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- Gangsta cloud wars could pivot on the traffic-driving power of Google and Microsoft/Yahoo
- Gangsta cloud wars could pivot on the traffic-driving power of Google and Microsoft/YahooYes, this is shaping up to be the next major battlefield!!! And, MS isbuying Yahoo because they don't think that they can win it alone. This really is an exciting time . . . . .tyranny is nigh1)...
- Tags: Network technology, Gangsta, Yahoo! Inc., business interest, IP, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., tyranny
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- The tyranny of the majority
- The tyranny of the majorityHi Paul, too true.What OS you use should be driven by the requirements specification matched to the particular strengths and weaknesses of each potential solution... not dogma.All operating systems have differing capabilities, and until someone produces something akin to HAL-9000 or Star Trek's LCARS no one...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, tyranny
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
- Sat images show village burning, relocation in Burma
- Sat images show village burning, relocation in BurmaThey're going to put me in the movies...Satellite images do make it harder for police states to maintain plausible deniability. We'll see what the Burmese government has to say about all of this in the near future, I'm sure.
- Tags: Burma, relocation
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- Audit reveals extent of FBI abuse of national security letters
- Audit reveals extent of FBI abuse of national security lettersMistakes?I really get tired of this. The FBI, the NSA, the Bush administration, et al, get caught out again, violating the law, abusing their authority, trashing the Constitution. As with the events leading up to the 911 attacks, I think it...
- Tags: Federal government, Tyranny, NSL, FBI, audit
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
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- T-Mobile @Home
- When T-Mobile introduced its HotSpot @Home service last year, we praised it for finally freeing us from the tyranny of the landline. The service lets you make and receive calls via Wi-Fi as long as you have a compatible cell phone in addition to the regular cell...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, NETWORKING, Cellular phones, phone, router, T-Mobile, SIM card, @Home
- Product reviews 2008-06-26
- Free speech for students, revisited
- Free speech for students, revisitedThe rockFreedom of speech is the mother of all freedoms. Because by using it, you can win all the other freedoms back. It's the rock upon which our democratic political systems are built.It destroys tyranny at every level: political, corporate, educational and even psychological (political correctness,...
- Tags: Blogging, Avery
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Blogger says Cuba blocked access to her site
- Blogger says Cuba blocked access to her siteWhere's the American Media on this?The American mainstream media has such a love affair with Cuba, which I often don't understand. You'd think they'd be aghast about a country that not only runs the media, but openly suppresses any form speech. ...
- Tags: Cuba, media, Blogger
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- The CIO's innovation dilemma
- The often uncomfortable relationship between IT and business is nothing new but has taken on fresh piquancy. The visibility achieved by the impact coming from the use of socialprise I have seen among major brands fuels that debate. There is a history here and I sense that...
- Tags: Information Technology, Ross, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- The tyranny of the majority
- Most people find it extremely difficult to go against perceived majority opinion. You can see one aspect of this for yourself by trying a simple social experiment: go somewhere a lot of people are partying and get at least ten to loudly and repeatedly urge another person...
- Tags: Wintel, Mob, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+Apple
- Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+AppleWhat's your vector Victor?Apple doesn't have a chance of moving into business class Windows/Linux territory unless they OEM OSX and open up their proprietary ways.Windows Server 2008 shares the same kernel as Vista SP1, but, interestingly 'retreats' from registry-based gui 'click next' configuration to a command-line interface 'Linux modular approach'...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, Wintel Vista, Wintel Vista conspiracy, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., liar, Wintel, crook, PC, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- Can+we+cut+Microsoft+some+slack+here%3F
- Can+we+cut+Microsoft+some+slack+here%3FWho is that loon?That guy in your blog talking about pre-emptively whatever is a kook. They are the ones that act like Microsoft is the great satan. I think Microsoft has done alot to help advance this industry and no one can deny that fact. Its funny how...
- Tags: Government, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Office 14 to add more online document sharing
- Office 14 to add more online document sharingHow about fixing the UI MESS firstThat started with the idiotic collapsing menus, then to the Insert Text box that inserts a graphic placeholder first, the Ribbon UI, etc.MS, your UI team should all be FIRED!!!!NDAs are already signed...My rep casually mentioned Office...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., NDA, Microsoft Office, Office 14, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- The legislation behind a national ID
- The legislation behind a national IDWrongThis is very wrong and very dangerous.Those who understand history and Human nature know that potential tyranny from our own government may well be more dangerous than terrorists.It will be required for access to many federal offices and banks will likely follow suit and require...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Homeland security, Ollie North, Big Brother, Social Security
- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
- Snuffing out Goofy's cigarette
- Snuffing out Goofy's cigaretteRE: Snuffing out Goofy's cigaretteConnie Willis' brilliant 1996 Remake deals with a Hollywood culture that obliterates its past.http://www.amazon.com/Remake-Connie-Willis/dp/0553574418/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199976027&sr=1-1JJBI love it when politically-correct zombies make it possible......for me to make a buck. I'm gonna start collecting the pre-expunged videos. Those are going to be worth a...
- Tags: Connie Willis, cigarette, Goofy, Disney Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
- Microsoft rebrands PlaysForSure, gives consumers a reason to buy iPods
- Microsoft rebrands PlaysForSure, gives consumers a reason to buy iPodsThis Sure guy?Probably Loverock....He is oneMicrosoft Genuine Advantage.Do you think Apple would develop a software that works on "Windows Only?"Er, actually, they did, sort of.Couple of years ago, Apple's FileMaker released an addon package for their FileMaker Server for Windows that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., PlaysForSure, MP3 player, Filemaker Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-13
- Surveillance cuts both ways
- Surveillance cuts both waysExcellent readI wish there was more we could do to combat improper government activity but it is good to see someone suggest possibilities. As a veteran your last statement was the most touching to me.Nothing to hide?Only an honest government with nothing to hide is notafraid...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Surveilance, camera
- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
- Bill makes home WiFi users track child porn
- Bill makes home WiFi users track child pornLogsdoes this mean we have to go thru our logs every minute to see what is going on?RE: Bill makes home WiFi users track child pornI think if you SEE it, while logged in or while looking through logs you are required to...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS, WIRELESS, home WiFi user, Wi-Fi, child pornography, network
- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
- Google outlines the Open Handset Alliance; Will it succeed?
- Google outlines the Open Handset Alliance; Will it succeed?OSS rules the handset marketThat's the dawning of a new era in software that will spell trouble for proprietary OSes.I Go With the Least Expensive-Not GlitsiestI did not buy an iPhone because I refuse to pay $60 a month for cell phone....
- Tags: DVD, Wi-Fi, Consumer electronics, OSS, Google Inc., Open Handset Alliance, carrier, Blueray, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-11-05
- Microsoft Unified Communications shuns G.722 wideband interoperability
- Microsoft launched its UC Unified Communications products this month with the intention of replacing the traditional PBX. But before it can get to a dominant market share position if it ever gets there at all, it's going to have to interoperate with existing telephony systems on the existing standards that...
- Tags: Interoperability, Phone, IP Phone, Codec, IP, Microsoft Corp., Polycom Inc., G.722, RTAudio, G.722.1, Telecom & Utilities, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Leopards and development platform strategies
- Leopards and development platform strategiesWowNo Mac fans have posted angry, longwinded responses to this yet? And no linux fans have posted sarcastic, dismissive reponses to this yet? Not to mention smug MS fan responses....But seriously folks, I'm not a developer, but I can imagine that the 80%+ marketshare that MS...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Scripting languages, In-House, strategy, Microsoft Corp., ISV, Apple Macintosh, developer, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
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