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What the "Black screen of death" story says about tech journalism: Well done and well said EdUnfortunately I have no hope that this will even slightly temper the sloppyness of the next one to come down the pike. As you said it's all about the page hits for these turds...Gutmann effectIt would appear that this is just another example of the...; Tags: Blogging, black screen, Reporting, Ed Bott, Gutmann; Discussion threads 2009-12-02
Patch time for FreeBSD users as Zero-Day exploit is published: See if you get that type of transparency and responsiveness from MSNot gonna happen.Microsoft provides quite a bit of information in their patch reports.[i]See if you get that type of transparency and responsiveness from MS[/i]Have you ever read a patch report from Microsoft? I doubt it.HeySomeone on ZDNet actually notices...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Patches, setuid, zero-day bug, FreeBSD, Linux, Microsoft Corp., BSD; Discussion threads 2009-12-02
Pondering a rogue cloud: Our future[i]Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain plays the contrarian when it comes to cloud computing: Is the cloud really the backbone of the future we want?[/i]I will [u]never[/u] consider storing personal files on anything even remotely considered "The Cloud".The amount of privacy concerns here are mind boggling. Yet, so many...; Tags: Virtualization, Patches, cloud computing, benefit; Discussion threads 2009-12-02
LeaderTask Personal Organizer 6.7 (Windows): Set your goals. Work more effectively and have more free time than ever with LeaderTask. Forget the traditional task organizers. They are good if you live to work. They are great if you just want to plan things and get a few reminder. Instead, try the new generation organizer that...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Small Business, Plan, Time Management, Productivity; Software downloads 2009-12-02
My Living Desktop 4.55 (Mac): A unique cross between a video desktop moving wallpaper and a traditional screensaver, since 2005 My Living Desktop has been the only video desktop and screen saver product available for the Macintosh. It brings a whole new dimension to your computing experience by turning your Mac's desktop into a beautiful,...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Screensaver, Movie, Video, Living Desktop, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware; Software downloads 2009-12-02

Koobface botnet enters the Xmas season: X ThisThanks for the info Dancho and Happy X Year everyone! Did everyone have a good Xgiving day?Not enough space for 'Christmas'?Wow.Seriously, who cares?It seemsyou don't.Good luck when watching YouTube videos, if you ever do.MarkXmas has like, been used forever...as an accepted shortening of the term. Get over it!History excerpt...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Koobface Botnet, Christ, Jesus, Xmas; Discussion threads 2009-12-01
Dell's Throttlegate: Is a defect turning a 2.2GHz CPU into 100MHz?: Dell = Junk always has always will beJust return it and get another computer from a vendor that does not sell junk. Ie: not Dell.RE: Dell's Throttlegate: Is a defect turning a 2.2GHz CPU into 100MHz?I am glad this was posted! I have had an E6400 since June, and...; Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Computer Corp., Throttlegate, Is-a, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2009-12-01
Proactime Pro 12.51 (Windows): Proactime Pro--efficient and intuitive time planning and scheduling software. In today's hectic world, you cannot afford losing a single minute. Although it does sound like a cliche, reality proves that it may not be too far from the truth. Meetings, goals, appointments, interviews, documents to be prepared, mail to be...; Tags: Knowledge, Microsoft Windows, ProacTime, Proactime Pro, Time Management, Strategy, Productivity, Management; Software downloads 2009-12-01
SelfAccounts 2.0 (Windows): SelfAccounts is a simple to use personal accounting software. No prior accountancy knowledge is required to start using SelfAccounts. It can be used for keeping your day-to-day accounts or for recording any particular financial transactions. Data entered can be easily browsed and analyzed through its interlinked reports. Supports multiple files,...; Tags: Accounting, Microsoft Windows, ShaPlus Software, SelfAccounts, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance; Software downloads 2009-11-29
Apple seeks injunction to end Psystar Mac clones ... oh, and $2.1m: Let's cheer the death of competition!!!Competition is good... as long as it doesn't hurt Apple. Cue the double standards...Apple, congrats for winning in the legal court. Maybe you can take that $2.1M (that you won't get) and add it to your PR budget to repair the damage you've done in...; Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, gizmo; Discussion threads 2009-11-25
"Turkey Day" tech support survival kit: Not bad, AdrianI agree about the Microsoft Security Essentials, as it is now my standard install. I typically find a nice performance improvement after removing whatever security suite they have and installing MSE.For scanners, I use Malwarebytes. It is small and easy to run, and finds and removes...; Tags: MSE, VIPRE, Defraggler; Discussion threads 2009-11-24
What open source can teach medical practice: Great article, Dana.You did in such a short piece what CNN, MSNBC, FOX and other media journalists failed to do: tell the story as it really is. You didn't take what was news worthy and sensationalized it, nor played up a negative reading of it to frighten those possibly affected,...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, open source, medical practice, CNN; Discussion threads 2009-11-24
Is it time to go quad-core?: I need a new laptop. My oldest son's laptop finally bit the dust, and he's pretty well attached to it, both for personal and school purposes. As a likely film major, my Mac would serve him well (at least through the first year of college, at which point he'll...; Tags: Quad-core, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2009-11-23
What if the search-index was run by a non-profit? GOOG founders once supported that idea: Soloution looking for a problemReread the tragedy of the commons. This is a bad idea. If different search companies have different businesses listed that will give rise to meta search engines that search the search engines and produce combined results in a single context.There is already a Firefox plugin...; Tags: SEARCH, search engine, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2009-11-23
Apple to smokers: butt out or void your warranty: Well here it is...http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0446.htmlI have seen tar filled electronicsIt gets nasty. You open them up, and they can be full of tar and all this brown/black gunk. You can get a nicotine high just by touching the parts.As for second hand smoke risk, thats kind of unfounded. Is that gunk...; Tags: Apple Inc., cigarette, joint, Cannabis, tar, smoker, computer; Discussion threads 2009-11-23
Chrome OS: More questions than answers?: And exactly why....would students be part of the target market or any other particular group for that matter?This is a silly post. Chrome will be lean, cloud based, local caching of data, some and growing off-line capabilities and probably grow in features/capabilities over time. It will NOT be everything to...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Wi-Fi, operating system, Google Inc., Chrome, HTML5, Chrome OS; Discussion threads 2009-11-23
Admob: Droid and Android army make big browsing splash: I don't see how....Palm is going to survive in this market. The iPhone vs Android will be interesting to watch however.Android is still milles away from the iPhoneAfter looking at the few Android phones in the market, I can tell you that without a doubt, the Android is competition for...; Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Droid, phone; Discussion threads 2009-11-23
Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I: (NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog. Â Let's see how that...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg; Blog posts 2009-11-23
Educating IT decision makers: Here's the difference:-It's education if you truly let people make their own decisions and support the decisions they make, even if it's your personal opinion the decisions are wrong.-It's advocacy if you do not support the decisions they make when it's your personal opinion the decisions are wrong.So, decidable only...; Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Teaching, education, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2009-11-21
Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory: too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...; Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2009-11-20