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- SOA Manifesto: Manes explains manifesto's aims
- Of the 17 original authors of the SOA Manifesto including yours truly, Anne Thomas Manes was one of the most -- if not the most -- powerful and influential voice shaping the formation of the final document. Anne just posted her analysis of the Manifesto document, which...
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- A Microsoft and News Corp. search pact? It adds up
- Goodbye RupertI am not going to use Bing.Google will find stuff I am interested in.Too lazy to use Bing.Bing is dead.Something will dethrone Google, but it ain't Bing.Goodbye Google...You can't earn money without paying for content made byothers...Google has milked the industry for years without giving anything back...There's no such...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-22
- Flipping Fantastic
- Getting the most out of Flip video cameras The picture above a still from a Flip video is of my venerable old three chip Sony VX1000 video camera, Frezzi light and associated 10 pound battery belt. In the foreground is a Flip video...
- Blog posts 2009-11-21
- Who's afraid of the big bad cloud?
- Not even hybrid apps?Right, got it. You hate everybody who doesn't buy your religion, which doesn't even allow for hybrid applications."I ask why I?d entrust sensitive data to a user with a laptop."You're right, companies can't even trust their own employees. Heck, let's send everybody home and dissolve the whole...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- FCC releases broadband agenda
- FCC still not looking out for citizens enoughThe FCC still seems to cater to comm companies FAR more than protecting the interests of customers. The fact that they allow cell carriers to charge thousands of dollars per megabyte for text message data rates is one indication. The fact that they...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos
- google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed
- You guys have been asking...You guys have been asking for a Mac tablet for years already, while we have been able to get tablet PCs for many years now, in many different form factors and from many different vendors.Yet when you close your world off by relying solely on Apple,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Users should be smug, and why the Apple iPhone makes you feel smarter
- It works and it is NOT MicrosoftIt is so nice when people have the option to choose what they want than some lethargic aged NT kernel that is a virus/worm magnet.GOOD bye Windows Mobile it was as if you never existed!ha haI am happy!:)Now to get rid of Windows on...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Firebox Password Vault for iPhone 2.0.1 (Mobile)
- Firebox Password Vault for iPhone provides easy to use, encrypted storage for all your personal and private information, such as: login/password information for computer accounts and web sites; serial numbers of cameras, laptops, and other devices in case of theft; auto registration, insurance, and license information; credit card information in...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- FoxTag Editor 1.5 (Windows)
- When you have large music collections you might also have a problem managing them. This amazing piece of code is just the right thing for you, unless you do like having a genuine chaos in your files and folders and not finding your way among them. FoxTag Editor is a...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Ashampoo Cover Studio 2 2.0 (Mac)
- Ashampoo Cover Studio was already the easiest way to label your discs and create slick case covers and booklets to go with them. Now version 2 makes a great product even better, adding covers, a faster editor and many more powerful new features - all without making the program any...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4
- Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid
- The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Adding a Wizard to your Magic Mouse
- you're nuts.Multi touch on a laptop trackpad is IMO the single best thing about apple hardware. It is not illogical that this tech should show up in a mouse as well. Clearly, you haven't tried it. It works quite well and there is no "contortion" needed.Dumbest... mouse... everJust because something...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Selling customer information leads to prosecution
- What's the big deal?Isn't this how everyone does it? My boss would routinely buy millions of data records from companies to conduct email campaigns.Ah, but in Great BritainThey have made it TOTALLY illegal to sell data records. You cannot do stuff like this period over there, and I applaud...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Smart Partition Recovery 2.4 (Windows)
- When Explorer does not find a disk, this does not mean that the data has been lost. The data is OK most of the time, but a disk boot sector is damaged. Smart Partition Recovery restores deleted logical disks. In an automatic mode, Smart Partition Recovery will easily allow you...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware
- RE: Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scarewareI'm glad Microsoft Windows goes the extra mile to protect users from this kind of mischief. In Microsoft Windows I can set security zones in the Internet Options window so that only trusted sites will load, or set it so internet...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Internet Governance Forum goes to Egypt and hits a few snags
- Yeah, leave it to the Arab countries to defend freedom.ntAllow the UN to practice "Governance" over the Internet?I will never understand the sort of cognitive disconnect required in order to think that it's a sane idea to let the world's premier body of corruption, mostly run by the world's political...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Zvox Z-Base 575
- Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 575Sound bars feel like they've been around forever now, but they're still a relatively new product; consider that the groundbreaking Yamaha YSP-1 debuted back at CES 2005. Since then, the exterior design of the units hasn't changed much, with the vast majority still consisting of a long...
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- GOOG could lose more than Murdoch
- Thanks, this was insightfulWhat if Murdoch and minions stroke a deal with a more desperate Google competitor - and blocked Google. That would be a very real threat. If users suddenly finds that Google returns fewer quality results than competitors, Google could lose search share, fast. That would strike directly...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
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