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- Citrix blows half a billion on XenSource
- Citrix blows half a billion on XenSourceMS doesn't need to compete on thisWhy would MS want to compete on this, companies that use Citrix are still required to buy MS terminal services licenses and Citrix licenses on top of it. Companies do so because of the added value that...
- Tags: XenSource Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., gunk, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- Clean up your machine with the help of Degunking Windows
- After you've helped your users clean up their computers and adopt a regimen of organization and maintenance, you'll hear fewer complaints about slow machines and poor performance. Computer users ourselves included tend to be less than proactive when it comes to keeping our machines optimized. But unnecessary...
- Tags: Chapter, Gunk, Computer, Productivity, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Download resources 2005-07-07
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- Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now
- I was quite inspired by fellow ZDNet blogger Matthew Miller's post listing every mobile device he's had over the years (86 and counting, my friend!). Though my memory isn't as robust as Matt's, I thought I'd compile a list of my own ghost gadgets of the past, comparing them with...
- Tags: Motorola Razr, Phone, Logitech, Intel Core 2 Duo, Camera, Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Open source patents: Four companies offer green tech to public domain
- So it turns out that the Eco-Patent Commons, which I wrote about back in January, isn't just another empty-handed cooperative industry effort. Three new companies, Bosch, DuPont and Xerox, have joined the effort and another, Sony, has contributed an additional patent to the community. ...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Xerox Corp., Public Domain, Patent, Green Technology, Open Source, DuPont Co., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home about
- XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home aboutYou took the words right outta my mouth......er, off of my keyboard. I half expected the same thing. But Microsloth did themselves one better. They can still "claim" a performance gain, but they never claimed how much. ...
- Tags: Performance management, Nothing, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, XP SP3 performance, performance, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed
- Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed...LOL... get too greedy and lose your focus. This is the eventual outcome, and Like IBM, Microsoft will have to pare down, rethink and take some serious blows. I don't think Microsoft will go away (too bad...) but they are sure...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Oops IT, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- The MacBook Air has no clothes
- There. I said it. After using the MacBook Air intensely since it arrived in February, I am beginning to feel the limitations of its pokey 1.6GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. I knew what I was getting into going in, but I was convinced that...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, RAM, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Asus' 8.9" Eee draws crowds at CeBIT
- Asus' 8.9" Eee draws crowds at CeBITYou can't buy anything this size or close for double the priceYou can't buy anything this size or close for double the price. If you want a small portable device, this is the best you can do under $400 or even $800. ...
- Tags: Operating systems, Notebooks, ASUS
- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
- Productivity software as games?
- In a thinly veiled swipe at Microsoft, Sam Lawrence, CMO at Jive Software challenges readers to question why productivity software is so clunky: Shouldn't productivity software make us want to work? I mean, it's goal is to make us and our company more productive. Given that, the most goal-oriented...
- Tags: Software, Problem, Enterprise, Productivity Software, Sam Lawrence, Social Networking, Tools & Techniques, Games, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Personal Technology, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- A dozen free & essential apps for Windows
- Every time I build a new Windows computer, there are a dozen free and essential applications that I always install for other people. These applications all seem to fill essential functions and they all seem to be well-behaved installers and uninstallers, in other words it won't crash your computer or...
- Tags: Application, DivXNetworks, Antivirus, Dr., Codec, Microsoft Windows Vista, Skype Technologies S.A., Computer, FastStone, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Security, Software, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Microsoft wants to help you speed up Vista
- Microsoft wants to help you speed up VistaHave to disagree with the missing tip.I've never had to re-install Windows. I ran Windows 2000 until January 2007 without a single re-install. My Vista system has been running fine without a re-install. My work XP system is on its original install.If you...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Branding, Intel SpeedStep, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, brand name, Microsoft Windows Vista, registry
- Discussion threads 2008-01-30
- ZoneAlarm toolbar bundle raises a ruckus
- ZoneAlarm is prechecking a toolbar--which could be seen as crapware--when it is installed. The issue, highlighted by SunBelt Software, creates quite a cycle. Security vendor bundles in a toolbar with its software--and hopes you don't unclick the option. Then that toolbar is targeted. More malware arrives. Then...
- Tags: ZoneAlarm, Toolbar, Sunbelt Software, Ask Toolbar, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- CompUSA vs. BestBuy
- CompUSA vs. BestBuyWell I do not ever remember seeing...Major Appliances(Washers/Dryers/Stoves...)in CompUSA, The stores have some common items, Best Buy does not sell motherboards @ least not in my local one. I think the big issue was CompUSA was billed as a Computer Super Store as oppose to Best Buy which...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Comp USA, computer, Best Buy Co. Inc., CompUSA Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Oil-eating microbes produce green energy
- It is estimated that oil sands -- or bituminous sands -- represent two thirds of the world's oil reserves. Still, it's expensive and difficult to extract oil from these sands. Even with today's crude oil prices, the industry is still looking for cheaper ways to produce energy from the so-called...
- Tags: Oil, Carbon Dioxide, University Of Calgary, Hydrogen, Energy, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- The BIG iPod touch review
- A few weeks ago I got my hands on two 16GB iPod touch devices. Having spent a lot of hands on time with these devices it's time for a comprehensive review. The iPod touch was for me the first Apple device to come out when I eagerly...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Device, Apple iPod, Screen, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-23
- Major props to Wired's Chris Anderson
- Wired editor-in-chief and author of "The Long Tail" Chris Anderson really shook up the blog world yesterday. Mad at p.r. flacks and cause-driven partisans who reflexively fill up his email box with gunk, Chris had one of those "had enough" moments. He published a list of some...
- Tags: Wired Inc., E-mail, Online Communications, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- Symantec warns users over Bluetooth security
- Symantec warns users over Bluetooth securityHow about Bluetooth warning us about SYMANTEC?Consider the source:Symantec has personally and maliciously destroyed several high end USEFUL products and have caused the parent companies to go out of business, because they were basically one-product companies.First was NORTON. Originally Norton was a very helpful guy...
- Tags: SECURITY, Bluetooth, Norton Co., Symantec Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-22
- Citrix blows half a billion on XenSource
- Citrix announced yesterday the acquisition of XenSource, the company that commercializes the open source Xen virtualization software. The deal will let it incorporate Xen into its own proprietary commercial products. In theory the combination is a great idea, but in practice, Citrix will likely remain a niche player in the...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., XenSource Inc., Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- The fact that Uniblue's RegistryBooster does its job is bad news about Windows
- The fact that Uniblue's RegistryBooster does its job is bad news about WindowsSysinternals *DO* installThey just run the install when the app is run, then clean up on exit. If the app crashes or you turn off the computer, next boot you'll see the drivers for things like RegMon, FileMon...
- Tags: Operating systems, HKLM, job, registry, UniBlue, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- A First Look at Numbers
- A First Look at NumbersAs usual MS's contibution was negligible"I was discussing Numbers with a few of my students yesterday and commented that Apple had the luxury of starting with a blank slate and picking the things they liked from Excel while innovating where they saw the opportunity."Let get our...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, spreadsheet, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
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