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- Google defines its focus in Apps in 2010
- Chrostopher: the need for detailed formatting as we know it is going away.Actually, the detailed formatting is moving to making it look like you want on computer screens, NOT on paper, which is quite different.All of those baroque features for printing on 8.5x11 paper are looking more stupid every day.Interesting...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Document management, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Saying goodbye to Zimbra
- Garbage?Garbage?It's not garbage if it works for him.Just because you're on some strange crusade to hate it doesn't mean nobody should use it.If it works for him, great.Always the right tool for the right job, always. Some things work better for some people than others.Good luck, you picked the WORST...
- Tags: E-mail servers, E-mail, Groupware, Notes 8, IBM Lotus Notes, Zimbra
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Windows 7 in action: do more with the taskbar and Jump Lists
- Have you tried pinning a recycle bin to the taskbar?In Vista and XP I wound up using a convoluted method of creating a special toolbar just for the recycle bin. But you can only do functions like emptying the bin by right clicking, and you have to take care to...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., taskbar, dock, Xerox Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Open source does not work well for bad guys
- Open_Source is the futureOpen_Source 'Linux distro' driven appliances are the future, such as the many companies already doing extremely well.Closed source is a huge lethargic insecure monopoly trying to license/patent everything, however it is failing miserably. Look at the exploits of Windows, $9 Billion in damages last year just from...
- Tags: open source, bad guy, Conficker, Linux, Closed Source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- Brent Leary Expounds: The SMBs Rejoice
- Brent Leary, who is not only my bud, but one of the leading, no, the leading, small business consultant and analyst when it comes to small business (duh!), CRM, social CRM and social media, Â is someone that I want to highlight on these pages. Â Not that you need to come...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Leader, Small Business, Small And Medium Business, CRM, Brent Leary, Maximizer Needs, Price Point, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Thieves: Beware the iPhone
- For those smart enough to buy a real smartphone[i]Apple?s ingenious Find my iPhone feature[/i]LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!! There are many programs out there that don't require you to pay an annual Apple tax and came out [b]long[/b] before Apple even thought about including this type of functionality. Oops, I guess you can't get...
- Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, smug
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- Aussies give open source golden crumbs from Microsoft table
- Swine Flu...And now this!Swine flu, Windows 7...What other diseases are kids picking up in school?Maybe home schooling with low cost FLOSS systems ain't so bad after all!Dana, just to set the record straight,[b]FreeMind[/b], just like [b]Audacity[/b] is also available for [b]Linux[/b] ; I have it installed on my 64-bit [b]Ubuntu...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, learning curve, MuseScore, job, Microsoft Corp., computer skill, Linux, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-08-28
- Enterprise 2.0: what a crock
- Enterprise 2.0 is a label, not a revolutionThe key is one's definition of Enterprise 2.0.If one defines E2.0 as a revolution in the way people do business, of course it's a crock. There is rarely anything new under the sun in the world of management, and technology certainly isn't...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, E2.0, crock
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- The iPhone Telephony Tragedy
- Instant reaction ...... Apple and ATT ... two of the biggest global companies. Products and service in the 21st century? Crap :-(Obsolescence is the rule This does not excuse ATT's bad network, but anybody, buying any digital product should know that it will be surpassed in months, and obsolete within...
- Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Obsolescence, Apple iPhone, iPhone Telephony tragedy, iPhone Telephony, phone, tragedy, AT&T Corp., telephony
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest
- Real standards[i]"That's important because Microsoft has of late embraced a standard-centric philosophy when it comes to what technology IE supports, and IE is of course the dominant browser on the market."[/i]Microsoft has never been particularly keen on supporting real standards, they've always preferred their own formats to maintain their monopoly.IE...
- Tags: Web browsers, Quality, XHTML, W3C, Microsoft Corp., standards, HTML, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, ISO
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- A Good Year for Security Collaboration
- Guest Editorial by George Stathakopoulos It seems like just yesterday when I was at Black Hat. Now as I get ready to fly to Las Vegas again, I look forward to seeing a lot of security researchers, hearing their latest exploits and how they fared over the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Conficker Working Group, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- The history and future of Chrome OS
- Chrome OS is Google's first attempt at a desktop operating system. Due to be released in the second half of next year, the Chrome OS has many people baffled as to what it is exactly. What possessed Google to directly take on Microsoft in this way? Is Google getting too...
- Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Chrome OS, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-07-11
- Should CEOs be active in social media?
- Should CEOs be active in social media?CEO's blogging - I do.Despite the problem that CEO's probably seldom have anything which would be released on those channels anyway, perhaps the best reason not to is security.The channel is not secure, the messages are not authenticated and it could lead to...
- Tags: Blogging, LinkedIn, social media, network
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery.You can't polish a turd. It still has linux underneath it. The problem is there is no fixing linux. Its inner workings of being a mesh of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- Opera 'reinvents the Web'; Will anyone notice?
- Opera 'reinvents the Web'; Will anyone notice?Agreed and what about security?Thats avery interesting point. I checked in a couple of other places. They are indeed going to put a lite web server inside the browser.This will not go down well with the ISPs.Apart from ISP TOS another thing I am...
- Tags: Opera Software ASA, Opera Unite, server, Web, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- Worse and worse
- Worse and worseNot Unusual. And No Problem.Oh wait. Someone has a political agenda out here.Tip of the Iceberg, to coin a phraseIts much worse than anyone thinks. I spent 3 months researching an article on all the latest science and each one of 8 new (2-3 years) developments indicates it...
- Tags: Kozmcrae
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real time
- Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real timePeople still get spam??I think Gmail has made spam irrelevant, but let's test it and see.brett@brettschulte.comhttp://twitter.com/brettschulte/status/1789431680Fools plaster private data on a public domain PERIOD!Only a fool puts private data, pictures on a public domain for the world to see and manipulate ANYWAY...
- Tags: spammer, e-mail, Twitter, spam
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Pirated Windows 7 leads to malware, botnet
- Pirated Windows 7 leads to malware, botnetIdiots....Who are the morons pirating something given away for free?Security an after thought with Windows ;)Super secure Windows where malware is a feature not an option!dumb peoplesome people are so stupid. why the hell would they download windows 7 from a torrent site...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, Pirated Windows 7, server
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Shame on you, Facebook!
- Shame on you, Facebook!The Double Standards of the Western WorldIf Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten prints caricatures of holy prophet Muhammad, it is "FREEDOM OF SPEECH". If facebook allows holocaust denial, it is SHAMEFUL. How CIVILIZED is the world with such double standards we live in!Free speech for me but not for...
- Tags: Facebook!, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- Top 7 reasons people quit Linux? How about 7 reasons to try it
- PC World's Keir Thomas is unintentionally on the warpath again, this time with his Top 7 reasons why people quit Linux. I'll spare you the entire thing, but here's a summary of what Thomas wrote in his own words: Linux...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
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