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Work bill would create new ID database

Work bill would create new ID databaseLove it...Wonderful example of the current administrations plans to pursue the time honored Republican Party principle of less government intervention in a citizens private life.THinking Too LargeThese ideas mean to some extent that the government wich is in power now.Will be the same wich...

Tags: Vertical industries, Wich, government, database

Discussion threads 2007-05-21

IE--embraced, extended, extinct?

IE--embraced, extended, extinct?Then it's NOT a Browser, it's an OS upgrade"Because those features will be available only to people who also use the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, currently dubbed Longhorn, browser functions are expected to create a powerful reason for customers to upgrade."They want it both ways....

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Wich, OS Upgrade, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Longhorn, 3D, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML

Discussion threads 2004-09-30

Tech firms rally against copyright bill

Tech firms rally against copyright billwhat is itwhat does it do? is it better or not?Bound To Loose . Bound To Win .Think about it. Copyrighted works can win as much with the utility offered technology, and afforded to consumers, as Copyright works are bound to loose. Only they are...

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Discussion threads 2004-09-28

Bush administration won't appeal phone decision

Bush administration won't appeal phone decision20th century rules in the 21st centuryIt's about time they dropped these antiquated rules from the 80's and let free market competition drive the investments.There is so much competition in the telecom industry these days, the government should just get out of the way and...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Wich, Economics 101, Probly, phone, IT innovation, innovation, information technology, Bush Administration

Discussion threads 2004-06-09

Senate to mull copyright, piracy measures

Senate to mull copyright, piracy measuresGuess Orrin Hatch needs the moneyHe thinks everyone is stealing his music.Read those bills and cringe. Among other things, copying material you create from scratch could be considered a violation. Stupid!Arent Copyrights Authors People With NamesThe idea here,to 'eeeease the stranglehold distributers have over copyrighted...

Tags: Wich, U.S. Senate, copyright law

Discussion threads 2004-04-30

The Net's gettin' messy

The Net's gettin' messySo therefore ..... the net will only be usable for what it was originally designed for .... HMMMYes, innovation is over, doom is comingThis is exactly the result our Linux hackers are after. After defeating the Evil Empire Microsoft, we'll bring something such as communism in China...

Tags: Wich, identity, Internet

Discussion threads 2004-04-22

Court lets cable off the hook--for now

Court lets cable off the hook--for nowConfusedso... basically if I have cable internet through comcast, they're saying that I should be given a choice of ISPs even though comcast is providing me with the cable access? If that's what they're talking about then that is the most ridiculous thing I...

Tags: Wich, information service, cable, operating system, telecommunications

Discussion threads 2004-04-09

Getting the definition right

Getting the definition rightSecurity has 2 purposesInformation Security has 2 purposes:1. Make certain that people who should have access to information can access it quickly and easily.2. Make certain that nobody else can access it.The article states that many people focus on the second purpose, but the returns from...

Tags: Wich, information security, security

Discussion threads 2004-04-05

Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers: 88-cent downloads

Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers: 88-cent downloadsTiming?"Besides Apple, ... the competition includes MusicMatch and ... Napster. Microsoft plans to enter the fray..."If they had only been SMART enough to do this 4 years ago.Take Note Movie Industry!Also- for what will probably be a 128kbps format, 88 cents is still too much.Do you...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Napster Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Wich

Discussion threads 2004-03-23

Additional Resources

Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and Move

Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and MoveWow, just wowSo, a party supposed to govern USA can be bought out by Microsoft to support a flash wannabe plugin.I am speechless. Will they make Windows only policy in Govt. agencies too? Perhaps they should use "OOXML" instead of PDF too?What???The liberals...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Office Open XML, Active-X, Microsoft Corp., Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Now I know we're in a recession

Now I know we're in a recessionPricingYou can't sell coffee at those prices in a mainstrean coffee chain on a long term basis. Certainly not when it's either a coffe or a gallon of regular unleaded :-) A Sophie's choice indeed.Well, Starbucks in Vienna, Austria, EU, does (Starbucks is more...

Tags: Auto Industry, Starbucks Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Hey, kids! IT isn't boring!

Hey, kids! IT isn't boring!There is no future in ITThe IT bubble bust around 2000 was only the tip of the ice burg. Today, IT is a mediocre industry that has an ecosystem of incompetent and insufficiently educated people from the "IT Recruiters/HR", the people doing the hiring to the...

Tags: Professional development, Strategy, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, IT IS, information technology, career

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

myDiskBackup (exe)

MyDiskBackup is a user friendly and powerfull backup application. Start the program, choose wich folders you want to backup and presss DoBackup. The program starts to copy all the contents in the choosen folders to your myDisk space. You are now possible to access your backuped folders wherever you are...

Tags: Mydisk UK Filial, MyDiskBackup, Backups

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Comscore: The Google fallout

Comscore: The Google falloutYes, MS does wich they could shut-up all of the analyzers talking about thedirty tricks, and problems with Vista, MS Office, etc. Ain't a gonna happen. Do we feel sorry for Billy and Stevie having their feet held to the fire?????Microsoft paid Comscore to lower forecastsfor paid...

Tags: Financial accounting, ComScore Networks Inc., Google Inc., fallout

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

I'm not against Windows; Unix just works better

I'm not against Windows; Unix just works betterIt is one thing to lie ....... to the people here but don't lie to yourself. You are most definitely against Windows and Intel. You have made enough anti-Microsoft and anti-Intel statements to prove that point beyond doubt.All niceBut you almost...

Tags: Operating systems, Unix, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

No clear sailing for wind power

Courtesy: US Geological Survey In many venues wind power can be as controversial as nuclear power. In Scotland there's a big fight brewing over mlountaintop windmills to generate electricity. One charge: the tall towers holding the turbines uglify the once beautiful landscape. Critics...

Tags: Turbine, Farm, North Dakota, Wind, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-02

Did you know: Vonage got booted by Better Business Bureau last year? Here's their rap sheet

Did you know: Vonage got booted by Better Business Bureau last year? Here's their rap sheetWho cares.The BBB is a racket designed to extort money from businesses. They don't give a crap about consumers or businesses. The only thing the BBB is out for is the BBB.RE: Did you know:...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Blogging, Vonage Holdings Corp., Better Business Bureau, rap sheet

Discussion threads 2008-01-06

Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 better than Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7

Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 better than Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7re: Firefox 3.0 Beta 2I decided to load the beta on my machine and what a difference indeed. It runs amazingly fast compared to my FF 2 and IE 7. Because it's not a finished product, I...

Tags: Web browsers, Yahoo! Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.0 Beta 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox 3.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox 2.0

Discussion threads 2007-12-28

Wi-Fi crushes Bluetooth mouse for RF airspace

Wi-Fi crushes Bluetooth mouse for RF airspaceMessage has been deleted.And your pavilion is an All-in-one?Not even sure why you need to resort to name calling. The computer has nothing to do with the network or bluetooth adapter anyways. Again, having them 1mm apart may have a lot to...

Tags: Mice, Wireless LANs, computer, mouse, Wi-Fi, wireless, Bluetooth, wireless mice, Bluetooth Mouse

Discussion threads 2007-11-28

Virtual Machines - The Challenge of Vision

Virtual Machines - The Challenge of VisionI don't understand what the problem isIt's just a simple matter of applying standard approaches to data management.The physical machines, the virtual machines and the software running on them are all data. Therefore the relations between them can be easily defined (and presumably suitable...

Tags: Strategy, virtual machine, information technology, VMware Inc., marketing, vision

Discussion threads 2007-11-28