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- New majority loses nerve on net neutrality
- Now that Democrats have a majority in Congress, they are losing their appetite for direct confrontation with the phone monopolies over network neutrality. HR 5353, introduced by Rep. Edward Markey, carries no enforcement provision on network neutrality, and even carries the co-sponsorship of a neutrality opponent, Rep....
- Tags: Chip Pickering, Democrat, Network, Majority, Edward Markey, Net Neutrality, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
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- AMD on road to recovery, says research firm
- AMD on road to recovery, says research firmWhile this may sound too simple...all AMD needs is a processor that would outperform what Intel is offering. The CPU market is a lot less sophisticated than analysts would have you believe. But then what would they have to write about.When AMD had...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?FYI[url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/dell_adds_ubuntu_systems_updates_hardy_heron/]FYI[/url]Just curious Dana, are you running Linux? If so, why and which Distro?If not, why?Thanks for another 'good read'.P.S.[url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2660]This article[/url] isn't clear about what O/S you use.RE: Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?The simple answer is a reassuring NO! Put simply,...
- Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, Notebooks, Ubuntu, Linux, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Spam coming from free email providers increasing
- After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three free email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Gmail, Free Email Company, Anti-spam, Spammer, E-mail Company, IP, Service, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- 78% of US cell phone purchases are made in store
- The overwhelming majority of cell phone buyers make the purchase in a store - some 78% do, with 12% buying online and 9% by some other means. Among the narrower set of those who use the internet in their cell phone research, 26% bought their device online. 75% of those...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- U.S. health care not getting better
- U.S. health care not getting betterThe study has predetermined the result[Michael Cannon, the Cato Institute's director of health policy studies, summed up what's wrong with the study: "The report does nothing more than reveal which nation does the worst job of satisfying the subjective preferences of the people who conducted...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, U.S. Health, medical care, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice
- The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...
- Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Google earnings fall short; Says it can thrive in weak economy
- Google earnings fall short; Says it can thrive in weak economyGoogle earnings fall short; Says it can thrive in weak economyAnd the ship starts to sink...I hope no one was expecting them to have a good quarter considering their lack of innovation, discontinuing services, and their prized possession of search...
- Tags: Financial accounting, earnings miss, GOOG, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"
- Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"SilverliteSo... the point of this article is... ???Since Silverlight came from Microsoft...and Microsoft is the biggest name in software, it becomes way to easy for those jealous of Microsoft's success to tear down or discredit them with frivilous lawsuits. What if Silverlight came...
- Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight suit, conduct
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Panasonic DMR-EA18K
- In preparation from the upcoming analog-to-digital DTV transition, any device manufactured since 2007 and equipped with a standard analog NTSC tuner has been federally mandated to also include a digital ATSC tuner. For manufacturers of DVD recorders, that leaves two options: include a digital tuner, which increases the price a...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, tuner, Panasonic DMR-EA18K, Direct Navigator, recorder, Panasonic
- Product reviews 2008-07-16
- Should the Empire strike back?
- Should the Empire strike back?Proof that Apple pays astro-turfers![i]When I was at Apple, one the competitive team’s central goals was to goad Microsoft and Intel into targeting us in public. ... [b]We hounded them in online discussions.[/b][/i]Well, that explains many of the talkbacks! I've always suspected that Apple paid these...
- Tags: UNIX, apple ad, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Empire Strike Back
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- AIIM Market IQ Research
- There is a torrent of information available on Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 technologies available to inquiring minds, but making sense of it all is another matter. As is so often the case, the more information you find, the harder it can be to get an clear...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, AIIM, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Tahiti: Microsoft's ultimate many-core destination
- Tahiti: Microsoft's ultimate many-core destinationmulticoreinfo.comCheck out http://multicoreinfo.com for multicore related news and programming resources.Tired of CoresI'm tired of the core nonsense. How about we use the existing cores more effectively?Anyone stick a scratched CD/DVD into a Vista machine and enjoy the explorer freeze-up while some blocking i/o is going on?...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Tahiti, multi-core, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- The fastest way to learn open source
- The fastest way to learn open sourceReally?You wrote:One of the biggest problems in computing today is the shortage of young programmers, and one of the chief reasons for that is a shortage of readable, basic guides which can act as textbooks in high schools.[End quote.]I'd thought there were more programmers...
- Tags: Development tools, Programming languages, Scripting languages, programmer, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Do problems with Wikipedia presage social networking's end?
- Do problems with Wikipedia presage social networking's end?Comparison to democracy very apt.When I look at the modest level of education, intelligence, and self-centered approach to life of many of my fellow citizens, the fact that I live in a democracy seems scary.But what would we have instead - the fabled...
- Tags: Wiki, network, Wikipedia, social networking
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Microsoft as the gate keeper of video analytics
- Microsoft as the gate keeper of video analyticsNBC Olympics and TVTonic[b]Wavexpress to Provide Internet Video Download Service for NBC’s Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games[/b]Free Service to Allow Media Center Users the Ability to Download Content During NBC’s Coverage of the Beijing Olympics, August 8-24, 2008http://www.tvtonic.com/news/?p=133NEW YORK - June 23,...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Corporate communications, Microsoft Corp., analytics, video, NBC, Wavexpress, NBC Olympic
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- XSS worm at Justin.tv infects 2,525 profiles
- A XSS worm was crawling across Justin.tv, the popular lifecasting platform at the end of June, details of the incident emerged in the middle of last week. Basically, the group that found the XSS vulnerability abused it for the purpose of generating the following graph as a proof of concept,...
- Tags: Vulnerability, XSS, Worm, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patches
- On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patchesUnbreakable.ntRE: On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patchesso tables turned? MS SQL 2005 "zero" known vulnerabilities in 2.5years.. looks like SDL works well for Microsoft and its clientsRE: On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patchesIt is important...
- Tags: Patches, Storage, Databases, SECURITY, critical database, server patch, database, deck, patch management, server, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCs
- Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCsLooking at the data another way,there were fewer Mac owners getting iPhone 3G's than the original iPhones. Not just %, but raw number. Wonder what conclusions could be drawn from that?Good luck with the corporate TrojanYeah I don't see this being any...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G buyer, 3G, survey, Apple Inc., PC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
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