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VivaKi, dude, where is my code?

VivaKi, dude, where is my code?Geesh!Do you think it's possible that an ad company might use the term "open source" in a different sense than the coding community? Consider that "open source" was used in the intelligence community PRIOR to being used in the coding community and it does...

Tags: Cyberthreats, open source, Geesh, VivaKi, spam, Hormel

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

New Skype 1.3 for Windows is plagued by "known issues"

New Skype 1.3 for Windows is plagued by "known issues"Another Sensational Headline from ZdnetWhy do omit in the headline that it's Beta? Why fear-monger? They clearly warn about the potential problems upfront. Have you even used the version? It's got some neat features and seems to have better...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, beta, Geesh, Skype 1.3

Discussion threads 2005-06-02

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Twitter, LinkedIn announce tie-up

Uhh No Thanks,I have a LinkedIn account that I will dump if I have to be subject to any of my contacts twitter updates. Is it me or is social networking becoming too entangled with Business? I am too afraid to post anything to either Twitter or Facebook these days...

Tags: Social networking, Twitter Inc., LinkedIn

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives

No reason to look beyond Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office, its a complete solution out of the box for every business need. Pondering the alternatives will take all of 5 seconds before realizing the alternatives won't live up to what Microsoft has to offer.Preceding message brought to you...

Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Loverock Davidson

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Comcast rakes in the dough; Continues to poach voice customers

Comcast rakes in the dough; Continues to poach voice customersWhy, just Why?Why would anyone willingly subject themselves to becoming Comcast customers? Where I live even DSL is not available so my only choice is Comcast and they are terrible, their customer service is terrible, their installers are unreliable and they...

Tags: INTERNET, Cable, Network technology, TVs, Broadband Internet, comcast, Comcast Corp., voice customer

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?

Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?yeah....we're just talking about search engines, not about having a frenzied commitment against a single company taking over your life.Just a search discussion. Deep breaths. Not a Vista thread. There you go. Clueless kid!Do you even know what...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SEARCH, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?

Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?What did MS do wrong?They are not bound by the GPL. They are free to license their technology to anyone they want, under terms agreeable to both. (I assume there might be some Federal restrictions there, but I don't think we crossed that...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, MS Just, FAT32, Microsoft Corp., Software Freedom Sue, GPL, MSFT, software

Discussion threads 2009-03-07

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Mouse for that Mainframe

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Mouse for that MainframeWrong way.....Rather than virtualizing the x86 on the zos, wouldnt it be better to virtualize the zos on the x86?One of the milstones around the neck of the computing industry as a whole is the licence price IBM recieves from its mainframe...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Processors, mouse, mainframe, Intel x86, Gonna Need

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

How much should government commit to open source?

How much should government commit to open source?If open source is as good as you believe......then companies offering open source solutions will win those contracts for medical records etc. So you can say its already been done...if they can actually win that is.Huh?How would that help the economy?How would...

Tags: Obama, open source, government

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

Win 7 testers find (and fix themselves) troublesome installer bug

Win 7 testers find and fix themselves troublesome installer bugWin 7 testers find and fix themselves troublesome installer bugThe good news in all this is that testing is working. Now they have the feedback and if we see a beta 2 it will be fixed. Good job testers!RE:...

Tags: Win 7, installer bug, Win 7 tester, troublesome installer bug

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

Intel: The industry is 'resetting;' Quarter weak; Inventory swells

Intel: The industry is 'resetting;' Quarter weak; Inventory swellsOk, if your going to blog about finanical stuff..Please put in some sort of laymans terminology. I have no idea what operating income is. To me it sounds like they made money income , but presented it looks like...

Tags: income, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

Hacking the vote

Hacking the voteYou'd think soBut lots of very smart people have spent lots of time not solving it.i think your server idea is right except that programmable clients make it possible to attack the server data store - something that can't be done with Sun Rays.Downside to having people pick...

Tags: Scanners, E-voting, SECURITY, VOTING MACHINES, ballot, hacking, programmer, server

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Google Chrome is complementary to Firefox

Google Chrome is complementary to FirefoxAt lasta blogger who understands open source. Every idiot on the internet tries to paint Chrome as competition to Mozilla. They do not have the vaguest clue......RE: Google Chrome is complementary to FirefoxI am excited. I like firefox but with Googles track record,...

Tags: Web browsers, NOW IT, Google Browser, Remember IE, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

MindMentor, the first robot psychologist

MindMentor, the first robot psychologistFirst? robot psychologist?The claim of "first" in the headline in patently false. Everyone knows that Joe Weizenbaum built the first one -- "ELIZA" in 1966. You should do some fact checking...RE: MindMentor, the first robot psychologistWhy would you do a whole article on this...

Tags: Robots, robot, MindMentor, first robot

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

Hands on with the Kindle: This ugly duckling has potential

Hands on with the Kindle: This ugly duckling has potentialVersion 1.0 indeedI have been saying for several years that I will gladly try something like this if they also make it able to check my email and some of my daily web reading. As noted, all this would need is...

Tags: E-books, Wireless LANs, E-mail, Newsweek, Hands-On, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

Google third quarter earnings strong; $700 or bust?

Google reported strong third quarter results Thursday, but it was unclear whether it was strong enough to propel the stock price to that $700 mark some analysts have been projecting. After market close, Google reported revenue of $4.23 billion, up 57 percent from a year ago (earnings call transcript,...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Advertisement, Partnership, Earnings, Business Structures, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Vista SP1: Indictment of Vista 1.0?

Microsoft's announcement that it is preparing a Vista Service Pack 1 beta in two weeks is curious on many levels. Although Microsoft delivers improvements via service packs I can't help but consider Vista SP1 a do-over. When the SP1 lands in the first quarter of 2008 are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, SP1, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-30

Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?

Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?loss and gain"...costs the industry at least $3 billion a year" means "$3 billion a year of bleeding the public manages to escape."How aboutCompetition?Seems like nowadays, if a company's profit margins start to shrink or the revenue goes down, the answer is litigation and more crypto.If...

Tags: Printers, cryptography, printer, cartridge, Hewlett-Packard Co., manufacturer, printer manufacturer

Discussion threads 2007-06-27

Silicon Valley gets a bad case of startup-itis; the doctor is in

Before commenting on Michael Arrington's yearning for a simpler Silicon Valley life, I'd like to disclose the following: I don't live in Silicon Valley; I always thought you West coasters were a bit off--now I know why self loathing; A CEO has never cried to me; And everyone whining about a little success...

Tags: General, Innovation, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-22

Google denies Viacom copyright charges

Google denies Viacom copyright chargesHere is the problem..."under the Hosting Safe Harbor of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Kwun said. Under the provision, service providers that host other people's content are "safe" from liability if they quickly remove material a content owner alleges infringes on their copyright."Apparently Google has...

Tags: Google Inc., copyright holder, DMCA, Viacom Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-01