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- This PC could stand for 'politically correct'
- This PC could stand for 'politically correct'Nice tacticCo-opt the term "ethical IT" so that anyone who doesn't fall in line immediately becomes "unethical". Who could possibly argue against being ethical?So now we know, those who are "green" (in whose judgement, by the way?) are ethical and those who aren't, aren't....
- Tags: Desktops, politically correct, PC IS, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
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- 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
- 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
- Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware
- RE: Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scarewareI'm glad Microsoft Windows goes the extra mile to protect users from this kind of mischief. In Microsoft Windows I can set security zones in the Internet Options window so that only trusted sites will load, or set it so internet...
- Tags: Operating systems, Construction, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web site, Web, Loverock Davidson, Linux, window, Microsoft Windows, security, Windows User, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Apple ad swings at Windows 7: 'Trust me, this time it's going to be different'
- Hilarious! Apple is getting quite bold these days, I think they smell bloodNT.Just like Snow Leopard was supposed to fix all that was wrong with LeopardBut it didn't. :(Poor Apple, that sound you hear of glass shattering is not the sound of Windows, it is the glass house in which...
- Tags: Operating systems, Investment, advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Win7, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Apple declares its environmental credentials
- Newsweek ArticleNewsweek recently had a list of the top 100 "green" companies. HP was surprisingly #1, with Dell at #2. Microsoft was in the top half as well. Interestingly enough, Apple wasn't anywhere in the top 100 that I saw.PR BS!What Apple fails to show is the mountains of toxic...
- Tags: Public relations, Apple Inc., climate change, aluminum
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- IT support: Cut the jargon or find another job
- Zack i agree with you to a pointWhat i find missing from your article is the fact that staff customers etc. Can be very rude. I work for a small business about 50 employees total. All but myself and the ceo are female. When the come to me for something...
- Tags: Construction, job, IT_Guy, jargon, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Apology solicited for death of computing founding father Turing
- Point of clarification He was convicted of sodomy, not homosexuality. There is a difference.Indeed he wasHe was convicted of sodomy - but as I wrote, this was covered under an act of law (which for the life of me, cannot find a link or a name of the act of...
- Tags: monarch, homosexuality
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- denial:global warming=creationism:evolution?
- Wow!This is the first time 100% have agreed with me for a microsecond!RE: denial:global warming=creationism:evolution?Somebody hasn't done their homework on the Scope's trial. Just a quick overview; 1) The Scopes trial was sponsored by the ACLU (they wanted to test the Butler (anti-Darwinism act) in the court system;2) John Scopes...
- Tags: global warming, American Civil Liberties Union, Dover
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- Major meltdown
- What is it with you and spelling????Thromostat?Come on. How can anyone take you seriously when you can't write nor think critically about your positions?You, sir, should learn to write and maybe learn something about that which you write.RE: Major meltdownThe rest of the world has been telling the USA about...
- Tags: meltdown, global warming
- Discussion threads 2009-08-08
- News to know: Apple vs. Palm; Windows 7; Adobe; Twitter and Iran
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Apple: Third party read Palm Pre iTunes sync can work for now Jason O'Grady: A fix for Mail...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Mice, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- This PC could stand for 'politically correct'
- I'm a firm believer in positive reinforcement. Especially of the underdog. That's why I was thrilled to learn that one of the U.K. green system builders that I've been watching from afar, VeryPC, has been named a finalist in the Greening Data Centres category of the National eWell-Being Awards 2009...
- Tags: Award, PC, U.K., VeryPC, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Chink in encryption armor discovered
- Chink in encryption armor discovered It's KINK! not Chink!What's with everyone using the word chink to describe a kink in armor? Unless of course this is a racial slur aimed at Chinese hackers. Maybe I should read the article before I comment.See that! Even ZDNet thinks...
- Tags: encryption armor, Chink
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Mandatory vehicle efficiency in US?
- Mandatory vehicle efficiency in US?long time comingthis cap on minimum mileage should have been done a long time ago.With typical administrations saying that the money the US spends on foreign fuel from hostile nations puts more American lives at risk. Its just common sense to create a minimum cap on...
- Tags: Blogging, Now Let, vehicle efficiency, blog, Mandatory vehicle efficiency, gallon
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
- Just for fun: Obama's con law exam
- Just for fun: Obama's con law examAmericans were conned alright...ntIs this real?If so, here's hoping Messiah's tenure is mercifully brief.RE: Just for fun: Obama's con law examIf that is the case, let's see Cheney, Rumsfeld, Condie, and other goons will be in for much longer than Pelosi. And not to...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, con law exam, law exam, Obama, Pelosi
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Craigslist CEO demands apology
- Craigslist CEO demands apologyAnd he desrvers it...NTWe must constantly be vigilant.Whenever a politician or anyone looking to gain power holds up a vile affront to our moral foundation and proposes a means to control or eliminate it, it's just ruse to rid our society of some of its freedoms.No one...
- Tags: Craigslist, child pornography
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Industry commits to comparative effectiveness
- Industry commits to comparative effectivenessUniversal Health Insurance CoverageI love your unstated assumptions. The first obvious one is that universal coverage will be deemed successful by the using public.It could be perceived as successful but I doubt it for the following reasons:1) Insufficient health care providers to handle the increased...
- Tags: health care, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- Three reasons companies fear social media ??? and why they shouldn???t
- Three reasons companies fear social media ??? and why they shouldn???tEnterprise toolsSecurity and efficiency are the most important elements to a corporations. They worry that information will leak, and they worry that their employees will not utilize the tools correctly and professionally, which would lead to a drop in efficiency...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, social media, Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc., social networking, Facebook, customer service, tool, network
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- I haven't had a good rant recently
- I haven't had a good rant recentlyheh . . ."This is why we ZDNet bloggers tend to stick to our area of expertise so we don?t say anything stupid about, say, rain forest frogs, if we don?t know anything about frogs of the rain forest."Well, an occasional ZDNet blogger has...
- Tags: E-books, textbook
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Microsoft to provide 'XP Mode' with Windows 7
- Microsoft to provide 'XP Mode' with Windows 7Linux vendors to provide 1995 mode.Yeah, it's all starting to make sense now Microsoft ;-)well i didn't believe it before, but MS might actuallybe listening to the people. the new winxp mode sounds a lot like running wine on linux. a lot...
- Tags: Operating systems, desktop virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode, wine, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-25
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