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I challenge you to ask yourself: Will not-new technology do?

I challenge you to ask yourself: Will not-new technology do?Related question - in-house refurbishingA related question is in-house refurbishing. Bumping memory up to 256/512 MB and replacing a 1 MHz processor with a 2.4, all bought used "pulled from working machines" can breathe new life into old machines. ...

Tags: hardware, Office people

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

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Efficiency, sustainability, and digital natives accelerate paper's path to digital

As people spend more time consuming information digitally at home and at work, reliance on paper continues to decrease. But how far are we across the Digital Divide? In 1975, George E. Pake, then head of Xerox Corp.’s Palo Alto Research Center, predicted that in 1995 his office would be...

Tags: Word-processing, Sustainability, Whiteboard, Tool, Forrester Research Inc., iWorkers, Productivity, Sheri McLeish

Blog posts 2009-12-04

Will Chrome netbooks really be competitive?

Too crippledBoth Windows and Linux netbooks offer much more functionality and flexibility than the Google Dumb Terminal.No thanks...Google is going to have to start heavily marketing thisfor this to even have a chance. And that marketing strategy had better convince a distrusting public why they should trust both the cloud...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating systems, Chrome OS, netbook, Chrome, operating system, Google Inc., Win 7

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Google Backup is what I want for Christmas

Its not that people wouldn't trust Internet backupsits that more and more they're not trusting [i]Google[/i]years ago when they started growing, they could do no wrong, and everything they did was golden.Now read the posts, they seem to be pretty well split between not trusting Google's use of the data,...

Tags: Data centers, Backups, Google Backup, backup, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Google Backup is what I want for Christmas

Google's Lenoir, North Carolina Data Center, seen during construction, could be one of several sites that could provide business continuity and peace of mind for netizens everywhere. I've heard this story too many times. "I got back from vacation and...

Tags: Google Inc., Carbonite, Storage, Google Backup, Backups, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-12-03

Patch Tuesday heads-up: MS to fix 'critical' IE, Office security holes

I never understood the point of Patch Tuesday...I never understood the point of Patch Tuesday. Why not just release the patches as people need them, then let the user decide if & when to patch their own machines?Isn't the point of a Windows Update Server, so sysadmins can control...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Office, patch management, Patch Tuesday

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Patents the new threat to stem cell research

Patents as pharmacists' friend?"Traditionally patents apply to a way of doing something, or a specific chemical compound. Patents are the pharmacist?s friend. "Where did you draw this conclusion? It's more likely to be "Patents are the big pharmaceutical manufacturer's frend".I don't know of very many individual pharmacists that have...

Tags: stem-cell, patent, adult stem-cell, pharmacist, cell

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Office Web Apps in the wild: Screenshots galore!

Paid for..... Paying for this stuff makes me unhappy, as there are some pretty good free alternatives.And why, for the love of God, does bloody Skydrive have a file size limit of 50 MB? Or is that only so in the free account?25GB?It's 25GB.Google is going to put this outGoogle...

Tags: Web application, SkyDrive, storage, Google Inc., family picture, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Psystar pulls Mac-clone line from online store

Very importantApple gives me the freedom to decide on a (actually, the only) complete computer with matched, very well designed and integrated hardware and software, that I know will work productively and reliably and virus free for years. And Apple, being the sole vendor of this package, offers a good...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, linux user, online store, Apple Inc., Linux, Psystar, security

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

What the "Black screen of death" story says about tech journalism

Well done and well said EdUnfortunately I have no hope that this will even slightly temper the sloppyness of the next one to come down the pike. As you said it's all about the page hits for these turds...Gutmann effectIt would appear that this is just another example of the...

Tags: Blogging, black screen, Reporting, Ed Bott, Gutmann

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

HP iPAQ Glisten brings an OLED display to a forward QWERTY device

An iPAQ?Wow...an HP iPaq running Windows Moble? That is sooooo 90's. I still have my old Compaq iPaq. Are they expecting to sell a lot of these for $299? I can't see tens of thousands of people wanting one enough to make up for the development and support costs. I...

Tags: Handhelds, Monitors & displays, Compaq iPAQ, Hewlett-Packard Co., organic light-emitting diode, Droid

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Customers have spoken: AT&T = FAIL!

Just be prepared to pay full price for the phone ntntRE: Customers have spoken: AT&T = FAIL!I see this article as a sensational exaggeration. Consumer reports notes that the 4 point spread between the other carriers is essentially statistically insignificant. I am currently an AT&T wireless customer with an iPhone...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., phone, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

That giant sucking sound: Sun's server share continues to deteriorate

Can someone remind me of why Oracle bought Sun?Server sales across the board have dropped, but Sun servers are tanking. Windows and Linux OS's, while dropped, aren't very bad and look like they'll both grow. Not so much for Solaris. Sun also has the Java portfolio, but there are lots...

Tags: Sales strategy, Servers, Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., server

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Are you using Joomla! yet? Why the heck not?

And how does Google Sites compare with this?Google Sites is available to both Gmail and Google Apps users.Good work!! And of course you should pay somebody to host it, so as to not waste tax payer money hosting it yourself.And, of course, you can run Joomla on a reliable platform!...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, cloud computing, Joomla, Google Inc., Google Sites, Joomla!

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

MSI A6000-029US (Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)

Very Bad Experience with MSILet me try to summarize the situation. Last month I was considering purchasing a new computer. I looked at Apple's and Dell's websites, but I also decided to go to the local Office Depot and look at the computers they had. I spent about...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel Core 2 Duo, MSI, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, computer, Microsoft Windows XP, recovery disk, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Any cap and trade program in Australia seems dead for now

Actually we call it "a massive tax on everything"The pressure we've applied to our elected representatives pushed the opposition leader out and forced this change of policy.The MSM still hasn't recovered from the shock, it goes against their collective belief.Climategate still isn't widely reported in Australia's MSM, but the pressure...

Tags: Leadership, Cap-and-Trade, Abbott, voter

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Pimp my iPhone: Apps for storing, editing and reading files

iPhone streamingHello: These are pretty impressive applications. I've seen a few before and after a very in depth research we worked on something more advanced then created an iPhone broadcaster. I don't know if you ever seen this working. We are now trying to integrate it with other iPhone applications...

Tags: Smart phones, Digital music, DropBox, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

GetByMail 3.0.1.15 (Windows)

With GetByMail you can stay at home and have access to your office computer and vice versa simply through your E-mail accounts. You can get remote directory listings and tree view, download/upload files and directories, perform change dir, make dir, rename and delete operations, capture remote computer desktop screens, run...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Computer, GetByMail, Productivity, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-12-01

Can Chrome OS save us from racket ware?

Open Source / Repositories vs. Windows Closed SourceThe idea of having GPG-protected repositories which contain open source apps is central to the notion that these apps' source code is viewed by 'many eyes' and as such, vetted.Get your app outside of your designated O/S approved repos and you 'tempt fate'.In...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Rumpus 6.2 (Mac)

If you need to allow people from within your office or across the Internet to send, receive, and manage files on a central Mac, Rumpus FTP is what you are looking for. Whether you need to accept graphics files from remote locations, manage content on a Web server, or coordinate...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Server, Maxum Development, Internet, File Servers, Web Servers, Desktops, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-30