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- Microsoft woos hobbyist developers
- Microsoft woos hobbyist developersThis infomercial is inconsistent with existing informationPerhaps one of the resident Microsoft fan boys can explain the shift to "Wooing hobbyists" on the back of this -http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/30/msft-our-drm-licensi.htmlA Microsoft spokesman has described their DRM licensing scheme as a system for reducing the number of device vendors to a...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), digital-rights management, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Linux vs. Unix (Cost)
- Linux vs. Unix CostUnix/Linux distinction a mistake?Linux is cheaper than Unix. Whether an observation or a perception, buyers believe that in making choices. That's the reason Linux server sales have been primarily Unix replacements. Calling that a change within the same family is reasonable. There's a...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Unix, hobbyist
- Discussion threads 2007-11-30
- The stereo analogy
- The stereo analogyMac OS X getting worse...Or what do you think about the new firewall corrupting binaries?http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/98120A big NO-NO to Apple and their so called security "experts"...RE: The stereo analogyYour analogy always works if you wait long enough, which doesn't make it very useful, imho :-)Not reallyI think there was...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating systems, computer, stereo analogy, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Long Island, hobbyist, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- (Photos: Hobbyists heed TechShop's siren song)
- (Photos: Hobbyists heed TechShop's siren song)Neat idea, can you get enough members?Having had a machinist friend build a punch and die set for a product I sell, I can see this being useful. Some question that I see:What is the sq footage needed to be successful?Where is the expertise to...
- Tags: Techshop, photograph
- Discussion threads 2007-11-05
- Dinosaur Sightings: Computers from the 1970s
- During the disco days of the 1970s, personal computers moved out of the electronic hobbyist's garage or basement and into the office, classroom, and family den. This gallery showcases several 1970-era machines from Steven Stengel's vintage computer collection. Steven has graciously allowed us to republish his photos and descriptions. You...
- Tags: Steven Stengel, basement, garage, den, photograph, hobbyist, classroom, PC, Web site, Web
- Image galleries 2006-05-18
- Red Hat releases new hobbyist Linux
- Red Hat releases new hobbyist LinuxDunno if I'd call it hobbyist LinuxI think it's a little misinformed to say Fedora is a "hobbyist" Linux. It's really a testbed product. I'd say it's a development tool and learning focused Linux distro. The only thing that really determines "hobby"...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, GNOME, KDE, hobbyist, Linux, Red Hat Inc., Gnome 2.6
- Discussion threads 2004-05-18
- Linux gets heart transplant with 2.6.0
- Linux gets heart transplant with 2.6.0Where has the "hobbyist" fedora connection come from?" The company [Red Hat] hopes to put the 2.6.0 kernel through its paces in its hobbyist version of Linux, called Fedora Core 2"ZDNet seems to have in its mind that Fedora is somehow an inferior Linux distribution,...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Fedora Project, Unix, kernel, hobbyist, Red Hat Inc., LINUX IS
- Discussion threads 2003-12-18
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- Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games
- Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox gamesI was once excited about this.......but never got around to trying it out. It doesn't seem like it has received much buzz or attention. It really strengthens my belief that MS will always have a hard time getting the hobbyist/independent to...
- Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox Games, Microsoft Corp., developer, game
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tapWinner if they don't sacrifice qualityThis move would be a winner as long as Apple doesn't sacrifice quality. If they lower prices by making lower quality products, game over. If they just shave off price overhead, that's great. If they...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...
- Shortly after I posted my diatribe on my problems with my DIRECTV HD receivers and the company's horrible customer service, I was contacted by Stuart Sweet, a moderator on a popular Satellite TV forums site, DBSTalk. Apparently, my post had created quite a stir and I was asked to register...
- Tags: Digital Video Recorder, DirecTV, Satellite, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmare
- Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareRE: Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareThe legal "Phalanx" is only one of several tools that Apple is heating in the furnace of hi-tech to fight the Cloners and maintain their iron grip on quality control of their hardware, which is their major...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Thermopylae, clone nightmare
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- A world ruled by Apple
- A world ruled by AppleGood post[i]I am perfectly willing to praise Apple or Linux when I feel they are doing something right, and do so on a regular basis in this blog. That’s why I have a hard time understanding the need to believe that Gates did nothing right, in...
- Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Reformed computer criminals - your country needs you
- And trust me, they really do. Over the last year, the UK and US Governments have had an awful problem in keeping basic data protection rules in check, almost to the point where they may have been broadcasting over the radio minutes of the intelligence committee meetings. ...
- Tags: Computer, Hat Hacker, Productivity, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answer
- Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answerI respect your opinion, but...I also don't feel you've articulated why we should move to Vista, should we have the horsepower.If, after all the tweaking, it's only...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Upgrading, openSUSE, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR lens
- For those looking to go beyond what a kit lens has to offer their Nikon dSLR, there's Nikon's AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR. Compatible with all Nikon DX digital SLRs including the D300, D60, and D40, there's an awful lot to decipher in its name. geekbox...
- Tags: Nikon Corp., aperture
- Product reviews 2008-06-11
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violationwho do they think they are fooling?apologizing for nothing does not absolve M$ of the other grave crimes they commited in the last 20 years.The point of CodePlex is???I have a fellow developer thats completely oblivious to anything non-MS. We would discuss...
- Tags: Open Source Initiative, open source, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Of telescopes, patents and the death of discovery
- "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] It isn't really a surprise that I ended up...
- Tags: Software, Patent, Astronomer, Astronomy, Amateur, Computer, Computing Science, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 4: Get smart about services
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 4: Get smart about servicesHave you benchmarked the performance differences ...... that you see when you disable Superfetch, Windows Defender and Windows Search? Last time I benchmarked a system with and without Windows Defender I saw no difference (outside of statistical 'noise').I'm not saying that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Printers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Defender, Fixing Windows Vista, Get Smart, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- What's wrong at OpenSolaris
- The OpenSolaris community just released the first complete "Project Indiana" edition of the OS - and in that process demonstrated why community enthusiasm for the product seems to have weakened recently. It's a great product -everything from ZFS to a new package management system...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Intel X86, Developer Argument, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack?
- Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack?I totally agree[i]But anyone who is doing actual work on a Mac should buy a Mac. And that means a kosher, Apple machine.[/i]If you are serious about your work, then you spend the money on a serious machine, (be it a Windows...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Kalyway installer, Apple Inc., Kalyway, Psystar, open source, Apple Software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
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