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Document rental service brings "deep web" content to the mainstream

Writers?Where are all of these papers coming from? Who owns and creates this original content, and how are they being paid for their efforts? See you later SQL2008 Full Text Indexing?Hi,If have a need to store & manage massive numbers of documents (docs, images, videos, pdfs, etc). ...

Tags: Portals, Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Linux as Wintel parasite

You have some questionable ideas.If Microsoft hadn't happened, there still would have been the PC, there still would have been GUIs perhaps a more expensive IBM monopoly one, and there still would have been the opportunity for anyone such as Linus to write a free alternative.I think to even use...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Wintel, Linux, interrupt, parasite, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., hardware, Red Hat Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-09-26

Zooming inside the immune system

An international team of researchers has filmed an immune cell becoming infected by a parasite. And it was able to chase it as the infection begins to spread throughout the body. Here is a quote from the lead scientist: 'Using multi-photon microscopy, we studied dendritic cells in the skin. Under...

Tags: Parasite, Vaccine, Cell, Leishmania, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-07

Why AOL is right to block Trillian users

Why AOL is right to block Trillian usersParasite in need?I use trillian since the first time I knew it and still am despise the fact that I rarely chat, what should I complained about; practicality? less memory print compared to use several chat clients at once? real time incoming mail...

Tags: parasite, Trillian, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-24

Open source and the copycat charge

Open source and the copycat chargeBut, that assumes that we really do need to have proprietary companies tohave innovation. But, in reality, over the years, the majority of innovation has come from the public domain, and this is the best type of innovation in that it allows free and open...

Tags: Leadership, Strategy, innovation, parasite, open source, piracy, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

JP Rangaswami on open source and hybrids

JP Rangaswami, CIO at BT Global Services and Confused in Calcutta blogger, responded to my post "The True Nature of Open Source," where I said the economics dont favor pure open source as a business model. First, JP makes five points, and believes that economics can favor open source, although...

Tags: IT Management, General, Open Source

Blog posts 2007-04-10

MyEclipse and JBoss spar over open source purity

MyEclipse and JBoss spar over open source purityRedhat/JBoss is smartThey're doing the right thing for the company, and an acceptable thing for the community. They're protecting their IP while allowing it to be used freely under reasonable terms.Cheers to MyEclipse - the underdog hereRed Hat no longer can claim...

Tags: Development tools, open source, JBoss, Redhat/JBoss, MyEclipse, parasite

Discussion threads 2007-03-19

Ex-RIAA chief opens antipiracy consultancy

Ex-RIAA chief opens antipiracy consultancyWell that took longer than what most predicteddropping out of the hotseat slightly longer to return with same said focus on commercial entities and little regard for consumers. Yes, yes, you must focus, but coming where she came from, do you expect any less rhetoric...

Tags: Piracy, parasite, antipiracy consultancy, Ex-RIAA, antipiracy

Discussion threads 2006-02-02

Vonage says Clearwire interfered with VoIP calls

Vonage says Clearwire interfered with VoIP callsParasiteVoIP is as much a parasite as spam. As pointed out in the article, they hitchhike on the back of established broadbands without paying the provider a fee. This takes up bandwidth, and all the rest of us pay for it in...

Tags: INTERNET, Network technology, Cyberthreats, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP IS, parasite, bandwidth, cable, Clearwire Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-04-07

Security--we've been lucky, so far

Security--we've been lucky, so farIDS?? Hahaha>> Integrated Decision Support IDS definitionsI believe (someone beat me with a bagel if I'm wrong..) that IDS stands for Intrusion Detection System...Integrated Decision Support sounds like something the Bush Administration Needs..-DB in 2004OuchYeah, there seems to be a very reactive approach to the whole...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, computer parasite, computer, Integrated Decision Support, parasite, security

Discussion threads 2003-11-04

Evolva demo (Windows)

Evolva is a tactical shoot-'em-up for the PC that immerses the player in a visually stunning 3D world that offers a rich gameplaying experience. Driven by Computer Artworks' A-Life technology, this world and its alien inhabitants form a challenging and living environment. Evolva puts the player in a fight against...

Tags: Parasite, Microsoft Windows, Creature, Interplay, Evolva, Genohunter, Games, Biotechnology, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2000-03-17

Additional Resources

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., AT&T Corp., Malware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Linux as Wintel parasite

When Linus Torvalds choose to tie his new kernel to x86 he did so thinking, quite correctly as it turned out, that Microsoft's tendency to software bloat would provide an unending stream of cheep hardware for Linux developers and users. Great! except there's a side effect: Linux is ultimately dependent...

Tags: Wintel, Microsoft Corp., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-09-26

Democrats lack votes for health care reform

It's amazingWhen Republicans are in power, Democrats can't get anything done. When Democrats are in power, Democrats can't get anything done. Who's running that show anyway?Carl RapsonRepublicansRepublicans will continue to run Washington until the assumptions underlying their rule change. This is good news.We dont need to overhaul a system that...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Nope, Obama, insurance, healthcare reform

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Insurance reform is not health care

So whose fault is your inertia?>I should have had my cholesterol checked earlier. My neighbor should have had it checked period. That?s health care, but because we have health insurance instead my care came late, and my neighbor died.Your doctor doesn't accept appointments? S/he told you never to call and...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance Reform, health care, insurance, health insurance

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Hey, kids! The days of free music are over.

Hey, kids! The days of free music are over.See this? Tiniest violin in the world. Playing just for the RIAA.Record labels and their industry kicking-dog the RIAA can go and do an unmentionable to themselves. They have been a parasite between musicians and fans for far too...

Tags: Free Music, music, MP3

Discussion threads 2009-08-01

Global Collaboration Competitive Success: Old Dogs, New Tricks & The Shift Index

Global Collaboration Competitive Success: Old Dogs, New Tricks & The Shift Indexyou forgot the parasite employees that cause the falling ROA."The paradox of falling ROA alongside growing productivity is explained at least in part by the rising total compensation of knowledge workers and other talented employees"?????!!!!!!!!you've forgot the blood sucking...

Tags: Benefits, Personal finance, ROA, Global Collaboration, New Tricks, collaboration

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policy

AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policyLost iPhoneJust a thought. Why dont you just say you lost your phone and then get a new one???????RE: AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policyWow, still $399 and $499 for early upgrades. If Apple continues to release a new phone almost every year...

Tags: 3G, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, eligibility policy, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Open source shrugs at EU liability plans

Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI've said it beforeFOSS companies should not worry.Having liabilities for the free speach makes no sense and would violate the constitution.Only propietary companies need to worry about it.RE: Open source shrugs at EU liability plansI agree with Dana; the current "exemption" by many software...

Tags: OSS Developer, liability plan, open source, precaution, OSS, F/OSS

Discussion threads 2009-05-13