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- Yahoo ditches March 13 Microsoft proxy war deadline
- Yahoo ditches March 13 Microsoft proxy war deadlineNOW IT'S WAR..You don't do this to Microsoft. Microsoft's cash hoard DEMANDS to be spent to once and for all extinguish these Yahoos. My rep immediately sent me talking points which I forward to all of our internal employees. I obviously struck fear...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, monopolist, Now IT, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Proxy
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Baby aspirin and the Vytorin scandal
- Baby aspirin and the Vytorin scandalBan Drug TV Commercials?I think it has reached the point where Drug commercials dominate the TV air waves and provide a public disservice many mixed signals.That isn't meant as a blanket indictment of Pharmaceutical companies in general, but it would interesting if you put it...
- Tags: TVs, Now IT, TV industry, Vytorin, Vytorin scandal, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- Play the Sears privacy game (and get your neighbor's purchase history)
- Play the Sears privacy game (and get your neighbor's purchase history)Well Kmart never scrimped on IT...They bought way more than they ever needed, the only scrimping I saw was on their new data center, with in 6 months they had to power down so the electric company could add...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Now IT, Sears Roebuck & Co., privacy game, purchase history
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Oregon AG office to RIAA: 10 things we want to know how you find file-sharing students
- Oregon AG office to RIAA: 10 things we want to know how you find file-sharing studentsOregon AG: Oregon follows "FOX law" - Fair and BalancedIt took the RIAA's attorneys a couple years to ramp up their approach and processes to winning cases of illegal music sharing. Now, it seems, they...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), file-sharing, Now IT, RIAA, Oregon AG
- Discussion threads 2007-11-30
- Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 (Firefox 3.0 Beta 1)
- Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 (Firefox 3.0 Beta 1)Firefox Beta 3.0I viewed your gallery of pictures and it looks pretty good. One thing that caught my eye: it only gives your the option to import bookmarks, passwords, from Internet Explorer, etc., and not a previous instance of Firefox.Not understanding why that...
- Tags: Web browsers, Now IT, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.0 Beta 1, Firefox 3.0
- Discussion threads 2007-11-20
- I guess they read my blog in Nigeria
- I guess they read my blog in NigeriaA conspiricy after all ..The buyer now speaks up. And it now appears that the OEM/System Integrator that they are paying to assemble and distribute the laptops took it upon themselves to reconfigure those laptops with Windows on the basis of "thats...
- Tags: Operating systems, Business ethics, blog, Now IT, TSC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Karl Marx, Mandriva, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-11-09
- If you don't like a Facebook advertiser, defriend them
- If you don't like a Facebook advertiser, defriend themAmericaThat is America...pay for a brand name, and you look "better" because you are advertising someone...so I could make a a product more expensive if I said a brand name on it and sell even more?
- Tags: Branding, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Inia unit (FogScreen features breakthrough projection technology)
- Inia unit FogScreen features breakthrough projection technologyseaQuest today?Does anyone else remember how Captain Bridger had one of these in his quarters, upon which an artificial intelligence agent was projected?I think the idea is all wet...;-)I haven't the Foggist Idea how they can sell this. ;-) NT.Incredible!!!I saw something like that...
- Tags: Inia, FogScreen, projection technology
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- Is demand for Linux slipping?
- Is demand for Linux slipping?Our machine roomWell, let's see (we're an S&P 500 company) at one site:MS: Exchange mail, some internal webservers; print queues.Solaris: four 64-bit systems mostly for older softwareLinux: 17 general-purpose 32-bit serversLinux: 19 64-bit compute serversThe line-of-business stuff is pretty much 100% Linux.RE: Is demand for Linux...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-11-05
- iPod touch - Nice device, shame Apple crippled it
- iPod touch - Nice device, shame Apple crippled itProof positive!Now it is official, Apple has lost the war to Microsoft and Windows Mobile. Now once the rest of the American public finds out, Zunes will outsell the iPod touch at Christmas this year. I am looking to make a few...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Buy Now Price, video, Now IT, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc., iTouch, Adrian
- Discussion threads 2007-11-05
- 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act would tie VoIP to 911 backbone
- 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act would tie VoIP to 911 backbone911 - Who Cares !What a silly thing to say !!! The accuracy of 911, or rather the lack of it, has almost nothing to do with the 911 backbone. The nature of the Internet,...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, backbone, Public Safety Act, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
- Cardo S-800 Bluetooth headset
- Cardo has certainly made a name for itself in the past year as a serious headset manufacturer. Going head to head with well-known names like Jabra and Plantronics, Cardo has stood its ground with excellent headsets like the Cardo S-2 and the Cardo S640. Now it's come out with what...
- Tags: Now IT, Cardo S-800, headset, Power Button, ear loop, Cardo S-800 Bluetooth headset
- Product reviews 2007-10-12
- Is iPhone helping Apple lose its soul?
- Is iPhone helping Apple lose its soul?Vote Option MissingPersonally, I vote for: Apple already lost its soul; this is simply another sign of it.And, before I get people screaming at me calling me an "M$ shill" -- heck, I'm expecting people will anyway -- I use an OS X 1.4,...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Now IT, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, soul
- Discussion threads 2007-10-08
- Parents emphasize safety, not credibility online
- Parents emphasize safety, not credibility onlineAdvocacyAny time schools propose what children should and should not do, the discussion is about values. The ability to recognize worthwhile information on the internet is affected by individual definitions of worthwhile.The children are being told how to expect information to be worthwhile, which...
- Tags: CAD, Now IT
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- Open source tells content owners adapt or die
- Open source tells content owners adapt or dieAnswer your questionDo they deserve to live? Sure. Everyone deserves a chance. Of course the traditional media is still strong, but it is becoming irrelevant a little more every year. It's partly the fault of the 24 hour news networks. How much news...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Now IT, music industry, Internet, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- Legal summits to tackle Linux
- Legal summits to tackle LinuxLegal summits to tackle LinuxYou don't need two summits to solve this problem. Its quite simple, just don't use linux. You won't have the legal issues of it and save yourself time and headaches.Seems a logical moveAfter all, who knows, maybe Microsoft will get...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Now IT, Linux, summit
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
- JAVA vs. SUNW
- JAVA vs. SUNWThe company formerly known as SunWell Prince eventually went back to calling himself Prince, though that guitar he has in the shape of the symbol is quite nifty.I always find that cup of coffee symbol at the top left hand corner of the screen handy; I know I...
- Tags: Programming languages, museum, Now IT, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- EU antitrust power in balance on Microsoft decision
- EU antitrust power in balance on Microsoft decisionMicrosoft has been building server OSes since 1993 -- or earlierNT 3.1 was released in 1993 and came in a Server version. But even many prior to that, they made the LAN Manager product.Break them both upthey both have unfairly beaten up...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Digital media, Digital music, Now IT, Microsoft Corp., operating system, EU Antitrust Power, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
- AT&T censors Pearl Jam, sparking up net neutrality debate
- What does Pearl Jam have to do with net neutrality? After AT&T censored a supposedly live webcast of a Pearl Jam concert, in which Eddie Vedder tossed off a couple of anti-Bush ad libs during a cover of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," the band complained bitterly not...
- Tags: Censorship, Webcast, AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- Oracle's misconceived SaaS strategy
- Oracle president Charles Phillips passed through London recently and spoke to a handful of journalists about the company's prospects and direction, including its SaaS strategy. I noticed Angela Eager's write-up for CBR a couple of days before going off on a week's vacation, and although it had me mildly fuming...
- Tags: Software, Strategy, Software-as-a-service, Database, Oracle Corp., On-demand, Customer, Multi-tenancy, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
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