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How much governing power do online supporters give Obama?

How much governing power do online supporters give Obama?He'll figure it out...The first time Obama wants constituents to push Congressional support for a bill he and we are going to find just how effective his online support is.Depends on his continuing popularityRonald Reagan was able to go over the heads...

Tags: Obama, online supporter

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

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AMD posts another quarterly loss

If AMD can't produce...a CPU that will compare with Intel in performance they may not be around for a lot longer. They are so completely outclassed by Intel i7 that they aren't even in the ball park. It is hard to believe they can't come up with something ant closer.I...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, quarterly loss, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., CPU

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Defamation or free speech? U.S. court orders Google to hand over identity of blogger

If ordered by a judge...releasing the identity to the plaintiff is fair and necessary, otherwise you have no recourse.I will take issue with one statement however. You wrote "After all, it?s protected free speech to say that you believe someone is disingenuous or otherwise intolerable. It?s another thing to imply...

Tags: defamation, identity, Google Inc., What-If

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Delete the hate - don't ban anonymity

There's been a fair amount of discussion of online anonymity lately. Paul Carr, a columnist at Telegraph.co.uk wrote that there is no place for anonymous comments on the Internet. [‘Rascal! Your name!’: Schopenhauer vs the Internet trolls] I’m in no doubt that if we forced...

Tags: Anonymity, Internet, Web 2.0, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Why SOA really, really matters in a cloud computing world

Back in early 2006, I published a piece on the impact of delivering SOA-ready services via online, on-demand venues such as online marketplaces. Here is an update on the piece, revised to meet today's cloud computing realities. Since I wrote the first piece, we have seen many of the principles...

Tags: On-demand, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web Services, Managed Hosting, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-10

UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores

UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores LOL!! And linux gets another punch square in the face! How much more abuse can linux take before it just throws in the towel and admits defeat? Lets look at the facts here, linux...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OPEN SOURCE, Linux supporter, Linux, netbook, retail company

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Microsoft 'elevates America' with free job training

Microsoft 'elevates America' with free job trainingDOJ 2.0DOJ 2.0, simply means that when I was with MS a few years back, this idea was floated out to gain the Mind Share and thus fortify the adoption of MS products in IT shops. Most of these people can already receive...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, training and certification, Microsoft Corp., job training, training, job

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

What might end Apple's open source pass

What might end Apple's open source passFirst "free and open" music industry will winI reckon. I've seen numerous software development opportunities for companies that are being free and liberal with music, just like FOSS but with notes and instruments.Interesting times. The end of sick unabated controlling greed. I'm proud to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, content owner, Apple Inc., open source, music, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2008-11-28

Who will lead Obama-era FCC?

Who will lead Obama-era FCC?Gee another Bush Doctrine supporter...Is this why Palin will be running in 2012? Let me guess, she already has your vote.Considering that the election is over ...there are serious issues to discuss. It's time to deal with those issues. It's time to stop snarking "commie"...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Obama, Obama-era FCC, government

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!

Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!AgreedThey really have priced themselves out of the "Average Joe" market. Why should I pay to get all of my DVDs on BDs again when they're usually at least 10$ more expensive?Downloaded video can't even compete with DVD, look at the MB/s rateDVD's...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Blu-ray, HD DVD, job, Sony Corp., DVD, Blu-ray disc, PS 3

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Openoffice 3.0 vs MS Office

Openoffice 3.0 vs MS Officewow!u had a post just to say that!!You're rightThe ribbon interface in Office 07 is leaps and bounds ahead of the dated looking OO interface and it doesn't really have all the features of Office 07. So office 07 wins hands down.Plus OO is the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., Linux, OpenOffice 3.0

Discussion threads 2008-10-20

Could Google's Chrome be death blow to Firefox?

No doubt, Google's forthcoming open source browser -- known as Chrome -- is going to challenge other open source browsers, most notably Firefox. It could be a devastating blow to Firefox, which has amassed and taken roughly 18 percent of browser market share away from Internet Explorer in a short...

Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Web Application, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Chrome, V8 Javascript Virtual Machine, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Question about Gov. Sarah Palin

Question about Gov. Sarah PalinI searched online and got on the site with this linkhttp://www.state.ak.us/but could not get to anywhere when I clicked on her image to go to that page, eitherBlame ObamaObama's campaign team, probably caught by surprise at this announcement, are probably trying to dig up whatever dirt...

Tags: Branding, GUESS IT, Sarah Palin, Obama, Hillary, GOP

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress

In the wake of the Russian-Georgian conflict, a week worth of speculations around Russian Internet forums have finally materialized into a coordinated cyber attack against Georgia's Internet infrastructure. The attacks have already managed to compromise several government web sites, with continuing DDoS attacks against numerous other Georgian government sites, prompting...

Tags: Web, Russia, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Alania TV, RIA Novosti, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Immobile Apple

Immobile AppleApple needs to get their act togetherI'm a big Apple supporter but they really need to be held to the fire when it comes to issues like this. .Mac has always seemed a little janky and I was hoping MobileMe would be the turnaround point. Looks like they screwed...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MobileMe, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Google playing politics with open source

Google playing politics with open sourceWell SaidI agree with this, Google has the same back office meetings that any other company does, and the main focus is selling more product and bringing the bling through the door. Both companies have their ups and downs and for us to act...

Tags: subject line, Even Microsoft, open source, F/OSS, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 - Tour

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 - TourMore of the sameLooks a lot like IE 7, but that would be expected. I really like the way it highlighted the active domain URL.From my past experience in DEPLOYING browser upgrades, any word on a new IEAK? The omission for IE...

Tags: Web browsers, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8 Beta, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Best Buy, Netflix declare Blu-ray the winning high def DVD format

Best Buy, Netflix declare Blu-ray the winning high def DVD formatDon't be so sure on thatAre they really being suckered at 1/4 of the price. If more people have more HD-DVD players than Blu-Ray then it doesn't matter what Best Buy or NetFlicks offers. They will be forced to change....

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Best Buy Co. Inc., DVD player, NetFlix Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Is Obama campaign a model for the future?

TechPresident takes note of the Obama's campaign integration of online methods into its overall campaign strategy. Colin Delany refers to a Post article that looked at the campaign's operations in Iowa. Depending on the voter, they follow with Facebook reminders, telephone...

Tags: Operation, TechPresident, Internet, Social Networking, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-03

Can open source cut campaign costs?

Having followed computing and politics since 1996 I have long been fascinated with whether scaled Internet-based computing can, in fact, cut the cost of campaigning. This year represents the best test yet of that proposition. Every Presidential candidate has a Web site. Most run Linux. By...

Tags: Republican, Amazon.com Inc., Candidate, Linux, Open Source, Storage, UNIX, Operating Systems, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-10