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Will consumers scrimp on paid security software?

Will consumers scrimp on paid security software?McAfee has more issues than consumer spending!!I recently was alerted that my subscription had run out. So I went to my online McAfee account and purchased my renewal. I then had to download the installer for the newest version. It gave...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, knee-jerk reaction, Norton Co., McAfee Inc., paid security software, software

Discussion threads 2007-12-17

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Psystar: Cocaine, car crashes and a chance to beat Apple

Monopoly Much?How has apple been able to get away with this? Microsoft gets sued for sending their browser with their operating system while not blocking anyone else's browsers on their systems. Apple does not allow anyone else to use their operating system on other hardware, not sure how...

Tags: Operating systems, car, Apple Inc., operating system, hackintosh, Psystar

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Bartz can carry a room; Can she carry Yahoo?

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz sure can carry a room---especially the crowd at the D7 conference. The formula: Drop an F-bomb, talk Dilbert, mock the silos at Yahoo and tease us about a search deal with Microsoft if there are big dollars involved. Next step: Do something about the sources of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Twitter, Gender And Diversity, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Teflon: is it safe?

Teflon: is it safe?And? If it does much more good then harmthen we have to live with it. CRT monitors and cell phones "may" cause tumors, but they are both used in the process of saving lives. Should they disapear, too? It is like saying that some heart medication that...

Tags: teflon, Teflon, plastics

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Man in China dies after three-day Internet session

Man in China dies after three-day Internet sessionpathetichow sad but how funny a person can sit their for three days and croak after of playing games online.This feels like propagandaNo evidence, of course, but this doesn't feel right; like the story may have been manufactured to justify the party line...

Tags: three-day, Internet session, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

Will Oracle's perception issues hurt SAP lawsuit?

Oracle files a lawsuit against SAP alleges massive corporate fraud and folks just dont seem to believe it. In fact, most observers are wondering what Oracle is really up to. The reaction to the lawsuit has been interesting to say the least. Among the questions raised in informal discussions about...

Tags: SECURITY, Oracle Corp., SAP AG

Blog posts 2007-03-23

Medical Abbreviations and Terminology Quick Study Guide (Mobile)

Use it as a learning tool and as a reference guide to decoding medical terminology and abbreviations. Over 2,000 abbreviations including medical organizations and personnel, Latin abbreviations, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms, List of medical roots, Measurement Units, Anatomical terms with color diagrams for Position, Direction, and Motion.AudienceIntended for everyone...

Tags: Advertisement, Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2006-11-30

The open source battleship game

The open source battleship gameDefine "merit"I am certain that if you asked 100 people you would get 100 different answers. There is where the problem is.And why can't they coincide?Is it so inconceivable to you that IBM's strategic interests could coincide with the option they've chosen being meritorious in...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Quality, OpenDocument Format, festival, software, open source

Discussion threads 2005-12-08