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Isle of Man proposes compulsory license for downloads

Isle of Man proposes compulsory license for downloadsSounds like a steal ;-)I like the idea of a subscription service, so I'd have:GasElectricitySatellite TV feedMusic FeedGeneral data feedThe IOM charge seems far too low. What about something like the monthly rental for SKY TV? Say 30-50$ depending on what data channels...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Strategy, UK Government, compulsory license, Isle of Man, tax, ASCAP, BMI

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

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Works of Ambrose Bierce. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography & stories in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

NovelsCobwebs From an Empty Skull Illustrated With Engravings By Dalziel BrothersThe Fiend's DelightNon FictionA Cynic Looks at LifeThe Devil's DictionaryWrite It RightAnthologiesFantastic FablesTales of Soldiers and Civilians also known as In the Midst of LifeCollectionsAshes of the BeaconBits of AutobiographyCan Such Things Be?The Fourth EstateFor the AhkoondJohn Smith, Liberator The...

Tags: Mobile, Officer, MobileReference, Man, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-09-08

Works of Ambrose Bierce. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography & stories in the trial (Mobile)

NovelsCobwebs From an Empty Skull Illustrated With Engravings By Dalziel BrothersThe Fiend's DelightNon FictionA Cynic Looks at LifeThe Devil's DictionaryWrite It RightAnthologiesFantastic FablesTales of Soldiers and CiviliansCollectionsAshes of the BeaconBits of AutobiographyCan Such Things Be?The Fourth EstateFor the AhkoondJohn Smith, Liberator The Land Beyond the BlowNegligible TalesThe Ocean Wave "On...

Tags: Mobile, Officer, MobileReference, Man, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-09-08

Destination: Treasure Island 1.0.4 (Mac)

Four years have passed since the end of the adventure recounted in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. Jim Hawkins has become an upstanding adventurous young man, attentive to those around him. Imagine his surprise when, one morning, he sees a parrot enter his bedroom window : none other than Captain Flint,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Treasure Island Inc., Coladia, Jim Hawkins, Jim, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2009-09-02

Brrrrm! Brrrrm! Brammo makes a little noise.

Brrrrm! Brrrrm! Brammo makes a little noise.You have GOT to be BS'in me.......it plays sounds while you ride??? a steam train????Ok the look isn't terrible and if it accelerates I imagine some people would ride it....but the sound effects will kill it for sure. Yes people...

Tags: Brammo Enertia, Brrrrm, Brammo, little noise

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

Brrrrm! Brrrrm! Brammo makes a little noise.

American electric motorcycle maker, Brammo, has built in sound to its vehicle. The chips that manage the operation of this electric motorcycle will create sounds to let folks know you're there. There's a special sound for the acceleration from zero to 10 MPH. You can then customize your...

Tags: Cycle, Motorcycle, Brammo, Enertia, Valence, Chasis, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Engineering, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Does this come in a chopper model?

This one is way out of my normal realm, but because my husband owns three motorcycles (none of the cafe-style bikes in this picture, though), I HAD to post this fun photograph from Brammo, which makes electric-power motorcycles. Best Buy is going to...

Tags: Motorcycle, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Government Speeds Performance 50 Percent, Improves Manageability With New Browser

The Isle of Man Government serves 80,000 citizens with a full range of services, from Health and Education to Social Services. Employees used the Windows XP operating system and the Windows Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Internet browsers to access Web applications and intranet and Internet sites. However, the browsers...

Tags: Performance, Web Application, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Government, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Case studies 2009-04-17

Who will control the coming health IT standards?

Who will control the coming health IT standards?The standards are irrelevant..The real question is.. how much the records will be sold for once they are inevitably breached. SSL is apparently broken, there isnt a credit card on the planet that isnt in some hackers database, so.. how much is a...

Tags: Quality, Insurance, health-IT standard, standards, health-IT

Discussion threads 2009-02-27

News to know: IE 8; TI; VMware; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Christopher Dawson: Convertible Classmate, take 2 Jason Perlow: Linux dead at hands of Windows 7? Horse puckey! ...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Cloud Computing, Phone, Texas Instruments Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, E-mail, Wiki, Linux, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-27

Isle of Man proposes compulsory license for downloads

Would you pay a buck and half for unlimited music downloads? by Richard Koman

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Music, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-01-26

Ultimate Steal spreads across the pond: Vista Ultimate included

As I wrote a few weeks ago, the Ultimate Steal has been roaring for those in the US and Canada, and it's finally reached us across the pond the Atlantic to all the idiots out there. Similar things apply, such as needing a valid university or college email address, and...

Tags: Offer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Pond, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, E-mail Address, Open University, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Frequent open source miles

Matt Asay's piece on "open source free- riders" got my goat this morning because we're on opposite sides of the market. Matt's a vendor, a high-ranking executive with Alfresco who by his own testimony spends a heavy chunk of his life in hotels and airports. ...

Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Shuttleworth grasps open source political message

To the Moon, Microsoft!Canonical CEO and space tourist Mark Shuttleworth has grasped the anti-American political message of open source and is using it this week at LinuxWorld. (The picture was distributed by a South African embassy.)It's a massive departure from his own blog post in May, when he called corporate...

Tags: Ubuntu, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-06

Whose is the standard Linux?

We know who runs Windows, we know who runs the Mac. We know whose throat to choke when our PCs go ker-flooey. (Picture from Skeptico.)Who really runs Linux?By that I mean, which Linux distro is the standard, the one people write to, the one which will really take on Microsoft...

Tags: General, Linux, Linux Desktop OS, mass market, Strategy

Blog posts 2007-05-01

Is Debian dead?

Linspires decision to switch from a Debian base to Ubuntu is the reason behind the provocative headline. (This cute little guy lives at Ubuntux, an Ubuntu community site.)Debian is late, but thats just as in the newest version is delayed, not as in, you know, Anna Nicole Smith late. Linspires...

Tags: General, Implementations, Linux, Strategy, Linux Desktop OS, Ubuntu, Linspire, Debian

Blog posts 2007-02-09

Community support and the bottom line

The closing of Fedora Legacy Linux returns us to the question of linking community support with the bottom line.In a December 30 posting to the Fedora Legacy List, which supported the extended-release version of RedHats Fedora, engineer Jesse Keating said a lack of volunteers and contributions led to the decision....

Tags: General, Linux, support, marketing, business models, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Fedora Legacy

Blog posts 2007-01-05

Canonical seeks profit from free Ubuntu

Canonical seeks profit from free UbuntuSo.....for eg: Dapper is quality....So who's going to pay for support?The better the product, the less money they make?Dodgy business model.Good luck to them anyway.Joeubuntu provides BOTH INNOVATION and QUALITYfor eg: Dapper is quality - stable (except for the glitch in the update that disabled...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Shuttleworth, Ubuntu, Linux, Linspire, Canonical

Discussion threads 2006-10-06

EU welcomes autonomy plan for Net governance

EU welcomes autonomy plan for Net governanceA mistake in the making...Just wait and see."With our advice""With our advice, we will contribute to this transition to ensure that it takes place transparently, reflecting the interests of industry and civil society alike," Reding said."Sounds like they assume it would go terriblywrong without...

Tags: Internet, CERN

Discussion threads 2006-10-02

Intel launches long-awaited Montecito Itanium

Intel launches long-awaited Montecito ItaniumPOWER 5+ is still highly in useYou are referring to the Cell which is a massive redesign for scalability. I don't think it will be going anywhere small soon. I have a feeling that IBM may start pushing PCs out of the way by...

Tags: Processors, IBM POWER5, Ultra IV, Montecito, Intel Corp., IBM POWER5+, Cell, Intel x86, Intel Itanium, Sun Sparc

Discussion threads 2006-07-18