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Plan lets users be the judge of flaws

Plan lets users be the judge of flawsAll I can say is...Yawn...Sounds like letting the inmates running the asylum to meWhy can't a simpler 3 step approach be adopted?1. Problem/flaw identified2. Problem/flaw fixed3. No problemA democratic system of users judging the flaws equals more chaos.Having just been...

Tags: flaw, OBSCENE PROFITS

Discussion threads 2005-09-17

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Carper option in final Senate health bill

opt outdoes that mean a state can decide, whether or not, their citizens can get national health care?"Let the trolling begin in earnest."?I think you meant:"[i]Let those who disagree with me begin posting.[/i]"No......trolling is posting deliberately inflammatory remarks in order to get responses. You've even admitted you're doing that, because...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Financial Planning, U.S. Senate, health care, insurance, Carper, Lasik

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Apple announces most profitable quarter ever: Q4 2009

Q4 early?Doesn't Q4 end Dec. 31st? Shouldn't these figures be for Q3??yathats what i was thinking. How could they know their earnings before the Quarter is even over? RE: Apple announces most profitable quarter ever: Q4 2009I find it intrestering how the typical apple user is the berkinstock wearing...

Tags: Desktops, Win7, Apple Inc., hardware, PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Is it "Windows" or "Vista" that's dragging Microsoft down?

Is it "Windows" or "Vista" that's dragging Microsoft down?I think it is simply "Microsoft"ntI think it is the economy & VistaBusiness just are not buying new computers.Look at Dell's sales.Look at worldwide PC sales.Every (and, I am exaggerating) business is delaying the purchase of new computers.Now, on to Vista.Many (most?)...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IS IT, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Why Microsoft won round one of netbook wars

Why Microsoft won round one of netbook warsIt's round two they won.Remember? They didn't even show up for round one.I think you nailed an important point.I think you nailed an important point. Marketing is a huge factor in the OS wars. Apple and Microsoft are very good at it.Linux...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Microsoft Corp., netbook war

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

News to know: Amazon; Windows 7 beta; Ozzie; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Five things every Windows beta tester should know Zack Whittaker: Students and the Windows 7 release candidate Larry Dignan: Kindlenomics: Keep...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, TomTom, Online Photo, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Beta, Brittany, Linux, Ultrawideband (UWB), Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-02

Spam and obscene profits

Spam and obscene profitsGood Article...Good Article... Thanks,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comGood stuff, wont make a difference.Until icann says they have to do something, it wont happen. The spammers buy it for a year minimum and spam from it for a month. For 6-10 bucks per domain, its really cheap for the...

Tags: Spam, Good Article

Discussion threads 2009-02-27

Spam and obscene profits

Spam: Let’s Re-Define ‘Obscene Profits’ I took a great call today with Garth Bruen of Knujon (“No Junk” spelled backwards). Garth’s volunteer organization monitors spam and works with Internet registrars to throttle the miscreants who fill our in-boxes with this junk. Garth gave me a great background...

Tags: Registrar, Spammer, Knujon, Garth, Go-Daddy, Internet, Spam, Domain Names, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Has Microsoft fired its first shot in the patent war against Linux?

Has Microsoft fired its first shot in the patent war against Linux?The cornered rat is always the most dangerousSimply put, Linux is threatening Microsoft's proprietary model of extracting profits. Others have put it another way: Linux is a disruptive technology: one that overturns the traditional way of doing...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Adrian, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

HP's Hurd brings in $42.5 million; 4 other top execs top $20 million

HP's Hurd brings in $42.5 million; 4 other top execs top $20 millionBetter not lay anyone off for "economic reasons"!!!Dirty skunks -- *noone* is actually earning money at that rate.Not a bad reward for laying people offOr, as company reports like to gloat, executing ... people.RE: HP's Hurd brings in...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, SmartBUY, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Project:Possibility coders hack for the disabled

Project:Possibility coders hack for the disabledHacking for the DisabledNOw, that's definitely something really GREAT going on! [ Lest I forget to say so, it's also nice to see the work "hacker" properly used for a change. ] "That" is also the sort of activity the whole world should...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, coder

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficiencies

HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficienciesShould have bought AMD first.They could have obtained EDS at a later date, then filled it with cheap AMD products. AMD is a steal right now! EDS is currently filled with IBM products.RE: HP seals EDS deal; Services No....

Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., No. 2

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Alternative energy folks should be smiling as gas expected to soar in cost

Alternative energy folks should be smiling as gas expected to soar in cost...One of many negative side effects of higher gas prices that many are overlooking is food prices will concurrently rise.Right now it's not looking good no matter your stance on the green energy debate. The bottom line is...

Tags: Right Now IT, Alternative energy folk, alternative energy

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Big Day for Big Oil, and Way to Future Profits Seems Well-lubed

Big Day for Big Oil, and Way to Future Profits Seems Well-lubedFusionYes, the sad thing is that the only technology that could solve the energy question forever is getting little attention. In the past few years, the entire world (US, Europe, Japan,...) came up with a mere $15 billion total...

Tags: Investment, OIL PRICES, Nuclear-Fusion, Big Oil, Big Day, Future Profits Seems Well-lubed, oil company, profit margin

Discussion threads 2008-03-12

Time to regulate drug prices?

Time to regulate drug prices?Some time ....ago I read an interesting article that gave the facts on this.I stated:The people in the US PAY the MOST for drugs effectively underwriting the cost of the R&D and obscene profits for ALL global drug manufactures. While In the rest of the world,...

Tags: Research & Development, Branding, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Benefits, R&D

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Is Apple getting dragged (kicking, screaming, or suing?) into licensing OS X?

Is Apple getting dragged (kicking, screaming, or suing?) into licensing OS X?focus on the competition and innovationPut simply, Apple can't even get Leopard to run reliably on their own hardware! It would be like throwing a rock to a drowning man. Face it Apple/Mac floats on a sea...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp., Apple Now, hardware, Apple Inc., software

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

Venom and oil

Venom and oilAre you sure about the $16B in New Taxes?I haven't seen the wording of the proposed bill that has little chance of passing anyway but an earlier version called for the suspension of special Tax Breaks that oil producers were granted back in the mid-80's. The reason I'm...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, oil company

Discussion threads 2007-08-05

Doc Searls to hardware OEMs (in gauntlet): It's time to free yourselves and your customers

Doc Searls to hardware OEMs in gauntlet: It's time to free yourselves and your customersSuppose...... the market included a company which studied closely what people wanted from their computers and what they wanted to do with their computers. And that company made software which responded to the results of...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Now IT, Dell Computer Corp., hardware, computer, Doc Searls

Discussion threads 2007-04-16

Google's high-speed battle with Microsoft

Google's high-speed battle with MicrosoftWell quit talking about it and create cool. Not rocket surgery[B]Bill Gates has indicated he is fed up with Google being seen as the ‘thought leader' of the Internet Age. Steve Ballmer believes "We have the birthright to lead the pack. We've got more technology. We've...

Tags: Investment, Leadership, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google stock buy-out, buy-out, Google stock, Bill Gates, stock

Discussion threads 2007-03-18

Google: Web friend or Web foe

UPDATE: Google posts its "approach to content" at its blog. I posited last weekend, in the post below, that Google profits-centric "cached content for links" modus operandi is NOT in the best interests of Websites or content owners. Google's blog title says a lot about Google's mind set; It is...

Tags: INTERNET, Web, Google Inc., Belgian

Blog posts 2006-09-27