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ZDNet UK's list of top 10 IT failures

As you might imagine, I'm a sucker for failure trivia. ZDnet UK has compiled a list of the top ten IT disasters of all time. Although I question the inclusion of some items on the list, it's worth a peek: 1. Faulty Soviet early warning system...

Tags: Airbus A380, Airbus S.A.S., Centre, Dell Computer Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Information Technology, Laptop Computer, Management, Michael Krigsman, Russians, Software, Tools & Techniques

Blog posts 2007-11-27

16% of active Russian Internet users aware of blogs, LiveJournal claims the largest mindshare

Russian research agency ROMIR Monitoring claims that 32% of Russians who are online at least once a day are aware of blogs. 16% of those Russians who are aware of blogs visit them several times a day. SixApart-owned LiveJournal.com has the mind share 22%, while 43% of online Russians have...

Tags: Russians, LiveJournal

Blog posts 2005-10-28

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February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer

RE: February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet ExplorerThat does assume that everything remains constant, which it won't. If someone creates a new browser that could disrupt it, or when either company releases a new version of their browser that is also going to throw things...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Psystar's Thermopylae: The Nightmare Hypervisor Arrives

Miami, Florida-based Psystar, which is currently under litigation from Apple for producing Mac-compatible clones and is counter litigating the company for monopolistic practices, has announced that they are OEM licensing their virtualization technology and ICAP so that any PC vendor may easily produce Mac clones. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Hypervisor, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Cloud Computing, Apple Mac OS, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Russia drops XP investigation

Finally.That case was BS. XP is old and Microsoft doesn't want to support it anymore. It's not like this was in the books from day 1, they have a set support cycle. Eventually, you have to let it go. Too bad, so sad. Either use Vista/7 or move to a...

Tags: Mice, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OEM, XP investigation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

News to know: SOA, Google Voice app; Twitter bots; Google Wave; Clunkers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Joe McKendrick: More SOA tools emerge in the cloud Jason Hiner: Forget the iPhone app, Google Voice coming as...

Tags: Google Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Jason Perlow, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Bot, Twitter, Attack, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), XML, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Did Russians attack Twitter over pro-Georgian blogger?

Russian Hackers - Russian Submarines clearly a msg is being sentMore concerned about Russian Cyber thieves at the present time than Russian Submarines recent events. Seems there are both Russian government and non-government actors.--- They are compromising computers around the world (India, South America, Africa,...) that have weak security and...

Tags: Blogging, SECURITY, pro-Georgian, pro-Georgian blogger, attack, Twitter, blogger

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Did Russians attack Twitter over pro-Georgian blogger?

It was one year ago today that Russia invaded Georgia over the South Ossetia region. Yesterday someone unleashed a massive botnet DDOS attack on Twitter, Facebook and Google. The crash of Twitter under this onslaught was the big story yesterday. Now it seems the whole thing was an attack on...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Attack, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-07

While the EC wastes time with IE, Russia tackles bigger issues

While the EC wastes time with IE, Russia tackles bigger issuesConsumer Issue. Congress can enact same legislation.ntWell over due {nt}.Lack of SuperstructureThese are all independent companies. Without proof that there is some collaboration between them that results in a monopoly, can their independent actions,...

Tags: Operating systems, Economies-of-Scale, OS Installed, OEM, Linux, DVD, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

Microsoft: European XP and Vista users to get the ballot screen, too

Microsoft: European XP and Vista users to get the ballot screen, tooWhy is MS doing this??Why are they backing down? MS did exactly what Opera asked for and wanted:"Opera requests the Commission to implement two remedies to Microsoft?s abusive actions. First, it requests the Commission to obligate Microsoft to...

Tags: computer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Opera Software ASA, operating system, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assault

Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assaultSure they do...They'll go cry to the EC that Intel is being mean to them again, giving the EC another opportunity to extort billions more from Intel.AMD should make the next step from ATOMATOM had it's heyday, now the chip seems more like...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Semiconductors, Processors, price/performance, GEODE, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

Werner von Braun and the S-IC Stage (Rocketdyne F-1 and J-2 Rocket Engine Development and Testing)

Werner von Braun and the S-IC Stage (Rocketdyne F-1 and J-2 Rocket Engine Development and Testing)Saturn Rocket EnginesIsn't it amazing what the USA used to be capable of before we had such strong lawyers. Today we couldn't do this. Someone might get hurt.RE: Werner von Braun and the S-IC Stage...

Tags: Rocketdyne F-1, Werner Von Braun, J-2, Saturn, Testing

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

To the Moon: Rocketdyne, Keeper of the Flame

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Engine, Moon, Aerospace & Defense, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-15

If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage?

If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage?The ones who will have the best advantagewill be the ones who contribute the most and the best software. You reap what you sow in the F/OSS world.HTC already has a pretty big head start, and has already has learned a...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, OPEN SOURCE, Smart phones, Android Market

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Cloud grows globally: Russia, South Korea, and Malaysia join Open Cirrus

Cloud grows globally: Russia, South Korea, and Malaysia join Open CirrusReally?An open source project with Russians and Koreans? Nah, that will not be filled with backdoors.Ignorance is not excuseRAS members are roots for handwriting recognition software that came with Apple Newton MessagePad, Virtual reality advancements, Tetris game, search technologies (see...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Cirrus

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availability

Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availabilityThe real reason Russia wants XP to remainMy guess is that the Russians are attempting to keep the older, less secure operating systems around as they have spent a great deal of time and money learning to hack those systems. Heaven forbid if...

Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, XP availability, operating system, antitrust unit, antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

Facebook snares $200 million investment from Russian investor

Facebook snares $200 million investment from Russian investorThe global economy is upon us.Isn't it great that other countries have money to spend nowadays?One World / One Government / One CorporationWell, this is nothing new. The "One World Utopian Ideal" has been going on since the Tower of Babel. ...

Tags: investor, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Poking for holes in Silicon Valley's future

Every time Silicon Valley goes through a downturn we see stories about how it is losing its lead. Here is the BBC with a long story headlined: "Silicon Valley crown up for grabs. It has one source to make this claim, Tom Siebel, the retired founder of Siebel Systems. ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Leadership, Strategy, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-05-04

The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?

Updated: Spies have reportedly been probing the U.S. electrical grid for months and planting software that could be activated at a future date, according to a Wall Street Journal. The report highlights the latest vulnerabilities facing U.S. power infrastructure. The Journal notes that the spies are from China,...

Tags: Security, SCADA, Grid, Master Station, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Massive Chinese spynet targeted Dalai Lama

It all started with the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan leader's offices in India, Brussels, London and New York asked the researchers to examane its computers for malware. But researchers at the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto found something much more than garden-variety spyware, John Markoff...

Tags: China, Researcher, Toronto, Computer, GhostNet, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-29