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- Java Tech: Acquire Images With TWAIN and SANE, Part 3
- This paper introduces SANE, where the user can learn about SANE's environment, API, and network protocol. The paper explores a Java API for acquiring images with SANE and discusses the need for both SANE and Technology Without An Interesting Name TWAIN. SANE is an API and image-acquisition specification that primarily...
- Tags: Network, Java, Environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., API, Image, Unix, SANE, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2005-04-11
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- Hammering at cost with open source
- Irregular Bob Warfield riffs on Salesforce.com's decision to ditch Sun/Solaris in favor of Dell/Linux. In doing so, Bob makes the point that: ...for a SaaS company, the cost of service delivery is an absolutely critical factor. Once you have software that runs well and scales horizontally on cheap commodity...
- Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Open Source, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!
- Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!Airport SecurityI'm fairly sure if anyone was to see me naked... their eyeballs would no longer function anyway. I say go ahead, it's more a punishment for them than me. But I can certainly understand why many people would find...
- Tags: airport security, body scanners!, scannerS!, Nate
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Jobs' Apple as premier platform mantra to accelerate
- Jobs' Apple as premier platform mantra to accelerateNo, ZDNet talkbacks are the reason[i]So, instead, they declare the Mac user irrational.[/i]5 minutes on ZDNet talkbacks are all we need to declare Mac users irrational. :)False on many frontsWhy PC users are not excited about their machines? Completely wrong. Plenty...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, job, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- How healthy is John McCain?
- How healthy is John McCain?Doesn't matter anyway.The question you should ask is how cranky are his policies and the viewpoints of his vice president. After all that person will step in if John keels over. Besides you should have blogged on his viewpoints on tech to make it related.The problem...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Obama, John McCain
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- MSN Music to ex-customers: So you thought you bought that song for life, eh?
- MSN Music to ex-customers: So you thought you bought that song for life, eh?Grammar policeyou’re content -> your content unless you are content.I think that's called a call for class actiondidn't I hear attorney laughing and evluating future fees ?Come on Adrian, I'm sure you really know why."To be honest,...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Media players, MSN Music, MSN, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- Are there enough suckers in the world to make a market for Mac clones?
- Are there enough suckers in the world to make a market for Mac clones?Apple worshiper!Mac is just a brand. Nothing special. It CAN get better. And what makes you think Apple is God and can't get better. Who says only Apple can? What if someone wants to try harder than...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Psystar, Mac-clone, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-04-22
- Paglo asks, spider that network for you?
- Paglo asks, spider that network for you?Upload my what?This is a fascinating proposition: Web 2.0 my IT management data, including whatever the spider happens to crawl over. I don't mean to be hyper-cynical, but my question is, why would I allow my configuration data, logs etc. to get uploaded to...
- Tags: Paglo, network
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Germany uses n-word to describe American policies
- Germany uses n-word to describe American policiesNeed a big SUV for personal transport because you ate too much?Yeah the psychology is just too much me-me-me. It'll take a generation or two to sort it out IF action is even taken. But then, who wants to take action if it doesn't...
- Tags: N-word, American Policy
- Discussion threads 2008-04-19
- Red Hat delivers its state of desktop Linux address: There's no money in targeting consumers
- Red Hat delivers its state of desktop Linux address: There's no money in targeting consumersBecause of the subtle differences...in distro's, companies and individuals using Ubuntu on the desktop are going to more likely use it's server product. Dealing with different distro's can be a real pain. It is probably one...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, CxO, Linux, Red Hat Inc., desktop, Ubuntu, desktop Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- Making sense of Windows' irrational pricing and licensing
- A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced it was cutting the price of retail, shrink-wrapped copies of Windows Vista. The new suggested price for an upgrade edition of Windows Vista Ultimate is $219, down from $299. The cost of an upgrade edition of Vista Home Premium drops to $129 from $159. Those price...
- Tags: Product Activation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Price, Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- 5 tips to prevent IT extinction
- 5 tips to prevent IT extinctionJargon - useful, concise, natural extension of vocabularyIT personnel should be reasonable in their use of jargon just as much as professionals in other disciplines - Medicine, for instance. A user who needs to be spoken in language devoid of any technical terms might...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Who should be thanked for the return of Mr. Jobs to Apple?
- Who should be thanked for the return of Mr. Jobs to Apple?So far ahead...Two different experiences ... the first was going to MS campus in 1994 to view MSN dev tools for MSN, when asked "what about the Internet" the MS suits would say, that's nothing, we're after AOL and...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., BeOS, job
- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
- Great news for Microsoft: Zunes stolen!
- Great news for Microsoft: Zunes stolen!What do you think of this?http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=388038Seems like Microsoft are trying to improve Zune.The Zune is pretty coolMy wife and I each have a Zune 80GB and they are pretty cool. The Zune software is very slick and simple to use and the Zune Pass...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Zune Software, Microsoft Zune, GREAT News, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- March 13: D-day for Microsoft's Yahoo intentions
- March 13: D-day for Microsoft's Yahoo intentionsYa gotta know when to hold 'em... when to fold 'emRather than make them look silly, it makes them look shrewd. CEOs that stay the course when headed toward an iceberg seem stupid. If Ballmer knows how to work the system and...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Comcast's "seat-warming" execs can't be trusted
- Comcast's "seat-warming" execs can't be trustedcomcastI’m holding this position until someone with an appropriate comment arrives.Thanks Comcast for showing us how to protect free speech.Message has been deleted.As much as I side with Comcast overallThis behavior is really unbecoming of the corporation. Do they not think that their lobbyist...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- The KB940510 update detects activation bypass (KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations)
- The KB940510 update detects activation bypass (KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations)Finally got it rightThis is what SP1 was supposedly mostly about, I'm glad they finally did it right. Well, glad is not so much the right word for it, I mean I have no desire to steal and install...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, KB940510, Microsoft Windows Vista, activation, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- Pakistan blocks YouTube over cartoons
- Pakistan blocks YouTube over cartoonsPeople will stop using the internet?Yeah. Sure. That's what'll happen.Probably best if he's right, though - the internet could do with a few less homicidal maniacs.They're not even particularly good cartoons, and neither are they all that clever...Self-control, people! Murdering random innocent people because someone drew...
- Tags: INTERNET, YouTube Inc., cartoon
- Discussion threads 2008-02-24
- Working Vista SP1 activation hack (Vista Loader - Working Vista SP1 activation hack)
- Working Vista SP1 activation hack (Vista Loader - Working Vista SP1 activation hack)OuchWell Guys its back to square one.RE: Working Vista SP1 activation hack (Vista Loader - Working Vista SP1 activation hack)nothing special here, anything microsoft will always be: 1.) hacked2.) cracked3.) broken into4.) keyloggedonce you accept it we can...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Yes Windows, hacking, Working Vista SP1, Working Vista SP1 activation hack, activation hack, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- Brief: 5
- This is the fourth excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. From chapter 2 "Evaluating IT Proposals Section 2.2.1 "Mergers and acquisitions" You usually have no real choices...
- Tags: Consultant, Merger, Information Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
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