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A Forrester interview with Steve Ballmer about the SharePoint Business

Microsoft providing services gives me the WilliesMicrosoft providing services gives me the Willies, because what will the rest of us do?So my questions around SharePoint would be, will MS provide anything inhouse as a service that will not be an included feature in the software licensed for externally hosting?

Tags: Collaboration, Content management, Groupware, Willy, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Compromise on the drinking age debate

Issue pub licenses to colleges. Let those pubs serve beer and wine to those with student IDs as young as 18. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: College, Beverage, Wine, Willy, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Additional Resources

My Top Scary Technology Trends

The Most Terrifying:Google.Kills good companies by handing out "freebies". VERY scary.Machines replacing humansI thought they were tools to enhance our experience on earth.The worst is when customer is an AI telephone. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your last phrase. I did not understand". I thought the buttons were bad enough.RE:...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Google Inc., hardware, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

3D Flying Messerschmitt Bf109 Screensaver 1.02 (Windows)

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era, including such features as an all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy, and retractable landing gear. The Bf 109...

Tags: 3D, Warlock Studio, Aerospace & Defense, Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-28

What do you believe, your eyes or somebody's numbers?

There is no disagreementThere really never was. Scientists are in agreement that global climate change is happening you may have noticed the conferences.We will always have idiots. It's just that some of them happen to own media and political parties or are making way too much money with...

Tags: climate change, mankind

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Free the Orphans: Are we being played for fools in Google Books play?

Give me a BreakGoogle paid to digitize those books. Google paid to setup the storage and bandwidth infrastructure to host the books, and google made an agreement with the authors to be able to publish those books. If anyone else would like to do the same thing they...

Tags: Google Inc., agreement, orphan

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

ARM targets Intel with 2GHz multicore chips

Great platform for next-gen OS developmentThis sounds like it would be a great platform for somebody to develop the next generation OS we so badly need as a replacement for all of the existing 20th century OSes we're currently using.Still primitive - OS has a long way to goI use...

Tags: Operating systems, Keyboards, multi-core processor, Intel Corp., chip, operating system, keyboard, ARM

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

iPod touch camera modules failing?

Apple camera problemsThe rumors are definitely true. Shipments are going to be delayed until after christmas, there is a bigger problem than with just the camera unfortunately. There will be a fresh new lineup of the ipod Made in China crapTop dollar product made in China by dirt-cheap suppliers and...

Tags: Notebooks, iPod touch camera module, camera, camera module, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Global warming denial alert: human activities cancelling nature's cooling trend

I do my part but...For reasons of a smaller electric bill I conserve energy. I also recycle at work. But change my behavior to accommodate wackos? I don't think so. What gets me is the Environmentally Retarded, to whom Global Warming is a religion, only blame the Capitalist system in...

Tags: Obviously IT, global warming, kilometer

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

SOA services: build now, worry about reuse later?

LifecycleI agree with Dan Woods in that SOA deserves to be revived.However, I disagree with his "two stage" approach. To reiterate, he suggests that stage one is you build services willy nilly, and in stage two, you govern them.The disagreement stems from the following reality. 99% of the world is...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, SOA, sheep

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Spectrum Emulator 4.0 (Mobile)

The Spectrum Emulator is a small application that is capable of running software (read "a mind-boggling number of games") developed for the Sinclair Spectrum - programs like Tetris, Pac Man, Lemmings, Elite, Star Glider, Donkey Kong, Psion Chess, Lemans Racing, Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Sabre Wulf, Boulderdash, Jet Pac,...

Tags: Palmtop, Mobile, Emulator, Spectrum, Spectrum Emulator, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Are we too impatient with SOA?

Jack Vaughan recently pondered the fate of major technology initiatives, and wondered if SOA is going down the same path as Grid and object-oriented computing. That is, it took some time for these initiatives to come to fruition, and benefits to be delivered. In the meantime, many grew too impatient...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Photos: TCHO, where Willy Wonka meets technology

At this chocolate factory, Oompa Loompas have been replaced by iPhones and some tasks are done virtually. by CNET News.com

Tags: Factory, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-06-18

10.5.7 breaks hackintoshes

According to this thread at the MyDellMini Forums, the just-released Mac OS 10.5.7 update breaks hackintoshed machines like the Dell Mini 9/Vostro A90 netbook. This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise and most self-respecting hackintoshers know better than to install any old update on their...

Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Who are the real swine here?

Pro-agribusiness media are scrambling to keep the flu story from tainting factory farms. The runoff, effluent, off-gassing and general environmental degradation from this kind of industrial production of pork or chicken or turkey or beef is supposed by the businesses involved to carry no burden for dealing with the...

Tags: U.S., Virus, Concentration Camp, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Windows 7 RC (build 7100) not the same as build 7077

Windows 7 RC (build 7100) not the same as build 7077re: Windows 7 RC (build 7100) not the same as build 7077"There seems to be a fair bit of confusion and misinformation surrounding the leaked ..."This is the result of the "leaked" card being played once too many. What...

Tags: desktop virtualization, Operating systems, Open GL, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, XP Mode, Windows 7 RC, innotek VirtualBox, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Vega Norwegian-English Dictionary 1.0 (Windows)

English-Norwegian/Norwegian-English, 102000 words. Willy A. Kirkeby is Norway's leading dictionary author. His works are published by several leading publishing houses and adapted to many different areas of application. This publication targets those who use English comprehensively, at work, in education, or at home.

Tags: iFinger, Willy A. Kirkeby, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-31

Extreme capitalism. Consumption supreme. Is it over?

Extreme capitalism. Consumption supreme. Is it over?Obamasiah will not allow drilling or new Nuclear powerObamasiah has banned off-shore drilling and building of any new power plants.So I hope everyone enjoys the 25% ENERGY TAX coming this summer, get ready to have electricity crisis along with high fuel cost...

Tags: Financial accounting, Extreme Capitalism, accountability, Obamasiah

Discussion threads 2009-03-08

Marine One details leaked from P2P net

Marine One details leaked from P2P netResponsibilityI agree! Surely companies like this should have competent people running their network? Especially with sensitive information like this they should firewall and block the tar out of everything. Where is the responsibility?KieranMullenp2p is not a security disasterI'll have to differ...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P, Marine

Discussion threads 2009-03-01

Stop the lies about comparative effectiveness

Stop the lies about comparative effectivenessDoesn't belong on ZDNetI'm not sure why this column even belongs on ZDNet. The political point presented seems to be that somehow we are not collecting enough medical data or that throwing my tax dollars at this "problem" using some vague, unplanned database and decision...

Tags: Government, Financial Planning, Vertical industries, Benefits, Obama, comparative effectiveness, insurance, insurance company

Discussion threads 2009-02-27