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Failed government IT: 'The mother of all databases'

Failed government IT: 'The mother of all databases'Just another reason to keep government smallThis is just another example of how incompitant our government can be. This is a huge problem all over the government and it is wasting billions of our hard earned money while some would like to...

Tags: Vertical industries, Keep-It-Simple, government, database, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Sabotage and the cost of change

Sabotage and the cost of changeNot doing a very good job......of keeping the confidentiality of your clients. From what you have written, it's easy to guess that there is only one provincial political party that you would even consider doing work for, and it's not the Liberals.Only question is...

Tags: Operating systems, Servers, I.T, Only Question, Office 07, Sun Microsystems Inc., HP-UX, Unix, Microsoft Office, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

Negroponte shows off amazing XO2 design - but will OLPC survive?

Negroponte shows off amazing XO2 design - but will OLPC survive?do they have a prototype?It looks so cool and it will be only $75 in 2 years. Gate$ and Job$ must be turning green of envy!RE: Negroponte shows off amazing XO2 design - but will OLPC survive?This thing is fantastic,...

Tags: Linux, Only Question, One Laptop Per Child project, Negroponte, XO2

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Adobe launches free Photoshop Web application

Adobe launches free Photoshop Web applicationThis is the future of application delivery. As the browser gets more anmore powerful and functional, we will see more an more desktop applications on the cloud. We will be telling our grand kids about these things called "applications" that you had to pay a...

Tags: Photoshop Web application, Adobe PhotoShop, Web application, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-03-27

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East Anglia: anger and aggro

One must live through it in order to fully understand itOnly in this case some will have to face huge collateral damage. Fortunately those who will suffer the most are living in already hard hit areas so they are quite used to a life of pain and suffering and as...

Tags: E-mail, East Anglia

Discussion threads 2009-11-26

Are small cars doomed to fail in the American market?

Well, Americans will at least buy cars that get better gas mileage, and aresmaller when gas prices rise. It was not that long ago that US manufacturers had big problems with people switching over to Japanese crossover SUVs when gas prices spiked.Maybe the very smallest and best gas mileage will...

Tags: standout, car, small car, SUV

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Apple seeks injunction to end Psystar Mac clones ... oh, and $2.1m

Let's cheer the death of competition!!!Competition is good... as long as it doesn't hurt Apple. Cue the double standards...Apple, congrats for winning in the legal court. Maybe you can take that $2.1M (that you won't get) and add it to your PR budget to repair the damage you've done in...

Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, gizmo

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

The Big Question podcast: Will News Corp. really pull its content from Google?

Bare-Metal replacement with a new visionI have to say, Google is on the cutting edge and this will sell because companies can have cloud-a, cloud-b, and cloud-c ect...No different than Networks today, it is no different than Vlans.Google has the BEST developers and Open_Source resources that will prove again a...

Tags: Corporate law, podcast, Bing, antitrust, Google Inc., News Corp., search engine

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Large Hadron Collider sees first collisions

its work and we are not dead yet damn it .... not end of the world party Won't go full power until 2012...Abotu the 21st of December. ;-)Give It Time!!It takes awhile for the microscopic Black hole to consume enough matter to destroy the planet. Let's see the mass...

Tags: black hole, magma, Large Hadron Collider

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics

Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But Mozilla could be one step ahead. Last week, Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But if Mozilla succeeds in its hope, Microsoft could be playing catch-up...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Graphics, Web Browsers, Internet, IE9, Microsoft, PDC, browser, Stephen Shankland CNET News

News items 2009-11-24

Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser

It is a dumb idea.WAIT! Firefox and Chrome teams are looking to do the same?What a brilliant idea!I smell a large scale patent war brewingThis will be one that catches everybody's attention, not just the people who work in the industry.I'd bet that Office goes hardware-rendered, tooI'd bet that Office...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, IE9, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, hardware, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?

The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Operating systems, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Atmospheric CO2 levels to hit million-year high

Sorry, but once again.... FUD!Atmospheric CO2 levels are not about to 'hit a million-year high'. The fact is that those methods they have for 'telling how much CO2 was in the atmosphere 1 million years ago!' have been called into question recently.I always thought that there was something.... wrong there,...

Tags: carbon dioxide, IPCC prediction, IPCC

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Fawning over Chatter and how SAP missed its chance

What Salesforce did was pricing, not features...What I was talking about that most people missed wasn't the feature set. Of course that isn't new. Even Benioff pretty much admits he stole the idea from Facebook and Twitter.But at the Techcrunch Real Time Crunchup on Friday Benioff said Salesforce was working...

Tags: Pricing, Sales force management, Marketing research, Strategy, Chatter, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Did HTC address Windows Mobile 6.5's initial shortcomings?

They've done more than thatHTC is the only big company still taking interest in Winmo, they're the only ones keeping it alive. Each time they revamped, optimized, revisited the user interface to make it look more modern and more stylish, and that's what they did with the sense UI.If not...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Handhelds, Mobile applications, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Who wants tea with their turkey?

Push comes to shove.....I still believe Reid will throw down the reconciliation card. I'm sure he doesn't want to, but he won't accept defeat. If he can't get the sixty, he'll settle for 51.Which is a shame, because while the stated goals of this bill are admirable, in...

Tags: Vertical industries, GOP, Dana, Lieberman Software Corp, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

Sorry Paul, but you're wrong about knowledge basesGreetings Paul:Very good overall post!However, considering our core competency in knowledge bases, I have to take exception to your conclusions on KBs.Consumers certainly will and shouldturn to other consumers when looking for input on product and service selection because it is not motivated...

Tags: Strategy, knowledge, Salesforce.com Inc., knowledge base, Chattering, Paul

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

(Mazda2 preview (photos))

Another copy!This car resembles the 2009 Seat Ibiza, I would say it is the same car on the outside, the Ibiza has a lot more equipment.Should look into importing this spanish cousin of Volkswagen, there verynice cars.But what kind of mileage does it get?Nice looking car. But the vital question...

Tags: Low-cost, car, Mazda2, Mazda Motor Corp., Ford Motor Co., photograph

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...

Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Is Apple being too precious about the App Store?

If by precious you mean fascistthen yes they are...great...Get ready for the Jobs cultist starting another holywar because you "tarnished" their cyber-religion.Precious.The marketplace is what it is because of ownership. Apple owns the store they built and has the identical right that Disney or The Atlantic or Toyota does to...

Tags: Public relations, Microsoft Windows NT, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23