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Search for Holy Grail may be nearing success

The Holy Grail may be within reach. That would be a sturdy, cheap, rechargable and recyclable battery for American-made hybrid cars if you are a believer in the religion of American enterprise. Today Michael Kanellos blogged about EnerDel, in the auto heartland of Indiana, which is aiming to...

Tags: Holy Grail, Battery, EnerDel, Thay, U.S. National Renewable Energy, USNREL, Engineering, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-18

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60 Minutes: We're not ready for a cyber war

Just like 9/11 thousands will have to die Before we give a damn. It's really a shame.and everything workshow's that possible?Unfortuantely, it will take a disasterIn the US, until disater strikes no one will do anything. Once it does happen then there will be screaming for heads to role....

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Regulations, FERC, Obama, hacker, Bush

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

FTC publishes final rules on blogger payola, endorsements

It's about time!It's only fair that if somebody refers you to a product or a service through their blog, and they have received any sort of remuneration, that they reveal this information to you.won't workhow are you going to find the ofenders?padded reviews, stuffed 'online polls' is just something we...

Tags: Blogging, FTC, advertisement, blogger, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Packaged software, an accident of history

"government engineered" ????"dysfunctional business model"Sounds like someone is looking for a new "revenue stream"!This sounds suspiciously like the "lease a car" vs "rent a car" debate. Change the looks of the same old clunker to "generate sales" without really improving anything.Feudal Europe had the royalty owning the land and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web Standard, software, accident

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

$299 laptop specials keep back-to-school shoppers happy; would you buy over a Netbook?

This will only drive down the cost of netbooksSo laptops drop to $299, netbooks will drop to $199. Or less. This is really a bad news trend for MS. As hardware prices drop, Windows becomes a higher percentage of the unit cost. When it comes to...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, netbook, laptop computer, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Firefox to hit 1 billionth download today

Firefox to hit 1 billionth download todaygreat for Firefoxdoes this means Firefox jumped 10 shares closer to IE? btw- I use it every day. I love the FoxLooks like that stranglehold MS has on browsers is really hurting them ntntRE: Firefox to hit 1 billionth download todayAnd the same is...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, billionth download today, download today

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

More questions (and even a few answers) about Windows 7 E

More questions and even a few answers about Windows 7 E"What else are you interested in knowing about Windows 7 E?"Of course, the main question is, who will ever see this version? The EU threw a hissy about MP a few years ago, and insisted on a version of...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 E, More Questions, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Analyst: An Apple tablet is coming to shake up netbook market

Analyst: An Apple tablet is coming to shake up netbook marketApple could not build a sub-$500 computer that is not a piece of junk!!!!!!Therefore, unless you don't consider tablet as a computer, don't expect something too far from reality.Apple has a standard!!!!!And yes Ipod Touch is not a computer. That's...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Tablets, Keyboards, Notebooks, Digital music, Digital media, netbook, tablet, Apple Inc., netbook market, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Sheriff: Craigslist is "single largest source of prostitution"

Sheriff: Craigslist is "single largest source of prostitution"Does raise some interesting questions......like does Craigslist actually do business in Illinois? While have a hard time imagining what sorts of "erotic services" would not be prostitution, and I wouldn't allow such a category if I was running the site, I don't...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Prostitution, Craigslist, prostitution

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset for a better reason

Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset for a better reasonWhy I started the group on FacebookI just wanted to clarify why I started the Facebook group "People Against the new Terms of Service TOS" yesterday. Personally it wasn't so much about getting Facebook to change their TOS. If you read the...

Tags: INTERNET, Facebook, terms of service

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

Toshiba’s iPhone-slayer: TG01 touchscreen smartphone debuts

Toshiba’s iPhone-slayer: TG01 touchscreen smartphone debutsSeems that Apple is quite capable of slaying the iPhone itselfWhy would Toshiba care about slaying a product that saw a [b]40% drop in sales since last quarter?[/b] Maybe Toshiba should set their sights on slaying phones that are actually doing well. :) Once again...

Tags: Keyboards, Smart phones, Monitors & displays, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, touch screen, phone, Apple Inc., iPhone-slayer, smart phone, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-03

Why IE 8 won't use the WebKit rendering engine

Why IE 8 won't use the WebKit rendering engineYou have to stop using Net Applications.It is an IIS driven opt in unknown methodology counting system. There is no reason to believe it represents reality except as stated, in a custom network of IIS driven click driven network. It...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, WebKit, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

Cloud computing: Will the financial geeks give it a boost?

Cloud computing: Will the financial geeks give it a boost?"Another money-saving idea...""... which is not in widespread use and which will involve disrupting everything we're doing now and negotiating many new contracts.Tell me where to sign.And please return to my office at 2:00 to discuss the expense reductions which will...

Tags: financial, cloud computing, cloud company

Discussion threads 2008-10-31

Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malware

Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malwareAsus ships Eee Box PCs with malwareThis is a deliberate attempt by Asus to get people to move away from Microsoft Windows and get the Asus eee's with linux installed. I hope Microsoft sues them for negligence. After that people will not want...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, ASUS, Eee Box PC, malware

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate

Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debateSAP MaintenanceSAP is a large company that feels they are bulletproof. They make their money on large accounts, and increasing maintenance is just a money grab in lue of increasing market share in SMB where thay have no clue how to penetrate.RE: Forrester...

Tags: SAP AG, Forrester Research Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Video: Second Life competing with Cisco Telepresence?

Video: Second Life competing with Cisco Telepresence?Larry - adding new uses to 2nd life has other implicationsOne of the things that is beoming a key issue is that gaming simulation systems are being used in many other areas than entertainment and its about to become a real problem since...

Tags: Collaboration, Corporate communications, Games, Cisco TelePresence, Second Life, Cisco Systems Inc., video

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google Chrome is complementary to Firefox

Google Chrome is complementary to FirefoxAt lasta blogger who understands open source. Every idiot on the internet tries to paint Chrome as competition to Mozilla. They do not have the vaguest clue......RE: Google Chrome is complementary to FirefoxI am excited. I like firefox but with Googles track record,...

Tags: Web browsers, NOW IT, Google Browser, Remember IE, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

IBM: The mainframe is back

IBM: The mainframe is backMainframe decision makers...As long as IT departments are headed by baby boomers who are in bed with IBM, the z series will continue to exist and propogate. There are a number of old systems (re: COBOL) that still meet the business needs, and will continue...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Aliph releases new Jawbone that is 50% smaller than the original

IMHO, one of the best Bluetooth headsets you can buy after getting the swing of putting it on and off is the Aliph Jawbone. Today the announced a new model that has several improvements that look like they actually listened to what consumer wanted changed. There should be one at...

Tags: Gram, Battery, AT&T Corp., Model, Aliph Jawbone, Battery Life, Engineering, Retail, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse

Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refusewell can we trust Novell to anything now sincethey made deal with MS ......Don't think so. Well even if thay you be very nice to have a unix-fication under a mother distro .....im worry that MS goes up with dirty...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Virtualization, OPEN SOURCE, toughie, Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., NOVELL HAS

Discussion threads 2008-05-12