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plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business

plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OOA/OOD/OOP, C/C++, Operating systems, plagiarism, textbook business, IEEE

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

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News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...

Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Open source and forced obsolescence

You gutted your own articleFirst, no one forces you to update your software, period. There *are* companies that won't support antiques, and who can blame them? Support costs are very high, especially since one person or team can't be expected to be expert in a dozen different versions of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), obsolescence, open source, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Think and Grow Rich 1.0 (Windows)

The Thirteen Steps to Riches described in this book offer the shortest dependable philosophy of individual achievement ever presented for the benefit of the man or woman who is searching for a definite goal in life. Before beginning the book you will profit greatly if you recognize the fact that...

Tags: Financial, Microsoft Windows, Achievement, Da Publishing, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

Software downloads 2009-09-10

When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death...

For those who think collaboration technology simply breaks down rigid command and control management hierarchies, consider the origins of the term: the military. The US military have had a significant online presence with various online forums for rank and file, commanders and other...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Network, Leader, Forum, CC, Case History, Software As A Service (SaaS), Collaboration, Groupware, Managed Hosting, Social Networking, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-03

While I'm away...Kindlenomics and OLPC revisited

Since my wife is 6 months pregnant and my mom is visiting from Seattle, we've decided to take a night away while said mom watches the kids. As a result, you get one more repost. I'll be back tomorrow, recharged after a bed and breakfast getaway; it will...

Tags: Student, Hardware, Textbook, One Laptop Per Child Project, Kindle, Kindroid, XO 2.0, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-30

The American Textbook Accessibility Act

The American Textbook Accessibility ActChris, you're dreamingThe only way this is going to get a Federal charter is if someone with enough muscle gets to skim rents.None of the players have enough concentrated political pull to overcome the others who would gang up to block the monopoly play, so it's...

Tags: Vertical industries, American Textbook Accessibility Act, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

News to know: Microhoo; Multilingual spam; Apple; Verizon; Sprint

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win if smaller deal Boomtown: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck-Will Be Announced...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Verizon Communications Inc., SPSS Inc., Apple Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Planning, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-07-29

The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without content

The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without contentEVDO Internet connectivity??EV-DO really?With that only it's a pretty restricted market...there are not many countries were it will work...Better GSM+EDGE+HSPA&HSPA+ /WCDMA (2G -> 2.5G -> 3G -> 3.5G etc. support).CDMA has no longer term future on this planet... RE: The Apple...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Cellular phones, Apple Tablet, tablet, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Dell aims to diversify away from PCs, but how?

Dell aims to diversify away from PCs, but how?Dell should simply...make an Android handset that gives users root and easily allows people to do things like voip or more accurately allows developers to create apps that can do things like that.If the real power of the handset were available ......

Tags: Data centers, SMB/SME, Desktops, PC, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Chegg.com is the Netflix of textbooks

The New York Times ran an article this past weekend on Chegg.com short for chicken and egg, a growing textbook rental service. That's right, textbook rental. How many college students buy used books and then return them at the end of a semester? Chegg allows you to simply...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Textbook, Chegg.com, Chegg, Venture Capital, Healthcare, Productivity, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-09

Anyone care to publish some textbooks on Scribd?

The recent headlines about Simon and Schuster's publication of 5000 ebooks on Scribd grabbed my attention, since I had previously and unfairly put a look at the new service on the back burner. I'm glad I took the time to check it out since, assuming their business model is...

Tags: Textbook, Scribd, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Why enterprise networks run Windows, not the Mac

Why enterprise networks run Windows, not the MacHere's an asbestos suit.Because, boy, are you going to need it.Anyway...The reason they don't succeed is down to three things:1) TCO - ripping out your infrastructure to replace it with someone else's gear doesn't make sense unless you have to. Since good...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, PC, enterprise network, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

E-reader devices: The fun is just starting

The interest in e-readers, or e-books as they are called now, has reached a fever pitch. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos fields nothing but Kindle questions at the company's  shareholder meeting. Prime View picks up E Ink, the company that supplies the screen to Amazon's Kindle, for $215 million. And companies...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Sarah Rotman Epps, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Goodbye, SOX?

Goodbye, SOX?What! No!The "Credit Crunch" meant nothing to me, but kill SOX and who will pay my outrageous SOX consulting fees.I'll be ruined!It's about time.Sarbox is a failure. The Siemens corruption case was in complliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.You don't have to look far to see that Congress knows nothing about...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbox, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, goodbye

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Wolfram/Alpha launches: Can it break out of niche-ville?

Wolfram/Alpha launches: Can it break out of niche-ville?Agreed. Tried it out.It can answer "some" questions faster then Google but still suffers the problem of you want to do further research even then to be assured Wolfram got it right. As I suspected, its much like Wikipedia; just a smaller...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., search engine, Wolfram/Alpha

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

Forget the Kindle; University "requires" iPhone

Forget the Kindle; University "requires" iPhoneWow..A runon sentence followed by a fragment followed by another GIANT runon. Granted I stopped, for the most part, when I came across "tho". If this is how college level students communicate these days - I think we have more to worry about than shelling...

Tags: iPhone Applications, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle press conference

Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle press conferenceMessage has been deleted.RE: Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle press conferenceIf Amazon does roll out a textbook Kindle it will be a star. Just left a grad school program and I would not say the money you get back for used...

Tags: E-books, Amazon Kindle press conference, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, textbook

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

The big Kindle: Pondering Wi-Fi; Netbooks; Market implications

The speculation-o-meter is running wild ahead of Amazon's roll-out of its large-screen Kindle Wednesday, but there are more than a few loose-ends to tie up.  First, the latest. Engadget reports that the latest Kindle will have a 9.7-inch display. The site also noted that the New York...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Netbook, Speculation-o-meter, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-05

News to know: Windows 7; RIM; Botnet hijack; Amazon

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: What to expect from Windows 7. Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: So many Microsoft codenames, so little time... The...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Antitrust, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-05