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Luddites, science and global warming

Luddites, science and global warmingRE: Luddites, science and global warmingI don't know why people get all in a fuss about this. They have to try it out first. Its an experiment people and if it works as they intend then we can go from there. If not then either nothing...

Tags: Luddites, global warming, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

Telcos: Laws governing our industry OK. They just need to favor telcos.

So, there was a lot of important non-C3 Expo stuff that happened while I was in New York at C3 Expo wrestling with the limited connectivity (and it was wired, not WiFi.... go figure) to file something that was even remotely interesting (as you may have seen from my coverage,...

Tags: David Berlind, Luddite, Luddites, Microsoft Corp., Net Neutrality, Scott Cleland, telecommunications company

Blog posts 2006-06-30

Additional Resources

More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse

You can watch BluRay movies via the Display Port IN. [nt][nt]Windows to the rescue!![i]Of course, until Apple releases software support, you?ll still have to boot into Windows to play movies.[/i]LOL, OS X sucks. :)LOLWhat's sad is that OS X is the best that Apple could steal!Is that the best you...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, mouse, Apple Inc., Pagan, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Softies launch virtual suggestion box for improving Microsoft Office

Office WordMy suggestion: Lose the lame ribbon.Haha. Love the pic.Looks like you're trying to type a reply. Would you like help?- Yes. I would like help.- No. Just continue with the reply.- Do not show again.Seriously though, a little piece of me misses that little guy. Nice to see the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., ribbon, Office Ribbon, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Poll: What's your dead-finger tech?

They're not called Crackberries for nothing. Technology can be addictive. With 5.2 million iPhones sold in the most recent recessionary quarter, it's clear that a whole lot of folks just got to have their gadget fixes. A while back, former ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind coined a phrase for...

Tags: Gadget, Tools & Techniques, Smart Phones, Notebooks, Blogging, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Internet, David Grober

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Amazon ate my homework, or why DRM stinks for education

The phrase "Amazon ate my homework" may certainly have been uttered on more than one occasion since the New York Times reported on Amazon's deletion of specific editions of George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984 from Kindle e-book readers (and no, the irony wasn't lost on anybody). Unless you...

Tags: Education, Digital-rights Management, Student, Amazon.com Inc., Textbook, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Google, Books and the Nature of Evil

Google, Books and the Nature of Eviljust that simpleYou are wrong. Current copyright laws are wrong.Its just that simple.Join the LudditesJoin the Luddites with Rob Enderle et al. I never saw forward thinking coming from his direction.Google is doing the right thing and it upsets many people, mostly in...

Tags: Google Inc., Evil

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

Energy Secretary Chu on saving our future

Energy Secretary Chu on saving our futureObviously a smart guyHe's from an academic background, and he is comfortable with new technologies.I don't know how much he values "real world" economics, though. Just because an electric car would be practical if battery technology improved 5x doesn't mean we should be...

Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Taxes, Free trade, inflation, High-Energy, tax, companies start, Oboma

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

How far behind the tech curve is health care?

How far behind the tech curve is health care?A long, long wayHealthcare is a long, long way behind the general curve when it comes to technology. Here's why, though electronic records have the power to be transformational, the core basics of healthcare don't necessarily digitize well. Charting is...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, patient

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Skipping Vista

Skipping VistaYou're absolutely rightas many who talk the talk will not be walking the walk. I'd go as far as to say that most will accede to the wishes of Microsoft and move to Windows 7. What I do see, however, is that the sheep are getting nervous, and a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Skipping Vista, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Sansa SlotRadio

In the heavily saturated MP3 player market, sometimes it's best to choose a specific target audience and really go for it. One example of this can be found in the Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player, aimed at tech-savvy consumers with little time and patience for creating personalized playlists. SanDisk takes...

Tags: Flash memory, Digital music, Digital media, SlotRadio, card, SanDisk Corp.

Product reviews 2009-04-06

Don't even imagine the oil age is over

Don't even imagine the oil age is overSo lets just keep poluting our own environment?Oh sure we can try to drill for oil out at sea, but we still can't ship this stuff around without spilling it, and there are people that want to punch a hole in the ocean...

Tags: oil, barrel

Discussion threads 2009-04-03

Here's one view of a green future: more jobs and healthier planet

Here's one view of a green future: more jobs and healthier planetThe luddite denialists will do everything to prevent it from happeningThey will deny it, they will call it a hoax, they'll claim they have "scientific" evidence on the contrary, etc."The report sees nearly eight million green energy jobs by...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, healthier planet, green future, SQC, cleaner energy, hoax

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

DTV delayed until June

DTV delayed until JunePresident Obama and the Congress ....... got this one wrong! The same people that aren't ready now won't be ready in June. It is their nature that until their hand is forced they will not act.Furthermore, since when is television is a right? Did...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, digital television, TV

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

News to know: plane crash; Windows 7; Bartz's salary; Intel

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: New York plane crash: online media spreads word within seconds Andrew Nusca: New York CTO to statewide...

Tags: Job, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Salary, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Recruitment & Selection, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-01-16

Luddites, science and global warming

There's opposition to an oceanic experiment about to take place in the south Atlantic. I blogged about the geoengineering research being done by a German and Indian research team. They're going to dump 20 tons of iron sulphate into one area of ocean and see what happens. ...

Tags: Ocean, Global Warming, Nature.com, Team Management, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-15

Detroit reaches dead end unless White House intervenes

Detroit reaches dead end unless White House intervenesYes.They lost on the smaller cars mandated by CAFE standards to get their fleet mileage up, and made up for it on the higher end SUVs, etc. Given the wages and benefits, it is impossible to make a small car here in...

Tags: car market, Well HERE, car, dead end, White House

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

Poll: Do you really use Wikipedia?

"Wikipedia gets $890,000 for the Luddites," screams the headline of a post my intrepid CNET colleague Caroline McCarthy wrote earlier this week. If you haven't heard, the Stanton Foundation gave the Wikimedia Foundation the grant to hire three new developers and "commission research to identify the most...

Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Enough already with the Luddite schools

Enough already with the Luddite schoolsI think middle school is better for tech than primary.I would rather see hand written reports up to and including 4th grade. Technology is great but so far cognitive scientists have not created a device that rivals the human brain. If you don't develop all...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, public school

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid

Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid...."[B]But - it does show that maybe we're a bit too dependent on our devices and that we can be a bit too caught up in the technology of the day.[/B]"That's part of the lesson and the rest of your post is dead...

Tags: Engineering, MAKE SURE, phone book, Zapped off-the-grid, Third World, phone, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-20