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- Will Bush sign Pro-IP? Biz, labor, schools push for it
- There's no word yet on whether President Bush will sign the PRO-IP bill [ZDN] but big business and labor were united in favor of the bill that creates a copyright czar in the executive branch. The bill originally called for the Justice Dept. to prosecute copyright...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home users
- Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home usersMakes senseMakes sense. Your average small biz probably doesn't want very much. They just want something that works. If it runs the databases and the tax software, it's good enough. For a small business, a single PC is usually...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Data Doctor Financial Accounting Software (Standard Edition) (exe)
- Business financial accounting and billing software maintains financial operations and transaction records in an efficient manner. Software centralized the task of creating or modifying reports, tracking inventory details, creating invoice, and purchase order statements. Business and corporate users can access all accounting information in less time and efforts to manage...
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop
- Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptopMicrosoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptopThis is a great plan brought to you by Microsoft. This laptop will run the Microsoft Windows XP operating system allowing these school children to be compatible with the rest of the world. They can share...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!
- Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!The lack of features is a featureThe Kindle is actually eating Apple's lunch. By offering no features other than the ability to read books, the Kindle is doing what Apple typically does best: offer fewer features at a greater price. The Kindle...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- AT&T layoffs, Step 1: Reorganization
- AT&T layoffs, Step 1: ReorganizationDSL and WirelineThe driving force behind manpower in the wireline and DSL venue is FCC and State Commerce Commissions requirements for repair times. Provisioning is also still going to be a major concern. It too is subject to Fed and State CC regulations.As long as...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista
- Research from the Corporate IT Forum indicates more UK companies are using or investigating XP and Windows 7 than Vista Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased Windows 7 than its predecessor. More...
- News items 2008-10-02
- In court: iPhone suit dismissed, Qwest conviction reviewed
- Lots of court action today: Apple won a summary judgment in a class-action lawsuit charging the company with deceiving consumers on iPhone batteries, Bloomberg reports. ``Apple disclosed on the outside of the iPhone package that the'' battery has ```limited recharge...
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with database
- Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with databaseRE: Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with databaseIt's difficult to see any advantage over what I could buy from HP or any of the major vendors. It appears to be an HP box...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- IBM move reopens Open Office XML debate
- IBM move reopens Open Office XML debateWhich side attacked?I have the impression that requiring Microsoft to go through the standards process was an attempt to make it more difficult to sell Office. The strategy: governments and perhaps other organizations could mandate that formats used for saving documents had...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Targus Zip-Thru laptop bag
- Air travel--while a requirement of modern life for many--has become, at best, a barely tolerable experience that tests the patience of even the zen-like commuter. The chokepoint most likely to raise one's blood pressure is the infamous security checkpoint, with its required shedding of shoes and belts, and, of course,...
- Product reviews 2008-09-22
- Open source as a government mandate
- Open source as a government mandateGovernment mandateWe're always better off when government tells us what to do. Removing choice eliminates the mistakes we would make and provides everyone the wisdom far greater than our own of those who have chosen to work for the government.In fact, many of us...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- The Disaster Recovery Items Few Consider
- How Too Much of a Disaster Screws Up the Best Plans I spent a lot of time one night this week with the CFO of a coastal Texas organization that's based between Houston and Galveston. That phone interview yielded some surprising observations about disaster recovery and how...
- Blog posts 2008-09-21
- Adobe moves to nuke 'clipboard hijack' attacks
- Adobe has announced plans to modify the next version of its Flash Player to use an "allow/deny" system to mitigate clipboard hijack attacks. The change will be fitted into the final version of Flash Player 10 to demand user interaction when a Shockwave (.swf) file attempts to...
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- EFF sues NSA over warrantless wiretaps
- The EFF has filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency as a follow-up to its stymied suit against AT&T. Five individuals are lead plaintiffs in a suit seeking class action status against President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Cheney's chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and...
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Newsletter Web Part for Microsoft SharePoint (zip)
- With the SharePartXXL Newsletter Web Part for Microsoft SharePoint a complete all-in-one newsletter management solution 100% based on Microsoft SharePoint technology is available for WSS and MOSS. Newsletters are a typical requirement for Web-based portals using intranet, extranet, and Internet. Solutions that are directly integrated into the portal and represent...
- Software downloads 2008-09-19
- Stuffit Deluxe turns 20
- No self-respecting Mac user can forget Stuffit and Stuffit Deluxe, the venerable compression/decompression utility that turns 20 this year. I still hear a friend sarcastiscly saying "with Expander Enhancer!" in my head whenever I see or hear the word Stuffit. Ah, good times. The popular Stuffit Expander...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Live Webcast: Implementing Teleworking Strategies with Secure Remote Access (SRA) Solutions
- Beyond flexibility and productivity, it is the new economic climate that has transformed teleworking into a major employee requirement. Soaring gas prices and the effects of a worldwide credit crisis are hitting employees hard. As a result teleworking is now recognized as a significant cost and time saving employee benefit....
- Webcasts 2008-09-17
- Richard Solo iPhone battery updated
- One of the biggest drawbacks of the iPhone 3G, even after firmware 2.1, is its poor battery life. For people that tax its battery with extended use of the 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth radios an external battery is practically a requirement. On a recent trip when I was using my...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
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- Is it time for "Radical Change" in IT?
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We need to get back to freethinking and innovation that is core to our roots. Companies like Intel were founded on thoughts like the famous quote from Robert Noyce - "Don't be encumbered by the past, go out and do something wonderful."
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