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- PC-Flush Screen Saver (exe)
- Screen saver with ultimate fun animation and sound where your desktop on your PC flushes in big bowl. Make all your family smile. Installs as screen saver for your computer and smiles and funs every day. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-10-08
- Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBet
- Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBetAnd this is Zero Day material because...?Where's the computer security bit of the story?RE: Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBetThat's a funny comment.RE: Another online poker site caught cheating: UltimateBetWell Duh! There is no "true" security value in this story. Gambling is inherently...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhere
- Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhereMy guess is......they're touting the Microsoft and Windows brands, not a particular product.Carl RapsonRE: Microsoft'sOh boy, I'm sure these ads will be just as over analyzed and picked apart in every minute detail like the first two. The point...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- It's all email's fault
- It's all email's faultCompanies can be pro-active.People spend 5 minutes writing an email that can be resolved with a 15 second phone call. It sometimes takes 15 minutes of accumulative time for the reader to ask a follow up. My personal policy at work, I read emails at...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- An inside look at Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 upgrade
- An inside look at Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 upgradeiTunes ain't done 'til Windows won't run nt.But Ed did you Manage to get the Subliminal messages out of your mind.Ed,While, I agree that there is no reason for apple to install a long list of programs in your computer when you...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Companies can't be coy if they want reader action
- Blog headlines and blurbs are initial flirts, trying to garner the quick glance of readers. Want them to stick around and buy you a drink? Have an RSS feed. Think of it as a wink and a smile. by Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices
- Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 pricesIt's about time this other shoe droppedIt's been anticipated for ages, in consideration of just how LONG the 360 has already been on the market. Even at these price points MSFT should continue to make profit on the hardware; you would think that after three years...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Empower your people
- It's the beginning of the year and I'm going out of my mind. Even though we've added my position of "Technology Director" and I don't have to teach anymore, we're still not exactly overstaffed on tech here in the district. I'm supposed to be handling curriculum and designing...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Office 2.0: an Irregular mashup
- The upcoming Office 2.0 conference is one of the first in the fall calendar that keeps people like me in more airports than I care to think about. It's also one for which I have fond memories. Office 2.0 started out as an idea put out into the Enterprise Irregulars'...
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- The opportunities in search
- The opportunities in searchEr, Murph, we already talked about this.MSR Lincoln is [i]"Lincoln is a Microsoft Research prototype which allows you to search for information about an object by just taking a photo of it.Your photo is matched against a set of images tagged with relevant web pages and comments...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Just what's on Michael Phelps' iPod anyway?
- I don't know about you but I've been spending a lot of time enjoying the Michael Phelps Show, er, Summer Olympics this week. One thing that piqued my interested was the world's greatest athlete's choice in music player. In practically every shot of him at the pool...
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- The end run around the OS is underway
- The end run around the OS is underwayNot exactly correct...The Dell's and others that do this wonderful magic use something called a "hypervisor" which is a fancy word for "Small Operating System". The OS most of them load up is.... drumroll please... Linux. They load up a limited...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Gang of sniffers provided tech support with a smile
- Gang of sniffers provided tech support with a smileAre tech retailers any better than average?Best Buy and Circuit City actually sell support and [i]security[/i] assistance to the general public. Are their own networks any better? Do their support people secure their own networks? From some of the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- Gang of sniffers provided tech support with a smile
- Computerworld gets a kick out of the world of black tech support as opposed to the black market revealed in the indictment of an international band of online thieves who cracked into nine retailers and stole millions of credit cards. Mastermind Albert Gonzalez was happy to recompile...
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Social giving for charity begets social giving for community
- Normally I don't write about specific events but I'm making an exception as this is almost a mini overview for how charity in social media can turn into a benefit for the social Web community. In May I launched a Social Media Charity Auction that raised about...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- News to know: iPhone Dev Camp; So long computer science; Intel
- Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- A robot that really will make you smile
- And I mean it -- literally. An article from Vaughan Today, Canada, reports about robots which help straighten smiles. According to this paper, 'Dr. Kevin Davis and his team are the first and only in Canada to offer SureSmile, a high-tech, digital method of producing precision braces.' Davis says that...
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Talkback of the day: Propeller heads unite
- My post on IT whining got some well-thought out feedback. I was going to synthesize the talkbacks as a followup, but frankly this one from "Bitboy" says it all. Actually it's a post all by itself about the challenges of being an IT pro (the consensus was that there's plenty...
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- IT as whiners: The great debate
- IT as whiners: The great debateEditing problem.You may want to have a word with your editor. Certain sections are repeated word for word. Because the article lacks a conclusion after the repeated sections, I suspect part has been left out, as well.He has a very good point and...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- 'World's Most Eco Friendly External Drive' released
- Released today and draped in bamboo and aluminum casing, Fabrik's SimpleTech [re]drive claims its title as "World's Most Eco Friendly External Drive." Why? Well, for starters, it's a low power hard drive with an energy star power adapter and lack of fan (the aluminum...
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
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