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- You're NOT going to believe this about one of the RIAA trial jurors
- You're NOT going to believe this about one of the RIAA trial jurorsWhy do you continue to defending this woman?She clearly was breaking the law. I have seen few people who actually believe she was not guilty. The uproar appears to be centered around the damages awarded (which I think...
- Tags: trial juror, RIAA, uproar
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Apple: Leopard delayed until October
- Apple: Leopard delayed until Octoberso what hapennedThankyou for bring this to our attention.Just wondering - MS delayed a brand new OS and everyone were in uproar. OS X an upgrade version is delayed and everyone is silent.What uproar?I don't recall any uproar the first four or five times MS delayed...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, uproar, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-12
- Microsoft walks VB tight rope
- Microsoft walks VB tight ropeThe laughable plightof MS can be summarized as follows:1) we cannot produce secure systems2) we cannot follow international standards 3) we cannot get rid of VB (the main ... pilar on the technological monsterpiece of Redmond)4) we do not listen to...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, .NET, uproar, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-16
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- Microsoft bad cop is up against the wall
- Microsoft bad cop is up against the wallEnough open-source propagandaIf this was about a technical violation of a license, focus on that and leave out the bias. I think we've all seen enough crappy and inept open source code that your comment about "being in retreat" against it is laughable.As...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., cop, open source, bad cop
- Discussion threads 2008-10-05
- Hunt for Palin 'hacker': Journalism or mob mentality?
- Hunt for Palin 'hacker': Journalism or mob mentality?So what are you advocating, anarchy?So, are you advocating anarchy where there are absolutely no constraints on moral, ethical, fair and legal behaviour?I am so sick of people who say that it's OK for a person to do something illegal, let alone it...
- Tags: Blogging, SECURITY, Koman, blogger, mentality, Palin
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?
- Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?How did we not see this?This is brilliant on Microsoft's behalf. They do get rid of the anti-trust sentiments at least the plausible ones and still have their share in the market.Now, don't misunderstand me. It's going to take a lot more...
- Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, iTune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, diet, Microsoft Windows 7, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Internet abuse and Cloud Computing
- A recent uproar in the right wing blogosphere about the shutdown of anti-Obama sites on blogger.com has some serious implications for those considering cloud computing. What seems to have happened there was a simple, if pernicious, denial of service attack carried out for political reasons - but there's not much...
- Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Blog, Blogging, Internet, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-07-05
- Energy and food becoming global battlegrounds while high profile VC becomes lightning rod
- Energy. Food. Money. The nexus is fraught with political disagreement, high intensity accuations and lots of potential for profit, or disaster. All depends on who you listen to. If the era of cheap petroleum is truly and forever dead, then these battles shall only get more nasty,...
- Tags: Brazil, Food, Biofuel, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Nanny state resentment is universal
- As much as health professions seek to warn people away from smoking, drinking, over-eating, and sedentary lifestyles, pushback against such "nanny state" antics seems to be universal. For proof consider Gonzo's great line from the original Muppet Movie. "I'm going to Bombay, India to become a movie star."...
- Tags: Health Care, Bachchan, Pushback, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- How evil is China?
- How evil is China?I would not call China Evil....So much as America is being very stupid.1) No one is in a uproar about their kids having lead in their toys. 2) Sending our computer components to be built in China and wonder why they have spyware on...
- Tags: Chinese product
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Comcast's true speeds and the BitTorrent deal
- Comcast's true speeds and the BitTorrent dealJust A Quick Link CorrectionYou have the link to George Ou's LAN Architect page going to www.lanarchitect.com, which goes to a placeholder "for sale" page with links to house planning. :p The correct address is www.lanarchitect.net.Confusing statement....[i]On the upside we're talking about...
- Tags: BitTorrent deal, true speed, BitTorrent, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Thoughts on Principled Technologies' Vista vs. XP reports
- Thoughts on Principled Technologies' Vista vs. XP reportsIf Vista and XP are so close what is the uproar about?This confirms what I have experienced myself on a dual boot system - both OS are about the same, give or take. Yet so many out there claim Vista is a slow...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), MSFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Principled Technologies
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- MacBook Air Diary-Day 22: Argh! Recessed headphone jack
- MacBook Air Diary-Day 22: Argh! Recessed headphone jackHeartburn annoys people tooBut they don't amplify it to the internet.Quit whining.alternates?The reccessed stuff has always been a thing of apple. I remember my iPod shuffle was the same way. luckily, it came with an adaptor out of the box (it was...
- Tags: Notebooks, Heartburn, MacBook Air, Apple Inc., MacBook Air Diary-Day 22, headphone, Apple MacBook, Argh, Recessed headphone jack
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- MWC08: Opera Mobile 9.5 running on a Sony Ericsson UIQ device
- MWC08: Opera Mobile 9.5 running on a Sony Ericsson UIQ devicenice but... still need a stylus...has lots of tiny UI widgets that require a stylus to manipulate.Wait for the ZunePhone Kids!The world has learned of yet another earth-shaking deal I have a lot more on the way, we are purchasing...
- Tags: Zunephone, Opera Mobile, Opera Software, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
- Discussion threads 2008-02-17
- Amazon S3 web services down. Bad, bad news for customers.
- Amazon S3 web services down. Bad, bad news for customers.And this is whyWeb 2.0 will die. Only a fool trusts sensitive data to a third party they have no control over.Service interruptions inevitableI don't care who it is. Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com, MSFT...everyone is going to have an outage. ...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Corporate governance, RAID, outage, Amazon.com Inc., BAD BAD new, Amazon S3 web service, Amazon S3 web services down, BAD BAD, AWS, white board, board, backup, Web service
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Google's Rich Miner: Users will see ads and like it
- Google's Rich Miner: Users will see ads and like itcontext-sensitive ads: first Gmail, now GphonesA few weeks back I asked about this and this interview with Rich Miner (what an appropriate name! Google = rich miner) just confirms: Google intends to read, index, mine your phone communications. Courts have...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, REAL Innovation, middleware, Google Inc., Rich Miner, phone, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Why Your Blackberry Crashed
- Did you miss your Blackberry yesterday? You weren't the only one and here's why and what you can do about it. According to an article in the LA Times, yesterday's four-hour RIM outage blanketed the America, but didn't affect parts of Europe. The cause...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., IP, IP Address, RIM BlackBerry, Messaging, Outage, Mobile E-mail, Manufacturing, Handhelds, Hardware, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Vista SP1 will contain undocumented fixes
- Vista SP1 will contain undocumented fixesThe WOW really starts now.How can you take a perfect product and make it even better, leave it in the hands of Microsoft, the world leader is absolute security. I asked my Rep to comment on [I]Microsoft identifies the root cause of each security...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, exploit, API, software, service pack, security, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- We are seeing the death of nuclear power's precious myth
- We are seeing the death of nuclear power's precious mythHey there chicken little....>>Oh, and those dependable nuclear plants can’t use abundant salt water.the sky is falling... no really... the sky is falling....Wiki "De-desalinization Plants". Plenty of abundant water for Nuclear facilities that way... And nuc energy can supply...
- Tags: Jane Fonda Mind-set, precious myth, nuclear energy, Nuclear Plant, nuclear plant
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- News to know: OLPC lessons; 2008 in preview; Blu-ray on new MacBook Pro?
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Lessons Learned: Two weeks with the XO laptop. Gallery: The unboxing. Researcher: Sears' use of ComScore software falls short on privacy Robin Harris: Blu-ray option on new MacBook Pro Happy 2008: ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple MacBook, Blu-ray, One Laptop Per Child Project, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
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