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- The iPhone is one of the best phones in the world, carriers with it are the problem
- far from perfect indeedIt's a great gadget...until it freezes and you have to wait several minutes while you reboot it. That is if you know how to reboot it, the first time is always accompanied with panic because you think the thing went dead. Don't blame the carriers,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Technology is great, it's us that's flawed!
- Can you put the window up after the ignition is turned off?Just a guess - my vehicle has a feature that allows me to raise or lower the windows after the ignition is turned off unless I open a door. It's convenient because I don't have to turn the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- New Adobe PDF flaw under attack; Patch coming Tuesday
- Note to all Knuckleheads....The vulnerability affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 and earlier versions on Windows, Macintosh and UNIXWhy announce at all? Just fix the thingI'm getting really tired of any company that gives the ostensibly obligatory "We're on that!" and then it's some time before the fix comes. These...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints; no Start customizations and stylus still required
- Apple is safe.Point release or not, Microsoft is under the gun to come up with something better than this retread if they want to stay in the mobile device business. Make no mistake, the handset makers are not just disappointed, they are steaming about Microsoft's inability to keep up, because...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Adobe has the iPhone surrounded with Flash, but security headaches loom
- Flash 9 is already availableThe web browser is called SkyFire and Flash on it works very nicely.RE: Adobe has the iPhone surrounded with Flash, but security headaches loomI'll try not to do my banking on my cell phone.Problem solved!RE: Adobe has the iPhone surrounded with Flash, but security headaches loomWhat...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Can Linux beat the bloat
- I think the whole "bloated" thing is hogwash.There's no such thing.Neither Windows nor Linux are "bloated". Nor is OS/X. You want functionality you have to pay for it. One man's lean and mean is another man's anemic.Functionality simply isn't free.How many lines of code did USB take? How about multi-threading?...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- Which is more reliable, the client or the cloud
- Well . . .Well . . .-If Google's stuff goes down, all I can do is wait.-If my stuff goes down, I can fix it myself. My parents can take it to a repair shop.-My drives? Haven't had an issue in over a year. Maybe two? I forget when I...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- How to save the PC: A petition to Microsoft and Apple
- IndeedThat's the point. Let's not leave this to the user to have to figure out, when a change to the default installation could make system recovery a lot easier for both IT and end users.Yes, two drives would be idealBut it's also a little more expensive and it would depend...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- Will Office Web Apps overcome cloud biases?
- [i]since GAPE Google Apps for Education is right up there with sliced bread in my book.[/i]Of course it is, all your blogs ever do is profess your undying love for all things Google. We already know how your next blog is going to turn out. You are going to...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- Red Hat: Microsoft taking cloud back to the 80s
- Red Hat should feel right at home then because using their software is like using something out of the 80's. I'll prefer a modern company like Microsoft instead of a company based on 30 year old technology such as Red Hat. My theory is that Red Hat is...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Generation Y: Technology wasters, spendthrifts and abusers
- Excuse me, but I've seen many ADULTS do things like thisSo it's not really a comment on any generation, but just a class of people..... a big class of people at that, who are 'hard' on technology.This is the main reason why things have to be made to a higher...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Consumers to vendors: It's too easy to throw out technology
- There are multiple problems with holding onto old tech.1. Technology advances rapidly and you get more for less. Compare an iPhone to a StarTac and you'll see what I mean.2. Repairing old tech often costs more than just buying new. I could spend $200 to repair an old inkjet printer,...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Poll: What's your dead-finger tech?
- Tech does not need to be "dead finger" to be successfulI mean I could get along just fine without my G1 phone or my netbook as long as I had my laptop and a regular cell phone. But that does not mean I would go back to that. My G1...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, no
- A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, noWhy are people so obsessed with unused RAM?What, pray tell, is the purpose of RAM if it isn't for it to be used by something? Bragging about unused RAM is like bragging about how your grocery getter has 500HP even though you never use...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead Laptop
- My laptop's screen died during 4th of July weekend. I sent it back to HP for warranty repair, but then they wanted either $89.00 to send it back without repair, or $440.00 to replace a $99.00 OEM part due to "Accidental Damage". I...
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- $1.9m verdict is unconstitutional, Thomas-Rasset says
- $1.9m verdict is unconstitutional, Thomas-Rasset saysRasset should just pay the fine because...Jammie Thomas-Rasset should just pay the fine because I have heard that the RIAA is very close to gaining control of the U.S. Justice Dept., and they plan to raise the penalty for infringement of even one song to...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software?
- How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software?Question re: crucial measure ...[i]And on the crucial measure of delivering the fewest false positives, Microsoft stood far ahead of the pack, delivering the fewest false positives of any program tested.[/i]By false positive, do you mean files that tested positive in the AV as...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- XP to Windows 7 handoff expected to boost PC sales
- XP to Windows 7 handoff expected to boost PC salesAnother clueless analyst.[i]Security patches for Windows XP SP2 end in July 2010, says Egbert.[/i]Security patches for Windows XP will end in 2014.The word analyst is almost synonymous with clueless.Average corp PC 6 years old? So what?My office phone is going on...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- HP Helps NEC Reduce Network Management Costs and Gain Efficiencies
- NEC is Australia's leading supplier and integrator of Information and Communications Technology ICT solutions to carriers, government and businesses. NEC wanted to reduce network management costs, while increasing network visibility, decreasing mean time to repair, improving stability and mitigating the risk of downtime. NEC adopted a Business Technology Optimization BTO...
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- Wanted: Your best/worst customer services stories
- Wanted: Your best/worst customer services storiesFrontier CommunicationsI recently had a bad experience with Frontier Communications. I recently relocated for a job, and in the process left Frontier's service area. The issue is that when I cancelled I was told that I would not be charged a cancellation fee. I ended...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-16
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