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- Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?
- Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?They'll all be bitter.Don't get me wrong. I'm what passes for a happy Microsoft user, but all the "flavors" have and shall continue to leave a bitter taste and confused consumers. Another plus for...
- Tags: Home entertainment, 64-bit, Operating systems, Games, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft NEEDS, real question, home theater
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop
- Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the country's technological edge in education. LISBON--Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the...
- Tags: Software, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, Portugal, School Children, Government Hope, Magellan, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Reuters, laptops, education
- News items 2008-10-03
- 1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela
- 1 million Classmates headed to VenezuelaAgreedChavez can control any Open Source software in his country, as the government is taking control of all private industries.This is not really about what he feels is best for all, but instead of what he feels he can control the best.You failed to notice...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Debian, Classmates, aversion, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- 1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela
- Portugal recently announced it's intention to purchase and deploy half a million Classmate PCs to students in the country. Intel developed the Classmate as a reference design in the hopes that local OEMs would customize it and then handle production and distribution. In the latest success for this...
- Tags: Venezuela, OEM, Intel Corp., Government, Linux, Vertical Industries, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Panasonic Blu-ray Home Theater Preview
- ZDNet got a demonstration of Panasonic's new DMP-BD35 and DMP-BD55 Blu-ray players, which debuted at CEDIA 2008, as well as the company's SA-BX500 receiver. Here's a photo play-by-play of the presentation. Go back to the original article: The Toybox: Panasonic Blu-ray Home Theater Preview by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Panasonic, Blu-ray, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca, product photos, home theater, toybox
- Image galleries 2008-09-24
- How I dumped my DVR for a terabyte TiVo
- How I dumped my DVR for a terabyte TiVoI think you meant..."With the TiVo DVR, whatever you programmed in last takes priority." From context I think you mean that this happens with the Time Warner SA DVR, since on a TiVo by default new SPs get the *lowest* priority...
- Tags: DVR, Digital video, OK IT, TiVo Inc., digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- How I dumped my DVR for a terabyte TiVo
- Recently my house was struck by lightning and one of my TiVo boxes got zapped among other things. I had decided to try replacing it with a generic DVR from Time Warner Cable. Boy, was that a mistake. I wanted to like the Time Warner...
- Tags: TiVo Inc., Button, Digital Video Recorder, Play, Scientific Atlanta DVR, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- A conversation with Thomas Otter, Gartner analyst and blogger
- While away, I briefly saw some comment about Gartner's latest foray into the blogging world. Past efforts have been abysmal but this latest attempt looks much more promising. Carter Lusher at SageCircle interviewed Andrew Spender, Gartner's VP of Corporate Communications, via email. The answers were somewhat stilted in my opinion....
- Tags: Analyst, Blog, Gartner Inc., Blogger, Thomas, Tele-management, Blogging, Internet, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Panasonic Blu-ray Home Theater Preview
- Your faithful editors here at The Toybox got a demonstration yesterday of Panasonic's new DMP-BD35 and DMP-BD55 Blu-ray players, which debuted at CEDIA 2008. We snapped photos, took notes and got a general sense of the company's new home theater products (the demonstration also included the company's...
- Tags: Panasonic, Home Theater, Blu-ray, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff released
- DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff releasedMarathonToolhttp://www.codeplex.com/marathontoolSA ExploiterSA Exploiter - GUI SQL Inj ToolFast-Track 3 - Pen Test Toolkithttp://securestate.com/pages/free-tools.aspxRE: DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff releasedPacket-o-matichttp://www.packet-o-matic.org
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Defcon 16, tool
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Juniper Networks Enables Secure Remote Access for the Thai Technology Institute
- As the number of users grew, the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Lakdrabang KMITL network was challenged to provide secure remote connections for users accessing the campus network. The Computer Research and Service Center CRSC considered implementing a VPN, yet software had to be installed on every client computer, which...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Ssl/Tls, Productivity, VPNs, Remote Access, Network Security, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- Intel to deliver 500,000 Classmates to Portugal
- Intel said Wednesday that it has inked a pact with the Portuguese government to supply 500,000 Classmate PCs to elementary school students. The chip giant is part of the Magellan Initiative, Portugal's education technology plan. It was launched by Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates and Intel Chairman...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Portugal, Government, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- DISH Network launches satellite, promises more HD channels
- DISH Network launches satellite, promises more HD channelsHow good is Dish's Service/Performance?I'm about ready to leave Cable again. Usability features of their Scientific Atlanta DVR boxes is very, VERY weak.How does Dish's HD DVR stack up to Tivo and the SA Sara-based boxes?RE: DISH Network launches satellite, promises more...
- Tags: DVR, Digital video, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Network technology, Dish Network, satellite, network, digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Next Microsoft enterprise instant messaging/VOIP server: Think 2009
- Next Microsoft enterprise instant messaging/VOIP server: Think 2009So soon?Damn our SA will expire soon. Wish this was a free upgrade.RE: Next Microsoft enterprise instant messaging/VOIP server: Think 2009I use Office Communicator OC 2007 with server-based OCS 2007, and use both headset (attached to my laptop/dekstop) along with stand-alone VOIP phone...
- Tags: VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, instant-messaging/VOIP server, instant-messaging/VOIP, OCS 2007, server, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OS
- Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OSPerhapsbecause I said best bitsThe next OS from Microsoftshould employ the best bits of what is available, whether they are Microsoft ideas or not - most of the best ones have not been. For example, it should at the very least...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- SOA Meets Situational Applications, Part 3: Examples and Lessons Learned
- In this paper, one examines three SAs. These applications were selected to represent a wide variety of business challenges that SAs can be leveraged to solve. Some of these commonly occur across Lines Of Business LOBs and are of general interest. Others are LOB-specific, yet with typical challenges that can...
- Tags: Application, SAS Institute, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-07-03
- A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier
- A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easierWow!This is a really big deal for Flash developers. We've been waiting a long time for this. No more alternate content solutions and having SEO dweebs trying scab your clients over this issue.Now, all we need is Flash on...
- Tags: SEARCH, WebTop, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Mobile Firefox "Fennec" critical to maintaining Mozilla's momentum
- Now that Firefox 3 has launched, the Mozilla team is hopefully after a vacation at work on the next updates, including a major mobile version. Mozilla's mobile web browser, which is under development as part of Firefox 4 platform and code named Fennec, won't launch until 2009. Still,...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mobile, Mozilla Corp., Fennec, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Literate programming
- Literate programming*blink*Full time programers don't do this? I learned FORTRAN around 1980 and the text required "a structured and disciplined style." That may not be the same thing as "literate programming" but it seems close. I know I have a hard time getting statisticians to document their project specific analysis...
- Tags: Development tools, programming, programmer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
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In this Super Techies interview, larger-than-life techie Marc Canter talks with ZDNet's Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a multimedia pioneer.
We need to get back to freethinking and innovation that is core to our roots. Companies like Intel were founded on thoughts like the famous quote from Robert Noyce - "Don't be encumbered by the past, go out and do something wonderful."
