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Possible fix for iTunes 8 BSOD

Possible fix for iTunes 8 BSODGreat article..and as usually great information to pass along to those who want to put Apple Malware into thier PC's.Wouldnt a better alternative be to stick with iTunes 7.7 if you positively canNOT live without it or simply uninstall all the Apple Malware (IE>iTunes, quicktime,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Microsoft Windows, Digital media, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, iTunes 8 BSOD, Possible Fix, iTunes 8, PC, BSOD

Discussion threads 2008-09-11

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HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral

Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

HP Pavilion Elite owner resorts to lawsuit over 'inherently defective' PC

My HP Pavilion Elite... / HP quality controlMy HP Pavilion Elite came with an obviously defective, and defectively designed, video card. After about eight months, the video card model was finally recalled.My previous HP desktop computer went for about five years without a problem.HP's quality control is clearly going down...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion, Linux, Core i7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

The role of data governance in the enterprise

According to analyst reports, the volume of enterprise data doubles every 18 months - and a lot information is inaccurate, duplicated or out-of-date and needs to be managed. Commentary - Every corporate decision and operation relies on the quality of the organization?s underlying data. ...

Tags: Data Quality, Data Governance, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, data management, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News

News items 2009-11-12

Apple TV update looks good but doesn't offer much more

I second your thoughts, Sam.The updates were nice, but hardly worth it from the functional standpoint. Yes, Netflix would be nice, although iTunes provides most, if not all, of what Netflix would, doesn't it?One thing Tim Cook mentioned during the most recent earnings call was that Apple was going to...

Tags: INTERNET, Apple TV, Internet radio, Apple Inc., TV, NetFlix Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down

Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Revisiting the topic of Office versus OpenOffice.Org

re-visit the revisitingif you actually TRIED to use OpenOffice and TRIED to dig in deeper into it's possibilities, you would find zero compatibility issues except for base/access part. and macros, that no one even with the small brain doesn't use.but you didn't. what you did is to buy office 2008...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OpenOffice, Workforce management, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., compatibility issue

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Dear Microsoft: What's the deal with Windows 7 upgrades?

Location?38.921473?N 77.066946?WYep, same here ...... stonewalled at every turn. With you ...... I can see, because you've been pulling on Microsoft's scab lately. But in Ed's case, I don't know why they would treat him like that.^o^Message has been deleted..Believe it or not ...... it makes little difference. The...

Tags: upgrade media, reverse engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?

Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...

Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Netbooks worth the upgrade to Windows 7? Heck yes!

my thoughts"As I wrote the day that 7 launched, 'Windows 7 is just another OS.'"An article sitting at a -1 rating (out of 33 people) as I type this, and with quite a bit of Talkback discussion. Not exactly a shining pillar of truth."Most netbooks ship with Windows XP Home...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Boot-time, Waking Up, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks worth, Heck Yes

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Google's Schmidt: Washington politics "not very interesting"

Google CEO Eric Schmidt, in Washington this week as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, popped into The Washington Post to chat with reporters and editors about a number of topics, including an FCC vote on net neutrality. Google's name has...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Washington, Net Neutrality, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-23

More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse

You can watch BluRay movies via the Display Port IN. [nt][nt]Windows to the rescue!![i]Of course, until Apple releases software support, you?ll still have to boot into Windows to play movies.[/i]LOL, OS X sucks. :)LOLWhat's sad is that OS X is the best that Apple could steal!Is that the best you...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, mouse, Apple Inc., Pagan, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Recovery Toolbox for Zip 1.0.8.21 (Windows)

Recovery Toolbox for Zip was created to help users solve the zip recovery issues and always have control of their archived data. It recovers information from damaged zip files and minimizes data loss during the zip recovery process. One of the peculiarities of this application is the fact that it...

Tags: Algorithm, Password, Recovery, Data Loss, Microsoft Windows, Recovery ToolBox

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Recovery Toolbox for RAR 1.1.10.25 (Windows)

Recovery Toolbox for RAR was created to help users solve the rar recovery issues and always have control of their archived data. It recovers information from damaged rar files and minimizes data loss during the rar recovery process. One of the peculiarities of this application is the fact that it...

Tags: Algorithm, Password, Recovery, Data Loss, Microsoft Windows, Recovery ToolBox

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Web 2.0 Summit video: GE shows off mini ultrasound device

Not uniqueSonoSite makes a similar product. As part of a an upgrade of portable ultrasound used by the PA's to place central lines in a hospital chain, SonoSite reps used their latest & greatest product at the bedside on my patient who has known abnormal subclavian vein issues that...

Tags: video, SonoSite, CPR, patient, General Electric Co.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

A word of warning on hard disk recovery by swapping logic boards

I've noticed that over in the TalkBack section of Zack Whittaker's post on his hard drive going belly up that a few readers have suggested a possible fix involving swapping the logic board of the dead drive with one from a working drive. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Hard Drive, Recovery, Board, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-21

AT&T encourages employees to speak out against net neutrality

AT&T's top policy exec - aka lobbyist - has turned to AT&T employees for a last-chance campaign to flood the FCC with anti-net neutrality messages. In a memo that's starting to circulate around the Internet, Senior Executive VP Jim Cicconi tells encourages the employees, their friends and family to "join...

Tags: FCC, AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Cicconi, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Google Voice mails exposed for all to see and hear

If you believe the "explanation"then no problem, though honestly, I think we just witnessed another reason why "living in the cloud" is not for those with anything of importance that needs protecting.I doubt that Google intended for all of those private voice mails to be made public.RE: Google Voice mails...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Voice mail, voicemail

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

HP's kinder, gentler stance toward printer paper

A question and a comment[i]"I am now shoving the paper that I just used to print a press release about the HP program back into my printer so that at least both sides are used."[/i]Question: For 20 years at other employers and home I did that and it worked fine....

Tags: Printers, printer, humidity, Hewlett-Packard Co., laser printer

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Microsoft: Human error caused critical SMB2 vulnerability

did not explain why the fix was not back-ported to Windows Vista and other That very bad. I was wondering this myself when news broke that Win 7 was not vulnerable.What were they thinking? Fixing a bug and "forgetting" that other versions may actually be vulnerable?Or had they actually recorded...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Hulu Desktop, Microsoft Corp., critical SMB2 vulnerability, SMB2, SMB2 vulnerability, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-19