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ADT Live?

I've been trying to avoid participating in this year's Gnomedex for some time now, but a few days ago things became more difficult when Chris, Ponzi, Scoble, and Maryam called me from a joy ride in Maryam's new car. (Note: trolls should already be moving down to the comment section...

Tags: ADT, Ponzi

Blog posts 2006-06-08

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The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War

The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold WarPrivate space transportationInterestingly, the weakening US-Russian relationship may end up being very good for the US private space industry. Even before the latest souring of relations, NASA made contingency plans to limit dependency on Soyuz and avoid relying on the Russian...

Tags: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, NASA, COTS, Soyuz, Economic Impact, SpaceX, cargo

Discussion threads 2008-09-01

Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud

Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloudniceveryniceMicrosoft's elastic cloudGee, we had elastic Wow!Now we are going to get the elastic cloud.Metaphor watch anyone?Get ready for a whole new blob of Bloat from the people who invented Bloat.Rule of thumb: If Microsoft promises something, the promise is, with near certainty, false.The credibility...

Tags: elastic cloud, MSFT, Microsoft Corp., Ozzie

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Is Java Windows for Unix?

Is Java Windows for Unix?Amen brother!Java completely violates the Coupling/Cohesion rule of software quality. A "module" in Java consists of 5/6+ files containing interfaces, beans, functions, etc. This makes for low cohesion (BAD!). All of these files also need to be connected to each other plus those "frameworks". This introduces...

Tags: Programming languages, window, Unix, Java, Ada

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Firm gets U.S. nod for quick passenger data checks

Firm gets U.S. nod for quick passenger data checksQuick Passenger Data ChecksHas anyone ever heard of fake ids -- or this is a concept I just thought of? I understand what they are trying to do, but it should have been taken care of BEFORE getting on the plane....

Tags: Vertical industries, Islamic, extremism, Islamic extremism, passenger data check, quick passenger data check, anti-American, government

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

Techcentric anti-Scientology "raids" were nothing but religious bigotry

Techcentric anti-Scientology "raids" were nothing but religious bigotrybigotrySeveral protesters wore demonic masks and held signs with phrases such as "Hubbard is the Devil" and "Honk if you hate Scientology." It had a striking resemblance to the disinformation beginnings of the German persecution of Jews or the kkk persecution of...

Tags: Scientologists, religion, anti-Scientology, Scientology

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

Data mining Digg

Here is a beautiful example of poking around inside an application to gather what otherwise would be proprietary data. John Graham-Cumming has hacked the social book marking application Digg to discover how many registered users they have. He noticed that inside the html code associated with each user was...

Tags: Security, Digg, Blog, Data Mining, Blockbuster Inc., Help Desk, Blogging, Call Centers, DVD, Consumer Electronics, It Operations, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-01-29

Must employers really pay to play?

Must employers really pay to play?There's no surprise, this was predicted!Corporations have been abandoning loyalty to the employee for over 15 years now. How long has it been since any company rolled out a new pension plan or offered to repurpose a large and obsolete workforce due to changes in...

Tags: Workforce management, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, talent, workforce

Discussion threads 2007-10-25

Microsoft extends Windows XP's stay

Microsoft extends Windows XP's stayA certain element - like every business and govenment operationWell this is good news. Nonetheless the model that should be followed is the one followed with Microsoft's - Yes Microsoft's OS/2 Windows product. That product went to IBM, one of Microsoft's partners and IBM then guaranteed...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, stay

Discussion threads 2007-09-27

Musings on Gnomedex and evolution

So a funny thing happened this week. After 4+ years covering events and blogging about them live, I attended Gnomedex, the Blogosphere's Conference, this past week in Seattle and I didn't blog a thing. More about why below. Gnomedex is an event I've always wanted to attend. I've known Chris...

Tags: Event, Blogging, Conference, Twitter, Marc Orchant

Blog posts 2007-08-14

Heading to Gnomedex

I'm heading up to Seattle for Gnomedex which kicks off tomorrow evening. I'm looking forward to seeing a bunch of my friends and making some new ones too. There should be a lot to blog about from this event which Chris and Ponzi Pirillo, the organizers, have dubbed the Blogosphere's...

Tags: Event, Marc Orchant

Blog posts 2007-08-08

The $150 laptop saga: Medison's CEO speaks

The $150 laptop saga: Medison's CEO speaksMedison is a solid companybecause it relies on Linux.With a solid business plan, innovative accounting and technology, it is going to challenge the OEM Cartel and M$ monopoly.Misquoted. Oopsie!Valdi Ivancic is now backpedaling on his claims in this article, after a number of...

Tags: Linux, Medison, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2007-08-07

The $150 laptop saga: Checking out 2Checkout

On Wednesday, I ordered a Fedora laptop for $150. On Thursday, I called the reseller of this item to get a feel for customer service and figure out whether my buyer's remorse was justified. As background, a Swedish company called Medison unveiled a laptop called the Celebrity, which is dirt...

Tags: Personal Technology, Open Source, Linux, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-07-27

Notorious debtor Serin shuts down blog

Notorious debtor Serin shuts down blogNotorious debtor Serin shuts down blogWho?Sounds like another Carlton Sheets loser wannabee.More get rich schemes from the infomercials late at night. Just put the guy in jail for using a credit ponzi scheme and be done with it.By the way, who is this guy anyway?...

Tags: Blogging, Serin, debtor, blog, Casey Serin

Discussion threads 2007-06-01

News to know: HP vs. Dell; XP support; Web celebs

Notable headlines:HP accused of spying on Dells printer plans.Vista reviews: Basic, Home Premium, Business.Microsoft-Wiki flap boils over. Techmeme discussion. Like Richard Stallman never edits the Wikipedia entry on the GPL. S. Korean addiction to ActiveX stalls Vista adoption.Photos: So many home wireless standards, so little time.XP gets a new lease...

Tags: General, Microsoft Windows XP

Blog posts 2007-01-25

Intel to reveal foreign info in antitrust case

Intel to reveal foreign info in antitrust caseWhat has that to do with MADs anti-trust whining?Oh yeah, absolutely nothing. AMD, get off your back side and COMPETE.Misguided socialist sophismsOnly the state can ever cause monopolies to form, through deceptive regulations and unethical IP laws. The Sherman Act has...

Tags: Corporate law, SECURITY, Processors, Network technology, Sherman Act, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, Intel Corp., anti-Trust

Discussion threads 2006-12-28

MobileTechRoundup show #82, Live from London

Listen here (MP3, 38.5MB, 31 minutes) Subscribe to the show with this link RSS I am out of the country in London this week, but that didnt stop...

Tags: Podcasts, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating systems, MobileTechRoundup, podcast

Blog posts 2006-12-17

Edelman on 'Deceptive Door Openers' and Ask toolbars

Edelman on 'Deceptive Door Openers' and Ask toolbars"You can win...""... a free vacation, no purchase necessary. Just let our salesman fill out your entry for you or go to our website and leave your name, address, and telephone number. All entries become the property of Exploiter, Inc. and...

Tags: deceptive door opener, door opener, toolbar

Discussion threads 2006-10-16

Illegible Smile

I'm about to release the first half of the Bloggercon Gang, recorded at CNET during lunch of the first day, with Doc Searls, Dan Farber, and Jason Calaconis. Jason is a trip and a half, talking as he was then focused on the rollout of the new Netscape and the...

Tags: Attention, Beatles, Bloggercon Gang

Blog posts 2006-07-16

Gnomedex: Why is John Edwards at the geek event?

One of the highlights at tomorrow's Gnomedex conference in Seattle is the lunchtime keynote by Senator John Edwards. In this video, Gnomedex host Chris Pirillo, alongside co-host Ponzi Indharasophang, explains why he thinks the Senator is showing up at the blogger-laden event. Edwards supposedly will focus on...

Tags: Gnomedex, John Edwards

Blog posts 2006-06-29