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March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigs

March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigsWhy not IP Multicast?!It seems dumb and inefficient that networks have not been multicast enabled, and that popular live video streams like these are not available over IP multicast. I could never figure out why! Millions of clients could be serviced by one multicast...

Tags: NETWORKING, Network technology, Strategy, March Madness, guinea, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Gmail Labs: Users as guinea pigs

Gmail Labs: Users as guinea pigsGmail...Forever BetaHey, that's the Google way.Leave it in beta forever and then if something goes wrong, blame it on the fact it is only beta software.Nibbles, not Tetris"Old Snakey" refers to Nibbles, not Tetris.GMail is now bloated.With gmail's new 'loading bar', and now this, I'm...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Gmail, Gmail Labs, guinea

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

According to Web pundits, Yahoo Pipes is a great innovation that will help the masses remix RSS feeds and plug them together. Enter Larry Dignan, guinea pig.

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Pipes, guinea, innovation, novice, RSS, RSS feed, Web

Image galleries 2007-02-08

Microsoft turns Live users into guinea pigs

Microsoft turns Live users into guinea pigsOne more reason to prosecute MICROSUCKSEvery single person who has ever purchased or used any version of Windoze has been an UNPAID GUINEA PIG, for which MICROSUCKS should be prosecuted and fined to the tune of $500 TRILLION for consumer fraud.Carry on.Microsoft turns Live...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Corp., guinea

Discussion threads 2006-04-24

GuineaPig Reversi 1.4 (Mobile)

Be my guinea pig! GuineaPig Reversi Master challenges your mind!Highlight:Very intellegent, hard to beat at difficult level.Two size board: 8x8 and 10x10.Small and minimal hardware requirement.

Tags: 8X8, Mobile, Guinea, Corporate Governance, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing

Software downloads 2003-10-26

Additional Resources

Dell: A few examples of what's wrong with your tech support

The on-site tech support tech was obviously in the U.S., but ....it sounds like the "other end" of the line is somewhere half way around the planet (maybe also taking orders for "Shammy Wows") while reading off a scripted Q&A screen.Kinda like "cloud tech support"?What really hurts is that this...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp., tech support, cheap machine

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Clearwire continues build-out, unleases WiMAX in 8 new Texas cities

It has been available in Vegas for a while but...I've yet to meet a single person actually USING it. Any guinea pigs out there who can report if it actually works?West TexasYou seem to have a very distorted view of Texas.One could certainly argue that Abilene, Miland/Odessa, and Wichita Falls...

Tags: West Texas, Texas City, Clearwire Corp., WiMAX, Unleash

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Apple's secret society

Apple's secret societyI think people......have the right to know if he was bumped ahead on a waiting list just because he has money or if he legitimately waited his turn.They do not give livers, or other healthy organsto a person who has one removed due to cancer, so chances are...

Tags: Benefits, Financial accounting, Apple Inc., secret society

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

News to know: Palm Pre weekend; iPhone Monday; Bing; DTV conversion; Twitter accounts

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Palm Pre weekend: Sprint could steal Palm's moment Matthew Miller: Initial Pre thoughts and answers...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Digital Television, Twitter, Sam Diaz, E-mail, TVs, H-1B, Embedded Linux, Cloud Computing, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Operating Systems, Software, Linux

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Guinea pigs wanted for early Chrome-for-Mac testing

Guinea pigs wanted for early Chrome-for-Mac testingIs not everyone that use Google a Guinea pig?As everything is in Beta, indicating daily use is really just "testing"I just installed Chrome on Karmic Koalaand my standards compliant 100,000 line Javascript application works perfectly!New spyware hits the MacJust install Chrome on your Mac...

Tags: Desktops, Guinea Pigs, Chrome-for-Mac

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

Guinea pigs wanted for early Chrome-for-Mac testing

I may be itching for a Mac version of Google's Chrome browser - but not enough to download a developer's version that's subject to "incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software." In a post on Google's Chromium blog, the company cautioned against downloading the early developer channel versions...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Google Chrome, Blogging, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Web Browsers, Internet, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-05

How will you be upgrading to Windows 7?

How will you be upgrading to Windows 7?Perhaps MS is showing its age a lot more than some of the users that are still using it are willing to admit.RE: How will you be upgrading to Windows 7?I'm a system administrator for a multi-business corporation, and I will definitely be...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, hardware, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

G20, London Loony Lamposts and Banking Undue Diligence

As a national past time, Spank the Banker has become almost Monty Pythonesque in its common expression. As G20 gets ready to roll into London for the most important such conference since the great depression, even hapless university professors such as Chris Knight from the University...

Tags: Bank, Sustainability, Banking, Government, Financial Services, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-03-29

News to know: March Madness, Chrome beta, Sony-Google, Android

Larry Dignan: March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigs Matthew Miller: Follow all the March Madness action on your mobile phone Garett Rogers: Google releases new beta version of Chrome Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!! ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Beta, Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Open Source

Blog posts 2009-03-20

March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigs

updated below: Here at CBS, parent of ZDNet, March Madness is a big deal. We don't discourage employees from watching the Web streaming extravaganza and folks don't have to worry about boss buttons and such. To us, the March Madness tip-off is almost like a holiday....

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Google Chrome: Still value in a "beta"

Google is putting the beta label back on some versions of its Chrome browser - well, sort of. The company said today that it's re-introducing the beta channel so it can get some feedback from people who are willing to be guinea pigs for new features. It originally removed the...

Tags: Google Inc., Beta, Google Chrome, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-17

PetZee Pet Name Generator 1.0 (Windows)

Get millions of funny, exotic, unique, and clever names for your pet dog, cat, fish, hamster, reptile, bird, guinea pig, or for any other pet.

Tags: eRhythm, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-01-01

Forrester, SaaS and market uptake in IT management

Competition in the Changing IT Management Space Yesterday I discussed CA’s move into SaaS-based IT Management. Today, a Forrester Research shared with me a new report their firm also released yesterday (How Big Is SaaS In IT Management Software? by Peter O’Neill) on the predicted...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Solution, IT Administration, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Markets, Software As A Service (SaaS), Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying?

Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying?Those who want them and or need themWho will buy?Well, when they start replacing the older CPUs with Core i7s, it'll be those buying these computers.And those who need the improved performance. Preliminary tests show the mid range i7s doing well against the best Core...

Tags: Processors, Core-i7, Intel Corp., processor

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

The technologies which will change our lives

We are at a strange place in this world's history, where the Industrial Revolution is over, and we're in the new technological age. So many things have been discovered over the course of the last and this century, and we're still no closer to reaching a technological...

Tags: Earth, Multi-touch, Computing, Technology, Microsoft Research, MSR, Rootkits, Internet, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-24