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Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!

Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!We're talking Microsoft hereand you expected ease of usability?These are all features, and the more features the betterRight? :-)RE: Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!Thanks for the heads up. The permissions page needs a serious rework.Good grief.Good grief. Status messages...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Useability, Windows Live permission, Microsoft Windows Live, permission, Friday Rant, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

Linux group aims for Google-like search

Linux group aims for Google-like searchMany new Search tools and SE's HERE!If you want to see the future of search engines, software and tools see.http://www.webcenter.squarespace.comSearch is changing at the speed of light,learn more today.LOL.. and that STILL beats Longdrawn..Wanna laugh some more.. read the latest SCO story, I think Mike...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Research & Development, Operating systems, Google Inc., KDE, Linux, Google like search, useability, Google Like, Linux Group, R&D

Discussion threads 2004-08-26

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Google Wave too complicated? I don't think so

"Solution" looking for a problem?That's how it looks to me.RE: Google Wave too complicated? I don't think soToo Complicated? It will make everything easier. All of my communication in one spot!people have said the same thingabout a number of the major technological advances in the last hundred years.And they...

Tags: Right Now IT, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-08

Clash of the Touch Titans: iPhone 3.0 3G vs RIM BlackBerry Storm

Clash of the Touch Titans: iPhone 3.0 3G vs RIM BlackBerry StormClash of the Titans?How could anyone consider the Storm to be a titan? A titan is a a person of exceptional importance and reputation the storm has neither. RE: Clash of the Touch Titans: iPhone 3.0 3G...

Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, Keyboards, Wireless and Mobility, I-phone, Omnia, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry Storm, Touch Titans, Research In Motion Ltd., iPhone 3.0 3G, iPhone 3.0, RIM BlackBerry, 3G

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

29 screws

29 screwsWow! Apple has invented an ease of ........ access system that has been in place on their competitor's laptops almost since there has been laptops. What is next? A user replaceable battery perhaps?No wonder you are so enamored with all the Apple useability advantages!How do you...

Tags: Notebooks, Big Question, screw, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, laptop computer, hard drive

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Gartner Q3 2008 data shows iPhone passes Windows Mobile and Nokia has first decline

Gartner Q3 2008 data shows iPhone passes Windows Mobile and Nokia has first declineAre you really surprised?Come on, Microsoft basically let WM stagnate to the point where HTC had to write their own UI.That fact pretty much says it all.It's because of Apple's marketing..not it's usability (crashes, call drops, difficult...

Tags: 3G, Cellular phones, Operating systems, Handhelds, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., phone, Nokia Corp., mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...

Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Desktop Unix: MacOS X and SUSE Linux

Desktop Unix: MacOS X and SUSE LinuxcorrectThe average wintel machine runs using MBR and BIOS... which is pretty primitive compared to EFI. I guess it gets the job done though. macs use EFI. Odd eh?Choice is good but......you can't run OS X on any hardware. The choice is use...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Open Office Base, Linux, Unix, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Unix, GNU/Linux, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, desktop, hardware, Apple Macintosh, SuSE Linux, SuSE

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch?

Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch?If you gauge the usefulness of mobile devices by legislation...If you gauge the usefulness of a device and balance that with how much legislation is against it, why bother getting anything?Apple products are about useability . . .not functions and...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple Products, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, HSBC

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier

A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easierWow!This is a really big deal for Flash developers. We've been waiting a long time for this. No more alternate content solutions and having SEO dweebs trying scab your clients over this issue.Now, all we need is Flash on...

Tags: SEARCH, WebTop, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

The iPhone dominates the smartphone market in mobile media consumption

The iPhone dominates the smartphone market in mobile media consumptionYouTube on iphone as treat for the kidsI can only agree on the issue of useability. I tried YouTube on the iPhone because I could and because it was so simple.Being proud of the new toy I showed my wife. The...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Apple iPhone, smart phone, mobile media consumption, YouTube Inc., video, mobile, YouTube Robot

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

How+do+you+benchmark+real-world+work%3F

How+do+you+benchmark+real-world+work%3Fagree ?You Jest I'm sure! FF3 is faster, very much so and has yet to Freeze Like IE7 which is a joke as far as browsers go!UsabilityThere are three things that would dramatically improve my real world work.The first thing is relatively small but it annoys me. It is...

Tags: Operating systems, FF3, operating system, real world

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

The WPF component market is hot

The WPF component market is hotWPF market is getting warmerRyan,WPF component market is definitely growing but is still not as significant as Windows Forms. Main reason for that is, I believe, lack of good design-time tools and existing Windows Forms technology is good enough and well tested. VS.NET 2008 should...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Expression Blend, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, XAML, Windows Forms, Winforms

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

The iPhone impact: Treo, T-Mobile take biggest hit

The iPhone impact: Treo, T-Mobile take biggest hitThe OPM* FactorCrackberries are very often supplied by one's company. That is the only reason I had one, it didn't cost me anything.* OPM: Other People's MoneySo sad...If only Palm and Treo had continued to innovate the way it did in the late...

Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, T-Mobile, user interface, Apple iPhone, Palm Treo

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

iPhone vs. Nokia N95 deathmatch

iPhone vs. Nokia N95 deathmatchCrazy MatchupWhat a crazy matchup and very biased towards iphone I tought. I am a mac user through and through and will be for many years to come, I love their industrial design and elegant software; for that reason I have been very excited about the...

Tags: Corporate communications, Engineering, Nokia N95, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-26

iPhone's finicky power requirements

iPhone's finicky power requirementsHow do you know it was the splitter?In the scenario you described I cannot tell if it takes 24 minutes to recharge to the point you can take a call or not. Just because you took out the splitter and it only took 4 minutes doesn't...

Tags: Engineering, FireWire, Digital music, Digital media, splitter, Apple iPhone, battery

Discussion threads 2007-07-20

A free Cardo Scala 700LX Bluetooth headset goes to the ZDNet's 12th Deputy Tester

A free Cardo Scala 700LX Bluetooth headset goes to the ZDNet's 12th Deputy Testerheadset testerI am a medical IT support person who happens to be an avid rollerblader. I can be found on almost any street in New York City happily skating. Holding my Blackberry while skating and...

Tags: headset, Cardo Scala 700LX Bluetooth headset

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Verizon CEO: No need for iPhone killer

Verizon CEO: No need for iPhone killerI think Verizon is delusional!!!They definitely need to look into the iPhone!! They have have the ugliest phones on the market.Watch that icebergThe CEO sounds exactly like the captain of the Titantic. Don't Worry, Be Happy is not what I want to hear.Verizon CEO:...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, phone, iPhone-killer

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

The iPhone will cost me at least US$2245, how about you?

The iPhone will cost me at least US$2245, how about you?Bimbo iPhone - crippled and expensiveNot only is Apple's BIMBO iPhone outrageously expensive but it is a crippled and stupid phone:- NO USER-REPLACEABLE BATTERY- ITUNES AND APPLE MONOPOLY- NO INTEGRATION WITH CORPORATE APPLICATIONS- NO THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS EXCEPT VIA BIMBO...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Apple iPhone, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

Apple subnotebook needed

Apple subnotebook neededLower cost Mac pros needed moreRight now Apple only offers the mini and Mac pro. The mini is useless for most graphics work and the one Mac pro starts at $2500.Those of us in graphics have all sorts of reasons – varied by users – for not...

Tags: Notebooks, mini, current MacBook, blog, subnotebook, Apple Inc., MAC Pro, PB12

Discussion threads 2007-05-16