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- Industry analysts and corporate weasels
- Industry analysts and corporate weaselsThere are shades of grayYour point is well-taken, however pitching issue was raised by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations, as quoted in the post.I think it comes down to shades of gray: when does the briefing become merely a selling exercise? Also, what about briefings...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Strategy, weasel, corporate weasel
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Lawsuit against Zone Labs dropped by 180solutions
- Lawsuit against Zone Labs dropped by 180solutionsLet's just put it this way... If I were on a sinking ship and one lifeboat had Zone Labs in it and another had 180Solutions in it, I'd get into the boat with Zone Labs.Stealing the CreditMy read is that ZL made a change...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Web site development, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Zone Labs Inc., weasel, 180Solutions
- Discussion threads 2006-01-30
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- Can your insurance force you out of the country?
- Can your insurance force you out of the country?Will they include airfare and a guarantee?Most people have found good doctors they have a rapport with. If computer systems can't be dealt with by words printed on a cue card, human medicine is going to be a thousandfold more complex...
- Tags: Government, Financial Planning, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, insurance, Socialized Medicine
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- There's data and then there's asking for trouble
- Ars Technica is reporting on a Queensland, Australia initiative to build a massive student database whose invasiveness and privacy concerns seem to dwarf even the volumes of data collected on students here in the States. According to the article, 1,251 state schools would...
- Tags: School System, Professional Development, Hacking, Storage, Performance Management, Databases, Career, Security, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- iCal vulnerabilities put Mac OS X users at risk
- iCal vulnerabilities put Mac OS X users at riskMS' quality is irrelevantto Apple's.In addition, your argument is bogus. People ARE finding these things after the product is released. People who have a passion for finding this sort of stuff, who have the talent for knowing where to look to find...
- Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, vulnerability, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Mac OS X user, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?
- Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?Familiar or not, it's still XP.That will be a huge achillies heel for MS. XP runs well on modest desktops and notebooks. Not fast, but well. Take the EEE, it can run XP, however, it is slower, and as you stated, the...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, EEE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Xandros
- Discussion threads 2008-05-11
- Who's interested in a non-Apple Mac?
- Who's interested in a non-Apple Mac?Apple the hardware companycan not afford to lose business to a clone as they make little money off of the OS itself.[i]Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war![/i]wrong priceYou cannot compare the $399 fo this system with the $599 for mac mini...
- Tags: BIOS, Desktops, Operating systems, non-Apple Mac, Apple Inc., hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe
- Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybeFraud and corruption is the new International standard.Congratulations Microsoft for absolutely nothing of value, and enjoy the backlash ;-)Interesting language"[i]Microsoft maintains that Office dominates on the desktop worldwide and that OOXML is a de facto standard anyway[/i]"In other words, MS thinks that whatever they...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, German Standard, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., ISO, Microsoft Office, irregularity, Microsoft OOXML
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- "Vista Capable" logo - what went wrong?
- "Vista Capable" logo - what went wrong?What went wrong was simple....... MS proved once again that they are a marketing company and not a technology company. Marketing takes precedence. It doesn't matter if the customer gets scr3wed because they're a monoply and the customer's only purpose is to fill the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), No_Ax, marketing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Vista Capable
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!
- It's a Friday again and that means time for another Friday Rant. It bothers me how there's a growing number of people who believe that early adopters of new technology products or services should not only expect problems, but should also make excuses for the product or...
- Tags: Adopter, Attitude, Patch Management, Product, Patches, Network Technology, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- Attack of the PDFs
- Attack of the PDFsAdobe's misleadingly broken 7.0.x updaterSo, so far there's no fix for anything earlier than version 8.0. (And BTW have you read Adobe's wording in their release about this? It says that the update "may be installed" over 8.0. As a technical writer, I can tell you that...
- Tags: SECURITY, Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-23
- Some iPhone gift certificate applicants deemed ineligible
- Some iPhone gift certificate applicants deemed ineligibleYeah ! Me too got this ... But...Yup!Me too got that error, but I recon if you already got the 'Gift Card' or something from store already, then it won't honor your $100 Gift Card request from Apple.com directly!Actually thats what happened to me,...
- Tags: SECURITY, Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Microsoft Loses EC Case
- A European court rejected Microsoft's appeal to overturn the European Commission's 2004 ruling that the company had abused its dominant position in operating systems, reports the NY Times.The European Court of First Instance ordered Microsoft to pay the €497.2 million, or $689.4 million fine "Its...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Court Decision, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- DOJ comments on Net neutrality; Histrionics ensue
- DOJ comments on Net neutrality; Histrionics ensueOMG!!!The government issued an intelligent statement!RE: DOJ comments on Net neutrality; Histrionics ensue"After all, it's just wrong to charge for faster speeds when you have spent billions to build a network."Said by someone that dosnt understand it at all.They *already* charge for faster speeds.Its...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Network technology, Broadband Internet, Verizon Communications Inc., Histrionics, U.S. Department of Justice, Net Neutrality, Internet Service Provider, bandwidth, network, profit motive
- Discussion threads 2007-09-07
- Vista puts Mac OS X font rendering to shame
- Vista puts Mac OS X font rendering to shameFont rendering philosophies of Windows and Mac OS XBefore posting an article like this you should inform yourself and inform the reader. The pixel-grid approach of Microsoft becomes less relevant as displays reach higher resolutions. Blowing up an image 300% doesn't prove...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS, Jeff Atwood, font, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- SunRocket orphans, send me your switching stories
- SunRocket orphans, send me your switching storiesVonage: morons on the phone...A less than auspicious start to my relationship with Vonage. I signed up on Monday (16 July). They won't give me the 2-month free deal because "that's Tuesday's deal", so unless I cancel my account and reapply from...
- Tags: VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket, ViaTalk, HERE IS, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Microsoft says more Vista Ultimate add-ons are in the pipeline
- Microsoft says more Vista Ultimate add-ons are in the pipelineMS Windows Possibly The Most Overvalued Asset in WorldThis is actually a pretty classic category of business scenario. On the one hand we have MS Windows. It is marketed as the product of rocket scientists with MIT, Stanford and other such...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Ultimate add-on, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-07-02
- I can understand why some want to downgrade from Vista to XP
- Last week my ZDNet blogging colleague Mary Jo Foley reported that Microsoft is to make it easier for some Vista users specifically those using Windows Vista Ultimate and Vista Business to roll back to Windows XP until they are ready to make the move. This is a good move for everyone,...
- Tags: Thoughts, Software, Microsoft, Marketing
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- When your whole life is a stunt
- Late last year, Oregon Scientific came out with a new, lightweight "stunt cam" designed to be mounted on helmets, bikes, dive masks, reading glasses, etc. It records up to two hours of 640x480, 30 fps video and is designed for thrill-seekers who want to preserve their dangerous, adrenaline-soaked activities for...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Apple holds upper hand in music negotiations
- Apple holds upper hand in music negotiationsEMI.... You have a new customer.I would never think of buying music with DRM restrictions on it. I don't care who it's from. Once a decent selection of DRM free music is available, I'll be doing some shopping. I insist on...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Media players, Benefits, CD, music, advertisement, Apple Inc., EMI Group Plc.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
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