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- Windows 7 a tough sell on netbooks? No kidding!
- Windows 7 a tough sell on netbooks? No kidding!Quite rightThe choices will be:1. Linux2. Windows XP3. Windows 7 Starter Edition4. Windows 7 Home Premium or aboveLinux loses on familiarity. Windows 7 Starter loses on lack of functionality. Windows 7 HP loses on price. Windows XP is familiar, fully functional, and...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), MSI, Windows 7 Starter, Microsoft Windows 7, netbook, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
- A real-world Vista challenge: Can this Sony Vaio be saved?
- A real-world Vista challenge: Can this Sony Vaio be saved?Check the BIOS and RAMEd, I avoid Sony laptops like the plague because of experiences that I have had with themin the past, but there are some things that I would check beyond the obvious of decrapping the system. Download...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), BIOS, Sony Vaio, Microsoft Windows Vista, Sony Corp., real-world Vista, Vista challenge
- Discussion threads 2008-03-02
- Windows, Linux, and the Kyoto Climate Protocols
- Windows, Linux, and the Kyoto Climate ProtocolsAh the zombiesNice report from Bali:http://nzclimatescience.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=178&Itemid=1]Fortnight%20of%20the%20undeadHmm, Windows v. Linux AND Global Warming?All in one post? You must really need hits :)Parallel world?Obviously a dimensional rift has opened up and swallowed you Rudy. A world where MS client server doesn't work and Unix...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, God, Kyoto Climate, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
- Claim that Vista DRM causes full CPU load and global warming debunked!
- Claim that Vista DRM causes full CPU load and global warming debunked!George since when did you become a scientist ?Hopefully you have a Phd. or something so folks don't think you are full of it .Thank you!We need more people debunking these myths. Vista came with my laptop and I...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), CPU, digital-rights management, global warming, Gutmann, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- Can RIAA really make a case against students/schools?
- Recent studies highlighted on ars technica yesterday suggest that the RIAA and other groups pushing DRM technologies (most notably Media Rights Technologies, or MRT) may be vastly overstating the presence and damage of peer to peer music sharing and so-called stream-ripping. MRT has threatened lawsuits against Apple, Microsoft, Adobe,...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Does open source make Gates right on immigration?
- Does open source make Gates right on immigration?You are right.Bill can't find talented people, because talented people don't want work for his company.HeheYeah, this is karma coming back to bite them. That and the fact that the rest of the world realizes that Open Source is the future. ]:)I agree...
- Tags: Benefits, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, OPEN SOURCE, knowledge, salary, tax, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- What Makes Google
- What Makes GoogleArrogance?As Microsoft "gets back up" after having stumbled, I am made to wonder what form this new humility will take. So far it's looked remarkably like ongoing affronts to antitrust law on 3 continents. They are backstabbing partners with Zune, and dumping millions of subsidy money on...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Testing, Smart People, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Is Wikipedia 'knowledge' merely third party hearsay?
- Is Wikipedia 'knowledge' merely third party hearsay?Wikipedia isn't true? WAAAAA!Wikipedia isn't [i]intended[/i] to be an infallible fount of truth. It is simply meant to be an information sharing resource with the ability to be updated and edited much more quickly than traditional printed material.As the article even states,...
- Tags: Wiki, Wales, Verifiability, Wikipedia, ELVIS, knowledge
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- Hey, where's my truth tester, voter dude?
- Did you know that George Bush stole last week's Mexican election? and used the FBI to do it? You didn't? Well, clearly you don't read England's Guardian newspaper. Here's what a bit of what columnist Greg Palast (an American, incidentally), had to say As in Florida in 2000, and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Felipe Calderón, voter
- Blog posts 2006-07-13
- Is Google or Microsoft best positioned for Web Office?
- Is Google or Microsoft best positioned for Web Office?Gmail, Outlook, and Web OfficeGmail is not on par with Outlook. That nifty technology that reads your emails and give you ads based on their contents might more advanced, but GMail is not competitive with Outlook. It's not competive with...
- Tags: Groupware, E-mail providers, Channel management, Microsoft Office, Chandler, Web browser, Microsoft Outlook, Google Gmail, Web, Web Office, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-18
- Whats wrong with WikiPedia?
- I just read Wikipedia's Wales on education: Openness leads to critical thinking and while I agree that 'collaborative knowledge' encourages critical thinking, I do not believe that Wikipedia is necessarily a good example of that. Academia has a long tradition of peer review from which the concept of...
- Tags: Wikipedia
- Blog posts 2006-03-23
- Study: Cell phones a hazard on flights
- Study: Cell phones a hazard on flightsWhere's the proof?Proof that this activity does indeed interfere with the aeroplane's equipment? CM definitely haven't alluded to the effects but rather just the amount of cellphone usage taking place on the plane. An antenna and spectrum analyser alone will only give you an...
- Tags: Aerospace & Defense, cell phone, aircraft, phone
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
- Gartner is like a mainframe in 1979
- "Gartner is like a mainframe in 1979. Ripe for deconstruction." So says Redmonk analyst James Governor in his post about transparency and the analyst business. Notice that he said "deconstruction," not "destruction." With nearly $900 million (FY 2004) in revenue and about 4,000 employees, including 650 analysts and 550 consultants,...
- Tags: Gartner Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-02-23
- What makes schools vulnerable
- A ZDNet story, Notre Dame probes hack of computer system, got me thinking about why a university is more susceptible than other institutions to this kind of vulnerability. At Notre Dame, it was a list of donors -- along with social security numbers, credit card numbers and check images --...
- Tags: serverS
- Blog posts 2006-01-30
- The academy vs. open source
- I suspect many open source advocates may be surprised at the intense push-back against Wikipedia. (That there is John Seigenthaler, the victim in the original scandal, to the right.)Well, it is December, and this is traditionally a slow news month. Anyone working hard right now probably has a January ...
- Tags: open source, Authority
- Blog posts 2005-12-14
- Report: Open source years from mainstream
- Report: Open source years from mainstreamYeah, Yeah...Gartner can say what they like. The reality is that FOSS is here now and already being adopted at a fast pace.Linux on the desktop?Most of my friends and family are already using Linux on their boxes.They can keep on talking while in the...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Linsux, open source, Gartner Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2005-09-09
- Does Phil Zimmermann need a clue on VoIP?
- Does Phil Zimmermann need a clue on VoIP?Punish the user......is a long-standing tradition in design. Just look at the doors that don't give you a clue as to whether you should push or pull. (How many of us have ended up walking into the door because you should...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, Network security, SECURITY, VoIP, PKI, Skype Technologies S.A., PGP Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-08-04
- Playboy offers free pics for your PSP
- Playboy offers free pics for your PSPIt's Ok For ZDNazis To Post Porn StoriesBut it's sooooooo bad to expose the Bush administration and the government for lying about 9/11 and OKC....Hypocrites...Yeah, go ahead and delete my posts, and my account. I will just come back under a different name...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, rationale, conspiracy theory, 9/11 commission, Web site, Playboy, Sony PlayStation Portable
- Discussion threads 2005-04-20
- Failed fixes haunt credibility of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Initiative
- Failed fixes haunt credibility of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing InitiativeMove alongNothing new here.Those of us who've been around a while recognize that MS has an extremely long history of reintroducing bugs. The trouble that they had back in the DOS3/DOS4 days with large for the day disks was the same...
- Tags: Firewalls, Linux, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Apple Macintosh, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Corp., firewall, Microsoft Trustworthy, Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-03-31
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