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- Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law.
- Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law.Truth must be toldYou have to be honest with her. Just tell her the truth and she will understand. It might take a longer time but once she knows how to use a PC I bet you she will get the point.Try this:The computer is fine....
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Bill Gates bids farewell
- Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeDitch all this Cr@p!They need to simply go with Vista Server and MS Access 2008 Server! Problem solved!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframePlease bear in mind that the 360 came out ten years before the ideas...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil position
- In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil positionI've always respected George WillEven when we disagree. Now your job is to tell us why he's wrong.Truly amazingly short sightedYou're in your bedroom, your wife has hollered outside for help because in the background your house is on fire,...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Consumer Reports: Apple leads in support - by double digits
- Consumer Reports: Apple leads in support - by double digitsWOW!!!!Apple just slaughtered the competition. That speaks volumes in itself. Apple... leading by a huge double digit margin...BTW.. Shadetree, Non_Zealot, No_Axe, and Ye... A double digit is a number that is higher than any of you guys can count to.Paid for?Looks...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- Edelman on Sustainability Reporting: Call in the PR Pros
- It's a conundrum every company faces when thinking about sustainability reporting - who reads this stuff anyway and do these reports actually assure anyone of anything? Sustainability reporting methodologies have grown up, for better or for worse, to ape financial reporting, replete with their own standards of assurance audit and...
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Wi-Fire high-gain Wi-Fi antenna doesn't always ignite
- Wi-Fire high-gain Wi-Fi antenna doesn't always ignitecheapskateCome on...how expensive is it for your tightwad neighbor to get his own DSL..really now. But what you really need is a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 (use eBay as they are under injnction to not sell any due to a cr@p-@ss patent suit, the 069...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- IBM on Corporate Social Responsibility: Collaboration, Integration and NGO Foot Soldiers
- Corporate responsibility at IBM is a class act so high expectations then when the IBM Institute for Business Value this week came out with a piece on CSR: Attaining sustainable growth through corporate social responsibility. Dazzling stuff but one or two clangers as well. IBM...
- Blog posts 2008-02-16
- MWC08: The XPERIA X1 is one slick Windows Mobile device!
- MWC08: The XPERIA X1 is one slick Windows Mobile device!They saymimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but it would be nice if these phone makers could actually come up with something that isn't "look at me, I can be an iPhone, too."RE: MWC08: The XPERIA X1 is one slick...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- Microsoft Windows Live Mail's CAPTCHA defense falls to spam bots
- Microsoft Windows Live Mail's CAPTCHA defense falls to spam botsI'll second that...They, or someone, has also figured how to do the same with Yahoo accounts. One of my email accounts, not Hotmail or Yahoo, gets 5 - 10 spams a day from Hotmail, Yahoo US, Yahoo UK, Yahoo Taiwan,...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- "Can we use those $100 laptops?"
- "Can we use those $100 laptops?"WowThat's scary... No, that's really scary. The uninformed don't even have the knowledge to become informed. It needs to be given to them and that is nearly impossible in a one hour meeting. Perhaps we forget our own ignorance all too easily.Ed...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
- Another QuickTime code execution flaw surfaces
- Another QuickTime code execution flaw surfacesDon't worryGeorge doesn't let things like facts or truth get in the way of a good attack when it comes to Apple.That's even more damning on AppleSo you are telling me that Apple created a vulnerability in Quicktime that only targets Windows? NICE COMPANY! One...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
- NJ bans sex offenders from the Internet
- NJ bans sex offenders from the InternetGoing way too far against sex offenders.With the way things are going one would be better off being a murderer than a sex offender (though sometimes they're one and the same). The constraints being placed on sex offenders after they've served their time have...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-28
- FastTrackFTP (exe)
- Program includes all current safety standards, such as SSL, TLS, SSH, PGP, keyword encryption. It supports multithreading data transfer, the ability to synchronize packets and files, scripting, and 128-bit encryption. You can create separate rules for error handling, file copying, event handling, and determine what actions the program should perform...
- Software downloads 2007-12-28
- Google Toolbar: A New Malware Threat
- Google Toolbar: A New Malware ThreatDue to the potential of attacka number of Google apps aren't installed on end-user PCs at work, not because they were at the time a threat, but just due to its growth, it's potential misuse and misplace in the workplace, the toolbar itself seemed more...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forward
- Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forwardThat's right case more about helping OperaIf lack of standards compliance was such a big issue, people would have switched to Opera already. The fact that they havent, proves these standards are nearly worthless. For awhile, Firefox was only...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
- Consumer Reports: iPhone 64, BlackBerry Curve 61. Baloney.
- Consumer Reports: iPhone 64, BlackBerry Curve 61. Baloney.Russell, you're killing me.I've have a corporate BB and currently own an iPhone. The iPhone kills the BB in almost all aspects of my daily use. But this is my opinion, let's go to the lab tests.Of the BASIC criteria you...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- 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:...
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Swiss File Knife (exe)
- Command line tool for daily tasks. Find and extract text in files, dir tree size, filter and replace text, instant ftp server, find duplicate files, split and join files, md5 lists, run a command on all files, detab, hexdump, tcpdump, color text, convert CR/LF and more. Do not install many...
- Software downloads 2007-12-14
- Bali: what China says the U.S. says about climate change
- As befitting its power and greenouse gas emissions, the U.S. has been the center of much of the coverage of the U.N. conference on combatting climate change. That conference is now in its final stages with the most powerful participants showing up for closing talks. Here's...
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
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