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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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Peak oil panic? Dubai or not Dubai?

Harry, please ignore the deniersThey will try to quash any voice of reason. I believe they hope to maneuver themselves into a position where they can argue that they should not be affected by the consequences because they don't believe in man-made climate change. Pure selfishness.Keep it coming. We are...

Tags: Food & Beverage, food, oil

Discussion threads 2009-11-26

Is Google the Center of the Universe?

It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...

Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-24

British scientists call for action in Copenhagen

RE: British scientists call for action in CopenhagenThe exposed emails sure tell the truth about this whole GW movement.If you don't trust science...Then give up its benefits. That includes just about every piece of tech discussed here.If you don't believe in climate change, can I suggest you join the...

Tags: climate change

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Firefox faces browser clone war in China

Come on ZDNet!!!!Is this really newsworthy????Newsworthy? That's not the point...ZDNet's intent was not to write about anything worthwhile. It's intent was to draw you in and to have you read further in order to get you to visit at least one more page in their web-site.If they had...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Epicor's implementation cost drive: what does it really mean?

Epicor's announcement Monday that it has created a shared benefits program for implementations looks like a step in the right direction for those of us that want to see lowered implementation costs. On the face of it, the offer is compelling. According to the press release:...

Tags: Epicor Software Corp., Customer, Benefits, Roi/Tco, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-11

News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device

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: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-09

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