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- 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
- Study claims netbook users dissatisfied with Windows 7. Are you?
- Very satisfiedVery satisfiedIt's a intentionaly crippled OS from a software company with lackluster QACYou should expect to be disappointed.In the Netbook realm, closed source can't compete with free.I have 7 Pro on mineand I also dual boot with Ubuntu Netbook Remix. And while I personally prefer Ubuntu, there is nothing...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Windows 7 Pro, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, netbook user
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- In Smartphone Wars, Darwinism Triumphs Over Intelligent Design
- OT, but what the heck.The remark:"...even the mechanism called Natural Selection referred to in Evolution, bears the mark of underlying intelligence, since the only way such a sophisticated mechanism could be implemented, is via a highly sophisticated and capable intelligence."flies in the face of established creationist beliefs. The creationist...
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Handhelds, Smart phones, Intelligent Design, deity, Microsoft Windows Mobile, theory, Smartphone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-08
- Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices
- RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook
- I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...
- Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Treece and truth
- Treece, KSYes, Treece is pretty much a toxic wasteland. But instead of ranting about the blowing off of mountaintops, clear-cutting forests, plowing up the prairie, and providing a link to an informationless NYT blurb, why don't you actually *talk* about Treece?Why not tell some of the story of *why*...
- Tags: Treece
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse
- You can watch BluRay movies via the Display Port IN. [nt][nt]Windows to the rescue!![i]Of course, until Apple releases software support, you?ll still have to boot into Windows to play movies.[/i]LOL, OS X sucks. :)LOLWhat's sad is that OS X is the best that Apple could steal!Is that the best you...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, mouse, Apple Inc., Pagan, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- T-Mobile announces 3G BlackBerry Bold 9700 with 624 MHz processor
- lookwoah! a new phone with a tiny screen, an ancient os and thousands of plastic buttons (that can't change layout when needed) glued all over it. i am impressed. RE: T-Mobile announces 3G BlackBerry Bold 9700 with 624 MHz processorEven though I wouldn't have chosen those words I have...
- Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, T-Mobile, MHz Processor, phone, 3G
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Don't tase me in the chest, bro
- Seems like a legal memo to me...It seems to me that when a person receives an electric shock, it doesn't matter where it enters the body, chest, legs, shoulder, neck etc. All the same.Taser is starting to cover it's behind, now that a Canadian judicial enquiry has determined that in...
- Tags: What-if IT, NOW IT, TASER, aspirin, chest, cop, risk
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features
- I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...
- Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS
- hasince they used the work impossible i'll give them 1 month. That is, one month until the figure out how to jail break that sucker, may be 2.If people are able to figure out how to make their own hackintosh computer I'm pretty sure they will be able to...
- Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- DOJ probes IBM's mainframe business
- M/F competitionThere use to be plug compatible m/f from Amdahl and Fujitsu. When IBM switched from bi-polar to CMOS technology, the competition was unable to make the same switch. They have left the field.A few years ago, there was a small manufacturer of a PC server capable of...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, IBM Corp., mainframe, U.S. Department of Justice, M/F
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?
- Re:Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?My company is deeply involved in the production of visual materials for the scientific, technical and medical post-secondary education marketplace and they are just dying for a tool such as this for use in the classroom. With a solid customer base here, Apple can...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, PC, tablet, Apple Inc., keyboard, tablet PC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- U.S. willing to let go of Icann
- Obama is selling us outonly a peace monger like Obama could cede US sovereignty to UN.It's time to elect a real American in 2012!Huge MistakeThis is a very bad idea. Whenever we cede control to the 'world,' the worlds tin horn disctators make a mess of it.This should have...
- Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Personal finance, Obama, salary, ICANN, job
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Microsoft: Windows Mobile 7 not on the PDC docket
- MS can be extremely innovative when they want to beI'm looking forward to WM7. When MS feels threatened, they are easily the most innovative tech company in the world. And when I say "innovative", I mean in the real sense, not in the Apple sense where innovation is taking something...
- Tags: PDAs, Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Stanford's open-source camera lets the public choose camera features
- What happens when you get Linux developers designing physical objects....You get a camera with no case, a motherboard sticking out, a huge lens on a dinky cellphone cmos chip, a built in USB hub, and some guy talking about making it "programmable" so that some other university eggheads can use...
- Tags: open source, camera, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- How an open source camera will change photography
- Hobbist gimmicIt's funny how open source always comes down to that annoying little detail called hardware.How nice when someone invests a couple million to start making a new toy for him to play with.Honestly, this is a non-starter. 99% of photographic needs are met with a commercial camera in conjuction...
- Tags: cell phone camera, camera, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Razer Megalodon headset
- We recently took a look at two wired PC gaming headsets that rest in the midrange spectrum. While the P21 from Turtle Beach performed well as a PC headset, we wish it offered an option to expand to surround sound. The G330 from Logitech also performed well--not to...
- Tags: Games, Razer Megalodon, headset, microphone, ear cup
- Product reviews 2009-08-27
- Westone 1 True-Fit Earphones
- In 2006, we got our hands on professional audio manufacturer Westone's only two pairs of consumer earphones--the UM1 and the UM2--both of which received high marks for their good looks, comfortable fit, and excellent sound quality. Rather than toy with two winning products, the company then added a third headphone...
- Tags: Cable, Westone 1 True-Fit Earphones, Westone 1, Westone 3 True-Fit Earphones
- Product reviews 2009-08-26
- SONY goes "Open Kimono" with sexy new e-Readers
- Sound like checkmate, they have everything the Kindle does for less $$ $They even have better quality. I want to buy one right now although it has to have the books that I want.At the risk of sounding fanboy-ishI must ask. How does the 6" $299 Sony touch (but...
- Tags: E-books, e-book, Sony Corp., e-reader, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
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