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CES 2009: Don't count out those Millennials or Online Media, Cell Phone on the rise as entertainment device, says Deloitte

 The idiot box is still king, but don't count out online advertising. (Source: Deloitte LLP) At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Deloitte LLP revealed the results of its 3rd State of the Media Democracy Survey, which are likely to be...

Tags: Social Networking, Deloitte LLP, Advertisement, Phone, Japan, Cell Phone, Online Media, TV, Survey, Entertainment, Millennials, Entertainment Device, Idiot Box, Early-adopter Millennials, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-07

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Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?

My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...

Tags: Operating systems, MSF, OS Installed, operating system, Ubuntu, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever

Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

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

Massachusetts becomes Canada as reform debate nears climax

Obamacare ship is sinkingPeople saw the light with the failed socialist experiment in mASSachusetts, so liberal politicians like Barnie Frank can stuck their health care reform where the sun doesn't shine.Yeah, the ship is sinking, but it is Obama who's rearanging the chairs to give Pelosi and Reid front row...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Aardvark's new design: simpler, cleaner, and kinda like Twitter

If you haven't played with Aardvark yet, you haven't fully experienced the power of the Internet. If you are unfamiliar, Aardvark lets you ask a question and promises an accurate answer from a trusted source in under five minutes. If you use...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Question, Aardvark, Vark, Spam, Web Site Development, CSS, Desktop Publishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Microsoft makes changes to browser ballot screen; user testing to commence

Microsoft is trying to play games again.The selection screen is reasonable except for the screed under the IE8 browser indicating that it is "better faster safer easier". First of all, "better faster safer and easier" than what ? IE6 ? Firefox ? Safari ?...If the...

Tags: Web browsers, selection screen, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Altec Lansing inMotion Classic

Photo gallery:Altec Lansing inMotion ClassicAltec Lansing has a long history of producing stellar little speaker systems designed around the iPod. Its latest portable speaker, the inMotion Classic ($149), continues the company's tradition of delivering quality audio in a compact and stylish design.DesignThe first thing you'll notice about the inMotion Classic...

Tags: speaker, Apple iPod, Altec Lansing, kickstand

Product reviews 2009-10-02

Open source is sold and FOSS is not

I'm confusedAre you advocating breaking the GPL license by selling GPL based products by 'open source' companies?We know NT Selling software is not a violation of the GPLSelling softare is not a violation of the GPL. Not in any way, shape or form. In the words of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, F/OSS, GPL, software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Google hijacks Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame

IE is already up to the speed... and the plugin enabling it is SilverLight."Hello XAML, and byebye HTML garbage." So says M$.That's sarcasm, right?If not, you know very well that Idiot Exploiter is far more obsolete than any other actively maintained browser. Just like windows.Microsoft will send out and update.Microsoft...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Altec Lansing Mix iMT800

Back in the 1980s, when portable audio was synonymous with "cassette tapes," boom boxes were a mainstay of music culture. While luggable, battery-powered speaker systems still exist today, they tend to be somewhat dainty iPod speakers. Altec Lansing's $300 Mix iMT800, meanwhile, aims to mix and match the best of...

Tags: Engineering, Digital music, Digital media, Altec Lansing, battery, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone

Product reviews 2009-09-18

The best netbook ever?

LOL![i]and all components work out of the box with Ubuntu Netbook Remix (of course I immediately shrank the Windows XP Home partition down to 20 gigs and installed NBR in the remaining 140; I don?t think I?ll be booting Windows very often, although I will install 7 on it to...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Engineering, netbook, battery

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Microsoft and their Photoshop diversity policy

Wow!Looking forward to hearing the PR claw back for this one. This is just in-excusable, regardless of local politics. It's not even well done!World's shortest neckCould have lifted the head a bit higher.Also, not necessarily any sinister motive. When budgets are enormous, you pay for focus groups to determine...

Tags: Public relations, Marketing research, iGeneration, Photoshop diversity policy, Microsoft Corp., diversity policy, Adobe PhotoShop

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Microsoft to replace Entourage with Outlook. Nice idea but kind of too late

exactly!Entourage is a really bad program compared to Apple Mail; Microsoft shot itself in the foot by forcing me to use Entourage and my response will be "see ya later!" when Snow Leopard comes out.In general, I think Office is essentially a dead program since people consumers buy it...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Groupware, Entourage, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files

Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image filesWow, lots of critical vulnerabilities in there!!I can't believe how many of these bugs allow for arbitrary code execution! Viewing an image file shouldn't result in arbitrary code execution.Oh well, at least they were fixed within nano seconds of the vulnerability popping...

Tags: Desktops, SECURITY, Patches, Apple Macintosh, Mac Attack, Apple Inc., vulnerability

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

File sharing leaks government secrets

File sharing leaks government secretsSecuring a network...is a very simple task. However, it does require that the administrators actually be qualified and knowledgeable about their profession. During my 20 years in the technology profession it has become quite obvious that maybe 2 out of 10 professionals are actually qualified to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Peer to peer (P2P), digital-rights management, government secret, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

They're soup: Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 released to manufacturing

They're soup: Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 released to manufacturingWell, I for one would like to congratulate Microsoft and the Win7 teamThey've pulled off quite the coup - Win7 and Server 2008 R2 are fantastic products that are going to make quite a difference in the market.Well done MS on...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, soup, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 Server

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

(The decade's 25 biggest tech flops slideshow)

(The decade's 25 biggest tech flops slideshow)@safesex2002Strange idea of success you appear to have.WrongThe Zune is definitely not a failure. I think there are more users out there than you know. Just because something doesn't have the success of Apple doesn't mean that it's a failure or look at...

Tags: Operating systems, Waht, Microsoft Zune, slideshow, Gizmondo, Apple Inc., LifeDrive, Dreamcast

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

Nielsen: Average Apple.com visit lasts 74 minutes

Nielsen: Average Apple.com visit lasts 74 minutesApp Store / iTunesI'm willing to bet that "apple.com" includes the iTunes and App Store areas.I know Apple.com is a great looking site, but over an hour per visit? Come on.RE: Nielsen: Average Apple.com visit lasts 74 minutesGreat questions, what exactly are the people...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., roach, Nielsen

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Are iPod touch users second-class citizens? Apple says yes

Are iPod touch users second-class citizens? Apple says yesI bought the update, and was happy to do so.I would prefer that the update should have been free though, but there are features that I like to have in the update, that I can now use. Like the pairing of BT...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Operational accounting, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Apple SAYS, second-class citizen, iPod touch user, Apple iPhone, yes, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-06-29