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- Microsoft releases source code under an Apache license
- Microsoft releases source code under an Apache licenseAnti MS zealots bashing this in 3... 2... 1...I win $20 if anyone mentions embrace, extend, extinguish. :)Pay us to use technology, we need to feed the greedy.Anyone who buys a single word of anything from Microsoft is ultimately just a dumb consumer.Anyone...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Apache Software Foundation, MEDIOCRITY, Microsoft Corp., F/OSS
- Discussion threads 2009-01-27
- So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?
- So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?RE: So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?Okay, I've been in school all day and couldn't wait to get home and download the Windows 7 Beta! And now I get this! I navigate to the webpage and all it says is "Windows...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, WINDOWS 7 BETA, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-01-09
- Proof that there are two types of computer users: Dumb and Dumber
- First, the good news. Our Technology Shakedown videos seem to be striking a nerve so expect more of them. The idea? We shouldn't have to accept mediocrity in our technology products. Period.Now, the bad news. Judging by the responses to these shakedowns (yesterday's in particular), there's a contingent of end-users...
- Tags: Technology Shakedown, Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Gartner: Wake up IT managers, you're mediocre (at best)
- Technology managers are mired in mediocrity, wait for technology vendors to innovate and fear being a first mover. The result: The U.S. doesnt innovate and CIOs risk becoming extinct. That sobering message was delivered by Gartner analyst Steve Prentice. "Now is...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, General, IT Management, Innovation, Hardware Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- HP drops iTunes, taps RealNetworks for music
- HP drops iTunes, taps RealNetworks for musicDumb moveDoping iTunes for Real Networks is the dumbest thing HP could do.Everybody knows that Real Player/One is a piece of crap that contains spyware. Ever wonder why RealOne has a built-in keyloger??Mediocrity is powerful and gets lots of attentionPT Barnum said a...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Mediocrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., RealNetworks Inc., music, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2006-01-04
- Too many companies have it all wrong
- Too many companies have it all wrongGood ArticleI totally agree. One thing that's really bad is the whole customer lock-in mentality: Hook them, and then lock them into non-neutral solutions. Then we charge for the extras because it becomes impossible for the customer to switch.And I'm not...
- Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Searching, Mediocrity, Caching Server, Bill Smith, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., advertisement, BellSouth Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-12-15
- 'We're No. 17'--Why U.S. coders fell flat
- 'We're No. 17'--Why U.S. coders fell flatNo Pressure"The astonishing reality is that we've become accustomed to mediocrity as the norm."That sums up nicely one of the major problems we've been seeing become more and more widespread in recent times. Teachers can no longer discipline or challenge children, force them...
- Tags: mediocrity, No. 17
- Discussion threads 2005-04-18
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- Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe
- Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- My Top Scary Technology Trends
- The Most Terrifying:Google.Kills good companies by handing out "freebies". VERY scary.Machines replacing humansI thought they were tools to enhance our experience on earth.The worst is when customer is an AI telephone. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your last phrase. I did not understand". I thought the buttons were bad enough.RE:...
- Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Google Inc., hardware, virtualization
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Here's why Apple is doing so well -- it's the top half, stupid
- Heh... this is going to be fun to watch...ntWhat???This sounds like a lot of BS.. Apple is overpriced and the mac lovers will pay whatever Apple charges. There is the summary of this article.There is a difference in purchasingthe best product, verses the "perceived" best product.I hear many of the...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Engineering, Blogging, Cyberthreats, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Hey, Amazon! Are you stupid?
- Edtech, or Googletech?Chris, is it possible for you to write an article where you are not excessively gushing about Google? We get the point already. For you, the sun rises and sets with Google. Google is master of the universe. Google can do no harm.As a...
- Tags: Strategy, Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-13
- Build a RAID 6 array for $100/TB
- I want one!This would be the ideal replacement for my pair of MediaSmart servers and external 8 drive enclosure.Is that per terabyte, orper 1 trillion bytes. Sorry, I just had to.RE: Build a RAID 6 array for $100/TBWhy not OpenSolaris and ZFS? Both for free download & use. ...
- Tags: Storage, RAID 6, RAID
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- Court lifts FCC limits on cable ownership
- Here come even HIGHER prices ....and thousands of channels of mediocrity.Look at satellite radio - unlimited channels of the same old same old !Satellite RadioActually when it first started and there was competing services ala XM and Sirius satellite radio was cheap, $9.99XM and $12.99 Sirius - both worked out...
- Tags: Network technology, Satellite radio, cable, satellite, cable ownership, FCC
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- Panasonic DVD LS83 - DVD player
- As gadget categories go, the portable DVD player is a rather commoditized lot, with plenty of no-name brands available for $100 or less. To rise above the sea of mediocrity, a player needs some distinguishing characteristics: say, a large screen, improved digital file support (something beyond plain old DVD and...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Digital media, Digital music, Panasonic, Panasonic DVD-LS83, LS83, DVD, DVD player
- Product reviews 2009-07-16
- Snow Leopard and Windows 7: Two flavors of the same GUI?
- Snow Leopard and Windows 7: Two flavors of the same GUI?That opening line.....heheh hoho hardee harhar. A wonderful laff to start the day...You seem to be all over the map on Windows 7A couple of days ago, you aid that XP mode was a FAIL, and I agree. Now, you're...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows NT, same GUI, Microsoft Windows XP, GUI
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- The 'Social Media' Quality Problem: What a Racket
- Gary & the Hornets Oskar Weiner US TV Commercial, 1967 While it is highly desirable to stimulate dialog between business units, individuals, partners and of course customers in order to encourage cross pollination and capture ideas collaboratively, there is a parallel challenge of the quality...
- Tags: Social Media, E-mail, Tammy Erickson, Marketing Research, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- IBM launches business analytics services unit; Eyes predictive modeling
- IBM launches business analytics services unit; Eyes predictive modelingAll watched over by machines of loving graceIBM seems to want to remove the human element, which is the only infinitely variable part of a business. By opting for safety and predictability, you create institutionalised mediocrity. RE: IBM launches business analytics services...
- Tags: Research & Development, IBM Corp., IBM launches business analytic, IBM launches business analytics services unit, IBM Launches, predictive modeling, business analytics, services unit, analytics, modeling
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
- The Microsoft ads are working
- The Microsoft ads are workingThat's BSROI and TCO compared to what???the iDiots have struck again!!Oops !NTStupid consumers ;)[i]"I don?t care about the Macs. Whatever. We have a Mac base in many of our schools that is serving us well and that we have on lease for another three years. I...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Desktops, Microsoft AD, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., TCO, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- 2009 Dodge Nitro R/T 4X4
- Photo gallery:2009 Dodge Nitro R/T 4X4Bathed in Sunburst Orange Pearl, the chunky 2009 Dodge Nitro R/T 4X4 looks like a child's Tonka truck toy. Hop inside and the SUV's cabin also feels very toylike, with low-grade plastic trimming on every visible surface and a general cheapness to the feel of...
- Tags: GPS, Dodge Nitro, cabin, suspension, uConnect, Nitro R/T
- Product reviews 2009-04-02
- An open source grab for 3D web power
- An open source grab for 3D web powerSo open source wants to "Lock in" 3D web standards. Great. How do you take a technology and make it go nowwhere for 20 years? The answer: make it open source. That is just factual history, not something I'm saying to be...
- Tags: open source, standards, 3D, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
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