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Smart Cards 1.1 (Mobile)

Smart Cards presents a card and the user inputs their answer. If they are right, it removes that card from the deck and you don't see that card again. However, if they struggle with the problem it puts the card back in the deck and they will be asked the...

Tags: Card, Deck, Mobile, Apple iTunes, Wright Software

Software downloads 2009-04-06

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Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook

I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...

Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Foundation of our green future

I recently got to speak with Steve Vassallo, an exec at Foundation Capital. They're an investment firm firmly in the greentech camp. They've been in the VC business for 14 years. They don't just talk the talk, Foundation's putting their money where the matter is. The firm's...

Tags: Foundation Capital, Florida Power & Light, Construction, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Wall Street waits for layoffs at Microsoft

Microsoft will likely miss its own earnings target and announce thousands of job cuts this week, according to a Reuters report. The company is scheduled to announce its quarterly results tomorrow. Microsoft is a big player in a number of struggling sectors - personal computers, business software and even video...

Tags: Layoff, Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-21

Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a Mac

Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a MacWell, Linux just works too. McCains campain was like going to Win3.1NT.RE: Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a MacHmmm. Linux "just works" if you're a Linux head. thanks for reading,David MorgensternLinuxWell we can call Cynthia Green a Suse, Ralph Nader...

Tags: Desktops, OK Windows, Obama, Apple Macintosh, Clinton Campaign, Newsweek, PC

Discussion threads 2008-11-11

EA Spore backlash could help end DRM

EA Spore backlash could help end DRMPirate = Potential Lost Sale. Myself = Definate Lost Sale.I am not buying this game because of it, and I really wanted to as well.I don't understand the mentality of EA. If EA consider a pirate as a lost sale why not...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Games, Removing DRM, digital-rights management, Electronic Arts Inc., EA Spore, piracy, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

When will textbook publishers get a clue?

When will textbook publishers get a clue?I buy all my books onlineI mostly use half.com, which is part of eBay. But there's also:http://www.allbookstores.com/This is an aggregator, so it searches a bunch of sites.Here's how much you can save: My "Advanced Suse Linux" book retails for $146.95 at school...

Tags: Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Office, textbook, Textbook Publishers

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

New tool cracks most enterprise wireless LANs

If your company or organization runs an enterprise wireless LAN network, I have some troubling news for you.  Odds are high that your current "enterprise-class" wireless LAN deployment is vulnerable to authentication leakage which not only exposes your internal network but all of your server access controls. ...

Tags: Security, Funk Software, WLAN, Server, Tool, Odds, Wireless Client, Certificate Authority, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wireless, Networking, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-03-05

Microsoft Kool-Aid and the cloud

Microsoft Kool-Aid and the cloudNot Kool-Aid...Just common sense. My rep and I were talking about Cloud Computing. We both came to the assumption that clouds portend storms and rain. Hence, cloud computing would cause disruptions to the agile enterprise when answering the question where they want to go today. I...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Kool-Aid, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

Fixing a broken patent system

Fixing a broken patent systemReform?Patent reform is meaningless unless software patentability is abolished and it remains first to invent. First to file tends to reward companies with deep pockets. Not necessarily the actual innovator.Sourcing has astronomical elasticity. Example: Compression RDK_aa3.4.6..i2Bill Gates owns most anything to be said and made for...

Tags: Patent Reform, sourcing, patent system, inventor, patent, continuation, software

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Are Microsoft-funded studies worthless?

Are Microsoft-funded studies worthless?Why won't the CDs run?Don't tell me you've stopped having Windows pc's around the house. Sometimes a return to the primitive can be excessive. I wouldn't want to have even one of Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie homes if the roof leaked. And not having...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, henhouse, software, fox, DOS, hardware, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-15

Intel Santa Rosa chips destined for MacBooks

Intel Santa Rosa chips destined for MacBooksI almost bought a MacBook Pro a few months ago...I almost bought a MacBook Pro a few months ago when the LED LCD rumor started making the rounds. Decided I'd hold off until WWDC and it looks like it might pay off. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Carnegie-Mellon University, Berkeley, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, status symbol, Intel Corp., graphics, NAND, Apple Inc., chip

Discussion threads 2007-05-10

TJX's failure to secure Wi-Fi causes $1B damage

Most of the major retailers during that time were running WEP and many are STILL running some form of WEPThe news TJ Maxx data breach has rocked the the retail and banking industry and many estimate that it will cost hundreds of millions or even a billion plus dollars in...

Tags: Servers, Security, News, Networking, Mobile/Wireless, Infrastructure, Desktop

Blog posts 2007-05-07

Text messaging and the death of the English language

Text messaging and the death of the English languageI don't buiy it!This is no different than the arguement that spell-checkers make you lazy! From my experience, people have always been careless about thier spelling and their grammar. It's no different than it ever was.text vs morse codeMorse code...

Tags: Instant messaging, Anton, Barbarians, comma, English Language, IM, text messaging

Discussion threads 2007-04-27

Office, Vista launches boost Microsoft sales

Office, Vista launches boost Microsoft salesDoing well...Apparently, Vista and Office 2007 are doing better than the naysayers would have us believe.Not bad, but....Vista doing well, Office doing well, and the XBox doing well. Linuxgeek must be throwing a fit right about now. But for MS to do even...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, sales, Microsoft Office 2007

Discussion threads 2007-04-26

Wireless LAN security myths that won't die

Its been two years since I wrote "The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN," and its probably been one of my more successful blog entries ever, with two flashes on Digg. Since that time, Ive written a free electronic book on enterprise wireless LAN security for anyone to...

Tags: LANs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, security, wireless-LAN security, WLAN, wireless

Blog posts 2007-03-26

Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patents

Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patentsThis might help, but patents will still stifle inovation.The best thing we could do is through copyright and trade secret.So will this effect McDonaldsWith there patent on making the sandwich, and Microsoft on the double click mouse which was just passed last year, or the...

Tags: patent, obviousness

Discussion threads 2006-11-28

Media tipping point? NBC slashes jobs, costs; says "it's not our fault" (it's no joke)

The Mercs Charlie McCollum writes: How bad are things at NBC?....Well, Jay Leno said on "The Tonight Show late last week that things are so bad, ``our interns are calling Mark Foley, looking for work. He also asked guest Howie Mandel, host of "Deal or No Deal, whether as...

Tags: David Berlind, job, NBC Universal, NBC Universal Inc.

Blog posts 2006-10-23

Linspire makes download service free

Linspire makes download service freenot what i readaccording to the article, linspire is breaking even. not bad considering how young the company is.dude...drop that xbox controller, get out of your cave and see the light: Linux is paying off releasing solid versions every month, while windoze can not make it...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, LinuxGeek, Linspire, Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Gook, Application Packaging

Discussion threads 2006-08-30

How do you like your RSS?

How do you like your RSS?sorry, meant to post the above as a root topic, not a reply NTNTHeh - you crack me upDon't you have a diaper to change or some other new-dad errand to do?Seriously - I agree with you 100%. I find the folder approach lets me...

Tags: Groupware, Web browsers, Microsoft Office, RSS feed, RSS, Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2006-07-15