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- Systemax Pursuit 4155 (Intel Core Duo T2250, Vista Ultimate)
- We just don't know what happened. When we reviewed a $999 configuration of the Systemax Pursuit 4155 running Windows XP earlier this year which is still available on TigerDirect, it had a strong set of features and a Core 2 Duo processor that delivered solid performance. But the Windows Vista...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Keyboards, Processors, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Core Duo, Intel Corp., Systemax, Systemax Pursuit 4155
- Product reviews 2007-04-21
- Systemax Pursuit 4155
- It used to be that a thousand bucks would get you a laptop stocked with previous-generation components and a mediocre feature set. But as the $999 Systemax Pursuit 4155 illustrates, a new wave of budget laptops stocked with current components and downright craveable features has hit the market. With an...
- Tags: Notebooks, Systemax, Systemax Pursuit 4155, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2007-01-20
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- AOL talks with Microsoft, Yahoo heat up: source
- Sources said a deal with Yahoo would likely involve merging AOL--with Time Warner keeping a share, and a deal with Microsoft would have Redmond completely taking over AOL. NEW YORK--Time Warner's discussions to merge or sell its AOL Internet division with Microsoft or Yahoo have taken on new...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Search, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Reuters, AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, mergers
- News items 2008-07-16
- Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance
- Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade danceCorporate Communism!This is an example of what I call Corportate Communism. Microsoft is showing it's anti-capitalist leanings. When companies like Microsoft can't compete in the market, they buy the competitor. Some argue that's capitalism. I...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Government, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance
- Microsoft still has the hots for Yahoo and now wants to enlist partners to win the target's search business. Yes, folks the Microhoo saga continues and boy are these two crazy kids awkward. According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is still trying to airlift the search...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- WALL-E: Steve Jobs meets Al Gore
- WALL-E: Steve Jobs meets Al GoreApple's Jonathan Ive helped with robot designApparently Apple's lead designer Jonathan Ive helped with the design of the futuristic robot Eve.Fortune magazine:" A call from Stanton to Jobs in 2005 resulted in Johnny Ive, Apple's behind-the-scenes design guru, driving across the San Francisco Bay to...
- Tags: Robots, Noah, Wall-E, Stanton, Steve Jobs, Al Gore, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- XP era ends: Will Vista step up?
- XP era ends: Will Vista step up?All software eventually expires and is upgraded.The operating system is no different.Personally, I think that this entire conversation has been missing the point.Most people, by which I mean consumers not IT staff, don't care what operating system is on their computer. They will use...
- Tags: Service Pack 1, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Apple makes its play for the cloud: MobileMe
- Apple on Monday unveiled MobileMe, an Internet strategy where Steve Jobs & Co. takes a little Web 2.0, mixes in some cloud computing and spits out "Exchange for the rest of us." The rollout of MobileMe at WWDC all incoming stories is notable on a few fronts:...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., MobileMe, Ed, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Oracle Performance Tuning Script (zip)
- As the years pass the Oracle Administrator is in the pursuit of optimal database performance. Using "Oracle Performance Tuning Script Version 1.0" the administrator can diagnose any performance related problem and troubleshoot with minimum effort and time. Oracle records every wait at some tables, all this interface tables called Oracle...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Running Oracle, Performance Management, Storage, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-06-05
- Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down
- Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions downElephant repellent[i]Extraordinary rendition, anyone?[/i]See? It works!raymarc001The far sweeping powers that GW grabbed after 911 MUST come to an end! The ability of a president to write executive orders will destroy the USA if this isn't stopped. Every executive order GW has created must be repealed....
- Tags: Homeland security, terrorism prosecution, terrorism, executive order
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Blockbuster can start due diligence on Circuit City
- Blockbuster can start due diligence on Circuit CitySM & CC, NF & BBSystemax is an better fit for Circuit City since Systemax already have an strong online store called TigerDirect. They also purchased most of CompUSA stores. It will be the most obvious and safest fit. Blockbuster will be better...
- Tags: Blockbuster Inc., Systemax, NetFlix Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Google's open source problem is Affero
- Google's open source problem is AfferoOrly?So, if I understand things correctly from the linked article and this, Affero would require Google to release their source code updates for software that runs the [i]services[/i] they sell, not just for compiled software packages as under the current Affero?In the case of the...
- Tags: Mac-user, Affero, F/OSS, open source, AGPL, Google Inc., source code
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- MSFT walks away from YHOO: The antitrust connection
- It's interesting that such a large part of Steve Ballmer's letter giving up on the Yahoo deal focused on the antitrust implications of Yahoo's deal with Google. In four separate bullet points, Steve explains Microsoft's "particular concern" over the arrangement: undermining Panama, harming engineer retention, giving Google even greater dominance...
- Tags: Antitrust, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- Magic World Online (exe)
- Magic World Online is set in a distant magic land, in which you will raise your character to protect your homeland and fight against devils. Innovative new concept, thats what made Magic World Online distinguish itself from other titles. This game is the first MMORPG integrated with an in-game video...
- Tags: Ingle Games, Magic World Online, Robots, GPS, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-04-23
- Chart of the day: Blockbuster and Circuit City vs. Apple, Amazon, Best Buy
- Chart of the day: Blockbuster and Circuit City vs. Apple, Amazon, Best BuyName Please...I wonder which name going to get ditched? It wouldn't work even if Blockbuster folded all movie rental operations into an Circuit City in store kiosk just like Best Buy did with the Geek Squad. That scenario...
- Tags: Branding, Amazon.com Inc., intenet, Apple Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- Google plans for bigger role in Microhoo scrum
- Google has hired Frank Quattrone, a long-time Silicon Valley investment banker, and his firm Qatalyst as an adviser. Hiring Quattrone indicates that Google has no plans to let go quietly as Microsoft makes its play for Yahoo. According to the New York Times' DealBook blog, Google has retained Quattrone's...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hiring Quattrone, Internet, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Services, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Jury rules for Alcatel in Microsoft patent case
- Jury rules for Alcatel in Microsoft patent caseAnd...As far as I can see, patents are often for very vaguely worded methods. Which is I guess one major reason is why people are ticked off regarding software and patents.Pursuit of JusticeWe have reached a point where the volume of Intellectual Property...
- Tags: patent, patent case, Alcatel, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-05
- Sales-driven IT failures
- The roots of enterprise IT failure often lie in the sales process: Sales guy promises the world to customer Customer naively believes sales guy Project fails and customer is shocked Sales-driven IT failures happen all the time, sometimes...
- Tags: Information Technology, Project Manager, Failure, Sales-driven IT Failure, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Cyren Call denies it demanded D block payment
- Cyren Call – the corporation formed to advise the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corp. -- angrily denied accusations that it or PSST demanded spectrum lease payments. Voices in some quarters have been saying that the alleged demands doomed the efforts of Frontline Wireless to compete for the D block and...
- Tags: Payment, Spectrum, PSST, Operational Accounting, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Art for Sale (zip)
- Art for Sale is a classic simulation game with a novel twist. You paint your own artworks and sell them in pursuit of becoming a famous artist. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Art, Fried Games, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-03-27
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