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- Google%2C+SingTel%2C+and+others+to+build+submarine+cable
- Google%2C+SingTel%2C+and+others+to+build+submarine+cableGoogle's business model depends on having fast, relaible communcations.It makes a lot of sense for them to make sure there is plenty of funding for any of these projects. Meanwhile, MS would rather there communications were NOT fast or reliable so that we have to depend on fat OS and...
- Tags: Google Search, Google Inc., Nope
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- EU backs off inquiry into Microsoft's ContentGuard deal
- EU backs off inquiry into Microsoft's ContentGuard dealApparently European "justice" CAN be bought!:-)As I said......once the French company became involved, the EC backs off. Makes one want to reconsider the EC's motivations in the WMP and server API cases, too.Carl RapsonNope[i]"Makes one want to reconsider the EC's motivations in the...
- Tags: Leadership, Nope, ContentGuard Inc., WMP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
- PalmOne grabs Microsoft Exchange license
- PalmOne grabs Microsoft Exchange licenseFINALLY !!!Palm came to their senses and decided to stop trying to swin against the current!!!PalmOne chooses a loser.And adds more usless dreck to waste ROM space on their products.This is a quandry...I have officially blocked all access to Palm devices here. Now, with this news,...
- Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Firewalls, SECURITY, Microsoft Consulting, Microsoft Exchange Server, Nope, Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-10-05
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- Apple caught neglecting iPhone security
- Apple caught neglecting iPhone securityApple doesn't really care.I believe that Apple puts security of its products at the bottom of the list, with cool design at the top. All this stuff just proves me right, that sure they have a neat casing and a touch screen, but underneath it...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, security, iPhone security
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- OMG! texting is so expensive
- Amid all the talk about AT&T's data plan fees and the cost of buying an unlocked iPhone perhaps the most notable jump is the cost of texting. News.com's Maggie Reardon breaks it down: Since 2005, rates to send and receive text messages on all four major...
- Tags: Text Message, Text Messaging, AT&T Corp., Object Management Group, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- VMware: The Hyper-V assault is underway, but the war is a long one
- Microsoft's Hyper-V--that long awaited virtualization effort from Redmond--is off and running and the analysis on it falls into three generic buckets: Hyper-V is spin; it's a real virtualization player; and Microsoft is going to crush VMware or be crushed by the incumbent. While those of us in...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Dan Kusnetzky, Paula Rooney, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- AT
- ATpretty close to what I pay for a Windows Mobile phone with AT&TI have been anxiously awaiting getting rid of my Cingular 2125, and am very happy with the prices of the 3G iPhone plans ... almost exactly what I am paying now for a low-end plan with 200 SMS...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, phone, High Tech Computer Corp., 3G
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Why computers fail
- Good failure data for PCs is hard to find: who knows how many times PC users are told to reinstall Windows? But in a recent paper, Bianca Schroeder and Garth Gibson of CMU found some surprising results in 10 years of large scale cluster system failures at Los Alamos National...
- Tags: Checkpoint, Multiprocessor, Failure, Computer, Desktop Computer, LANL, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Reformed computer criminals - your country needs you
- Reformed computer criminals - your country needs youAnd they'll pay almost a plumbers wagesSo off we go, let's all rush to those jobs ....RE: Reformed computer criminals - your country needs you"Most computer science students worldwide, will have some idea about security..."So the problem is neither lack of knowledge nor...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, forensic computer, computer, computer criminal, country need, salary
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- All the things Sun Ray won't do
- All the things Sun Ray won't doNopeI can't, maybe i'm biased too. But when you hear senior IT-ers go on about helpdesks the size of 2 to 3 headstrong, instead of the at least 10 to 25 to 100 you have nowadays with the Windows environments.The problem with Wintel desktops...
- Tags: Linux, Thin clients, Microsoft Windows, environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, thin client, server
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
- Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry FordDeservedly so. He is a modern day Henry FordLike HF, Bill Gates has truly made a historic impact on the high tech industry and his philanthropy work is already making an incredible difference.Good for him.Having said that, Microsoft has missed the internet boat...
- Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Strategy, Bill G, personal computer revolution, Bill Gates, Billg, Henry Ford, modern day, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Sun's fuzzy carbon math...
- Dave Douglas is Chief Sustainability Officer at Sun Microsystems and he writes a monthly column in "Environmental Leader." This month he writes about a concept he calls "Peak Carbon." This is his definition: Peak Carbon is the point in time after...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Math, Dave Douglas, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- MacPhobia vs. PCPhobia
- MacPhobia vs. PCPhobiaThe other common problem I see here at workare the result of ifrared mice in many cases. A simple test to try would be to just attach a wired usb mouse into the unit and use it for a while.If the cursor ceases to jump, you have found...
- Tags: Desktops, Linux, Apple Macintosh, PCPhobia, MacPhobia, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Firefox and the horrors of the Solaris install process
- Firefox and the horrors of the Solaris install processnot that i had anything interesting to sayI am used to having my comments *deleted*. ;)I'm sure incompetent top management...was to blame. Couldn't be the IT personnel.As was Fedora'syum -y updateRE: disappearing commentsAs many of you will have noticed comments sometimes...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, UNIX, Most linux distro, WinBlows, Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Firefox, horror, Sun Solaris, WINDOWS USERS, windoze user
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
- Can open source save Yahoo?
- Can open source save Yahoo?That's one weird photo....It actually looks like Yang's face has been Photoshopped onto a head belonging to someone else.Yahoo is a content company.Having a community which returns to the site is a resource for selling ads. That's why AOL bought Netscape. Well, that and...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., open source, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Want XP on your new Dell? $50, please
- Want XP on your new Dell? $50, pleaseWindows Vista all the way!I haven't used Windows XP since January 2007. Windows Vista is so much better than Windows XP. When will people wake-up and see Windows Vista as the best, most secure, operating system currently available?how about a no...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, MS OS, Microsoft Windows XP, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Don't download Firefox 3 yet
- Don't download Firefox 3 yetRE: Don't download Firefox 3 yetHaha, just one of those marketing gimmicks! Does Mozilla have sufficient bandwidth for the hordes or downloaders? ;)RE: Don't download Firefox 3 yetFirefox 3 is hosted by Google's servers. I think the goog can handle both the server...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Europe, Mozilla.com website, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Students (unaware/don't care) about music legalities
- Students (unaware/don't care) about music legalitiesRE: Sharing amongst friendsAbsolutely not!!! This is not even a gray area! If you hand someone a physical copy of a cd (book, record, movie, etc.) you can no longer play it (read it, watch it, etc.). If you hand them a...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, music legality
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Meet Jerry Yang, pinata
- Meet Jerry Yang, pinataYahoo customers are walking.http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/06/marketers-see-l.htmlEveryone thinking Yaoo/Google was such a great idea, think again.RE: Meet Jerry Yang, pinataShame, really, because Yang esssentially stood up for employees and customers.Gee, what a concept.If MS took over Yahoo, there would have been massive layoffs, and the Yahoo products, and the consumers...
- Tags: INTERNET, Benefits, Investment, Yahoo! Inc., Yang, Meet Jerry Yang, Microsoft Corp., Jerry Yang
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Code execution flaws hit QuickTime again
- Code execution flaws hit QuickTime againI banned QuickTime from my systemI banned QuickTime from my systemAnd Apple wants me to store my data on their servers?Nope, Apple has proven time and time again that they simply don't know how to write secure software. How else could they turn a rock...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
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