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FAQ: Windows on Macs: FAQ: Windows on MacsWhat an innovation!Now 2.3% of the market can use their superior macintosh with the same processor windows-based PCs have been using, use windows-based software that the rest of the world uses, and buy their hardware for a 30% markup! What a combination of value and style!...; Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Amazon.com Inc., OS X., Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Mac OS X, up-scale community, regular basis, markup, Microsoft Windows XP Professional; Discussion threads 2006-04-05

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Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?: UK researchers have developed a prototype of a future giant rubber tube which could catch energy from sea waves. The device, dubbed Anaconda, uses 'long sea waves to excite bulge waves which travel along the wall of a submersed rubber tube. These are then converted into flows of water passing...; Tags: Turbine, Environment, U.K., Sea Wave, Anaconda, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-06
euRO Ragnarok Episode Addon (exe): Inspired by the popular fantasy anime Ragnarok, the game is an ever-expanding universe of exotic lands and never-ending journeys set in a 3-D environment. Players can customize their characters and venture off alone or in groups in far-flung fantasy realms full of mystery and peril. With a community of millions...; Tags: Burda:ic; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?: In partnership with indie security consultant Rich Mogull left Mozilla has launched a valuable Security Metrics Project that could help to -- we can only hope -- put an end to the silly notion that patch-counting helps to determine a product's security posture. The idea is...; Tags: Mozilla Corp., Rich Mogull, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-03
12 terabytes of YouTube data: 12 terabytes of YouTube dataHorrible loss for ConsumersThis Judge needs to be taught what he has the power to do, and not to do. This is a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Not to mention a major privacy issue for all of us that have ever watched...; Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03

NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 Filters: NoScript plugin writer Giorgio Maone posted a commentary on IE 8's new filters, drawing comparisons to his own widely popular NoScript Firefox plugin. Maone writes: I'm happy to learn that IE8 is going to implement a less ambitious version of a feature which NoScript users have enjoyed for more than one...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, XSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Attack, Maone, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency: Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergencyThere are no engineersTheir parents made sure they went into business and got MBAs due to the wonders of globalization!Too many chiefs, not enough indians.-MWhy not just drill for more oil?I think it is simply amazing how everyone in Congress is standing around...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Total Cost, food; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers: A recently accepted legislation in Lithuania banning communist symbols across Lithuania, has prompted Pro-Russian hackers to start defacing Lithuanian sites, an indication of the upcoming attack was detected last week with active discussions around Russian forums greatly reminding us of the Russia vs Estonia cyberattack sparkled due to the removal...; Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Torrent admin is 'felony infringer': Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'Felony infringerYes, I would agree that this extends beyond fair use... Book'em Dano.RE: Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'I do not think it is right but if it is made out as such a major deal then what is it doing all over the internet Bittorrent...; Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Strategy, felony infringer, Torrent, administrator; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Nokia's open source Symbian is no match or threat to Linux mobile, Linux Foundation claims: Nokia's plan to open source the Symbian mobile OS platform is no threat to mobile Linux, maintains the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Jim Zemlin maintains that mobile Linux will continue to evolve and flourish in spite of Nokia's plans and the formation of the Symbian...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Symbian Inc., Jim Zemlin, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8: Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8Once again......late to the game. The "alternate" browsers have had these for a while. Competition breeds improvement, apparently. ;)It will still suckBeing a MS product, it will still suck.RE: Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8Why would...; Tags: Web browsers, cross-site scripting protection, Anti-malware blocker, Anti-Malware, IE 8, blocker, XSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Linux-based cell phone drops July 4: The Openmoko Neo Freerunner, a Linux-based cell phone that "will help enable ubiquitous computing in the 21st century," will be on sale starting July 4, with shipping to begin July 7. According to company specs, the phone utilizes GNU/Linux and comes with core software for dialing, SMS...; Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Linux, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-07-02
So about that Microsoft licensing: So about that Microsoft licensingpenny wise and pound foolishIts not about giving $20K to Redmond. Its about users/teachers being productive and getting the work done so that they have more time to focus on the students.Saving $100 for a licence over the life of the software is nothing. Office is...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance: Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade danceCorporate Communism!This is an example of what I call Corportate Communism. Microsoft is showing it's anti-capitalist leanings. When companies like Microsoft can't compete in the market, they buy the competitor. Some argue that's capitalism. I...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Government, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Symantec's take: Microsoft's announcement of Hyper-V, as with other Microsoft announcement, brings out the spin-miesters in the marketing departments at Microsoft's partners and competitors alike. Over the past few days I've been posting a summary of some of the converstions I've been having about Hyper-V. This time, I spoke with Sean Derrington...; Tags: Symantec Corp., Marketing, VERITAS Software Corp., Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Storage, Security, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain: Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it's still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn't have the best operating system on the planet....; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Wiki, Document Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speech Recognition, Channel Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past: To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...; Tags: Oil, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Chris Nelder, Nelder, IEA, U235, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for Windows: Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for WindowsWindows.So do you have to run a full version of Windows and then on top of that run Hyper V and then on top of that run your guests? Or can Hyper V be installed bare metal?RE: Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for WindowsIt...; Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, cloud computing, Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows, virtualization; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
Search-ability in Flash: Last night Adobe announced that we've given a special version of the Flash Player to Google and Yahoo that will more accurately let them crawl through Flash content. Even though Google has been indexing .SWF files for a while and even been able to pull out some text, they haven't...; Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Google Inc., Search Engine, Flash, Search, Marketing Research, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for Windows: Last Thursday, Microsoft released the final version of Hyper-V, the much anticipated built-in hypervisor for Windows Server 2008. Back in February, we had a look at a late beta release, and we were quite impressed with the performance of the system and how easy it was to manage virtual machines....; Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Paravirtualization Method, Microsoft VMM 2008, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-01