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Wishful thinking: Can we make this carbon clock count backwords?

Wishful thinking: Can we make this carbon clock count backwords?We don't need to make the carbon clock 'count backwards'The fact is that carbon in the atmosphere does LITTLE TO NO damage to the environment in the slightest.We should be more worried about water vapor... but then again, there is nothing...

Tags: Life-cycle, carbon, WISHFUL THINKING

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Semantic Web Gang podcast discusses Wolfram Alpha and Google's Rich Snippets

This month has seen Google announce 'Rich Snippets' and Wolfram Research release Alpha to a flurry of mainstream media coverage; both are of interest to those working on the Semantic Web. This month's episode of the Semantic Web Gang takes a look at both stories, and Gang...

Tags: Google Inc., Podcast, Mainstream Media, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Jimmy Fallon pushes Twitter to the masses

As I'm typing this post, Jimmy Fallon is being taped in New York, and they are hitting the Twitter databases hard. Kevin Rose is a guest and he is trying to influence the mainstream media world with our new media addiction. Fallon and Rose, who have a...

Tags: Mainstream Media, Twitter, Kevin Rose, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-11

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Get ready for the 'Twitterization' of mainstream media

Get ready for the 'Twitterization' of mainstream mediaRe: Get ready for the 'Twitterization' of mainstream mediaLoved the article, as you say it will be interesting to see how mainstream media channels whatever that means nowadays adapt to the rise of Twitter/Pownce/Jaiku. Also interesting I feel is the pontential that...

Tags: Knowledge management, Strategy, Twitterization, Get Ready, mainstream media, Twitter, media

Discussion threads 2007-08-16

Mainstream media, blogosphere largely miss point about Skype free calling plan

Mainstream media, blogosphere largely miss point about Skype free calling planJoin the Rest of the WorldI agree. North America is just joining the rest of the world in paying for Skype. Their free SkypeOut was a way to increase customers and usage, and with the amount of coverage this news...

Tags: Blogging, Skype Technologies S.A., Mainstream Media, blogosphere

Discussion threads 2006-12-14

Google trying to buy Microsoft Office clone

Google trying to buy Microsoft Office cloneIrrelevant!There are already alternative office suites. In fact, not only is this not a plus...but it's a minus for GOOG. Cuz who in their right mind *buys* an alternative to M$ Office when the leading alternative, OpenOffice, is free??Google buying OFFICE clone?Google...

Tags: Web browsers, Strategy, Microsoft Office, Mainstream Media, Google Inc., KACHING, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-12-12

Arrington is actually helping mainstream media by sucking away their readers

Mike Arrington wanted to create a dialogue with mainstream media at ONA. Steve Gillmor says he shouldnt have wasted his time. Steves right.You want to get the attention of mainstream media? Kick em in the revenue stream. The real competition therefore is Craigslist. You match up six Arringtons with six...

Tags: Arrington, mainstream media, media, Ask

Blog posts 2006-10-09

The thought that Notes is dead is dead

The thought that Notes is dead is deadPremature AgingDead is dead. There are no degrees of death. Death is, literaly, terminal in this life at least.There's 'fatally ill', 'at death's door', and you can have 'one foot in the grave' while being 'deathly pale' or have a 'near...

Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Enterprise software, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Office, IBM Lotus Domino, IBM Lotus Notes

Discussion threads 2006-01-27

New worm moves at near-record speed

New worm moves at near-record speedNT Which OS is Vulnerable? Is It Windows? The Article Does not Say...Yawn, just another day in the monocultureYou've only got 70,006 viruses to look out for today. Smile, can it get much worse?I wouldn't care about thisif it weren't wasting SO MUCH network...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Windows, worm, F-Secure Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-03-01

Additional Resources

HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. Any low-end desktop replacement must cut some corners on its way to providing a serviceable multimedia experience at an approachable price. At $729,...

Tags: Desktops, DVD, Hewlett-Packard Co., dv7, HP Pavilion, desktop replacement, desktop

Product reviews 2009-11-25

Gateway DX4300-11

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.Gateway hasn't fared well with its most recent round of DX-series mainstream retail PCs. Neither the DX4300-03 nor the DX4822-01 received positive marks, and...

Tags: Video cards, LANs, DVD, Consumer electronics, Semiconductors, Network technology, NETWORKING, Gateway Inc., graphics

Product reviews 2009-11-25

Sony Vaio FW560F/T (brown)

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. Several months ago, one of our favorite retail laptops was the Sony Vaio FW480J/T. Besides offering no-hassle Blu-ray playback and a large...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, game, Intel Core 2 Duo, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-25

East Anglia: some new angles, but no arrests for hacking

Investigation..."If the Republicans regain control of the Senate any time soon, you can expect a full-blown Inhofe-fuelled investigation."Horrors! Imagine that, someone actually wants to INVESTIGATE to see if the "science" of global warming holds water pardon the pun? You mean people actually want to KNOW if these drastic changes to...

Tags: Blogging, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Junkscience, East Anglia, e-mail, hacking

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx offers more multitasking muscle than many of the other mainstream budget retail laptops we've recently reviewed. Helped by a 7,200rpm...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Overall IT, lid, Hewlett-Packard Co., AMD Turion II, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., keyboard, HP Pavilion

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Sony VAIO VGN-NW270F/S

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F/S is a stylish, spacious laptop for high-definition fans with low budgets. For a reasonable $699 at Best Buy, the Vaio...

Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970 is a thin-and-light laptop that is neither thin nor light. It feels solidly built, but this is a 13.3-inch laptop...

Tags: Notebooks, Network technology, laptop computer, satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-24

HP Pavilion dv6-1375dx

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. HP had better hope its Pavilion dv6-1375 is not sitting on retail store shelves directly next to the Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F/S. Both are...

Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Product reviews 2009-11-24

MyBlood 1.0 (Mac)

MyBlood has a number of unique features that make the product stand out towards its competitors: Ã?? MyBlood runs on Mac OS as well as on XP, Vista and Windows 7 with the same single source code and is fully GEDCOM 5.5 compliant Ã?? MyBlood has very strong visualization capabilities,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Vertical Horizon, MyBlood 1.0, MyBlood, Jadoul, Product Development, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Research & Development, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-23