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- Unlucky Lady
- Unlucky LadyThis is going to be fun to watch!Will the writers at Murphy Studios resist the temptation to slip in a few episodes wherein our unlucky lady has hassles with her laptop / home PC / company servers, involving "leading brand software"?Will Steve Ballmer be able to resist the temptation...
- Tags: Desktops, Murphy, Murphy Studios
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
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- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- Although Windows technologies haven't really evolved since the introduction of Windows NT, Windows management methods have - mostly through the development of methods aimed at coping with server and staffer sprawl and the gradual adoption of ideas from the predecessor data processing culture. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Application, Disk, PC, PC Server, Machine, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Asking a paranoid question
- Recent advances in the computing side of remote sensing mean that it's now possible to bounce a beam off someone's nose from 400 feet away and reliably determine whether his face has been unprotected near gunfire in the last month or so - and the implications these developments have for...
- Tags: Induction, Aerospace & Defense, Hacking, Scanners, Handhelds, Security, Manufacturing, Hardware, Peripherals, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Opting out of IT
- Lots of companies simply opt out of the IT generation - and the consequent IT wars. They do things the old fashioned way - people to people - while minimizing their exposure to reporting hassles - and while I say more power to them, I also say that their existence...
- Tags: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Information Technology, Linux, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Gulf of execution
- When someone mentions the "gulf of execution" I tend to think Tonkin or bay of pigs, but in IT the term has another meaning entirely - more akin. I think, to "gulf of delusion" than anything to do with geography or mission. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Gulf, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Identity Theft, Wireless, Security, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- News to know: Mumbai attacks, Microhoo, Holiday shopping, HDTVs
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jennifer Leggio: Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social media Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail Oliver Marks: Mumbai Attacks...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Digital Video, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Open Source, Personal Technology, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Some seriously good advice from "Narg"
- Last week's discussion of the lawsuit launched in honor of an IT mis-judgment brought a piece of remarkably good advice from a comment writer - not all problems, he said, are computer problems. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Time Clock, PC, Desktops, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Why C wins: the cold realities of abstraction
- The sad reality underlying many of the handy abstractions we rely on every day is that they only work most of the time - and what that means is that the abstractions we choose to use define limits to the quality of our work. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: C, TCP, Actor, Abstraction, Joel Spolsky, Tom Godwin, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Thanking open source developers
- Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in the United States - and today I want to say "Thank you" to the people whose work makes open source so valuable to me and everyone else who uses it. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Open Source, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- YouTube getting ready for full length, wide-screen movies?
- It was reported a couple weeks ago that Google is finalizing a deal that will allow users to stream full length movies on YouTube from some film studios. There are two things that Google needs to address in order to make this a success -- support for higher quality...
- Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- No accounting software for Linux?
- The key issue in evaluating the open versus closed source argument with respect to mid range financial software is organizational philosophy, not software features - if you've got the skills, the courage, and the organizational support, open source is simply the smarter choice - and if you don't, it isn't....
- Tags: Accounting, OSS, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Sun reseller contacts
- I recently asked readers to contact their local Sun resellers, ask about Sun Rays and Coolthreads products for their own use, and then tell me how the resellers reacted. I got some red hot email out of this - but of course this kind of thing self selects for negativity,...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, CDW Corp., Marketing Research, Marketing, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- The brutal truth - but not, I think, about Vista.
- A lawsuit alleging that workers are being forced to contribute unpaid over time because their PCs record start times only after long boot periods has that laugh until you cry feel to it because it's more revealing about the organization than about Vista. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- SAG follows the path blazed by the UAW
- The Screen Actors Guild SAG is starting a fight over union rules as they apply to Internet-only productions. If they win, they are likely to shift even more content creation opportunities away from major studios in a futile attempt to hinder evolution in a market changed dramatically by technology....
- Tags: Union, UAW, Media, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- The history of Windows, from 3.11 to Vista, is one of ad hoc adaptation to market conditions and expectational change among customers. To a large extent it's been about playing catch up to Unix and the Mac - with fascinating devolutions along the way. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: TCP/IP, Application, Client-server, Stored Procedure, Network, PC, Microsoft MS-DOS, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Databases, Networking, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Which check to write? when open source means Jack
- Which check to write? when open source means JackBut what if it actually costs less to use Windows?I don't know in reality. It seems like most of the analysts out there seem to think it just doesn't matter that much which OS you use - though I would say...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux, open source, Microsoft Windows, OSS, WINDOWS BASED
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- News to know: Storm; Holiday gift guide;Lenovo malware; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm Gallery: Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: Top...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, Malware, RIM BlackBerry, VUDU, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Which check to write? when open source means Jack
- One of the side effects of recession is an increased focus on cost. Where previously non IT management tolerated high IT costs, they're now going to be motivated to look - and when they do, they'll often face a choice: go open source and keep an extra IT guy or...
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Paul Murphy, MySQL, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
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