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Scary tech!

Time to drop your Time Warner Cable internet access :P I'm kidding, but that is how they are around here, constantly going down.You need helpPeople are known to become dependent on things they don't need for ages. You should seek some help. Or just get out and enjoy some...

Tags: Network technology, United Parcel Service of America Inc., SCARY

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

New Alzheimer's test is scary tech

New Alzheimer's test is scary techI'm with you...I have found from sad experience that being informed of an incurable disease usually programs most people to degenerate much faster than they would otherwise have done. Same for low percentage chance curable diseases.I'm familiar with the thought processes and the way the...

Tags: scary tech, Alzheimer's disease

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

Scary Tech: Anything without support

Scary Tech: Anything without supportUmmm...Finding support for Open Source software for free has never been very difficult. Sure there is the pay method, but you forget all the people who use these same open source softwares and have support forums for them.Open Source won't fail, it can't, all the commercial...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, software, Scary Tech, OSS

Discussion threads 2006-10-16

In Focus: scary tech

See ZDNet's focus on scary tech for the latest news and perspectives from around the blogosphere.

Tags: scary tech

Blog posts 2006-05-17

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Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons

Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...

Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

My new daughter is a lot like Linux

OK...I promise, this will be my last post this week about my new little daughter. Really. No matter what cute things she does, I'll limit my oohing and ahhing to Twitter. However, as I was changing her diaper for the umpteenth time today, I got to thinking...

Tags: Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-15

News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device

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.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-09

My Top Scary Technology Trends

The Most Terrifying:Google.Kills good companies by handing out "freebies". VERY scary.Machines replacing humansI thought they were tools to enhance our experience on earth.The worst is when customer is an AI telephone. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your last phrase. I did not understand". I thought the buttons were bad enough.RE:...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Google Inc., hardware, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

My Top Scary Technology Trends

Yes, it's that spooky time of year again, and our "fearless" editors have asked upon the ZDNet contributors to come up with "Scary Tech", the technologies that are so frightening, they'll make you evacuate from multiple "interfaces". by Jason Perlow

Tags: Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Scary tech!

Halloween is nearly upon us again, the time for ghosts and ghouls and ... well, OK, trick-or-treaters and candy. Still, it's once again time for me to hold a flashlight under face and give you a "scary tech" story. Are you sitting comfortably? Good. Then I'll begin...

Tags: Tech, Halloween, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Scary Tech: Attack of the Killer Kindles

I don't know what's scarier: my recent obsession with e-readers or the crazy Kindle nonsense flying about. What I do know is that when my editor asked me to name this year's scary tech, the first thing that popped into my head was "Attack of the Killer Kindles!" by...

Tags: Tech, Attack, Security, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Who's a candidate for Desktop Linux? Your Kids.

"Hannah Montana Linux" may not be ready to give to your kids yet, but it's an idea that has legs. My partner in crime in the Frugal Tech Show, Ken Hess, who blogs over at Daniweb, recently published his list of Top 10...

Tags: Desktop, Children, Desktop Linux, Netbook, Content Filtering, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open Internet

44 major tech companies ask the FCC to be cautioushttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/322375Examples includeCisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Corning, Ericsson, Motorola and NokiaThese companies understand the severe impact on the economy from heavy handed regulations.http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/dont-outlaw-successful-business-models-on-the-internet/RE: Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open InternetIt's scary to think that Cox and Comcast might get in uber-trouble from...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, open-Internet, Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

T-Mobile turns Sidekick data disaster into a PR mess

This wasn't cloud computingThis wouldn't have happened with cloud computing. In a cloud architecture users wouldn't have even realized any disruption. They would have automatically been distributed among other non failed geo dispursed instances while the failed instance was automatically restarted on other hardware and restored from replicated data...

Tags: Virtualization, PDC, cloud computing, SideKick, T-Mobile, public relations

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Steve Jobs tops list of most influential people in tech

RE: Steve Jobs tops list of most influential people in techit makes sense that jobs is on top of the most influential list. since he returned to apple, the rest of the industry has been playing catch up. and no one has come close to catching the ipod,...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Digital music, Digital media, Steve Jobs, A-hole

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Nielsen: Women, teens and seniors driving mobile web growth

Mobile web usage is on the rise. These days, though, it's women, teens and seniors who are driving the growth, offering signs that the technology is growing beyond the early-adopter crowd and into the mainstream. Mobile web usage was up 34 percent from July 2008 to July...

Tags: Web, Women, Mobile, Mobile Web Usage, Web Usage, Gender And Diversity, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-01

News to know: Intel's IDF; Google; Microsoft; Yahoo

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. Ryan Naraine: Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks Sam Diaz: Otellini at...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Data Centers, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Medical insurance is not a greentech issue, or...

HmmWhile I would question whether the medical care debate is related to green tech directly, it is definitely related to IT. I think I speak similarly to many others in that we don't necessarily dislike a national healthcare plan, but we're really really worried about it being done wrong....

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Medical Insurance, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-08-22

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOUNo Kindles for us...This goes along with my statement in the other article on this subject.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66909&messageID=1266075We will not purchase any Kindles for family members nor for ourselves. With Amazon having this much power over a persons Kindle why would anyone consider to purchase it. This Kindle...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, JEFF BEZOS IS, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-18

News to know: Facebook privacy, Windows 7, Kindle, Firefox 3.5

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. Sam Diaz: Facebook's privacy settings: users get more control as wall gets torn down Ed Bott: Microsoft to offer Family Pack...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Andrew Nusca, Privacy, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-07-02