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The debacle of the BBC's iPlayer

The debacle of the BBC's iPlayerBig Backlash?For Linux desktop (lol doesn't even show up on global usage) and Mac.I'm sure both of those users were steaming mad.For future information. A backlash actually requires a number of people not a few obsessed ABMers.Like many I don't use IEEven if the...

Tags: Linux, Corporate communications, Operating systems, Desktops, Web browsers, Sales Figures, British Broadcasting Corp., BBC iPlayer, public institution, plug-in, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

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Google trying to take privacy seriously

This week was a very interesting week as far as Google and privacy goes. First, a burglary the same on that affected CNET earlier last month was confirmed to have affected all Google employees hired before December 31, 2005. There's nothing Google could have done about it, but it's...

Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Social Security, Security, Government, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-07-05

Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea

Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...

Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Apple caught neglecting iPhone security

Apple caught neglecting iPhone securityApple doesn't really care.I believe that Apple puts security of its products at the bottom of the list, with cool design at the top. All this stuff just proves me right, that sure they have a neat casing and a touch screen, but underneath it...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, security, iPhone security

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

I have to stop using Gmail :(

I have to stop using Gmail :(You can enable POP3 support in Gmail...If you switch on POP3 support in Gmail, then you can still comply with archiving procedures: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273That way, you can both send and receive e-mails with an e-mail client like Thunderbird or Evolution or even Outlook Express. I...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Using Gmail, Google Gmail, archiving, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user data

A federal judge ordered PDF Google to hand over 12 terabytes of YouTube user data to Viacom, finding that the list of "login IDs" does not qualify as personally identifying information. In opposing Viacom's request for the information, Google had asserted users' privacy rights: "Plaintiffs would...

Tags: Google Inc., Personally Identifiable Information, YouTube Inc., IP, IP Address, User Data, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-03

12 terabytes of YouTube data

12 terabytes of YouTube dataHorrible loss for ConsumersThis Judge needs to be taught what he has the power to do, and not to do. This is a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Not to mention a major privacy issue for all of us that have ever watched...

Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users loseCompetition?Does Viacom think that a 10 minute pixellated clip of a show or movie is really competition for seeing the entire show/movie on a TV or big screen? This is getting ridiculous. If anything, having these clips on YouTube is free...

Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Viacom Inc., Google IP, YouTube Inc., IP, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Microsoft to ratchet IE8 security another notch in Beta 2

Microsoft to ratchet IE8 security another notch in Beta 2Microsoft Press ReleaseOnly the other week Ed ran a story about how shoddy some people are running stories based on software companies press releases/marketing documents. Oh and that companies selling security software try and scare the market about the need for...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8 security, beta, Microsoft Corp., Beta 2, notch, security, Web

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Do feds track cell users illegally? Legal groups want to know

Do feds track cell users illegally? Legal groups want to knowDoes a bear crap in the woods?Is a frogs a*****e watertight?Does Barbara Walters talk funny?Seriously I believe most law enforcement people have little inclination to do so, especially the heavy data mining nonsense the neocon-spooks are crazy about gathering. ...

Tags: cell user

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

So about that Microsoft licensing

So about that Microsoft licensingpenny wise and pound foolishIts not about giving $20K to Redmond. Its about users/teachers being productive and getting the work done so that they have more time to focus on the students.Saving $100 for a licence over the life of the software is nothing. Office is...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Now I know we're in a recession

Now I know we're in a recessionPricingYou can't sell coffee at those prices in a mainstrean coffee chain on a long term basis. Certainly not when it's either a coffe or a gallon of regular unleaded :-) A Sophie's choice indeed.Well, Starbucks in Vienna, Austria, EU, does (Starbucks is more...

Tags: Auto Industry, Starbucks Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Brosix Corporate Instant Messenger (exe)

Brosix is a secure and easy to use instant messenger suitable for corporate use. A company can easily create its own Instant Messaging network and its own Instant Messenger. Why Brosix instead of free public IM? Ensure the authenticity of network users, use instant messaging for strict business purposes, create...

Tags: Instant Messenger, Network, IM, D-Bross, Brosix, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-07-02

What should your email archiving policy look like?

What should your email archiving policy look like?Using ONE email acct. for workLooks like it's time to employ a 3rd part vendor or create your own content filter to block access to gMail, Hotmail, etc.In our school, we have decided to go through a 3rd party that works with us....

Tags: E-mail providers, e-mail archiving, e-mail, email archiving policy

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

About that cellular interference...

So... maybe it is a real problem.  Pedram Amini top picture on the right, noted researcher and reverse engineer, posted an article to the Tipping Point DVLabs blog on some interesting observations he made on cellular interference.  From the article, Pedram comments on the discovery: "I had...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Researcher, Laptop Computer, Pedram Amini, Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-01

New Microsoft program to make volume licenses 'evergreen'

New Microsoft program to make volume licenses 'evergreen'NowIf we can just get rid of WGA and activation process for stand-alone users, we'll be in business.Microsoft volume licenses 'evergreen'"However as always with Microsoft licensing, the devil is in the details."Never were truer words spoken - you can bet the farm...

Tags: volume-license, New Microsoft program, New Microsoft, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses

Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy lossesHolding our breathThe auto-owning public is holding their collective breath to see what comes next. You don't want to be the person that paid an arm and a leg for a Prius then found out a year later there were...

Tags: heavy loss

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Global Calendar Sharing (msi)

Global Calendar Sharing provides users with the capacity to synchronize Exchange public folder calendar with a Personal Folder calendar or your mailbox calendar. This means you now can get appointments and reminders from/in any of those types of folders in your server mailbox or PST file and public folders. IMAP...

Tags: Appointment, Calendar, Martin Information

Software downloads 2008-07-01

Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses

Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick. I've been trying to keep up with the bloody saga of the Detroit auto makers and...

Tags: Car, Stock, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Wall, Sales Strategy, Mortgages, Sales Force Management, Construction, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-30