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Performance profiles for Vista

Should Microsoft make it easier for users to tweak Vista for better performance? As a rule I'm more than happy with the performance of my systems, but there are times (.... gaming .... gaming ...) when there's no such thing as having too much power.  Once you...

Tags: Performance, Idea, Microsoft Windows Vista, Wolfe, Performance Management, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-29

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Is it really about .Me or Montenegro?

Is it really about .Me or Montenegro?AlsoMontenegro was also the birthplace of [fictional] detective Nero Wolfe.

Tags: Montenegro

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Google calls for hike in H-1B visas

Technology issues are never a big deal in presidential elections, as much as some people think they should be. One that Big Tech is trying to push, though is the H-1B visa situation. Bill Gates has been lobbying hard on the issue and now Google has signaled it's a big...

Tags: Google Inc., Limit, Technology Issue, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-05

New Apple campus two years behind schedule

Apple announced plans for a new campus  in Cupertino, CA two years ago to support its growing workforce and even considered abandoning their current digs at One Infinite Loop in the process. They've since decided to stay in Cupertino, using both locations. According to a story in...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., Campus, Cupertino, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Consumer Reports: iPhone 64, BlackBerry Curve 61. Baloney.

OK, let us break this one down, at least according to the way the testers at CR see it in the January, 2008 issue. Here are some of the quantifiable criteria CR applied to both devices: Performance: Listening: A tie. Talking:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Consumer Reports, BlackBerry Curve, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-18

Re: "7 Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed On The Desktop"

Last week information Week editor Alexander Wolfe asked readers to respond to his "7 Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed On The Desktop". Well..if he's trolling for readers, my thought is that getting a third regular reader wouldn't hurt the discussions here either, so... %setenv...

Tags: Desktop, Reversal, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-09-24

SCO Group admits it may fold

SCO Group admits it may foldHere's an idea!Go sit in the corner and hold your breath until that happens.What?[i]Now where are all the people that said SCO would be vindicated in this and come out on top?[/i]lol.. who was the tool that predicted that?good, now it's M$ turn to fold!after...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., MiG

Discussion threads 2007-09-19

U.S. pushes WTO piracy case against China

U.S. pushes WTO piracy case against ChinaHow about this...If the Bush administration made companies pay more for the goods that they produce in China.... then maybe they wouldn't have to pirate American movies because they might actually be able to afford them. When things get too expensive then people pirate...

Tags: Free trade, World Trade Organization

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

Back to the "too many Linux distros" debate

Over on Slashdot today I came across yet another "too many Linux distros" debate, this time started by Alexander Wolfe of InformationWeek.  While I think that Wolfe has a point, he also misses the real problem.In business out of the hundreds of distros to choose from there are only two...

Tags: My Linux Experience, Linux

Blog posts 2007-07-19

UPS uses wireless tracking via SMS to extend shipping locations to today's mobile set

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: UPSAs wireless communications technology becomes embedded in the lifestyles of consumers -- led by the younger generations that have always known it -- small businesses are seeking ways to catch the mobile wave.Gaining an advantage with younger shoppers online and off can...

Tags: Web Technology, Podcasts, Mobile, convergence

Blog posts 2007-06-21

Mix love and business: Lessons from successful companies that do good while doing well

Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose is about the pragmatic role of love in the business world. The book celebrates leaders who leverage their humanness by inspiring others to join them in making the world a better place. These executives operate by...

Tags: Prentice Hall Inc., Leadership, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Structures, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Book chapters 2007-05-17

Tibco and why IT really does matter again

I really should spend more time with my sponsors of SVW. I spent most of Tuesday at Tibcos user conference, catching up with the the companys business strategy team and having some great conversations, and thinking I really should spend more time with my sponsors. Tibco, Infineon Systems, Intel, Edelman...

Tags: Enterprise IT, Disruptive, Business strategy

Blog posts 2007-05-02

Freed blogger calls release a victory

Freed blogger calls release a victory:o)shoulda hauled him off to gitmo and waterboarded him (while wearing a black hood.):o)hmmmmmThe biggest problem with "freedom of speech" and/or "freedom of the press" is that nobody takes responsibility. It doesn't seem that the govt is restricting rights here, it seems that Mr Wolfe...

Tags: Blogging, Corporate communications, video, blogger

Discussion threads 2007-04-04

Asian countries covet US love of learning, if not test scores

Why would Asian educators be coming to a middle school in Virginia to observe math and science classrooms, when they are so far ahead of the U.S. in math and science scores? The Washington Post reports that despite the fact that Singapores eighth-graders rank No. 1 in science and...

Tags: educator

Blog posts 2007-03-21

DC to post medical info online

In Washington DC, the city council passed a bill that will require medical personnel to report "adverse medical events" to a central database that one day will be made available over the Web, The Washington Post reports. The requirements are among the most substantive revisions in more than 20...

Tags: physician, State &, Local Govt, Government technology

Blog posts 2006-12-28

mtvU for Media Center (msi)

mtvU for Media Center is the only 24-hour network dedicated to emerging music and everything you love about college. The channel, which is broadcast to 7 million students at over 730 campuses, features music videos from emerging artists you can't see anywhere else and short-form series including Stand In, where...

Tags: Media Center PC, MTV Networks, Media Center PCs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2006-06-23

Breaking down the Vista versions, part 2

Breaking down the Vista versions, part 2Backward compatibility.Virtualization may resolve the code problems resulting from the need for backward compatibility. It's Microsoft's current solution, anyway:"Those two high-end packages also include Virtual PC Express, a light version of Microsoft’s virtualization tool, which will allow you to run applications written for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-04-19

VFMAs, Virtual-Flow Multipath Algorithms for MPLS

This paper deals with IP Traffic Engineering TE for multipath selection in MPLS networks. A centralized and a distributed routing algorithms are proposed, which aggregate IP flows entering the MPLS domain, and optimally partition them among virtual flows that are forwarded on multiple paths according to their Quality of Service...

Tags: Algorithm, MPLS, Multipath Algorithm, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2006-02-12

The Beat Generation influence on blogging

I've become interested in the Beat Generation recently. This San Francisco enclave of mostly New York city bohemians was unknown until they used words to challenge society.I feel there is a kinship and a natural lineage that runs from the Beat writers of fifty years ago, to the blogosphere of...

Tags: Beat Generation

Blog posts 2006-02-10

Blogosfear

It's amazing how quickly we settle into a notion of what's the right thing to do. Take the crisis over newspaper business models. As my brother and the Cluetrain brothers have lamented, the newspaper business is on the decline. The Times and Knight Ridder have announced significant cuts, with the...

Tags: Blogging, Green Day, Naomi

Blog posts 2005-09-25