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Top 5 Father's Day gadget gifts for sons to give

Father's Day is coming up, and for sons everywhere, that means a little indulgence in Dad's favorite activities. Here at ZDNet, that means gadgets, so here are five items Dad needs in his gizmo toybox. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Gadget, Andrew Nusca, off topic

Image galleries 2008-11-17

Geek Gifts 2008: The RC Battle Tank Type 90

Think Geek sent us the RC Battle Tank Type 90 to review for our annual Geek Gift Guide. The tank is obviously based on the U.S. battle tank the M1 Abrams. We took our battle tank for a little field testing and came away more than a little disappointed. by...

Tags: Mark Kaelin, TechRepublic Inc., Tank, Geek Gifts 2008, off topic, geekend

Image galleries 2008-08-14

Off topic: The facade of objectivity

Off topic: The facade of objectivityGood post Larry!I think that what makes blogs so interesting is the fact that they're more like a conversation than anything else, and over repeated conversations you get to build up a picture of the person you are speaking to. Like you said, you generally...

Tags: Blogging, Off Topic, facade, objectivity

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

Off Topic: Desktop evaluation - Linux, Mac OS and Windows

Off Topic: Desktop evaluation - Linux, Mac OS and WindowsSimilar experiences to mac from windowsI tend to find that when i recommend a mac to someone they look at the price and question why? despite this I manage to convince them to get one. when they get it though I...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Desktop evaluation, Linux Mac OS, Linux, Off Topic, Microsoft Windows, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Offbeat laptop sleeves at Barry's Farm

Looking for a laptop sleeve that will turn heads at the office or at the local coffee bar on weekends? Barry's Farm has the wacky laptop sleeve market all sewn up. by Cara Reynolds

Tags: geekend, off topic, laptop, sleeve

Image galleries 2008-03-17

Gallery: The all-in-one dual-core VESA Stand PC mod

George Ou labored two full days to build the all-in-one dual-core VESA Stand PC. by George Ou

Tags: Dual-core, PC, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou, off topic, DIY, all-in-one PC

Image galleries 2007-10-10

Upcoming webinar staring you know who

I've been invited to be part of a Webinar sponsored by DataSynapse and Cognos. It's taking place on Monday, 31 July 2007. If you're interested in application virtualization and its impact on business intelligence applications or just want to listen to the virtual man's lilting tones, you might find the...

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Blog posts 2007-07-28

Virtualization's impact on Market Research

I recently published a paper on one of my other sites that examined the role virtualization is playing in the market for Linux software and server. I've gotten enough positive comments that I'd like to summarize it here.Analysts and their viewsAnalysts base their market sizing and market share information based...

Tags: virtualization, off topic

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Day 14 of the old-coffee-in-the-keyboard trick.

Although I thought my adventures in Dell-land were through, I just received an Email message from one of Dell's systems asking me to return the battery that they kept at the depot. If you'd like to refresh your memory on this exciting adventure, please read the following posts.The old coffee-in-the-keyboard...

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Blog posts 2007-07-16

Day 10 the old coffee-in-the-keyboard trick

This is the final episode in Dan's adventure in Dell-land. I'm sure you're tired of hearing about this anyway.Steve Buczak, industrial sorcerer from Qualxserv, one of Dell's service contractors, appeared in my office this morning to install the correct processor (2.16 GHz Core 2 Centrino) in my laptop. While he...

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Blog posts 2007-07-10

Day 8 of the old coffee-in-the-keyboard trick

Here's a quick status report for those following my adventures in Dell-land. It's now been 8 days since I sloshed coffee in the keyboard of my new Dell laptop. Although I had a next-business-day, on-site service contract, the machine was not repaired on site on the next business day.  It...

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Blog posts 2007-07-09

Day 6 of the old coffee-in-the-keyboard trick

Here we are in the the sixth day of my coffee-in-the-keyboard adventure. Here's a quick review of the situation: My post describing day 1 presented how I stupidly allowed coffee to slosh into my new laptop and did my best to engage Dell Computer’s service department in the hopes of getting...

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Blog posts 2007-07-06

Day 3 of the old coffee-in-the-keyboard trick

Here we are in the the third day of my coffee-in-the-keyboard adventure. My post about day 1 presented how I stupidly allowed coffee to slosh into my new laptop and did my best to engage Dell Computer's service department. My post on day 2 presented my experiences working with Dell's...

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Blog posts 2007-07-03

Day 2 of the old coffee-in-the-keyboard trick

In the post The Old Coffee-in-the-Keyboard Trick, I presented how I stupidly sloshed coffee into the keyboard of my new Dell laptop. Since I had purchased a next-day, on-site service contract, I didn't go into low Earth orbit. Instead, I used Dell's Internet chat service to obtain help. What happened...

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Blog posts 2007-07-03

The old coffee-in-the-keyboard trick

It was early Sunday morning, I was sipping my morning coffee while working on a post for today when the telephone rang. I was surprised. Why was someone calling at 6:30 AM on a Sunday morning? I grabbed for the phone so that my wife wouldn't be disturbed and the...

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Blog posts 2007-07-02

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Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

What if the search-index was run by a non-profit? GOOG founders once supported that idea

Soloution looking for a problemReread the tragedy of the commons. This is a bad idea. If different search companies have different businesses listed that will give rise to meta search engines that search the search engines and produce combined results in a single context.There is already a Firefox plugin...

Tags: SEARCH, search engine, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Flipping Fantastic

Getting the most out of Flip video cameras The picture above a still from a Flip video is of my venerable old three chip Sony VX1000 video camera, Frezzi light and associated 10 pound battery belt. In the foreground is a Flip video...

Tags: Microphone, Video Camera, Video, Camera, Flip, Flip Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-21

Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Reid promises 60 on Saturday

promises, promises, promisesHe will not get his 60 on Saturday. There are enough senators with the backbone to avoid what will be an economic catastrophe for our nation.Obama created phantom jobsSomeone did bother looking into the jobs Obama claimed to save / create and found this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1t3zZBhJ7wBlog not about Obama or...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Reid

Discussion threads 2009-11-19