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(Photos: A golden anniversary for Lego)

(Photos: A golden anniversary for Lego)I love the last picture with the dad playing with the set...I love the last picture with the dad playing with the set, cuz it's so true. :DHow many parents out there bought their kids LEGO just so they could play with it? :)RE: (Photos:...

Tags: LEGO Co., golden anniversary, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Additional Resources

VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months

VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...

Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Could Google's Chrome be death blow to Firefox?

No doubt, Google's forthcoming open source browser -- known as Chrome -- is going to challenge other open source browsers, most notably Firefox. It could be a devastating blow to Firefox, which has amassed and taken roughly 18 percent of browser market share away from Internet Explorer in a short...

Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Web Application, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Chrome, V8 Javascript Virtual Machine, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Community managers and corporate structure

Stormy Peters reflects on where community managers ought to reside in the corporate structure. According to Bernard Golden, community managers ought to be in the support structure of a business. I've heard sillier things, but I'm not convinced by a long shot. Right now, most of the...

Tags: Community Manager, Stormy Peters, Marketing Research, Marketing, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-09-02

The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War

The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold WarPrivate space transportationInterestingly, the weakening US-Russian relationship may end up being very good for the US private space industry. Even before the latest souring of relations, NASA made contingency plans to limit dependency on Soyuz and avoid relying on the Russian...

Tags: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, NASA, COTS, Soyuz, Economic Impact, SpaceX, cargo

Discussion threads 2008-09-01

2009 Honda Pilot EX-L 2WD

Photo gallery:Honda Pilot EX-LLet's face it. The Honda Pilot has always looked like a brick on wheels. The new for 2009 Pilot, with its CR-V inspired grille, looks even worse. It doesn't get much better on the inside, with a dash dominated by cheap plastics and questionable material choices. As...

Tags: Twin-Peaks, mpg, Honda Motor Co.

Product reviews 2008-08-29

The Mysterious City: Golden Prague (exe)

Enter the world of Mysterious City: Golden Prague as your peaceful morning is interrupted by a frantic knock on your door. Your beloved professor has gone missing from the museum where he was last seen. With only a week until the magnificent golden clock is scheduled to open, it's up...

Tags: Prague, Museum, SpinTop Games

Software downloads 2008-08-28

The role of media in the Internet age

The role of media in the Internet ageThe problem is simple and will never be correctedPrint media is dying because they are not much more than democrat-party house organs and people are tired of listening to "America sucks" stories that constitute their constant non-stop drivel.They'll never fix the problem because...

Tags: Investment, Advertising & Promotion, stock price, stock, problem-I, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Breaking: FAA computer failure slows nationwide air traffic

Breaking: FAA computer failure slows nationwide air trafficThis is a terrorist attackThe terrorists attack at a very high clock speed at the sys ex level.End virus or loose everything.Gotta love that Vista ad :-)http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/08/26/faa-failure-golden-vista-ad/

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer failure, FAA, computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?

Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?microsoft.com & msdn, plus some weird gothic stuff knowing you:PRE: Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?It'd be easier if my ISP asked me which porn sites I was going to instead of doing the deep packet sniffing. I'd be glad to...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, NOW IT, Does Big Brother

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Conversation with AppSense

In preparation for the upcoming VMworld, I've been speaking with representatives of quite a few suppliers who are offering something in the virtualization software space. A few days ago, I had the opportunity to speak with Martin Ingram, Vice President of Strategy for AppSense. Although I can't...

Tags: AppSense, Environment, Profile Management, System Protection, User Environment, AppSense Management Center, Staff Member, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Dell bets on Salesforce.com's platform as a service

Amid a quarter that Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff called "spectacular," but spooked analysts worried about future growth was an interesting nugget: Dell has jumped on the platform as a service bandwagon. On Salesforce.com's second quarter conference call (earnings recap, InStranet acquisition) Benioff revealed that Dell signed a...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Marc Benioff, Billing, PaaS, Summer Sales Cycle, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

2008 BMW M6 Coupe

Photo gallery:2008 BMW M6As in other current M models from BMW, the 2008 BMW M6 is afflicted with a dual personality. It masquerades as a big luxury coupe around town, but when the roads open up, the M6 can transform into a superhero. At a push of the M button...

Tags: BMW M6, BMW AG, Crissy Field

Product reviews 2008-08-19

Live from IDF: Entertainment, WiMax and a sense of security.

When you're talking tech, it never hurts to have a convertible BMW on stage with you. The afternoon keynote speeches at the Intel Developer Forum covered a lot of ground and some eye candy to keep us focused on what a couple of hours of geek speak can morph into,...

Tags: Security, Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Computer, Intel Corp., WiMAX, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underway

Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underwayGood article, Larry.Software companies are running out of ways to make you buy their latest version. There just isn't anything in newer versions that increase productivity. So they have to raise their revenue somewhere.I think it is better for companies to hire...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Internal IT, database manager, software, maintenance revolution

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

An Event Apart 2008: Day 1

The antique Palace Hotel in San Francisco houses An Event Apart, a collaboration of interactive presentations about web standards, user experience design, and best practices. The two-day conference features well-known speakers from around the world, including AEA's hosts Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer. ...

Tags: Web, Framework, Web Design, Interfaces, Craftsmanship, D, Channel Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-18

MSE rises like a phoenix from the beta ashes

Knock knock. Who's there? A shameless self-marketing campaign, trying to throw anything Microsoft related your way. Well, not any more anyway, as the Microsoft Student Experience has been thrown out of beta with golden depth charges. The website now looks what it actually...

Tags: Kind, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Apple Mac OS X, Portals, Apple Mac OS, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-16

Bill Gates: Software innovation poses privacy challenge

Bill Gates told a Hong Kong gathering that society will need more explicit rules governing privacy boundaries around software as the mobile/PC line blurs. As software gets more powerful, privacy issues pose "an interesting software challenge", said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Recounting a short history of software...

Tags: Innovation, Mobile, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Speech Recognition, Research & Development, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Marketing, Microsoft, privacy, software, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia

News items 2008-08-14

How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?

How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?I don't know but I can tell you how hot it SHOULDN'T be![url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=2126] Apple hardware burns down Cupertino HQ. [/url]That's too hot. Anything less than that is golden.should question be how many watts shouldmy card darw.RE: How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?The biggest...

Tags: GPU, NVidia Corp., NVIDIA GPU

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progressOffending messagesI would like to know what constitutes an 'offending message' and who makes the decision and on which criterion?Other than that, I want to say that Russia is being vilified in a similar way to Serbia when she fought against terrorisism directed...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, cyberattack

Discussion threads 2008-08-11