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Microsoft starts warning of support phase-out for older Windows Server releases

Added benefit of "activation" (automatic "kill switch")Neccessary or desirable to reinstall XP or change hardware? Flip the kill switch. No more activation, no more XP or any other later Windows release.Any OS that depends on a remote server is an excercise in futility.You confuse 'support' with 'activation'.There's no indication that...

Tags: Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows Server, server, kill switch, Microsoft Corp., misinformation, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Pre-alpha Google Chrome: Fastest Mac OS X browser by 34%

lack of rudimentary functionality!Is that not like saying the engine in my car can rev faster than a Porsche Cayenne if I don't connect it to any wheels and a trailer?Safari on SL will be faster. :P50% increase in Java speed ftw.It crashes a lot on OS X?Huh, this OS...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, OS X version, siren, Web browser, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X, Chrome, Apple Safari, Linux-version

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Misinformation travels fast

Misinformation travels fastMisinformation does spread fast but...With the Internet's ability to spread that misinformation quickly, there is also a just as quick a counter punch to refute that information. Admittedly, in the very early hours of a misinformed story hitting the net it will spread fast and may in...

Tags: misinformation, MISinformation

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

66ò0of online Republicans and 58ò0of online Democrats think that the internet is full of misinformation

66ò0of online Republicans and 58ò0of online Democrats think that the internet is full of misinformationI guess the rest of them don't know any better...Those numbers should be 100%.The internet is nothing but the thoughs of people, and people are not always right.I would agree . . .Anybody can say what...

Tags: Internet, misinformation, government

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

It is time to stop the spread of Vista SP1 misinformation!

It is time to stop the spread of Vista SP1 misinformation!Maybe they will take a page from Apple's bookand start suing bloggers and the very fans that keep them in business.The difference, of course, is that the MS userbase won't be gushing over with forgiveness like the Apple crowd was...Jo...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Blogging, File Transfer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, misinformation, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

Discussion threads 2007-07-19

Social freeloaders: Is there a collective wisdom and can the Web obtain it?

The latest look at Wikipedia’s “anyone can edit” philosophy talks about how the proliferation of "nonsense pages,” "revert wars" and “vandalism” at “The Free Encyclopedia” has led to a qualification of the site’s seemingly universal open editing claim.Wikipedia, itself, warns those consulting Wikipedia as an “encyclopedia” about the dangers of...

Tags: Wikipedia

Blog posts 2006-06-17

Additional Resources

Your top Windows 7 questions, answered

If we wanted tech stats on Linux we know the URLNever ceases to amaze me that people search for ways to say a whole lot of absolutely nothing relevant. Must be because they don't have an answer so they change topics. Typical!You beat me to it Ed!!!nt64-bit environment...

Tags: Network technology, Linux, Operating systems, Linux Distro, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Will the open Internet become a partisan divide

designed to be futureproof"?Did you catch his comments on what the internet was "designed to be futureproof" and several other pieces of misinformation!Why do I get the feeling he really has NO idea of the origins of the internet? Not impressedRE: Will the open Internet become a partisan divideColor...

Tags: INTERNET, open-Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Microsoft trains Best Buy "Linux assassins"

Aimed at the uninformed customers... so it'll probably be successful. Sigh. It's FUD, of course, but I think it's pretty effective when dealing with people who have only a vague notion of Linux.However:First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win. :-)Fighting...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Best Buy Co. Inc., Linux, FUD, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Review: Snow Leopard ramps up performance and business-readiness of Mac OS X

Graphic Artists on MacDo Graphic Artists really have a compelling reason to use Macs anymore? Adobe CS3 isn't supported on Snow Leopard. If you want to use 64bit versions of Adobe CS4, you have to use Windows. And even on the same hardware, programs like After Effects and Photoshop...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, ZBrush, performance, Upgrading Windows, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, clean install, CS4, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Where have all the blogs gone?

Once readers decide that real news...is what they want instead of misinformation, consistently wrong analysts' opinions, unresearched information pieces all of which is brought to them with terrible spelling and grammar, they will ditch bloggers for more professional media content. Blogs will be for those that enjoy trolling through talkback...

Tags: Blogging, blog, blogger

Discussion threads 2009-08-29

Snow Leopard's malware protection only scans for two trojans

Much hyped by whom?Here's a quote from the first link you provided emphasis mine: "Apple has [b]quietly[/b] added a new Snow Leopard feature to scan software downloads for malware..."ZDNet Apple post have degenerated into a complete jokeMisinformation, untruths, fear and now pretend disappointment.Quite frankly it's embarrassing.RE: Snow Leopard's malware...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, malware protection, trojan horse, Snow Leopard, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Another view: SOA is like a mosquito, spreading viral data

Just as the Internet has shown itself to be a speed-of-light carrier of rumors, gossip, and misinformation, so can service oriented architecture within an organization. I just came across new book titled "Viral Data in SOA: An Enterprise Pandemic," written by Neal Fishman, program director for...

Tags: SOA, Mosquito, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Who might get health reform passed?

They're notAnother poll shows that 71% of those surveyed believe there should be a public option. Again, it's of those surveyed - not all Americans. Sort of like your poll.As for the Round Table, I think most large companies are aware of how much their health care benefits...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, public option, health care

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, no

A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, noWhy are people so obsessed with unused RAM?What, pray tell, is the purpose of RAM if it isn't for it to be used by something? Bragging about unused RAM is like bragging about how your grocery getter has 500HP even though you never use...

Tags: Operating systems, RAM, memory, Windows 7 bug, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, killer

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

The technologies of Internet censorship

The technologies of Internet censorshipcensorship is out of questioni live in iran .i just hope the government of iran cancels all of cersors which has been aplied.let every body be free,let every body talk free,then the life will be alot more enjoyable.people have grown up,they understand almost everything.RE: The technologies...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Internet Censorship

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Bill Gates - the science guy

Bill Gates - the science guyMust be nice, spending other people's money.And feeling "good" because of it.Well Gates, in the grander scheme of things, you're a thief. And giving away what you took from others is not going to change that.Funny how all this philanthropy... comes with strings attached to...

Tags: Corporate communications, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., science guy

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

The correct way to use your MacBook's battery

The correct way to use your MacBook's batteryOkay, so having this thing plugged into AC all the timeIs not how it is 'supposed to be used'? LAWSUIT TIME APPLE!I swear, it is stupid things like this that make me wonder if Apple is even THINKING THESE THINGS THROUGH.The fact is...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Apple Guy, battery, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

WSJ: Dell working on mobile Internet device

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Dell is working on a mobile Internet device that would run on Google's Android operating system and compete with Apple's iPod Touch, which is basically an iPhone without the phone service. It's tough to say whether this device will ever...

Tags: Wall Street Journal, Dell Computer Corp., Mobile, Music Player, Internet Device, Mobile Internet Device, Journal Story, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Media Players, Digital Music, Wireless And Mobility, Digital Media, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Carbon Wars in the U.S. Senate

Carbon Wars in the U.S. SenateWhy is this on ZDNet?I mean, don't you guys have your own websites to post this BS?RE: Carbon Wars in the U.S. SenateThe Cap and SCAM system is the biggest load of horse manure I have ever witnessed. I can't even believe people were...

Tags: Construction, Personal finance, window, U.S. Senate, tax credit, tax

Discussion threads 2009-06-27