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- Will Microsoft follow Google into the renewable-energy black hole?
- Will Microsoft follow Google into the renewable-energy black hole?No, MS does not care about the environment any more than they care aboutcustomers. They should just ignore the problem of global warming. As long as they are making lots of money, who cares?Microsoft Follow Google?What has Microsoft offered to the Consumer...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, NOW HERE, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
- Boeing virtual fence: $30 billion failure
- Boeing virtual fence: $30 billion failure6,000 miles @ 30 billion dollars..That would be 5 million dollars a mile. I might be wrong, but I think you could build a really good REAL wall for that money. Maybe even put some freakin laser beams on it..land based monitoring is just wrongfor...
- Tags: Government, Construction, NOW HERE, fence, virtual fence, Boeing Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- FBI remotely installs spyware to trace bomb threat
- FBI remotely installs spyware to trace bomb threatNow HERE'S a reason to buy a Mac or use Linux!"Another is that the FBI has found (or paid someone to uncover) unknown vulnerabilities in Windows or Windows-based security software that would permit CIPAV to be installed."Say what you want.... This is wrong....
- Tags: Federal government, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, NOW HERE, Olympia, FBI, computer, Original Story, spyware
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Day 14 of the old-coffee-in-the-keyboard trick.
- Day 14 of the old-coffee-in-the-keyboard trick.yes, kellys such a manly name isnt it..."I found myself chatting with Kelly. After giving "him" all"lol ive never met a "him" called kelly...LMAO---Typical Corporate Crappp.............I recieved my typical bulk mail from ZDnet today, and finding this CONTINUING SAGA of the Coffee in the Keyboard...
- Tags: NOW HERE, Dell Computer Corp., Dan
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
- Schmidt says YouTube 'very close' to filtering system
- Schmidt says YouTube 'very close' to filtering systemNearer than, say,an MS operating system is to secure?Just askin':o)YouTube Just Plain STINKS NowUsed to be you could watch funny comedy clips, short bits from shows, etc...then YouTube got gobbled up by Google and is just a bunch of wannabe idiots posting their...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), NOW HERE, MS Operating system, YouTube Inc., Google Inc., P2P
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Flat-panel TV makers sing the discount blues
- Flat-panel TV makers sing the discount bluesSame Old philosophyget as much out of the consumer while you can as long as you can and introduce price reductions and features as a purely generous and wonderful thing of the corporations doing on consumers behalf. Carrot, stick, carrot, BIG swack with...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, NOW HERE, Vizio, TV, flat panel
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Apple turning to FUD?
- Apple turning to FUD?... and a FUD for every season[i]FUD worked when the market was not moving at the pace it does today.[/i]FUD and vaporware worked well then, but they work even better now.The rapid pace of current development (at least in some quarters) means that instead of holding off...
- Tags: Federal government, NOW HERE, FUD, vaporware, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
- now here's an idea: Vonage video ads tied to YouTube posts
- Now here's an idea: Vonage video ads tied to YouTube postsWorst idea ever for youtube...Honestly, worst Idea ever! I commented on this on my blog: http://blog.biernacki.ca/?p=14But basically to sum it up, ads before video = annoying, not just intrusive, they just rub me the wrong way whenever a site FORCES...
- Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., video, advertisement, NOW HERE, video advertisement, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-04
- Why are we building 'enterprise' SOAs with 'LEGO blocks'?
- Why are we building 'enterprise' SOAs with 'LEGO blocks'?SOA is around usYou can find another analogy applicable as well: http://roman-rytov.typepad.com/miles/2006/12/soa_is_around_u.htmlLEGOJust try to build a nice fortress with LEGO blocks. Then after you finished it, you want to change one little Lego block somewhere in the middle of the wall. You...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, NOW HERE, lego, SOA, Lego-block, LEGO Co.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-10
- Adware sample targets Mac OS X
- Adware sample targets Mac OS XAdware sample targets Mac OS XSo is now the time to "get a Mac and be done with it"? Oh, I guess not.Simple fixRight click the folder (which, conveniently for them, they don't specify), add a notify action.And fix #2, don't run as admin. I...
- Tags: Desktops, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, NOW HERE, Apple Macintosh, MAC, adware, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, user account, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
- Garmin Nuvi 660
- The Garmin Nuvi series has proven to be a great success for the veteran navigation manufacturer. The Garmin Nuvi 350 impressed us not only with its solid performance but also with its travel-friendly features, and it consistently ranks up there as one of our readers' favorite GPS devices. Armed with...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Garmin Ltd., Nuvi 660, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Nuvi 660, telephone
- Product reviews 2006-11-20
- Security pros patch older Windows versions
- Security pros patch older Windows versionsin a sense we dont need opensourceif others can patch closed source windoze without even any help from Mother$hip!!unfortulately the os is still crap...that cant be helped!!Alternate ObsolesenceMaybe the OS should be supported for security issues until the usage drops below 10% (or other number)...
- Tags: Patches, Operating systems, NOW HERE, MICROSOFT JUST, Microsoft Windows, patch management, Microsoft Corp., older Windows version, security
- Discussion threads 2006-09-30
- RIM CEO cautious about unlimited wireless data plans
- RIM CEO cautious about unlimited wireless data plansThen he should get out of the market...Because unlimited is the way of the future and if he can't deal with it get out of the way of those that can.No it will affect greedy cell companiesI'm sick of this "if we don't...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, NOW HERE, RIM BlackBerry, cell phone industry, Research In Motion Ltd., cell phone
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
- AMD unveils line of energy-efficiency chips
- AMD unveils line of energy-efficiency chipsSeems like new line of lipstickLooks like same old chips with a new name... move along. It's good to see that AMD can still sell the Athlon X2 for $680 when the core 2 duo will run 40% faster and 30% cooler for $300. Let's...
- Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, IBM Corp., tooling, NOW HERE, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., chip, CPU, C
- Discussion threads 2006-05-16
- Initial Core benchmarks look dire for AMD
- Initial Core benchmarks look dire for AMDThat would explain the Int-hell FUD I smell.After Skype, I've been casting a cautious eye on the little i. Now these "benchmarks" seem to cast even greater doubt over i's performance claims, especially when I compare the machines.Note how Int-hell's machine was made...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, NOW HERE, Intel Corp., Int-hell FUD, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Doper Duped Anand, Woodcrest, Conroe, chip
- Discussion threads 2006-03-10
- Virus makes leap from PC to PDA
- Virus makes leap from PC to PDAInterestingI read both the ZDNet article as well as the article in the link provided by ZDNet, but did not find what the vulnerability is that the trojan exploits. Essentially it doesn't say how the virus gets to be on the infected system...
- Tags: PDAs, Cyberthreats, Handhelds, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, PDA concept, NOW HERE, PDA, virus, phone
- Discussion threads 2006-02-28
- Thinking about Linux security
- Thinking about Linux securityBINGO! / We have a Winner!Couldn't agree with your more!A most excellent article Murph. Thanks! :)So then why is LAMP the most hackedbox on the planet?Thinking about linux securityThats only because the designers of Unix knew that it would be used in a multi-user networked malicious...
- Tags: Operating systems, NOW HERE, Murph, Thinking about Linux security, IBM Corp., Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-02-02
- Attention Skype-haters: SkypeKiller lets you wipe Skype from your network for good
- Attention Skype-haters: SkypeKiller lets you wipe Skype from your network for goodPolicyIf, in a business setting, corporate policy dictates that Skype usage is 'verbotten' then this type of tool is useful and appropriate when applied in that context.It won't get rid of Linux nodes though.Explorer DestroyerNow, here is an Explorer...
- Tags: NOW HERE, network, Explorer Destroyer, SkypeKiller, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Discussion threads 2005-11-20
- Novell sees lower profit and revenue
- Novell sees lower profit and revenueMicrosoft does it again!MS chokes out another company!!!hahahaha beat you to it!!!!Novell sees lower profit and revenueMore proof that linsux is dying. I tried to tell you but I got flamed for it. Now here is my proof. Novell, a very good...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, NOW HERE, MSFT, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-08-26
- Gates: No magic answer to tech worker shortage
- Gates: No magic answer to tech worker shortageHere's your answer, Billy:It's tough to pay for that computer science degree when the only job you can find, after finishing school, is flipping burgers because all you 1%ers have shipped all the jobs overseas so that YOU guys can afford that new...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, NOW HERE, job, information technology
- Discussion threads 2005-07-18
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