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Young cell phone users behind Kerry

Young cell phone users behind KerryThe Republicans have nothing to worry about.The mere suggestion that all these whipper-snappers will have a say in this election is going to mobilize the geezers in the power+money estate and they'll be sure to offset them. Money talks, idealism walks.It's going to take...

Tags: cell phone user, geezer, Kerry, cell phone

Discussion threads 2004-11-01

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Why can't kids text in context?

Why can't kids text in context?Oh This Younger Generation!Y'know I'll bet those ancient Germans back in the 1400's were concerned that the younger generation weren't catching onto how to make their own ink and use a quill properly because that blankety-blank Johannes Gutenberg invented his infernal machine!And I suspect that...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Instant messaging, phone

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Choke points in open source

Choke points in open sourceThis is definitely a strong point...for adoption of Open Source. It's also what is irking MS the most. I fear some of there recent collaboration with open source is nothing more than a ploy to try to control it. Use their code in any of your...

Tags: Operating systems, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, open source

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

Should we even bother?

Should we even bother?Not just for presentationBear in mind that technology shouldn't just be used for presentation but also for interaction. That doesn't necessarily mean doing anything fancy - for example, cloze exercises that can be completed on-screen can be created using basic word-processing tools. But in that case, I...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Office, One Laptop Per Child project, SnapKast, PBS Frontline, video, education

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

A method to the iPhone madness?

A method to the iPhone madness?Finally someone who gets it....So the iPhone is not like every other cell phone out there. This "IS" Apple remember the company that makes a habit of going it's own way..remember? Endlessly of late the nay sayers have listed what the iPhone does...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iPling

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

We don't need no stinking iPod or Zune!

We don't need no stinking iPod or Zune!Price?Just surprised you didn't list price as a potential con. I suppose it's irrelevant to you, since you already have a Q1, but for someone looking to purchase something for their media, I don't think a UMPC can justify it's 1200.00 price...

Tags: Corporate communications, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, video, Apple iPod, video content, Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2006-09-20

Breaking down the Windows Vista versions

Breaking down the Windows Vista versionsConsumer confusionGiven that it's taking you two articles to explain all the different versions of Vista, how easy is it going to be for Joe Sixpack to figure out which to buy?Title selection"Break down" is perhaps infelicitous.Windows BreakdownI'm sure OEM will run interference for consumers...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-04-17

Apple's Boot Camp is just the start

Apple's Boot Camp is just the startProbably soon.Mac users do not have the same range of available applications that Windows users do. (Statement is about specific applications, not the quality of those available on a Mac.)Mac users also tend to have above average incomes.Someone writing a Mac application designed...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Users, virtualization, Apple Boot Camp, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2006-04-05

Older Americans lost $152 mln to Internet fraud in 2004

Older Americans lost $152 mln to Internet fraud in 2004That's like xtra $3 shipping per geezerNot bad, really. Does it come with a refrigerator magnet?

Tags: Older Americans, Internet Fraud, Internet

Discussion threads 2005-07-29

Microsoft switches on to RFID

Microsoft switches on to RFIDRFIDs in CDs and RFID readers in drives.Brought to you by the evil entity known as Microsoft.Can an RFID tag BSOD?It can now...I dont want to go there today or ever if MS is leading the way.Really? Why is IBM doing it then?You know, IBM,...

Tags: Operating systems, Evil, RFID, Linux, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2004-06-24