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Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars

E-pollution this blog.This is an IT tech site. Just a reminder.Actually, no ...... it's a tech site, period. What do gadgets have to do with IT? What do cameras have to do with IT? It rather unfortunate that you can't find, or don't have, anything...

Tags: battery, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., electric car, IT Tech

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Brickbats over bricks

This is an IT Tech site, Mr. Fuller.ntCodes as gatekeepers?As an architect, I have never once consulted a building code to determine which product I should use for a building, especially considering that neither clay brick or fly ash brick is likely to be used in a structural capacity. ...

Tags: Performance management, CalStar

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Justice Department, states differ on Microsoft settlement

Justice Department, states differ on Microsoft settlementExtension of Penalties is UnavoidableThe idea that all of attorney general Gonzales' problems and his recent resignation are related to getting Slade Gorton, long time Microsoft supporter, into the Attorney Generals office where he can further Brad Chase's goal of further corruption of the...

Tags: IT Still, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice

Discussion threads 2007-08-31

Additional Resources

Patch Tuesday heads-up: MS to fix 'critical' IE, Office security holes

I never understood the point of Patch Tuesday...I never understood the point of Patch Tuesday. Why not just release the patches as people need them, then let the user decide if & when to patch their own machines?Isn't the point of a Windows Update Server, so sysadmins can control...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Office, patch management, Patch Tuesday

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Meet the new Comcast-NBCU: Content meets conduit everywhere; Will it work?

This will work when Comcast starts gouging other carriersAs soon as Comcast starts raising the prices that their competitors have to pay this will be a goldmine! Imagine the negotiations between Comcast and DirectTV and/or Dish Network for carriage of the "Comcast channels". I can see Comcast raising the prices...

Tags: Network technology, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Comcast Corp., cable

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Red Hat is the open source company of the decade

Red Hat is one of many SECURE OS'esCHOICE is nice and people can choose from several Open_Source software vendors.Plus, RHEL is SECURE & I do NOT have to rebootmy servers because I use:http://www.ksplice.com/Open_Source is the future of Software.RE: Red Hat is the open source company of the decadeLet's not forget...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Cannonical, Loverock Davidson, Red Hat Inc., open source, Linux, open source company, BSD, KSplice, distro

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Admin fired for incompetence, not alien search

Did you say failed to protest...students' and staffs' personal information? I think a similar case could be brought against those using Google. Not much protection there.Reason given is more than enoughInstalling unapproved software that will peg machines at 100% utilization when they have spare cycles is a terminable offense...

Tags: Public relations, PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, Processors, SETI

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

East Anglia: the D.C. reaction

Fraud? We will know the truth in thirty years.Will there still be ice on Greenland? Humans living in Tuvalu? Time will tell, not computer models. Or political lobbying.--Harry Fullerhttp://www.climatechangefraud.com/http://www.climatechangefraud.com/Don't be retarded HarryEveryone wants to know the details of the hacking but it's not in the jurisdication...

Tags: SECURITY, disinformation, Tuvalu, hacking

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

New privacy, shmivacy - Facebook photo tagging still a big fail

This silly article is a big fail[i]Yet users have absolutely no control over what photos are uploaded. If they are tagged, they may not have an immediate opportunity to log in and click ?remove tag? or may be unaware that the function to do so exists.[/i]If you are tagged in...

Tags: tagging, photograph, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Are manufacturers shifting resources away from GPS navigation devices?

$200 GPS navigation device or $300 Smartphone with GPS?If the GPS in the phone is good enough, it will continue to depress sales of standalone GPS devices. The biggest issue facing phones is the screen size.I like the larger size of my standalone GPS device. It also performs better than...

Tags: Handhelds, GPS, GPS navigation device

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Email epidemic: Don't cut the flow, embrace it!

The right tool for the jobThey're different tools for different needs. If you want to direct a communication to me, send an email. If you want to bore people with your every move, Twitter. If you want to let people know what's happening in your life in an unobtrusive way,...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, e-mail, Twitter Inc., SMS

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Email epidemic: Don't cut the flow, embrace it!

Now that my inbox has reached the 3,000 mark, I question whether the theory "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" still applies. by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Epidemic, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-12-01

Dell's Throttlegate: Is a defect turning a 2.2GHz CPU into 100MHz?

Dell = Junk always has always will beJust return it and get another computer from a vendor that does not sell junk. Ie: not Dell.RE: Dell's Throttlegate: Is a defect turning a 2.2GHz CPU into 100MHz?I am glad this was posted! I have had an E6400 since June, and...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Computer Corp., Throttlegate, Is-a, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Intel vs. AMD still isn't a fair fight

I only use AMD products Intel can play hardballIt will only hurt them in the long run.This is probably one of AMD's last problemsThe first problem is to field a competitive product in the first place. When it takes more than twice the core count to compete with Intel...

Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., fair fight, processor

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

VIA Mobile-ITX platform half the size of Pico-ITX

At 6 centimeters square, VIA's new Mobile-ITX platform is half the size of its popular Pico-ITX model, but it still manages to squeeze in enough computing to handle next-generation embedded devices. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Platform, Size, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-12-01

Intel vs. AMD still isn't a fair fight

There are more hindrances to AMD’s ability to penetrate the market with its Opteron CPUs; and Intel’s not a fault this time. In an earlier blog post on the AMD-Intel settlement I brought up an example of a type of incompatibility that exists between the two CPU makers that isn’t...

Tags: Hypervisor, Server, VMware Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-12-01

XP's usage share down, Win 7, Firefox & IE8 up

Now, if only ....the original Amazon.com $50 price comes back CRITICAL MASS will be achieved (IE: more than 4%).Way to goCongrats Win 7, and Firefox!Hopefully we can put XP to rest for good now and move on with our lives.DOWN WITH XP DOWN WITH XPHopefully XP will see its death...

Tags: Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Vista STILL, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, Microsoft Corp., Win 7

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

HP Pavilion Zd8230us (Pentium 4 3.4GHz, 1GB RAM, 100GB HDD, XP Media Center)

Need something to do on Saturday Night? HP Provides! But not with servicePros: For the price, the features are nearly unmatched. Cons: That's assuming said features actually work consistently. Good luck if they don't.The Bottom Line: Don't buy this laptop. Great if it works, but if it doesn't it's a...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium, hard drive, laptop computer, uBid, monitor, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, Rep

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Don't bother finding Tuvalu on a map. It may be gone soon.

Tuvalu vanishing under water - again?I'd first heard this prediction about Tuvalu nearly 20 years ago ...and I expect to hear it again in 20 years, unless 'global climate change' morphs back into 'global coolings' from the 1970's.It would be funny, if it weren't so sad.So what?What has Tuvalu given...

Tags: Climategate, Tuvalu

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Amazon: Kindle has best sales month; Still mum on real figures

Maybe not the best strategy but ...... this is the first holiday season that pits the Kindle agaisnt any REAL competition for dedicated e-readers that are not in the realm of the uber-geek. (I got my first e-reader, for the Palm, in 1998.) In short, until the Kindle...

Tags: E-books, Strategy, sales, Amazon.com Inc., e-book

Discussion threads 2009-11-30