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Ten years is two lifetimes for an operating system
in The CIO Weblog, on November 21, 2009
...services to expand to their demand potential. Since no one else has an incentive to do so, they're attempting to remedy the problem themselves.
But it's not just their problem, of course; it's a p...
Seen that? - Vulnerability in Gmail
in I got Spam?!, on November 19, 2009
...lity in Gmail at I got Spam?! Anthony: I was recently attempting to mail some javascript code from my yahoo account to my gmail when I came across this vu...
EDS assimilation into HP is complete
in The CIO Weblog, on September 23, 2009
...tic, resulting in confusion and layoffs at a particularly bad time as CEO Mark Hurd was otherwise attempting to forestall other RIFs by mandating across-the-board pay-cuts for HP staff. As the econo...
Unemployment boosts marijuana trade
in Sox First, on September 11, 2009
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Back in July, I did a blog entry looking at how there was a push to legalize marijuana in California to get that state out of the pits. California is the trend-setting state of the US, so it...
The Citroen SM (Sports Maserati). Maserati Asks “Why Me, Lord?”
in Classical Drives, on August 26, 2009
...an unfortunate example, though the Italian manufacturer was not at fault. But if Detroit was merely attempting to trade on an exotic name, France's Citroen had greater ambitions with the SM.
The...
California's dope rush
in Sox First, on July 19, 2009
...arijuana trade might point to legalizing the drug for general use. California is the first state to legalize marijuana for medical use, treating everything from allergies to insomnia. Associated Pres...
Chrome OS: The reflective phase
in The CIO Weblog, on July 10, 2009
After the original explosion of Google Chrome OS related articles immediately after the announcement, today we get the day-after "thoughtful" posts exploring what it all means, and what will really happen with Google, Chrome OS, and the supposed arch-enemies of the two, Microsoft an...
Apple's lack of enterprise ambition
in The CIO Weblog, on July 8, 2009
...ated space in their lives. There is no separation between devices used for work and at home. Apple, attempting to occupy one of those spaces, doesn't rely have much choice but to accomodate the ot...
Harvard Law Professor Says P2P Is Fair Use
in P2P File Sharing, on May 22, 2009
...ars. The strategy certainly doesn't lack for boldness... Should Nesson win, he will essentially legalize the sharing of all digital goods, copyrighted or not, by noncommercial users."
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Amazon Launches AWS Import/Export: Upload by Snail Mail
in On Storage, on May 22, 2009
... , a service which allows Amazon S3 users to ship large sets of data to the provider, rather than attempting to upload them over slow Internet connections.
"AWS lets users transfer data direc...
The Revolution
in The CIO Weblog, on May 12, 2009
... demand and increasingly easily adopted off-the-shelf services to meet that demand, making cuts and attempting to control user needs is a fast path to irrelevance for the IT department. Go ahead; tell...
Searching the Deep Enterprise
in The CIO Weblog, on February 23, 2009
...exing has little luck penetrating.
The enterprise has at least a theoretical leg up on companies attempting to index the deep web; although there is some fuzz around the edges, most enterprise IT d...
Viewing new technologies through old prisms
in The CIO Weblog, on February 19, 2009
...o have a centralized repository of mashups and mashup chunks for users to re-use. The perfection of attempting to ensure that all mashups end up in that repository is a very different goal than the ne...
IBM provides EC2 versions of server software
in The CIO Weblog, on February 12, 2009
...r). IBM may be able to vault over the sort of problems that Microsoft and others will experience in attempting to transition their cultures to the more flexible development and operating processes nee...
Virgin Media Cancels 'Virgin Music Unlimited' P2P Service
in P2P File Sharing, on January 24, 2009
...ged."
"Many parts of the music business now express the view that prosecuting users and attempting to halt behaviour fails to bring in any revenue," he adds. "Meanwhile, P2P rema...
Using fragile support to reduce costs in the downturn
in The CIO Weblog, on January 8, 2009
...s oriented more toward diminishing the impact of certain types of problems on the organization than attempting to eliminate them entirely. Traditional support is a lose/lose affair for the enterprise;...
Microsoft layoffs may be imminent
in The CIO Weblog, on December 29, 2008
...these are being generated by panicked middle managers trying to stay ahead of the game (and perhaps attempting to protect their own positions in the bargain) and being amplified by concerned staff. As...
Recession means it's time to ramp up internal security
in The CIO Weblog, on December 24, 2008
... an extremely difficult and complex undertaking, of course, and it's even more complicated when attempting to impose such structure on a system not designed for it from the ground up. I suppose it...
Will Obama's job plan work?
in Sox First, on December 7, 2008
...ion - although if anyone bothered to look at the Highway Bill they would see most of those problems attempting to be a addressed. But what kind of "work" are we talking about? Are we to expe...
Indonesia Considers Requiring RFID Implants for HIV/AIDS Patients
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 27, 2008
...on Tedjasukmana , provincial legislator Dr. John Manangsang "has drafted a new bill that would legalize implanting microchips into HIV-infected people deemed to be purposefully infecting others w...
Amazon adds content distribution to Web Services options
in The CIO Weblog, on November 18, 2008
...s to web content providers, Cloudfront also has the potential to address the needs of organizations attempting to use cloud-based services for less conventional activities. One of the significant and ...
Microsoft's Cloud OS
in The CIO Weblog, on October 6, 2008
...UI out of its new dedicated hypervisor virtualization server, but it says something that a business attempting to offer performance-oriented servers insisted for so long on slapping an inefficient and...
Walcott was great but let's not build him up for a fall
in The Soccer Weblog, on September 11, 2008
...ickery led one of the Swindon youngsters to get sent off for something of an agricultural tackle in attempting to stop him.
From there on in Walcott's career has been pretty much public knowledge...
Americans: Cast Your Vote For Internet Gambling
in The Gambling Weblog, on September 9, 2008
...tion and nothing else.
Think about it; if they get away with this, what's to prevent them from attempting to institute controls over what is said over the telephone?
It's about censorship an...
More Startups That Want You to Handle Your Finances Online: Rudder & Green Sherpa
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 8, 2008
... In the past I've reviewed/mentioned a couple of online personal finance sites that are attempting to turn the "wisdom of crowds"/social networking concept into profitable businesses:...
Thnk a Firewall Isn't Important?
in I got Spam?!, on September 8, 2008
...of activity, but in that short time my PC was under attack from 4 different hackers. 3 of them were attempting a Denial of Service attack on my network while another was doing a port scan, trying to...
Windows Server Version saga continues
in The CIO Weblog, on August 20, 2008
...y that leapt most immediately to mind when all this first came up was that somehow, Microsoft was attempting to deliver a minor version of Windows Server in major version clothes, something that wasn&...
Cloud computing: getting what you paid for
in The CIO Weblog, on July 29, 2008
...features, and sometimes deliberately obfuscated operating characteristics have always plagued CIOs attempting to compare two different software packages with the same putative purpose.
Evaluating clo...
I think cloud computing is supposed to be mysterious
in The CIO Weblog, on July 29, 2008
...te my post again. The original was a witty and brilliant riff on this CIO Magazine article attempting to explain cloud computing, wherein I demonstrated that it shouldn't be explained at ...
New price point for VMWare ESXi Hypervisor: Free
in The CIO Weblog, on July 25, 2008
...terprises. The idea, however, is both to counter Microsoft's $28 price point on Hyper-V (itself attempting to undercut VMware in pricing) and to give potential customers a "first taste is fre...
Psychology of the internal hacker
in The CIO Weblog, on July 23, 2008
...he surely received from her client rather than anyone in the technology department. Childs' is attempting to portray himself as the one competent man in the department, without whom everything wou...
Maritz Goes to VMWare
in The CIO Weblog, on July 9, 2008
...th have a hand in the lowered forecasts and Greene's ouster. In Maritz, the VMWare board may be attempting to gird itself for the coming battle Royale with Microsoft's newly released Wi...
A heartfelt response to a commenter
in The Parenting Weblog, on July 7, 2008
...th the links I posted earlier about adoption language. I'm not calling her out by any means but attempting to share my dialogue. I don't want to shy away from this topic but I also don't w... ... and honesty. I certainly don't live in a fairy tale nor were we paying customers. There was no legalized fiction in our case. But I can assure my daughter has two moms and two dads - the ones who...
The Patriot, Chrysler's Hoped-For LeMans Winner
in Classical Drives, on July 4, 2008
... name was eventually attached to a Jeep. Nevertheless Chrysler and its engineers deserve credit for attempting to break out of the race car design box. Hemmings offers more on this advanced concept ...
Everything is social now
in The CIO Weblog, on June 30, 2008
...ds, potentially getting better conformity in the bargain. But I also see a lot of vendors which are attempting to apply the wrong lessons to their products, like trying to slap design characteristics ...
Google and Yahoo Together
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 26, 2008
...ssion that it is not looking towards search as the frontier for the next growth. It may be right in attempting to add a social layer across all its web properties and perhaps think about Search Adve...
2008 Gumball 3000, Invitation to Disaster?
in Classical Drives, on June 23, 2008
...ad of Elvis. Believe this rally promo and you'll believe anything. My computer got hung up when attempting to open the Website and a little further research revealed that previous rallies had re...
Lonna Keller Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 17, 2008
...ple lines, well-integrated components, and neutral colors to enhance a wide range of styles without attempting to dominate. Varying degrees of texture add substance without additional weight. The use ...
Online Gambling Should Be Legalized In South Korea
in The Gambling Weblog, on June 10, 2008
... they please with their discretionary income. One has to wonder if the South Korean government will legalize and tax online gambling so the criminals will be driven out and everyone can benefit from t...
Victims of Internet Fraud Being Targeted By Spammers
in I got Spam?!, on June 10, 2008
...quot; Special Agent Richard Kolko said in the press release. "These criminals are increasingly attempting to do this by falsely claiming to be various government officials. Don't respond, don...
Camino 1.6.1
in M2 十字街口, on 2008-05-28
Camino 是 Mac OS X 上一款 Mozilla Gecko 内核的浏览器,自从发布以来,颇受好评。自上一个 1.5.5 版发布,采用了最新的 Mozilla Gecko 1.8.1.12 版本内核之后,此次 1.6 主要在原有的基础上加以完善细节部分。比如,自动升级、改善 Tab 标签页浏览效果、与 keychain 的兼容度、更流畅的搜索工具栏、改善 AppleScript 性能、界面的美化等等。最新版本 1.6.1,主要更新如下:
The CIO as Mind Reader
in The CIO Weblog, on May 20, 2008
...r perhaps impossible to adequately describe to someone ahead of time. It's a bit as if you are attempting to teach someone how to drive by giving them step by step instructions to get out of their...
Music bootstrapping gets under way
in BootStrapMe, on May 20, 2008
...inishing touches on a couple of sites to put this idea into action after several misfires attempting to create a new bootstrap model for the music business in the digital age. Keep reading...
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Prostitution In Las Vegas
in Play Las Vegas, on April 20, 2008
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However if certain proponents of prostitution, such as Las Vegas Mayor, Oscar Goodman, we may have legalized prostitution here sooner than a major sports franchise.
It's all about money of cours...
OmniWeb 5.7 正式版发布
in M2 十字街口, on 2008-04-16
上个月,提到过 OmniWeb 5.7 beta 1 测试版,上周末,OmniWeb 5.7 正式版发布了。这是 Mac OS X 上一款比较有特色的网页浏览器,主要的更新列表与新版特性包括:
Oncology Diagnostics By AviaraDx
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 15, 2008
...primary tumor site and avoid unnecessary repetitive imaging and immunohistological procedures in attempting to establish the cancer origin. Successful cancer classification is critical for physicians ...
Great Race 2008: New York to Paris, Cancelled by Politics
in Classical Drives, on April 14, 2008
...r two is unrealistic. So maybe there were better ways of showing support for the Tibetan monks than attempting to extinguish the Olympic torch; for example, why not simultaneously run a similar but sl...
Gun Fired By Pilot Was Being Stowed
in The Aviation Weblog, on March 27, 2008
...ticle on MSNBC , the US Airway pilot who accidentally fired his gun inside the cockpit, said he was attempting to stow it. The pilot didn't immediately inform air traffic control about the shootin...
ABA No Likey UIGEA
in Internet Poker, on March 10, 2008
...om the ABA to the Feds, they are asking the government to clarify nine different points before even attempting to go through with the massive amount of re-work to the system to keep from "illegal...
BootStrapMe interviews Bijoy Goswami (Part 3)
in BootStrapMe, on March 7, 2008
...rom? If so, why do companies spend massive amounts of money on research and development when simply attempting growth with limited resources might create more innovation less expensively in the end? ...
Dune Closure NOT the Solution to Border Issues
in Under My Helmet, on March 4, 2008
...SOLUTION TO BORDER INCURSION ISSUES
A United States Border Patrol agent was killed recently while attempting to stop two alleged smuggler's vehicles in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area (I...
Microsoft opens the kimono
in The CIO Weblog, on February 21, 2008
Microsoft held a conference call this morning with CEO Steve Ballmer, Senior VP Bob Muglia from the Server and Tools division, Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, and general counsel Brad Smith to discuss significant changes in the company's approach to information sharing and interoperabili...
Maybe it was Ninjas
in The CIO Weblog, on February 4, 2008
...he ninja theory is at least as credible as some of the others floating around out there right now attempting to make some sense of the suspicious rash of undersea cable disruptions which have plague...
Sweet Justice
in End Zone Buzz, on February 4, 2008
...lot to do with this win loss. On a blatantly bad call, Belichick went for a 4th and 12 instead of attempting about a 50 yard field goal, and the Pats failed to convert. This was the decision even th...
Google Publicis deal breaks advertising ice
in The Search Engine Weblog, on January 29, 2008
...t Google has made with one of the world's major advertising groups, and indicates that they are attempting to ease some of the strain they have with the advertising world that is somewhat wary of ...
The iPhone winds are blowing
in The CIO Weblog, on January 22, 2008
...iled new business pricing plans for Apple's iPhone today, furthering the cause of those who are attempting to bring the stylish smartphone further into the corporate fold.
Although the Computerw...
Britney Spears on Right Side Of Law For A Change
in The Celebrities Weblog, on January 21, 2008
...ney who called the cops to report a bunch of out of control Paparazzi who were chasing her car and attempting to get her to pull off the road.
The Paparazzi were arrested and, as of this posting, ar...
New Phishing Attack Masquerades as Government Alert
in I got Spam?!, on January 12, 2008
... from the National Payroll Consortium that claims that the recipients' employer has been caught attempting to fraudulently lower workman's compensation costs. It asks that the recipients fill ...
Adium 1.2 正式版
in M2 十字街口, on 2008-01-09
Adium 1.2b5 测试版没发布多久,1.2 的正式版也相继发布了。Adium 是一款在 Mac OS X 平台下的优秀集成即时通讯工具,包含主流的即时通讯协议,如 AIM、Jabber (Google Talk)、Windows Live Messenger、Yahoo! Messenger、Bonjour、Gadu-Gadu、LiveJournal、Novell Groupwise、QQ、Lotus Sametime 等。诸多方便的特性让 Mac 用户也能方便和各类 IM 联系人交流,可以说是 Mac OS X 上必备软件之一。
Netscape Navigator 将告别历史舞台
in Wangtam, on 2007-12-29
Netscape Blog 昨天 发表文章表示 ,Netscape Navigator 将告别历史舞台:
Bhutto and geopolitical risk
in Sox First, on December 28, 2007
Photo: BK Bangash/AP
The global impact of benazir bhutto 's assassination should not be underestimated. All of this has to be seen in context. Oil prices have now soared edging closer to $100 a barrel, equity prices are falling and the concept of "geopolitical risk" has re...
Miami John is Coming to Steal Your Blinds
in Internet Poker, on December 8, 2007
..., if you're worried about your opponent calling your re-steal attempt, I recommend not even attempting this play unless you're holding a hand no worse than A-9. Preferably, you're looking ...
Monster.com Site Hacked
in Networking for Pros, on November 30, 2007
...tance, the hackers targeted emails to Monster.com site users, offering money laundering schemes and attempting to lure visitors into downloading malware.
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"Man In The Browser" Attacks Increasing
in I got Spam?!, on November 26, 2007
...n being mass distributed. This new technique will prove challenging to security software publishers attempting to index threats.
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Diabetes-Sniffing Dogs, To be Investigated in the UK
in Daily Diabetic, on November 25, 2007
...r refute these stories.
In spite of the lack of information there are people in the United Kingdom attempting to train dogs to detect these blood sugar levels. The research should assist them in doin...
Jessica Simpson, Ashley Olsen, And Leo DiCaprio News
in The Celebrities Weblog, on November 20, 2007
...e thought of possibly closing the deal with Jessica Simpson should be enough to prevent Wilson from attempting suicide again.
Meanwhile bicyclist extraordinaire, Lance Armstrong, is apparently peddl...
Drink and Drive Game
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 19, 2007
...For some reason, I thought this Drink and Drive Game would involve some imbibing of drinks and then attempting to take an R/C car through a cone-course. Perhaps it would teach would-be DWIs a lesson: ...
Kaspersky Security 6.0 For Exchange Server 2007 Beta Released
in I got Spam?!, on November 19, 2007
...ll add a warning message to the e-mail message;
Saves backup copies of the message objects before attempting to disinfect or delete the object (during an anti-virus scan), copies are saved to a spec...
Oklahoma Poker
in The Gambling Weblog, on November 18, 2007
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No there's no game called Oklahoma Poker, at least as far as I know, but Poker, although only legalized in 2005, has proven to be a boon for Oklahoma's fledgling Native American casino opera...
The folly of training
in The CIO Weblog, on November 16, 2007
...le state of usability in IT today (although this has admittedly been improving) and the problems of attempting to address it through user education. I won't rehash the whole thing here, but I thou...





