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Brittany's story: a tale of heroism amid RIAA abuse

Brittany's story: a tale of heroism amid RIAA abuseRIAABig bad bully needs to go suck on an egg or two and get with it. Too bad they were the last in the techo race, now they want to pick on kids that work at Dairy Queen. Big bad...

Tags: Big Bad, RIAA, Brittany, pity, heroism

Discussion threads 2009-03-01

Carbon Capture and Petroleum Industry—a tale of two pities

It's a pity that not everybody can be happy when the federal government does something. Or even just talks about doing something. Back when oil men sat in the top two executive positions in the land, POTUS and VPOTUS, oil was happy but gasoline buyers were not. ...

Tags: Oil, Coal, Petroleum, Pity, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Today's Debate: Is Pharma pity party warranted?

Big pharma went to Weston, Florida, a town pulled out from what was the Everglades, and held a pity party this week. Technically the event was the 10th BioFlorida conference, a celebration of networking for the state's biotech industry. But the report of Stephen...

Tags: Biotechnology, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn, Intellectual Property, Management, Pity, Research & Development, Strategy

Blog posts 2007-10-18

On deck: Critical Windows, Office, IE patches

On deck: Critical Windows, Office, IE patchesCool, good to see them on top of things.Like it or not, regardless of the OS and apps you use, patchs will always be with us.Wonder if they fixed this one."If you are running Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets, they are subject to cross-site scripting...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, SECURITY, pity, Microsoft Corp., cigarette, Microsoft Internet Explorer, patch management

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

Apple Corps Ltd: Beatles ready for downloading

Apple Corps Ltd: Beatles ready for downloadingIt's a pity Apple can't compete on meritInstead, they have to sign exclusive deals with record companies in order to lock their competition out of the market and create yet more artificial barriers to entry. This convicted monopolist needs to be broken up now!...

Tags: Sales strategy, Digital music, Digital media, Beatles, music, Apple Inc., record company, pity

Discussion threads 2007-02-13

Mr. T II RAZZ Pack 3.0 (Mobile)

I pity the fool who doesn''t buy my RAZZ pack! This one''s even better than the first! What? You haven''t bought the other one?!?! Mr. T doens''t like anyone who don''t buy both RAZZ packs! How else you going to RAZZ your friends up with all their Jibber-Jab?RAZZ, go get...

Tags: Mobile, Pity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-12-04

Mr. T RAZZ pack 3.0 (Mobile)

Listen up, sucka! RAZZ your friends with me, Mr. T! Stay in school, be nice to your momma, and I pity the fool who doesn''t use RAZZ!!

Tags: Mobile, Pity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-12-03

Mr. T rides shotgun

Mr. T rides shotgunDoes the personality come with it?"Whut? You can't find yo' way to San jose? I pity the foo' who can't find his way to San Jose! Now make a left, foo!"Does the personality come with it?"Whut? You can't find yo' way to San jose? ...

Tags: voice, voice file, pity

Discussion threads 2005-11-15

Images: A look inside Windows Vista beta

Images: A look inside Windows Vista betayay, more eye candyI think I'll stick with my recent decision to switch to Linux. I'll not be shelling out the bucks for Vista.Wishful thoughts....I'm hoping OS X will have more games titles added so that I can drop Windows FOR REAL.They aren't even...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, pity, Windows Vista Beta, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-08-19

Additional Resources

Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions

Except that most software is not 64-bitnor are most drivers. Also, you have a nasty Microsoft enforced warning screen if you are trying to use non-signed drivers each time you boot. Not a killer, but stupid and annoying.Also, as someone else pointed out, if you don't have at least 4...

Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, 64-bit, Windows 7 Upgrade, 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

Windows 7 killer deals commence; 7 days of PC specials, $30 OS upgrade

That Best Buy deal ain't bad at all......stop Geek Squad at the door take the merchandise pop in the Ubuntu CD's and I'm ready to go. Thanks Win 7 for the cheap hardware.Apple should be offering deals now, tooJust to steal some thunder from the Win 7 (vista 2.0) over-hype.Fanboi...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating systems, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard, Media Center PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features

I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Rumor: Apple to awaken dormant FM tuner in iPhone

I bet there will be an activation feeApple beat its M$ mentor when it comes to ripping cult members off.More BS from AppleWhat a scam they have running. Create a product with all kinds of disabled features, and then slowly enable them later one by one in lieu of real...

Tags: rationale, Apple Inc., car, Apple iPhone, FM Tuner

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Pitch of the day: Analytics PR spiel annoys Phillies fan

First of allThe Phillies will eat the Dodgers starting pitching for lunch, and any person or computer that can't see that doesn't deserve to be talking about baseball. Also it is worth noting that a computer cannot predict the heart, desire, and most of all patience of a real champion...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, public relations, Phillies, Yankees, World Series, baseball, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

SaaS Customer Bill of Rights: right thing, right time

AG Customer Bill of Rights - SaaS - Live I'm not pimping this because Ray Wang and I happen to be collaborators or that I got a credit in the Altimeter Group report but because Ray and Jeremiah Owyang's SaaS Customer Bill of Rights is the right thing at...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Soak the rich? Ban the Beamer?

Pity the poor Porsche driver who looks forward to a new model every 150K miles. The next new Porsche may really cost him. That's because the new EPA fuel efficiency standards could levy serious fines for non-compliance cars, not the tiny parking ticket-sized fines of the past. ...

Tags: Car, Porsche AG, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-03

Microsoft responds to the Zune Originals issue in a big way

Nice to see someone owned up.Its always tough when you launch something and something goes horribly wrong.Like when blockbuster launched their new website, then promply reverted back to the original for a month until they fixed issues.High DemandThe fact they brought in more people and FedEx trucks tells me that...

Tags: High Demand, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Will online education kill the university?

More to Harvard than the ClassesWhile I'm a big proponent of online and hybrid courses, I don't think that the residential college will go away entirely. People go to places like Harvard and Yale not just because they might learn more (and they might, depending on a lot of...

Tags: Harvard, education

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

The 10 smartphones that emit the most radiation

BT rulesBut one cannot text wehn driving!How many of your thoughts can be expressed with 160 characters?HTC Touch Pro for me!:)I love it! :)Hmm... I wonder how much the HTC Touch Pro2 will emit the radiation? :)RE: The 10 smartphones that emit the most radiationWhen I first got my phone...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, radiation, smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Pandora now available for Google Android devices

Not available outside the USAh, I thought, Pandora sounds like what I need for Internet radio. Checked their website... message on home page: "We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for listeners located outside of the...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Smart phones, Google Inc., Pandora, Google Android

Discussion threads 2009-09-09