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- Beginning of the end for PATA
- It's the beginning of the end for the 20 year old technology. Now that Seagate has announced plans to phase out PATA drives in favor of the faster SATA technology, other hard drive manufacturers will follow suit and PATA's days are numbered.From a personal perspectivemost ofl my PCs now use SATA drives and PATA...
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Will the Firefox gain a market share of 50% by 2009?
- Popular Science runs an online game called PopSci Predictions Exchange (a game where you bet - with virtual money - on the future of science and technology). An IPO I saw today caught my eye:Will the Firefox Web browser gain a market share of 50 percent by January 1, 2009?It's...
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Are you a "fixer" or do you "throw away"?
- I know a lot of people who fall into the "geek" category but a funny thing that I've noticed about people who fall into this category is that when they are faced with something that's broken, damaged or otherwise not working, they seem to fall into one of two categories: Fixer...
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Banning violent video games - Right or wrong?
- British censors have banned Manhunt 2 by Rockstar Games from being sold in the UK.The video game Manhunt 2 was rejected for its "unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying", the British Board of Film Classification said.It means the Manhunt sequel cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK.Manhunt 2,...
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- Do you QWERTY or Dvorak?
- How many of you have abandoned the old-school and inefficient QWERTY keyboard layout and instead use the supposedly more efficient Dvorak alternative?I'm guessing that given the high number of alpha-geeks that read ZDNet that opinions on keyboard layouts will be split. Some of you will prefer the traditional QWERTY layout because it...
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Which annoys you most - Slow bootup or slow shutdown?
- The comments I got on the post I made the other day on Vista bootup speeds were interesting. What caught my eye was the number of you which mentioned that a PC that was slow to shutdown were just as irritating, if not more irritating, that a PC that...
- Blog posts 2007-04-18
- DST - Happy or headaches?
- [Updated: Mar 12, 2007 @ 2.25 pm] NIST is keeping an eye on DST-related issues. Here are a few issues:SANS.org - Daylight Saving Time Change Problem With Symantec Backup Exec 10d and 10.1SANS.org - MS DST Patch issue(?). Problems with the Microsoft Daylight Savings time patch.SANS.org - Daylight...
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- What about pre-installed Linux with no support?
- Heres an idea. One of the reason that Dell isnt happy about providing a PC with pre-installed Linux is because of the support costs. But what if Dell offered PCs that had Linux pre-installed but didnt come with any support?How would that fly?[poll=101]
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Poll of the Day - Microsoft hints at 2009 launch of Vienna
- Will hints at a 2009 release for Vienna Vistas successor dampen both consumer and corporate interest in Vista?[poll=82]Another question - could Microsoft develop and release an OS in less than three years?[poll=83]Personally, I think it is a bad idea for Microsoft to be talking about Vienna, but I honestly dont...
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
- Poll of the Day - Would you pay more for DRM-free music?
- Quick poll - If, say, iTunes just an example started selling DRM-free music, would you be willing to pay more for it?[poll=79]
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Poll of the Day - Does Apple seriously want to sell DRM-free media?
- Steve Jobs has called on the music industry to ditch DRM. Do you think that Apple seriously wants to do this or is it a way to deflect the DRM debate off off Apple and onto the studios? If Apple is serious about wanting to see a DRM-free...
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Is the PS3 too expensive?
- Sonys PlayStation 3 games console is an amazing piece of technology, but as a gaming platform many have given it a lukewarm reception. Now it seems that Sony is open to cutting the price of their console.Is the PS3 too expensive? Is it out of the reach of...
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
- Poll of the Day - Should Apple charge for BootCamp?
- MacScoop is speculating that Apple is planning to charge Mac OS X Tiger users for the final version of Boot Camp which will be released when Mac OS X Leopard is shipped. According to the rumor, BootCamp will cost non-Leopard users $29.[poll=69]
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Poll of the Day - 1TB drives
- 1TB drives are in the pipeline from both Hitachi and Seagate - but do you really need a drive that big? Do the downsides outweigh the benefits? [poll=62]
- Blog posts 2007-01-05
- Microsoft gives free laptops to bloggers - does that affect their credibility and integrity?
- Maybe youve already heard the story that Microsoft and AMD decided to give away a limited number of Ferrari laptops to bloggers to allow them to experience and review Windows Vista. If this story is new to you then here are a few links to get you up to...
- Blog posts 2006-12-29
- Poll of the Day - How many Critical and Important vulnerabilities will Microsoft patch in 2007?
- So far Microsoft has released 133 patches for vulnerabilities rated as Critical or Important (there may be an out of cycle patch for the current 0-day Word vulnerability before the year is out). Todays poll involves a bit of crystal ball gazing, but it might yield some fun results.[poll=54]
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- Poll of the Day - Bill Gates for president?
- Its not Friday but this one is too good to pass up on!Scott Adams has a real knack for coming out with things that really make people think. Over the weekend he came out with the following bombshell on the Dilbert Blog:I think that in an election cycle or...
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- Poll of the Day - Do reviews influence your purchasing decisions?
- Its the end of the week and that means one thing on Hardware 2.0 - Poll of the Day!This week the media has been dominated by one thing - the launch of Microsofts Zune media player. Now, I dont know about you but Ive been spending a lot of...
- Blog posts 2006-11-17
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- FCC wants public comment on digital democracy - voting online
- Online Voting - Destroying the integrity and fabric of democracy.On-line voting without safe guards against vote selling and guarantee that each vote was registered in private invalidates the intent and meaning of "one person, one vote."It's bad enough that this hole currently exists with the current mail-in voting process.RE: FCC...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Can anybody here play this game?
- Socialist control over breathing...When people are out of work because they cannotafford to drive to work, use electricity I amsure everyone is going to be in financial ruinfrom lies and Oboma CZAR controlled fiasco.RE: Can anybody here play this game?Global Warming is little more than Solar Flare activity... even the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
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