17

Why I'm buying an iPhone

As if anyone needed to list more reasons to buy an iPhone. But I haven't seen anyone save Steve Gillmor write about most of the reasons I'll be buying this device, so here they are.By consolidating phone, contacts, email, music, podcasts, video, and Web in a single device, the...

Tags: Attention, Copyright, DMCA, Gadgets, User generated content, Video

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Moore's second law proves need for open source

Moore's second law proves need for open sourceOr at least slows down...I don't know that innovation "stops" without open source, but it would definitely grind to a crawl. Can you imagine what life would be like if the only tools to build software were commercial products? Ugh! OSS...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Java development tools, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, OSS, tool, open source, dictator, environment, Microsoft Visual Studio, software

Discussion threads 2007-06-22

iPhone - Out June 29th

iPhone - Out June 29thGood observationsI work in the industry and I agree that a new device can introduce problems of its own. Extensive testing and education of the support staff will be necessary.This device will be nothing without the network to back it up. For me, lack...

Tags: GPS, Digital cameras, Digital photography, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., camera, GPS receiver, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-04

British politician is busy Twittering on the campaign trail

Fairfax County, Va., pols may just getting used to the idea of blogs, but in the UK national politicians are getting hip to every technoweenie's fave activity, Twitter, generically described as microblogging. The Guardian says that Labour Party deputy leadership contender Alan Johnson is actively twittering away, posting 50-odd...

Tags: Government technology

Blog posts 2007-05-18

How quickly will businesses adopt Vista?

How quickly will businesses adopt Vista?"Speedy adoption"? They wish!While WinXP has finally achieved some notable market saturation, it took quite awhile to gain momentum. With Vista, there will be a lot of testing needed to ensure it works with existing applications and that it doesn't outstrip the specs of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), imaging process, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2006-11-13

Whose new tools are more open?

The other day, I downloaded Windows Live Writer, Microsoft's new blog-authoring tool. It's tremendously useful, and my first impressions were very positive. After a few days of working with it, I like it even more. It's still a beta release, so of course it's not perfect. The...

Tags: toolbar, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Live

Blog posts 2006-08-16

iPod accessories galore!

iPod accessories galore!All part of the glorious lock-inYou are correct--Zune doesn't stand a chance, and the accessories are part of the reason. Why buy a player that doesn't integrate with your car stereo when you can buy an iPod that does? Until MS sells enough Zume players to...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, iPod Accessory, iPod accessories galore, accessory, galore, iPod Battery

Discussion threads 2006-08-11

Busted! What happens when WGA attacks

Busted! What happens when WGA attacksGood luck getting your hour with the Microsoft WGA teamYou will have even less luck speaking to them via their official support forums...There they only play dodge ball if you pitch hard ball questions.To make matters worse, once they banned me from their support forums...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2006-08-10

Coby MP-C827 Digital Music Player

In the tech world, $20 doesn't get you too much. A big spool of CDs, a reputable 128MB SD card, and maybe some cheap headphones. Oh yes, and an MP3 player.The 128MB Coby MP-C827 may not be the prettiest, best-sounding, or most feature-packed player available, but it lists...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Coby MP-C827, MP3

Product reviews 2006-07-28

Teaching an old mouse new tricks

Tuesday's announcement of Apple's US$69 Wireless Mighty Mouse elicited a lot of excitement from the Mac faithful, but I am more of the opinion that it's about time. One of the very first criticisms of the original Mighty Mouse when it debuted almost one year ago was the lack of...

Tags: mouse

Blog posts 2006-07-27

Social software site

We Macheads tend to be obsessive upgraders, we keep tabs on our favorite software and tend to keep it fanatically up-to-date. Sites like MacUpdate.com my personal fave and VersionTracker.com prove indispensable at tracking our favorite application versions and user comments about them. There's a new kid on the block that...

Tags: software

Blog posts 2006-07-10