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- The beginning of the end of DRM?
- The beginning of the end of DRM?Jobs is such a liarTaken from his blog:[i]Apple has concluded that if it licenses FairPlay to others, it [b]can no longer guarantee[/b] to protect the music it licenses from the big four music companies.[/i]Fair enough. Of course, the measure of honesty in the statement...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, DVD, digital-rights management, Fairplay, music, job, guarentee, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
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- Starcraft II jettisons LAN support
- Starcraft II jettisons LAN supportThis will last all of two monthsbefore Blizzard caves and puts it back in.That's a novel ideaRemove a core feature and make it less popular. That would certainly be an disincentive to pirate it.Ruin it for the people that pay for it so they spoil it...
- Tags: LANs, Network technology, NETWORKING, Games, Blizz, LAN, LAN Support, Starcraft II
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Craigslist sues South Carolina AG, who backs off sort of; Download the complaint
- Craigslist sues South Carolina AG, who backs off sort of; Download the complaintGood for themIf a crime is committed, by all means Craigslist should cooperate with the authorities as any good business would. But Craigslist is not in the business of crime stopping nor are they obliged to cater to...
- Tags: Professional development, Craigslist, South Carolina AG, SC AG
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?
- Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?Microsoft spend too much on R&D for the return, IBM spend right amountIBM has always been a set of collective businesses with a management that is without technology bias. This is a powerful formula for long term success.Microsoft by comparison...
- Tags: Research & Development, R&D, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- IBM job cuts underway
- IBM job cuts underwayOne week for every one week?I have to ask, "one week's pay for every one week's service"????I have 25 years with IBM, this nets out to something north of $2M. Where do I sign up for this?? :-)IBM Damage ControlI think that IBM not posting...
- Tags: Business ethics, Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, IBM Corp., IBM job cuts underway, IBM Job Cuts, IBM job, underway
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- Dell repair adventure, day 3
- As in my last adventure with Dell, the "next day onsite" service has turned out not to be as advertised. If you don't remember that visit with Alice in Dell Land, here's a pointer to that string of posts. Although my initial Email discussions with Dell's technical...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Linux, E-mail, Team Management, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- I'm done with GMail
- Email is secret elixir that makes us addicted to the Internet, but the overall infrastructure of it hasn't changed in over ten years. The same can be said for GMail. The only way to deal with a high volume of email is to use filters, and...
- Tags: Google Gmail, Yahoo! Inc., E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-23
- Cable: Act, Don't React
- Cable: Act, Don't React21-Hour coincidence?Isn't it amazing that the outage "happens" to get fixed just before the 24-hour point? After 24 hours, they would be stuck to give refunds, but it was fixed "just in time."Amazing.I've been through it many times.I dont quite understand what you mean here..."[i]If this household...
- Tags: INTERNET, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Charter Cable, cable, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- RingtoneExpress (Mobile)
- Join over 10,000 others using RingtoneExpress and start making your own ringtones for FREERingtoneExpress gives you the power to convert YouTube video's, MP3/WMA music into ringtones without paying a cent. No clubs, no subscriptions just unlimited ringtones.Just think - unlimited ringtones from all your favourite songs without having to fork...
- Tags: Mobile, YouTube Video, YouTube Inc., Video, Music, Geoffrey Steffens, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-06-11
- Sony sued over Blu-ray
- Sony sued over Blu-rayWhat about HD-DVD?Wouldn't the patent from Target Technologies be turned into "patent obviousness?"since a patent application requires a working sample, we a assuming thatthis is a valid patent and anyone who would be interested in using this idea would have done a patent search and found it...
- Tags: patent, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-25
- GreenShield - PC Auto Shutdown Software! 5.63 (Windows)
- GreenShield PC Auto Shutdown Software Saves Your Privacy, PC & Energy Bills. This PC auto shutdown software can make a computer auto shutdown. It acts like an auto pc shutdown timer. Useful for windows XP-95 auto shutdown. It is the only tool with an Offline shutdown option that saves you...
- Tags: Software, PC, Microsoft Windows, Nayaab Productions, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-04-27
- Microsoft to offer Vista 'Family Pack' discount for Ultimate users
- Microsoft to offer Vista 'Family Pack' discount for Ultimate usersStill too priceyApple's family pack is an additional 4 licenses for $70. (Regular upgrade $129, Family pack (5) $199)For $400, it should ALREADY include a 5-pack...for home-use.This is an OPERATING SYSTEM for crying out loud. It's not a Cad/Cam package....
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Inc., operating system, Ultimate Edition, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-01-15
- LG's Chocolate a dud in the reviews anyway
- LG's Chocolate a dud in the reviews anywaychocolate phoneActually, whoever wrote the review for the chocolate obviously doesn't have one or they wouldn't be bad talking it. First of all, it DOES have a speaker phone, and it's very easy to use. Also, it has at least 3.5...
- Tags: LG Chocolate, Overall IT
- Discussion threads 2006-12-04
- Sony holds secret sale on HDTVs
- Sony holds secret sale on HDTVsA Good Show By Sony...By giving reductions for a limited time, Sony was showing off their capabilities as a giant in the electronics industry. They would not dare advertise such a dramatic price decrease because everyone would than be aware of the incredible markups. The...
- Tags: Rootkits, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, HDTV, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-02
- Linguistic balkanization and the Internet
- Linguistic balkanization and the InternetWriter Happens to be Rather Under-informedContrary to the writer's assertions, native Hangul-character domain names have long been available to Koreans. Even such websites as "Google" can be typed in Korean, for instance, and the user will be taken to the appropriate Google page (likely to...
- Tags: Domain names, domain name, Tabasco, Google Inc., Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- Apple puts out fix for MacBook shutdowns
- Apple puts out fix for MacBook shutdownsWowFour months, hey? That's FAST!The Apple fanboys must be proud!A fix?From- http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/'"What they appear to be doing is doing a firmware update to step down the processor," Enderle said. "If you can step down the processor, say, 5 or 10 percent, you can...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, firmware, MacBook Shutdown
- Discussion threads 2006-10-27
- Antispam list gets spammed
- Antispam list gets spammedlol at different reports and biasGo check on http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/05/03/bluesecurity_spammers_hitback/ for a different article on the same subject. While ZDNet says:Spammers are feeling the pressureTG Daily says:Spammers are hitting backbias?lol at different reports and biasGo check on http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/05/03/bluesecurity_spammers_hitback/ for a different article on the same subject. ...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, spammer, Blue Security, spam, anti-spam
- Discussion threads 2006-05-04
- IT Commandments: Ignore at your own risk
- IT Commandments: Ignore at your own risk11th IT CommandmentThou shallt remember that the neck of the bottle is at the top of the bottle...14 Thou shalt not screw your employees to make your self look good14 Thou shalt not screw your employees to make your self look good15 Honour thy...
- Tags: IT Commandment, information technology, training material, backup
- Discussion threads 2006-04-12
- Behind GE's clean-energy push
- Behind GE's clean-energy pushWhen GE Focuses...They can achieve just about anything they want. Having worked there in the Welch days, when GE gets out of it's own way it is a very impressive innovation machine. This article is the first good news I've read in a long time...
- Tags: Wind-Power, General Electric Co., hydrogen
- Discussion threads 2006-01-27
- The Mother of all Marketing Shticks
- The Mother of all Marketing ShticksRight place - wrong timeSOA is certainly a good bet for the future, as it optimizes the way business does business. But at this time there are formidable barriers:1. Big Computer companies won't offer it - it cuts into their proprietary solutions.2. SalesFarce is too...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, Marketing Shticks, SalesFarce, marketing, OS guy, SOA guy
- Discussion threads 2006-01-18
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