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- Don't give up on Vista
- Don't give up on VistaBut... but... but... Apple is a hardware company!At least that is what the zealots tell us. So why is Apple going after Vista? It would be like Ford telling you not to drink Pepsi! Unless... the zealots... gasp... were wrong?!?!One more thingAs bad as Vista may...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Elected Officials, advertisement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., riot, Apple Macintosh, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- NY's 'Halo 3' launch was no riot, but it was close
- NY's 'Halo 3' launch was no riot, but it was closeToo much hype over just a gameit may be a good game, but it's just a game, the Xbox 360 just a console (same for PS3 and Wii), and none of that will pay the rent, put food on the...
- Tags: Games, game, Halo 3, riot
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
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- HP ships USB sticks with malware
- HP ships USB sticks with malwareMade in China crap.Enough said.Reminds me of the early days of computingAh yes, this is how viruses used to spread in the days of DOS with floppies. Not a very popular vector anymore, but we should remember it's still possible, and we should still run...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Safety Recall, USB-sticks, Hewlett-Packard Co., malware, floppy disk, virus
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machine
- More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machineOr should we blame MicrosoftFor their inability to push DEP sooner and get more of a response out developers sooner and breaking applications that have been coded wrongly for years.That would be the ABMer's excuse anyway.NBMer would say that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, Pwn2Own Flash, Pwn2Own Flash flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista, data execution prevention, Vista Machine, Java, flaw, Nate, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- So the net routes around censorship? Tell it to China
- China has succeeded in blocking the flow of news about its crackdown on Tibetan protesters – at least in China. While Western news outlets are getting information out to the rest of the world, many Chinese remain in the dark. (This photo is of Tsezin Totsang (a 32-year old male...
- Tags: China, Censorship, Tibet, Internet, Blogging, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Expect+OpenXML+win+for+Microsoft+at+ISO
- Expect+OpenXML+win+for+Microsoft+at+ISOMany standards are owned by someone.I don't undersand some people stand on this issue. When it comes to office automation, Microsoft is the dominant player. Yeah, we've got all Open Offices and Google apps and the like, but they are insignificant compared to Office. A standard that...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, Adobe PDF, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- California court bars unmasking of Web critic
- California court bars unmasking of Web criticWell, as long as no financial or personal harm can come froman anonymous posters claims and words (that an anonymous post isn't given any weight by those who read or hear of it because of the anonymous nature of the information given), I can...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Channel management, SECURITY, Libel, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Macs+and+iPhones%3A+impolitic+Apple+hardware+can+be+hard+to+hide
- Macs+and+iPhones%3A+impolitic+Apple+hardware+can+be+hard+to+hideWhy would Microsoft care?[i]However, Microsoft appears to be okay with at least one of its employees running Vista on a MacBook in the office.[/i]We keep getting told by the DoJ and by Apple users that Apple is a hardware company and Microsoft is a software company so the two don't...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple MacBook, phone, Microsoft Xbox Live
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- The shrinking planet and YouTube
- Some kid in Australia is getting the kind of press that major movie studios would pay millions to acquire, all because he threw a party while his parents were out of town that got a "bit" out of hand. As a teenager, I threw parties when my parents were out...
- Tags: Barrier, Australia, Movie, YouTube Inc., Party, Sovereignity, Globalization, Strategy, Management, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Cellphones an in-flight hazard? "Probably not," says pilot, but...
- Cellphones an in-flight hazard? "Probably not," says pilot, but...It's irrelevantThe FAA looked into this recently and found no evidence of interference. However, it was pointed out to them that if cell phones are not banned it will inevitably lead to loudmouths annoying other passengers and that would eventually lead to...
- Tags: Cellular phones, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedent
- Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedentBad Apple?This article should be called "Tales From the Darkside". The irony is the legion of devotees that will help make excuses for the boorish behavior of the anal "control freak" with the fruity name. Not much healthy about THAT fruit!!First amendment is not...
- Tags: irony, NDA, First Amendment, Apple Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- CompUSA is closing for good. Good.
- CompUSA is closing for good. Good.RE: CompUSA is closing for good. Good.One thing you missed noting about retail in general, and Fry's specifically...floor staff that is completely clueless. Unless you're going to buy that major music system for your low-rider you will not find them knowledgeable. They do have an...
- Tags: HD DVD, Sales strategy, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, CompUSA Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Comp
- Discussion threads 2007-12-08
- Surveillance cuts both ways
- Massive storage has given governments worldwide the ability to record citizen activities and abuse human rights. And, as yesterday's post on Deep Packet Inspection noted, technology marches on. But the recording and storage revolution cuts both ways. Citizens can capture government misconduct and bring pressure to...
- Tags: Citizen, Surveillance, Storage, Camera Phone, U.S. Government, Camera Phones, Government, Vertical Industries, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- Seagate settles hard drive lawsuit, but who's going to fill out the claim form?
- Seagate settles hard drive lawsuit, but who's going to fill out the claim form?Microsoft should be sued for 20GB XBox 360 driveImagine my surprise when I turned on my XBox and found that I only had 14GB free! The rest is taken up by system updates, a CDDB database, and...
- Tags: hard drive, Seagate Technology LLC, decimal math, Microsoft Xbox
- Discussion threads 2007-11-05
- Sears for fears: I overhear Sears customer conversations with pass-the-buck customer "service"
- Refrigerators are not part of my regular beat, but in the name of one more example about just how bad customer service is in our day and age, I just had to share this with you. Last night while on a commuter train back from the Von...
- Tags: Sears Roebuck & Co., Supervisor, Customer, Workforce Management, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- U.K. retailer links poor profits to Vista sales
- U.K. retailer links poor profits to Vista salesU.K. retailer links poor profits to Vista salesThis is NOT related to Vista and has nothing to do with Vista in any way. Its the case of bad management not knowing how to run a business. Vista sales have been great...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista, sales, Vista sale, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- News to know: iPhones relocked; Vista SP1 gallery; Facebook; DEMOfall 07
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple to nuke unlocked iPhones with next update. Garett Rogers: Google launches 2 apps for the iPhone. Russell Shaw: Nine steps to hopefully re-lock your iPhone. Techmeme. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Windows Vista SP1 (build 6001.16659). Gallery right. ...
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- Better living without MS Office
- Ten years ago to this very week, Apple called a truce in its market share war with Microsoft. After all, the Mac then had a 5 percent market share or so and the company and its OS plans were in disarray.But the cold war continues and the new iWork '08...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iWork, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
- iPhone day: why I chose an AT&T store
- iPhone day: why I chose an AT&T storeI hedged my betsI'm right up the street from "The A.C.", and I decided to try an AT&T store in the boonies. When I was 2nd in line, they ran out of 8GB iPhones. What a drag! But I gave...
- Tags: Blogging, AT&T Store, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Store, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
- Estonia reeling from massive cyberattack from Russia
- It's no surprise that US and UK computers are the target of numerous cyberattacks. But Estonia? Who would have figured? Yet, The Washington Post reports, the heavily wired Baltic country "has been subject in recent weeks to massive and coordinated cyber attacks on Web sites of the government, banks, telecommunications...
- Tags: Security, Intelligence
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
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