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- 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
- Snow Le0pard Deluxe 1.0 (Mobile)
- The Snow Le0pard Deluxe edition of AppleMac theme on Blackberry with Animated Dock. Great & smooth features inside.1. Updating to the newest stunning space background 2. Smooth & Cool Animated Dock with pure SVG Animation. 3. Apply the concise, smooth designing principle, a theme will not drag down phone speed...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- B&W Zeppelin Mini Speakers for iPod
- Back in 2007, Bowers & Wilkins brought out the uniquely styled Zeppelin iPod speaker, which we described in our review as being every bit as sophisticated as Apple's iconic player, with detailed sound that largely lived up to B&W's high-end reputation. That Zeppelin remains on the market, but now it's...
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- Groklaw suggests Microsoft sue, do over authentication
- Are you in any way trying to legitimize patent trolling?You are well aware that what Microsoft is doing is what we all used to call patent trolling aren't you?My guess...Nothing will happen... this is just MS trying to protect UAC and runas from paten lawsuits.Besides MS would be idiot... well...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Dell UltraSharp U2410
- About $600 for the Dell UltraSharp U2410 gets you a 24-inch, H-IPS monitor with great performance in games and movies, a host of connection options and ergonomic features, and a robust OSD. Unfortunately, its RGB presets are marred by dithering when viewing dark gray images and the screen has a...
- Product reviews 2009-11-12
- Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?
- ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- TR Dojo: Five reasons why Windows 7 XP Mode will encourage upgrades
- In all honesty though . . .In all honesty though - I'm not seeing anything that runs in XP but won't run in Vista/7. The only things that had issues where antiviruses and firewalls - but all of those offered upgrades eventually.It's the UI now more than anything elseI've been...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Wireless users may be shut off if sharing copyrighted files
- ACTA: The Bigger Picturehttp://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/Not likely to happenWhy? Because the internet companies are not going to shut off paying customers just because they are accused of sharing files 'illegally'.... they will either tell the companies to file a lawsuit against the people in question or give them some REAL evidence that...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Arguing About the Collaboration Toolkit: Cisco's Enterprise Collaboration Platform
- In the aftermath of last week's San Francisco Enterprise 2.0 conference there's been some lively debate about what constitutes '2.0', including some great comments on my previous post. Meanwhile Cisco have literally just announced their Enterprise Collaboration Platform, which will be broad set...
- Blog posts 2009-11-08
- Sony KDL-46VE5
- Photo gallery: Sony KDL-VE5 seriesIn case you haven't noticed, "green" is big business. One way for HDTV makers to cash in on the public's craving for efficiency is to label a TV "eco-friendly." Sony's KDL-VE5 series does just that, but unlike a lot of so-called green electronics, this...
- Product reviews 2009-11-06
- U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%
- Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298
- hmmfor once, i agree with you. why are they still making the celeron...? shouldn't the atom replace that?Intel Celeron?is Inhel still making this 10 year old crap?surplus maybe? ntnti feel 298 is bad for celron processor..but still good option for ppl who r new to these creepy labtops..RE: Walmart unveils...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- SIA: Chip sales "above expectations"; more growth expected
- Echoing a growing sentiment that economic recovery is in the works, the Semiconductor Industry Association today said that worldwide sales of semiconductors were up nearly 20 percent from the previous quarter, though down more than 10 percent from the same quarter a year ago. For the quarter...
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- The perfect computer?
- I have to admit...that I did not read past the title. Suffice it to say that there is no such thing as the perfect woman, perfect car, perfect meal, perfect computer or perfect anything. Individuals' needs and tasted are just too varied. Too trueTo mirror the above post, there is...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient
- RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Corner of Bar vs Corner of Library: The Twitter Conundrum
- On the eve of a couple of international Enterprise 2.0 Conferences, I'm revisiting in this post a core concept about the fundamental dichotomy of behavioral patterns around marketing people and business operations people. As a general rule the people running the strategy and...
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- A Net Neutrality Solution: Opinions Wanted
- First thoughts"the incumbents fought it tooth and nail"Same thing happened in the last 4 industrial revolutions!I'm broadly in favour of your improvements ... with a few caveats ... and will look at the 2 papers you plugged, sorry referenced ;-)"Users should be concerned that the Internet services they pay for...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Bells give net neutrality the McCain two-step
- For over a century the Bells have been masters of the bureaucratic game. Their failure in the Bell break-up, which delivered huge profits to investors, only taught them to fight harder. So after putting themselves together like the broom in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," of course they're going...
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Verizon Wireless Razzle
- Though we sometimes question the outcome, we do like it when cell phone manufacturers take a different approach to designing a phone so it stands out from the rest. The Verizon Wireless Razzle is certainly one such phone, straddling the line between a messaging phone and a music phone with...
- Product reviews 2009-10-22
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