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- Psystar: Just how loud is it? (updated 2x)
- Today was my second day with my spankin' new Psystar Open Computer. Following are some observations. I don't have a wireless card in it yet and my desk is too far away from my router to string an Ethernet cable, so I'm offline for the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Gmail can be used as "Spam Bazooka"
- INSERT, the Information Security Research Team, has sucessfully created a proof of concept exploiting the "trust hierarchy" that exists between mail service providers. Taking advantage of the way Gmail forwards messages, the team was able to send 4000 messages in a short period of time from a single account...
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Repair MS Outlook (exe)
- Repair MS Outlook software designed for email recovery from corrupt, damaged .PST file of MS outlook email client. Best email recovery software to recover every email, attachment, image, sent mail, draft email, journals, calendars and every other item of .PST file. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-05-08
- Gallery: Psystar unboxing, innards, maiden boot
- I posted a gallery of 23 pictures of the Psystar Open Computer unboxing. Pictures include the shipping box, the innards and the maiden boot. Some notes: The fan is quiet. Much quieter than is heard initial video of the Psystar someone posted. I think...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Synet Windy31 USB Wireless Router
- The Synet Windy31 USB Wireless Router (MW-P54SS) is not your typical router. Instead of connecting it to your DSL or cable modem to share an Internet connection, you plug it into a USB port on your PC or laptop. Once plugged in, the $60--roughly the price of a regular USB...
- Product reviews 2008-04-30
- NFL Football (gadget)
- Choose from 60 NFL sites, this is a football fans dream get all the stats and scores or catch up on your teams standings and player reviews. This gadget has something for everyone from kids to adults, if you're just learning the game look through the NFL rule book to...
- Software downloads 2008-04-30
- Where's the next new thing in Silicon Valley?
- Excellent article by Jeff Nolan, an ex-VC, writing in SandHill.com on venture capital investments and locating the next big thing. Incrementalism and "The New New Thing" - With all the venture capital moving around in the Silicon Valley, where is the real innovation? He makes many good points...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Windows or open source is not the question
- Over at another publication an entrepreneur asks a rather silly question, whether his server-side application should be developed with Windows or open source. This is not even a question. Windows or Linux, that's a question. Closed source or open, that's a question. (Picture from Boycott Novell.) Asking...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Is Balkanization of the Internet inevitable?
- The openness of the Internet could fall to nationalism. That's just one of the side effects from nationalism and its impact on global trade, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal in its Monday edition zoomed out to look at the rise of nationalism. After all,...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Upcoming panel on exploiting the social graph
- At a conference I attended last month on social media law (I have some interesting notes I'll post soon), I was struck by how lawyers for social media giants such as Facebook, MySpace, Google, find speedy ways to accommodate powerful copyright holders on infringement issues. When it comes to...
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Where's the money in open source?
- Where's the money in open source?The comparison is not vaildMass production is a concept. Software is a work product. Those who mass produced still had to buy the work product of others to implement the concept (assembly line components are not free of cost). The people that provided those parts...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-22
- How good is the VA?
- The Best Care Anywhere. That's the headline the Washington Monthly gave its 2005 feature on the Veterans Administration, in a story written by Phillip Longman. Much of the controversy generated by my first posts on this subject involved that question. Just...
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- A successful Veterans Administration is dangerous
- A successful Veterans Administration is dangerousAgreedIt has not always been so. In years past the VA did an outstanding job, and it remains a very cost-effective provider. The question is whether its recent mismanagement is fixable, or endemic to its nature.Do you know any Vets receivingmedical care? I help...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Becky Internet Mail (exe)
- Becky is a multifeatured email client with a Windows Explorer look and feel. Becky lets you manage multiple accounts and offers MIME compatibility, text editing, mailbox management, and reminder capabilities. It also supports clickable URLs and email addresses within messages and features a Draft Box where you can store incomplete...
- Software downloads 2008-04-09
- The purloined benchmark
- Last Wednesday I challenged Windows proponents to demonstrate a metric not based on market share which when fairly applied showed an advantage for Windows over Unix. Nobody took me up on it, but frequent contributor "ShadeTree" suggested that Windows would win with metrics based...
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- News to know: Seesmic and Twhirl; Vista patches en route; XP; Classmate 2
- Notable headlines: Ryan Stewart: AIR Twitter client Twhirl gets bought by Seesmic Dennis Howlett: Seesmic, Twhirl, Newsgang: whereto for RSS? Techmeme EIC podcast: SAP, Intel, Dell, XP and Google Larry Dignan: Microsoft readies Vista, Windows Server 2008 critical patches ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Early draft of Microsoft XAML now online
- Early draft of Microsoft XAML now onlineOf course there are others, were else would MS get ideaPS2 -> XboxiPod -> ZuneOSX -> VistaODF -> OOXMLLotus -> ExcelWordPerfect -> WordOn and on and on and on...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- Early draft of Microsoft XAML now online
- An early draft of Microsoft's XAML specification has been brought online under its "open specification promise." This fulfills a promise made last week at OSBC. XAML stands (roughly) for eXtensible Application Markup Language, and enables the creation of object hierarchies for use online. The...
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML win
- Like it or not, Microsoft's OOXML – now known as IS 29500 -- has received the proper number of votes to become an ISO standard. And the Redmond, Washington company is wasting no time rejoicing the turnaround win. In his blog today, Jason Matusow,...
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- OOXML: Unofficially yes, formal announcement Wed.
- PCWorld reports that the ISO has been telling member countries that OOXML will be approved, official announcement to be distributed Wednesday. Of the 87 countries taking part, 61 approved the draft standard DIS29500, 10 disapproved and 16 abstained. There's more work for...
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
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