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With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers

With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengersWith 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengersInternet Explorer and Firefox are always going to be the two main competing browsers. The rest I wouldn't call challengers against Firefox because they have severe drawbacks. Chrome is not a challenger since its still beta even though...

Tags: Apple Safari, challenger, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, new challenger, Opera Software ASA, successful boycott, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

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RIAA: "All your music are belong to us"

RIAA: "All your music are belong to us"typo:" take getting mangled in the car stereo" -> tape getting mangled.Luv, ur friendly spelling NaziThe proper name is "Scumbags"As in: "Scumbags: All your music are belong to us"Completely Obsurd...I've been saying for years now that there needs to be a "Bill...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, RIAA, digital-rights management, music, Apple iPod, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

Google plugs 3D hardware into Chrome

Google plugs 3D hardware into Chrome The Siren's callGoogle keeps tempting the tech community with new and exciting software. But, until they commit to stop recording private data about individual users of their products, everyone with an ounce of sense should boycott their products.Until then, Google remains the biggest...

Tags: Games, C/C++, Google Inc., Siren, game, Web browser, compiler

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaign

Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaignYeah, ok, Apple too, along with Microsoft.I did forget Apple: I don't get that either. HansWhat is a "Windows Enthusiast"?This is something I don't understand. I've never understood how someone could get behind a for profit company like this. I could...

Tags: boycott, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Windows Enthusiast

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Sony Walkman X-series: OLED touchscreen to compete with iPod touch?

Sony Walkman X-series: OLED touchscreen to compete with iPod touch?+ 1I don't much care for apple since they dumped ppc, and with it the last vestiges of business ethics, but I have to agree with you.Resolution doesn't matterWhy even bother mentioning resolution since it doesn't matter at all for portable...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Sony Walkman X-series, Sony Corp., organic light-emitting diode, Sony Walkman, touch screen

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

eBay doubles down on payments as it buys Bill Me Later; Lays off 1,000

eBay doubles down on payments as it buys Bill Me Later; Lays off 1,000Is it a hard time now?Of course not,i am always in confident of e-commercial,which leading our life style,I really appreciate ebay's courage in making the changes at the dark before the dawn.RE: eBay doubles down on payments...

Tags: payment, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?

Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?Medical device development in MassachusettsSpeaking as a member of the orthopedic medical device industry, it is our hope that the regulatory process will allow input from industry to develop reasonable disclosure guidelines without stifling activities that are beneficial to Massachusetts healthcare consumers. Below is an abbreviated...

Tags: health care, manufacturer, medical device, medical device industry, S. 2863

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop

Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktopInteresting[i]We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses and the greater Linux ecosystem," the letter stated. "Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off from the expertise...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux desktop, Nvida, desktop, EXT, NVidia Corp., Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXML

Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXMLSo let me get this straight....... during an investigation of irregularities in the vote they are allowing an appeal after the dealine. Priceless!Glad to see it.When a company can't even implement their own creation that speaks for itself.No surprise on...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Venezuelan Government, ISO, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, irregularity

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Content Protection madness on Vista

Content Protection madness on VistaBlu-Ray Deserves To FailI agree and am with you 100%. DRM will go away when consumers vote with their wallets. We have already seen some of this with the music industry.Blu-Ray/Sony = EPIC FAILBlu-Ray can kiss my DVD-Loving butt :)I would love to see...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital media, Consumer electronics, digital-rights management, Content Protection, Microsoft Windows Vista, HDCP, mplayer, DVD, DRM IS

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

Microsoft finally bows to EU antitrust measures

Microsoft finally bows to EU antitrust measuresROTFLMAO[i]If you can't compete whine to the courts.[/i]... and that's exactly what MS did. Alas, they didn't get what they wanted.Please. An Abacus competes with Windows and Wins!Windows is a horrible failure. After years of success (due to mis-information, illegal OEM contracts, unethical...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, strategy, Abacus, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Spyglass

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Here's why the Skype sign-in outage WON'T matter much

Here's why the Skype sign-in outage WON'T matter muchMostly right, but...I think that the "why" of the outage -- if and when the true cause is revealed -- may have the most impact on Skype's 'popularity'.If it truly is a "glitch", then I believe it will be forgotten. If it...

Tags: Manufacturing, SunRocket, Skype Technologies S.A., outage

Discussion threads 2007-08-17

Today's Internet radio boycott won't matter

Yes, I know its a cliche to call today's Internet music radio boycott "the day the music died," but actually that's not much of a stretch.Backgrounder: numerous Internet radio stations- from large ones operated by Yahoo and MTV to smaller ones operated out of garages- fall silent today in protest...

Tags: Streaming media, Regulatory

Blog posts 2007-06-26

Microsoft: A law firm pretending to be an army pretending to be a software company

SCO failed, so now Microsoft has to do the heavy lifting itself to undermine open source software's legitimacy. Actually, Microsoft prefers to undermine Red Hat's legitimacy. Or OpenXchange's. Or your company's.The latest moves by Microsoft, however, give them away. Stripped of their proxies, their moves are now more clearly understood...

Tags: Intellectual Property, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Patents, Software Infrastructure, Windows

Blog posts 2007-05-15

EU eyes royalties squeeze for Microsoft

EU eyes royalties squeeze for MicrosoftEU eyes royalties squeeze for MicrosoftTypical of the EU always trying to get something for nothing. Microsoft develops the technology, uses it, becomes successful, and now the EU is ticked off about it. There is no uncompetitive behavior in that, its just that...

Tags: Linux, Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Microsoft Corp., eyes royalty, software, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-04-05

U of Nebraska can't track down downloading students

U of Nebraska can't track down downloading students"Me thinks thou does't protests too much"I like a bloody good rant, however, the spelling and poor sentence structure makes me wonder about the education level of the writer.The RIAA and like organizations are trying to protect their interests, and presumably the interest...

Tags: University of Nebraska, RIAA, music

Discussion threads 2007-03-19

European Commission vouches for open source

European Commission vouches for open source*sigh*Two words for you - "Exit Costs."If you had read much if any of the report you would have noticed that that was the crux of the matter with regard to change. They also note that there are always short term "exit costs" when changing...

Tags: Linuxen, open source, worker, European Commission

Discussion threads 2007-01-16

EU reportedly threatening new Microsoft fines

EU reportedly threatening new Microsoft fineswhat is wrong with this ladyIts free and open competition.Thats means no product is subsized. Currently government provides susbidy to *nix from some research grants. This is a violation of WTO Free Trade Laws.I think she expects Microsoft to quit the OS market and make...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Government, Vertical industries, Free trade, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-11-14

The Novell / Microsoft agreement and .NET

The Novell / Microsoft agreement and .NETin unrelated newsPalestisrael goverment will use the Winlux OSmono e monoAnd now a word from our sponsor:[pre] ooMMMMMMMooo ...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, .NET, Unix, Microsoft .NET, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., agreement, O-O, Linux

Discussion threads 2006-11-03

Dunn, Fiorina lash out at HP board

Dunn, Fiorina lash out at HP boardIT Industry Male-dominated ??Well, THERE is a shocker worthy of a book ...Remember, it's always somebody else's fault.Especially when it's Carlykins telling people nobody has a right to a job.I can just hear it now..."Look what you made me do!"... sound familiar to any...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Remember IT, Hewlett-Packard Co., board, corporate culture, Keyworth, Perkins

Discussion threads 2006-10-09