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Wisconsin's Apologist for IT Failure

Wisconsin's Apologist for IT FailureEDS is toast in Seattle150 EDS consultants are to be turned lose from the Seattle Office in August. Let me give a theory. In government, just as in business, there are core competencies. Where many will argue that IT is a core competency of every on...

Tags: Government, HEALTHCARE, Strategy, Outsourcing Deals, Government IT project, future possibility, Electronic Data Systems Corp., outsourcing, Medicaid, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

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Rupert Murdoch's Google taunts are a bid to unite publishers - content will be king

Rubert Murdoch, go away.He is an old man from the last century. Why doesn't he just retire rather than being a super ludite mucking up and fighting modern technology?And why does he seem to need the money that he will never be able to enjoy. It is very...

Tags: Google Inc., advertisement, Rupert Murdoch

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Apple Safari exposes Windows to drive-by download attacks

"May lead"?Whenever I see these kinds of statements, regardless of platform, I always wonder if the "may" in "may lead to?arbitrary code execution" is equivalent to the odd, statistically improbable and realistically negligible but observed drug side-effect possibilities, like dry-mouth from eye drops or headaches from suppositories or whether it's...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, SECURITY, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

MB Orcus Astrology 1.0 (Windows)

MB Orcus Astrology is an extraordinary astrology tool that does orcus astrology analysis for you, finds your orcus astrology sign or orcus sign and provides you with an orcus astrology reading on the basis of your orcus sign. This astrology tool is based on the orcus astrology principles. The orcus...

Tags: MysticBoard, MB Orcus Astrology, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-11

Psystar: From Hell's Heart, I Stab at Thee!

No matter who they have to sueApple will never allow competition.agreedthey want as much profits as they can make.too bad their computers aren't very good for anything other than the basics and some visual/audio work ;)with that said, i believe that apple will have its future in their i-products (ipod,...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Apple Inc., hardware, Psystar, OSX

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

ZFS on Snow Leopard? Forget about it!

Isn't it funny how the Apple crowd ........ attacked Microsoft when WinFS was pulled from Vista but appear to be totally absent on this story? I can't wait to see how they alibi Apple for this move.They'll defend it based upon licensingbut all that will prove is Apple was...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, ZFS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WinFS

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on

RE: Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-onIf it had to be blacklisted or not I really don't care now. Implementing code without end user permission is enough reason. We all know MS ways so I am glad Mozilla people used this way and hope they keep doing it in...

Tags: Web browsers, .NET, Linux Distro, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp., MS .NET Firefox add-on, MS .NET, vunerability, plug-in

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

When will Microsoft's Live Mesh matter?

I consider live Mesh to be one of the killer apps...... on my Windows Mobile phone. That explains a lot there. If Microsoft can't get Windows Mobile straight, what hope is there for ancillary services?it is oddIt's bizarre that they haven't used it in other ways. I love it...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Mesh matter, Microsoft Live Mesh

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Active@ Kill Disk - Hard Drive Eraser 5.1 (Windows)

Active@ KillDisk - Hard Drive Eraser is powerful and compact software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders. It's a hard drive and partition eraser utility. Active@ KillDisk conforms to US Department of...

Tags: Floppy Disk, Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, Disk, Microsoft Windows, U.S. Department Of Defense, LSoft Technologies

Software downloads 2009-10-07

The Case for Thermoelectrics in the Data Center: A New Approach and Use of an Old Science

Over the past several years' corporate enterprises and the Information Technology IT industry in general have increased their awareness relating to the "Greening" of the data center or the "Greening of IT" for the main purpose of reducing energy consumption and costs. Many standards, technologies and best practices have been...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Applied Methodologies, Data Centers, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management

White papers 2009-10-01

The burnout risks for E2.0 community managers

Dion Hinchcliffe's piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That's not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There...

Tags: Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-29

AKVIS ArtWork 3.0 (Windows)

AKVIS ArtWork is an ideal solution for creative expression and a perfect gift for a creative person. The program combines advanced painting techniques with a touch of an artistic approach to ordinary digital snapshots, making your digital pictures look as if they were real paintings. ArtWork gives you a unique...

Tags: Technique, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, AKVIS, AKVIS ArtWork, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-09-22

Are IT grads learning the right skills?

Not university level informationThe type of information they are referring to is not something that applies to a university level of education. What they are asking for is the specific skills on the implementation of technologies. For example, I can talk all day about certificates and the use of them...

Tags: Businesses, IT Grad, information technology, developer

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

HP plays the print app game; Will you buy into 'Printing 2.0'?

Printing????I cant even recall the last time I had to print. Maybe it is because I am trying to be more green but really its because so much easier to just read it on my monitor or blackberry. Even my work is going paperless because its so much...

Tags: Document management, Printers, printing, Printing 2.0, Hewlett-Packard Co., printer, print app game, app game

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

NovaPDF Lite Desktop 6.4 build 307 (Windows)

novaPDF Lite Desktop implements the basic functionality of a printer driver, giving users the possibility to create high-quality searchable PDF files from any Windows application. Create private profiles - Define different profiles for future use, each with its own printing settings, Import/Export profiles - the printing profiles can be exported...

Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows, Printing, Softland, novaPDF Lite Desktop, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2009-09-02

Your next PC .. next year and the year after!

Atom FutureIn the comming years, hardware will provide the means to have a real PC/entertainment system convergence.Today Home theater PC are not creadible because they are too expensive, and too voluminous. With the possibility to build system capable of Hi-Def video in the size of a 2.5" HDD, we...

Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, graphics, Cuda, NVidia Corp., Larrabee, notebook, PC

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Is Apple worried by Windows 7?

I think Apple smells blood. Windows 7 is vulnerable.But, that said, the future is an OS that just gets out of your way and runs a browser.Apple should be worried, because.....once again Apple will be the big loser in this round. Why don't we wait until both OSes are out...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, Operating systems, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web browser, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Nokia debuts Booklet 3G netbook, 12-hour battery; would you buy?

a windoze device from Nokia?They could have put Linux or Simbian on it, but windoze makes no sense.???do u think anyone will buy linux or symbian? the market is already crowded, and windows is the best they can put on the device if they want any market shareRE: Nokia debuts...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Nokia Corp., Booklet 3G netbook, Booklet 3G, battery

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Forget 99 cent smartphone apps, let's be fair to developers too

Price floors don't help anyoneFirst, setting a minimum price is a price floor. Basic microeconomics teaches that this lowers demand and raises supply, generating an inefficient surplus. I don't see how that's good.Second, you seem to imply in this article that $0.99 apps are Apple's fault. They...

Tags: Action Games, developer, cent smartphone app

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Get off Microsoft's back, EVERY mobile OS has different co-existing versions

There has been a lot of talk today on the Internet about the possibility that Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7 will co-exist in 2010. I have to say I really don't understand why people seem to think this is a big deal. We currently have different flavors of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Windows Mobile 7, Mary-Jo, Mobile Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-08-19