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- Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?
- Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?microsoft.com & msdn, plus some weird gothic stuff knowing you:PRE: Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?It'd be easier if my ISP asked me which porn sites I was going to instead of doing the deep packet sniffing. I'd be glad to...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Google brings election mobile as reporters become irrelevant
- Worried you'll miss it the second John McCain announces his veep choice? After all, the GOP isn't offering a text-message alert the way Obama did. (Not that that worked so well.) Well, maybe young mothers won't be checking it at 2:38 a.m., but...
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Defcon's over but MBTA wants gag order to remain
- Defcon's over but MBTA wants gag order to remainHAHA this wont stick for long.Better hurry up and fix your system mass. Its on the CD and probably on every hacking board. Trying to plug in a hole in a dam with chewing gum... not going to hold for...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Fossil fuel prices and the men who hate them
- Fossil fuel prices and the men who hate themAirline fares are too lowEver since deregulation, airlines have allowed themselves to be sucked into a ridiculous, never ending price war.As a result, they've been forced to fly at max capacity just to break even on any given flight. That need...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- New studies highlight the potential downsides of SharePoint
- New studies highlight the potential downsides of SharePointSharePoint Best Practices!!!I'm not disputing the result of the studies but i think the downsides are normally excerbated by inappropiate practices. Every product has its downsde but i believe these downsides can be overcome if appropiate practices are used: SharePoint Best Practices Start...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- (Photos: Grand dams of the South)
- (Photos: Grand dams of the South)damn tourHow can you do a writeup of a damn tour without stealing lines from National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation movie?!! Ok, here's a quote from the tour guide..."Welcome everyone, I'm your dam tour guide Arnie. Im about to take you through at fully functional...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gaps
- Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsRhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsHooray for RI! I haven't heard of any energy crisis in RI. You can bet the naval base there would probably want to get on this.You knowif we actually built power plants this wouldn't...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Photos: Grand dams of the South
- During Road Trip 2008, CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman went dam hopping around the American South. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-07-11
- Dam Beavers (exe)
- Like most ducks, Quax loves swimming. But today an unruly gang of beaver baddies insists on building their dams upstream, reducing his favorite swimming pond to a mere puddle. Determined to swim again, Quax has constructed a dam-busting catapult to smash the beaver dams and restore his peaceful pond, but...
- Software downloads 2008-07-11
- Shell edges closer to Arctic drilling, but still has to delay
- Shell edges closer to Arctic drilling, but still has to delayhow aboutInstead of drilling oil from offshore, in the Artic, ....How about putting solar cells in Arizona, S California, New Mexico, Texas, ...It would take just 1% of the USA landmass to produce all electic energy needs of this country.For...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
- Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?
- Britain's national plan to bring order and interoperability to the patient records and operations of the national health service was going to cost about £1.2bn and be an enormous business and political success by early 1998. Ten years later it's widely expected to be a continuing £13bn pound...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- European on-demand accounting vendors breaking the dam?
- European on-demand accounting vendors breaking the dam?Saasu.com | online accountingHey Dennis, you mentioned plenty of the new guys but not many of who have been delivering soundly and educating the market for years. Saasu.com now has thousands of users including some in the US and at a better price point...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- European on-demand accounting vendors breaking the dam?
- Since I am based in Europe and come from a finance background, I have a special interest in what happens in this part of the world. Over the last couple of years, I've been consistently told by 'experts' that saas/on-demand business applications and especially those that are finance related will...
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Is wireless mesh a game-changer?
- The biggest untold tech story of this decade has been the overturning of Moore's Law in the telecom sector. Despite technology breakthroughs in optical fiber, in optical switching, and in wireless transmission, you're still paying just as much for just as little bandwidth as you did a...
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere
- Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphereLots of profit......jobs and innovation in jeopardy? Too bad we didn't jeopardize Sub-Prime lending when we had a chance. Same kind of profit potential here for the telcos IMO.Drop ComcastThere are lots of ISP's out there.AT&T Yahoo comes to mind.Could Comcast's big usership...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?
- Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?Almost certainly goodMicrosoft really seemed to be looking at a Yahoo takeover as a cure-all -- and when a company does that, it usually means that the company is going to drag down the outside firm. It either has no idea what...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues
- Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issuesLet's find out.I'd like to know just what the similarities or lack there of will be in security issues when Linux replaces Windows as the OS of the people.Apple's dealing with this right nowTime to...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Ambient's strange necklace
- Ambient's strange necklaceGuess you'll just have to think happy thoughts!Then keep your thoughts to your head.I could see it now.. your walking down the street with your girl.. you see another hot chick.. your like damm she fine.. then your collar goes off.. "Dam she fine"... next thing you know,...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Microsoft: June 30 Windows XP cut-off set in stone
- Microsoft: June 30 Windows XP cut-off set in stoneFrom a consumer *AND* business perspective..Killing off XP is just stupid at this point on both counts. The premise, and success, of free enterprise is giving the customer what they want. If people want XP, TAKE THEIR MONEY. If people want Vista,...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
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