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Psystar: Hoax or fraud?: Psystar: Hoax or fraud?Looks like fraud to meIf they're taking prepaid orders but nobody can find their physical location, it's fairly certain it's a con game. In the unlikely event that the business turns out to be legit, I'll be happy to retract and apologize.clarifications. first of all you...; Tags: Litigation, fraud, Psystar, Roberto Pedraza, compagny, Hoax, eBay Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-16

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10 reasons for IT failure: 10 reasons for IT failureThe number one reason...I still say the number one reason for failure is the mind set that in some magical way IT project management is different than other diciplines. (Engineering projects as an example.)One of the short comings I see in most curriculum for computer...; Tags: Strategy, Project management, information technology, IT Failure; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
Why Psystar will sink without a trace over the next few weeks: I thought I'd written all I would on the Mac-clone company Psystar, but I'm back for a little more. While my inner geek thought that what the companyÂ had going was interesting, I'm now almost certain that, hoax or not (and I still have no reason to believe that Psystar is...; Tags: Payment, Credit Card, Credit Card Payment, Psystar, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-19
Psystar mystery adds up to phishing scam: Walk through the Psystar fiasco with me. Many things are confusing. At a minimum, it's clear that the OpenMac is bogus. It's extremely dubious that Psystar is a legitimate company. It is increasingly likely that the whole thing is a phishing or credit-card scam. Item: The wandering...; Tags: Credit Card, Lawyer, Psystar, Address Thing, Powerpay, Sales Channel, Phishing, Financial Services, E-mail, Sales, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Psystar: I smell a rat (updated): Yesterday The Guardian did some ol' fashioned gum shoeing to find out more about the elusive yet seductive Psystar â€“ the purported Mac cloner that many have been following. They found out that Psystar changed their address from what appeared to be an average row of suburban houses to a...; Tags: Address, Psystar, Financial Services, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-16

Psystar: Hoax or fraud?: Update as I was writing this post: So I just talked to a woman who answered the phone at Psystar. She said the company would post a statement on the website regarding all the questions regarding the company by tonight or tomorow. I asked her if they were actually shipping...; Tags: Credit Card, Address, Web Site, Fraud, Psystar, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Internet, Sales, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Digging into Psystar: Digging into PsystarDigging into PsystarTwo options: 1) too good to be true, or 2) They really did not plan or prepare for the mediaEVERYONE knows this kind on news attracts a GREAT deal of attention, so I´m afraid its number one... Its all a sand castle...SHould have looked deeperpsystar.corp was...; Tags: Web site development, Channel management, Web technology, Fax, Desktops, Psystar; Discussion threads 2008-04-16
Attack of the clones: Psystar to battle Apple on EULA: As I blogged yesterday, I have fond memories of the Mac clones â€“ that's what compelled me to wax nostalgic there for a spell. I have since found these great photos of Power Computing's bungee tower from Macworld Expo Boston 1996, but I digress... Now that the...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, EULA, Apple Inc., Attack, Psystar, Desktops, Productivity, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-15
Europe tries to make open source its own: Roberto Galloppini right writes from RomeÂ about how everyone there wants to talk about open source, but few want to do much about it. One speaker at a recent conference even suggested a "Euro-centric" public license in place of the GPL. That drew yawns. One...; Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-08
Vulnerability auction site founder arrested in Italy: Roberto Preatoni left, one of the brains behind the WabiSabiLabi vulnerability auction site, has been arrested in Italy in connection with an international corporate spying scandal. Details of the allegations are very sketchy but according to published reports out of Italy Google translation, Preatoni's arrest is linked...; Tags: Telecom Italia, Arrest, Italy, Roberto Preatoni, WabiSabiLabi, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-11-08
Microsoft hacker summit tackles security veil of virtualization: The Fall edition of Microsoft's Blue Hat hacker summit will kick off next week with a heavy focus on piercing the security veil of virtualization and process isolation. At Blue Hat v6, scheduled for September 27-28 in Redmond, external security researchers and internal Microsoft software engineers...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Rootkits, Hardware, Storage, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-09-21
Is the EU spending big bucks for the obvious from QualiPSo?: QualiPSo bills itself as a "unique alliance of European, Brazilian and Chinese ICT industry players, SMEs, governments and academics to help industries and governments fuel innovation and competitiveness with Open Source software."It's a think tank.Governments, academic institutions, and corporations in Europe, Asia and Brazil have all put in big bucks...; Tags: Industry, Fact, Buck, Think Tank, QualiPSo, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-08-28
FAQ: A concentrated power boost for solar energy: FAQ: A concentrated power boost for solar energyLove the ideaI'm developing property in the south of Spain, and I'm waiting for the day when I can incorporate these techniques in a cost effective way in my projects.It would make my properties far more attractive than other vendors, and I see...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Roberto, solar energy; Discussion threads 2007-08-02
Open- and Closed-Source Services Convergence: Open- and Closed-Source Services ConvergenceFixed price and modular and limited"While I agree with Roberto that fixed-price services are the right model, it’s not specifically an open source issue."When a consulting firm uses proprietary software, its own homebrewed CMS for instance, sometimes they use it to lock the client into continued...; Tags: Outsourcing, open source, content management system, Fixed Price; Discussion threads 2007-07-31
Open-Closed Source Services Convergence: Recently,Â Peachtree ProÂ AccountingÂ was given away for free, making this commercial software look open source, from a financial acquisition perspective.Against this backdrop, I read comments by Roberto Galoppini, where he raises the issues of services in the open source world. Roberto makes this comment:Open Source franchising is aimed at delivering to the...; Tags: Packaged Services, Open Source, Consulting; Blog posts 2007-07-31
Lenses that bring everything into focus: Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a new lens device that will shrink huge light waves to pinpoints. The superlens looks like a plate and "is etched with a specific pattern. As the waves pass through the patterned lens, it is sculpted into different sizes and shapes. The...; Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Nanotechnology, Science &, Nature; Blog posts 2007-07-14
Is StillSecure open source?: Once more we have a company playing games with the definition of open source, forcing potential users to look under the hood, read the license agreement carefully, and risk a "gotcha" if they unknowingly violate its terms. (Say hello to my leetle frahnd. From the Boston Herald.)This time its StillSecure,...; Tags: Strategy, Software Licensing, Security, marketing, management, Legal, General, Applications; Blog posts 2007-04-04
Forthcoming Nokia tool will be a barrier to mobile VoIP: Those of us who are opposed to mobile carriers putting up barriers to VoIP calling cant be thrilled by Nokias upgrade to its Nokia Flexi Intelligent Service Node (touted in the excerpt from a Flash demo, shown at top).The Node tool, which is available to carriers, is set to...; Tags: General, Skype, trends, Nokia Corp.; Blog posts 2006-11-28
Microsoft extends a helping hand to Firefox developers - but why?: Microsoft extends a helping hand to Firefox developers - but why?Actually, Firefox is a little buggy (2.0b1 beta)I keep sending bug reports via Firefox's Talkback add in but they never seem to get addressed. Things like the latency of ports opened by web pages in Firefox to stay open...; Tags: Web browsers, M$-only, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2006-08-23
Microsoft's PlaysForSure partners in denial?: Microsoft's PlaysForSure partners in denial?RanchingHey, I'm trying to get away from the pervasive automotive metaphors, even at the risk of comparison to Darl McBride.Anyway, there's one thing a rancher knows: cattle are good, more cattle are better, and they don't make you rich while they're alive.Perhaps MS intends to play...; Tags: Business structures, Digital media, Digital music, Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft Corp., PlaysForSure, partnership, WMA; Discussion threads 2006-07-25