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Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 2

Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 2One of the reasons I prefer PCLinuxOS 2007I found that all media support was enabled out of the box.I installed it a long time agoI apologize, I thought even DVD support was there out of the box. I'm not in front...

Tags: Consumer electronics, PCLOS, Ubuntu, win32 codec, DVD, Linux, open source

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC

Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACEd, You RockExcellent article; thanks a bunch.RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACFinally! A journalist that spends time telling us how to make our vista experience better instead of endlessly trashing it.So many journalists think they are providing some "value" by telling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UAC, Taming UAC, Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Rumors of Mac ultralight, tablet: Part 2

Rumors of Mac ultralight, tablet: Part 2I am afraid you may be right in your initial assessment"These are products that many Mac users say they want. But will they really buy them?"If they will not even comment on the story, what are the odds enough excitement has been built to...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, job, ultralight, tablet, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-10-01

Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)

Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)great post!I look forward to reading part 3, and hopefully seeing if Gutmann has the fortitude to actually acknowledge any of this.RE: Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!!!You have waaaaaay too much time on your...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista DRM, Part 2, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2

A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2A new square for buzzword bingoEnterprise 2.0. I'll have to add that one to my buzzword bingo cards.RE: A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2Great article. I'm part of team doing some research into new ways that...

Tags: Channel management, Web 2.0, Web, checkpoint, Part 2

Discussion threads 2007-08-28

Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology Part 2

Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology Part 2It's all about controlIt used to be that you could install applications simply by copying them into a system, and adding the directory to the path if necessary. Microsoft broke things when they decided to go with the registry and all of the...

Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, virtualization technology, Part 2, virtualization

Discussion threads 2007-08-22

Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 2

Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 2Great articleReally interesting and fun to read too. It really isn't based on failure mode analysis but was representative of how these cases behave after inadvertent torture they receive from road warriors. I would love to see more of these type...

Tags: Torture-Testing, Part 2

Discussion threads 2007-07-27

Photos: The birth of the Lisa and Mac interface--Part 2

Photos: The birth of the Lisa and Mac interface--Part 2I spy Chicago!:D The [i]Chicago[/i] font was the font used in system dialogs and titles for most of the original Mac OS. Apparently, it's been used since pre-Mac OS all the way through System 7.Was this the first time...

Tags: Desktops, Mac Interface, Apple Macintosh, LiSA, Part 2, photograph

Discussion threads 2006-03-29

Additional Resources

News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid

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.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-11-06

An unusual day, part 2 (or "My lease is up! Now what?")

Part 2 of my unusual day, ending with a very different direction and a lot of ideas to stretch my shrinking budget. by Christopher Dawson

Tags: Lease, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Review: OtterBox Commuter and Commuter TL Series for iPhone 3G/3GS

Seems quite uselessI've seen this scenario many times:1. Buy a new phone. It is now your baby.2. Get the case, screen cover, extended warranty, etc. etc.3. Use all the extra gadgets for 1 - 2 months.4. Throw them out. Who cares... It is just the phone.To me the case means...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Number Lottery Director 2.2.5 (Windows)

Number Lottery Director is a flexible lottery application for many situation. With Number Lottery Director you can create and manage unlimited lottery, a lottery contains up to 99 scenes with certain sequence. Every scene has its own title, subtitle, picture, music, source number and so on. You can create lottery...

Tags: Lottery, Microsoft Windows, SoftRM, Demo Lottery, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Not tolerating the intolerant

My thoughts"Most reject volunteerism in search of making money, satisfying career ambitions, relaxing or spending time with friends and family."Some volunteerism is fine, and I'm glad to help out when I can - but I don't think it can or should sustain an economy or nation. And yes, I think...

Tags: tolerance, volunteerism, apathy

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Firefox 3.5 (Gallery: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala)

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic KoalaSome nice and welcomed touches but not enough on their own to get people to switch. - Especially me!I left the Ubuntu Family when upgrading to the next version failed on ALL levels! The biggest disaster was changing the repositories to point at the new version....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Mozilla Firefox, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Intel investigating Windows 7 iPhone sync flaw

Ditched Intel Long Ago...AMD is superior.So let me get this straightSo how is it the chipset can sync to every device but the iPhone? Or are there other devices? What makes the iPhone different?Just a guessI just wonder if the iTunes DRM is involved in this problem, using...

Tags: Chipsets, Smart phones, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09

These are consistently your most useful columnsI really look forward to these, especially since I'm thinking about building a new video editing machine. One that can handle full frame 1080 24p h.264 video. I can transcode it with cineform but unless you're doing a lot of color work, it's...

Tags: Processors, Nov/Dec 09, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Best Kit List, Hardware 2.0, CPU, hardware, Intel Corp., motherboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Mobile Ringtone Converter 2.3.199 (Windows)

Transfer ringtone to phone. Convert audio to mobile ringtone as MP3, OGG, AMR, MMF, AMRWB, WAV. It can import WAV, MP3, OGG, AMR, AMR WB, MPEG, AIFF, AU, WAV files. Can add recording track to audio. Input source is from Microphone, CD Player, Sterte Mix, Line In. Can also edit...

Tags: Mobile, AMR Research, OGG, Microsoft Windows, WAV, MP3, AVConverter Technologies, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)

Without demonstrated Linux or OSX support......what's the point? Who does video stuff on Windows?Plenty do.....You just don't get out much. My XP system with cakewalk software did me just fine and that was on a P4 system that couldn't keep itself cool, ever. But my audio quality...

Tags: Desktops, Maingear, personal supercomputer, supercomputer, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01