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Tough Love with openSUSE 11.1

Tough Love with openSUSE 11.1why do you keep talking about ubuntu...as it was an easy distribution and do not try out linux mint? a far better integrated and just "out of the box functional" distro.try it, and you'll see that your father in law doesn't want to go back. Ubuntu,...

Tags: Linux, Desktops, Notebooks, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, openSUSE, openSUSE 11.1, Ubuntu, Tough Love, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

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Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed

You guys have been asking...You guys have been asking for a Mac tablet for years already, while we have been able to get tablet PCs for many years now, in many different form factors and from many different vendors.Yet when you close your world off by relying solely on Apple,...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Google to demo Chrome OS; Detail launch plans

the windoze killer has arrivedChrome OS will put the final nail in M$ coffin!You really can't be seriousyou have to be a fake or something.Your posts are allways way off the mark.By like a continent or two.Windoze? Grow up, manI hope Chrome is good - because it will make...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Google: Is there anyone who doesn't have an opinion?

Google is 1995 MicrosoftFor now, Google is up there, with great products, a bright future and way in front. But...Google can't be different from any other company that ever emerged, flourish and then met their nemesis. Everybody thinks it will be MS or Apple but the reality will probably be...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

E-book reader news and releases round-up

Why e-books ?Using a "normal" paperback book I have indefinite battery life and extreme portability. I have no need to carry a hundred books at one time and can take along a few books for an extended read time just about anywhere and in any travel bag. I...

Tags: E-books, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, e-reader, Apple Inc., E-book reader new, e-book Reader, e-book

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Apple's bumper crop of fall hardware, reviewed

Where is the love for Nvidia?A number of questions come up:Why not Nvidia chipsets anymore? Why did they go back to Intel for core logic when they slammed them in a previous tech show for power management concerns?What happened to added graphics options on the Mac Pro? Where...

Tags: Mice, Servers, Desktops, hardware, Mini, GT 120, NVidia Corp., server, mouse, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Magic Mouse

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

TLS Brain Training 1.0.1 (Windows)

Only the best new and classic puzzles: Easy to Learn, Tough to Master, Fun to Play! We entertain and challenge you with a mix of exciting new games and proven, well-loved favorites. Unlike our competitors, our puzzles are fun and have staying power; each is playable many times without becoming...

Tags: Puzzle, TLS, Training, Tiger Leisure Software, Ssl/Tls, Microsoft Windows, Network Security, Workforce Management, Games, Training And Certification, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Networking, Human Resources, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Killing cancer with social media

Thank you so much for your support.What I've really learned is that as silly as some people make things like Twitter and Facebook out to be...they are amazingly strong platforms for connecting people. And this isn't me starting a social network for people caring about cancer, this has gotten...

Tags: social media

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Salesforce.com Plays In the Enterprise - Again

Back in 1999, I was a salesforce.com user and at that time, it was a rather kludgy sales force automation application that didn't do much right - for example if I tried to export a .CSV file it gave me an .XLS file and vice versa.  I read something by Marc...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Accounting, Financial, Sales Force Management, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Can Apple replace and leapfrog Google Maps in the iPhone?

Or they could be offering choice......like Nokia do with Ovi maps, Google maps and any other GPS aware mapping software you care to use.Oh yeah, but this is Apple the control freaks not the open - and yet still utterly dominant - Nokia, isn't it?RE: Can Apple replace and leapfrog...

Tags: Smart phones, Google Maps, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

What will the fallout be from Microsoft Security Essentials?

a new antitrust lawsuitthis is a shining example of monopoly squashing competition on price.Incorrectas the product isn't being bundled. Additionally if your car maker sold you seat belts prone to failure you wouldn't expect to pay someone else to fix them.I agree about validation.It would realy help to stop...

Tags: Corporate law, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, MSE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, antitrust, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Social Business in Action - Establishing Excellence

Human interaction is as old as humanity, and nothing beats personal contact. We can learn more from a few seconds of personal contact and get a 'gut feel' about someone or a situation experientially in person than we can from hours of research and remote contact....

Tags: Web, Team, Information Technology, Human Interaction, Cohen, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Team Management, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Taleo, Talent Management and What’s Wrong With ERP Spending

Is your career worth at least one security patch? This week, Taleo is conducting its user conference in Las Vegas. They are announcing their Taleo 10 product this week to coincide with the show. Rarely do I get to see a software vendor...

Tags: Talent, Taleo Corp., ERP, Talent Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Workforce Management, Professional Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Career, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-15

J.D. Powers: Verizon tops in voice quality; AT&T, Sprint get no love

Among wireless carriers in the U.S., Verizon Wireless has the best voice quality in five of the nation's six regions, with U.S. Cellular - not AT&T or Sprint - taking the honors in the sixth region. In the west, Verizon shared the top ranking with Alltel and T-Mobile. The honors comes...

Tags: J.D. Power Associates, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Sprint Communications, Carrier, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Twitter still not 'serious' enough for business

Maybe......they should change the name to "microblogging". Like "e-mail", you'd send an "m-blog". I would imagine serious business users are a little uncomfortable using the terms "twitter" and "tweet" in a business environment, when "microblogging" sounds so much more business-like.Carl RapsonOthers Love ItI find it funny that people talk like...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Obama, Twitter Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

News to know: Apple; Salesforce.com; CRM; Microsoft; PayPal

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. Sam Diaz: Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable? DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PayPal, CRM, Sales Force Management, Sales

Blog posts 2009-08-21

Deconstructing United Airlines: Where Customers are Transactions

United Airlines: Customers are Merely Transactions If you're a loyalty marketer and look at my United profile, you find something that would make you 4.5 on a scale of 5.0 when it comes to warm and fuzzy.   You'd see hundreds of thousands of United Airlines frequent flier FF miles;...

Tags: Customers Ltd., Mile, Customer, United Corp., United Airlines, Corporate Communications, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Marketing, Human Resources, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Making the tablet computer "classroom-ready"

With all the recent conjecture about the rumored Apple tablet (nee "iPad") I found this email particularly interesting. Confessions of a teacher, parent and wanna-be tech geek by John H. Julian I've taught since 1980 and the people to get involved...

Tags: Teacher, Computer, Tablet Computer, Personal Information, Tablets, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-16

How will Silverlight light up Microsoft's Web-based Office apps?

minor typo"But a the Office Web Apps team has been saying since last fall" should be "But as the Office Web Apps team has been saying since last fall"Feel free to delete this. :-)I expect the web based Office...to go the way of so many more of their web services....

Tags: cloud computing, Office 2010, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Office Apps, Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-07