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Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May: Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late Maycan't waitI run Firefox 3 beta at home on both my Mac and Windows PC, and I can run it for a few weeks before images and stylesheets stop loading. That's the only performance bug I notice in my usage. On...; Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Firefox 3 RC1, late-May; Discussion threads 2008-05-12

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12 terabytes of YouTube data: 12 terabytes of YouTube dataHorrible loss for ConsumersThis Judge needs to be taught what he has the power to do, and not to do. This is a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Not to mention a major privacy issue for all of us that have ever watched...; Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statement: Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statementDoes that make him...?Just wondering if that makes him the majority shareholder now? Or could that be his goal, to make sure he retains control over Dell as a rule because he may be considering stepping aside as CEO to pursue something...; Tags: Mortgages, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, believer; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet: Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheetMissing Advances"Inevitably, the spreadsheet came up ... that statement touched off a minor storm of comment. Spreadsheets were immediately taken to task as being far too error prone."Same ol', same ol': I've had a few comments in these forums recently for suggesting...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet: Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream. He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...; Tags: Spreadsheet, Productivity, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-02

Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8: Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8Once again......late to the game. The "alternate" browsers have had these for a while. Competition breeds improvement, apparently. ;)It will still suckBeing a MS product, it will still suck.RE: Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8Why would...; Tags: Web browsers, cross-site scripting protection, Anti-malware blocker, Anti-Malware, IE 8, blocker, XSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Blockbuster comes to its senses: Pulls Circuit City bid: Blockbuster said it is withdrawing its proposal to buy Circuit City. In a statement late Tuesday, Blockbuster said its decision to pull its bid was based on "market conditions and the completion of our initial due diligence process." What Blockbuster didn't say is that no one could...; Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Branding, Microsoft Office, Marketing, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-02
McCain's campaign team has no Facebook chops: You have to admire the chutzpah of the idea of convincing voters that they should vote for a candidate through an arcade game rip-off of Space Invaders, because it's simply ludicrous coming from a candidate who has declared he doesn't even know how to "use a computer." Aaron Jacobs-Smith of...; Tags: Facebook, Team, John McCain, McCain, Jacobs-Smith, Games, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests: Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading, reported on research conducted by Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, who has been performing social engineering exploits for numerous clients in the past year and has apparently stolen thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. ...; Tags: Social Engineering, Identity, Dark Reading Article, Identity Theft, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Samsung BD-P1500: The most important question for any standalone Blu-ray player is whether it's better than the Sony PlayStation 3. Let's answer that one right off the bat: Samsung's new BD-P1500 is not. They both cost the same ($400 list), but the PS3 has better image quality, currently supports both Blu-ray Profile...; Tags: Overall IT, Samsung BD-P1500, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony PlayStation 3; Product reviews 2008-07-01
Part 2: Green tech and corporate ethics: Just following up my post from yesterday about a new consulting service from IBM designed to examine the ethical weight of green technology practices. There's another white paper on the Web site for business process management software vendor Metastorm about the impact that surprise rethinking the way...; Tags: Business Process, Metastorm, Green Technology, Ethics, Operational Planning, Business Ethics, Business Process Automation, Business Operations, Leadership, Management, It Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-01
AT: ATpretty close to what I pay for a Windows Mobile phone with AT&TI have been anxiously awaiting getting rid of my Cingular 2125, and am very happy with the prices of the 3G iPhone plans ... almost exactly what I am paying now for a low-end plan with 200 SMS...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, phone, High Tech Computer Corp., 3G; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses: Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy lossesHolding our breathThe auto-owning public is holding their collective breath to see what comes next. You don't want to be the person that paid an arm and a leg for a Prius then found out a year later there were...; Tags: heavy loss; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for Windows: Last Thursday, Microsoft released the final version of Hyper-V, the much anticipated built-in hypervisor for Windows Server 2008. Back in February, we had a look at a late beta release, and we were quite impressed with the performance of the system and how easy it was to manage virtual machines....; Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Paravirtualization Method, Microsoft VMM 2008, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 update: Apple late Monday releases another update to its Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system. The update includes a raft of security and performance tweaks for iCal, Airport and more. by David Morgenstern; Tags: Apple Inc., Issue, Construction, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-06-30
My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born: My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born BG Saw It ComingIf Bill Gates saw the Internet & the World Wide Web coming well in advance of everyone, why was his company the very last to do anything about it?The real truth is that Bill Gates...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Web, Bill Gates, software; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
A world ruled by Apple: Tributes to Bill Gates littered the blogosphere on Friday for obvious reason, as it was Bill Gates' last day as a full-time employee at the company he co-founded. This, predictably, rubbed certain people the wrong way, as the success of Bill Gates represents to some the "failure" of their preferred...; Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, Hardware, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-06-30
News on flash: EcoRAM held up as less power-hungry option than DRAM for server farms: Most people I know who talk tech associate flash memory with mobile phones and other small handheld gadgets, but the technology now is emerging as an option for reducing the power requirements in massive server farms, especially those that are frequently called upon to serve up data quickly and often....; Tags: DRAM, Server Farm, Spansion Inc., EcoRAM, Memory, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-28
Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-die: Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-dieAmerica is finishedThis latest downturn coupled with the internet and lax foreign ownership laws means that the devaluation of housing, which would normally ultimately let poor Americans back...; Tags: industry, Big 3, sales, therapy, Saturn; Discussion threads 2008-06-27
The lighter side of Bill Gates: As you all probably know, considering the 2 year lead-up to today and the considerable press coverage, it's Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft. I'd like to take a slightly different spin on covering his career and life, by pointing out the stupid stuff, in the hope it will appeal...; Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 95, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Sales, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-27