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- News to know: Bailout bust and tech fallout; Cloud computing; Netgear; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: AP: Stunning Defeat for Bailout Plan Torpedoes Stocks; Dow Sinks Over 750. White House, lawmakers plan new bailout deal Larry Dignan: Is Apple really recession proof? Wall...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Blu-ray ix-nay?
- Blu-ray ix-nay?$ony screwed us again$ony killed HDDVD that was cheaper at the same performance, and they keep trying to peddle their ultra expensive Blue ray crapware on us.The plain, old DVD looks better every day.RE: Blu-ray ix-nay?It's unfortunate that Blu-ray won the format war, because it is too far of...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Blu-ray ix-nay?
- Nielsen's VideoScan service found Blu-ray's video disk market share dropped 13.4% the week of September 14. Is this the beginning of the end for Blu-ray? No, the Blu-ray problem is fixable. The question is, will Sony have the guts to do what it must? Sadly, that...
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Pravda, Sutor, and IBM Linux
- Pravda, Sutor, and IBM LinuxWrong!At it again are we?Paul get your facts straight before you try to be the same failure as that fraud.Yes the U2 crashed because it used a jet engine who was held together by good intentions and bailing wire.But regarding Linux, you are still wrong. Linux...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-09
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source PiperOn the other hand ...... if all the hypervisors and their attendant management suites become free ... then will I choose to serve:1. Basic software via increasingly powerful cloud computing or open source freebies (e.g. Firefox, Open Office)2. MyCompanysSoftware via *IX (I have...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Rage against Adrian
- Rage against AdrianWell ...[i].. calling your colleague a dumbass violates this forums rules.[/i]When you constantly shill for Microsoft this could be interpreted as posting "advertisements" which also violate forum rules since you are offering a service to advocate a product. Does Microsoft pay well? Many here would like to know....
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- What programming language should we teach?
- What programming language should we teach?Re: What programming language should we teach?How about Javascript? No, seriously... it's free, it's cross-platform, it's already available on virtually ANY computer without needing to install anything at all, it's not terribly complicated, and it greatly resembles many of the other languages in use.When it...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Technology and the costs of change
- Technology and the costs of changeMissing linkOne link which might solidify your thinking is to consider not the cost or the size of the change ... but its impact on customers. It is surely this link which one tries to firm up in writing a business case. It is the...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Why Microsoft hates Google's Android
- Why Microsoft hates Google's AndroidWho hates Android? (Not me.)Indeed, JavaME already is highly fragmented, so what does Monson-Haefel want to protect? I really wonder what the purpose of his posting is. Strengthen Java? Strengthen Microsoft? Create FUD around Android? Why?As we have seen with Eclipse, competition and open source are...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Communicator E3000 MPE/iX Release 7.0 PowerPatch 5 (Software Release C.70.05)
- This Communicator HP e3000 provides general and detailed information on the new and enhanced functionality for the MPE/iX Release 7.0 PowerPatch 5 (C.70.05), as well as information on support, release strategy and installation prerequisites. This Communicator should be used in conjunction with the Communicators from Releases 7.0 and 7.0 Express...
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Sony Rootkits = Trouble (again!)
- Sony Rootkits = Trouble (again!)Getting the lesson across...IANAL, but my reading of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act says that at least the first of the Sony rootkit episodes is a serious felony. Since Kaspersky documented that many DOD computers were in fact involved, someone at...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Might & Magic IX: Prima Official eGuide (exe)
- Detailed info for creating your party. Strategies for adventuring and combat. Extensive info on character development. Stats for spells and skills. Comprehensive atlas of Chedian. Descriptions and stats for all items and creatures. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2007-07-18
- Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts
- Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pactsThat'll teach who? All the people that paid license fees to SCO?Has MS called all the people that paid extortion license fees to SCO in order to use Linux to see if they will be suckered again???And, MS bought Novel, they made is so sweet...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-14
- Why is Vista lame?
- Why is Vista lame?What should Vista be?I think that people forget that a new version of Windows is a major undertaking that involves the coordination of probably hundreds of thousands of people, most outside of Microsoft. All the third parties that develop for the Windows platform have to develop...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- SC university uses Wi-Fi to broadcast live from sports fields
- In an effort to gain a wider audience for college sporting events, a South Carolina university is launching wireless live video and audio streaming of soccer and softball games, reports Campus Technology. Charleston Southern University in South Carolina - one of the first universities to create a wireless...
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- Simple Newsfeed Widget (widget)
- Simple Newsfeed Widget display different RSS news from the following sources: Heise News DE, Heise News EN, Heise Security DE, Heise Mobil DE, Heise Open DE, Heise iX DE, Heise Netze DE, Spiegel Online DE, Tagesschau DE, Focus Online DE, Google News DE, and Google News EN. The widget displays...
- Software downloads 2007-03-26
- WordPress server hacked, downloads rigged with serious flaw
- An unknown cracker broke into a server hosting downloads of the popular WordPress blogging software and rigged the file with a remotely exploitable code execution vulnerability.News of the hack comes directly from WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg: "If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may...
- Blog posts 2007-03-03
- Your Wi-Fi can tell people a lot about you
- Your Wi-Fi can tell people a lot about youPublic Wi-fi NetworkWhen connecting to a public wi-fi, it should be considered, by default, 'hostile'.If you can at all afford to do so, taking the precaution to secure shell ssh tunnel to your home server will encrypt all traffic to that end-point.[1]There...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
- Homeland Security offers details on Real ID
- Homeland Security offers details on Real IDand soon...All newborns will have to be microchipped. Hmm... maybe those loonies from over 2 decades ago weren't quite so loony after all with their claims that people will have ID implants in them. This is just the federal government trying to...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-01
- An army of lawyer ants face GPL Version 3 decision
- An army of lawyer ants face GPL Version 3 decisionSimply stated, if they do they lose developersUnder the current license CDDL I am FREE to use the Solaris code as I wish without being FORCED to give it away. Move it to the GPL and developers (other than open...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-17
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