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Google Calendar is down

Google Calendar is downSomebody's United Nations page?The Linux guy is a murderer.

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Google Calendar, Google Inc., Linux Guy

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

He likes it: Linux guy gives Windows Home Server a (qualified) thumbs up

He likes it: Linux guy gives Windows Home Server a qualified thumbs upHeh.Only a Linux guy would like such toy. WHS is a geeky toy...it may be useful for some people, but I still don't see why Joe User would bouy it. This product is going to sell as well...

Tags: Operating systems, CSS, Media Center PCs, UNIX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, FUD, Linux, Linux Guy, server, WHS, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, Iomega WHS, codec, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-12-24

The Low Point--a view from the Valley: The innovation game

The Low Point--a view from the Valley: The innovation gameCorporations are paid for open source.Red Hat makes money selling its version of Linux. Companies want to buy name brand software, and will pay for it. Then they don't have to pay staff to look at the code.Though consultants...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, patent, Low Point, software, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Vista Hands On #1: What you need to know about product keys

Vista Hands On #1: What you need to know about product keysWell goodyNow we have another CLI invocation to manage Windows:ipconfigmsconfigand now slmgrJust for managing whether we're in "good" with the gang at MS. What WILL they think of next?So Slmgr.vbs is a VBScript file. I wonder what kinds of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux Guy, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Hands-On, product key, Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-02-12

Wind River's Linux transformation

Wind River's Linux transformationSeems that Linux guy was rightyou know, the Linux guy with numbers? Anyhow the rest of you naysayers... wow! How does crow taste?excellent articleI enjoyed reading it and found it very informative. Especially this bit "You can't do control-alt-delete on a pacemaker."I will keep an eye on...

Tags: Corporate communications, UNIX, Operating systems, Digital video, OPEN SOURCE, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Linux, Linux Guy, Wind River Systems Inc., video

Discussion threads 2005-04-06

Additional Resources

Will HTC be the first to launch a WiMAX-enabled mobile phone?

Fellow Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host Kevin Tofel went to the Sprint/XOHM WiMAX launch event in Baltimore this week and wrote up his thoughts. The event was focused mainly on the devices that support the WiMAX network that was launched the week before and as a mobile guy I was...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Phone, Mobile, Radio, Cell Phone, Nokia N810, WiMAX, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-10

On the Linux laptop the bundle is all

In a Linux laptop, the bundle is all. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Linux Laptop, Laptop Computer, Linux, OpenOffice, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'

Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee

News items 2008-10-10

Unipro UGENE (exe)

Unipro UGENE integrates most of the important molecular biology tools within a single graphical environment. UGENE runs on Linux, Windows, and MacOS platforms. Unipro UGENE view and analysis of annotated DNA or protein sequences, huge files support, native support of zipped documents, and chromatograms visualization. Number of DNA plots supported...

Tags: Algorithm, DNA, Biology, UniPro, Unipro UGENE, Biotechnology, Engineering

Software downloads 2008-10-10

Churchill Club podcast: Irrational decisions and the rational people who make them

Renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, say that anyone--under the right set of circumstances--is capable of irrational action. But irrational behavior is not random. In conversation with Guy Kawasaki--one of the Club's most popular moderators--the authors of, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of...

Tags: Decision, Podcasts, Strategy, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?

I was browsing on webmagazine Salon when I came across an interesting review written by Scott Rosenberg of the book "Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know" by Randall Stross. (The title of the article is, "Google's Vulcan death grip." Boy am I a sucker.) ...

Tags: Google Inc., Flaw, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bug

Buried in the flurry of feature-related news surrounding the release of Opera 9.6 is the fact that the update fixes an "extremely severe" vulnerability that could expose Opera users to code execution attacks. According to an Opera advisory, which is not mentioned anywhere in Opera's giddy press...

Tags: Opera Software, Web Browser, Applet, Rohlf, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Making money on open source

IBM has used Linux to unify its product lines, it has used open source to deliver services, and it has continued to get top dollar for the time of its people despite their using open source tools. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-09

No surprise: Microsoft to fine-tune UAC in Windows 7

No surprise: Microsoft to fine-tune UAC in Windows 7Not Far Enough.I have not had a lot of experience with Vista but what I have experienced is more than I care for. When I have used Vista I had the distinct feeling that I was being watched by the computer....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice being served?

Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice being served?RE: Palin e-mail hacker indictedIf someone opened your U.S. mail box and took your mail he or she would be prosecuted and possibly jailed . . . this is no different.RE: Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice...

Tags: Social Security, Palin, Palin e-mail hacker, e-mail hacker, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Digital Web Business News: Weekly Report - Oct. 8, 2008

There are an incredible amount of startups and established companies who are releasing tools and practices for digital Web strategies for businesses on a weekly basis. Since I cannot cover them all I have set out to prepare a weekly snapshot of digital Web news that impacts businesses of all...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, News, Brainshark, LotusJump, Search, Marketing Research, Ruby On Rails, Open Source, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Student indicted for Palin e-mail hack

Student indicted for Palin e-mail hackno luck for youseems your daddy wont be able bail you out of this one. Just remember to bring plenty of vaseline with you in prisonoh boy, is this kid in the crapperThis little jerky-boy is headed for a really miserable experience. Having a...

Tags: Palin, Palin e-mail, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?

Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?They'll all be bitter.Don't get me wrong. I'm what passes for a happy Microsoft user, but all the "flavors" have and shall continue to leave a bitter taste and confused consumers. Another plus for...

Tags: Home entertainment, 64-bit, Operating systems, Games, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft NEEDS, real question, home theater

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

C'mon, Vista really isn't that badRE: C'mon, Vista really isn't that badI agree, it eases the transition from the digital to the physical world for computer users and seems especially geared towards newer computer users and explaining steps and giving more information about the system itself and any software installed....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, C'MON, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

Picture the scene. A small country pub in Canterbury, a warm, autumn evening, surrounded by friends drinking and smoking in the beer garden; relaxing after a difficult, hard day at work. The birds are singing, the breeze is light and feathering our very souls. This is heaven....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-08