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- Apple rolls back problem driver in new iTunes 8 update
- Apple rolls back problem driver in new iTunes 8 updateThey should have changed the version number.Even if it is the same driver. The use of the older version number might cause problems in future installs when the installer check the version number of the installed driver the problematic one, finds...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., iTunes 8, iTunes 8 update, new iTunes 8, problem driver
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Dell repair adventure, conclusion
- Dell repair adventure, conclusion"less than optimal or expected"The phrase I have heard for this is "opportunity for improvement." Glad to hear your machine got fixed.Dell serviceDell has no where near the skill level of the old DEC field service reps and probably never will.I have had 3rd parties from...
- Tags: Manufacturing, NEXT BEST, outsourced tech, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Don't doubt Deputy Dan
- Don't doubt Deputy Danfound articleI found this related article Security Snafu Puts Dangerous Internet Flaw into Hackers’ Hands
- Tags: Deputy Dan
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?FYI[url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/dell_adds_ubuntu_systems_updates_hardy_heron/]FYI[/url]Just curious Dana, are you running Linux? If so, why and which Distro?If not, why?Thanks for another 'good read'.P.S.[url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2660]This article[/url] isn't clear about what O/S you use.RE: Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?The simple answer is a reassuring NO! Put simply,...
- Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, Notebooks, Ubuntu, Linux, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- British soccer player falls foul of Facebook's privacy options
- British soccer player falls foul of Facebook's privacy optionsAh, the modern day equivalent to a "reply all" SNAFU ntnt
- Tags: privacy option, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- XP era ends: Will Vista step up?
- XP era ends: Will Vista step up?All software eventually expires and is upgraded.The operating system is no different.Personally, I think that this entire conversation has been missing the point.Most people, by which I mean consumers not IT staff, don't care what operating system is on their computer. They will use...
- Tags: Service Pack 1, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- The panelist's nightmare
- The panelist's nightmareTuxedo and brown shoesThat pretty much sucks. What was that old "Lonesome George" Gobel quip to Johnny Carson from years back, after following Bob Hope and Dean Martin on the Tonight Show: "Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a...
- Tags: Federal government, Larry Lessig, FCC, panelist
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Content Protection madness on Vista
- Content Protection madness on VistaBlu-Ray Deserves To FailI agree and am with you 100%. DRM will go away when consumers vote with their wallets. We have already seen some of this with the music industry.Blu-Ray/Sony = EPIC FAILBlu-Ray can kiss my DVD-Loving butt :)I would love to see...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital media, Consumer electronics, digital-rights management, Content Protection, Microsoft Windows Vista, HDCP, mplayer, DVD, DRM IS
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- SOA makes even the US Marines nervous
- Many analysts and pundits are fretting about the poor adoption of SOA within today's corporations. Maybe their concerns are well-founded, because it looks like even the US Marines are worrying that they may not be getting SOA right. A recent report in Federal Computer Week notes that...
- Tags: SOA, Marines, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- World's biggest compute job... to be done by pen and paper
- The US Census Bureau, which is charged with counting and analyzing the nation's 300 million residents in 2010, has just admitted that its technology is not ready for the job. And what was originally touted to be the first "high-tech count in the nation's history" will still be a highly...
- Tags: Job, CNBC, Bureau, Temporary Worker, Handheld Computer, Computer, Handhelds, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Sony drops its $49 "no crapware" fee
- The blogosphere is buzzing today with contempt for Sony, which just outlined its Fresh Start program and immediately ran into a buzzsaw of criticism for its plan to charge $49.99 for the privilege of getting a crapware-free PC. The echo chamber at Techmeme is working overtime, led by Engadget: "Sony has the...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Desktops, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!
- It's Friday and that means time for another Friday Rant! Sony and iTunes, I just thought it polite to let you know that as of today you've made it onto the wedgie list. What's the wedgie list? Well, it's pretty straightforward really. It's a list containing the names...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Apple Safari, Sony Vaio, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- The Moore's Law of open source
- The Moore's Law of open sourceAs I told you this is the end of M$!With the OSS revenue following Moore's law, very soon there will no more money left for the M$ beast who will starve to death.A couple of .... corrections ....."In proprietary systems code is often tossed out...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Is Microsoft still having Windows Live outage problems or not?
- Is Microsoft still having Windows Live outage problems or not?FRUSTRATEDI have been trying to login to my hotmail account since Tuesday morning... it is now FRIDAY and still no luck! I am getting even more frustrated everytime i read these news articles and press releases from microsoft saying everything is...
- Tags: E-mail providers, E-mail, Manufacturing, Windows Live outage problem, outage problem, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., MSN Hotmail, Microsoft Windows, outage
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- Pakistan on the YouTube black hole: Never mind
- Having neatly knocked YouTube off the net for several hours, exposing a key vulnerability in the BRG system and creating a small tumult within Pakistan, the government has now changed course and removed the block on YouTube, AP reports. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority told Internet service providers...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Pakistan, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Government, Gender And Diversity, Fax, Channel Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Whole Foods' perfect response to IT failure
- Whole Foods, whose forum-crazed CEO prompted an SEC investigation and overly-restrictive corporate Internet policies, has become a model for handling customer service in the wake of an IT failure. This blog often describes situations where IT failures become moneymaking opportunities for vendors. Sometimes...
- Tags: Customer Service, Information Technology, Failure, Whole Foods, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Strategy, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-12-23
- News to know: IE 8; 50W dual-core PC; Oracle; NetSuite; Dell snafu
- Notable headlines: George Ou: Hitting 50W peak on a dual-core desktop computer Mary Jo Foley: Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test. MSDN blog. Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forward Adrian Kingsley Hughes: First...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Dual-core, Oracle Corp., PC, NetSuite Inc., Health Care, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, Keyboards, E-health, Business Structures, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Processors, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Finance, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Semiconductors, Components
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Did the W3C acknowledge CDF's potential as an office format (vs ODF) in newly public e-mail?
- Last week, after interviewing most of the players involved in a controversy regarding the future of the OpenDocument Format (a controversy mostly rooted in the confusion of two nearly identical but very different acronyms: ODf and ODF), I noted that some of those players -- IBM, the World Wide Web...
- Tags: W3C, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., CDF, Edwards, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- Face it: Your health records will one day be a matter of public record
- I just got done reading Lisa Vaas' coverage of another fumble in health data. This one hails from Canada where, according to Vaas' coverage in eWeek: ....on the evening of Nov. 20, a consultant employed by the Provincial Public Health Laboratory was contacted at his home office by an...
- Tags: Patient, Consultant, Health Care, Record, Computer, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
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