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- Firefox and the horrors of the Solaris install process
- Firefox and the horrors of the Solaris install processnot that i had anything interesting to sayI am used to having my comments *deleted*. ;)I'm sure incompetent top management...was to blame. Couldn't be the IT personnel.As was Fedora'syum -y updateRE: disappearing commentsAs many of you will have noticed comments sometimes...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, UNIX, Most linux distro, WinBlows, Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Firefox, horror, Sun Solaris, WINDOWS USERS, windoze user
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
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- Outages could rattle BlackBerry's iconic status
- Outages could rattle BlackBerry's iconic statusOh please...People can't go for three hours without their BlackBerry's? I'm a BlackBerry addict myself...and even I found the outage to be refreshing.Even with 2 outages in one year, RIM should still be within 5 nines (99.999%) of uptime...which is far more than can...
- Tags: Handhelds, Manufacturing, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., outage
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- The+Wibrain+B1%3B+a+full+Windows+ultra+portable+PC+for+less+than+US%24700
- The+Wibrain+B1%3B+a+full+Windows+ultra+portable+PC+for+less+than+US%24700Kinda looks like a Sony GameBoy.Pagan jimCompared to Asus Eee PCI've been interested in the Asus Eee PC lately, too. This seems to have more power and higher resolution, and comes with Windows XP and the disc, too. At least half the reviews of the Eee PC I...
- Tags: Operating systems, Rdesktop, Eee PC, Microsoft Windows, Asus Eee, ASUS, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Mac Pro is now the cheapest high-end workstation
- Mac Pro is now the cheapest high-end workstationIndeed but not at $3000You built a server not a wrkstation, and a stripped down server at that, without disk or memory, and without a decent workstation class garphic card.If you want to build a dual xeon with 1600 FSB today, and still...
- Tags: Workstations, MAC Pro, RAM, Apple Inc., workstation, memory
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- KDE 4 for Windows
- KDE 4 for WindowsKonquerorThe best file manager ever invented. It does native FTP, SSH, has integrated MIME managers, mouse over preview of songs and movies, split left/right/top/bottom, fully customizable view and is a fully integrated web browser. Now, I hope, a feature that has LONG been a malware...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, KDE, Microsoft Windows, KDE 4, KDE4, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-01-25
- Will Macs star at this year's Macworld Expo?
- Will Macs star at this year's Macworld Expo?Mac is doomed...My wife has a friend who received an iMac for Christmas. She dragged me over there this weekend for dinner. I told her she was not allowed to touch or look at the iMac, that we were a "complete and total...
- Tags: Desktops, WiMAX, Filemaker Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., WiMax Mobile, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Tiger update brings Safari headaches
- Tiger update brings Safari headachesBut it IS Apple's fault[i]Some commentators, such as John Gruber, say we should know better than rely on such hacks. And I agree to a point. It’s not all Apple’s fault when it introduces something that breaks an “unsupported” feature provided by a third-party developer —...
- Tags: Web browsers, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Safari headach, Web browser, headach
- Discussion threads 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
- Ballmer speaks; Can Microsoft be everything to everyone?
- Ballmer speaks; Can Microsoft be everything to everyone?Sure...M$ can be everything for the 'Mike Cox' crowd, but it is NOTHING but a crook for most of us.Clean your own room first, BallmerFirst, find a way to stop treating your customers like criminals. The more you do silly things like...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows XP, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., virus
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Storm Worm botnet could be world's most powerful supercomputer
- Storm Worm botnet could be world's most powerful supercomputerSince we've known of this problem for so long..why is internet end point security left up to the general public? With all of the government back initiatives, why not initiate one that will strip these trojans out at the ISP or or...
- Tags: Internet, powerful supercomputer, Storm Worm, supercomputer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
- Patches in ten f***ing days? Not really, says Mozilla
- Patches in ten f***ing days? Not really, says MozillaSo, somebody gets carried away at a "do"...... and all of a sudden it's a commitment? Give the guy a break.Even if they turn out the patches in 20 days, rather than 10, they are still more than a week ahead...
- Tags: Linux, Patches, OCCAM, zealot, Mozilla Corp., patch management
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- Ballmer hints at Microsoft's future in the 'cloud'
- Ballmer hints at Microsoft's future in the 'cloud'Industry Needs dictate services/local install usageI hope there is not an industry rush to judgement as far as the use of internet software services versus the traditional local install of PC software. The disaster recovery needs of any company or user will...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Apple Inc., software-as-a-service, Micro$oft, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Spammers phish for iPhone fans
- Spammers phish for iPhone fansSeems to be mostly an IE problem. Firefox is fine.According to Secure Computing... "Secure Computing has discovered a website that is attempting to exploit over 10 Active X vulnerabilities in its efforts to install a malicious payload including the MSODataSourceControl vulnerability that Secure Computing warned...
- Tags: Web browsers, Spam, Social Security, Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox, e-mail, iPhonetic Giveaway, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2007-07-02
- Cory Doctorow on taming the trolls
- Cory Doctorow on taming the trollsAttracting the trollsFirst let's define what a troll is. Basically it's someone who disagrees with you - they may be foaming at the mouth and raving about Win$ucks or Eunuchs (guilty ;-)) or be incapable of logical argument see Paul Murphy but essentially they...
- Tags: Blogging, ZDNet Bloggers, Cory Doctorow, troll, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Windows Vista = Windows Me II?
- Windows Vista = Windows Me II?I actually had very little trouble with MEMy wife bought a Sony laptop preloaded with it behind my back which has been the only breach of the MS-boycott in my household since it was instigated in 1996. Clearly the experiences of others, though, suggests...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-26
- A flash drive in your future?
- A flash drive in your future?Any Thoughts on Reliability?In a discussion I had a with a friend about these new laptops a few weeks back, he very enthusiastically predicted that flash-drive replacements will be "more reliable" than hard drives.I asked him at the time why he'd make such a prediction,...
- Tags: operating system, USB flash drive, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-04-11
- Is Microsoft's Vista behind Apple's alleged 'Leopard' delay?
- Is Microsoft's Vista behind Apple's alleged 'Leopard' delay?I'd like to see Leopard ASAPWhy wouldn't Apple provide Leopard with a Beta of Boot Camp that would work with XP and then when the new Boot Camp is ready, offer it as a software update?I want leopard nowI don't have vista, so...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), rumor mill, Microsoft Corp., development tool, Microsoft Windows Vista, Leopard, Apple Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: Waylaid by the blue screen of death
- The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: Waylaid by the blue screen of deathI would say the challenge is over!]:) ;)Does it Count?MitchYou'll have to decide if this counts or not. If Vista is given grace for being new, so be it. On some level however, 5 years and 6 billion should buy...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh, blue screen of death
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
- AACS - BUSTED!
- AACS - BUSTED!It's laughable....... how stupid is it to use the date and time? Have we or have we not spent YEARS telling users never to use guessable passwords and here we have a "security" product making a fundamental blunder.If this is the quality of systems work involved then they...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, BD-Plus, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2007-02-13
- New molecules for a faster Internet
- New molecules for a faster InternetThey are one step away from the technology of the future.It could of happen now, but unfortunately it won’t happen sooner than a decade. Why? Because of typical human mentality. Precisely: typical guys with money as a rule are mind-limited (they replace logic with intuition,...
- Tags: Internet, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-04
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