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The tribes of open source gather at OSCON

If every show is a trial, users are the jury. You make your decisions signing support contracts, ordering online, in stores, in what you tell your friends. Without you there's no show. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Geek, OSCON, Wannabes, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-22

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Do former CEOs make better politicians than career diplomats?

Well, The Poll is Evidence of the ProblemAt this point, those who think CEOs would not make good politicians outnumber those who do. But the original question was a comparison; do former CEOs make better diplomats than career politicians? Too many people have still been brainwashed into thinking that politicians...

Tags: Professional development, career, career diplomat, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

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

How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?

How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?Leave that for the 3rd party providersMS is already treading on anti-trust thin ice with the release of this for the client. By not stepping into the enterprise market, MS allows all the current AV providers to charge for their enterprise features. So...

Tags: Servers, X-WINDOWS, server, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Netbook market looks lost to Microsoft

Netbook market looks lost to MicrosoftSmartphone functionality on NetbooksThe next generation of netbooks aka smartbooks are likely to include hardware typically found in smartphones (i.e. touchscreen, 3G, GPS, accelerometer, compass, etc.). This hardware will enable smartphone functionality like location-based services, cell phone calls, SMS, automatic screen rotation, etc.Desktop OSes don't...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Smart phones, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Apple Mac, netbook, Netbook market look, Microsoft Corp., Netbook Market, operating system, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

The desktop fight you've all been waiting for

The desktop fight you've all been waiting for*yawn*Tried both, and they're both Windows/MacOS wannabes. I'd much rather get the real thing.If you wanna go for free and cheap stuff, they're fine, but if you're able to pay for Windows - Windows 7 will beat KDE any time.Yeah! The fight of...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux-on-the-desktop, KDE, desktop, GNOME, KDE 4.2

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

Dell's Adamo: Very fashionable, but will the fashion-impaired base (like me) buy it?

Dell's Adamo: Very fashionable, but will the fashion-impaired base like me buy it?Why? Dell is JunkSo for my $2k I could buy a superior Apple Macbook Pro with a bigger screen, more style, and a better reputation or I could buy a POS Dell that screams me too in...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Imitation, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Dell Adamo, fashion-impaired base

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Toshiba’s iPhone-slayer: TG01 touchscreen smartphone debuts

Toshiba’s iPhone-slayer: TG01 touchscreen smartphone debutsSeems that Apple is quite capable of slaying the iPhone itselfWhy would Toshiba care about slaying a product that saw a [b]40% drop in sales since last quarter?[/b] Maybe Toshiba should set their sights on slaying phones that are actually doing well. :) Once again...

Tags: Keyboards, Smart phones, Monitors & displays, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, touch screen, phone, Apple Inc., iPhone-slayer, smart phone, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-03

Microsoft to wait until February for Win Mobile show-and-tell

Microsoft to wait until February for Win Mobile show-and-tellFewer People Care AnymoreIPhone numbers just keep on going up, and Windows Mobile just keeps on turning out the garbage.Attendance with companies slashing jobsI would say this next year with new Taxes and jobs being eliminated this will be a no show...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Apple iPhone, Microsoft ActiveSync, Apple Inc., e-mail, phone, mobile, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-09

When is a netbook no longer a netbook?

Netbooks are exploding. This isn't really up for discussion; they're simply a cheap alternative to traditional laptops that meet about 90% of our needs, both in the educational sector and beyond. I'm even writing a letter to staff at the high school today encouraging them to give my...

Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Netbooks, Notebooks, Engineering, Handhelds, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-07

OK, so who are the idiots that respond to spam email?

OK, so who are the idiots that respond to spam email?That makes sense...An older guy who um...can't quite er..get it up like when he was 19... Needs a bit of help in that uh...department. Utterly clueless about what he's dealing with. Buys something via the spam because he's too embarassed...

Tags: Cyberthreats, spam, server, spam email

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught

Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaughtwhat a bsis it really journalism when just copy and paste somebody else's BS?RE: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaughtRussia is doing an amasing job in protecting the people in he break away regions.RE: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia...

Tags: Government, Recruitment & Selection, Blogger, Georgian, extremist, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Martha Stewart's parlor seeks open source writer-flies

Building an open source bridge between the great writers and the wannabes, like me. What a clever idea. But that company name is faintly familiar, Martha Stewart! by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Journalist, Martha Stewart, Intellectual Property, Open Source, Research & Development, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 - Fastest browser yet!

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 - Fastest browser yet!Amazing what you get with competition!!!Keep going guys!!News ticker java script bug not fixed yetOne thing is not fixed yet: a news ticker based on java script sends CPU usage skyhigh, like on this newspapers portal:http://www.kranten.comNasty little bug. I have reported it on...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Mozilla Firefox, Fastest Browser, Firefox 3.0 Beta 5, Web browser, Apple Safari, Firefox 3.0, JavaScript, Safari IS

Discussion threads 2008-04-02

Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML win

Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML winLong live the Microsoft Zimbabwe standardIn recognition of ISO adoption of IS 29500 it will hence forth be formally known ans the Zimbabwe stand.Microsoft vote riggers sorry I mean keen standards followers were quoted as saying "we learnt all about ballot...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Sanity, Microsoft Corp., OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

The Eternal Floppy Disk: The Icon that Never Dies

When was the last time you had a computer with a floppy disk drive? Five years? Six? If you’re a Mac user, it could be ten years or more. Safe to say the floppy disk has been a thing of the past for eons, at least in computing years. And,...

Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-03-25

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Semantic Web is open for business

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Semantic Web is open for businessInventor of the WWW?Tim "...inventor of the World Wide Web..."Not really, in simple terms all Tim did was come up with the DNS system, the rest already existed and there were already other schemes in place which may well have been better...

Tags: Engineering, JUST LIKE, Tim Berners-Lee, Semantic Web, Ontological, G Wells, Tim, inventor, natural language processing, algorithm

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Smartphone makers, mobile operators still baffled by iPhone

A report about a panel session on mobile user experience at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress shows that only Apple "gets it." And if the industry's experience with the iPod is anything to go by, this situation will only get worse for the competition. According to an EE...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Patent, Apple iPod, Mobile, Wireless Communication, Apple Inc., Smartphone, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-14

iPhone unlocks demonstrate promise of Android

iPhone unlocks demonstrate promise of AndroidAn Apache Web Server in the palm of your handIf anyone thinks Google/Android doesn't have competition, think again ([url=http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1185531]Nokia to acquire Trolltech[/url]).Google or any other bidder can own open spectrum Block C if they can pony up the quid, but if not, it reverts to...

Tags: Web servers, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Nokia N95, PC

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

Don't believe the low bit-rate 'HD' lie

Update 6:00PM - Here’s what fake HD video looks like. Last week at CES, Comcast announced their "HD" video on demand download service over its future DOCSIS 3.0 that allows 4 minute downloads of entire HD movies.  Attendees at MacWorld this week were told that disk-based HD...

Tags: Apple Inc., Video, Blu-ray, Mbps, HD, Microsoft XBOX Service, Corporate Communications, Hd Dvd, Marketing, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-01-18