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- Underwater Cloud Break
- Underwater Cloud BreakCloud computing = snake oilHow ironic that an article which factually illustrates why cloud computing is idiotic to even the most non-technical layperson would conclude with:"..The business strategic planning challenge is therefore essentially defining what information is fundamental to keeping your business running in real time, and what...
- Tags: Network technology, satellite, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- Are those Macs I see?
- Are those Macs I see?Why not do a little market research?Next time, nicely ask some of the Mac users why they bought the machines. Tell them about your job first, so that they know why you're interested in their reason for buying.It's much better to get answers from the...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- Is Microsoft pushing Windows Desktop Search via Windows Update?
- Is Microsoft pushing Windows Desktop Search via Windows Update?Not seeing it on XPIs WDS for Vista only?Carl RapsonNot true!Windows Update only downloads and installs security updates automatically. Any non-security related updates are not automatically installed. Any suggested non-security updates can only be installed with the user's express permission.RE: Is...
- Tags: Operating systems, SEARCH, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Update, desktop search, Windows Desktop Search, IS MICROSOFT, Windows Desktop, WDS 3.01, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- The $150 laptop saga: Checking out 2Checkout
- On Wednesday, I ordered a Fedora laptop for $150. On Thursday, I called the reseller of this item to get a feel for customer service and figure out whether my buyer's remorse was justified. As background, a Swedish company called Medison unveiled a laptop called the Celebrity, which is dirt...
- Tags: Personal Technology, Open Source, Linux, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- Enterprise applications: Pay attention to the user interface
- Enterprise applications are going to increasingly come with Web 2.0 wrappers. And the early innings of the game are under way. While many observers are talking about mashups, lightweight applications and public APIs in the enterprise the real advantage Web...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, General, Search, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Google News Flash: Google.com SERPs get News, and images!
- Google News Flash: Google.com SERPs get News, and images!Old - KindaThis was covered by Chris Sherman on Apr. 19, 2007 at http://searchengineland.com/070419-150004.phpI then posted examples on April 26, 2007 at http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/013264.htmlThis is getting to be a really tiring one-sided debate...People expect Google to be a search engine. Normal search...
- Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., search engine, Internet, Web page, Web, Google News
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- Will the last top developer out of Novell please turn off the lights?
- Will the last top developer out of Novell please turn off the lights?Gee Novell Froze Over Hell and No Credit?It is time to start analyzing what is going correctly in our industry rather than focusing on the negative. Novell's impact on Hell - its freezing of the Microsoft Way -...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-07
- Google GBuy online payment system to lock-in AdWords advertisers and usurp consumers via discounts and rebates
- Google GBuy online payment system to lock-in AdWords advertisers and usurp consumers via discounts and rebatesAre they joking?Currently, I pay by credit card if possible. I use PayPal if there is no choice, but even then, it comes out of my credit card. That way, I get purchase...
- Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, online payment, Google AdWords, Google Inc., PayPal, Gbuy, credit card
- Discussion threads 2006-06-27
- Backer of ISP snooping slams industry
- Backer of ISP snooping slams industryfunny[i]"Diana DeGette, a Colorado Democrat, said at a House of Representatives hearing that new laws were necessary to thwart child pornographers and other Internet predators."[/i]And why weren't these congress crooks concerned for the past 10 or so years? Why the sudden interest in data retention...
- Tags: 9/11 commission, slams industry
- Discussion threads 2006-05-03
- No endorsement for 3rd party IE patches this time?
- No endorsement for 3rd party IE patches this time?Amen. eom.I suppose IE isn't important.George "thought Internet Explorer is used in production environments in 90%". He thinks.#1 - it's a "rapidly" decreasing 90%.#2 - it's most likely a lot less than 90% already.#3 - I think it's irresponsible of business to...
- Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web browsers, Patches, SECURITY, patch management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- Ad-supported applications: just say no
- Ad-supported applications: just say noWe shall seeWe're getting nickled-and-dimed ot death out here. Add up your IT bill and it gets to be ridiculous with what every software vendor wants you to pay. Your internet connection. Your support warranties. Your application subscriptions. Your firewall/filtering/whatever subscriptions....
- Tags: advertisement
- Discussion threads 2005-11-22
- Microsoft to buy Red Hat? Say it ain't so
- Microsoft to buy Red Hat? Say it ain't sohey, it isn't 1st of April!What a piece of FUD :)Everyone knows including the author that RedHat would have no chance on the market if bought by M$ (either by simply killed by M$ or because of the bad name M$ has)....
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Processors, IBM Cell Processor, Red Hat Inc., Cell, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2005-05-16
- BOA constricts SOA debate?
- I love this phrase -- a word of warning about the perils of the "Blog Oriented Architecture" as relayed by Momentum's Jeff Schneider. The point is that some in the industry are prematurely pronouncing SOAP's demise. (We've been tracking this rancorous debate -- SOAP vs. REST -- in this...
- Tags: Jeff Schneider
- Blog posts 2005-04-03
- Mitnick: Security depends on workers' habits
- Mitnick: Security depends on workers' habitsOf course.I'm becoming more convinced that most security breaches come by the choice of the user, whether by authorizing an installation of software or by providing information.He makes another good point: a tight, rigorous security policy will be an entire failure. People resent...
- Tags: worker, security, directive, Mitnick, password, gut, security policy
- Discussion threads 2005-03-04
- Report: Major Windows security update foiled
- Report: Major Windows security update foiledWhat a surprise!Well, is it a surprise for anyone? If you search enough, you're always bound to find something wrong somewhere... Be it linux or windowsNow, it looks this problem can and most assuredly will be corrected...A patch on a patch.XP sp2 Flaw Memory RevealedI...
- Tags: Linux, Workforce management, Operating systems, Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., flaw, Microsoft Windows, OSX Flaw
- Discussion threads 2005-01-28
- Hollywood takes aim at campus file-swappers
- Hollywood takes aim at campus file-swappersIt sounds like the same crying...It sounds like the same crying that came from the RIAA. Hollywood, lower your rates and the masses will come. Your movies are wayyyyy overpriced.MojoI think they are following the MPAA codes of conductThese downloaders are just...
- Tags: Piracy, music industry, IP industry, MPAA, IP
- Discussion threads 2004-06-15
- Microsoft pries open Office 2003
- Microsoft pries open Office 2003All that whining for nothing.So much for all the whining about being "locked in".Document assemblyMS needed to do this to stay ahead of the lower-priced alternatives. One of the advantages that Office 2003 has for businesses is the document assembly capabilities that are available once...
- Tags: Microsoft InfoPath, open source, Microsoft Corp., XML, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2003
- Discussion threads 2003-11-17
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