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- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.
- I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...
- Tags: U.S., R&D, Discovery, Blog, Politics, Survey, Creationism, Rational Rants, Research & Development, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft's Powerset hosts Lunch 2.0
- San Francisco's summer starts when the rest of the country's summer ends: Labor Day. The weather here in The City finally becomes pleasant, and techy companies like to have lunches outdoors. Today, Powerset was in charge of Lunch 2.0, a "social phenomenon referring to a migration of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Web 2.0, Food & Beverage, Internet, Manufacturing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?
- Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?Patentability and ProfitThe problem with new drugs like Vytorin is that we must rely on short-term studies & short-term observation in order to gamble on the drugs' safety. There is, presently, only one cholesterol medication that has not only proven to be most effective in...
- Tags: tobacco, new drug, drug company
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Where WiFi succeeds
- Where WiFi succeedsAll Good PointsMost important is your point that the cities' failures result from the failure of their business models. Just because the city council votes it to be true, and then commands, "Make it so", doesn't make it so.Your last point, that WIFI can work well on any...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Dell repair adventure, day 4
- Dell repair adventure, day 4Litigation"The expectation is that a person will arrive on site the next day having 1) the skills to diagnose and repair the problem, 2) the parts necessary to repair problem and 3) the tools necessary to do the work."1. Litigate: misleading advertising.2. Where is ZDNET's legal...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Buffalo LinkStation Mini adds iTunes streaming for iPhones
- In the drab world of network-attached-storage NAS devices, Buffalo's LinkStation Mini stands out thanks to its palm-sized form factor (due to it using 2.5-inch notebook hard drives instead of the 3.5-inch desktop hard drives that most NAS devices utilize). It has a solid set of features as well, including print-server...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hard Drive, NAS, Apple iTunes, App, Buffalo LinkStation Mini, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Code is law
- Code is lawCopyrighted state codes?Any chance you could provide a list of states that do that? This is definitely something voters should know.RE: Code is lawReceived this from Carl and I tried to edit the post to get it right:***Usually, the states don't claim copyright but the people who...
- Tags: Government, State Laws
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?
- Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster.Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster. IE8 is getting close to release, and having a Firefox/Chrome transition (or worse, battle) could kill their market share if IE8 is released during the transition.Could Google's Chome be death blow to...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, IE8, Chome, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Chrome, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- GXDirector (msi)
- GXDirector is a software for product development, quality control, maintenance, and general device control. Read property values from a physical device, edit them if needed, and write new values back to the device, or save values in a file for later use. You can attach all types of devices to...
- Tags: Device, Gurux, GXDirector, Product Development, Quality, Tools & Techniques, Product Marketing, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-01
- Wikipedia mystery: Who was improving Palin's entry?
- Wikipedia mystery: Who was improving Palin's entry?Unbias journalism.. would require that a more in depth explanation of the brother-in-law controversy be explained. Said individual was a state trooper who had been arrested for spousal abuse, a fire-able action in many jurisdictions. At any rate the person actually fired was guy...
- Tags: Wiki, Palin, Wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Green Plug snags heavy hitter for board
- Who says green tech isn't rocket science? Starting Sept. 1, green tech start-up Green Plug, which is pushing for the concept of a universal power converter, has appointed former White House advisor George Keyworth as the chairman of its board of directors. Keyworth was Science Advisor to...
- Tags: Green Technology, White House, Board, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Psystar files answer to Apple complaint
- Psystar files answer to Apple complaintBut they don'tYou have to modify Leopard to get it to run on non-Apple hardware.Case closed, Psystar loses.Especially the asinine argument that OS X is not a copyrightable work.Except....I would imagine Psystar is well backed in its endeavor. Or would be. There is...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Comcast sets 250GB ceiling
- Comcast sets 250GB ceilingRE: Comcast sets 250GB ceiling[i]"..Comcast won’t be releasing any programs that will let you easily monitor your bandwidth usage.."[/i]doesnt that directly violate the FCC order requiring Comcast to be fully transparent with their customers? To me this is still leaving them in the dark. IF they want...
- Tags: INTERNET, Corporate communications, Comcast Corp., ceiling
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureShibboleth?Here's the dictionary definition:1. a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons. 2. a slogan; catchword. 3. a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth. A report, providing...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Mgmt, packaged application, job, software
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Peek
- Here's the Peek pitch: there are those of us who are dependent on e-mail, but don't want to get a smartphone--maybe because of pricing, or because smartphones can be pretty complicated for first-time users. So forget the BlackBerry, the Treo, and the iPhone; the people behind Peek wanted to introduce...
- Tags: Handhelds, e-mail
- Product reviews 2008-08-28
- Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless Headset
- Wireless keyboards, mice, and printers have been around for years, but headphones and headsets are fairly new to the cordless party. Logitech's entry into the fray is the ClearChat PC Wireless Headset. Unlike the Creative Digital Wireless Gaming Headset HS-1200, which is targeted at gamers, Logitech sees the ClearChat as...
- Tags: Logitech, ClearChat PC Wireless Headset, headset, Creative HS-1200
- Product reviews 2008-08-28
- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled into
- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled intoI agree "One OS to unite them all""One price to keep all happy" In the end it's just a marketing ploy different versions each with their own "missing" pieces. In many ways it looks like double dipping...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, marketing, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years
- Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes says SaaS is the third attempt at "on demand" in his lifetime and predicts it will take the same path as the first two--to oblivion. Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes, doesn't believe in software-as-a-service SaaS. ...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Software as a service, SaaS, software, Lawson, Asia, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
- News items 2008-08-28
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