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Red Hat opens office in China

Red Hat opens office in ChinaGotta love COMPETITION, VARIETY the spice of lifeand CHOICE."All glory and praise to Allah"Cleric jimRed Hat opens office in ChinaI'm glad to see that at least Red Hat accepts that linsux is communist and there is no need to fight it ;)wow 0 to...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Gotta love COMPETITION, Linux

Discussion threads 2004-11-11

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AT&T launches Verizon counter-punch ad, keeps digging that hole

There's a Cr-app for that!I only have one thing to say, Sprint! Well, two things, AT&T neglects to mention 4G. Well, three things, They are the most expensive carrier for the least amount of quality delivered. Oh wait, 4 things, I had an iPhone and loved the interface. In the...

Tags: 3G, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T launches Verizon, AT&T Launches, ATT, Apple iPhone, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less

Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7.5, Mac history, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Apple ad swings at Windows 7: 'Trust me, this time it's going to be different'

Hilarious! Apple is getting quite bold these days, I think they smell bloodNT.Just like Snow Leopard was supposed to fix all that was wrong with LeopardBut it didn't. :(Poor Apple, that sound you hear of glass shattering is not the sound of Windows, it is the glass house in which...

Tags: Operating systems, Investment, advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Win7, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Andreessen: Facebook could do $1 billion in revenue if it wanted to

Andreessen: Facebook could do $1 billion in revenue if it wanted toNot buying itThis is the same guy who helped SCO craft their legal strategy against IBM and Linux. Netscape and the SCO litigation. Not exactly a record of accomplishment I'd get behind. But he could help...

Tags: Operational accounting, OPEN SOURCE, Facebook, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

With Wave, did Google jump the (Microsoft) shark?

With Wave, did Google jump the Microsoft shark?From what I've seenwave will only be of interest to bloggers and teenage girls. Others will try it, become bored, and leave it, much as many other so-called innovations long left by the wayside.As far as being Microsoft like, I don't see that,...

Tags: E-mail, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

What if the new name for Microsoft Live Search is ... Yahoo?

What if the new name for Microsoft Live Search is ... Yahoo?Google Search is just simply better, PERIOD.ntMicrosoft loses at auto-correctionEnter "rumplestilskdnin" at Live Search. It finds nothing and more importantly, doesn't say "Did you mean...".Enter the same term at Google and while it finds nothing, it makes a...

Tags: SEARCH, Web browsers, MS-search, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Live Search, search engine

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Amazon's Kindle: With a $489 price tag, iPod Touch may be the better buy

Amazon's Kindle: With a $489 price tag, iPod Touch may be the better buyIt's the eInk stupidWhy can't ZDNet bloggers grasp the concept of a glare free screen? An e-reader without eInk is not something you want to spend time reading for hours on end, especially for those with...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, E-books, iPhone-App, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, IPOD IS, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Scareware pops-up at FoxNews

Scareware pops-up at FoxNewsFox News IS scareware.ntntGotta Love it ....According to the SCAREWARE site that loaded from Fox News, my LINUX box has a C and a D drive and I am heavily infected with Win32 Virus ....I am laffing so hard, I now have tears ... what smucks!!!!At least...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Palin, Messiah44, Scareware, Web site, Faux News, FoxNews

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Intel and TSMC reach Atom deal

Intel and TSMC reach Atom dealAn important step in the war against Arm. Intel must get the Atom intomore SOC designs in order to limit Arm in the Netbook segment. Intel knows that Arm is coming, and Arm will have success in this category.But, in any case, ya gotta love...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

ARM announces

ARM announces Ya gotta love the competition!NT.RE: ARM announces But they dont run windows .... Yes, so, you can bet we will see MS scrambling yet again as to not be left out yet again. The last time, they were forced to make a version of XP available as to...

Tags: ARM

Discussion threads 2009-02-16

Kicking Internet pirates off the web

Kicking Internet pirates off the webPiracy'They'still haven't figured it out!! Make the product a fair price and people will happily pay for it. With a blank CD at 50 cents, who will pay $20 from a shop for an 'Imported'music CD? PERCEIVED VALUE is the key. At $5 nobody would...

Tags: Perceived Value, Web, piracy, Kicking Internet, Kicking Internet pirate

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

No retail channel for laptop Linux

No retail channel for laptop LinuxPlease do not forgetthat many of the reviews posted online at Wal-Mart their disatisfaction with the system.Yes these were in most cases "newbies" but the point:That unless the person is very sure of what they are buying, in the end if they dislike it, they...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, laptop computer, Linux, netbook, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

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

Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?

Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?Microsoft sees RedHat and Novell making...money with open source. They are looking to see if it is a market they can tap into as well. Microsoft would rather make money from Open Source than try to kill it - something they have found...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source, Winux

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?

Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?Familiar or not, it's still XP.That will be a huge achillies heel for MS. XP runs well on modest desktops and notebooks. Not fast, but well. Take the EEE, it can run XP, however, it is slower, and as you stated, the...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, EEE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Xandros

Discussion threads 2008-05-11

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's win

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's winBut of course he doesThat is all he ever does, complain about everybody else.All very good points he is making. A sad day, but, not sure we have heardthe end of it yet. There are bound to be appeals, and the EU is already...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, OOXML, ISO, Shuttleworth, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

Silent+start-up+readies+to+take+on+Intel+in+notebooks

Silent+start-up+readies+to+take+on+Intel+in+notebooksMystery solved !"..So why would a company even try? That's the $73 million plus mystery..."Mystery solved - to leech off of investor money. The list of characters is the same old list from Transmeta and other losing entities looking to build a patent troll portfolio and then find a...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo

Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for YahooStupid MSNow I can see where the EU will get it's next payday windfall. What next MS, buying what of the credit bureaus, TransUnion looking good. MS and Google, the world's data brokers . . . :(Microsoft should be shut downI'm...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

Don't give up on Vista

Don't give up on VistaBut... but... but... Apple is a hardware company!At least that is what the zealots tell us. So why is Apple going after Vista? It would be like Ford telling you not to drink Pepsi! Unless... the zealots... gasp... were wrong?!?!One more thingAs bad as Vista may...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Elected Officials, advertisement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., riot, Apple Macintosh, PC

Discussion threads 2007-11-21