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- Bill joy: Pandemics, biofuels and the $10 PC
- The final day of PC Forum stared with a conversation between Esther and Bill Joy, Sun co-founder and now Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers venture capitalist. The discussion touched on how technology, the Internet and politics are impacting society and the planet. As a venture capitalist, Joy and his firm are...
- Tags: Joy
- Blog posts 2006-03-14
- joy refreshes last two of his "six Webs"
- In his keynote to the approximately 800 attendees at MIT's September 2005 Emerging Technologies conference, Kleiner-Perkins partner Bill Joy (a co-founder of Sun Microsystems) offered his long-discussed six Web framework once again as a way for people to understand what the Internet is and what categories all of its future...
- Tags: Web
- Blog posts 2005-09-29
- Is technology making us safer?
- "Is Technology Making Us Safer" was the most entertaining and bleak panel at the AO2005 Summit. Paul Saffo, Director and Roy Amara Fellow at the Institute for the Future, moderated the event, refereeing exchanges among the curmongeonly George Gilder, author and editor of the Gilder Technology Report; a rather joyless...
- Tags: Joy, George Gilder
- Blog posts 2005-07-22
- Interview: Bill joy, the venture capitalist
- Bill Joy, Sun co-founder and ex-chief scientist, who retired from the Silicon Valley company in September 2003, is ramping up his career as a VC partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Amazon.com, Google, Netscape, Sun, etc). In a recent interview with News.com, Joy updates his once provocative ideas about the use...
- Tags: Joy, Bill Joy
- Blog posts 2005-03-31
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- Federal charges in MySpace suicide case
- Federal prosecutors have indicted Lori Drew for actions on MySpace that led 13-year-old Megan Meier right to kill herself, USA Today reports. She was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of computer crimes. The grand jury charges that she accessed protected computers without authorization to...
- Tags: Count, Distress, Computer, MySpace, Mulford, Ron, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- The MS Office 2008 for Mac scandal continues
- Can Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit expect anything but frustration from its installed base of users? The excuses from the development team are wearing very, very thin. The news today was that the group was able to get its first batch of 1,000 bug...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2004, MacTech, Ticktin, Scripting Languages, Microsoft Office, Desktops, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Off Topic: Desktop evaluation - Linux, Mac OS and Windows
- Off Topic: Desktop evaluation - Linux, Mac OS and WindowsSimilar experiences to mac from windowsI tend to find that when i recommend a mac to someone they look at the price and question why? despite this I manage to convince them to get one. when they get it though I...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Desktop evaluation, Linux Mac OS, Linux, Off Topic, Microsoft Windows, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Does open source programming make you a criminal?
- Does open source programming make you a criminal?lmao, nicely done! ntntRE: Does open source programming make you a criminal?Great post Dana! It always nice to start the day off with a good laugh.I know where this came from......but I wouldn't have even bothered satirizing the two talkbackers who were constantly...
- Tags: Development tools, Does open source programming
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Questioning IT
- Questioning ITConsistencyIn a prior entry, didn't you make the unassailable point that in a disaster Murphy's Law (a tribute to haplessness?) will assure that the best laid plans...So all that practice is like the mouse's "mony a weary nibble" creating a home that was destroyed in the Robert Burns poem...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, UNIX, data center, traditional systems environment, systems environment, dual data center, disaster recovery, insurance company
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- XP SP3 - Downloaded and installed
- XP SP3 - Downloaded and installedRTMAm on the RTM final build--no issues found here. Schweet.What version does "help" -> "about windows" show?I see the following:version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp.080413-2111 : Service Pack 3)Can anyone confirm this is the RTM version?download doesnt work for meI'm trying to download from the Top Downloads...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Document management, Modi, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, Downloaded
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Mysterious Forest (exe)
- Add a bit of magic to your screen. Feel the spirit of the natural freedom and ceaseless joy. Get into the heart of the mysterious forest where you can meet happy animals and fairy creatures. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: FullScreensavers
- Software downloads 2008-04-24
- Ballmer: We don't need Yahoo and we aren't raising our bid
- Ballmer: We don't need Yahoo and we aren't raising our bidIt is a terrible dealWhy? Because Microsoft will implode one of the cornerstones of the web into a Microsoft Crapware wasteland. It is terrible for all of us end users.Message has been deleted.RE: Ballmer: We don't need...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Desktops, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- Trees block solar panels, and a feud ends in court
- Trees block solar panels, and a feud ends in courtgrandfather clause anyone?This situation never should of went further then two words, grandfather clause. Areas all around the country are exempt from certin laws that were passed after the fact. Such as salvage yards that are now held to higher standards...
- Tags: solar panel
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- 99.999 per cent of bloggers have a day job...
- Matt Richtel's New York Times article about the heavy stress of making a living as a blogger is not about the blogger life at all. It is about the life of a freelance journalist, which often sits at the bottom a very shallow barrel in terms of journalist compensation. ...
- Tags: Job, Media, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- (Photos: Improv Everywhere's public hijinks)
- (Photos: Improv Everywhere's public hijinks)Improv AnticsWhat an absolute joy these people are. The NY freeze was hysterical. I'm amazed how well all held their place without falling over. It is so nice in this big serious, hopelessly dull world around us, to have such a group as this...
- Tags: Improv, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Report: Office 2007 demand 'healthier than thought'
- Report: Office 2007 demand 'healthier than thought'And so it should beOffice 2007 is a marked improvement over the old Office family. I'm writing my dissertation at the moment, and I find it a joy to use: it's so polished and well thought out. Kinda like driving an Aston Martin... kinda.RE:...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Google turns the lights out for Earth Hour
- Google turns the lights out for Earth HourHow much energy would be savedIf Google were really to lights out for an hour. My guess is that they can't shut down the datacenter or start it back up in that time frame, but it would certainly make a statement. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Turns, Earth Hour
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- Google for enterprise: my $500 bet
- Google for enterprise: my $500 betScoble is going to lose...For sure Scoble is going to lose the Bet... in a short time mail will evolve and the system that we know know will be obsolete. I have my vision, but Google will have a long and hard road to keep...
- Tags: E-mail providers, PRODUCTIVITY, Scoble, Google Gmail, Google Inc., tool
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Drop that decaf!
- I personally think de-caffeinated coffee tastes nasty. So it was with some joy, on my second cup of regular, that I read of an NIH-funded study showing that decaf may be worse for your heart than the high-octane stuff. The study, done at the...
- Tags: Blood Pressure, Study, Dr., Atlanta, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- News to know: Linux galore; Black Hat Europe; Vista reliability; Google and censorship
- Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft partners with open source Jaspersoft, Sourcesense Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors Red Hat CEO: We haven't done a good enough job as an industry leader, or project leader ...
- Tags: Black Hat, Google Inc., Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Semantic Web, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
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