Same as operating system.
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- Circuit City files Chapter 11
- Circuit City files Chapter 11ConsolidationCircuit City's reduction decreases the number of stores in which to purchase electronics in many areas.There are now three super banks in the US after the mergers and bankruptcies.Most industries go through a period of consolidation when they mature. Software is a good example. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Reengineering HR Solutions #2
- Case #2 – HRMC's Acclaim Continuing with the previous post, I ran into another vendor at the Human Resource Executive's HR Technology Conference & Exposition (I hope Bill Kutik appreciates that I put in the full title to the show this time!) that reaffirmed why...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Android must become more than a warmed-over iPhone
- Android must become more than a warmed-over iPhoneFor some maybe ...[i]Have yet to find Apple's keyboard solution a problemmyself.[/i]Maybe not for you, but your not the target audience. Here's an example. My wife is a media person. She has a Blackberry with a physical keyboard. It would be impossible for...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework
- Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homeworkVista needs a better UIBut I wouldn't know that personally as I have never used it and instead relied on the anecdotes of others (well I have fiddled with it in stores and found it was very different yet had no compelling...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Dish Network DTVPal
- Dish Network DTVPalDTVPAL is junk, dish network a RIPOFF!!!DO NOT BUY THE DTVPAL! DISH NETWORK IS A RIPOFF! THEIR WARRANTY SERVICE DOESNOT EXIST! This company is dishonest and does not support their product.Their alleged warranty isn't worth the paper it's printed on.---After waiting months for the DTVpal, having one order...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- In remembrance of scoundrels past
- In remembrance of scoundrels pastSame mess - different scum.I agree. I did some consultancy work for a large brand name in sportswear and was horrified by their IT systems. It had been held in thrall by one man who started his IT career in the 70s and was still going...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- Nawras PC Supervisor (bin)
- In a few words, it is a tweak manager. By using it, you can put restrictions on your PC's users, just like: disable Internet download, disable desktop, control panel, some programs from running. Also you don't need to install, just install the activeX controls and run it. Added unlimited number...
- Software downloads 2008-08-22
- Sourcing offshore: Cultural hurdles abound
- Update below: Do IT need managers need a crash course in India and China culture? My hunch is that they will as companies increasingly source to India and China. And the consensus appears to be that culture is a major hang-up. With that in mind here are...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Childs rigged crazyquilt private network
- The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- An IT productivity horror story
- An IT productivity horror storyMiddlemen1, Speculating on your unconfirmed report, is there any love lost between the insurance companies and the independent insurance brokers? Relationships between suppliers and independent brokers tend to change over time. If the companies are after the margins of the brokers, automated communication may be the...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Firefox and the horrors of the Solaris install process
- Firefox and the horrors of the Solaris install processnot that i had anything interesting to sayI am used to having my comments *deleted*. ;)I'm sure incompetent top management...was to blame. Couldn't be the IT personnel.As was Fedora'syum -y updateRE: disappearing commentsAs many of you will have noticed comments sometimes...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframeumm, good pointI'll change it to electro-mechanical.Thanks!possible error?[i]It was the first successful system designed “from the ground up” to advance automated data processing by replacing the physical cards and associated electro-mechanical gear with purely digital processing and magnetic tape or disk storage,...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Is it plugged in?
- Is it plugged in?These people are morons..RE: Is it plugged in?Most support is done through trial and error. Tell me you haven't done it this way if someone didn't teach you. Well most DON'T have the time to learn a just expect it to work. If there...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Indiana Jones swings into theaters on computer-generated rope
- Fans have waited 19 years since the last Indiana Jones movie for this latest installment in the series, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. A lot has changed since then, especially the technology used to make its computer-generated images. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi talks with the computer graphics supervisor for the...
- Videos 2008-05-28
- The worst shopping experience on the web?
- When I was hunting down an extra battery for my Canon Vixia HF10 last month, a sponsored link caught my eye. Some place called "The Camera Professionals" was advertising the camcorder for $599, or $300 less than the cheapest price I had seen at the time. (Since then, the store...
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- EU has privacy concerns over Street View
- The EU is not too happy with the upcoming launch of Google Maps' Street View in Europe. The problem: privacy. The AP quotes the EU's top data protection supervisor, Peter Hustinx: "I would encourage Google to think about how to do this," Hustinx told...
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Western Union data heist: 'Human error'
- Western Union data heist: 'Human error'Western Union ScamHere’s my experience with Western Union:I'd sent money to a recipient in Russia via Western Union. I’d sent money to Russia via Western Union before, to different recipient, without a problem.Western Union phoned me 5 yes FIVE days later to inform me they...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-11
- Images: In 'Iron Man,' CGI is a major element
- Paramount's new film based on the popular comic book hero is heavy on the computer-generated imagery provided by Industrial Light & Magic.Iron Monger faces down Gwyneth Paltrow in a scene from Iron Man. :ILM visual effects supervisor Ben Snow, who led the visual effects team on Iron Man,...
- Image galleries 2008-05-01
- Where's the money in open source?
- Our own open source executive, Matt Asay, asks today why he's not rich. Maybe because you're wasting your time on journalism? First rule of this profession, taught me by the late Prof. George Heitz at Northwestern three decades ago. "If you want to make...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
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