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Mobile telephony: the unacceptable face of capitalism

Mobile telephony: the unacceptable face of capitalismI wouldnt miss the othersPhone companies try to pass charging customers a higher fee in the name of quality of service.How about the oil industry.They seem to be coming up with new excuses for raising price of oil.Supply and demand it not the reason....

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, T-Mobile, mobile, capitalism, Gestapo, telephony, HotSpot

Discussion threads 2006-07-18

New RFID travel cards could pose privacy threat

New RFID travel cards could pose privacy threatAnd so it starts...and the sheep will allow it to happen! So sad this nation is well on it's way to becoming a facist state... well the republic was great while it lasted.This makes me gag!We're spending TRILLIONS of $$ to "make America...

Tags: homeland security, RFID, Nazi, Hitler, Gestapo, card

Discussion threads 2006-04-18

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Wireless users may be shut off if sharing copyrighted files

ACTA: The Bigger Picturehttp://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/Not likely to happenWhy? Because the internet companies are not going to shut off paying customers just because they are accused of sharing files 'illegally'.... they will either tell the companies to file a lawsuit against the people in question or give them some REAL evidence that...

Tags: Strategy, wireless, Acta, rights holder, shut-off, intellectual property

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petard

Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petardAlready in the works...Been in research for going on 4 years.RE: Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petardI wouldn't want to think Chrome browser adoption has been great. Same way, though the idea is a nice one of no frills, kind of web only OS (are...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, UNIX, Web browsers, Moonlight 2.0, Chrome, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

RIAA's $1.92 million victory: more about message, less about money

RIAA's $1.92 million victory: more about message, less about moneyRIAA is a dangerous criminal organizationThere is only one victim here, that poor woman, they destroyed her life, and for what?Of course she lied that her kids were the one, that she hadn't known etc. She was trying to get away...

Tags: CD, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-06-19

Judge: Shield law doesn't protect online commenters

Judge: Shield law doesn't protect online commentersAnother way to look at itIf a journalist or a "real blogger" wrote first hand accounts of a crime that they personally witnessed, they should not be able to hide behind the shield. Because at that point they are no longer reporters, they are...

Tags: commenter, Shield Law

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Obama continues Bush's secrecy policy on mysterious IP trade deal

Obama continues Bush's secrecy policy on mysterious IP trade dealGestapo?Secret laws.DOH!Can someone explain this in English. I don't get this. What's this all about? Some easy explanations would be welcome.Plain EnglishThere is an international treaty being drawn up. It includes agreements to, we think, treat certain uses of intellectual property...

Tags: Network technology, Obama, Bush, IP

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

Students and the Windows 7 release candidate

For many, Windows 7 has become a bit of a bore, with little news and nothing more than speculation due to Sinofsky's Gestapo marketing tactics. Over the last week, the Engineering 7 blog, the official blog behind the next generation operating system, gave a detailed outline...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-03-01

Health IT in both versions of the stimulus

Health IT in both versions of the stimulusIt's the "magic" that scares me.There isn't supposed to be any "magic". The governments history of delivering on cost savings has never been very good. Usually, it's the other way around in the form of cost overruns or disruptive inefficiencies.Oh, and...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, European Model, Health IT, stimulus, health care

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

RIAA dumps its primary evidence collector

RIAA dumps its primary evidence collectorRIAA doesn't get itHow can you make you customers your enemy and survive.I do not buy music because of the RIAA behavior. The industry deserves to die. I will believe that they have changed when they actually do change, not when they just...

Tags: RIAA, music

Discussion threads 2009-01-04

Pre-release Windows 7 needs feature switch mode

Pre-release Windows 7 needs feature switch modeYour problem appears to be that it was NOT releasedto the public and people like yourself. This isn't even a beta and there is no way to determine what will or will not happen when it goes RTM.Of course your use of gestapo...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Pre-release Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Pre-release Windows 7 needs feature switch mode

I have a dream that one day, little boys and little girls, across this great plain of society, can open up a pre-release version of Windows 7 or Windows 8, and have access to full unstable features which makes them go "oooh" and "ahhh" in excitement, wonder and amazement. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Americans Hate Flying - Consultants Must Really Loathe It

Americans Hate Flying - Consultants Must Really Loathe ItDelta doesn't seem all that bad......but maybe it's just in comparison with US Airways which held the franchise at the local airport just before them. They'll even let you bring food on the plane, and they have a real live flight...

Tags: Benefits, Food & Beverage, Americans Hate Flying

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Spore DRM could kill PC gaming

Spore DRM could kill PC gaming4 votes; the tally reads "No: 25%, Yes: 100%"That adds to 125%. I think the calculator behind the poll is crackers.I'm sure Spore will kill gaming. Most people prefer set-top boxes anyway. :)Publishers fault...that Spore is being pirated. DRM is the reason...

Tags: Games, Digital rights management (DRM), Blu-ray DVD, game, Spore DRM, computer game, digital-rights management, PC

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymity

China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymityClearly a crimefighting imperativeThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights is such a nuisance.RE: China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymityHmmm, this is quite disturbing. While I can see the benefits in one hand I see abuses in the other. And the abuses I see...

Tags: INTERNET, Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, Now Let

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Episode 61 - The Smelly Laptop

If you haven't heard the news, Jerry Seinfeld has recently been hired to do an entire campaign of advertisements for Microsoft. When I learned of this, I thought of a classic Seinfeld episode that could be re-enacted, with only a few minor dialogue changes to bring it up to date....

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Computer, Elaine, GEORGE, Susan, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Productivity, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Apple is not the real enemy of open source

Apple is not the real enemy of open sourceGodwin's Law is now in effectGodwin's law: whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was in progress.Loser.Apple is the official NAZI PARTY of Open Source.Where is http://opendarwin.com? It's GONE.Apple SUPPORTED the whole OSx86 project, then THEY reneged- There...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Digital media, Godwin, Apple Inc., open source, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions

You know the drill. You spend thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars on higher education at your college or university of choice. But when you go to use your Internet connection or a public computer on campus, you login and it's locked down so tight, you can barely...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Network, IT Administrator, Operating System, Web Site, Computer, Productivity, Web Site Development, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-18

TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thusly

TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thuslyHand Sanitizer Bombinterestingly enough, it's probably completely possible to build a bomb out of a can of hand sanitizer and a lighter. well... maybe not a bomb persee... but enough of a distraction i'm sure.i know i'm not giving away...

Tags: Transportation Security Administration, F'ing

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation

Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violationwho do they think they are fooling?apologizing for nothing does not absolve M$ of the other grave crimes they commited in the last 20 years.The point of CodePlex is???I have a fellow developer thats completely oblivious to anything non-MS. We would discuss...

Tags: Open Source Initiative, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-06