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- 7 Days of Windows 7 offers
- really funnyhhahhaa............Great for US...... Horrible for the rest of the world,in Brazil I had to dig up, and dig up more, for me to get to see what was supposed to be the price of windows 7 here. Got redirected 3 times to the "windows store" in UK! and a...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Cities of the World 1.0 (Mobile)
- **ROTATING BACKGROUNDS THEME** Youll always be a world traveler with this new breakthrough theme from Bplay. This theme rotates in a new background image on your device from among 20 of the top cities of the world. The background image rotates every 10 minutes. Cities include: Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Chicago,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-15
- Cities of the World (Mobile)
- **ROTATING BACKGROUNDS THEME** You'll always be a world traveler with this new breakthrough theme from Bplay. This theme rotates in a new background image on your device from among 20 of the top cities of the world. The background image rotates every 10 minutes. Cities include: Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Chicago,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-15
- Rural IT hubs experiencing new interest?
- Green Acres is the place to be? InformationWeek reports that: IBM is opening one new service center in Dubuque, Iowa, that ultimately will employ 1,300 workers. HP is opening a center in Conway, Ark., that will create 1,200...
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- 10 things I think I think about Palm's Pixi webOS smartphone
- It looks like my Treo ProVery few differences from the front point of view.I don't get it. Is it a common knowledge thatSprint is a mediocre wireless carrier? Didn't you all complained that AT&T service sucks? if that is the case, what is left among major suppliers? Verizon? Some of...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Culture of cheap: How discount computers cost the consumer
- The speed of TechThe problem is not cheap, but rapid devaluation. Tech has always had a sweet spot value for price. I am not keen on spending top dollar only to have the hardware devalue by 50% in a week. This is where cheap comes in. If the thing is...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Fake ATM, skimmers found in Las Vegas hotels
- A Google security researcher attending the Black Hat/DEFCON conferences in Las Vegas was victimized by a skimming device placed in an ATM at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Chris Paget, an RFID security expert who now works on Google's security team, said he lost $200 to...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Empresa Tejofran De Saneamento e Servicos Ltda. Expands Its Financial Vision
- Founded in 1957, Empresa Tejofran de Saneamento e Servicos Ltda. Tejofran is a pioneer in the service outsourcing industry. Today, it has eight business units: cleaning and multiservices, security, sanitation, railroads, energy, environment, services management, and highways. Including 23 service points and its headquarters, Tejofran operates in approximately 190 cities...
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Microsoft announces its Azure cloud computing pricing
- Microsoft announces its Azure cloud computing pricingCompared to Amazon...I compared the prices with Amazon's equivalent, the results are in my blog at http://bit.ly/OT7V8. Anyway, they seem to be approximately the same, which is probably the meaning that we should have associated with being "competitive" all along.Is that a lot or...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- Latest "Laptop Hunter" ad - Lauren and Mom
- Latest "Laptop Hunter" ad - Lauren and MomWhy do we need a commercial...to prove what everybody has known for years, that Apple computers are rip-offs.Um, same name, different women...These are two different Laurens... And the Lauren in this add is not helping her mom, she's buying the laptop herself, for...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-21
- Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?
- Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?Application specific local caching servers make a lot of sense.But, it might be nice to have a generic way of doing it like Gears for the client. How about a sort of Gears for servers, so that you can automatically download an application to a local...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- Sony partners with Google to battle Amazon for eBook readers
- Google and Sony are expected to announce a non-exclusive digital books partnership today, a move that goes directly at Amazon and its new Kindle reader. The deal, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, is the first in what's bound to a number of digital book partnerships that will likely...
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Investment in 3Com Security Technology Yields Top Marks for Ibmec Educational Institute
- Ibmec is dedicated to educational and professional training in business, law, and economics, with five facilities located in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte. Security has consistently been a primary concern; the institution believes security is essential to its technological infrastructure in order to avoid leaking academic information,...
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Whew! Obama is still an iPod user
- Whew! Obama is still an iPod userMmm... so...So, you are not clever, educated, honest if you use a Zune... but you are if you use an iPod. Tells more about this particular reader's thinking and biases. Who cares? What if it was another one, Rio, etc.Pathetic excuse for news articleOh...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-07
- Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisis
- DK Matai, chairman of the ATCA Open has written a very interesting article about global shipping of bulk cargo and how it has come to a halt because of the lack of letters of credit. Just five months ago it cost about $234,000 to rent a 170,000 tonne Capesize...
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Zune 3.1 firmware gives you 3 new games, price drops for flash Zunes too
- Zune 3.1 firmware gives you 3 new games, price drops for flash Zunes tooOh Zune Phone......where for art thou. Hopefully Microsoft realizes that people don't want to carry two devices around, and build the Zune Phone that so many of us want. I don't understand why they're not going after...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-19
- Profitability of spam finally measured
- Profitability of spam finally measuredWhy put out a paper showing the money to be made?Its definitely interesting.. but this paper makes me want to get into the spamming business.I could probably do it. I experimented with some stuff a few years ago that would get the job done. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-11
- News to know: E-voting security; Salesforce.com; NetSuite; SAP; Microsoft
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Big Brains: Brad Lovering Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after all...
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Rio Grande - an Egenera customer profile
- I recently had the opportunity to hear from Danny Cox, CFO of the Bell Group Rio Grande. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with PAN Manager from Egenera. I've watched Egenera for quite some time and am happy to have had a chance to learn from someone using...
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- Dell All-in-One Wireless Printer V305w - multifunction ( color )
- The Dell V305W is an inexpensive all-in-one AIO printer that also connects wirelessly to your home network. The $129 multifunctional solution does triple duty as a 1,200x2,400 dpi scanner and full range copier. Dell manages to keep the cost of the V305W low by omitting an autodocument feeder and fax...
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
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