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Rudy's brilliant new idea: a virtual border fence: Rudy's brilliant new idea: a virtual border fenceActually, NO, it would NOT be a problemWe've had the technology to 'see' underground over a decade now. No reason it couldn't be added to the arsenal of technology already planned.Aside from that......the fence will have to be able to see underground to...; Tags: Rudy, brilliant new idea, fence, new idea; Discussion threads 2007-11-20
Rudy's brilliant new idea: a virtual border fence: Here we go - another tech-clueless politician believes technology will provide a panacea for difficult problems. Rudy Giuiliani says he wants to build a virtual fence to monitor the whole - or at least much of the - US-Mexico border, the AP reports. The...; Tags: Software, Associated Press, Fence, Border, Rudy, Homeland Security, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2007-11-20
Server to server: MacOS X vs. Linux: Server to server: MacOS X vs. LinuxRudy are you bitter??I love Apple products but OSX is nowhere near Linux as a server solution. With you it's always about how much better Solaris is than linux or in this case OSX. Linux has a proven track record from embedded devices to...; Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, virtualization, Apple Mac OS X, server, Apple Inc., Linux, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, LINUX IS, server market; Discussion threads 2007-11-15
I'm more than usually out of touch...: I'm more than usually out of touch...Rudy tell me it isn't true!Well it appears that all Sun executives aren't troglodytes and some of them actual deal in the real world. Have a look at Ed Burnette's blog. Is this the end for Rudy and Sun? Will we...; Tags: Thin clients, Sun Solaris, Operating systems, UNIX, thin client, Rudy, computing, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., New York Times Co.; Discussion threads 2007-09-12
Presidential Campaign 2008: Rudy Giuliani 'In to win' too?: While Democrat Barack Obama made a formal and rousing declaration to supporters in Illinois of his determination to do all in his power to become the next president of the United States today (see Barack TV vs. Hillary TV: Obama ‘08 announces saying ‘the campaign is about you’), Republican Rudolph...; Tags: Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Social Networking, User Generated Politics, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Political Campaign, Presidential Race, President Clinton, Rudy, Digital Markets, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani; Blog posts 2007-02-10

The customer is in charge: T-Mobile issues an apology (and my money back): The customer is in charge: T-Mobile issues an apology and my money backGood news ....... but I agree with your assessment that the visibility of your post is what did the trick -- plain old damage control on the part of a customer service manager whose job it is...; Tags: Operational accounting, Rudy, payment, refund, T-Mobile; Discussion threads 2006-07-21
ZoneLabs to T-Mobile: 'Don't point David's signal loss finger at us': Two days ago, I posted a recording of my customer support call to T-Mobile. You should listen to it if you haven't already. Judging by the comments that ZDNet's readers filed on the blog post, those who have listened to it are seething mad. I tried to use...; Tags: T-Mobile; Blog posts 2006-07-20
T-Mobile: 'No hotspot? Sorry, no refund either': Last Friday, the morning after Mashup Camp ended, I made it to my flight's gate at the San Francisco airport with about 30 minutes to spare. Knowing that T-Mobile operates an airport-wide hotspot, I figured that 30 minutes was just enough time to log into the hotspot, do a...; Tags: T-Mobile, HotSpot; Blog posts 2006-07-18

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Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel: Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...; Tags: Servers, server, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Costing Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wintel; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Mobile 2.0 conference debuting in Europe on July 4th: Rudy De Waele sent me a message a couple of days ago announcing that the is expanding to Europe and the Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference is coming to Barcelona, Spain on July 4th this year. This is a one day event focusing on the Mobile Web and Disruptive Mobile...; Tags: Mobile, Conference, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-27
New MyStrands Social Player adds scrobbling support for S60 and S40 devices: I love using my Nokia N95-3 S60 device and find I use it every day for podcast downloading and playing. I also use it to listen to music, primarily downloaded from my Yahoo! Music subscription. I signed up for Last.fm, but have to admit I haven't used it that much...; Tags: Device, Music, MyStrands Social Player, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-04-29
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 – 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
Attack of the clones: Psystar to battle Apple on EULA: As I blogged yesterday, I have fond memories of the Mac clones – 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
Dear Pamela Jones:: Dear Pamela Jones:Why settle1) because the real meaning of that "middle east money" business is that the apparent IBM strategy of changing the subject and then spending SCO into bankruptcy fighting on the wrong topic has failed;2) and, because if IBM has to contest on the facts of the initial...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., Pamela Jones, IBM Corp., Maureen O'Gara, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-02-17
Part 1: Does DC have a place in the data center?: I try to make a point of keeping promises, even though I may not always keep them right away. So, in response to a gentle e-mail earlier today from a kind reader, this is the first of a couple columns about using direct current DC as an energy option in...; Tags: Data Center, Telecommunications Company, AC, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-02-08
Microsoft's Yahoo play: Some love it; some hate it: Former Softie Robert Scoble thinks Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo is the first "interesting" thing Microsoft has done in over a year. A poster on the Mini-Microsoft blog called the Microsoft play "assinine," and equated it to "John Edwards merging with Rudy Guiliani." I have to say...; Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Former Softie Robert Scoble, Corporate Law, Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Investment, Finance, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-01
YouTube view-Ron Paul voting result gap tells me some of his fans are people-phobic: YouTube view-Ron Paul voting result gap tells me some of his fans are people-phobicComparison is offYT and the FL primary numbers are not comparable. You may well be right that many Paul supporters view YT more frequently. The wheels fall off your analysis when you pick up numbers...; Tags: result gap, YouTube view-Ron Paul, Ron Paul, YouTube Inc., Paul; Discussion threads 2008-01-30
US Government seeks to invest $6 Billion in security by obscurity: US Government seeks to invest $6 Billion in security by obscurityI am sure almost $500M will go to securityYou stress too much. Almost 8.5% will end up going into actual security products and processes. This after the 10% goes to a bunch of "admin" companies, and then 60%...; Tags: U.S. Government, Security Products, security; Discussion threads 2008-01-28
Twittering through Campaign 2008: Is this the Twitter campaign? The Times reports that both reporters and politicians are embracing Twitter as a way to get rapid fire messages to audiences. On the politician side, we've known this for quite a while. Internet-heavy candidates like John Edwards and Ron Paul have been twittering since...; Tags: Problem, Freedom, Twitter, Groupware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-01-22
Can open source cut campaign costs?: Having followed computing and politics since 1996 I have long been fascinated with whether scaled Internet-based computing can, in fact, cut the cost of campaigning. This year represents the best test yet of that proposition. Every Presidential candidate has a Web site. Most run Linux. By...; Tags: Republican, Amazon.com Inc., Candidate, Linux, Open Source, Storage, UNIX, Operating Systems, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-01-10