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UK plans lunar phone network

UK plans lunar phone networkRE: UK plans lunar phone networknow there's a great way to spend the taxpayer's money! Things must be perfect in the UK so there's got to be a way to spend it.RE: UK plans lunar phone networkI think this is good planning. It would be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, UK Economy, Michael Palin, phone, phone network, network

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?

Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?In light of this news, look at this old Sun commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNqPTOb31S8I like Windows on my desktop but for the back end... no thanks. The reasons aren't worth getting into but for particular services, identity management ActiveDirectory and RDBMS SQL Server,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, UK Economy, London Stock Exchange Plc., tech play, meltdown, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

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Relax, kids...Windows 7 is just another OS

finally...someone with sensefor all this noise and fireworks, finaly someone here says something reasonable7 is just another OSand yes it is.amen.give this man a raiseIt doesn't have to rock to be successfulIt merely needs to be fast, stable and secure. If that's all it does, then there's no reason to...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

7 Days of Windows 7 offers

really funnyhhahhaa............Great for US...... Horrible for the rest of the world,in Brazil I had to dig up, and dig up more, for me to get to see what was supposed to be the price of windows 7 here. Got redirected 3 times to the "windows store" in UK! and a...

Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Windows 7, income, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SuSE, Linux, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Snowe and enemies push health reform forward

Of course . . ."But the story is not yet told, and the trolls below will have their day."Of course. Your way is so right and everybody else is so wrong.at this point If they SO against the health reform let them have it there way since they...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Update: Collecting bad stories about Ticketmaster

It's like the mobA while ago, there was a "government inquiry" into Ticketmaster and their practices. The newspapers read like it was the mob against the government. And the inquiry just went away. Without government proactively acting to protect us, we are at the mercy of big, greedy...

Tags: Vertical industries, box-office, Ticketmaster Corp., government

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle

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: FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies Richard Koman: FTC publishes final rules on blogger...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Psystar, FTC, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Desktops, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

What do Bill Gates and other billionaires see as the world's #1 problem?

Population growth is NOT a problemSpend a few days reading at http://globaleconomydoesmatter.blogspot.com/ and you will be convinced that DECLINING populations are the problem that we should be concerned about.RE: What do Bill Gates and other billionaires see as the world's #1 problem?Not often that I agree with you, but you...

Tags: capitalism, Bill Gates

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Hacker ships tool to circumvent China's Green Dam filter

So any bets on how long before the U of M's IT system is attacked... ...from China?Was thinking the exact same thing.I applaud their effort especially after China pirated US software to create the Green Dam product.It won't be long before the retaliations begin.nobody saw that coming, did they?If hackers...

Tags: Vertical industries, SECURITY, tool, Green Dam, government

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Mid-range European ERP portending the future?

On my personal blog, I skimmed over recently published results for Agresso and COA Solutions. Agresso is emerging in the US as a small if solid player in public sector as well as for those businesses that need a more agile approach to business configuration than you'd likely get from...

Tags: Revenue, Public Sector, Vendor, SAP AG, Agresso, COA Solutions, COA, Maintenance Revenue, Saas/on-demand, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-02

An open letter to the RIAA: Illegal file sharing problem solved?

I think I'll skip......governments collecting and paying royalties. Its called tolling and every business in the world would like to access governments' ability to use force to collect money for them.What would be the outcome of such a scheme? Whenever "artists" (and I use the word loosely given...

Tags: Taxes, Vertical industries, Free trade, Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, government, file sharing problem, tax, open letter, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Windows 7 to sell in UK for half the US price

Summer exchangeHow about I send my daughter for her summer student exchange to you guys in the USA loaded up with Windows 7 DVDs ... and you send your child with new PC and ADOBE software purchased on that side of the pond?We'll split the difference in cash.You can keep...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Google, Microsoft demand place at medical stimulus table

No, of course notNo, Obama doesn't want to kill your grandma. But he DOES want her to wait in the back of the line for that hip transplant while other, younger, patients get higher priority. If she dies while waiting, well, that's a shame, but there's limits to...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., liar, Medicare

Discussion threads 2009-08-08

Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assault

Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assaultSure they do...They'll go cry to the EC that Intel is being mean to them again, giving the EC another opportunity to extort billions more from Intel.AMD should make the next step from ATOMATOM had it's heyday, now the chip seems more like...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Semiconductors, Processors, price/performance, GEODE, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

Ballmer: "I'm a PC" ads effective against Apple

Ballmer: "I'm a PC" ads effective against AppleWow...I was expecting Ballmer to say the ads weren't working at all!Microsoft ads seem backwardThe only part of the Microsoft ads that ever get my attention at all is right at the end, where the screen is almost solid green. For quite...

Tags: Desktops, advertisement, PC, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Do we have moral obligations towards global tech education?

[I'm in London and Cambridge this week with the Traveling Geeks.] Monday morning we met with Tristan Wilkinson, director for public sector for Intel UK Capital. His main interest is how technology can be used to improve countries' economies and improve the quality of life for people through work...

Tags: Education, Job, Technology, Intel Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Windows 7: Now it's an economic savior too

Windows 7: Now it's an economic savior tooAnalogy:Churchill: "You can't tax yourself out of poverty"Obama: "Let's spend [future generation's money] to become wealthy again".WTF!If Cap and Trade Passes People Will Balk At Buying AnythingPrices of goods and services will go through the roof, think people are going to care about...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Airlines on Climate: Don't blame us blame the Banks

I've posted before in these pages about how the business lobby, under pressure to respond to climate change, is starting to fracture. There was another dramatic example of this yesterday in Kuala Lumpur at the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association IATA when the CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, took an...

Tags: Bank, Carbon, Climate, Climate Group, Government, James Farrar, Management, Strategy, UK Air Passenger Duty

Blog posts 2009-06-09

News to know: Palm Pre weekend; iPhone Monday; Bing; DTV conversion; Twitter accounts

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: Palm Pre weekend: Sprint could steal Palm's moment Matthew Miller: Initial Pre thoughts and answers...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Digital Television, Twitter, Sam Diaz, E-mail, TVs, H-1B, Embedded Linux, Cloud Computing, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Operating Systems, Software, Linux

Blog posts 2009-06-08