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Time for Plan B?

Time for Plan B?propheti guess you posted about this person because you believe him?proves why ya should get a real job instead of being paid by CBS I'm still waiting for my house to become waterfront property.I'm still waiting for my house to become waterfront property. This thing was supposed...

Tags: Food & Beverage, food, prophet

Discussion threads 2009-05-22

OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design

OLPC to laptop makers: Use our designRE: Hey Open Source come back -- Use our design"Bill Gates told CNET News that the "OLPC hasn't done that well" ..."Hence no ROI."... --the group said that it would be working with Microsoft to make a Windows variety of its XO laptop, ..."Anticipation...

Tags: laptop computer, Third World, One Laptop Per Child project, third world country

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

OLPC revisited - a skeptics view

OLPC revisited - a skeptics viewSorry, broken recordWe could easily purchase and ship used XP laptops at a lower price than the OLPC - look at the price on eBay (~$200 and then imagine bulk purchasing).Condemning the poor to Linux is preventing them from using the global OS and reducing...

Tags: OLPC Project, cell phone platform, One Laptop Per Child project, laptop computer, digital divide, Third World

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

India tries exam to boost quality of outsourcing

India tries exam to boost quality of outsourcingNo really......we can save you money and provide secure top-shelf service. Just look at these exam grades.You mean they didn't have them before?!?!What kind of company would outsource their work to another company whose credentials are unknown? Quality of individual tech supporters are...

Tags: outsourcing, Third World, third world country, surplus

Discussion threads 2005-08-24

Pedal Power For VoIP Minutes: A Third-World digital divide solution?

Pedal Power For VoIP Minutes: A Third-World digital divide solution?Not just the third world17% of German commuters travel to work by bike. Me included, I'll go for it!A Dutch mobile operator recently offered a free bike as part of the contract together with a device that charged the handset from...

Tags: Third World country, Third World, digital divide solution, Pedal Power, VoIP Minutes, Third-World, VoIP

Discussion threads 2005-07-21

Additional Resources

Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer

RE: February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet ExplorerThat does assume that everything remains constant, which it won't. If someone creates a new browser that could disrupt it, or when either company releases a new version of their browser that is also going to throw things...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

House due for its health reform vote tomorrow

the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, WTF, health care, insurance, patriot

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Democrats threaten to grow backbones over health reform

Good analysis.ntthis bill is DOA!Thanks to the efforts of real Americans in Congress and townhalls, the road to socialism in America has been blocked for now.The liberal plan to take over our healthcare and turn it into an expensive third world healthcare has been foiled, but the real test comes...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Reform, health care

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Windows SMB2 exploit now public; Expect in-the-wild attacks soon

Another "researcher" makes a name for himself.So, just why was it necessary for for this Bozo to actually "create and release the code" for the exploit? Let me guess. His company makes money by hyping up the level of fear. See their web page where they say...

Tags: Firewalls, SECURITY, Network security, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Windows SMB2, attack, firewall, antivirus

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

MIT students snap space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470

Very CoolOpens some very intriging low cost possibilities for astronomers around the world.Go Beavers!I miss the good old days walking up and down the Infinite Corridor.RE: MIT students snap space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470Great job! The trip down is a blast!RE: MIT students snap space photos...

Tags: MIT Students, Canon A470, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Canon Inc., photograph, NASA

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux and Open Source on the Desktop

It uses WINEBut I've noticed a number of performance issues and stability problems with it.ActuallyAs far as I've ever able to tell there's no practical difference between Picasa on Windows and Linux. StevenActually, it uses WineLib, so that it is more like a native application.But there are still all the...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open source, desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

Another rude awakening for another biofuel dream

SurpriseSurprise, surprise.Environmentalist are destroying AmericaLets see how long people go without jobs/food trying to believe the lie of 'global warming'......Good grief, I think the Liberal media must be on staff here.Articles about not driving, not using A/C everyone doing with less.Gee, I guess we can all live in mud huts...

Tags: biofuel, global warming, Obama, Socialist

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Max Baucus' bet on John Castellani

Socialist careI guess the 'Stimulus' money is going here now to write propaganda for the Obama socialist cause. we don't need big governmentThe health care industry in USA is the best in the world.ObamaCare would make it more expensive and in line with third world countries.We must stand behind the...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Government, Max Baucus, health care, Dems, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

ERP Implementation: A Complete Guide

ERP implementations in the South Asian countries, are comparatively different, harder and financially very expensive than the other parts of the worlds. This is because of different socio-economic conditions, working style of businesses, their operation methods and low currency comparative to international currencies. Most of the well renowned ERP solutions...

Tags: Third World, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2009-09-14

Name This Country 1.0 (Mobile)

"Name This Country" is a geographical quiz which invites you to test your knowledge of countries around the world. It may be used for testing and educational purposes for people well-informed about the map of the world. Game consists of 50 questions. Each question has 4 possible answers. When you...

Tags: Mobile, Point, AMobile, Games, Keyboards, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-09-13

AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]

Andrew, thanks for doing a real interviewThese days, when most bloggers just link to a PR wire story for their source, ZDNet surprises us with an actual interview. An interesting interview to boot! There is still hope for online journalism. Thanks Andrew.RE: AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the...

Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, INTERNET, cloud computing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon warns of 'abyss" and 'widespread disaster'

Those are some of the words from the U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, speaking in Geneva this morning. He was at a World Climate Conference, having just paid a personal visit to to the Arctic where melt is happenin'. Ban says the Arctuic is warming faster than anywhere else...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-03

If we're "ground zero" for H1N1, how can tech help?

Teach people how to sterilize shared technology.This should be a no brainer but I never see it addressed anywhere properly.Shared communications devices are a prime spot for transfering germs. In most schols the janitorial staff doesn't even touch computers. Mice, mouse pads, keyboards accumulate grime and pathogens until the day...

Tags: Mice, Keyboards, mouse, H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

FCC to vote on wireless industry competition inquiry; Watch out Verizon and AT&T

How does the current setup stiffle innovation?Is the fcc indicating that they feel phones are not as advanced as they should be, or that wireless networks are not as innovative as they chould be?The current setup prevents consumers from ....1. Choosing the device they want2. Using it with...

Tags: 3G, Federal government, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, Asian Governments, bureaucrat, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., FCC, phone

Discussion threads 2009-08-21