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To blog or to Tweet? That is the question . . . here is an answer

To blog or to Tweet? That is the question . . . here is an answerMore Reasons to Believe Generations are Dumbing DownBeing born in the Sixties I am afraid I probable be the last generation who can express my ideas in paragraph form. Titter forces one to dumb down...

Tags: Blogging, Pretty Much, Tweet, blog

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Disruptive technologies disrupt - goodbye newspaper companies

Disruptive technologies disrupt - goodbye newspaper companiesMicrosoftMS is clearly trying to reinvent itself, but can it do that without destroying its core business? Does MS have the cost structure and vision to survive?Disruptive Technology is such anidiotic phrase, I'm surprised anyone still uses it like it means something special.Pretty much...

Tags: Strategy, goodbye newspaper company, Disruptive Technologies, Pretty Much, Microsoft Corp., Disruptive Technology

Discussion threads 2009-06-27

New Windows ad hits a nerve (again)

New Windows ad hits a nerve againwhat?the original story or the post indicating the Apple insider article, that articulated the stupidity of redmond script writers, and the stupidity of our tech savvy Giampaolo, i just confirmed the stats on the Hp that Giampaolo buys, its crap and the shine scratches...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Construction, Operating systems, Pretty Much, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, window, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-04-05

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureInteresting that there is a Windows Cultureyet no Unix/Linux/Apple culture to speak of.Pretty much says that Windows allowed that opportunity for that desktop to reside in your house and business.Otherwise we would be faxing these post between ourselves, or gathered around some terminal in a...

Tags: Operating systems, Pretty Much, Unix, Wintel, Windows Culture, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Study: 637 million Google users surfing with insecure browser

Study: 637 million Google users surfing with insecure browserHave to take your word for itAd? What ad?The (really, REALLY little) price one pays for running AdBlock in Firefox.That bird in the active Tech Pros ad is pretty:-)Laziness, ignorance or apathyI have a coworker an IT director that has a Windows...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Laziness, apathy, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns

New GPL draft has olive branches, thornsThe old school of *nix continues to hamper Linux's adoptionWhen will the ball-and-chain that is the GPL finally disappear and die? When will the community see the FSF for what it really is - a bunch of 1960's throwbacks who believe that making any...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, PRETTY MUCH, GPL, Linux, New GPL draft, Microsoft Corp., olive branch

Discussion threads 2007-03-29

U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control

U.N. summit revives concerns about Net controlU.N. summit revives concerns about Net controlThe U.S. is here to stay and will remain in control of the internet. Yes the whole internet. Get over it.Pretty much says it all"During the Tunisia summit, nations like Cuba, Iran and Zimbabwe blasted the United...

Tags: Domain names, PRETTY MUCH, Internet, U.N. Summit, Net Control

Discussion threads 2006-10-27

Microsoft looks for 'protection' money

Microsoft looks for 'protection' moneyheres how it sounds...they sell you a boat with holes. then if you want to fix the leaks they will sell you the corks. they know there are holes. you choose, do you want a leaky system or do you want a leaky...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, PRETTY MUCH, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, security

Discussion threads 2006-02-22

Gateway to cut more jobs

Gateway to cut more jobsThey are still in business?Honesty I am surprised they are still in business. They haven't posted had a positive quarter in a long. Shame to see a good computer company doing so badly. :(good award![Separately, Gateway has disclosed that it will it will pay Wayne Inouye,...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, PRETTY MUCH, job, Gateway Inc., eMachine

Discussion threads 2004-03-02

Additional Resources

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples

RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Which antivirus is best at removing malware?

Run a Linux distro or a MacIt is funny, when you 'weld' a web_browserinto an operating system and viruses/worms/malware/trojans and spyware come in from outside sources it is amazing how insecureit makes an Operating System.Say what you will, Linux distro's power theInternet with Bind dns, dhcp, routers/switchesand they do not...

Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, MSE, antivirus, operating system, malware, Linux Distro, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Copyright associations want enforcement for free

The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...

Tags: Benefits, Federal government, Sales force management, Mickey Mouse, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal

Opera"Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal". . . and by "browser rivals" you really mean Opera, who has been whimpering and whining the whole time. A browser that barely appears on anybody's charts, but still retains a cult following.I think Microsoft is improving with IE7...

Tags: Web browsers, ballot screen, Web browser, Opera Software ASA, ballot screen proposal, Microsoft Corp., official complaint

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

House bill calls for ISPs to block some fake financial sites

Good grief!Now the BIG LETHARGIC Gov is going to tell people what sites they can go to and tell ISP's to block them???GOOD GRIEF! It is out of control, 2010 is coming and these socialist will be sent back home... AHHHH the sound of 1984 is very much alive..and well...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Government, Internet Service Provider, fake financial site, financial

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

A British look at global warming denial

Need to use facts and make them real, not tenuous 'proofs'A lot of the debate seems to be centred around personalities and their need for acknowledgement of 'their' ideas.'I know because I am a scientist' means nothing, because to most, 'science' is just opinion, like history. It is often shrouded...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Not tolerating the intolerant

My thoughts"Most reject volunteerism in search of making money, satisfying career ambitions, relaxing or spending time with friends and family."Some volunteerism is fine, and I'm glad to help out when I can - but I don't think it can or should sustain an economy or nation. And yes, I think...

Tags: tolerance, volunteerism, apathy

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

The iPhone is one of the best phones in the world, carriers with it are the problem

far from perfect indeedIt's a great gadget...until it freezes and you have to wait several minutes while you reboot it. That is if you know how to reboot it, the first time is always accompanied with panic because you think the thing went dead. Don't blame the carriers,...

Tags: Smart phones, iPhone Screen, BlackBerry Tour, Apple iPhone, phone, carrier, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Organic Social Networks, the Yankees and....Wha'? (UPDATE: WE WON OUR 27TH WORLD SERIES!)

Needless to say, being a Yankees fan of the entirely driven and committed sort, I'm biting every nail on my hands off and frankly, if I could reach my feet, would go at those nails too (Ugh.). I do that every time that the Yankees are in the playoffs or...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Twitter Inc., CRM, Games, Social Networking, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-04

(Best 'worst' Google Voice transcription errors--screenshots)

Ummmm . . . Ya think you could get those illustrations any smaller and fuzzier?I'm sure they could. Somehow. With much effort...The message from the Wife, however, is completely unreadable. I don't think they could make it worse, if they shrunk it to the size of a single pixel.Also,...

Tags: transcription error, speech recognition, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04