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DemoFall 2007: Most memorable of future tech

Check out the best--and worst--that the DemoFall 2007 conference in San Diego has to offer.

Tags: San Diego, demo, demofall, product, future, tech, technology, rafe needleman, erica ogg, webware, dimdim, vyro, games, video game, gaming, feedhub, fixmymovie, motion dsp, phreesia, pudding

Videos 2007-09-28

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In America money is life

In America money is lifeWhat a crock[i]while the U.S. is both rich and powerful, it is “woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life.”[/i] OK, let me get this straight. There is someplace else in the world that...

Tags: Warm-Weather, Woody Allen

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company

Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech companywhat about other uses e.g. Space Shuttle, airplanes, etc?If this stuff is so good NASA should be buying it by the bucket to insulate their flight vehicles including the Back To The Moon Lander.What about Boeing using it for airplanes instead of whatever they...

Tags: Nansulate, R-Value, cleantech company, clean technology

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues

Not to defend Microsoft, as kernel exploits that provide privileged access are terrible flaws, but we had an interesting discussion in the talkbacks where several people acted as if Microsoft was the only place that could've made such mistakes.  Well, the proof is in the pudding that this is a common flaw...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Microsoft Word, Kernel, Debian, Flaw, Linux, Security, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh

Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live MeshMary Jo, I think you get it but many won'tA common reaction that I seem to be reading is that MESH is Microsoft's admission that everything will move to the Web - data, apps etc. What I think a lot of people fail...

Tags: Benefits, Channel management, TV & Home Theater, Microsoft Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-22

EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move

EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveEU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveOh jeez, is there anything that will please the EU? Despite Microsoft even going as far as offering source code these regulators still can't accept it. Money laundering is what its really turning out to be....

Tags: Regulations, Money Laundering, Todd Bishop, ECIS, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft open-source, Microsoft open-source move, regulator, interoperability

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest

Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contestCompetitionThe competition is among the attendees, not the operating systems. I frankly would be doubtful about walking away with dissing rights because their operating system got cracked in 9hrs 5mins when mine might have been cracked in 9hrs 8mins or faster had the...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hacking, Linux, hack contest, Leopard, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

One of Oregon's Largest Counties Deploys Equallogic

Clackamas County, Oregon, is home to more than 338,000 people. Heavily timbered, the county's geographical features include Mt. Hood and numerous rivers - the Willamette, Clackamas, Sandy, Pudding, Molalla and Salmon. The Aging Fibre Channel SAN could not scale to meet growing demands. Clackamas County replaced old Fibre Channel SAN...

Tags: EqualLogic, Oregon, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Storage, Hardware

Case studies 2008-01-18

Why can't all Microsoft products be like the XBox?

My kids got an XBox 360 for Christmas courtesy of their great-grandfather. Needless to say, they were incredibly excited, and understandably so. The system rocks out loud with graphics so immersive that even a simple racing game like Forza 2 just spanks its moral equivalents on the Wii....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Graphics, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-25

Finally, a 'critical' Java runtime update from Apple

Finally, a 'critical' Java runtime update from AppleWhy do you hate Apple so much?Seriously, this is 2 blogs in 1 day that have had an anti-Apple slant to them. Why don't you report more on all the holes in IE? I'm getting sick and tired of all the Apple bashing...

Tags: Programming languages, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Apple Inc., crackers/hacker, Java

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

On talking for free

It had to happen. California-based Pudding Media has introduced  a free Internet phone service. You "pay" by watching ads that pop up on your screen--ads carefully selected by a computer that listens in on your conversation. Pretty neat, huh? Haha! Just kidding! Well, actually, I am not. ...

Tags: Advertisement, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2007-11-13

The Semantic Web - is everyone confused?

The Economist. Tim O'Reilly. Nova Spivack. Danny Ayers. Read/Write Web's Alex Iskold. Kingsley Idehen. Brad Feld. Over the last few days all of them have been amongst those writing to clarify their understanding of the Semantic Web and where it's going. Each piece is thoughtful, each piece...

Tags: Web, Technology, Language, Danny Ayers, Read/Write Web, Tim, SWEO, Semantic Web, Web 2.0, RDF, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2007-11-01

Meebo joins the season of platforms

On its second anniversary Meebo rolled out APIs for developers to write applications that leverage its Web-based instant messaging service. For starters, external applications built in Javascript or Flash include TokBox video/audio calling, Pudding Media's voice chat, and TalkShoe group voice call and live streaming via Ustream. Other applications in...

Tags: Facebook, Platform, Buddy List, Meebo, Instant Messaging, Web 2.0, Internet, Online Communications, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-29

Remember LOGO? It still lives at 40!

Remember LOGO? It still lives at 40!Wow, 40 years!My memories of Logo are pretty much the same as the author of the Wired piece. But Logo is clearly showing its' age, especially in the face more modern replacements like Squeak. Still, it serves nicely as a very basic introduction...

Tags: Development tools, Games, programming, Remember LOGO

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

New service would display ads based on keywords you say in phone calls

Got a lead this morning about Pudding Media, a new company that has created voice recognition software to pick up keywords and deliver relevant ads and content. The basics: you happen to utter a relevant keyword in a VoIP, cell, or landline phone call, and you...

Tags: Advertisement, Phone, Movie, Keyword, Telecom & Utilities, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-24

NBC Universal finds new home on Amazon's Unbox

NBC Universal finds new home on Amazon's UnboxI just turn on my televisionand it comes thru quite nicely, and free!If Apple is the.."evil monopolistic company," what do you call NBC/Universal? You can get their programming in a number of ways, not only through Apple. Yet you can only...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Public relations, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Amazon Unbox, Amazon.com Inc., NBC, NBC Universal Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

365 Main details SF outage problems

365 Main details SF outage problemsOh the cure is simple...[B]”At 1:47 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24, 365 Main’s San Francisco data center was impacted by a power surge caused when transformer breakers at a local PG&E power station unexpectedly opened. PG&E has still not determined what caused the breakers to...

Tags: Manufacturing, e-GEN, outage, solar array, PG&E Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

There's a hole in your laptop, dear HP, dear HP

There's a hole in your laptop, dear HP, dear HPThis makes me wonder ?Are there more holes in Windows than there are Black holes in the Universe ?Well, I don't wonder at allI think Ryan does a very good and valuable job here. As I've said in following up on...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-06-14

Blu-Ray's boat anchor

As noted in a previous blog, video discs in the Blu-Ray format have been experiencing a sales surge likely driven by the release of the PS3 with its included Blu-Ray player. That doesnt speak to strong sales of the PS3, however, so much as paltry sales of dedicated players for...

Tags: Blu-ray, Game players, Games, DVD, Consumer electronics, Sony PlayStation 3, Blu-ray disc, console, Microsoft Xbox, HD Disc, Sony Corp., game console, sales, disc, game

Blog posts 2007-03-22

Resolved: Vista hesitation signals Linux opportunity

Resolved: Vista hesitation signals Linux opportunityErrr...[i]"tell people facing Vista decisions that they owe it to themselves to try Linux ..."[/i]Fair enough - if you have a PC you don't mind trashing first! (I assuming that "try" doesn't mean a Live CD)[i]"... or MacOS X first."[/i]And what do they do if...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Live CD, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, software

Discussion threads 2007-03-20