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- WidowPC Sting 517D
- The massive WidowPC Sting 517D is a serious gaming laptop for high-end users who want something different than the standard Dell or Alienware gaming rigs. While the Sting 517D starts at a reasonable $2,195, our review system was tricked out with the advanced CPU and graphics chip upgrades, making this...
- Tags: Notebooks, Games, Processors, WidowPC Sting 517D, Dell XPS M1710, Dell XPS, Sting 517D, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2006-12-01
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- Revenge of the techies
- Revenge of the techiesThink of it this way.You fired me, i had planned on living my life as it were, i might have a house and kids to take care of, you have essentially ruined me. Now it might not seem right to destroy and take information, but that...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Revenge, job
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- iTunes is back in China but Tibet album is not
- Any lingering doubts that China was blocking iTunes over the Songs for Tibet album must be wiped away now. The Register reports that iTunes access is back in China, but not for the album released by the Art of Peace Foundation, which features Sting, John Mayer and Dave Matthews. ...
- Tags: China, Tibet, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'
- China is blocking iTunes, apparently over the album "Songs for Tibet," a benefit for The Art of Peace Foundation. The album features songs by Sting, Alanis Morissette, Garbage and others, and a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama. In an AP story, Michael Wohl, executive...
- Tags: China, Album, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- My Awesome IT Job: Senior vice president, CA
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that love their work. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Computer Associates International Inc., Strategy, Team Management, Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Friendly Fire: SAP Flubs the Maintenance Business
- You'd think, based on the timing, that Oracle was trying to deliberately make a PR run on what was looking like, and turned out to be, some pretty good news for SAP. The day before SAP's nice looking Q2 earnings call, Oracle upped the ante in its lawsuit against SAP...
- Tags: Maintenance, Customer, SAP AG, Roi/Tco, Public Relations, Software Upgrade, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Ego Cup
- With many states recently passing hands-free laws banning the use of handsets while driving, we're seeing a flood of new Bluetooth devices into what is already a pretty crowded market. The Funkwerk Ego Cup is one such device, promising clear calls without fear of a citation. It stands apart from...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Ego Cup, cup-holder
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- Gates' next act is to step into vaccine controversy
- Gates' next act is to step into vaccine controversyGates Next ACTWhat's surprising about this?Carl Icahn thinks he knows how to run Yahoo!.The medical community has a pretty set way of choosing to adopt generalized treatments, and a lot of consideration goes to cost vs benefit. Bill will have to...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- A security company wants you to DDoS its servers
- A security company wants you to DDoS its serversWhat a JokeI totally agree - Anyone with the capacity to perform DDoS is not gonna give a crap about a $50 gift certificate to think geek.Legal ImplicationsFrom the perspective of US law, it sounds as though they might be solicting others...
- Tags: security, server, distributed denial of service
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Workday: a tipping point?
- Larry Dignan is enthusiastic about Workday's 200,000 person deal it won to supply Flextronics with HR functionality, adding in the Chiquita 26,000 person deal as validation for what he suggests is a 'tipping point' for Workday. I'm a little more cautious. Next week, Workday will release update...
- Tags: Workday, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Best Buy gives poor HD-DVD buyers some gift card balm
- Best Buy gives poor HD-DVD buyers some gift card balmShouldn't there just be a recycle/replacement program in placethe components of HD-DVD players are still modern and reusable??? Be nice, maybe environmentally friendly to 'recall' and replace/reimburse to get this dying tech tree out of consumers' way and back into...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, gift card, Best Buy Co. Inc., HD-DVD buyer, poor HD-DVD buyer, card, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Wacom Cintiq 12WX
- If you work with graphics or images, the concept behind the Wacom Cintiq series seems like a no-brainer: Combine a display with a pressure-sensitive tablet so that you can directly edit vector art, retouch images, paint, produce video special effects, and so on. True, tablets aren't for everyone. If you...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Wacom Cintiq, display, breakout box, Cintiq 12WX, cable
- Product reviews 2008-02-21
- Narcissu (exe)
- Imagine what it would be like to have your entire life - your friends, your family, your interests, your loves, your hatreds, and your future - all taken away from you in a single instant. Imagine a hard, lumpy bed, a noise-filled ward, the sharp sting of needles entering your...
- Tags: Name, Healthcare
- Software downloads 2008-02-11
- If you call someone a 'nerd' are you a moron? (Part 1)
- Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk examines what it means to be a nerd in part 1 of his review of David Anderegg's new book, "Nerds." Do you ever take an instant dislike to people, without ever really examining why that might be? In my...
- Tags: Dr., Chris Matyszczyk
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Is the boom in kiddie porn a Net effect or is 'victimless' behavior unduly punished?
- Is the boom in kiddie porn a Net effect or is 'victimless' behavior unduly punished?If the demand is chokedthen it will be much less profitable to harm the children. Simple economics.RE: Is the boom in kiddie porn a Net effect or is 'victimless' behavior undThe problem is how 100000 report...
- Tags: kind-of thing, Net Effect
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
- Apple's vise-like grip on the iPhone is over
- Apple's vise-like grip on the iPhone is overThere is a sting in the tail here...Taken from [url=http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=allBreakingNews&storyID=2007-11-21T124005Z_01_L21522140_RTRIDST_0_TMOBILE-APPLE-IPHONE-UPDATE-1.XML]Reuters UK[/url][i]"...T-Mobile said on Wednesday it will offer the iPhone without a T-Mobile contract for 999 euros ($1,478) at its shops.It will also allow those customers who bought an iPhone since Nov. 19 to...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone market, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, phone, vise like grip, like grip
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- How employers can pay the OLPC forward and why the OLPC project needs digital badges
- As many people know, on Monday of this week, the One Laptop Per Child project began its Give One Get One program whereby individuals who pay $399 (plus 24.95 for shipping) will end up buying two OLPCs -- one for themselves and one that "will be sent to empower a...
- Tags: Program, T-Mobile, One Laptop Per Child Project, G1G1, Fran Toolan, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Buying the XO laptop: The shipping may sting
- Buying the XO laptop: The shipping may stingTrue, but...I'll admit that I was surprised by the shipping cost -- it's a substantial fraction of the cost of the machine.OTOH, I suspect that partly reflects the fact that free shipping simply gets folded into the overhead for most companies, and I...
- Tags: XO-laptop, Shipping, Buying, T-Mobile
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- Buying the XO laptop: The shipping may sting
- For folks used to getting free shipping the XO Laptop from the One Laptop Per Child program will deliver a bit of a surprise. I purchased two laptops from the OLPC program for $399 and got hit with $24.95 in shipping. That sum means that if you...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Supply Chain, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- News to know: OpenWorld; IBM Roadrunner; XO support; Android SDK
- Notable headlines: IBM's Roadrunner to smash supercomputing marks. Dan Farber: Charles Phillips: Fusion on track and SaaS for all. Oracle virtualization 3x better than the competition? At Oracle OpenWorld, the fruits of 'acquired innovation.' Video: Larry Ellison reflects on 30 years. Joshua Greenbaum: The...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., TomTom, Microsoft Zune, SDK, Computerworld, Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
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