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Want a peek at a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft?

Want a peek at a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft?What is it with peopleThat just can't seem to use a "Z" where required?Well done!nt9.8!! NTnt"fr0thy-OS - Your Thinking, My Poisson"Your thinking, my FISH?????LMAOOne of the funniest things I've read on this site.::snicker::Given how well it worked for Borg Gates and...

Tags: .NET, Middleware, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., CLR, CLR virtual machine, operating system, non-Windows operating System, Singularity, managed code, virtual machine

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

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Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage

The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Survey: IT workers eyeing security certifications

No government healthcareIf the Gov goes with this socialist health_care scheme it will be the end of the free market.With Billions in waste from fraud in medicare/medicade and welfare running rampant with no checks in place.All we need is this community leader telling people we need to go TRILLIONS more...

Tags: security, security certification, survey

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down

Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Apple MacBook Fall 2009 (Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 9400M)

While it's neither the less-expensive entry-level MacBook some had hoped for, nor the long-rumored touch-screen device, the new 13-inch MacBook can now escape its designation as the lone holdover system from Apple's previous generation, thanks to an upscale makeover that keeps the price stable at just under the $1,000 mark....

Tags: Notebooks, Nvidia GeForce, hard drive, Apple MacBook, NVidia Corp., Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-10-22

EazyDraw 3.3 (Mac)

EazyDraw is a vector based drawing application for technical drawing, illustrations, and desk top publishing DTP with Apple's Macintosh OS X (Mac OS-X) operating system. It is an Illustration or drawing software application that offers vector-based graphics editing and creation capabilities for creating simple, non-photographic drawings, technical diagrams and illustrations...

Tags: Software, Vector, Apple Macintosh, EazyDraw, Dekorra Optics, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-22

B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary

In addition to this posting, please visit this clarifications posting to get the whole picture. It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's...

Tags: E-reader, Device, E-book, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless, B&N, Nook, Cover-flow, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Two Views of the Software Market

A Bridge Too Far? In a blogger briefing this week at SAP’s TechEd, SAP CTO, Vishal Sikka, drew a chart of the application software market and what new areas of technology are of interest to the firm. I’ve tried to reproduce his freehand drawing into the following...

Tags: ERP, Vishal Sikka, S-curve, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Apple leads smartphone customer satisfaction

Let the flame wars beginntNo question that Apple changed the gameover 2 years ago.Why aren't the others catching up?Nokia seems to have disappeared.Microsoft latest 6.5 is a disappointment even to Paul Thurrott.I can understand the reference toNokia, but Microsoft has nothing to do with this. The operating system can be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Apple Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., phone, survey

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing

Watch this space for future problems! There’s a lot going on in the outsourcing world lately. Things like: - Perot Data Systems being acquired by Dell - ACS getting bought by Xerox Add to these deals,...

Tags: Solution, BPO, Outsourcing Company, Customer, BPO Deal, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, Managed Hosting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-05

(A greener home, room by room)

If you really want to go green ...Your house will need additional power wiring. One is to distribute low voltage DC power for LED lighting. A big snafu no one has really addressed with LED lighting is surge supression. I bought two AC powered LED lamps a few years back,...

Tags: Engineering, DC Power, motor

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

iTablet redux, more details trickle out

The tablet winds are blowing again and more new rumors are circulating about the mythical Apple tablet. A source at iLounge via Wired claims that Apple plans to announce a 10.7-inch diagonal tablet by January 19, 2010. The source claims that the iTablet will run the iPhone operating...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Tablet Wind, iLounge, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-09-30

JumpBox for the Foswiki Wiki System 1.1.2 (Mac)

Foswiki is a wiki system that is notable for its approachability for non-technical users and its ability to store content in a structured fashion. The following qualities make it unique from the other JumpBox wikis: A simple WYSIWYG editor means there's no need to learn special markup syntax. Email addresses...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, JumpBox, Foswiki, Wiki, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-09-29

Red Hat gains operating system share at Sun's expense

Red Hat's fiscal second quarter results were solid across the board as the company continues to poach operating system market share even though server sales are weak. Simply put, you can't extrapolate Red Hat's results to other enterprise software vendors. Red Hat's continued growth is at the...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Palm tattles on Apple, finds itself in the hot seat instead

No one likes a tattle-tale. But there is a bit of satisfaction that comes when the tables turn on the tattler. That's what happened to Palm this week when it ratted out Apple to the USB Implementers Forum, an industry group that oversees the USB standard. Palm,...

Tags: Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Was Apple a "Liar Liar" to the FCC about the Google Voice app?

right...So now you are milking 2 cows: M$ and Apple.Google rules when it comes to software!M$ & Apple would not hold a candle if it was not for their monopolies!Awaits the impending destruction of Google by "The Followers..." ...Yes, there must be an explanation other than "Apple lied... again"[i]Apple hasn't...

Tags: FCC, Apple Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Palm: 823,000 smartphone units shipped; Outlook lumpy

Palm's first quarter had multiple moving parts. The company shipped 823,000 smartphones, announced plans to raise capital, beat estimates, delivered a mixed outlook and said the company's fortunes will be tied to product launches. Got all that? The big question, however, remains. Can the...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Quarter, Palm Pre, GAAP, Smart Phones, Operational Accounting, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Financial Accounting, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Hardware 2.0 - Open mic session

Dell Studio XPSI know you bought a Studio XPS 13 a while back and only did an initial review. My question is re the heat issue everyone seems to be complaining about. I have a SXPS 16 and from observation this system does get really hot under certain conditions and...

Tags: Processors, hardware, microphone, CPU, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

What do Linux vendors want with those former Microsoft graphics patents?

Trolls are worse than MicrosoftMS could face retribution from the likes of IBM, whose portfolio and depth of patents dwarf most other stockpiles. Most likely this has been the main source of MS restraint - only saber rattling - to date.A troll has no legitimate business to protect and...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, graphics, Microsoft Corp., patent, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business

What a BS conclusion ...Are you serious or just plain delusional???Using a server is not using cloud computing. In fact, any decent professional company would never even think about anything "cloud" except for basic web hosting.Let me just give you the top two most logical reasons why real companies...

Tags: Games, information technology, game, HTTP, crowdsourcing, Web, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-06