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- Pre-Copenhagen climate talks end in Barcelona
- Who could he be talking about?How about the 57% of people in America who don't buy carbon emissions causing global warming?Looks like the other "vested interests" needs to step up their re-education regime, er, I mean, need to do more "raising awareness."Lies told to control populationOh yeah, look at Al...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Kevin Rudd
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Ubuntu Karmic Koala launches to mixed reviews
- Not released yetKarmic koala hasn't been officially released yet and the bug that this article was talking about has been fixed for the official releaseMultiple hard drives issue already fixedThe problem only affected the 64-bit version of the release candidate, and it has apparently been fixed for the final release.wowwow,...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Dana
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- 40 years ago the Internet was born - now it devalues everything it touches
- you are devaluing your proffesionshame on you.internet is one of the greatest invention in human history.Establishing walled islands on the InternetThe Internet is like a huge river, or better yet, sea, that allows users to move from small island to small island web application, to find the things they care...
- Tags: Web site development, e-reader software, e-reader, Internet, Web site
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Windows 7's latest fan: Linus Torvalds
- This is great news! This picture is proof positive that Linus T. is ditching linux because it was so bloated and scarey that he is converting to Microsoft Windows 7. If the leader of linux is doing it then we can say it won't be long before the rest...
- Tags: Operating systems, Happy Days, Linus Torvalds, Linus, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)
- HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. [caption id="attachment_26254" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Credit:...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Attack, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Newsy for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- Newsy for iPhone delivers context with convenience to keep you informed of the world news. Through short video segments available on your iPhone or iPod Touch, via the Newsy for iPhone app, you will accelerate your understanding of a news story from multiple perspectives. It features real-time access to the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Video, Corporate Communications, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-10-15
- 'Smoking gun' emails in Viacom-YouTube case
- Is this a smoking gun in the Viacom-YouTube suit? News.com's Greg Sandoval reports that evidence has surfaced that may undercut YouTube's argument that it has safe harbor protection under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act: Internal YouTube e-mails indicate that YouTube managers knew and discussed the existence of...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Samsung UN46B8500
- Photo gallery: Samsung UNB8500 seriesIf you watch football or read CNET, chances are you've noticed ads for Samsung's so-called LED TVs. The company has released three series of these super-thin LED-based LCDs so far this year, the 6000, the 7000, and the 8000 models, but it's saved the...
- Tags: Engineering, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung UNB8500, light-emitting diode
- Product reviews 2009-10-06
- Samsung UN55B8500
- Photo gallery: Samsung UNB8500 seriesIf you watch football or read CNET, chances are you've noticed ads for Samsung's so-called LED TVs. The company has released three series of these super-thin LED-based LCDs so far this year, the 6000, the 7000, and the 8000 models, but it's saved the...
- Tags: Engineering, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung UNB8500, light-emitting diode
- Product reviews 2009-10-06
- Samsung UN46B8000
- Photo gallery: Samsung UNB8000 series As the most expensive horse in Samsung's stable of edge-lit LED-based LCD TVs, which the company calls "LED TVs" in most of its marketing materials, the UNB8000 series is differentiated from its cheaper herd mates by the addition of 240Hz processing. If you're...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung UNB8000, TV
- Product reviews 2009-09-25
- Unrealistic expections and the latest Gmail outage
- Gmail is down again? And you are giving them a free pass because they are Google? That is crazy talk. What you should be asking is "Why am I using this service that is constantly going down?" With an in-house solution you can have total control of your Microsoft...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, IT IS, expection, Google Gmail, latest Gmail outage, Gmail outage, Unrealistic expection, Google Inc., outage
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Hey, deniers, is hotter oceans not part of global warming? Just another hoax?
- hmm...I'd like to see Christian come and spread his 'czarist' nonsense on this page >.>Thanks for pointing out the 1998 flaw by the way =)Another non-researched postYou make claims based solely upon a news report without actually researching the data.Try this and learn something:www.drroyspencer.com/2009/08 and read the article titled "Spurious...
- Tags: global warming
- Discussion threads 2009-09-20
- 20 hour to upgrade Windows 7 ... maybe, but it's a fringe case
- A typical engineerChris Hernandez is obviously a typical engineer who observed, measured and duly logged everything he did, for the purpose of being precise.When the data showed that they had indeed reached their stated goals he proudly publisized his findings on the net.In a typical engineer fashion he did not...
- Tags: NOW IT, Microsoft Windows 7, Chris Hernandez, Microsoft Windows, user data, honesty, user profile, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Sony Bravia KDL-46W5100
- Photo gallery: Sony KDL-W5100 seriesThis year most major TV makers are using interactive features to distinguish themselves from the others, and unlike differences in black level performance and off-angle viewing, it's easy for shoppers to tell the various interactive add-ons apart. Whether they actually want said add-ons is...
- Tags: Performance management, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sony Corp., W5100, Sony KDL-W5100, Sony KDL-W5100 series
- Product reviews 2009-09-08
- Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or legitimate tool?
- Since when is your IP address "personal information"?Your IP address is visible for the whole world to see, just like it always has been.Are people really this stupid?PersonallyIt's a hassle Windows could do without. People will pirate regardless, and in those terms, Microsoft is fighting a war it cannot win.I'm...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, tool, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, spyware, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Is "online" a destination? There's confusion over different types of media
- Well...Can Facebook or MySpace be considered part of the media? How about TV or Radio websites that people may visit so that while CNN may not be looking great, CNN.com might not be so bad? I'd probably want to see some divisions among on-line sites as while this...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, media, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Opt Me Out! The United States Postal Service Needs an Overhaul
- They Can't Change ItThe ONLY people using the Postal System today are Direct Marketers, Billers and Magazines. That's why the only mail in your post box is catalogs, bills and magazines. 85% of current USPS revenue is from bulk mailers of which Direct Marketers are the largest share....
- Tags: U.S. Postal Service, mailer, revenue
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Revamped NetApplications data: Bad for IE and Mac OS, good for Chrome
- Revamped NetApplications data: Bad for IE and Mac OS, good for ChromeFinally Properly Weighted Statistics ...This is what I've been screaming about in numerous posts about Net Applications so called "global" market share data that excluded most of the world's population. Finally they got the hint because they were starting...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, operating system, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?
- Microsoft's decison to release 20,000 lines of device driver code under GPLv2 is viewed as a big deal but not that surprising given the context. After all, the only technology Microsoft fears more than Linux is VMware's bare-metal virtualization platform. The release of the three device drivers...
- Tags: Device Driver, Microsoft Corp., GPL 2, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- News to know: Yahoo's home page; Barnes & Noble; Microsoft's Linux Code; 3G iPod Touch
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Yahoo's new home page: Spending more time in your world Larry Dignan: Barnes & Noble partners with...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod Touch, Barnes & Noble Inc., Linux, 3G, UNIX, Operating Systems, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
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