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Pierre Omidyar's three laws

Pierre Omidyar's three lawsMore Skype crapCorresponding to sellers via email is plenty "good enough" for interaction. Do you think that a seller is available 24/7/365 and is waiting with baited breath for that next Skype caller? What if he's a deaf mute?Its a nicety - a little bonus that *might*...

Tags: Pierre Omidyar, goverment, Oh-My Gosh

Discussion threads 2006-03-13

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Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360

Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360Xbox 360 reduces cost by $50.Wow, and I've just spent 200 bucks on the console just last week. I doubt the reduction will stop Sony out-selling their consoles though.Awww...nobody wants your Xbox 360s??So sad. :( I thought they were already selling...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent

John McCain can't get online without his wife's help, but the storyline is that doesn't matter because as former chair of the Commerce Committee, McCain is intimately familiar with tech policy issues. At panels at the Demo Convention today, Democrats assailed that argument, saying that, ""On McCain's...

Tags: Broadband, John McCain, Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-26

WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 client

WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 clientThis is the evidence that Windows 7 is the code name for Vista SP2if WSUS shown Windows7, this is the evidence that Windows 7 is the code name for Vista SP2, and so each Vista user will have it for free! Thank you...

Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Windows, blog, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Verizon launches Visual Voice Mail

Verizon launches Visual Voice MailVisual voice mail for other ATT phones?Is there any news if ATT is going to provide the feature on other ATT phones?RE: Verizon launches Visual Voice MailHate to be nit-picky - but commoditized usually refers to a once valuable item being devalued because it is abundantly...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Visual Voice mail, phone, Visual Voicemail, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

(Photos: America's biggest air show in Oshkosh, by gosh)

(Photos: America's biggest air show in Oshkosh, by gosh)corrected numbers....An attendance of 650,000 coming from 70 nations…�� More than 4,000 volunteer EAA members, creating their own marvelous annual convention and welcoming flight enthusiasts from around the world…�� Some 10,000 aircraft from every state and many other countries, winging to Oshkosh...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, OshKosh, air show, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Photos: America's biggest air show in Oshkosh, by gosh

Each year, hundreds of thousands of air travel enthusiasts swoop into the Oshkosh, Wisc., airport for a weeklong homage to flying machines. by CNET News.com

Tags: Wisconsin, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-08-01

Apple extends MobileMe subs after rocky launch

Apple extends MobileMe subs after rocky launchFabulous......so when can we expect to see all the indignant topics on Apple's release of a sub-standard product which failed to deliver on its launch date? I'm sure we can also expect to see the same level of vituperation as we've come to...

Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, rocky launch

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Goodbye, XP. Hello, Midori

Goodbye, XP. Hello, MidoriHow great would it be-to have a lean, mean system that would do the basics, and leave some of the add-ons to other companies.Microsoft has blown any chance of Vista ever getting any respect, as the timing of '7' seems almost a stopgap measure. with '7' only...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Midori, Microsoft Windows Vista, goodbye, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

What do the British really believe about global warming?

What do the British really believe about global warming?lolu got ot be kidding meRE: What do the British really believe about global warming?You have got to be kidding! I can not remember when it really snowed properly in the UK, we are seeing greater instances or extreme weather such...

Tags: Now Let, global warming, climate change, British Public

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

iPhone 3G - Apple's reality distortion field redefines the phrase "half the price"

iPhone 3G - Apple's reality distortion field redefines the phrase "half the price"re: "half the price"My sister has had the iPhone for some time. I have an HTC Mobile 6 phone with ATT. She is on Edge, I am on 3g. When we were looking for directions...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, phone, 3G, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Leading US search engines in April 2008

Leading US search engines in April 2008Gosh! What a surprise!Look at those numbers and the Bloatfarm is again the cellar-smeller in search.Why could that be?Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the great dungheap has no monopoly position from which to harass and coerce customers. Maybe...

Tags: Financial accounting, Bloatfarm, developer, search engine

Discussion threads 2008-05-17

Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case

Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas caseI don't buy the argument......that a copyright holder should have to prove an actual distribution took place. Given the circumstances it's obvious to anyone who isn't clouded by RIAA hatred the files were there to be copied by anyone. Does this mean...

Tags: Copiers, RIAA, actual distribution

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'

SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'there a few people that are out of realitymac bride is one ballmer is also a other one keep spinning idiot spinning .......They aren't dead yet? ]:)The sad thing is......I strongly suspect that he really believes it.Words right outta...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Unix, SCO Group Inc., LINUX IS, SCO Chief

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Digging into Psystar

Digging into PsystarDigging into PsystarTwo options: 1) too good to be true, or 2) They really did not plan or prepare for the mediaEVERYONE knows this kind on news attracts a GREAT deal of attention, so I´m afraid its number one... Its all a sand castle...SHould have looked deeperpsystar.corp was...

Tags: Web site development, Channel management, Web technology, Fax, Desktops, Psystar

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Forrester: Forget Macs. In business, it's still all about Windows

Forrester: Forget Macs. In business, it's still all about WindowsCanna get a big Duh ?NTHave to be careful with "business" and "enterprise"I assume that the research focuses on LARGE companies. Apple's best shot is small companies that do not have or want and IT dept. There are millions...

Tags: Desktops, Strategy, Selling PC, Apple Macintosh, Forrester Research Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Here's why Apple needs an "all you can eat" iTunes

Here's why Apple needs an "all you can eat" iTunesThe problem with iTunes......is it doesn't have EVERYTHING. As an older user (late-30s), sometimes I want to hear some 80s songs or an obscure title here and there. The iTunes collection is just not complete. There is too...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Rhapsody-to-Go, iTunes collection, Apple iPod, music, FM-radio, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., iPod Clone

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

MPAA: Net neutrality an assault on creativity

MPAA: Net neutrality an assault on creativityI think you made a typo in the title.It says "creativity" where it really meant to say [b]"PROFITS."[/b]You should read Blender's [u http://www.blender.com/articles/default.aspx?key=18696&pg=3]20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All-Time[/u] and pay particular attention to #1.YawnSome members of the MPAA sell DVDs for $3 in...

Tags: Government, Network technology, Broadband Internet, MPAA, Net Neutrality, assault, piracy

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

MindMentor, the first robot psychologist

MindMentor, the first robot psychologistFirst? robot psychologist?The claim of "first" in the headline in patently false. Everyone knows that Joe Weizenbaum built the first one -- "ELIZA" in 1966. You should do some fact checking...RE: MindMentor, the first robot psychologistWhy would you do a whole article on this...

Tags: Robots, robot, MindMentor, first robot

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

Microsoft Singularity

I just read my colleague Mary Jo Foley's post Want a peek at a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft? and thought I'd add a few additional thoughts on Microsoft's research project called "Singularity." I was a bit amused by Microsoft's comments that Linux,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-03-05