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- Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition
- Installed only on IBMAt least, isn't that what wiped out OS/2?OS/2 was a great OS, but everyone heard about Windows through marketing and away the lemmings go. The interesting twist is that Apple's limited hardware base is still getting them more customers. Apple is starting to show up as...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, UNIX, Microsoft Windows 95, PC, operating system, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, IBM OS/2, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Could you green the world brick by brick?
- It's a brick."Well, the mainstream bricks boys do not like CalStar and want to prevent from the use of the very word 'brick.'"Oh, puh-lease. Even when people in third world countries put mud in molds on the ground and use sunlight to bake it, we still call them bricks.Yes, it's...
- Tags: CalStar, Oak Creek, ash, fly ash, Oak
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?
- NVidia has a chanceNot all that surprisingly the concept of supercomputing on a small basis has finally filtered down to audio/video recording facilities, with the bulk of basics going to the CPU and the actual processing going to the GPU. This is a clear advancement when those of us...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., supercomputer, big supercomputer player, supercomputing, supercomputer player
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Rocky dreams
- Sounds reasonableRock development was so far along, I believe it was down to the fab yields for the go/no-go decision. But Sun has always prided itself on having production products ready when they show it off publicly. This always avoided the obvious "vaporware" negative publicity. So if Sun does what...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, fab, right-wing
- Discussion threads 2009-09-19
- The ultimate guide to scareware protection
- Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- Brother MFC-3360C
- The Brother MFC-3360c multifunction might be one of the least expensive multifunction printers to hit the market, but it's far from the best. Aesthetically speaking, the boxy shape and drab color can't keep up with its competitors' modern designs, and although the print quality improves from other Brother printers we've...
- Tags: Printers, Fax, Monitors & displays, printer, Brother MFC-3360C
- Product reviews 2009-08-31
- NEW! - Davis's Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 3/e (Mobile)
- Davis's Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications, 3rd Edition Publisher: F.A. Davis Description Davis's Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests is a nursing-focused reference that puts hundreds of useful laboratory and diagnostic test monographs at your fingertips. Each entry delivers information on how the test works, how to accurately interpret results,...
- Tags: Patient, Mobile, Unbound Medicine, Davis, Unbound
- Software downloads 2009-08-12
- Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth
- Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truthObviousMicrosoft reminds me is so many ways of General Motors of the 1970's. I suspect that the end result will be much the same. Companies, like countries and people have life cycles.Still not convinced about open sourceAs a consultant dealing with...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, people resource, Microsoft Corp., Linux, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Grace Digital Bravado GDI-IRD4400M
- Photo gallery:Grace Digital Bravado GDI-IRD4400MThe Wi-Fi radio category has grown steadily over the last two years, thanks to greater consumer awareness and the popularity of streaming music services like Pandora. Grace Digital Audio was one of the early entrants to this product category, and the Bravado (model number GDI-IRD4400M) represents...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, background color, LCD Display, Bravado, radio, Grace Digital Bravado GDI-IRD4400M, Internet radio, stereo speaker
- Product reviews 2009-06-29
- Are Windows stealth updates back again?
- Are Windows stealth updates back again?PersonallyI think all "security" updates and patches should be automatic and there should be no option to opt-out the application of said patches.Many if not ALL of the worst viri/worm infections from the past decade wouldn't have happened if that were the case.Damned if you...
- Tags: Patches, Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Windows Stealth Updates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- A new push for health data rights
- A new push for health data rightsYeah, but keep government out of itI'm all for patients' rights. And that includes access to their health records, no matter where they were created and where they are stored.But, I also don't want the government involved in managing or creating a national...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Now Let, government
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- Collaborative Networks vs Social Networks
- During a telephone conversation between us last week Aaron Fulkerson of MindTouch said he was going to pick up on my Collaboration Networks meme, and he has now produced a solid post on this topic. Aaron takes on the number one issue plaguing...
- Tags: Social Networking, Web, Network, Tool, Aaron, Information Fabric, Collaborative Network, Collaboration, Productivity, Groupware, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Why enterprise networks run Windows, not the Mac
- Have you ever considered why the Mac is so well suited to the home environment? Has it ever occurred to you why the Mac is great with multimedia, with fun stuff like graphics and movie editing, but not so great at the serious stuff? With these, have you ever pondered...
- Tags: Multimedia, Apple Macintosh, Enterprise Network, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- HP's Virtualization Bundles Integrate the Virtual Storage Engine
- At first blush, server virtualization can be deceptively easy. IT managers can take a handful of less-than-critical applications and consolidate them onto one or a few idle, spare, or underutilized servers. Cobbling together a virtual infrastructure in the lab without the management and other add-ons is a relatively simple and...
- Tags: Storage Engine Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IT Manager, Illuminata Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage
- White papers 2009-06-05
- U.S. Army servers breached by Turkish hackers
- U.S. Army servers breached by Turkish hackers A question that puzzles meWhy on Earth is an US Army's Ammunition Plant and an US Army Corps of Engineers running insecure software from M$, more precisely Microsoft SQL Server?Presumably there are many other critical US institutions running dangerous software from M$. The...
- Tags: Databases, SECURITY, Servers, server, SQL injection, Turkish Hackers, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability, U.S. Army
- Discussion threads 2009-06-01
- Gmail makes it easy to switch mail accounts: Will it matter?
- Gmail makes it easy to switch mail accounts: Will it matter?Google FAIL!"And why would I want all my email on one provider?Google?that appears to be sucking wind at this very moment?" Indeed, this hits home quite poignantly right now. This is welcome news for those that want to switch...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Gmail
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- The netbook blacklash
- The netbook blacklashYeah well...[i]It sounds like a netbook won?t work for you. Don?t buy one.[/i]Sound advice of course, but these backlashes aren't really about the gadgets etc, but the hype that surrounds them.RE: The netbook blacklashAgreed. Netbooks work for a lot of people, but not everyone. Buy whatever the heck...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Panasonic HDC-SD100
- Photo gallery:Panasonic HDC-SD100Panasonic wisely halved the price of its formerly top-of-the-line twin AVCHD camcorders, the flash-based HDC-SD100 and hard-drive-based HDC-HS100, after they'd only been on the market for about six months. Though they provide a decent manual feature set and a trio of CMOS chips, they simply don't deliver the...
- Tags: Corporate communications, video, camcorder, SD100, Panasonic HDC-SD100, Panasonic
- Product reviews 2009-04-10
- Artificial blood, cartilage, and...brain?
- Researchers report a dose of new additions this week to the list of lab-produced versions of biological matter; And, taken together, the trio of announcements below span the gamut of organic complexity that they're trying to replicate. First, a team of biochemists from the University of Pennsylvania...
- Tags: Researcher, Brain, Protein, Neuron, Team Management, Semiconductors, Management, Hardware, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Microsoft deeds are the problem
- Microsoft deeds are the problemJudge by the great deed that is Windows 7...Let's forget Open Source once and for all. Open Source is a scourge on the planet and is only used by green screen types. Powerful corporate scions and high powered CIOs like me know Microsoft is the future....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source, deed
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
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