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Obama counts Mundie, Schmidt, hedge fund founder Shaw as tech advisors

Obama counts Mundie, Schmidt, hedge fund founder Shaw as tech advisorsCountry going down in flamesOboma is out living like a dictator shuttingdown Detroit, using tax dollars for abortionsand thinking he is some messiah.Does that mean MS and Google now working for US gov?ntRE: Obama counts Mundie, Schmidt, hedge fund founder...

Tags: Investment, tech advisor, Mundie, Shaw, hedge fund, Obama, Oboma

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Blackbox, SWaP, and the z10

Blackbox, SWaP, and the z10Over a barrelis where IBM has you if you still use mainframes. Not only is the hardware very expensive, but the labor is too. Universities stopped their mainframes ages ago, so no CS student today has any idea what a mainframe is. This means that you...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Processors, Hardware cost, Shaw, mainframe, Z10, hardware, CPU

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

My friend Russell Shaw

My friend Russell ShawThanks for sharingThanks for sharing, and again, my deepest condolences to his friends and family.Thanks Dana so much for your rememberancesRest in peace Russell Shaw.Watch out for the dead coming back to life!Russell's probably talking their ears off in heaven right now. They might come back just...

Tags: Russell, Shaw

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Russell Shaw, rest in peace

Russell Shaw, rest in peaceCondolences to his friends and familyHe was a good writer, and his sheer determination to call the big powers to account often made a positive difference in the industry. He'll be missed...RE: Russell Shaw, rest in peaceMr. Shaw shall be missed in this community. May he...

Tags: Shaw, Russell

Discussion threads 2008-03-16

Rest in peace Russell Shaw; We'll miss you

Rest in peace Russell Shaw; We'll miss youThis is truly very sadThis is truly very sad. It is a great loss to his family and to our family here at ZDNet blogs. My heart goes out to Russell Shaw's family. We will all miss you Russell.Sincerely,George OuRE:...

Tags: Vertical industries, Blogging, VOIP, Russell, Shaw

Discussion threads 2008-03-16

News to know: 30 things about Linux; Vista's bum rap; Losing data; Deconstructing Twitter

Notable headlines:Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: 30 things I’ve learned from using Linux …Ed Bott: Vista scare stories distort the real picture.Robin Harris: How data gets lost.Phil Wainewright: Spend, spend, spend for SaaS success.Sun extends UltraSparc reach.Review: Sony VAIO TP1 Living Room PC - Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83 GHz right.Ryan Naraine: Mozilla...

Tags: Facebook, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-07

Here's the main issue Ron Paul's netroots supporters need to understand- but don't

Here's the main issue Ron Paul's netroots supporters need to understand- but don'tLibertarianism Mis UnderstoodShaw writes: "A key purpose of laws and regulation should be to keep the powerful out of your pockets."Exactly.One of the classic misunderstandings of libertarianism - and I blame libertarians for this problem - is...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Shaw, central issue, Ron Paul, federal government, regulation

Discussion threads 2007-08-06

News to know: Patch day; Jobs hostile Windows takeover; Solaris and GPL3

Notable headlines:Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPL 3.Ryan Naraine: 'Critical' Vista, IE 7 patches highlight MS security updates. Microsoft advisory. Gallery right: How to run Internet Explorer securely.The great iPhone hunt of 2007. Ed Bott: Is Jobs planning a hostile takeover of the Windows desktop?Mary Jo Foley: Windows Home...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-06-13

News to know: Big Blue chips; Zimbra; Apple's green missive; ActiveX bugs

Notable headlines: IBM puts vacuum spaces in chips. Gallery right. Video. Russell Shaw: Google-compatible Phone Interface platform described in Patent app. David Berlind: Solving the Web app’s ‘offline problem’: How Zimbra did it and others will follow. Gallery. ...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-05-03

Before the world knew: insider's diary of BlackBerry service shutdown

Before the world knew: insider's diary of BlackBerry service shutdownDude's Obsessed...Russell Shaw's getting a little too obsessed with this issue and trying to make this an even bigger issue than it was. For sure, I notified many people the morning after and told them they may experience problems...

Tags: Russell, BlackBerry-service, Shaw, Dude

Discussion threads 2007-05-01

RIM Botches BlackBerry outage communication

Research in Motions BlackBerry has had an outage since late last night, but the company response appears slow. If you dial the BlackBerry support line--877-255-2377--heres what you get: "Please be advised we are currently experiencing a service interruption that is causing...

Tags: Wired & Wireless, Research In Motion, Personal Technology, General

Blog posts 2007-04-18

For SprintNextel, customer "service" is a jangled mess

For SprintNextel, customer "service" is a jangled messThe stupidity of this blogger is quite facinating...So I go online to the Sprint-Nextel website. On the Sprint-Nextel website, there is a link that leads to the phone accessories section. I click accessories. There is one side that says Sprint, and another that...

Tags: Engineering, Customer relationship management (CRM), Nextel Communications Inc., BlackBerry 7520, battery, Russell, Shaw, RIM BlackBerry, new battery, customer service, Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2006-10-22

Cable broadband ISP's QoS enhancement surcharge draws Vonage's ire

Cable broadband ISP's QoS enhancement surcharge draws Vonage's ireI am not a fan of regulation but "Net Neutral" is mandatory.Let's hope our elected animals understand that. Or more accurately, care about the people more than the "contributions" from the players.Different regulatory situationIt's not so obvious that the U.S. providers...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Internet service providers (ISPs), VoIP, Shaw, QoS, Cable broadband ISP, cable broadband, Vonage Holdings Corp., cable

Discussion threads 2006-03-07

Cable broadband ISP's QoS enhancement surcharge draws Vonage's ire

As I posted last week, more than a few Vonage customers are suspicious that Comcast is crimping the quality of their voice calls. Vonage denies the charge, but the subject is still a red-hot issue on the Vonage Forum. But now we have concrete proof of another strategy broadband...

Tags: Shaw Communications, Shaw Digital Phone

Blog posts 2006-03-07

Bloggers rally for jailed Iranians

Bloggers rally for jailed IraniansThe bloggers are scaring the big boysThe rise of alternative media is really beginning to get under the skin of the big media propaganda conglomerates. Within minutes to a few hours big "breaking" commercial news stories are being shot down completely, with even follow up analysis...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Blogging, blogger, Shaw, media, entertainment, Internet

Discussion threads 2005-02-22

Shaw's Supermarkets Reduces New User Administration Time From 45 Minutes to 5 Minutes Using CA's eTrust Admin

Approximately 1,400 associates have access to PCs at the corporate offices, distribution centers and retail stores of Shaw's Supermarkets throughout New England. For the company's IT security team, this means a constant flow of user administration tasks, including creating, changing or deleting accounts. Although highly skilled in security administration, Shaw's...

Tags: CA eTrust, Administrator, Administration, Computer Associates International Inc., Shaw, Security Administration, Team Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Management

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Scaring yourself and others

Hogwash!First of all, if you're paying for a static IP address, why did your ISP change it? Did the notify you prior to changing it? If not, they can get in deep trouble for that.Second, on today's hardware using virtualization causes little to no noticeable performance hit. ...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, Servers, VMware Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Start up cellular provider Globalive denied license to operate in Canada

well the big 3 knows that if a new player join the party thing will change .... bell telus and roger is all the same ..... at a few buck and a few services apart .....But we have rules and regulation and they must obey they ....Globalive...

Tags: Globalive

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Works of George Bernard Shaw. FREE Author's biography & plays in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

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Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-14

For your safety and convenience

Somewhere deep in Shaw's vault there's a tape of me screaming at a customer "support" representative that I didn't (and still don't) give a star blank star about his script, booting and cabling have nothing to do with the issue because I don't have wintel, and to get his supervisor...

Tags: Tape, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-09-05