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File format blues

File format bluesTry to educateWhen I receive a *x file, I usually respond with a note to the sender that the file is unreadable, and would he/she please check the program's default format settings and then re-send as .doc, .xls, etc.As others have noted, most of the time the sender...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Word processors, Microsoft Office, File format blue, WordStar, job

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Feds approve IBM PC Co. move to Beijing as an era in computer and business history draws to a close

Feds approve IBM PC Co. move to Beijing as an era in computer and business history draws to a closeModem speedThat was 300 and 1200 BITS not bytes per second.I remember ....I was a freelancing management consultant back in the mid '80's. I carried my entire support system...

Tags: Modems, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, IBM Corp., WordStar, computer, baud, card

Discussion threads 2005-03-11

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FOWA 2009: Microsoft Surface 'proof of concept' actually pointless

Grats on being closed mindedWell done for putting someone down, your price point argument is fair but doesn't negate the number of possible uses of the surface device, which frankly are only limited by imagination, something that seems to be questionable for you.How do you define genuine uses? That sentence...

Tags: Tablets, FOWA 2009, Microsoft Surface, proof of concept, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

What if Windows 8 was touch-input only?

Touch not on my screenI hate finger prints on my TV, PC monitor and laptop.I could see having this as a add on but for the most part I am not for it.It is good for small device and a segment of handicap users but, really it is idea for...

Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Monitors & displays, COMPANIES, mouse, keyboard, What-if Windows 8, PC

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

The 10 biggest moments in IT history

Missing: Tim Berners-Lee?The Mouse, and the GUI ...... without the invention of the mouse or the GUI/WYSIWYG there would not be as many users as there are today, and I would hazard a guess that it would be restricted to business applications like accounting, and Data Analysis.LudoRE: The 10...

Tags: Mice, Strategy, Operating systems, GUI, PARC User Interface, mouse, Microsoft Corp., IT History, Xerox PARC, operating system, IBM Corp., information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Another Notepad 1.53.32 (Windows)

Another Notepad is a Windows text editor with all the convenient features that Microsoft left out of their Windows Notepad utility. Another Notepad features sort lines of text alphabetically, convert blocks of text to all uppercase or lowercase, merge two files together. Wordstar key commands, smart tabs, auto-indentation, user-definable margins,...

Tags: Shareware, PC, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac

I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddance”...

Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Worse and worse

Worse and worseNot Unusual. And No Problem.Oh wait. Someone has a political agenda out here.Tip of the Iceberg, to coin a phraseIts much worse than anyone thinks. I spent 3 months researching an article on all the latest science and each one of 8 new (2-3 years) developments indicates it...

Tags: Kozmcrae

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage

Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage They are both irrelevant... or should have been.Adrian was originally wanting to send a fax, which prompted him to find a fax template and WGA/OGA insisted that he needed to first recertify his Sharepoint and Project sw.So Adrian would have been better off using Open Office.Unless...

Tags: Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

The Mac at 25: GUI battles in business

The Mac at 25: GUI battles in businessSystem 7 was the worst OS I've ever usedShudder, that thing was S...L...O...W... Well, that's not totally true. It would crash really fast, really often. The whole System 7, 8, 9 line was absolutely terrible. It wasn't until Apple gave up trying to...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., GUI

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS

The layered approach ... my wish for a future OSSounds a lot like BSD to me....BSD (and therefore Mac OS/X) has much the same structure as the one you describe. Indeed this structure has some inherent advantages.However, in practice BSD doesn't have a stability or reliability advantage over Linux. Linux...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OS Model, operating system, BSD

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Still ranting about interfaces

Still ranting about interfaces[b]Mr. Murphy, You are such an idiot...[b]The real reason WordPerfect lost is simple.[b]WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get [/b]You are such a biased moron that you can't get your ego out of the way to see the truth. WordPerfect lost the battle because...

Tags: Word processors, Corel WordPerfect, software

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Microsoft confirms Word attacks

Microsoft confirms Word attacksNo, in Jet>>Microsoft has confirmed reports of vulnerability in WordGrammatical issue aside, the vulnerability is in the Jet engine, not Word. Word is the vector.Vista is NOT vulnerable: yet another reason to use Vistayet another reason to use VistaRE: Microsoft confirms Word attacksThere is NO reason to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft confirms Word attack, Microsoft Confirms, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2008-03-24

Microsoft's real game: Open interoperability protects its stack

Microsoft's real game: Open interoperability protects its stackInteroperability works both ways.If you want to rip out that Linux server, the fact that it works with Microsoft products as Microsoft intends helps assure that you won't (what?) miss a beat by eliminating the foreign element.You have many Microsoft products already and...

Tags: game, Microsoft Corp., real game, interoperability

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

OpenOffice still two trains running on one line.

OpenOffice still two trains running on one line.Wrong!One reason so many hate M$ Office is that it is *bloated*. Hello? You are actually clamoring for OOo to throw in everything plus the kitchen sink? The real smarts is keeping it slimmer...M$ could take a lesson.Not necessaryIt's not...

Tags: Microsoft Project, OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., OpenProj, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

(Photos: Vintage Computer Festival)

(Photos: Vintage Computer Festival)Vintage ComputersWhatever happened to Tandy's Color Computer. I know more people who learned how to use a computer with the CoCo than any other machine.I still have one each of the first models.RE: (Photos: Vintage Computer Festival)Regarding the Canon Cat, I bought one and remember it...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Vintage Computer Festival, photograph, Adam Osborne, Apple Inc., computer, Canon Cat

Discussion threads 2007-11-05

Unresponsive iPhone touch screens

Unresponsive iPhone touch screensHow many more Apple hardware failures will we see...It isn't five minutes since the Mac battery recall, and already we are seeing the iPhone is now iPhailed.With Apple, are the users paying the extra premium for better quality products, or rather is it just Appletalk for shiny...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Desktops, Touch-Screen Technology, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., touch screen

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

Rivals make run at Microsoft Office

Rivals make run at Microsoft OfficeThere are a lot of things coming together at the same time to makealternatives more attractive. There is the push by governments to use open file formats, the drastically reduced need to actually PRINT documents, the increased need to share documents, and the increased quality...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Turnabout, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Projity OpenProj

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Insanity and the standards process

Insanity and the standards processInteresting...Did they to your knowledge ever fix up the "man in the middle" flaw?Thanks Jeremey! Almost nobody saw the last minute MS dirty tricks comming,and hopefully, nobody will be fooled next February or whenever the last vote that would possibly allow OOXML be fast tracked.There have...

Tags: Quality, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Servers, Microsoft Corp., ECMA, OOXML, standards, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

MA finalizes inclusion of Microsoft format in open standards list

MA finalizes inclusion of Microsoft format in open standards listAmazing what money can buyI would have liked to see MA stick to it's guns, but let's be honest here, who can fault them for the likely 90% off price they got on license costs for the next 5-15 years from...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., open standard

Discussion threads 2007-08-02