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ATpricing is confusingI thought I saw on the AT&T web site that iPhone plans already include Unlimited Data as part of the plan. What am I missing? Why are we talking about it as a separate charge?RE: ATI thought that this is a good idea with making an iphone that...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, text messaging

Discussion threads 2008-06-10

Americans are more wired, new-media survey finds

Americans are more wired, new-media survey findsUm...more wire*less*???Kinda seems like the move to mobile platforms would mean *fewer* wires? Or wait...the "old media"...aka t.v....is "wireless" too. Wow...what a conundrum.NLSB and December 17thThe article could mention the December 17th National Labor Standard Board decision. I still am pondering it...

Tags: Marketing research, Kinda, new-media survey find, survey find, survey

Discussion threads 2007-12-28

If viruses are no threat to Macs ...

The other day I was on the Apple Store website researching a gift (you know how it is at this time of year, someone asks for your opinion on a tech gift for someone else ...) and came across something I didn't expect to see for sale at the Apple...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Virus, Kinda, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Adobe 'no64' Photoshop CS3 launches

Adobe 'no64' Photoshop CS3 launchesHummmmmm!!"Double wide 64 bit CPU registers which allow larger number calculations to be performed in fewer CPU cycles."Wrong cow-boy, in 64 bits processors only the register for the integer units get to be 64 bits wide, the floating point units have been using 64 bits registers...

Tags: Network technology, Kinda, 64-bit computing, 64-bit, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop

Discussion threads 2007-03-28

Vista testers get unexpected holiday gift: No TV

Vista testers get unexpected holiday gift: No TVTo bad Myth TV doesn't have a Windows versionDon't get me wrong here. Just saying that because if average joe want to do something they generally stick with what they have. If Myth TV has windows based version then they'd have an easier...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Kinda, TV, Microsoft Windows Vista, RC1, RC2, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-04

Microsoft shakes up security fray

Microsoft shakes up security frayTrust those two?Frankly I trust Symantec and McAfee less than I do Microsoft. All three of those products will be staying away from my network, thank you.I'd trust this more to our Linux Geekwho's looking out for the best interests of all users, inclusive of his...

Tags: Kinda, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, security, Symantec Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-06-07

New education tools from Microsoft

New education tools from MicrosoftNew tools?No just another announcement. Interestingly the $5 billion schools spend on "technology" is less than the claimed MS research budget of $7.7 billion in 2004. Kinda puts it into perspective doesn't it.If you want to get your hand on a real productTrolltech has released the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, education tool, Microsoft Corp., Kinda, GPL version, Trolltech

Discussion threads 2005-06-28

Apple releases security update to Mac OS X

Apple releases security update to Mac OS XSay it ain't so!!!Security holes in open source, nonsense. Mac OS X flawed, no way! This must be another attempt by Microsoft to divert attention from there own failings. I'm sure if you look hard enough, the Republicans are behind...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Kinda, flaw, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., security

Discussion threads 2004-12-02

Government watchdog to investigate election

Government watchdog to investigate electionNeeds InvestigatingI had four friends over the night of the election.Three of us had been mysteriously un-registered to vote.One was un-registered from the precienct where she has voted since she was old enough - where she voted in the last election. She was told that...

Tags: Government, Kinda, ballot, provisional ballot

Discussion threads 2004-11-23

Judge: File sharing legal in Canada

Judge: File sharing legal in CanadaVery InterestingI am not sure that I agree with the judge, but I am delighted that the music industry is squirming somewhere in the world...Whats Cool About Thisis the fact although having nothing to do with the allegations RIAA is 'tending to,the fact that a...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Digital music, Digital media, Kinda, file-sharing, RIAA, personal use

Discussion threads 2004-03-31

Novell reinvents itself around Linux

Novell reinvents itself around LinuxSo is SCO going to sue Novell?If Linux contains SCO's proprietary code and Novell buys SuSE Linux, then SCO will have to sue Novell for infringing on the very ownership rights they purchased from Novell.Or am I missing something?Novell did a Linux deal with MS in...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, .NET, Kinda, Novell Inc., Linux, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2003-11-04

Additional Resources

If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?

If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?OT but relevant: The heavy tread of IT.Quoting from the stern warnings about SharePoint from another Comment:“As many shops are discovering, SharePoint is also a development platform that people both inside and outside of IT use to create intranets,...

Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise software, Microsoft SharePoint, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Way

Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Wayre: Winning Ugly[i]Why should Microsoft be any different? If you look at how enterprise software vendors have traditionally dealt with upgrades to their software products, the general tendency has been to put the vendor’s interests well ahead of the user. Upgrades to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Yes Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Apple's iPhone 3G activation/sync fiasco (updated 5x)

Atlantic City -- I'm not sure if it's just a server load issue because of all the east coast Apple and AT&T stores opening, but here at the Apple Store at The Pier customers are being told that their phones can't be activated and to take them home to activate....

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Virtual e-learning: the end of university?

Virtual e-learning: the end of university?i disagree[i]Nowadays, a university degree or doctorate doesn’t guarantee you a job at the end of your course, whereas “learning as you work” is becoming more and more popular.[/i]As far as I understand it, University places have gone up considerably since the 80s (source: old...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, University Place, job, e-learning

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?

Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?There are still issues...Network performance still needs work.File copy performance still needs work.The ghost town that is Ultimate Extra's needs to start giving us what we were promised and paid $100 extra for.I...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

On the road to Midori: RedHawk, MinSafe and Sapphire

On the road to Midori: RedHawk, MinSafe and SapphireFinally...So finally, Microsoft is embedding the .net framework into windows.. of course I totally agree, I mean I wanted that (http://www.amreldib.com/2007/12/windows-7-what-it-rumored-to-have-and.html) to happen.The managed code concept will really put the OS in charge of running all the applications and their security and...

Tags: .NET, Middleware, Microsoft Corp., RedHawk, Midori, SAPPHIRE, MinSafe, backward compatibility

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

AVG changes its stance on LinkScanner

AVG changes its stance on LinkScannerTime to lock down WindowsIn the days of Windows XP, the need for an active virus scanner was a no brainer. With Vista, a user can now easily lock down the system by using a limited user account and turning on DEP for all programs....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, AVG, LinkScanner, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

NVIDIA: Let's spread the blame far and wide

NVIDIA: Let's spread the blame far and widePublically?"Well, since then the company’s stock has taken a serious battering, and the company doesn’t seem to be willing to talk about the problems with its GPUs publically."Publically is not a word. Publicly is.That aside, Nvidea is playing the blame game and not...

Tags: NVidia Corp., GPU, blame, supplier

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Students and the browser war

Students and the browser warI switched, rather than foughtYou don't mention Opera, which although has very little market share, so does Lamborghini in the auto market, yet few would dispute the pedigree and quality of those cars.I used Firefox until the updates for the extensions came more slowly and fewer....

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, IE Tab, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-07-06