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- New file system has long road to Windows
- New file system has long road to WindowsAgain?!You know, this has been my day's greatest source of amusement. I wonder if Microsoft even knows how much of a laughingstock they are making themselves through this WinFS affair.Microsoft had better deliver on their promises ...There is now competition in the wings.http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid1_gci1033202,00.htmlSurprise,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows NT, OPEN SOURCE, Mud, Microsoft Windows, New File System, same Gates story, Gates story, same Gates song, Gates song, dance, WinFS, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-12-10
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- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending
- Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- How sick is Steve Jobs?
- How sick is Steve Jobs?Not appropriate to ...discuss someone's health in a public blog. Privacy should remain private.how long before M$ goes belly up?with Gate$ gone, M$ is even in a worst position since he too was relying on brainless drones.RE: How sick is Steve Jobs?[i]Jobs has insisted to friends...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Steve Jobs, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Yahoo: Microhoo, Icahn drama cost us $22 million; Economy soft
- Yahoo: Microhoo, Icahn drama cost us $22 million; Economy softYahoo and M$hostile takeovers cost money. I like the way Yahoo told Microsoft to shove off. Too bad nobody else wants to. M$ did it twice, Ballmer scwed up, and the second try was by another billionaire who has so much...
- Tags: Professional development, Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- 2009 Subaru Forester 2.5X Premium
- Photo gallery:2009 Subaru Forester 2.5X PremiumIn a major update, the 2009 Subaru Forester features a longer wheelbase and a modernized exterior design. And, for the first time, a navigation system is available. Unfortunately, our test vehicle was the low trim 2.5X Premium model, and navigation can only be had in...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Subaru Forester, Subaru
- Product reviews 2008-07-22
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tapWinner if they don't sacrifice qualityThis move would be a winner as long as Apple doesn't sacrifice quality. If they lower prices by making lower quality products, game over. If they just shave off price overhead, that's great. If they...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- AT
- ATyes, it's disappointing...first tmobile...now at&twould be nice for someone to 'get it right'. Tmobile's service really sucked and it looked hopeful when AT&T let the cat out of the sack about free wifi. I left my house with iphone in hand and dashed over to Starbucks, got my drink, sat...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Wi-Fi, TMobile
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan?
- Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan?The perception is ...... Apple can't be great without Steve Jobs. I personally don't feel this is necessarily the case even though when Jobs was ousted proved to be a disastrous decision for Apple.Apple is in a strong growth period and...
- Tags: Quality, Desktops, Digital media, Steve J, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Prohibition 2.0
- Sunday's installment of To the Best of Our Knowledge features an interview with Larry Lessig, back at least briefly it seems, on the Re/Mix wars. One of his main themes in that interview was quite apropos of a comment on my post about the mom suing Universal over take-down...
- Tags: Criminal, Larry Lessig, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- PackIt (zip)
- PackIt can find files that have different file names, like 'song.mp3' and 'Copy of song.mp3'. It is also very useful for finding and cleaning up identical downloads, especially on a multi-user computer. Redeem your lost hard disk space now. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Hard-disk Space, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-07-21
- Mom, EFF fight back over take-down notices
- Mom, EFF fight back over take-down noticesIf Universal wins, America is doomedUniversal absolutely must not win this. It is the thin end of a [i]very[/i] dangerous wedge - will we be allowed to sing along to our ipods in the street, or in family videos? What about humming the tunes...
- Tags: EFF fight back, RIAA, member company, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Discussion threads 2008-07-20
- Mom, EFF fight back over take-down notices
- This is what I imagine: some technoslaves or computer software constantly peruses YouTube looking for infringements. It finds them and the music companies send YT an almost daily list of take-down notices per the DMCA. YouTube takes down. Problem being everything gets taken down...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Takedown, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystar
- The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystaranticompetitive argumentThe problem with the anticompetitive argument is that the company engaging in the activity has to command a substantial share of the overall market. Apple doesn't even have 8% of the market. Also, Psystar never even tried to license Apple's intellectual...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Why does open source need a villain?
- Why does open source need a villain?It doesn't need a villianIt just needs competition. And Apple provides some, but they also leave the door open for F/OSS given their restrictive policies.villain or hero?Linus Torvalds"By giving away his software, the Finnish programmer earned a place in history""Some of Torvalds' supporters portray...
- Tags: open source, villain, open source need, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Why does open source need a villain?
- Jobs' Apple simply does not pose the same threat to open source Gates' Microsoft did back in 2005, when ZDNet launched this blog. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Song Mixer (exe)
- Song Mixer is a music manager somewhat similar to iTunes however with different features. With it, you can use any standard USB MP3 player, not just iPods. You can prepare music for burning onto a Mix Disc (although version 1 will not do the actual burning), you can, of course,...
- Tags: Song, Audio CD, Music, Black Castle Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.
- Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.Microsoft should buy AOL. Strips its ad business then buy Yahoo Search. Merge AOL and MSN into Yahoo take an 40% stake into one big content company. Have several board...
- Tags: America Online Inc., AOL make-or-break, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
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