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- Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note
- Can I suggestNetbooks with Win 7. Just installed it on a useless Linux netbook and it works fine and only cost me A$399 (which now is almost the same as US ;-))For once try and rein in your hobby horse and let the students join the new millenium.On and...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NeatX, oh-so, netbook, thin client, Linux, desktop, operating system, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note
- My budget administrator has made it very clear that I need to have all of my ducks in a row very early for the FY 2011 budget process. The nearly year-long delay that municipalities tend to feel in terms of budget crunches is certainly going to be on her...
- Tags: PC, Thin Client, Server, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- First Look: Ubuntu 9.10 beta "Karmic Koala"
- wow... seriously?NOTE: This was supposed to be in response to the "good for poor people" comment, but I screwed up:Do you have any basis for your claims? Have you even used Linux, let alone this version of Ubuntu which is still just a Beta? Why does cost/money...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.Org
- RE: Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.OrgMS Office appears to be a really expensive trap. Your solution: Softmakerhttp://www.softmaker.comSuperior compatibility with all MS versions. No bloatware. Simply solid German engineering.If this came from a credible author I would be confused too butMr Kusnetzky has an habit of interspersing his zdnet stream with...
- Tags: goodbye, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?
- Lets's see, what's the most appealing......the cloud solution that has a fully integrated desktop suite that matches it or the one that doesn't?In other words your headline is the wrong way round.RE: Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?Nice job with the headline that get's...
- Tags: cloud computing, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Apps, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Office, Web application
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Junglebyte Teach 4.3.189 (Windows)
- Junglebyte Teach empowers the teachers and instructors in computer rooms with the ability to remotely monitor and control each and every student's computer to keep tab on student activity without ever leaving the desk. Built-in features such as Internet lock, application lock, keyboard and mouse lock ensure students are focused...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Broadcasting, Teacher, Computer, Junglebyte, Junglebyte Teach, Productivity, Projectors, Mice, Hardware, Components, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2009-09-01
- Office 2010: What Microsoft will and won't say
- I've got a question..Maybe you can pass it along, but how long until we know the color themes available in Office 2010? The CTP only has 1 color, although it hints at others.Office 2007's color themes weren't set in stone until RTM, the Beta themes were drastically different than the...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 2010, ribbon, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010
- It's been said before, but it bears repeatingIf Microsoft spent anywhere near the time it spends policing piracy on feature correctness, and bug squashing, there would be much less need to worry about piracy.Most people know that there are many ways to get Office cheaply and legitimately, and no one...
- Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., antipiracy
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Generation Y: 'Email is unfashionable and outdated'
- when they go to work ...They will more than likely have to use email. It would be interesting to see how the Gen Y kids that have made it to the work place are coping. They Won't Have Jobs For LongHave you seen some of the crap these kids post...
- Tags: e-mail, EMAIL IS, Generation Y, Internet, Twitter Inc., social networking
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Forget 99 cent smartphone apps, let's be fair to developers too
- Price floors don't help anyoneFirst, setting a minimum price is a price floor. Basic microeconomics teaches that this lowers demand and raises supply, generating an inefficient surplus. I don't see how that's good.Second, you seem to imply in this article that $0.99 apps are Apple's fault. They...
- Tags: Action Games, developer, cent smartphone app
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Essential student Office applications brought to Nokia phones
- Just announced in an online press conference, news of which broke yesterday, Microsoft and Nokia have formed an alliance to create and develop a slimmed-down Microsoft Office suite designed for Nokia mobile phones. Both Nokia and Microsoft will begin designing and building the software together. It will...
- Tags: Phone, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Microsoft Office, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- Edubuntu followup
- A number of readers posed both thoughts and questions related to my Wednesday post, "The state of Edubuntu...Thoughts?" While the expected "Why the hell would you use *nix anyway?" sorts of questions were thrown in for good measure, many readers had solid recommendations based on experience while others had...
- Tags: Linux, Thin Client, Edubuntu, Thin Client Setup, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- The state of Edubuntu...Your thoughts
- I haven't had much opportunity recently to play with LTSP within any of the major distributions. Ubuntu is my desktop OS of choice everywhere except on my Mac, but the Linux Terminal Server Project, though powerful when I last used it in an Edubuntu test server early last year,...
- Tags: Edubuntu, Thin Clients, Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Poll: Did Microsoft and Yahoo do the right thing?
- Poll: Did Microsoft and Yahoo do the right thing?SuccessfulI think that this agreement has the potential to be huge. When you combine all of Microsoft's and Yahoo's page views, you have a lot of people viewing a lot of pages. As an advertiser, having one platform to get...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books
- Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...
- Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software
- Discussion threads 2009-07-19
- Office 2010 to hit networks and the web in style
- The Office 2010 web applications throw online productivity into a new dimension by porting four of the most popular and most useful Office applications onto the web: Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. The online office-suite business - business, if you can call it that, since the main...
- Tags: Web, Network, Web Application, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chips
- Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chipsBut does it run Flash?I figured I would chime in since people feel that it is the OS writers issue to provide Flash compatibility - witness all the users griping about lack of FLASH in the Iphone, Android...
- Tags: Operating systems, gmail, ARM, Google Inc., operating system, Intel Corp., Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, chip
- Discussion threads 2009-07-09
- Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on order
- Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on orderRock on Maine! [nt][b][/b]RE: Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on order"Imagine going to a job where the company provides you with a laptop for 3 years and then switching jobs, only to find that...
- Tags: Desktops, Recruitment & Selection, Apple Macintosh, job
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on order
- InformationWeek is reporting on Maine's latest efforts to expand its 1:1 computing initiative. According to the posting, The massive order stems from the state Department of Education's decision to expand the Maine Learning Technology Initiative into all public high schools. Maine has been providing Apple...
- Tags: Maine, Apple Macintosh, Teacher, Notebooks, Recruitment & Selection, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
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