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Google Chrome: The five best new features

Google Chrome: The five best new featuresThe biggest crap is IE, which STILL ships with ActiveX, is slower thanmolasses in January, STILL includes old obsolete proprietary rendering, and is years behind in standards.More Google crap. Use at your own risk!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlGoogle is wanting your material.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/google_chrome_eula_sucks/So far impressedI am quite impressed by...

Tags: Web browsers, VERY SELDOM, HEARSAY, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

PowerBook G4 defects

PowerBook G4 defectsTake A ValiumApple product buyers are the biggest whiners on the planet. Whether it's whining about sealed batteries in an ipod or not playing 4x dvds or whatever, they seem to feel they have an entitlement to extort from Apple using the threat of a public fuss.Don't...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Advertising & Promotion, hearsay, Internet Forum, Apple Inc., disc, Apple PowerBook, Apple PowerBook G4

Discussion threads 2006-01-26

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Microsoft sets maximum hardware spec for netbook-only Windows 7 SKUs

Microsoft sets maximum hardware spec for netbook-only Windows 7 SKUsRidged for her pleasure?[i]with a more ridged CPU requirements.[/i]Sorry, couldn't resist. :)[i]RAM: 2GB.Currently the limitation is 1GB.[/i]Ah, that explains why I could get the Dell Mini 9 with 2GB of RAM if I chose Linux but not if I chose Windows....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, netbook, Microsoft Corp., hardware, hardware spec, maximum hardware spec, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-05-25

Monster Quest 1 (Windows)

Now, fans of the smash hit series on history will have the chance to become a MonsterQuest investigator--in a compelling and mysterious adventure in search of amazing and elusive creatures. In the spirit of CSI and X-Files, the MonsterQuest team uses modern investigative techniques to pull back the shroud of...

Tags: Monster, Truth, Digital Brandplay, Productivity, Team Management, Microsoft Windows, Games, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-05-21

Monster Quest 1.0 (Mac)

Now, fans of the smash hit series on HISTORY will have the chance to become a MonsterQuest investigator--in a compelling and mysterious adventure in search of amazing and elusive creatures. In the spirit of CSI and X-Files, the MonsterQuest team uses modern investigative techniques to pull back the shroud of...

Tags: Search, Apple Macintosh, Monster, Truth, Macgamestore, Productivity, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-04-08

The Seattle P-I bites the dust

The Seattle P-I bites the dustWhere's the revenew?The NY Times and LA Times will be following soon. When does TV and Radio go bye-bye? When that happens will we even have professional reporters/journalists, you know the non bias ones? It's become apparent that facts aren't...

Tags: Quality, Blogging, TVs, Seattle P-I, news portal

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

The mystery of the Southern stroke belt is solved

The mystery of the Southern stroke belt is solvedAnd a high birth weight???will say that you will be a diabetic in the future? I would rather think there's more genetics involved than just a hearsay of birth weight.Now, the remaining question is ...Whether the maternal smoking is the cause...

Tags: birth weight

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?

Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?The recommendation to use an alternative browser is based on......the existence of an exploit for which a patch is not available as of the time I write this. It is not being given because IE is insecure. I would hope this same advice were given...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Airman tells of night he was ordered to shoot down UFO

Airman tells of night he was ordered to shoot down UFOagreedYeah, this sounds like a credible explanation. You're right - all too often one part of the government does not now what the other parts are doing.The explanation is quite simple[i]But this doesn't explain why Milton Torres was scrambled and...

Tags: Government, UFO, AIRMAN, craft

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourcePerhaps if you read what you wroteYou say regarding Wintel:"you'll find 2o FTEs an extremely conservative minimum just to keep the lights on."and then regarding Solaris:"you're going to be paying about ten people, four of whom you don't actually need every day"Your statement about doubling...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, environment, Microsoft Corp., development environment, server, Sun Solaris, Solaris Servers, Wintel, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Copying pasting blogging = trouble

Copying pasting blogging = troubleAgreeI agree... Too many people talking about the same thing.RE: Copying pasting blogging = troubleIt drives me nuts. The amounts of comments pinged back to my blog are purely regurgitated, as if it's been automatically picked. It's just...

Tags: blog, blogging, Cut-and-paste

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Microsoft on Vista: 'The time of worry is over.'

Microsoft on Vista: 'The time of worry is over.'PR or R&DThey can crow all they want, but for many Vista is a lame duck. It's fine for home use, and even great for digital photo enthusiasts, but the reality is businesses and power users are in a bind if they...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, O/S, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Improving Windows Vista's reliability

I don't buy into all the "Windows Vista is rubbish" rhetoric that's been floating about. Rather than rely on collective hearsay I much rather collect my own data. Also, when it comes to operating system reliability problems that look like they are down to the OS are usually down to...

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, BIOS, Software, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-06-23

China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?

China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?FUD?While Chinese owned companies (and being Communist, the government owns those companies) has been responsible for some things, no doubts there as the pet food and tooth paste can confirm, shouldn't a proper distinction be confirmed before empty blaming?How do we know the guilty hackers aren't...

Tags: Hacking, INTERNET, blackout

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Hardware comparability in benchmark comparisons

Hardware comparability in benchmark comparisonsWhat's fair? PRICEMy former employer had a yearly workstation benchmark process. We would invite the big 4 UNIX workstation vendors (HP,Sun,IBM,SGI), give them the applications and test matrix - and let them tune their boxes to their hearts content. After the benchmark was complete, we looked...

Tags: Operating systems, Workstations, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Linux, workstation, hardware, paging

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

NetSuite's numbers are not what they appear

NetSuite's numbers are not what they appearOfficial response from NetSuite to inaccurately cited customer dataDennis, some points of clarification:1. On our call and in our filings we talk about active customers. Customers are not considered "active" until they go live with the product. Since customers choose their own...

Tags: Blogging, Dennis Howlett, NetSuite Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

Enchanted House - Animated Screensaver 5.07 (Windows)

Would you like your computer to have an animated screensaver. By hearsay of the residents of this neighborhood, this house is inhabited with ghosts and that is why people try to pass over this house. And it is not in vain. Today, on the eve of Halloween, phantoms, skeletons and...

Tags: House, Screensaver, EleFun Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-11-29

$200 Linux PC selling out is another reason Wal-Mart is good for America

$200 Linux PC selling out is another reason Wal-Mart is good for AmericaI disagree...[B]"I've shopped at Wal-Mart most of my life, and think that by and large, Wal-Mart is a positive force in our society."[/B]I haven't shopped in a Wal-Mart in years. The overall quality of many of their goods...

Tags: Quality, OPEN SOURCE, PC, Linux, Linux PC, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

Wal-Mart plays Black Friday spoilsport

Wal-Mart plays Black Friday spoilsportNope, just WordsThat is where the NDAs come into play. Don't ask why this is. I don't like it and don't believe it would happen.Look at what happened to Apple with the case of a blogger getting details to an Apple product early.So do...

Tags: Taxes, Benefits, Sam Walton, Wally World, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-23

Peter Gutmann turns to smear tactics with help from PCWorld NZ

Update 9/1/2007 - Gutmann paper cites shoddy web forum postings as source   Peter Gutmann - the man who admittedly never used Vista and author of the widely cited and widely discredited paper "A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection" - has taken his fight in to...

Tags: Problem, Blog, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC World, Slide, Gutmann, Peter Gutmann, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-01