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Bricklin's WikiCalc: Much much more than just a mashup of wikis and spreadsheets

Bricklin's WikiCalc: Much much more than just a mashup of wikis and spreadsheetsWhy should I download an .exe fileto run this thing?That makes it no different than Excel. The thing should be written in some sort of machine-independent scripting language.Club Shepherd 2005You d/l an EXE, Single, So U ...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Web servers, Development tools, Wiki, spreadsheet, mashup, Perl, scripting language, EXE, Next 77, Next 77 year, Scrollable, GOD SAVED, automatic date selector, Richard Gilmore, Bridge_SMASH Club Shepherd, BLESSING!!!!!!, Brickli

Discussion threads 2005-11-14

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Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware

Not much they can do.Not much they can do.Email was never designed for security, and it's HARD getting everybody on the same page with a solution that works, because basically every solution we know of pretty much requires everybody to use it. But, unfortunately, it's difficult convincing people running email...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Microsoft Corp., Conficker.B Infection Alert, spam campaign, sample message, Internet Service Provider, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu goes into beta

'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu goes into beta'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu goes into betaAnd no one cares. I can think of a few names for it instead of Jaunty Jackalope but will still keep the jacking name in there. It still has linux as the core which is why people will...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope, beta

Discussion threads 2009-03-27

Transition Time: The Digital TV That Cable TV Has Overlooked

Let’s say you’re the owner of one of the 20 million or so television households still taking in over-the-air signals on at least one set to get NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox and independent TV stations, for local broadcasts. Conventional wisdom has it that...

Tags: Cable Television, Digital Television, Cable, Computer, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Are you being gouged on your cable bill?

Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...

Tags: Network technology, DirectTV, cable, cable company, Cox Cable

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

Google beats for Q3, Wall Street looks ahead

updated: In after-hours trading, shares of Google shot up more than 11 percent within 20 minutes after the company reported strong quarterly earnings. In regular trading, shares initially declined early in the day but rallied late in the day to close up more than 4 percent at $353.02. Early headlines...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Wall Street, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-16

Velocity Micro Edge Z15

Velocity Micro's Edge Z15 midrange gaming desktop is a perfect example of what this mid-sized vendor does best. The sleek, sturdy chassis houses an expertly assembled selection of hardware, and the price and performance compete well with systems from both mainstream vendors and smaller specialty shops. Velocity Micro doesn't attempt...

Tags: Desktops, Edge Z15, Velocity, Velocity Micro, Maingear, PC

Product reviews 2008-09-08

Compromise on the drinking age debate

Compromise on the drinking age debateThe Land of Misfit toysA brief conpendium of former Rice people would have to include Howard Hughes, Carrie Bradshaw and Matt Wilson, all of whom left after their freshman year.Among our graduates are John Doerr, writers William Broyles and Bill Goyen, game designer Steve Jackson...

Tags: Food & Beverage, drinking age, beverage

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Google, Apple surge in customer satisfaction rating

Google and Apple were among the big winners in the University of Michigan's second quarter American Customer Satisfaction Index. The index, released Tuesday, found that overall satisfaction among consumers fell 0.1 percent to 75.1 on a 100 point scale. Among the key technology movers...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Customer Satisfaction, Score, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, 3G, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Nokia N78 (unlocked)

First introduced at GSMA 2008, the Nokia N78 is finally making its way to the States. Like the other N series models, the N78 has a heavy focus on multimedia, boasting a 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, the ability to record video at VGA quality, an MP3 player, and...

Tags: GPS, Handhelds, Nokia N78, Nokia Corp.

Product reviews 2008-06-20

Review: HTC Advantage X7510 with 16GB flash drive, haptics keyboard and Windows Mobile 6.1

The most powerful Windows Mobile device I ever evaluated was the HTC Advantage X7501 that was released back in August of 2007 and I wrote quite an extensive review that was my most viewed blog post of 2007. The successor to the Advantage X7501, the X7510, was announced at Mobile...

Tags: Application, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Battery, USB Flash Drive, Content, HTC Advantage, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-22

HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Can Hurd run EDS better?

Updated: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said Tuesday he plans to use a familiar playbook to integrate Electronic Data Systems: Leverage scale, squeeze costs -- and underpromise and overdeliver. "We're running the playbook we know how to run very well," said Hurd, on a conference call with analysts....

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Earnings, IBM Corp., Non-GAAP Earning, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Construction, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Smartphone makers, mobile operators still baffled by iPhone

A report about a panel session on mobile user experience at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress shows that only Apple "gets it." And if the industry's experience with the iPod is anything to go by, this situation will only get worse for the competition. According to an EE...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Patent, Apple iPod, Mobile, Wireless Communication, Apple Inc., Smartphone, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-14

A smart pillbox to educate people

A major challenge in public health is that people do not take their medications, a phenomenon known as 'medication non-adherence.' In the U.S. alone, it is estimated that this accounts for 10% of all hospital visits and costs the U.S. healthcare system $100 billion per year and $60 billion to...

Tags: Team, Patient, Health Care, uBox, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-09

2008 Mazda RX-8 Grand Touring 4dr Coupe (1.3L 2rtr 6M)

Photo gallery:2008 Mazda RX-8If there is any justification for Mazda's claim to being the brand of "zoom zoom" driving, it is the RX-8 coupe. With its tiny rotary engine, chiseled exterior profile, and racing heritage, the RX-8 is an attractive and individual package that competes with cars above its price...

Tags: Mazda RX-8, Mazda Motor Corp.

Product reviews 2007-12-11

Vendor Value: Rating the top tech companies

Vendor Value: Rating the top tech companiesObviously bogusWe have lots of authoritative sources here who have assured us that Red Hat is gasping its last. There is simply [u]no way[/u] that nine times the percentage of Microsoft customers would prefer to leave them compared to Red Hat's.Especially since Red...

Tags: Linux, Marketing research, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Microsoft Corp., survey, red hat, Red Hat Inc., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-20

Microsoft hones its Vista holiday pitch

This year will mark the first time that Microsoft and its partners will have a chance to make their pitch for why Vista PCs should be on your holiday gift lists. To kick things off, Microsoft is holding a Windows Vista holiday-preview event this week in New...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-10-24

Mozilla banks Google bucks; Builds a portfolio

Mozilla has released its 2006 audited financials and that little Google search box in the top right of Firefox is the gift that keeps giving. Mozilla's revenue, which includes Mozilla's foundation and corporation, came in at $66.8 million in 2006. That's up from $52.9 million in 2005. Mitchell...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-23

AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?

AMD kicked off the "premier" of their latest microprocessor offering with a launch party at the Herbst International Exhibit Hall Monday night.  Partners like VMware, HP, Dell, Sun, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and others were on hand or were there by video link to celebrate the launch of AMD's single-die quad-core...

Tags: Processor, Performance, Quad-core, Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., SPECint_rate2006, SPECjbb2005, FBDIMM, Scott Wasson, Performance Management, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-12

Detecting turbulence in the clouds

You all know that it is far safer to travel by plane than by car. Still, major plane crashes occur from time to time. But minor accidents caused by turbulence also happen and have been the cause of about 250 deaths in the U.S. from 1992 to 2001. This is...

Tags: System, Radar, Thunderstorm, Williams, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-09-07