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Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XP

Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XPVista is what squeezed me outof the MS flock. I was an avid supporter and advocate for MS right up to XP. I reluctantly went to XP Pro. Then along came WGA and false positives and Redmond telling me I needed to replace an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Vista fiasco, ULCPC, fiasco, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Discussion threads 2008-04-04

Final thoughts on my Gmail fiasco

Final thoughts on my Gmail fiascoGoogle Apps: Choose the edition that fits your needs[url=http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/editions_spe.html]FYI[/url]Considering what you get, it's pretty remarkable--take a look at the Education Edition FREE.RE: Final thoughts on my Gmail fiascoGmail Gmail Gmail, why do people rely on it so much! Its as if its almost becoming a...

Tags: E-mail providers, E-mail clients, Gmail fiasco, Google Gmail, Yahoo! Inc., fiasco, Mozilla Thunderbird, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Farewell, Bill. Yo, Ballmer, now it's your turn!

Steve Ballmer may be the worst CEO among large tech companies - now that Kevin Rollins got booted from Dell and Sanjay Kumar of CA is in jail. Put him in a room with Steve Jobs of Apple, John Chambers of Cisco and Mark Hurd of HP and he'd look...

Tags: Google Inc., MSN, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Fiasco, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Smart Phones, Games, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-01-29

JetBlue fiasco: A database could have made a difference

JetBlue fiasco: A database could have made a differenceThey were probably using an access database...and it fell over with all of the updates.Glad to know they're a MS Shop. I'll never fly them.Scary to think that they are running an airline on MS software. And proud of it.Guess...

Tags: Storage, Databases, Achilles Heel, database, JetBlue Airways Corp., fiasco

Discussion threads 2007-02-20

E-voting a fiasco?

E-voting a fiasco?VotingIn New York, voting itself is a waste of time. Hillary is still here and, who would have thought it possible, Shumer is even more full of himself than he was the day before.E-Voting FiascoThere are several good sites that list the various problems in this last, and...

Tags: e-voting, fiasco

Discussion threads 2006-11-15

Microsoft's splintered DRM will kill Zune

I thought things couldnt get any worse for Microsoft after the Vista licensing fiasco, the WGA fiasco, and the XBox 360 fiasco but this one takes the cake. Ill even bet that the folks at Apple are ROTFL at this latest Microsoft misstep. Microsofts own Channel...

Tags: Fun Stuff, Hardware

Blog posts 2006-11-08

Apple's own version of the WGA fiasco

Apple's own version of the WGA fiascoWe have like 20 other entries at ZDNetC'mon, don't be ridiculous. I'm the only person on ZDNet pointing this out on Apple and we have like 20 other articles and blogs smashing Microsoft for their stupidity in the WGA fiasco. Do you...

Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., WGA fiasco, fiasco

Discussion threads 2006-07-07

Microsoft taps wireless exec for Windows post

Microsoft taps wireless exec for Windows postLonghorn will be a fiasco and the ultimatedeath knell for Microsoft. There is simply nothing there to sell and the starting of a brand new patch cycle will be more than most will put up with.Shrewd move to ensure Longhorn success...Microsoft continues to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Leadership, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows, fiasco, AT&T Wireless, wireless

Discussion threads 2005-02-28

Additional Resources

Prohibition 2.0

Prohibition 2.0Version skippingAt least version 3.0, perhaps higher.The "War on Drugs" was at least version 2.0, and you could count the fiasco over the 55 mph speed limit as another.This is why it's a bad idea......to let lobbyists write the laws. If the average citizen comes to the conclusion...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Prohibition 2.0

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced

Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on.  From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...

Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Dreams come true: network guy holds city hostage

Dreams come true: network guy holds city hostageMY HEROIt's about time that somebody had the JEWELS to do this, but it is not worth the jail time.I know an Island where they take people like him and make them cry or put him in with other folk to do some...

Tags: NETWORKING, Construction, Abbie, network guy, network

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

News to know Monday

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic' WSJ: New Rejection from Yahoo Sets The Stage for Ugly Fight Dana Blankenhorn: We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, sdiaz

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Apple's iPhone 3G activation/sync fiasco (updated 5x)

Atlantic City -- I'm not sure if it's just a server load issue because of all the east coast Apple and AT&T stores opening, but here at the Apple Store at The Pier customers are being told that their phones can't be activated and to take them home to activate....

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Web 3.0 - the future of social networking

Note: re-posted after withdrawing post a few days ago; no changes made since then. I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the...

Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?

Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?If it is object oriented -it would work like OS/2, the versions after Microsoft and IBM stopped working together.The Workplace Shell was the best environment I've ever worked on.Baseless speculation is fun but uselessToward that end I would recommend you look up the meaning of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Midori, Microsoft Corp., operating system, SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IE

On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IEAm I correct that uninstalling Safari mitigates the problem?I realize it isn't a fix but am I correct in believing that for the time being, removing Safari effectively closes off the only known attack vector that can utilize this vulnerability?...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, patch management, flaw, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Rage against Adrian

Rage against AdrianWell ...[i].. calling your colleague a dumbass violates this forums rules.[/i]When you constantly shill for Microsoft this could be interpreted as posting "advertisements" which also violate forum rules since you are offering a service to advocate a product. Does Microsoft pay well? Many here would like to know....

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Adrian, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Is there really a market for an open source router?

Is there really a market for an open source router?Certainly isAs someone who installed Tomato on an old Linksys router, I think there is a market for this. Myself and others like me have looked on places like Craigslist to find the particular models that the open source firmware will...

Tags: Routers & switches, NETWORKING, Home networking, ShadeTree, Linkys Routers, open source, open source router, router, DD-WRT Firmware

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

I'm sticking with Windows XP

I'm sticking with Windows XPWhat happened to the cries for increased security?Not saying they originated with you Jason but prior to Vistas release everyone was labelling XP a leaking sieve wrt to security. Full of holes which could not be patched but required a complete redesign. With the release of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Sorry Simon, but you're still screwing up

Sorry Simon, but you're still screwing upSorry Dana, but you scewed upHi Dana,I totally agree that more transparency would be a good thing for Sun and its products and projects, and more openness would be the next big step. Beyond that I don't agree with much that you wrote here.>...

Tags: Team management, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Simon, non-development community, open source project, team, MySQL

Discussion threads 2008-06-24