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 | Ah, another one who's stuck in the mainframe era... I'd NEVER trust my data to some 3rd party, especially one like Google whose sole interest in me is as a target for advertising and a place to leech money out of. And most people agree, the entire "web application" hype …  |
 | The people who matter couldn't care less whether something is CDDL, GPL2, GPL3, or whatever, or if they care they want the product to choose have any license BUT GPL (in whatever form). Only religious fanatics do want GPL, and among those the fight between adherents of GPL2 and GPL3 …  |
 | Re: A tax on music? nothing new. There is already a tax on all devices with memory capacity that will go into effect in the EU shortly. That covers all mp3 players, harddisk DVD recorders, etc. Computer components are excluded though, as are video and digital photo cameras (the latter only after massive public outcry …  |
| | And Asus probably expects to have to provide more support on those Linux boxes as well compared to the Windows boxes. |
| | you've apparently never worked in banking... The computers themselves are sensitive. If it works like the banks I worked for the server will allow network connections based on which hardware is connecting. Have the right computer and you can get onto the network, without it you can't. Of course there's … |
| | well said scru. OpenSolaris is aimed squarely at the high end enthousiast and corporate market, a market where a hobby system like Linux is totally inappropriate. |
| | They should have filed suit for the posession of those mp3 files, which (in the absence of the physical media) is a clear sign of illegal activity, rather than the fact that pirate 2 pirate software was installed. But maybe they also did that (I don't know the details of … |
| | nono, it's not "a trick", it's "trikz". |
 | As you say, nothing new. And had the responsible agencies and companies that manage the core infrastructure not been vigilant and constantly increasing capacity we'd have hit the limit years ago. As it is the main problem we're facing today is not that the capacity of the network in bandwidth … |
| | Nope, none of the above. Not only are you woefully behind the times in places, in other places you completely miss the mark. Companies will NOT move to Linux desktops in large numbers. The maintenance and training cost is simply way too high and the lost productivity due to the … |
| | The entire OLPC project is a farce. It's NOT "for every child", not even "for every poor child". It's only available to governments of specific third world countries, not to parents everywhere. Why can Zimbadwe order a thousand of the things (in theory) and distribute them to the entire extended …  |
| | You just can't help wanting to be negative about Microsoft, can you? Of course they'll support the operating systems they create software for first and foremost. And Microsoft knows full well that the Linux crowd isn't going to use their products anyway for religious reasons, and the Linux community is …  |
| | Gosh, that post reads like something written in 2001. Most companies by now know better, know that the quality of what comes out of offshoring projects to India and other low wage countries is usually abysmal as well as leading to major cost overruns and missed deadlines. They know that … |
| | it infringes on copyrights because it doesn't pay royalties. In some countries radio stations may not have to pay royalties, in the EU they rightfully do. |
| | What surprises me most is the stupidity of using company resources for private purposes in any way whatsoever... If I want to do something with a computer that has nothing to do with work while at home I boot up one of my own systems and use that... Just as … |
| | hmm. Vista performs well, is rock stable, and gives no headaches whatsoever. And like everyone who claims "I'm no Microsoft basher" you're exactly that. EVERY piece of software is a work in progress, kid. If Microsoft were to state that it's complete, there is no need for further updates, you'd … |
| | So the guy finally turned realist and admitted that Linux isn't the "Windows killing perfect super operating system for the common man" that the slashdot kiddos claim it is. Good for him. |
| | such "studies" are rather pointless. I'd give them something in exchange for the chocolate, but that something wouldn't be my credentials. It would be something completely useless. |
| | I remember Gartner saying the same back about a decade ago, when they predicted that Windows 2000 would fail. They even state that Windows is too old and that Linux has the future, an even more bloated (who needs 500 text editors, 10 office suits, 20 window managers, etc. etc. … |
| | Maulth, it's not about criminal cases. It's about abuse of privacy sensitive material by the search engine companies themselves. And especially the extremely privacy hostile practices employed by Google, who have so much information about hundreds of millions of people that, were they a government department anywhere outside a communist … |
| | it's about time someone did something about Google's ever more intrusive spying into peoples' lives. And these people probably took that into consideration when they decided to challenge Google's business practice of not asking permission before publishing things they have no right to publish without permission. Google did the same … |
| | it's hardly surprising that the growth of malware is explosive. 2nd generation script kiddies have access to ever more clever tooling as the first generation script kiddies enter university CS courses and learn real skills they combine with their illegal activities. Mitnick was one of the first, he won't be … |
| | well, they're right that they support millions of colours. The videocard supports it so if you plug in a monitor that supports it as well you'll get it. Maybe the supplied (at a surcharge I think?) monitor does not support it, but does Apple make the claim about that device … |
| | ONLY 42000? I'm currently getting something like 2000+ per DAY, That's 42000 every 2 weeks or so... |
 | Twitter, like all "social networking" sites, is a major waste of time and a great way for computer criminals and spammers to select their victims. |
| | what caused BluRay to win out was NOT superior technology, it was superior funding in the marketing department. A few billion spent on "convincing" movie studios and others to release their products exclusively on BluRay meant there are simply not enough HDDVD disks being produced to make buying a player … |
 | Canon has a "new" range of cameras available twice a year, each time with a new marketing hype attached in the form of some new acronym to add to the specsheet. In reality none of those cameras are much of an improvement in real terms over their predecessors, certainly not … |
| | Hardly surprising. Their customer base isn't made up of the few tenths of a percent (at most) of techies who "hate Microsoft" and are willing to put up with the troubles Linux gives (like not being able to run Windows software, for most users especially MS Office and games). |
| | Given the massive cost difference between wireless hotspots and mobile broadband (not to mention the difference in bandwidth, up to 54MBit for 802.11 vs. 1.8MBit for wireless broadband) it's unlikely. Wireless broadband through my ISP would cost me €80 per month with a bandwidth limit of 2GB. 802.11 access through … |
 | Oh wow, a beta that's not stable and not fully functional. I'm shocked, shocked I say, that Davey didn't go to greater lengths to state how EVIL Microsoft is because of that. |
| | I've no sympathy at all for idiots like that who don't bother to read their contracts before using services abroad where they're more expensive than at home. Or idiots (like this one it seems) who don't bother to read things like manuals. Maybe having worked for a mobile network and …  |
| | it's a group of computer criminals... They're releasing it as a piece of advertising, trying to draw in buyers for their services. If they're releasing what they've been using themselves before that only means they've got something more powerful already and/or have mined it dry themselves already so it's got … |
| | And it's in reality no problem at all as they're all using private connections to central computers and are not as the alarmist report wants you to think connected to the internet without any firewalls or virusscanners. In reality even people without those who run Windows are at minimal risk … |
| | The only winner is the Sony marketing department. For the consumer a normal DVD is quite good enough, he doesn't need or (in most cases) want to spend €500+ for a BluRay player when he can get a DVD player for under €100 that has similar functionality, or to pay … |
| | "The Russian company, Gleg, is in the business of selling information on such exploits and security flaws. " I guess they got an offer from some criminals that was higher than the offer (probably an offer of nothing at all) they got from RealNetworks... Economics, Soviet style. Don't care about … |
| | The problem with politicians telling us there won't be a recession is that noone believes them anymore after they've lied to us for decades about pretty much everything (and especially economics). That's the real problem, the very fact that a politician tells you something makes you suspicious about the truth … |
| | So an industry group consisting of a few companies selling malware detection software is claiming that most such software (read, software produced by their competitors) doesn't work properly? Sounds like advertising to me, launch a new "quality logo" or "certification" to show what programs are "guaranteed good" and apply it … |
| | Their first arrest, and it has to be someone who's trying to go after pirates... |
| | Guess they've never heard of hardware failure. Data centers are already pretty much unmanned, except for people monitoring the equipment and reacting when things (threaten to) go wrong. I've yet to meet the dog who can swap out a failing core switch or harddisk, or reconfigure a panel of patch …  |
| | Another major factor in pulling countries into a recession is politicians stating that things are going well with the economy while people are getting hit in their income and see their spending power reduced by skyhigh inflation. This is not so much the case in the US maybe, but in … |
| | I've often thought that Microsoft's patent policy is defensive rather than offensive. Come up with an idea you don't want worked out into a product, develop it just enough to have a viable patent, then file for that patent so a competitor can't do it and possibly harm you. |
| | She should take it further, and require all papers to be hand written without major spelling or grammatical errors. Kids no longer don't learn to think for themselves, but also no longer learn to write properly or correctly without the help of spellcheckers and grammar checkers (and often not even … |
| | So the Gates Foundation is doing the work, not Microsoft themselves. Can't you ever let your Microsoft hatred prevent clouding your intelligence?  |
| | Cell phone "features" are NOT driven by consumer demand but by network capacity. As networks get wider, capable of carrying more and wider signals to users, phone manufacturers and network engineers have to think up new ways to use that bandwidth in such a way that it generates income for … |
| | idiots. Can't stand to loose so they start another smearcampaign. Sounds like Al Gore after the 2000 US presidential elections, or Kerry after the 2004 elections. Customers have all the choice they need. As a service they get IE preinstalled (which is anyway an integral part of the operating system … |
| | The very thing (well, the most important thing) that stops people from using GPL'd software/libraries for commercial purpose IS the requirement to release anything created using that software under GPL yourself. The GPL zealots of course have never understood that, not being professionals (most of them), or at least not … |
| | hmm, sounds like a rehash of the results of 2006, 2005, 2004, etc. etc. etc. with the added paragraph about virtualisation. IOW the market is going nowhere. |
| | hardly surprising that they'd want to get people scared up this time of year. Many subscriptions to AV and firewall software are given as gifts around Christmas time, or bought to fit PCs received as gifts with Christmas. It's a big market in December and January, and getting people good … |
| | I wonder what indices you're looking at. The NASDAQ had quite a rally yesterday. And it's not just tech stocks that have been going down. There's been a general downturn in the market which only yesterday (or maybe monday in some regions) started to revert. |
| | reason #6: it's not offered on the network I want to use. Apple delivers solely through Vodaphone (I think it's going to be here), while I'm a happy T-Mobile user with an old aversion to Vodaphone. |
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