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Paranormal Meets Verizon's Cloud Computing Service

I was speaking yesterday with Verizon about its new hosted data center service, Computing as a Service CaaS, and flashed back to those spoon bending parties of the ‘70s. Back then stage psychic Uri Geller inspired normally sane...

Tags: Spoon, Verizon Communications Inc., Computing As A Service, Data Centers, Virtualization, Servers, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Report: System failures, not MSBlast, led to blackout

Report: System failures, not MSBlast, led to blackoutPower outage is not a virusSounds like the engineer fell asleep on the job and tried to pass the buck on a virus.Report: System failures, not MSBlast, led to blackoutOf course it wasn't a virus, considering the SCANA systems run Unix. I...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, NETWORKING, transmission industry, Power Outage, blackout, Spoon, System Failure, Google Inc., Jabber, fanboy, MSBlast worm, virus

Discussion threads 2004-04-05

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Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces

3 Words for you...Windows Live Essentials...Saves on bloat?It was nothing to do with that. Microsoft have said that they unbundled a lot of things from the OS build as it allowed for easier and more frequent updates.Good point.I use Hotmail but also use Live Mail on my own machines as...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Groupware, E-mail providers, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Should Apple buy Sonos?

I hope notI want Steve Jobs controlling all my consumer electronics gear EVEN LESS than I want Bill Gates controlling all my computers!Sure, I'd like much more creativity and interconnectedness in the CE world, but not that the cost to be exacted by ol' Steve.No to SonosApple already has products...

Tags: Investment, Apple Inc., Sonos

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Culture of cheap: How discount computers cost the consumer

The speed of TechThe problem is not cheap, but rapid devaluation. Tech has always had a sweet spot value for price. I am not keen on spending top dollar only to have the hardware devalue by 50% in a week. This is where cheap comes in. If the thing is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, Honda Civic, Honda Motor Co., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Diner Dash 1.0 (Mobile)

Play Diner Dash and help the fledgling restaurateur seat, serve, and clear out customers as she builds up her signature diner from a greasy spoon to a five-star joint. The quicker you get customers to their tables, the larger they will tip, and you will need every cent for decorations,...

Tags: Mobile, Customer, PlayFirst, Professional Development, Advertising & Promotion, Career, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-14

'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modems

'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modemsCould we have a list as to what routers are affected?And maybe instructions or a link to instructions on how to tell if our router is infected with this junk?RE: 'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modemsROTFLMAO!!!Oh yes, the linux only worm!...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, Cyberthreats, Linksys Inc., modem, NetGear, router, Psyb0t, Linux, worm, home router

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Microsoft Recite: pointless, tiresome, plain awful

Microsoft Recite: pointless, tiresome, plain awfulYou sound troubled> Maybe it doesn?t understand my British accent,Most of the reviews I've read of Recite have been mildy postive. My guess is it does have trouble with your accent but following that with "regardless of such, it doesn?t work." Doesn't make sense. More...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Corp., accent, Microsoft Recite, WM Phone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

K-12 textbooks in for a big change

K-12 textbooks in for a big changeWhat a radical conceptI hear that some state called "Massachusetts" has a State technology institute where the professors (who might also be "subject-matter experts") have been putting courseware on the Web using open-redistribution licensing.Be CarefulText books are better for learning from, because the source...

Tags: Text Book, textbook, K-12, K-12 textbook

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

I've Seen the Future of Computing: It's a Screen.

In the not so far off future, computing for most of us will be reduced to remotely delivered subscriber services, running on cheap, commodity high-definition display units. The last few weeks have been a rush of virtualization and cloud-based announcements. In December, IBM...

Tags: Hypervisor, Thin Client, Virtual Desktop, Computing, Josef Konsumer, Screen, Linux, Virtualization, Desktops, Thin Clients, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-02-17

News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...

Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Are we spoon-feeding our users too much?

One of my techs is a really outstanding guy. He always smiles, he makes movies for the teachers he directly supports with instructions on everyday tasks, and he does everything he can to make their computers easy to use. The group of teachers he supports also happens to...

Tags: Training, Teacher, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Windows 7: Mojave My Ass

I've been playing with the Windows 7 Build 7000 (Beta 1) for several days now, and I've come to the conclusion that like Vista, it's not a major improvement over what most users are currently experiencing with Windows XP, and is at best only a slight improvement over Vista SP1....

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-01

I want an iPhoneStormDroid

I want an iPhoneStormDroidUmm, Xen's been doing this for over a year...The Xen hypervisor has been shown on a future Samsung PDA prototype doing exactly this for a long time - about a year and a half. Great to see Wind River finally catch on, but notice how the...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Xen Hypervisor, operating system, Apple iPhone, crashe, iPhoneStormDroid, keyboard, HTC Touch Pro, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp., Xen

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor tool

Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor toolOld newsAnd an even older Microsoft-Apologist Straw-man argument.Can I interest you in some sour grapes?...ughI love it how whenever something pops up that targets OSX, PC loyalists like to jump up and down and say "SEE! Stuff can happen to your machines...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Windows User, trojan horse, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, OSX, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, malware

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

The UrbanSpoon effect

The ultimate promotion that an iPhone app can receive is to be featured in an Apple TV commercial. Witness the new iPhone commercial featuring UrbanSpoon iTunes, a free application that allows uses GPS and the iPhone accelerometer to find a place to eat. It's a combination of Magic 8 Ball...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TVs, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Marshmallow Madness 1.1.0 (Mobile)

Need to kill some time? How about an easy and colorful game that is fun for all ages? Whether you've go ten minutes or an hour, fill your time with colorful, bouncy, sproingy-boingy, fun. With its easy game play Marshmallow Madness is soft and fluffy fun for everyone. Features: The...

Tags: Cup, Mobile, BurningThumb.com, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-28

Dingell tries to slow white spaces vote

Dingell tries to slow white spaces voteThgere are a lot of reasons to delayThe first one is:Prove to me that this will not be yet another way that corporations like google have us publicly funding their bottom line with little or no benefit to me.I would be all for...

Tags: Dingell, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

Mozilla admits that Firefox EULA is flawed

Mozilla admits that Firefox EULA is flawedCompeting with ChromeThis is Mozilla trying to compete with Google for evil ;-pBut really, they have good reason to lock things down - "community builds" that were called "Firefox" and were within the rules, but happened to be loaded with spyware - but have...

Tags: Web browsers, EULA, Firefox EULA, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Firmware 2.1 arrives for iPhone (updated 2x)

Apple has started pushing out the iPhone 2.1 firmware via iTunes. The 237.8MB update is available by connecting your iPhone to iTunes and clicking on the update button. Luckily I spent last night backing up my iPhone.  The published list of changes includes: decrease...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Firmware, Apple iTunes, Firmware 2.1, 3G Icon, 3G, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-12