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Apple faces suit over iPod-related hearing loss

Apple faces suit over iPod-related hearing lossWHAT? HUH? WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY? HUH?Sorry. It just had to be said. ;-)HEARING LOSS.... must be Loverocks' dad !!!I'm very pleased that iPod is LOUD. Don't ruin it!I use my iPod on extensively on my all-too-frequent air travel. I first put...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Huh

Discussion threads 2006-02-02

Red Hat acquires AOL's Netscape server software

Red Hat acquires AOL's Netscape server softwareHuh?I thought that by now most Linux users had gone to Apache because it was better than the competition, including Netscape fasttrack server.Huh, Huh?I was not aware that AOL kept the rights to the server software. I thought Sun took the server, and AOL...

Tags: Directory services, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, software, Netscape Server, Red Hat Inc., content management system, Netscape Communications Corp., server, directory server, America Online Inc., Huh, Netscape Directory Server

Discussion threads 2004-09-30

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Free the XBOX 360!!!

Free the XBOX 360!!!"Microsoft-approved"Why shouldn't Microsoft be concerned with the performance of software on XBox?Quoting:Microsoft makes both the hardware and software, and the environment is tightly controlled - only Microsoft-approved software need apply. [End quote]Vista shows that a product's reputation can be affected by the uninterest or mistakes of third...

Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., game, console

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

The App Store's buggy update process

The application update procedure for iPhone is a complete and unadulterated nightmare. The App Store tells you you need updates with a nice little red bubble in the upper right of the App Store icon, simple enough, right. Unfortunately that's where the fun ends. The update process...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iTunes, Computer, App Store, Update Process, Digital Music, Digital Media, Productivity, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me

Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), App£e, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Open-source Castle Project founder joins Microsoft

Open-source Castle Project founder joins MicrosoftI've always been curious about the uptake of Iron*Its a strategy that seems to follow the same mistake MS is making on the web...."If we offer OUR version they will come". It seems to me that ASP.Net attracts a certain type of person just like...

Tags: .NET, Middleware, Application servers, Scripting languages, open source, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Corp., PHP

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

The Kübler-Ross of iPhone

The Kübler-Ross of iPhoneI think Kubler-Ross missed oneActually, there is one that should be added: Apathy. I guess it would start at the same stage as Denial, but never progresses beyond the simple "who cares" level.I won't ever buy an iPhone...why not? Because I don't care about having...

Tags: Web browsers, Apple iPhone, Web browser, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

If you want SOA, fine... it's a 'SOA'

The birth of a "SOA": Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on the theme of one of my recent posts to demonstrate how some companies take the pain and hard work out of the "birthing" process for service oriented architecture. Hmmm... Just take JBOWS and declare it to be...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-07-13

Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'

Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'What is the fascination with bringing up Vista in......just about every blog forum? This blog had nothing to do with Vista yet here you are whining about it. Why?It has to do with eyeballs and marketing.In the search market, Yahoo is number 2...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn

Discussion threads 2008-07-13

AT

AT30 day cancellation?I recently switched to AT&T, because Verizon's EV-DO was very weak where I frequented. I wouldn't have switched if AT&T hadn't offered a 30 day cancellation period, where, if I wasn't satisfied, I could return the phone and cancel service. I would only have to pay for the...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, AT&T 3G network, 3G, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-12

From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two seconds

From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two secondsFaking Presidential Press Passes is Cool?I don't really get the whole context of this story, but it seems to me that you are actively engaged in developing fake press passes for presidential events. Isn't that a crime? Could it place...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Backups, stunned outrage, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-07-12

Report: NVIDIA issues cover all G84 and G86 GPUs

Report: NVIDIA issues cover all G84 and G86 GPUsADVANTAGE - ATII sure glad AMD / ATI took the steps they did... they dont overclock the chips as bad... they use less power.. and just overalll better design chips...I Love how NVIDIA went out and said the future is...

Tags: Corporate governance, Notebooks, NVidia Corp., laptop computer, G86 GPU, ATI Technologies Inc., G84, motherboard, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., board

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Segway CTO to become Apple VP of product design

Segway CTO to become Apple VP of product designhuh?"Engadget points out another irony of the move: When asked for his reaction to the original Segway design Steve Jobs said “I think it sucks.” Funny how things change, isn’t it?"so? He probably still thinks it sucks. Just because he...

Tags: Product marketing, Engineering, iCAR, product design, Segway, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Apple caught neglecting iPhone security

Apple caught neglecting iPhone securityApple doesn't really care.I believe that Apple puts security of its products at the bottom of the list, with cool design at the top. All this stuff just proves me right, that sure they have a neat casing and a touch screen, but underneath it...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, security, iPhone security

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Helpdesks and productivity

Helpdesks and productivityGood start, and then...You lost it.1980 CalledThey want their mainframes back. :DWhy don't you explain your present value...calculation. Do you even know what present value means? What time period are we talking?Huh?You imply that on a Sun Ray platform the only problems are the applications or how they...

Tags: Call centers, help desk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities

Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilitiesAnother 25?Wow, how come people are finding so many holes in OS X? Has anything changed? There never used to be so many security vulnerabilities in OS X or could it simply be that they've [b]always[/b] been there and they've simply never been...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OSX, Apple Mac OS X, Mac OS X security vulnerability, Mac OS X security, BSD, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, vulnerability, Apple Macintosh, security

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft

Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to MicrosoftHe didn't dieYou guys make it sound like he died. As much as I bash MS, I do admire what Bill did by founding this company and guiding it to do what it's done for the world. I hope the company well in...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, UNIX, Strategy, Bill Gates, teary farewell, farewell, Billg, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Hyper-V: It's here

Hyper-V: It's hereI Love it ....Quote:"Hyper-V does have one drawback, in that it will only run on the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008, because it makes heavy use of Intel VT-X and AMD-V on chip virtualization acceleration features, which are only present in newer 64-bit CPUs."I have deployed 20...

Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, Hyper-V, 64-bit, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Friday Rant - Why no MSI installer for Firefox?

Friday Rant - Why no MSI installer for Firefox?Do IT departments want Firefox?Firefox is all well and good and what I am using right now. But.... A lot of corporate software demands the use of IE--probably a version or two old at that. Cognos comes to mind...

Tags: Web browsers, MSI, Mozilla Firefox, installer

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discovered

Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discoveredSurprise surpriseSo many of these, they are dime a dozen for all the operating system out there. Just do a little digging on the IRC channels if you want to see for yourself.RE: Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, System 9, Apple Macintosh, X-WINDOWS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X 10.4

Discussion threads 2008-06-19