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IT Dojo: Make your Windows XP machine wake up when you do [video]

IT Dojo: Make your Windows XP machine wake up when you do [video]Slow News day?This and the wallpaper logo change article? Does Microsoft pay for this stuff because this isn't news, is it?Well, Macs have been doing this for about oh, 12 years anyway.

Tags: Corporate communications, Windows XP Machine, IT Dojo, wake up, Microsoft Windows XP, information technology, video, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Mr. airline CEO, meet telepresence (or else)

Mr. airline CEO, meet telepresence or elseLarry...let me give you a little advice.Having spent 25+ years in the airline business...stick to writing about the Tech industry.Larry - Good Job! Airlines need to wake up.Larry - Thanks for writing the article. You are right - Aitlines need to wake up...

Tags: wake up

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

IT worker confidence falls in August

IT worker confidence falls in AugustPoor Americans: it's time to goodbye to IT work.Your lovely CEOs fire you and move jobs to our country. So it is the right time to leave your job and never let your kids study IT related disciplines such as computer science, electronic engineering.That's Crazy...I...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, confidence fall, job, wake up, information technology

Discussion threads 2005-08-31

Senate limits Pentagon 'snooping' plan

Senate limits Pentagon 'snooping' planPrivacy and TIAThe Senate needs to wake up and smell the century and the situation we are in right now. The World is not a safe place to live or travel in any longer.No One should have any problems with Anyone knowing who they are...

Tags: U.S. Senate, Pentagon, wake up, paranoia

Discussion threads 2004-09-22

Additional Resources

Wal-mart preempts Black Friday with HDTV specials this Saturday

China made productsYES all we need is more 'Made In China' to get the economy churning....Bring it home to 'China' no longer USA because we are like Rome we manufacture nothing, we import everything and borrowing TRILLIONS from China.How long will this last I would say as long as they...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, manufacturing, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Will there be a new energy and air pollution law?

NOIf we the People have anything to say about it this legislation will die a quick death."cap and trade" = the economic destruction of the US based on junk science.This is the largest fraud ever perpetrated against the people of the World.It's not about the environment. It's about power, money,...

Tags: Litigation, pollution

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?

My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...

Tags: Operating systems, MSF, OS Installed, operating system, Ubuntu, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Browse Later for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Browse Later for iPhone does exactly what the name implies it allows you to browse your favorite websites later on, regardless of whether or not you have an internet connection. Download the web sites now, view them later. Wake up, have Browse Later for iPhone start downloading your pages, grab...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Andrew Gates, Smart Phones, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?

Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...

Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

More e-readers - more misconceptions

my thoughts . . ."Like any good Massachusetts liberal, I?m a big fan of NPR."Well, do keep in mind some of us are conservative.Please?As much as I like ZDNet for tech news, it can be a tad disheartening when there's the occasional trip down political lane, and ZDNet does tend...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, E-books, open mind, NPR, Car Talk, education, e-reader, tax, misconception, British Broadcasting Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Netbooks worth the upgrade to Windows 7? Heck yes!

my thoughts"As I wrote the day that 7 launched, 'Windows 7 is just another OS.'"An article sitting at a -1 rating (out of 33 people) as I type this, and with quite a bit of Talkback discussion. Not exactly a shining pillar of truth."Most netbooks ship with Windows XP Home...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Boot-time, Waking Up, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks worth, Heck Yes

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Analogue Vista Clock Halloween Edition 1.19 (Windows)

Halloween edition of Analogue Vista Clock. Analogue Vista Clock is an outstanding quality alarm clock for your desktop. This awesome clock is a desktop extension--it will stay on your desktop ignoring all mouse and keyboard input, so it won't interfere with any other application. The communication with the clock, including...

Tags: Clock, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Analogue Vista Clock, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Cast Away 2.9.2 (Mac)

Cast Away fills in a gap so far left in iTunes' implementation of Podcasts. It allows for the scheduled removal of podcasts on a per podcast basis. It also features the automatic playing of podcasts. Podcast Removal Features: Separate podcast removal settings per podcast subscription Separate settings for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Wooden Brain Concepts, Podcasts, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-24

Meet Mozilla's Raindrop: Like Google Wave, but different enough to co-exist

When it comes to new ways to communicate online, Google's Wave might be too much for some - after all, it's definitely complex and, yeah, it can be somewhat intimidating, too. Now, along comes Mozilla with a new venture in what I'll call extended communications - that...

Tags: Google Inc., Messaging, Mozilla Corp., Raindrop, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Online Communications, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Firefox's crossroads: Cutting-edge or mainstream?

Mozilla has built the Firefox browser from a largely unsuccessful remnant of the Netscape era of the 1990s into the browser that nearly a quarter of people on the Web use. Now the challenges are different. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--John Lilly wants it both ways. Working at...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, browsers, Firefox, Stephen Shankland CNET News

News items 2009-10-21

Net Neutrality: Hit satire coming to a theatre near you

The world is a simple place, until someone wants to tell you what to do.  The realization that not everyone believes in common ground that surrounds each of us seems to be a new discovery to some. The sanctity of individual requirements is wrapping around our lives with a plethora of effects that...

Tags: Net Neutrality, Actor, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-10-21

HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)

Now here's a ringing endorsement of cloud computing......"HP "wouldn?t put anything material in nature outside the firewall." "Sure gives one confidence, doesn't it? And this company is trying sell people on the cloud...but its CEO doesn't trust it? Nice. :-(Translation: We make a lot of money selling overpriced, under utilizedservers...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., server

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7

Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

TimeComX 1.1.8 (Windows)

TimeComX is a small and resource-friendly automation program, that can put your computer into different states after specified time or by a lower deviation of network and processor usage activity. Following options are availabe: Restart, Shutdown, Log Off, Hibernation & Suspend Mode + Wake Up, Play any type of audio-file,...

Tags: Password, Microsoft Windows, Bitdreamers, TimeComX, Productivity, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note

Can I suggestNetbooks with Win 7. Just installed it on a useless Linux netbook and it works fine and only cost me A$399 (which now is almost the same as US ;-))For once try and rein in your hobby horse and let the students join the new millenium.On and...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NeatX, oh-so, netbook, thin client, Linux, desktop, operating system, tool

Discussion threads 2009-10-19