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High tech's slow march in land mine campaign

High tech's slow march in land mine campaignIt's really quite simpleDig up the first mine, find out who made it, and then make that company responsible for making it find the rest. When they're done, make the company president walk the first mile along the "demined" tract.Hopefully, there be the...

Tags: landmine, High Tech, somewhere-ELSE

Discussion threads 2006-07-11

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Sorry Kindle owners, the new firmware still doesn't support local public libraries

Library DRM'ed contentThat is one of the few circumstances where DRM actually makes sense, legally as well as traditionally/historically. Maybe the publishing industry should compete with libraries in this regard - DRM'ed content for dirt cheap, valid for a couple of weeks. On top of that they should offer non-DRM'ed,...

Tags: E-books, firmware, e-book, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

QuickScale 3.8.3 (Mac)

Quickscale is designed to let you scale a large amount of pictures to a desired size and format. Now, why would you want to do that? For example, if you wish to share your holiday photos with family and friends, you can either send them by e-mail or put them...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Resolution, CodingMammoth, Quickscale, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, E-mail, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Online Communications, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Apple ads dodge the network coverage issues

Misleading advertising is in Apple's DNAWhy would their carrier be otherwise?RE: Apple ads dodge the network coverage issuesI saw the "What time's the movie" add last night. In the real world, it would not play out the way it is shown. The fine print at the end of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, RSS, HTC Hero, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., advertisement, TELUS Corp., 3G, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance

Scare tactics against Chrome OSI can see Microsoft really did the 'safety dance' with Windows it has been so successful...Chrome_OS is an entirely different modular approach plus they are using Open_Source with NO limitation of how high they can reach. I find it amazing anyone with a straight face say...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Chrome, Chrome OS, ChromeOS, security, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral

Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

The surgeons of tomorrow: Miniaturized robots that go inside you

What happens when you don't need it anymore?Couple of questions:-What happens when you don't need it anymore?-What happens if a few of those accidentally end up somewhere they're not meant to go?

Tags: Robots, surgeon, robot

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare download

Somebody will make it available in a more public area, I'm sure.Being that it's open source, somebody's going to make it available in a more public area, I'm sure. I'll wait until then.RE: Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare downloadthat's not the real release... that's a linux based...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, VMware Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Sonos ZonePlayer S5

We've long been fans of the Sonos Digital Music System, which lets you stream all manner of digital audio throughout your home, but we were always a bit disappointed that Sonos didn't sell a speaker that had the system's ZonePlayer networking component integrated right into it. Well, that's exactly what...

Tags: Ethernet, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, Network technology, Wireless and Mobility, Sonos

Product reviews 2009-11-20

FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual

Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...

Tags: Operating systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, network, FAA, operating system, Flight Plan, network glitch, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist

It's been almost two years since I first got tips about Microsoft "SmartFlow," a product which allegedly was going to be a competitor with Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom post-production software for professional photographers. I had thought that incubation project may have been quietly eliminated somewhere along the way. But it's still...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Lightroom, Twist, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Mozilla locks out rogue Firefox add-ons

Firefox has conquered IEIt is evident that Firefox free has conquered IE, plus the fact the majority of sites work regardless of browser.The days of this old bait & switch from MS are over.But I thought the whole point behind "open source"......was to allow ANYONE to put code in their...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, open source, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

(Sony KDL-L5000 series -- photos)

I returned this LCDI buyed a sony KDL-32L5000 and its bad, the color accuracy its very bad.now i have a Samsung LN-32B530 samsung panel and its very good, great colors, great contrast.Re: I returned...Did you try a second one?You shouldn't make a blanket statement based on your experience with one...

Tags: Monitors & displays, photograph, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Pressure tactics don't always work

The key words are ..."don't always". Has always and still works for Microsoft.^o^How about an piece on DOA hard drivesIf you truly resist manufacturer pressure then I would love to see a truly objective piece on the quality and failure rates on SATA hard drives being marketed today. ...

Tags: Manufacturing, Storage management, cloud computing, Virtualization, manufacturer, DOA, hard drive, failure rate

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory

It's my contention that we're only now entering the true data-driven decade. And all that data needs to run somewhere. And it's not going to be in MySQL, no matter who ends up owning it. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Oracle Corp., Antitrust, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Gardner, IBM Corp., Corporate Law, Open Source, Databases, Security, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Apple contemplating free, ad-supported iPhone?

Apple has no tasteOh, wait, no, that was Microsoft that had no taste because there are Windows 7 desktop themes available that have images of Coke cans in them. Isn't that right tigertank? For some reason that I can't wait to hear, this move by Apple, however, is very tasteful.Cue...

Tags: advertisement, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent

My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, sales, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Boston Acoustics Duo-i plus

Editors' note: The Boston Acoustics Duo-i Plus is nearly identical to the Horizon Duo-i we reviewed a year ago. Not a lot has changed since then aside from the addition of full support for iPhone playback. While the Horizon Duo-i worked with the iPhone, the device had...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Boston Acoustics Inc., Apple iPod

Product reviews 2009-11-13

A greener way to shovel snow

To shovel snow...Only a shovel and a pair of arms are required... I should know... I live in Quebec, we have lots of snow during winter.Couldn't you just one-up him with a bigger snowblower?I happen to think this would be trifle excessive. It would still be cool to have though.I...

Tags: snow, greener way

Discussion threads 2009-11-12