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Spam maker sees trademark bid canned

Spam maker sees trademark bid cannedhallelujah- there be the lightperhaps.,... just perhaps.... there is hope to this crazy trademark and patent thinking..... hallelujahI sleep better tonight [just as long as MS have a pending application for the TM spam as some form of unwanted intrusion into the personal life of...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Branding, Google Inc., Spiced Ham, ham, Sham

Discussion threads 2006-10-05

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Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George Bush

Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George BushAre You Ready????To have your privacy taken away? For some joker to place more power with the RIAA and MPAA than your own persons.Anyone to push corporate initiatives to be funded by the tax payers should not be in office. ...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, George W. Bush, Dems, digital-rights management, Joe Biden, RIAA

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

<grimace>I'm going to my first administrators' meeting!</grimace>

I'm going to my first administrators' meeting!You have your work cut out for you!Since most administrators and few teachers understand the very even the basics of computers, and since most states mandate computer objectives which focus on teaching software rather then concepts it will be a fight between the computer...

Tags: administrator, first administrator, education, computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Considering a Windows Innovation Demo

Considering a Windows Innovation DemoA narrow mind never innovates....Well Mr. Murphy, if you weren’t so narrow minded and stuck in the 70’s you might actually understand why Microsoft, and others, are making billions and you are stuck blogging on ZDNET.What’s next, a blog on how Charles Babbage ripped off the...

Tags: Linux, Blogging, C/C++, Programming languages, .NET, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-31

Open source is not a vertical

Open source is not a vertical“Becta’s open-source posturing is exposed as a sham, empty spin ...... covering ‘business as usual’ political sleaze,” WOW typical OSS wacko language. Ole Man, DonnieBoy, fr0thy2, Linux user, etc., I can hear them coming like a band of rabid dogs ready to bite and attack.In...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

Planes, trains, and automobiles

Planes, trains, and automobilesRE: Planes, trains, and automobilesIt's all about fear and control. Since planes can cover a greater distance AND are easier to control points of entry are limited to a plane and fewer connection points they also offer a higher profile of success. The natural fear of flying...

Tags: Government, train

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

U.S. sold 3,500 fake networking parts

U.S. sold 3,500 fake networking partsU.S. and fake networking partsWow!This is really discouraging. Our Federal government is so IT incompetent that they have bought fake parts. Even the Navy bought lousy stuff. They are lucky the fake parts did not cause a security problem or so they are saying...but do...

Tags: Federal government, networking part, fake networking part, Federal Reserve Board, network

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

Psystar: We're legit, but our merchant gateway dropped us

Psystar: We're legit, but our merchant gateway dropped usRe: VisaIts my understanding that they were a small company before that did local IT work. Now they have grown a huge amount basically overnight. I am sure they will plan on getting a credit card setup, however, that does not happen...

Tags: Sales channel, Operational accounting, E-business/E-commerce, Psystar, merchant gateway, Apple Inc., PayPal

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Psystar: We're legit, but our merchant gateway dropped us

This Psystar meets Mac clone saga gets more curious by the minute. Psystar, which has received a ton of press for offering Mac clones loaded with OS X, said it's not a sham. Instead, the company notes that its merchant gateway "dropped the ball on us and refused to process...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Psystar, Merchant Gateway, Powerpay, Desktops, E-mail, Hardware, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Psystar: I smell a rat

Psystar: I smell a ratPsyStar : Only the front-endI think that the tree doesn´t let you see the forest. Who cares about PsyStar itself? For all that matters they might just be a guy with a notebook at a Coffee table, close by the window. The real problem (the BIG...

Tags: Psystar, rat

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

How to turn your iPod Touch into an iPhone (without breaking the bank)

They might look the same, but word on the street says the iPhone is the real deal, while the iPod Touch is...an in-house phony. Ouch. Now that might not truly be the case, but there are plenty of iPod Touch users out there that...

Tags: Bank, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Whispers will not kill fair use

Whispers will not kill fair useDon't discount the power of briberyThe amount of money and influence poured into Congressional coffers by the media cartel is huge. Add to that the fact that both elected officials and bureaucrats suffer from "star worship" as the general populace. Just look at the Hilary...

Tags: Government, GWB, fair use, international law, epitome, indifference

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

Novell insists it's winning the Linux wars

In the third of a series of interviews by Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin, Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian right insisted his company is not being hurt by its association with Microsoft. "Novell grew 200% in the SUSE Linux marketplace year-over-year from an invoicing perspective," he said. The...

Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-31

How+big+a+threat+is+good+Microsoft%3F

How+big+a+threat+is+good+Microsoft%3FBusiness fundamentalsThe whole concept is predicated on the idea that the only reason for [i]software libre[/i] is reaction to the Transcendent Evil Of Redmond. Which is as silly as saying that open and collaborative science only exists as a reaction to guild secrecy.The guilds went away. Did science?I...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

Four cable 'cuts' in a week: Conspiracy nuts light up the phones

So what's going on with telecom cable interruptions in the Middle East? First a ship's anchor cut into two high-priority cables -- Flag Telecom's Europe-Asia cable and the consortium-owned SEA-ME-WE 4 system. That pretty seriously damaged communications in the Middle East and choked - but didn't cut off - traffic...

Tags: Phone, Elephant, Wired Inc., Iran, Attack, Cable, Network Technology, Security, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-06

Vista SP1 highlights in 60 seconds - The reasons why I'll be applying the service pack

Vista SP1 highlights in 60 seconds - The reasons why I'll be applying the service packFile copy and read times readThese are the improvements that I think most people will welcome.[i]Improves performance over Windows Vista’s current performance across the following scenarios: o 25% faster when copying files locally on the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, SP1, RAM, service pack, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-02-05

What will run on Windows Server 2008 -- and when?

What will run on Windows Server 2008 -- and when?Help me understandIf Microsoft themselves end up having to do this much rewriting of existing applications to run on a new version, how much does the rest of the world end up spending for each upgrade cycle?Wouldn't it make more sense...

Tags: Operating systems, Servers, DC Role, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., server

Discussion threads 2008-02-04

From eco-warrior to nuclear champion

From eco-warrior to nuclear championNuclear waste hysteriaIs probably the biggest challenge facing nuclear power. And it all stems from the fact that people have been misled into thinking radiation is more dangerous than it is.The really long-term radioactive stuff is so low-level, it's more dangerous to live in North Dakota.Waste...

Tags: Waste Disposal, nuclear energy, Greenpeace, nuclear champion

Discussion threads 2008-01-31

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

Microsoft wants to help you speed up Vista

Microsoft wants to help you speed up VistaHave to disagree with the missing tip.I've never had to re-install Windows. I ran Windows 2000 until January 2007 without a single re-install. My Vista system has been running fine without a re-install. My work XP system is on its original install.If you...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Branding, Intel SpeedStep, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, brand name, Microsoft Windows Vista, registry

Discussion threads 2008-01-30