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- Nokia frustrated by iPhone US success? Sues Apple over wireless patents
- Yes, Nokia has to be frustrated, but, they should put their efforts into anAndroid phone and forget the patent lawsuits. Patents...If Apple didn't get an agreement to use Nokia's IP, then Apple should face a court of law and be held to account.Considering all the other phone makers realize this...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Firefox Flash patch nudge working, but...
- Second best alternativeOn Internet Explorer (Vista/7) Flash executes inside the sandbox. Thus a Flash exploit will still be faced with a significant barrier before its able to run code as the logged-in user.Not so on Firefox. There is no sandbox and Flash executes as the logged-in user. Any Flash...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Commitment to standards
- Commitment to standardsOn the standardsThis point of view emerges from ten plus years in the industry.Standard are very slow to emerge as they are based on the consensus of the actors of a sector. As these actors are never willing give up any competitive leverage they might have over competitors,...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-18
- Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcement
- Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcementEclipseRyan - I guess the point with the Eclipse stuff is to appeal to Java developers who don't want to step out of Eclipse to do RIA development, much the same approach Adobe took with Flex.RE: Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcementHey Ryan,I totally agree...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- 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
- Coding screensaver: Ultra functional (Mobile)
- Creative screensaver with functions of display out: Time, Battery, Signal, IMEI, Platform...Even how much percentage passed of a day! MMMOOO is the leading brand in the Theme UI. Our products have lots of nice details, and they are tested well. See our wonderful themes in line: Animated global theme Builted...
- Software downloads 2008-07-25
- Moody's Ooops! signals random crunch
- Here's a bit from a May 20/08 Financial Times report under the title Moody's error gave top ratings to debt products: Moody's awarded incorrect triple-A ratings to billions of dollars worth of a type of complex debt product due to a bug in its...
- Blog posts 2008-05-24
- Oppo DV-983H
- When we reviewed Oppo's last DVD player, the DV-980H, we summarized our feelings in the last line of the introduction: "The DV-980H is a top-notch DVD player with excellent enthusiast-friendly features and performance, but with the falling price of HD DVD units, we have a feeling it may be the...
- Product reviews 2008-04-17
- Security: Lintel vs Wintel
- Security: Lintel vs WintelI guess we'll see how well the method matches realityOn first glance, this does appear to be well thought out, but there may be too many judgment calls to make it useful.RE: Security: Lintel vs WintelI've done a security project on a Unix system and worked extensively...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-24
- Apple slaps more bandaids on QuickTime
- Apple slaps more bandaids on QuickTimeYou are right about being fair, but his lack...of professionalism is showing badly.What's good for the goose...You are correct. I'd like to see some equally snide headlines about Microsoft patching their OS, Applications, browser, legal status, etc.You're being just a little unfair, aren't...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Exchange Server 2007 SP1 to be downloadable November 29
- Exchange Server 2007 SP1 to be downloadable November 29Thanks! I'm downloading it now!It'll take about two hours for the download to complete. Although the downloads from California to Florida like for Apple QuickTime or Safari isn't that bad, downloading from Redmond is pretty far away, probably because of slow connection...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Did NSA install back door in encryption standard?
- Did NSA install back door in encryption standard?Peer review accomplished what it is designed to...it caught the cheaters. That the cheaters are the very warmongers occupying Washington is not actually the point... anyone who has read any history knows what the NSA is capable of. Lying is the *least* of...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- 6 tips to reduce IT project failures
- 6 tips to reduce IT project failuresAvoid software modifications...If it doesn't meet your requirements, don't buy it. Avoiding customizations simply buries the failure under unhappy users and failed ROI due to gross misalignment with the business.RE: 6 tips to reduce IT project failuresIt is concise, it is simple, it...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
- Vista MMCSS gigabit throttling a victim of hard-coding, jumbo frames to the rescue!
- Vista MMCSS gigabit throttling a victim of hard-coding, jumbo frames to the rescue!Your logic doesn't fly...You say: "Even most so-called gigabit NAS Network Attached Storage devices have a performance cap of around 120 mbps so very few people will even notice the MMCSS induced throttling in the first place."If true,...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- What will many cores mean to future Windows releases?
- What will many cores mean to future Windows releases?Not a Microsoft issue, its an industry wide issue.Frankly I am surprised that you seem to think this is an MS only issue. From EVERYTHING I have seen this is an industry wide issue.not a new problemI have read several articles...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- Cheerfully spreading paranoia
- Cheerfully spreading paranoiaIt is not just COBOLYou can write cr*p code in any language - PERL is laughingly referred to as a "write once" language since once you've written you can't maintain it! If anything COBOL is very easy to read.The secret is good design - always has been and...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-21
- Protected: Coding as Art
- Protected: Coding as ArtConfusedNo idea how I ended up here, I was looking for weight loss tablets.Glad to seethat security is now a top priority for you ;-)Now I get itObviously someone who is a Perl and C enthusiast wants to have a "write-only" blog.a new feature.. and mymistakeOnposting it...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-22
- Open Source and the Law
- Open Source and the LawLinux protects Microsoft...... from other competition. If a company, say Apple, decided to compete with Microsoft in mass market desktop operating systems, wouldn't Linux be an impediment?Would a company considering whether to compete with Microsoft prefer that Linux exist or not exist?You're right about Linux...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-25
- Impact of Vista x64 signed driver requirement bypass
- Impact of Vista x64 signed driver requirement bypassThanksThanks Defconfegas. Now is that just a name or did you actually go to DEFCON in Vegas?interesting articleI read a couple of magazines on the article about the Vista security breach. The article you wrote was straight forward and easy to understand...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-11
- Chinese hackers hit State computers
- Chinese hackers hit State computershackersIt's not hackers!!!!!!!! They are called crackers!!!! It's in websters unabridged dictionay of the english language. Hackers are the people who write software good portion of the opne source community. Crackers are the one's who "break" through security, and steel info. I'm getting tired of...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-17
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