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Reading the Oracle tea leaves

Reading the Oracle tea leavesFree DatabasesThere are many free databases to choose from: Firebird, Ingres, Postgres, and MySQL to name most of them. Most of the "best" developers and the largest community are behind Postgres. MySQL came out of nowhere - and it seems destined to return there, after the...

Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., Postgres, tea leave, database, Oracle Corp., BLOC, NDP

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

Additional Resources

Canada scandal illustrates perils of health IT stimulus

I love it... you do a story that involves tech, and nobody says anythingPeople just like to complain. If this was a Health Reform article, you would have people screaming and crying all over TalkBackFUDDisappointing Dana, I would have thought you were above this type of FUD.RE: Canada scandal illustrates...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health-IT, stimulus

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?

Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?just a technicality......but this isn't law in Canada, yet. It's just a bill at this point. Carry on...it will never beThis farce of a bill is the single most anti-consumer thing i ever saw in Canada.You can copy legally own media...

Tags: Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, northern DMCA, IS Canada, new Copyright Law, DMCA, copyright law

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?

Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?SideShowIt's not Windows Slideshow - it's Windows SideShowRE: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?yawnYou misunderstand Apple's patent...The way I read it, it's nothing like the Microsoft examples you mentioned.Picture a clamshell laptop, with one half transparent. Closed, it would look like...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Apple Inc., dual-sided touch technology, touch technology, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Why build desktop applications? Because no one has heard of your browser application

I love Web 2.0 as much as anyone. I love the creative revolution that has come with empowering a whole class of web developers to create applications that were once thought impossible. But while those applications living in the browser is the start of something great, it's not there yet....

Tags: Desktop, Web, Web Browser, Desktop Application, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Desktops, Internet, Marketing, Hardware, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-12-18

More MP3 player market data says Microsoft's Zune won't be shaving my head at CES

So far, I haven't heard back from Microsoft president Robbie Bach about my open challenge to him. In case you missed it, I caught a story where he said that Microsoft would be ranked #2 in the portable digital media player PDMP market by the time this year's holidays...

Tags: SanDisk Corp., MP3 Player, Math, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., MP3, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-05

Is using less energy actually green?

Is using less energy actually green?It's counter-intuitivebut sounds about right. Any time the government gets involved in markets - they tend to stagnate. Having a monopoly means never having to upgrade - just keep charging the same amount or more money, and your profits go up (since there is no...

Tags: Fermi

Discussion threads 2007-09-14

Apple notebook market share almost 10 percent in March

Apple notebook market share almost 10 percent in MarchHAHAHA!!![i]The NDP Group list omits manufacturers like Dell who only sell direct.[/i]Well then, 9.9% must be very accurate! In fact, if we ignore Toshiba, HP, Gateway, and Compaq, Apple must have nearly 100% of the notebook market!! Yay, 100% of people are...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple Notebook, notebook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-14

Apple notebook market share almost 10 percent in March

According to NPD Group Apples MacBook and MacBook Pro made up 9.9 percent of all notebook sales at U.S.-based retail stores during March. MacBooks combined with strong iMac sales pushed Apple into the top five desktop manufacturers for the first time this year, according to the NPD report. Apple ranked...

Tags: Notebooks, NPD Group Inc., Apple Computer Inc., notebook

Blog posts 2007-05-14

Microsoft says Zune executive will leave company

Microsoft says Zune executive will leave companyThank YouNow only if we could stop people from filling those positions.Guy was not up to snuff...Zune is the most powerful brand in multi-media today. "The Social" has revolutionized the way we listen to music. I routinely walk down the street, "squirting" anyone in...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, WTF, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-31

New Flash Player penetration statistics

I caught this via John Dowdell's blog. There are new sets of statistics regarding Flash Player penetration. Adobe uses these penetration statistics as proof that the Flash Player really is as prevalent as everyone says it is. They also depend very heavily on it when it comes to talking...

Tags: Macromedia Flash Player, Flash

Blog posts 2006-08-16

Will there be a BlackBerry shutoff? Eight experts tell me

On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge James Spencer will hold a hearing on the ongoing patent infringement dispute between BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion and patent holding company NTP.Based on Judge Spencer's findings, he may issue an injunction suspending BlackBerry sales and services in the U.S. until RIM and NTP...

Tags: RIM BlackBerry

Blog posts 2006-02-23

Apple to return 'piracy tax' to iPod buyers

Apple to return 'piracy tax' to iPod buyersOne more reason to support AppleI think this is a good gesture on the behalf of Apple, whereas Microsoft would probably add their own Piracy tax to a product. People should consider this act when purchasing their next Computer. Mine very well...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Taxes, Free trade, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, Canadian Gov't, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., CRAPPLE, computer

Discussion threads 2005-08-09

U.S. blogger thwarts Canadian gag order

U.S. blogger thwarts Canadian gag orderFair gameMorrissey is not a Canadian citizen, does not reside in Canada, does not publish his blog from Canada and is not a party to the court case in question, so Canada has *no* jurisdiction here. It's not like Canada would do anything to...

Tags: Blogging, Morrissey, blogger

Discussion threads 2005-04-05

Prime Minister Forever - Canada 1.0 (Windows)

Run for Prime Minister in the 2004 Canadian election. Target provinces and even individual ridings, criss-cross the country doing barn-storming campaigns, setup detailed platforms to outmaneuver your opponents, unleash foot soldiers to stop your opponents, run attack ads. Play one of the 4 major parties (Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Bloc). With...

Tags: Prime Minister, Opponent, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-06-22

Unisys & Texas Utilities (TXU): Playing by the Rules

TXU Texas Utilities is a leader in electric and natural gas services, energy trading, energy marketing, telecommunications, and other energy-related services. TXU was handling its remittance processing on a non-image Unisys platform. The process was labor-intensive and had high exceptions-processing costs including payment investigations. The company aimed a becoming the...

Tags: Unisys Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Operational Accounting, Finance

Case studies

AscenVision Success of AscenLink in Singapore National Day Parade

Singapore National Day Parade NDP is a yearly extravaganza with more than 5, 000 participants, 65,000 spectators and 6 months of organization. In 2006, the 41st birthday of Singapore, the organizers faced new challenges of increased security issues from the recent concerns on terrorist threats and the 33 year-old National...

Tags: Multimedia, WLAN, Singapore, AscenVision Technology, Singapore National Day Parade, Wireless LANs, LANs, Mesh Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking

Case studies