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- When equivalence is the wrong question
- When equivalence is the wrong questionSo, replace one tool with many?Since Microsoft Word can be used for a varity of tasks, and Writer can not, therefore one must use writer and a varity of other tools to do the work of one program.And here you claim that open source is...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Databases, Microsoft Access, tool, Murph, Microsoft Office, database
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Open source and the shrinking waterhole
- Open source and the shrinking waterhole?????I'm sorry dude, but you lost me. What on Earth are you talking about? I might be dumb, it might be the fact that English is my third language, or some other reason. But I didn't understand the point of your article.This is a tech...
- Tags: Development tools, way open source, open source, advertisement, software development, software
- Discussion threads 2008-03-27
- Saying goodbye to ZDNet
- Saying goodbye to ZDNetAgreed, Where I noticed a problem..I think a while a go most of the blogs referenced ZDnet News Articles, then after a while the ZDnet blogs began to reference other blogs and now the News articles are becoming harder to find and less informative. This is...
- Tags: Blogging, ZDNet Blogs, New Web Site, blog, blogger, goodbye
- Discussion threads 2008-03-27
- Fixing the unfairness of TCP congestion control
- Bob Briscoe Chief researcher at the BT Network Research Centre is on a mission to tackle one of the biggest problems facing the Internet. He wants the world to know that TCP Transmission Control Protocol congestion control is fundamentally broken and he has a proposal for the IETF to fix...
- Tags: Algorithm, Application, Bandwidth, Network, P2P, TCP, Bob Briscoe, Van Jacobson, Jacobson, AIMD, ECN, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Japan's ISPs agree to ban P2P pirates
- Four of Japan's largest Internet provider organizations have come to an agreement with copyright holders on how to tackle the illegal file trading on P2P Peer to Peer networks. Comprised of about 1000 major and smaller Japanese Internet providers, the four organizations agreed to target flagrant copyright violators by first...
- Tags: Internet Provider, Japan, File-trading, P2P, Internet Service Provider, Piracy, Internet, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- Rest in peace Russell Shaw; We'll miss you
- Rest in peace Russell Shaw; We'll miss youThis is truly very sadThis is truly very sad. It is a great loss to his family and to our family here at ZDNet blogs. My heart goes out to Russell Shaw's family. We will all miss you Russell.Sincerely,George OuRE:...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Blogging, VOIP, Russell, Shaw
- Discussion threads 2008-03-16
- AT
- ATSomething for a journalist to investigate...or maybe you already know.Is it possible that your esteemed landlord is getting a discount/kickback for making AT&T the exclusive provider of broadband in your complex?I must say Mr. Ou I sympathize with you..You are well aware im NOT a proponet of Comcast in ANYWAY...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, DSL, Network technology, Fios TV, Comcast Corp., Mbps, Kbps, SBC
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network ManagementGood Job on your part.Very nice yet some what biased description. Not that I don't doubt that your observation was legitimate. You have successfully painted Burstein as an unorganized loud mouth that wants people to accept his word until proven otherwise....
- Tags: Network administration, NETWORKING, network management, network
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- I appeared before congressional and government staffers on Capitol Hill for a panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. This was my first time in Washington DC and while it was a little cold for my Californian bones, it was a beautiful city and seeing the capitol of the nation...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Broadband Internet, Cable, Comcast Corp., Corporate Communications, DOCSIS, Geek, George Ou, Internet, Japan, Marketing, Network, Network Management, Networking, P2P, Peer To Peer (P2P), Personal Technology, Presentation, Richard Bennett, Telecommunications, Video, Wireless Network
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Comcast's "seat-warming" execs can't be trusted
- Comcast's "seat-warming" execs can't be trustedcomcastI'm holding this position until someone with an appropriate comment arrives.Thanks Comcast for showing us how to protect free speech.Message has been deleted.As much as I side with Comcast overallThis behavior is really unbecoming of the corporation. Do they not think that their lobbyist...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Comcast paid people to take up seats at FCC hearing
- Comcast paid people to take up seats at FCC hearingAll the more reason comcast deserves a fine..NOW they are trying to skew the public meetings setup...that is BEYOND low...as Mr. OU has quoted me being out for COMCAST blood...well i'm even more so now. This is the type of corporate...
- Tags: Federal government, Comcast Corp., FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Microsoft: See the Yahoo, Take the Yahoo
- Microsoft: See the Yahoo, Take the YahooD@mn idiots!!Hands of my yahoo!!! Yet another reason to despise Mickeysoft. I can't trust my yahoo mail anymore if this goes through. Sigh. It will be a painful migration, moving all my saved mail...but I am outta there if this...
- Tags: Financial accounting, yahoo, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., YAHMic
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- News to know: HD DVD done; Vista SP1 problems and benchmarks; MacBook Air Diary; Green data centers
- Notable headlines: Robin Harris: What your disk drive isn't telling you. Toshiba: We're done with HD DVD Report: Toshiba to announce HD DVD pullout Tuesday. Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360 Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Data Center, HD-DVD, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, GrandCentral, Data Centers, Hd Dvd, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Storage, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Hardware, Data Management, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixes
- Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixesAnd How Many Bugs Will It Create?Start the counting folks.You Forgot Two1 Uninstalls Windows Vista1 Reinstalls Windows XP ProfessionalAre you sure you have the real SP1??SJVN thinks MS is lying to you! http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Vista/Vista-SP1-RTMs-and-Lies/The RTM bits are not the real RTM bits!Seriously though; Thanks...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, SJVN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Turning any monitor in to a 3D VR display
- After seeing the above video sent to me by Justin James, I only have one thing to say: Give Jonny his PhD! Johnny Lee is a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University who took a standard Nintendo Wii remote and turned a monitor in to something special. You can check out...
- Tags: 3D, Monitor, Webcam, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- Why does the MacBook Air make so many so dumb?
- Why does the MacBook Air make so many so dumb?The market will decide..Let face it, Apple has always gone for form over function. The Air is just their latest status piece for the masses. It doesn't have to actually work well, it just has to look good in...
- Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, battery, MBA
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- Lessons learned: Two weeks with the XO laptop
- Lessons learned: Two weeks with the XO laptopGreat post, Larry...Thanks for the insight...I know the software is specialized for the XO, but wouldn't it be great to see it open-sourced and developed for other platforms? The interface sounds like its greatest strength.Chris DawsonGood article butA thoughtful article, excepting the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, One Laptop Per Child project, WEP Key, mesh networking, WEP
- Discussion threads 2008-01-02
- Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking Twitter
- Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking TwitterGeorge Ou is completely wrong about "Net Neutrality".This is a GREAT example about why there is a need for regulation that outlaws the telcos from interfering with the content they are delivering. Unless they are stopped, they will do it more, and more,...
- Tags: T-Mobile, Net Neutrality, Twitter, Marianne Maestas, George Ou
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcos
- Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcosA little thing called competitionTelcos have to compete with cable broadband providers. Competition is the best regulator. Government regulation never works. We pay way to much for our phones due to government regulation, taxes and fees all meant to...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, QoS, telecommunications company
- Discussion threads 2007-12-13
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