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No Flash or WPF/E in the Wal-Mart movie deal hurts customers

No Flash or WPF/E in the Wal-Mart movie deal hurts customersDRM and WPF/EI think I read that WPF/E plans on supporting DRM in the first release. This isn't going to be easy as the WPF/E plugin will need to set-up a license database on non-windows platforms. It will...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Advertising & Promotion, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., movie, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, media, independent media, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2007-02-06

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Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?

The Kleptocrats that feel entitled to your money...worry that us mushrooms now have other uncontrollable sources for the "truth" and won't eat the horse compost fed to them by the monopolistic crony Main-stream Media.RE: Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?There are two things tyrants and bureaucrats...

Tags: Vertical industries, government, retraction, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Live from Googleplex: Chrome OS details revealed

Ubuntu 9.10 has more immediate potentialMight I suggest trying Ubuntu 9.10? A phenominal OS with much more to offer then even Windows 7.Open source, free and ready to try today...http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1122http://www.tuxradar.com/content/vista-windows-7-ubuntu-904-and-910-boot-speed-comparisonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYgWE6Svpaghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-nad9N3pgNot that I have readI'd stick with 904immediate potential to sink in obscurityGoogle was Linux's last fleeting chance to turn...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

FileSalvage 7.0 (Mac)

FileSalvage is an extremely powerful data recovery tools designed to restore files that have been accidentally deleted, have become unreadable due to media faults, or were stored on a drive before it was re-initialized or formatted. It is device and file system independent, allowing the users to recover files from...

Tags: Data Recovery, Apple Macintosh, Disk, Intel Corp., SubRosaSoft, FileSalvage, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Storage Management, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Storage, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Microsoft opens up Windows 7 to advertisers via downloadable themes

Windows for freeI think a lot of consumers and businesses also would not object to their desktop being used as an advertising space by Microsoft if this would let them use Windows at no charge. I believe Google is going in the same direction with their ChromeOS.Its an operating system!!Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Windows 8, advertisement, advertiser, downloadable theme, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Psystar: Cocaine, car crashes and a chance to beat Apple

Monopoly Much?How has apple been able to get away with this? Microsoft gets sued for sending their browser with their operating system while not blocking anyone else's browsers on their systems. Apple does not allow anyone else to use their operating system on other hardware, not sure how...

Tags: Operating systems, car, Apple Inc., operating system, hackintosh, Psystar

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Pre-Copenhagen climate talks end in Barcelona

Who could he be talking about?How about the 57% of people in America who don't buy carbon emissions causing global warming?Looks like the other "vested interests" needs to step up their re-education regime, er, I mean, need to do more "raising awareness."Lies told to control populationOh yeah, look at Al...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Kevin Rudd

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

33 RPM 1.1.4 (Mac)

In the past, a musician would learn a piece of music by adjusting the speed of their record player and then methodically practice along with the slower version of the song. 33 RPM brings a little back from a time of LPs and record players, just without the scratches. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple QuickTime, Speed, Music, Edenwaith, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-29

AOL names its Board of Directors

AOL, which is expected to be spun off from Time Warner as an independent company later this year, has named the members of its Board of Directors, who will join CEO and Chairman Tim Armstrong at the table. They are: Richard Dalzell, former Chief Information Officer of...

Tags: America Online Inc., Board, Board Of Directors, Board Member, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

IAB to FTC: Rescind blogger rules

Completely self-servingBy this rationale, why does anyone ever have to disclose anything? You can apply this logic to traditional media as well. Afraid to admit in the blog that you got the stuff you rave about was free? The real impact is it opens a channel for the vendor to...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, blogger, free speech, traditional media, blog, blogging, Interactive Advertising Bureau, FTC

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Almost a month later and my custom Zune Originals HD arrived

Wow, a month!?Like you, I had ordered the morning they were available. Mine arrived after two weeks, and I've been enjoying it since. I can't believe it took so long for yours, but, I hope you enjoy it... I am loving mine and am definitely glad I made the purchase.My...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Zune Originals HD, Zune Originals

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies

The Federal Trade Commission wants me - the blogger - to inform you - the reader - about any financial ties I might have with the companies or the products I write about, just to make sure there's no conflict of interest there. That's fine. I have...

Tags: FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-05

WSJ challenges NFL's ridiculous policy by live-blogging game

NFL is Not AloneThe SEC sent out a similar message banning twitter, blogging, cellphone videos etc from football games. Good luck enforcing that in a stadium filled with 90,000 mostly drunk Florida and Georgia fans. Won't be a problem in Arkansas though. :)link http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/sec-new-media-policy/Sorry but you've got...

Tags: Games, NFL, game

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Samsung Instinct HD SPH-M850 (Sprint)

Photo gallery:Samsung Instinct HD SPH-M850Sprint Nextel stole the CTIA show last year when it introduced the Samsung Instinct. There was a lot to like about the touch-screen phone, so we were hopeful that Samsung would build on its successes with subsequent models. To our initial delight, the Samsung Instinct S30...

Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Samsung Instinct, Instinct HD, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sprint Communications

Product reviews 2009-09-30

The burnout risks for E2.0 community managers

Dion Hinchcliffe's piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That's not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There...

Tags: Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Should Apple buy Sonos?

I hope notI want Steve Jobs controlling all my consumer electronics gear EVEN LESS than I want Bill Gates controlling all my computers!Sure, I'd like much more creativity and interconnectedness in the CE world, but not that the cost to be exacted by ol' Steve.No to SonosApple already has products...

Tags: Investment, Apple Inc., Sonos

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Nokia 7705 Twist (Verizon Wireless)

We can safely say that we've never seen a phone like the Nokia 7705 Twist. Sure, we've reviewed square handsets before, and swivel models were in style a few years back; however, we've never had the two design aesthetics combined onto one device. We're not quite sure if it works--it's...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Wireless, Nokia Corp., phone, display

Product reviews 2009-09-16

Web conferencing blues

Cynocast may be a solution in some casesHiI recently checked out cynocast (see http://www.cynocast.com/).No software is installed. It uses a quite ingenious flash operation to run their software in up 10,000 participants browsers.This is their claim (copied from their web site:[i]"CynoCast is end to end 100% Flash technology. It runs...

Tags: Channel management, Tools & Techniques, Web conferencing, Grouputer, Web

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

HDShredder 3.6.4 (Windows)

HDShredder is the ideal tool for erasing entire hard disks and other media. HDShredder works independent of partition layout, file system, and operating system. It also works with proprietary formats which otherwise would be unaccessible. HDShredder Basic Edition, HDShredder Standard Edition, HDShredder Professional Edition offer extended features.

Tags: HDShredder, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Management, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-15