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Tux goes on Spring break

Tux goes on Spring breakTuz is horrible...and it's bad marketing policy as well. I hope this kind of thing doesn't become a trend.By the way: too bad that just one guy, even if it's Linus Torvalds himself, can make such a decision.RE: Tux goes on Spring breakThat is one ugly...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Tuz, Spring Break, Tux

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

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Kodak 5250

The ESP 5250 is Kodak's latest upgrade to last year's ESP 5 all-in-one AIO, which should be obvious from the almost identical design. Aside from looks, the printer does make improvements to print quality and most notably, output speed, but the printer still isn't perfect--it's missing an auto-document feeder and...

Tags: Scanners, Printers, Monitors & displays, Eastman Kodak Co., ESP 5, ESP, scanner, printer

Product reviews 2009-10-29

The earth: it's always blowing hot and cold

And That's The ProblemInstead of humans, use dinosaurs, plankton, what ever. But tell me where is the definitive study that quantifies the human activity contribution separate that contribution form the quantifiable contribution of other geologic, solar, and biological processes?And where, pray tell, is it written that climate will be...

Tags: tech site

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Pharmacist pushback against insurer drugs-by-mail plan

You've got some good points, but...from where I'm sitting the problem is a whole lot bigger than you make it out to be.Thanks for bringing this topic up.Yes, there is a great deal of truth that "drugs-by-mail" operations supported by health insurance plans do hit the smaller pharmacies. However...

Tags: Insurance, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, pharmacist, pharmacy, MEDCO, Kerr, insurance company, CVS Corp., health care

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Asus T91 touchscreen tablet netbook: 'Fun,' 'glorified app launcher,' 'not worth wait'

Asus' Eee PC T91 touchscreen tablet netbook first debuted at CES 2009 way back in January to high hopes: a fairly inexpensive ($499) touchscreen tablet PC for the masses. Turns out you're better off sticking to your iPod touch. ...

Tags: Touch Screen, ASUS, Netbook, Asus T91, Display, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Tablets, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-15

IE users beware: Zero-day attacks hit Microsoft Video ActiveX Control

IE users beware: Zero-day attacks hit Microsoft Video ActiveX ControlZero day attacksAgain and again and again. Will Windows ever be secure? In this case apparently just moving over to Firefox would help, but that was not recommended in the article.How soon before the fake Fix-It websites spring up?MS...

Tags: Web browsers, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., ActiveX Control, Microsoft Video, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, zero-day bug, Microsoft Video ActiveX Control, Mozi

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Would your students hand over their passwords to Bozeman?

Would your students hand over their passwords to Bozeman?This will go down on your permanent record!"This will go down on your permanent record!" as the schoolteachers used to say to me on the way to the principal's office.... so now EVERYTHING written in social networking websites is like a grade...

Tags: password, Bozeman, students hand, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-06-20

The problem with XP ...

The problem with XP ...it works good enough...simple really.RE: The problem with XP ...I was a Windows 2000 geek from time it hit beta in late 1998 clear through the release of XP SP2, because I hated XP initially... precisely for the reasons you describe in the article.SP2 finally convinced...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Win 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

Linux clients break 1% web usage share

Linux clients break 1% web usage shareThank you, danske, gracias.For the information.For some reason....I was in the shower and knew I would see a headline like this today. 1% on this rather limited survey most likely equates to a much larger share than whats given.How can...Linux be on a rise...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NetApplications, Web, Linux, Linux Client, web usage

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

Summer reading...the data don't lie

We collect a lot of data on our students. State standardized tests, DIBELS, and RTI feedback from Lexia and Symphony software in particular all provide us with the opportunity to modify instruction based on specific student needs. That's a good thing. Obviously, the data collection process...

Tags: Kid, Transportation, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-19

iTunes price hikes: Still too soon to measure impact

It's only been a week since Apple altered the pricing structure on some iTunes tracks and already the data is being sliced and diced to see what impact, if any, the new prices had on sales. The takeaway from a first-week analysis by Billboard.com: Sales are down;...

Tags: Apple iTunes, Akon, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Awesome list of free math books

I know, I know, this hardly constitutes light reading over Spring Break. However, e-booksdirectory.com features an incredibly useful list of 260 freely downloadable electronic books largely in PDF that could drive entire courses or act as much-need supplements to a standard textbook. The books are primarily...

Tags: High School, Textbook, E-books, Productivity, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-06

News to know: Exectweet, Twitter, Intel options, iPhone 3.0, Vista share

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft + Federated Media + Twitter = ExecTweets Exectweets: Nice, but not the revenue plan for...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Accounting, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Tux goes on Spring break

Everybody's favorite penguin Steve Ballmer excluded is checking out for the Spring. No worries, though -- a new fella from Down Under is going to be standing in, and it's all for a good cause. [caption id="attachment_225" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Tuz - The new Linux Mascot"][/caption] ...

Tags: Auction, Tux, Tuz, LCA Team, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-03-23

SXSWi - party like its 2009

Prior to SXSWi I was asked goodness knows how many times if I was likely to be there. I said the same thing to all comers: 'I don't get it. I don't see the point. Waste of time.' Much against my advice, at least one SAP...

Tags: Innovation, Austin, Enterprise, SXSWi, Drunkenness, Breakthrough Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Digital storm of protests for New York Times defense of AIG bonuses

Digital storm of protests for New York Times defense of AIG bonusesI vote MORE MUCKRAKING on ZDNETCouldn't agree more ... but I think 10 years in jail rather than a million dollar bonus is a tad unfair ;-)Good news for HollywoodThe government has given itself the power to break contracts...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, American International Group Inc., AIG Bonuses, New York Times Co.

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

News to know: HP, Hulu, IE 8; SOA; Citrix; Bearing Point

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Larry Dignan: Citrix to offer free XenServer; Takes shot at VMware HP's mixed bag: Sales weak across all units, earnings on target; Outlook weaker...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Citrix Systems Inc., Bearing Point, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Open Source, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Immortalize spring break stupor with Canon's new portable printer

Canon just announced a new addition to its line of compact photo printers: the SELPHY CP780. by CNET News.com

Tags: Canon Inc., Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-02-18

News to know: Intel, IBM; Apple; SOA

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan:  IBM job cuts underway Intel restructures manufacturing ops; 5,000 to 6,000 workers hit Sam Diaz: Wall...

Tags: Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), GPS, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Recruitment & Selection, Handhelds, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-22

Salesforce cans European Dreamforce

In a surprise announcement on Salesforce.com, the company has cancelled spring's European Dreamforce conference: It continues to become clear that the demand for cloud computing is growing faster and spreading wider than we can address with a single event. As a result of your feedback and interest, Salesforce.com will...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Event, Conference, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-13