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VA now loves its VistA software

In a VA hospital recently and watched VistA at workThe VA hospital in Omaha Nebraska handles about ten times the load of a normal hospital and every single bit of the load is possible because of their software. My sister had a big glitch show up in her medical...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Vista Software, Yes Vista, VA Hospital, MUMPS, hospital, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Seagate's 2TB Barracuda XT, world's first SATA 6Gbps HDD

It is still a SeageteIt is still a seagate, so it will fail very quickly.RE: Seagate's 2TB Barracuda XT, world's first SATA 6Gbps HDDAny word on the real world performance of SATA 6Gpbs vs. SAS drives?RE: Seagate's 2TB Barracuda XT, world's first SATA 6Gbps HDDHow about smaller capacities? I...

Tags: Yes Vista, Seagate Technology LLC, SATA 6Gbps HDD, first SATA 6Gbps HDD, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay a premium?

Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay a premium?IMHOLower price is the ONLY thing that Microsoft has going for it. Certainly the quality of their software or the quality of the hardware their software runs on doesn't match Apple. It's no surprise that's why they're...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Yes Vista, PC, tax, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgrades

Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgradesNot a good enough reasonReally, the fact that Windows 7 is not anything new is hardly a reason to upgrade to Vista. When you are supporting 15000+ clients workstations and laptops, why break what's already working? Users tend to hate fundamental changes...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Yes Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

Microsoft photo standard comes into focus

Microsoft photo standard comes into focusMicrosoft photo standard comes into focusAs we all know that standards are good and since Microsoft is making this format a standard everyone can use it. We shouldn't hear anyone complaining in the talkbacks now. Microsoft's customer focus shines again. Good for them.Of...

Tags: NEW FORMAT, Yes Vista, Microsoft Corp., photograph, Microsoft Photo

Discussion threads 2007-07-31

Leopard looks like ... Vista

Leopard looks like ... VistaMessage has been deleted.Only One Year?I'm not impressed with Vista and I don't like Microsoft as a company. Haven't for years.Still, you say that "The next version of OS-X has been simmering for over a year"? And how long has Vista been simmering? That...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Yes Vista, Core Animation, QuickLook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., operating system, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

OpenOffice plug-in plan set for debut

OpenOffice plug-in plan set for debutNeeds an 'e-mail' clientIt still needs an e-mail client if it is goingto go anywhere.Actually, like they split apart the Netscape Suite, they should split apartOpenOffice suite and make everything simple, lean and mean, and individual downloads.How about a very simple OpenOffice, with the MS...

Tags: Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Word processors, Microsoft Office, Yes Vista, information technology, plug-in, OpenOffice, Mozilla Firefox, bloatware, object-oriented

Discussion threads 2006-09-22

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High-risk flaw dings Google Chrome

no NoScript..No Google Chromethis is one of the reasons i don't want to get near this browser. Till Google wakes up and builds an add-on support for Adblock and NoScript, then and only then i might give it a try.Chrome wont even give me the Option to manually disable Scripting....

Tags: Scripting languages, Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., JavaScript, NoScript, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer

RE: February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet ExplorerThat does assume that everything remains constant, which it won't. If someone creates a new browser that could disrupt it, or when either company releases a new version of their browser that is also going to throw things...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

RE: Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap or even freeGreat post, Ed! Seeing how you outlined the cheapest way to get Microsoft Windows 7 there should be no reason why anyone would not want to upgrade now. Price is no longer an issue. This would be...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, legal way, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade media? Get the facts!

Unbelievable"Last week I complained about Microsoft?s shoddy documentation of how its upgrade procedures are supposed to work. I?m delighted to report that I got a tremendous and immediate response from within Microsoft, offering assistance in my testing and also promising to clean up and expand their documentation."So what exactly did...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, product key, acccount, clean install, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Mozilla goes back to the beta with Firefox 3.6

Oh bother. Does this mean Firefox 3.5 is buggy and insecure?Having used Firefox since 0.6 I find 3.5 to be one of the less stable versions. I hope that they get the bugs out for 3.6.3 things this version must have or it may fall too far behind1. SELinux/AppArmor...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Firefox 3.6, beta, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less

Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7.5, Mac history, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less

No doubt, Windows 7 users will find that the latest update to the Microsoft client operating system sucks less than Vista. And so they should after all the time, effort and budget line items put into the fixes (and let's not forget the pain in the user base). One of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2009-11-01

eVGA GeForce 9400 GT - graphics adapter - GF 9400 GT - 1 GB

Great for Windows 7The EVGA GeForce 9400GT can be summarized in one word; Performance. The Windows Experience Index increased from 3.5 to 4.9, mostly because the old card had only 128 MB of memory while this one has 1 GB. Several things worth mentioning, especially for Windows 7...

Tags: installation disk, graphics, card, eVGA, Microsoft Windows 7, adapter

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever

Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Firefox hit by multiple drive-by download flaws

Thank god I am still using 3.0.xxxI still don't understand why the need to make all things software larger and more featured. Also I will never understand why people rush to use the latest larger, bloated package...Bigger is always better......that's why we're fat! =DIE still more secure than FF...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, NoScript, Microsoft Corp., Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

What the DoD now says about open source

I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

ZFS on Snow Leopard? Forget about it!

Isn't it funny how the Apple crowd ........ attacked Microsoft when WinFS was pulled from Vista but appear to be totally absent on this story? I can't wait to see how they alibi Apple for this move.They'll defend it based upon licensingbut all that will prove is Apple was...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, ZFS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WinFS

Discussion threads 2009-10-27