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Some minor criticisms of the Windows 7 beta

Some minor criticisms of the Windows 7 betaiTunes working fine...Also, having just installed iTunes, it seems to be working fine for me!On the related note..Yes! Windows Live Messenger is amazing, thank you! Anyway, just wanna say that the entire Windows Live is really amazing.RE: Some minor criticisms of the Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, natural language, minor criticism, WINDOWS 7 BETA

Discussion threads 2008-12-29

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Is it fair to criticize Google for the Gmail outage? [video]

Yes it is fair to criticizeThis was a preventable mistake, and all preventable mistakes are worth criticizing.However I think the more important question is whether we are overreacting to what happened. And I think we are. A two hour outage actually less than that is not worth the amount of...

Tags: Manufacturing, E-mail providers, cloud computing, Linux, video, Google Inc., outage, Google Gmail, Gmail outage, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code

Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux codeWSFU GPLWindows Services for UNIX has some GPL utilities in it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321712VMWARE Lower TCO, Higher ReliabilitySmart shops will skip virtualization from MS - garbage at its best. Resume generating event at its worst.RE: Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux Code

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Apple Mac Mini (2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 320GB, Winter 2009)

Editor's note: While we evaluated each new Mac Mini separately, the chassis and many of the core features of each model are the same, so many of the descriptions are copied over from the entry-level Mac Mini. Apple breathed fresh air into its line of Mac Minis, whose specs haven't...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Apple Mac Mini, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Intel Core 2 Duo, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-03-06

On the Linux laptop the distro is key

On the Linux laptop the distro is key"technical problems like installing software "Oh, thats right. You can't just click "setup.exe" can you.So, just how long did you go without Open Office functional before your expert pal bailed you out? Once again, if we were to substitute Vista for...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, eeePC, community version, Xandros, Linspire, distro, Linux, ASUS, Linux laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

Palm Treo 800w (Sprint)

The world may still be all abuzz with iPhone 3G talk, but believe it or not, there are other smartphones out there and Sprint has just landed a pretty darn good one. Today, Palm and Sprint unveiled the Palm Treo 800w, a Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone targeted at business users....

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Keyboards, Sprint Communications, Palm Treo, Palm Inc., smart phone

Product reviews 2008-07-14

Gateway T-6836

Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. Most budget-friendly midsize laptops feature 15.4-inch screens that, while good for watching movies, can be a burden to schlep around campus. For the truly mobile...

Tags: Notebooks, Gateway T-6836, Gateway Inc.

Product reviews 2008-07-07

Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC

Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACEd, You RockExcellent article; thanks a bunch.RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACFinally! A journalist that spends time telling us how to make our vista experience better instead of endlessly trashing it.So many journalists think they are providing some "value" by telling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UAC, Taming UAC, Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Friday Rant - More "Vista is doomed" nonesense

It's Friday and that means time for another Friday Rant! Over on ExtremeTech there's another one of those "Vista is doomed" articles that's high on drama and puff but low on any insight into the real issues. Now I've written a lot about Windows Vista over...

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Upgraders, Mac Market Share, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-14

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Semantic Web is open for business

Earlier this month I had the great pleasure to spend time talking with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and now Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in Cambridge, MA. Our wide-ranging dig into the past, present and future of the Semantic...

Tags: Social Networking, Web, Application, Tim Berners-Lee, Business Model, Transcript, Tim, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-02-26

From chapter 2 "Evaluating IT Proposals

From chapter 2 "Evaluating IT ProposalsUnclear or surprising passagesYou wrote:There is an exception: used is still often a bargain if what you're adding is very small relative to the system it's going into - but that's usually small dollars too. For example, adding four CPUs and 64GB to an installed...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, security, Evaluating IT Proposals, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

From Brief: 2

From Brief: 2At great personal riskfrom the bit police, here are some thoughts:You must use more "management lingo". There are NO problems - only "issues" for instance.Call me dumb (or a non-Canuk), but the term "ski-joring race" has no meaning to me. Call it a Biathalon, and more people might...

Tags: Operational accounting, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-01-18

Putting your HDD on a 80GB diet

Putting your HDD on a 80GB dietAdvise: Consider cancelling the orderIt sounds to me like you didn't really think through whether or not the MacBook Air would actually fit your needs. In fact, it strikes me that this is exactly the type of problem that is apt to arise...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, MacBook Air, hard drive, computer

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

Apple Leopard Reviews

Apple Leopard Reviewsre: MacOS 10.5It works quite well. The PC people have made a big deal out of some minor issues - and, so far, i haven't seen anything scarier than the fact that you have to turn the firewall on yourself if you install over 10.4.X. Big deal. As...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Java, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., Leopard, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

Apple Mac Mini (1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)

Editor's note: While this is not a hands-on review of this specific model, we did review the higher-end 2.0GHz Mac Mini. This write-up of the 1.83GHz model is based on our experience with the more expensive one, which shares many of the same characteristics. At $599, the 1.83GHz Intel Core...

Tags: Desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, Apple Inc., Apple Mac Mini, Intel Corp., Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh

Product reviews 2007-10-15

OLPC is the PC you can't ever criticize

As Nicholas Negroponte said a year and a half ago in a presentation on the OLPC: "people really don't want to criticize this because it is a humanitarian effort, it is a non-profit effort and to criticize it is a little bit stupid actually".  When I dared question the need...

Tags: PC, One Laptop Per Child Project, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-10-09

Study says iPods can mess with pacemakers

Study says iPods can mess with pacemakersIf I remember correctly......don't devices such as TVs and stereos have to be constructed so as not to send out any interference? Seems to me that a media player such as the iPod should be subject to the same requirements.Carl RapsonOne other minor detail...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, pacemaker, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-11

Apple bows to 'green' pressure; divulges LED plans

Apple bows to 'green' pressure; divulges LED plansPleasecan we just all realize Greenpeace are a bunch of nutburgers and simply ignore them?Apple takes a green biteGreenpeace are a bunch of cherry picking hypocrits. Not only do they create excessive amounts of pollution with all their propaganda campaigns, signs and garbage...

Tags: Engineering, Greenpeace, RoHS, Apple Inc., Al Gore, light-emitting diode

Discussion threads 2007-05-03

Should Apple be making fun of Vista UAC?

Should Apple be making fun of Vista UAC?Microsoft Partner: Vista less secure than XPOK, George, here's someone who knows what they be talkin' 'bout:[url=http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Microsoft_partner_Vista_less_secure_than_XP/0,130061733,339274261,00.htm]fyi[/url]KaperskyClueless CriticsIt amazes me, reading comments and other articles, just how many people miss the point of UAC.Missed hypocrisy?Maybe you missed the point of George's article, which...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Vista UAC, UAC, Microsoft Windows Vista, password, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2007-03-19

Rewriting Vista history

Rewriting Vista historyVista Vista Vista.....after using the RTM for a month here is what I think of it.1. UAC isn't annoying this WILL vary from person to person but I am a power user and do more than most I might get a UAC prompt once a week and its...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Gawd, Aero, Hindsight, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, Mary Jo

Discussion threads 2007-01-23