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How Pathetic Can Telemarketing Get?

How Pathetic Can Telemarketing Get?Just like everything else in this world...You can hang up... you can delete the email.. you can ignore it.It looks like it might be political.I looked the number up at http://whocalled.us/lookup/8668493243 and a lot of people seem to be complaining about it being political calls.RE: How...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, telemarketing, Telemarketing Get, Pathetic

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Apple in touchy trademark trouble again?

Apple in touchy trademark trouble again?Yet another chapter in the ongoing sagaApple steals and markets old technology as new.ClassicClassic xuniL_z response--in his/her haste to bash Apple, he/she doesn't distinguish between technology and trademarks. Pathetic, and predictable.Pathetic, indeedJust it seems the other way round to me - people who do...

Tags: Branding, Apple Inc., PATHETIC, Just IT

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

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Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7

Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7Come on Adrian: Yet again another W7 limitation?Well that is what it looks like. There's the word right at the top of the page in the title of this story even.Can't wiggle out of this one Windows Folks.Of course, I will...

Tags: KMS, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

How-to: Restore Visual Voicemail after iPhone tethering hack

How-to: Restore Visual Voicemail after iPhone tethering hackThere is an easier way..Just go to Settings--General-Network-Cellular Data Network.Then change the APN under Visual Voicemail to acds.voicemail. Problem solved! Tethering still works.This is truly pathetic.I have been tethering a cell phone ever since I got my first Motorola StarTac in 1996! And...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Will someone pull out the IE life support machine?

For those who don't live in the catchment area of the European Union, you're quite lucky. After spending a year of my academic career in a room for an hour each week with a bunch of highly politicised, fanatical and activist type students, constantly debating the point, need and will...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Tab, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-18

What would you do for a free iPhone 3G S?

What would you do for a free iPhone 3G S?I'd eat a Klondik Bar! nt.RE: What would you do for a free iPhone 3G S?"I?ve given up all hope of publishing anything meaningful on ZDNet"Really? I didn't know you'd started.Easy one.Run Vista unpatched... on a scrap machine.Feel Your PainYou could...

Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G S, iPile, Apple iPhone 3G, Give Up

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

iPhone OS 3.0 update due at 1pm ET

iPhone OS 3.0 update due at 1pm ETA tether for a system upgrade...How quaint.RE: iPhone OS 3.0 update due at 1pm ETOh boy! I didn't even know today was the day. I'll be ready!RE: iPhone OS 3.0 update due at 1pm ETNot for the US... :( Apple and ATT are...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iPhone OS, iPhone OS 3.0

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Google Apps Sync cuts off Outlook's search

Google Apps Sync cuts off Outlook's searchThe worse bug is the Chrome oneWhen you uninstall Chrome, links no longer work in outlookhttp://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=6223bc3b0294b96a&hl=enRE: Google Apps Sync cuts off Outlook's searchIt looks like there's a new trend. Major software/web companies screwing up other major companies' apps. Google screwing Microsoft seems something of...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, cloud computing, Xobni, Google Inc., Microsoft Outlook, Google Apps Sync, Google Apps, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Samsung Jet 'fastest full touch handset'; has 800MHz CPU, 3.1 in. AMOLED

Samsung Jet 'fastest full touch handset'; has 800MHz CPU, 3.1 in. AMOLEDWhat a pathetic articleWhat are the specifications? memory? storage capacity? compatibility with Windows and Mac OS X? Talk about marketing fluff under the guise of 'breaking news'.RE: Samsung Jet 'fastest full touch handset'; has 800MHz CPU, 3.1 in. AMOLEDAny...

Tags: Cellular phones, AMOLED, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., handset

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!

DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!Could you share more details on your Linux experiences?I've been planning to build a Linux based media center but I haven't planned out my plans on dealing with Direct TV. What did you find to be lacking on the Linux media...

Tags: Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVD, DVD Problem, DTV Transition, digital television, CD

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaign

Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaignYeah, ok, Apple too, along with Microsoft.I did forget Apple: I don't get that either. HansWhat is a "Windows Enthusiast"?This is something I don't understand. I've never understood how someone could get behind a for profit company like this. I could...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software, Windows Enthusiast, boycott

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Twitter Trust #Fails

There's a big difference between a 'Trust Fall' and a 'Trust #Fail' to use the increasingly tiresome valleygirl slang #word Twitter users assign to stuff that doesn't meet their high standards. A 'Trust Fall' is a trust-building exercise often conducted in turns in...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Metal Sludge, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Is our love for Palm clouding our Pre judgement?

Is our love for Palm clouding our Pre judgement?A Year Or So Behind?I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say that Palm is a "year or so behind iPhone and several months behind Android." If you are referring to the product launches and broad availability of developer...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, Pre, Palm Inc., judgement

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Red Hat releases Fedora 11

Red Hat releases Fedora 11Comment translation Clive Longbottom says "It sounds really good, I'm sure it does what you want it to do and it has made improvements all round. And yet it isn't what people recognise or feel comfortable with. You can improve it all you want, but until...

Tags: Linux, Branding, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Clive Longbottom, distro, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., brand

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Poll: Is Microsoft's Windows 7 E a stroke of genius?

Poll: Is Microsoft's Windows 7 E a stroke of genius?I think you need more options.I think it's a brilliant move on Microsoft's part. But I wouldn't be surprised to see the EU reject it. I think they want to force MS to install other browsers (one who's name shall not...

Tags: Web browsers, MS obviously, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Windows 7 E, Microsoft Windows 7, stroke, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010

Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010Microsoft RIA MIAFlash/Flex is so far ahead that it is not even funny any more.RE: Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010Is this like Flex Data Services/Livecycle? This one's gonna be an important part of Azure then.Won't be for anything meaningfulDon't expect any meaningful...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Flash/Flex, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .Net RIA Services, Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Iomega: EMC's entry to be at the center of your home

Iomega: EMC's entry to be at the center of your homeCisco Doesn't know storage..."Cisco Doesn't know storage". Got that right! I've a Linksys WRT610N and added an external USB drive to try and get its UPNP to work with my Direct TV box. Don't know who...

Tags: storage, Iomega Corp., EMC Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

Bad Idea Dept.: AT&T's Ed Whitacre to run General Motors

Bad Idea Dept.: AT&T's Ed Whitacre to run General MotorsMaybe they will put the ice cream man in charge of Citigroup nexti knowlets put an oil guy in charge of Time Warnerwe can play all kinds of tricks BarryOh what fun!Court ReviewHmmm. You make some good points, but... GM already...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Investment, ATT/SBC, General Motors Corp., Ed Whitacre, Bad Idea Dept., ATT, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?

Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?King ObomaGood luck, Obama and his printing presses....RE: Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?It's not like he just put together a corporate unbrella/holding company with many largely independent but coexisting brand names underneath with redundant...

Tags: Branding, Document management, General Motors Corp., AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

$99 iPhone in the wings?

$99 iPhone in the wings?That's about $99 too muchIf someone gave me an iPhone, I'm sure I could find a use for it.- I could put it in water and see if it was a witch.- I could try to find out how many licks it takes to get to...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Digital media, Digital music, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-01