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- Coal-fired+battle+continues+in+Kansas
- Coal-fired+battle+continues+in+KansasEnvironmental impacts...It is interesting the wind lobby is supporting this move. They need the coal plants to provide the transmission lines to the Wind sites. They were planning on piggybacking the coal proposal. It does beg the issue of the credibilty of the wind lobby if they...
- Tags: transmission line
- Discussion threads 2008-02-03
- NIMBY, but I still want the electricity
- There are some modern tehcnologies that can be wireless, especially digital tech from radio and TV to data and Internet. Not so with electricity. There are those damned wires. Almost as bad as all that plumbing needed to move water around. Here's the Wiki piece on...
- Tags: Electricity, Federal Government, Radio, Transmission Line, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-12-05
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- Mainstream media writes Windows obit
- Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Mainstream media writes Windows obit
- Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- The Importance of Dissent
- The Importance of Dissentwould be nice...It would be nice if we could "shout from the rooftops" without fear of reprisal. In reality, with most companies, the options are "jump ship" or "keep your mouth shut and do as you're told".It's hard to disagree publicly with your companyI agree with you...
- Tags: Drizzle, Mat, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Service integrators = Ed Tech bargain hunters?
- I'm not entirely enamored of my ISP right now. Their backbone is dated, downtime too frequent, the email interface they provide is kludgy at best, application support for their web hosting is more limited than what you can get from $1.99 a month hosts, and, well, I'm just not...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Hosting, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- The Importance of Dissent
- Word is going around that Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL, is parting ways with Sun. Matt Asay blogs about it and says it's a good thing Widenius is taking his dissent on the road: At this point, however, Monty has done the right thing with his dissent. He has...
- Tags: MySQL, Arjen, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upGoogle Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upFile this in the "No Surprise" category. The shoddy programming at Google which has been reflected on many of their applications and services should come as no surprise to anyone on Chrome. Google is trying to live...
- Tags: SECURITY, Google Chrome vulnerability, Google Inc., Google Chrome, vulnerability, Chrome, programming
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with QumranetKVM is solid and cleanA lot of it is marketing, but the technology is excellent and can dominate the virtual desktop. The issue comes down to VDI already being a cost effective product compared to stand alone desktops and...
- Tags: Desktops, desktop, Red Hat Inc., Qumranet, KVM
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Dell repair adventure, conclusion
- Dell repair adventure, conclusion"less than optimal or expected"The phrase I have heard for this is "opportunity for improvement." Glad to hear your machine got fixed.Dell serviceDell has no where near the skill level of the old DEC field service reps and probably never will.I have had 3rd parties from...
- Tags: Manufacturing, NEXT BEST, outsourced tech, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- NetSuite moves early to support Chrome
- NetSuite said Friday that it will offer native support for Google's Chrome browser, which is in beta and may not be enterprise strength yet. In a statement, NetSuite said its CRM, e-commerce, accounting and OpenAir unit will support Chrome in phases with support being complete in mid-October....
- Tags: NetSuite Inc., Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- End of an era: Dell may dump its factories
- End of an era: Dell may dump its factoriesRubbed up the wrong way?"The rub: It’s unclear whether contract equipment manufacturers would want to buy Dell’s manufacturing hubs. Do contract manufacturers really want to take on Dell’s capacity?"Don't CEM's want to take on everyone's capacity ... I mean isn't their model...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., End-Of-An-Era
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Seinfeld
- SeinfeldHow did this make it past focus groups?My theory is that they told the focus group subjects it was for a different company, and the subjects responded favorably. Therefore, we're all wrong and Microsoft is right.Wow, that's just brilliant!Windows' image is no longer tarnished. They are now being associated with...
- Tags: Marketing research, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Microsoft Student Technology Day UK
- Note Wednesday 1st October 2008, a little over 3 weeks away from today in your diary. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and a whole load of influential partners and companies will be in London for the Microsoft Student Technology Day. It's a day about and for students,...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
- It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...
- Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- EIC Podcast: Google Chrome; Apple; Dell and Salesforce.com
- On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk Google's Chrome browser, Apple's iPod event next week and my theory that Dell and Salesforce.com should merge. On Google's Chrome browser we riffed on the importance of the launch, how it's really a battle over cookie files...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Sales Force Management, Web Browsers, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- The power of standard protocols
- I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...
- Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
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