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MobiTV is trying to shut down Howard Forums for revealing unsecured URLs: One of my absolute favorite places to visit to find deals on unlocked phones, get help with technical issues, and provide help to people regarding mobile device issues is Howard Forums. I know Howard Chui personally from years of Mobius events and he is a great guy who gives a...; Tags: MobiTV, Irony, News, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-03-07
Yahoo kicks off open search; Does it have the open platform street cred?: Yahoo kicks off open search; Does it have the open platform street cred?RE: Yahoo kicks off open searchIt helps that Yahoo was already using open-source products. By trying to move their initiative open source, they are recruiting the strength of the open source community to help fend off Microsoft. Seriously,...; Tags: SEARCH, Recruitment & Selection, irony, Yahoo! Inc., search engine, open source, platform street; Discussion threads 2008-02-26
Apple's cookie monster: Safari CRS: Apple rushed the latest version of OS X to market because of Steve Job's promise to the Mac faithful. And we've been paying for it ever since. 10.5.2 is almost up to Apple's traditional quality. My last serious peeve: the Safari CRS (Can't Remember . . . um-m, Stuff) bug....; Tags: Irony, Data Storage, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Cookie, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-02-20
%22Follow+the+Money%22: %22Follow+the+Money%22conservative voters need to know thisYou know.. all conservative voters would need to see in order to get them to vote Green or at least Democrat - is the actual budget.Conservative mouthpieces are always going on about big government, federal spending, hits to your pocketbook.. bla bla blah; when the...; Tags: Vertical industries, irony, government; Discussion threads 2008-02-06
15.4ò0of Web users can turn the television off if Hollywood writersÃ¢Â€Â™ strike continues: 15.4ò0of Web users can turn the television off if Hollywood writersÃ¢Â€Â™ strike continuesDid that already...since all they produced was crap anyhow AND it's more commercials than content. We turned the TV off a couple years ago. Even our kids noticed just f***ed up and commercial ridden TV has gotten. Irony...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, irony, TV; Discussion threads 2008-01-26

Irony and the GLITCH/OS: Irony and the GLITCH/OSAre there correctly written software bugs?Just wondering.You couldn't think of anything worthwhile to writeother then more windows attacks? And lame ones at that? I expect better from you.RE: Irony and the GLITCH/OSI've had a few employees that might be described as 'seasoned Windows users' who's...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, GLITCH/OS, irony, zealot; Discussion threads 2008-01-09
FBI aims for world's largest biometrics database: FBI aims for world's largest biometrics databaseFreedom for Security?If as man would give up freedom for security, that man deserves neither. Ben Franklin. This is a continued outrage, by the powers that be. Pushin further and further into a police state. I will do everything in my power to fight...; Tags: Federal government, Authentication/Encryption, Vertical industries, information technology, irony, FBI Aims, biometrics database, Revelation 13:17, biometrics, FBI, government; Discussion threads 2007-12-22
Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedent: Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedentBad Apple?This article should be called "Tales From the Darkside". The irony is the legion of devotees that will help make excuses for the boorish behavior of the anal "control freak" with the fruity name. Not much healthy about THAT fruit!!First amendment is not...; Tags: irony, NDA, First Amendment, Apple Inc., IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-12-20
To nothing less than the Whole Earth: "We are as gods": To nothing less than the Whole Earth: "We are as gods"Someone that gets it...And they are right, the government seems to mess everything up they get into. It's we the people that will have to be proactive in maintaining our environment and managing our resources, because government and greed seem...; Tags: Government, Monitors & displays, Vertical industries, irony, WEC, Whole Earth; Discussion threads 2007-12-13
Climate change talks: EU says U.S. is the problem now: Climate change talks: EU says U.S. is the problem nowClimate changeI do not think we could change the climate if we wanted to. The earth has a cycle from warm to cold and this is a natural thing as history teaches.Did the dinosaurs have CO2 emmisions? They lived on a...; Tags: irony, Fishermen, polar cap, carbon dioxide, species; Discussion threads 2007-12-12
You won't believe these two Patents Apple iPhone is getting sued over: You won't believe these two Patents Apple iPhone is getting sued overEver read any of Apple's patents?[i]I’m no patent attorney or judge, but these patents sound overly general to me.[/i]These are [b]far[/b] more specific than anything you will find in Apple's patent folder. I hope Apple gets fried for this....; Tags: irony, patent, Patents Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2007-12-03
Yahoo Messenger, QuickTime top list of most vulnerable Windows apps: Yahoo Messenger, QuickTime top list of most vulnerable Windows appsLook at the conditions that were the criteria for the listYou made some mentioned this, but the reason why IE and Office are not on this list is because they are well known to be threats and are already inside most...; Tags: Mice, Operating systems, Digital music, Web browsers, Digital media, RealNetworks RealPlayer, irony, Yahoo! Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, vulnerable Windows app, mouse, Windows App, Yahoo IM, Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2007-11-02
China's cyberwar: Is it all that surprising?: China's cyberwar: Is it all that surprising?Why blog about it?Who cares? As long as Americans continue to be in love with the "sell for less" concept that essentially equals buying products made in China because you can save a couple bucks, they are in no position to complain about what...; Tags: irony, cyberwar, free trade, IS IT, Cuba; Discussion threads 2007-10-18
KPMG on Entertprise 2.0: a dud: KPMG's report Enterprise 2.0: Fad or Future? The Business Role for Social Software Platforms is a disappointment. Here we have one of the world's leading consultancies publishing a 19 page glossy brochure that is short on substance and long on consulting sales bait. Perhaps it's a reflection of KPMG's belief...; Tags: Outsourcing, Strategy, McAfee Inc., irony, Dennis Howlett, KPMG Consulting Inc., E2.0, Olivier, consulting; Blog posts 2007-09-03
Gutmann: "I'm going to ignore" questions about Vista FUD: If you're waiting for Peter Gutmann to reply to my questions or those of my ZDNet colleague George Ou about his confusing, contradictory, and inflammatory Windows Vista "research," I've got some bad news. A note posted by the New Zealand encryption researcher sometime in the last 24 hours (it wasn't...; Tags: Irony, Word, Note, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2007-08-30
FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10 gigabit home: FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10 gigabit homeNo real differenceBoth of them lock you into using their "preferred" ISP (Microsoft, last time I looked) and filter IP traffic. Neither offers any better bandwidth than is currently available on a pure ADSL connection once you subtract the...; Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, irony, vision, Verizon Communications Inc., cable, Fios, fiber; Discussion threads 2007-07-09
A nanotechnology-powered electric SUV: A nanotechnology-powered electric SUVPhysics strikes again100 miles on a charge or highway speeds. Pick one. The fact is, gasoline has a much, much higher energy density than electrochemical cells. That's physics (well, actually Chemistry).You can pant until you're blue in the face, and that reality will never change.nanotech in automobiles...; Tags: irony, EV1, nanotechnology, electric SUV, SUV; Discussion threads 2007-06-12
Piracy as a social phenomenon - It's not about the $: Piracy as a social phenomenon - It's not about the $Conflicted moralityI recently wanted to buy my daughter some music from our main ISP backbone in Australia - Telstra. I had recently bought her an MP3/4 player so I went through an agonising process of registering with their music...; Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Digital media, UNIX, Digital music, irony, music, Anime; Discussion threads 2007-05-17
Copyright laws and piracy - Where do you stand?: Copyright laws and piracy - Where do you stand?Agree.....but.....Actually, it could be "theft" by the media conglomerates.When VCR's became popular, MPAA claimed that they would lose money when users taped shows and movies, so that they can be watched at the users convenience. A surcharge was eventually added to...; Tags: Sales strategy, Peer to peer (P2P), Operational accounting, irony, piracy, file-sharing, sales, copyright law; Discussion threads 2007-04-10
Dell unveils low-cost PC in China: Dell unveils low-cost PC in China1.5 Years pay for average Citizen ....They will go like hotcakes, I mean ricecakes.Specifications:Processor: 386DXIntergrated graphics2 gig hd1 usb port - used by keyboard13" bw monitorWorst of all the OS is VistaMinimum!OSX=iPod Vista=ZuneIf more Americans had jobs with the pay being given before...; Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, Desktops, Digital music, Digital media, PC, operating system, Dell Computer Corp., irony; Discussion threads 2007-03-21