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- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Carry on blues and the blame game
- 7mgte is right(sorry, I can't reply to a posting, just the story)It's not like the airline saves any money on fuel if you carry it on, vs. check it. It still has to lug the weight around.Just Wait for the Other Shoe Charge to DropJust wait until the airlines "solve"...
- Tags: ATM, Financial services, game
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?
- Thoughts"IBM and Canonical, though, are asking if that upgrade path really needs to involve Windows at all."Umm - dare I ask why large industries are allowed to influence education?"Why migrate to Windows, though, when your client machines can run Ubuntu "Because I don't need to deal with any migration headaches...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Technology is great, it's us that's flawed!
- Can you put the window up after the ignition is turned off?Just a guess - my vehicle has a feature that allows me to raise or lower the windows after the ignition is turned off unless I open a door. It's convenient because I don't have to turn the...
- Tags: Construction, window, black box
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- Study: 67% of Mac users would install, try Windows 7 if it was free
- Marketing failureThe irony of course is that changes introduced in Vista mean that anyone could try it free for 4 months.I'm pretty sure that Windows users would also try OSX on the same basis. (Indeed some are helping themselves!)I might try Win 7 for free, but not on my Mac.I'd...
- Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Maldives taking their final dive?
- Change is the constant here.Just move'm and move on.RE: Maldives taking their final dive?The sky is falling, send money!!Or to be more precise:"I, Fuller, have this Anxiety and Gaia Religion. Now YOU JUST SHUT UP and pay me for some carbon credits! Because that will S.A.V.E. the planet and the...
- Tags: Maldives
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Will Office Web Apps overcome cloud biases?
- [i]since GAPE Google Apps for Education is right up there with sliced bread in my book.[/i]Of course it is, all your blogs ever do is profess your undying love for all things Google. We already know how your next blog is going to turn out. You are going to...
- Tags: cloud computing, Web application, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Google Inc., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- Windmills stir up opposition
- Let's do some mathHarry:How much energy is recoverable, year in, year out, for vertical turbine blades?What percentage of the US' domestic energy usage does that amount to?This is very basic arithmetic.Likewise, when you factor in the energy costs needed to make the lithium ion batteries of the Prius, and assume...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, wind energy
- Discussion threads 2009-09-13
- Microsoft trains Best Buy "Linux assassins"
- Aimed at the uninformed customers... so it'll probably be successful. Sigh. It's FUD, of course, but I think it's pretty effective when dealing with people who have only a vague notion of Linux.However:First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win. :-)Fighting...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Best Buy Co. Inc., Linux, FUD, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Samsung XL2370
- The 23-inch Samsung SyncMaster XL2370 is thin, sleek, and light. It's as if Samsung's own P2370 had a thinner, prettier sister. In addition, the XL also has an LED backlight that lets it perform better in movies and games. The monitor won't be available in the U.S. until October 12,...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, neck, bezel, P2370, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung XL2370, monitor
- Product reviews 2009-09-03
- Am I a big whiner about Gmail's downtime?
- Establish Down-Time Procedures. Move on.Google Apps is a GREAT resource.Whining for something you get for freeNTyes you areand on top of it you give the M$ shills something to hang on.I've never looked into it, but does Google Gears help......when / if Google Apps is down?Teachers are hardly unique...
- Tags: cloud computing, E-mail providers, Google Inc., big whiner, Google Gmail, whiner, Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Will advances in the Mac OS tip the scales for BYOPC?
- Yes indeedy... It's a good time to know how to support Macs.It's not too late guys... If you like your IT careers, it's a good time to pick up a Mac and start tinkering / learning... You UNIX guys should take to it like a fish to water (considering 10.5...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, operating system, Apple Inc., rev, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Open source can save your life
- don't mix OSS with socialized medicineOSS is for the all the people, socialized medicine is demanded only by a small minority of craizy liberals.VA health careSince 2001, the VA has had remarkable bipartisan support for just about all the funding they needed or could handle. When the gravy train...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Walter Reed, Walter Reed hospital, open source, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Industry fight against Google hurts education
- So it's NOT OK for Microsoft to control technology......but it IS OK for Google to try and take over the world of information?Sorry...not buying it.Google does no evil, just IS evil?Look at the account TOS. Anything that requires an active Google account -- gMail, gTalk, gApps, etc. -- is...
- Tags: Google Inc., education
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- 30% of desktops to have 2 GPUs by 2012 ... Really?
- I really don't see the need...Unless you're a hard core gamer or work heavily in the graphics dept...RE: 30% of desktops to have 2 GPUs by 2012 ... Really?Mine has two. And how do you get the little quote box thing? I've been looking to get that on mine for...
- Tags: Desktops, Games, GPU, desktop, graphics, Jon Peddie, game
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- One more voice AGAINST geo-engineering to combat global warming
- Fuller, you are spamming ZDNet.Every day your alarmist short blurbs, without any intelligent analysis, becomes boring.Have you ever considered taking a real job?Oh, btw, what happened to your standard 'disclaimer'? Wrong on that also?And what is it, global warming or climate change? You keep on flip flopping.Seriously, get an honorable...
- Tags: geo-engineering, global warming, everyday live, green technology, too-often
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- Apple Board vacancy: Good riddance to Eric Schmidt
- Apple on Monday said that Google CEO Eric Schmidt won't have a seat at the next meeting of its board of directors. The only question was why did it take so long for push to come to shove for this joker. by David Morgenstern
- Tags: Eric Schmidt, Board, Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Does "oil" have a negative spin?
- Does "oil" have a negative spin?Add this to your clue bag.I know that in the green/liberal/socialist world there is a tendency to come up with a simple slogan and then repeat it as loudly as possible and as often as possible until you hammer it into people's heads. However...
- Tags: negative spin, natural gas
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- Google Latitude arrives for iPhone, wither Loopt?
- I've been a fan of the social-location app Loopt since it was announced for the iPhone about a year ago. It provided a fun way to keep friends in the loop during my travels. It also had a feature allowing me to "find friends" close to my...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Web Application, Dell Latitude, Google Latitude, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
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