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Starter (exe): Starter is a small tool designed to help you starting of your favorite or high-usage applications by one click. All you need is clicking on Starter icon on Windows System Tray area and then click on necessary item in popped up window. This version is the first release on CNET...; Tags: System Tray, SoftDesigner, Starter, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Construction, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-03-24
More on the naked drive lifestyle: [Updated Mar. 3, 8:56PM PST] A reader in Japan points to new products seen in the stalls of the electronics district of Tokyo that can improve the naked drive lifestyle. However, some readers say enclosures, like pants, may have a benefit for protection of valuable data and your investment in...; Tags: Enclosure, Back Panel, Starter, Product Name, Naked Bento Box, Naked Drive Village, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-03-03
Toshiba unveils laptop with high-def DVD: Toshiba unveils laptop with high-def DVDComplete with integrated DRM, I take it.n/tHD DVD's a non starter, opinionHD DVD is a non starter for the same reason I said VC1 was a non starter, M-I-C-R-O-S-O-F-T.Microsoft controls Windows, and has a competitor in this market, the Media PC.The media PC can be...; Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, non starter, DVD, starter, HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp., laptop computer; Discussion threads 2006-03-07

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Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge: Google's $10M, no, $100M Android ChallengeI think that Google also needs to make their own self branded phone.They can not depend on existing manufacturers to do it for them. But, after the Google phone takes off, Google might decide to get out of the market.It will be many years before...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA: Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIAGreat news!Back in the day, practical folks used to talk well about Volvos. They said that Volvos were safe, reliable, family cars. There were however not many takers. People instead swooned over sexier, more stylish cars. This is precisely...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Java development tools, Desktops, video game, video, game, CRM, Web browser, iTunes client, Entellium, Apple iTunes, Sun Java Studio Creator, desktop, rich Internet application; Discussion threads 2008-07-23

WhenU make adware: WhenU make adwareAdware and Spybot Search and Destroy are old and InferiorI trialled many anti spyware programs foten simultaneously and then proceeded to deliberately install ad/spyware on my pc. Here is a good link if you want to run trials yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware#Well-known_adware_programs.2Fprograms_distributed_with_adwareI then ran each one to see which...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, adware, spyware, WhenU, Spybot Search, advertisement; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Qik out of private beta: Over the weekend, Qik came out of private beta. Jennifer Leggio has all the technical details, along with some insights in Robert Scoble's outburst about how kyte.tv would kill off Qik and Flixwagon. One claim the company makes over at VentureBeat is that they have gotten latency...; Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Business Model, Beta, Qik, Jennifer Leggio, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-21
D-Link launches new surveillance cam with Powerline networking: D-Link is shipping the first in the line of its D-Life products, a series that is designed to enable users to easily manage networking devices via its D-Life Web site. First up is a surveillance camera kit that allows remote viewing of live streaming video from a remote Web browser....; Tags: D-Link Systems, Powerline Networking, Camera, Powerline, D-Life Camera, Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Rik Fairlie; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Deskless Workers, Useless Services: Microsoft Online Misses the Mark: I spend a lot of time tracking the deskless souls who inhabit the workworld, the factory workers, nurses and others who spend more time on their feet and less time on their butts than the rest of us. So I was all ears as Stephen Elop, Microsoft's latest Business Division...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Worker, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Jobs' Apple as premier platform mantra to accelerate: Jobs' Apple as premier platform mantra to accelerateNo, ZDNet talkbacks are the reason[i]So, instead, they declare the Mac user irrational.[/i]5 minutes on ZDNet talkbacks are all we need to declare Mac users irrational. :)False on many frontsWhy PC users are not excited about their machines? Completely wrong. Plenty...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, job, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, computer; Discussion threads 2008-06-09
Holy power supply, batman, how soon does crude oil hit $150 per barrel?: Holy power supply, batman, how soon does crude oil hit $150 per barrel?I don't get it, there are plenty of rich oilfields!Iraq is very rich in oil. I can't understand why we just won't confiscate some of the oilfields or just start drilling there until the people of Iraq pay...; Tags: power supply, biofuel, oil; Discussion threads 2008-05-21
Microsoft looks to buy search share (again): Microsoft looks to buy search share againDidn't work last time, won't work this timeWho cares if the great Bloatfarm offers you 25 cents off? Do people quit Amazon for 25 cents off at Barnes & Noble?Even so, if the slagheap does it, google is much more powerful in search...; Tags: Engineering, Financial accounting, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., slagheap, MSFT; Discussion threads 2008-05-21
iCenter? Wishing, not predicting: iCenter? Wishing, not predictingAsteriskAsterisk, of course, with a little bit of intestinal fortitude can be configured for the home and I might add, I have it configured for my IT consultancy to have my Nokia N95 SIP-cable cell phone answer as a remote extension from 'anywhere'. No cellphone plan minutes...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Apple Inc., computer; Discussion threads 2008-05-21
When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?: I just bought an electric guitar, ostensibly for my 5-year old, who requested one for his birthday, but really as an early graduation and Father's Day gift for myself. I didn't spend much; I found a good deal on an Epiphone "starter pack" and had myself an amp and...; Tags: Standards, Kid, Quality, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Workday: a tipping point?: Larry Dignan is enthusiastic about Workday's 200,000 person deal it won to supply Flextronics with HR functionality, adding in the Chiquita 26,000 person deal as validation for what he suggests is a 'tipping point' for Workday. I'm a little more cautious. Next week, Workday will release update...; Tags: Workday, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Microsoft vs. Google: Are all monopolies created equal?: Microsoft vs. Google: Are all monopolies created equal?until Google finnally invest into there own OSthey should start a nice bsd that in time will be the next os x and then MS will fine that they are in real troubleRE: Microsoft vs. Google: Are all monopolies created equal?made...; Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
Windows Server 2008 "Starter" GPOs: The starter Group Policy Object GPO feature in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 doesn't provide any predefined solutions for business scenarios, but it does give you the framework for building such solutions yourself. By way of introducing the feature to you, this white paper addresses the following five questions: How...; Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Group Policy Object, Microsoft Windows Server 2008; White papers 2008-05-02
Silicon Alley Insider's startup index: Click bait? Nah. It's tip bait: Lists have never done much for me--especially financial lists. It's financial porn: Forbes' most wealthy people; the Fortune 500; 10 mutual funds you must have now and a few hundred other lists. And now Silicon Alley Insider has launched a startup valuation index that's bound to be a conversation starter....; Tags: Silicon, Valuation, Financial, SAI, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Shuttleworth makes corporate case for Ubuntu 8.04 on its launch: Shuttleworth makes corporate case for Ubuntu 8.04 on its launchUBUNTU RulesI have tried numerous distros of linux and have found ubuntu the easiet to useI am downloading the latest version nowVersion 7 had drivers for all of the harder on my pc and installed everything automaticallyCool features!Have been looking forward...; Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Lord Jesus Christ, Ubuntu, KDE, KDE 4, corporate case, Ubuntu 8.04, Shuttleworth, Kubuntu; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac ClonesHistorical revisionismApple killed the clone market because it d@mn near killed Apple as a business. Or don't you remember that Jobs was brought back on to save the company from bankruptcy?This stupid old Apple should become an OS vendor argument raises it's...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, OSx86, Apple Inc., PC Industry Episode II, hardware, EFI emulator, PC, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-04-21