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Lawsuit could grab Tiger by the tail

Lawsuit could grab Tiger by the tailWho could confuse a sleaze e-tailer with an O/S ???Looks like a sleazy e-tailer is looking to cash in on Apple's new O/S??? Who it their right mind would confuse the name of an O/S with the name of a sleazebag??? Trademark registration does...

Tags: Operating systems, SEARCH, Apple Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger Direct Inc., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-04-29

Avaya Case Study: Tiger Direct

Tiger Direct was established to serve the needs of computer users, and today the company is one of the industry's top computer and computer-product retailers. In order to enhance customer service and agent productivity, Tiger Direct wanted to present a "Single store" image to its customers, and enhance each customer's...

Tags: Agent, Contact Center, Tiger Direct Inc., Avaya Inc., Real Estate, Business Operations

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Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea

Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...

Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-04

MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search

The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...

Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-04

EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)

EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube and its usersViacom's Data DragnetIt seems to me that their is no justification for allowing this data dragnet.Whether dynamic or static, IP addresses can be traced back to many of the original users through data from Internet service providers. The Whitter article cited...

Tags: Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., IP address

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update

Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update updateStill got it wrong?!?!What part of "check for updates but let me decide" do they not understand???If the people at MS are feeling so benevolentwhy not have the programmers pop up a box when the update occurs, sort of hand holding for the wary.If...

Tags: Operating systems, Opting-Out, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, proper warning

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Encrypt File or Parent Folder (How to encrypt data on your laptop for holiday travel)

Encrypt File or Parent Folder How to encrypt data on your laptop for holiday travelencryptionso hard to used, how about a printable form, all pages...this might have been useful.RE: Encrypt File or Parent Folder How to encrypt data on your laptop for holiday travelOR you could just right-click on the...

Tags: Notebooks, SECURITY, Encrypt File, Parent Folder, holiday travel, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers

Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHAs, has been an urban legend for over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breaking services, and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers, phishers and malware authors into registering hundreds of thousands of bogus accounts for spamming and fraudulent purposes. ...

Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, HIP Character, E-mail Providers, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-03

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose

Updated: The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., IP, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

OrthoGraph Inventory (msi)

OrthoGraph Inventory is dedicated to asset inventory and data acquisition using a Windows Mobile personal data assistant PDA. It can collect information on site with the control of fields, typified data, and fixed lists while enabling users to make measurements. It supports bluetooth barcode readers. The system generates XML, XLS,...

Tags: Asset, OrthoGraph, OrthoGraph Inventory, Asset Management, CAD, Databases, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-07-03

Philips GoGear SA2825 (2GB)

The GoGear SA2825 is one of Philips' most attractive and compact MP3 players. Available in only one color silver and one capacity (2GB), the GoGear SA2825 ($49) offers a healthy amount of features at an affordable price.DesignMeasuring 1.5 inches square and a slender 0.5 inch thick, the GoGear SA2825 is...

Tags: Digital music, Media players, Digital media, Philips Electronics N.V., GoGear SA2825

Product reviews 2008-07-02

Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'

Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'Felony infringerYes, I would agree that this extends beyond fair use... Book'em Dano.RE: Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'I do not think it is right but if it is made out as such a major deal then what is it doing all over the internet Bittorrent...

Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Strategy, felony infringer, Torrent, administrator

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

PCI-DSS 1.1 points to outdated OWASP Top 10

OK, I'm not going to freak out about this too bad... I've already pointed out enough problems with PCI, but I did find it morbidly entertaining.  My good friend Jeremiah Grossman pictured at right blogged today about the PCI-DSS 1.1 section 6.5, which covers "prevention of common coding vulnerabilities in...

Tags: XSS, PCI, Security, Storage, Hardware, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-02

DirectPrompt (exe)

Direct Prompt is teleprompting software that was written with Microsoft Direct X and .NET technology for the Windows Operating System. It allows for ultra-smooth, flicker-free scrolling text by harnessing the raw power of your video card. Direct Prompt is the ideal solution for anyone searching for an affordable prompting solution...

Tags: Solution, DirectPrompt, Microsoft Windows, Video Cards, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, .Net, Software, Hardware, Components, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-07-02

PowerPlugs: SuperShapes for PowerPoint (exe)

PowerPlugs: SuperShapes adds television-style still and animated shape effects to your PowerPoint presentations. SuperShapes goes beyond the static 2D world of PowerPoint's AutoShapes with artistically designed, colored and animated 3D shapes such as arrows, buttons, text frames, banners, separators and more. These professional-quality shape effects will visually direct your audience's...

Tags: CrystalGraphics, Microsoft PowerPoint, SuperShapes, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2008-07-02

Digidesign ProTools (cfm)

Get ready for a revolutionary new way to work with Pro Tools. Digidesign Pro Tools software, featuring the time-manipulating power of Elastic Time, will have you approaching your projects in creative new ways, making working with tempo- and time-based sessions a whole lot easier and imaginative. Plus, increased support for...

Tags: Avid Technology Inc., Pro Tools Software, Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-02

Why Microsoft might win in mobile

Why Microsoft might win in mobileInterface BreathroughI would say that the new HTC Touch is a breakthrough in mobile interfaces. I actually like it better than the iPhone. To me, it makes the iPhone/iPod Touch interfaces look boring.its called Opera Mobile 9.5Have you tried using Opera Mobile 9.5 on any...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, mobile, Opera Software, Apple Safari, Opera Mobile 9.5, Opera Mobile

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Garmin Nuvi 880

Ever since the Garmin Nuvi 880 was announced at CES 2008, we've been excited to get out hands on this portable navigation system. Given the good track record of the other Nuvi series devices, we expected more of the same, solid feature list and good performance. However, we were most...

Tags: Keyboards, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Nuvi 880, speech recognition, Garmin Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-06-30

Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?

Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?physics is not a fundamental application of mathsPhysics is the basis for understanding any physical phenomenon. I do not see any sense in studying biology w/o a strong physics curriculum, as w/o physics you will have a hard time understanding what...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, raw deal

Discussion threads 2008-06-30