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Reality pricks the Second Life property bubble

Reality pricks the Second Life property bubbleReal is real and virtual is vertual!Unfortunately this buble is supported by philosophical claims (e.g. define what is real?) which are not easy for regular poeple to disclaim and prove their fake. This requires a strong awareness campaign against those deceivers. A small advice...

Tags: poeple, Second Life

Discussion threads 2006-11-26

HP expands open-source support

HP expands open-source supportGood!Although I can't complain to awful much, HP printers have always worked well with Linux. But it's good to finally hear that another vendor is increasing support. It just brings Linux further into main stream acceptance for both corporate and private use.Whatever HPAnd the big boys are...

Tags: Financial Planning, Poeple, Linux/Open Source, Hewlett-Packard Co., insurance, Medicare, open source

Discussion threads 2004-05-31

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PaaS embraces client access licensing

PaaS embraces client access licensingAt least they offer SSLI checked out this company and they seem to address a few of the concerns for PaaS and SaaS.That being SSL. So at least when communicating with your web apps it would take an unreasonable effort to sniff your data traffic.However I...

Tags: cloud computing, extreme user, PaaS, client access licensing

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Intel stays behind the curve ... again

Intel stays behind the curve ... againsorry analysisSo Intel's behind the curve because XP works just fine for them. Maybe they have better things to do than upgrade all workstations for marginal improvements.The Inquirer presented a biased article against Windows?Say it isn't so! Who would have thought! If the Inquirer...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360

Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360sony should refuse to permit microsoft to have blu raythey could be in deep s**t. or they could charge they a eye and a arm for it .........RE: Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360"We do not believe...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Game players, Murphy, wii, HD-DVD, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, MICROSOFT SAYS, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-18

NPD: Apple launch of Leopard system its best ever

NPD: Apple launch of Leopard system its best everMore info pleaseI hate when fanboys write articles.I wish poeple would stop manipulating facts to make them sound smart.What percent of total mac users are buying leopard now, compared to toal % users buying tiger when it came out,because they are charging...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple Inc., Leopard, NPD, patch management, USB, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

Rich Rediker has his say about student information systems

Rich Rediker, CEO of Rediker Software, developer of the popular student information system, Administrator's Plus, responded this evening to my last post on trends in Web-based SIS applications. As a developer of a system whose bread and butter is client-server based, he obviously took exception to my enthusiasm for...

Tags: Web, Information System, Application, Client-server, Data, Web Browser, User, Feature, SiS, Rediker, Administrator, Edline, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-10-30

A new Microsoft-hosted security service in the making: Forefront Online

A new Microsoft-hosted security service in the making: Forefront OnlineMicrosoft? Security?Surely you jest.Is this serious!?Can't be serious!!! MS is selling the most insecure operating system in the universe, and then selling a security solution!? I think the best thing the civilized world could do is ban Windows computers from connecting...

Tags: Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, OneCare, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-hosted, Microsoft-hosted security service, new Microsoft-hosted security service, Forefront Online

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Why Windows users don't switch to Mac

Why Windows users don't switch to MacPeople don't seem too understand Apple's ads...:PApple is not after every Windows user at least not yet. Apple is targeting those who are not happy with Windows and would like an alternative. Seems like Apple has found some considering her market share...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Insight into why Europeans get multi-factor authentication and we don't

Insight into why Europeans get multi-factor authentication and we don'tBank of America Offering that as of This weekHere's the quote from Bank of America online banking:"SafePass™ Account Security Unrivaled protection you controlSafePass is an optional, second layer of protection for your most sensitive Online Banking transactions. With SafePass, you receive a...

Tags: SECURITY, Banking, security code, multi-factor authentication, authentication, SafePass, bank

Discussion threads 2007-09-11

The 'undo' problem is why web applications aren't there yet

The 'undo' problem is why web applications aren't there yetundo and RIAI must agree that it's time to think about features that should blend in new category of half desktop half web appsnot having an undo button is probably only the problem of not thinking about it, not a problem...

Tags: Channel management, Desktops, Microsoft Office, E-mail clients, Web application, gmail, desktop, Web, web app, rich Internet application, Google Inc., Google Reader

Discussion threads 2007-08-30

Red Hat CEO says he talked patents with Microsoft

Red Hat CEO says he talked patents with MicrosoftThe kernel is a very small part of the code, granted maybe the mostimportant part. The FSF owns the copyrights on a huge swath of the code included in the kernel, and were immensely important to the development of Linux. To put...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Free Software Foundation, kernel, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

Study sees no future in selling video downloads

Study sees no future in selling video downloadsRenting may be more profitableI believe that paid purchases will continue to be a factor in the market, especially where iTunes ties in with the Apple TV, which avoids a lot of confusion for the average consumer. A lot of these purchases...

Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, Advertising & Promotion, Digital music, Disney Corp., video, radio, video download, TV, Apple Inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2007-05-14

Yahoo profit down from a year ago

Yahoo profit down from a year agoGee I wonder why? Read This!Pay Per Click is a big loser for many large ticket items like we sell. We sell medical mobility products. Most of the people visiting our site are using it for a catalog never intending to buy. I think...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., PPC, pay-per-click advertising

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

Posting your Microsoft license keys to Web not the brightest thing to do

Via Digg, it appears as though users of Belarcs Free Personal PC Auditing tool -- a tool which amongst other things, extracts and displays the license information including activation keys for Microsoft software -- are using it do something a bit unusual. Theyre posting the tools audit results for their...

Tags: Vista, Software Infrastructure, Security, Legal, General

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Vista's actual launch? Think whisper, not bang

Vista's actual launch? Think whisper, not bangMicrosoft eat your heart out !!!For all those who are looking to jump from Microsoft's ship and don't know which way to swim , Navigate this way (http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/01/9391/) and see how easy it is to install Debian over the internet . Microsoft isn't going...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, actual launch, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-30

Verizon: We're happy we're not first to market with the iPhone

Verizon: We're happy we're not first to market with the iPhoneHeads up to whom?You kidding yourself if you think Apple is giving much of a heads up to its competitors. They're too clever for that. Watch how they'll change the game on them before they even know what...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-01-29

Road search under way for missing CNET editor

Road search under way for missing CNET editorNah, I stand by my 'get a grip CNET' attitude1. He's a grown up.2. He called the hotel to say he'd be late, so he has free choice and something happened.3. It's only a few days during a holiday season.He'll be really p*ssed...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, phone

Discussion threads 2006-12-01

Microsoft sues over source code theft

Microsoft sues over source code theftZune, iPod Was Start of HP identity theftIt was HP's decision to drop iPod technology for something else - possibly Zune - that is reported to have started HPs identity theft. Apparently the news was given to HP employees who didn't see the logic in...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Corp., digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2006-09-26

Ballmer: Windows releases must come more quickly

Ballmer: Windows releases must come more quicklyThat's an easy answer!"[B]Microsoft has not said when Vista's successor, code-named Vienna, might ship or what features it will contain.[/B]"It will ship in 2012 and contain all the stuff missing from Vista! ]:)Duh-uh!On one hand, he's right - the NEXT version of Windoze should...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2006-07-28