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- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Smart.fm - almost enough to make me want an iPhone
- I really don't want an iPhone. I'm holding out for a Droid, just as soon as I figure out some way to justify getting rid of my perfectly adequate BlackBerry. However, the iPhone has lots of apps and one in particular is being unveiled today: Smart.fm's iPhone interface...
- Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Smart.fm, iPhone App, RTI, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Who's a candidate for Desktop Linux? Your Kids.
- My kids know Linux, OSX, and XP, and will obviously learn Windows 7, butskip Vista, though they will have contact with Vista. My son prefers OSX, my daughter Ubuntu.But, just like every kid should be taught at least two languages at home, they should also learn multiple OSes. Learning multiple...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, desktop Linux, desktop
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Microsoft training materials teach Best Buy employees how Windows beats Linux
- Just how many Linux machines are there at Best Buy?The last time I went in, I saw no Linux machines being sold at Best Buy.RE: Microsoft training materials teach Best Buy employees how Windows beats Linuxexactly ni Linux machines so why is MS trying so hard to push the GET...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, System76, training, Linux, Best Buy Co. Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Is lower power consumption Windows 7's killer feature?
- what killer feature?I don't know about OSX but Linux is more energy efficient than windoze.FYIsold by M$ under the namne of 'Windows' something.What is this "Windoze" you speak of?Never heard about it before....Anyway, can Linux run my programs? (Office, Photoshop, the latest games, Windows Live Essentials?) No? Oh.... Thats some...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, killer feature
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Liveblog: Sony announces $399 7" Wi-Fi 3G e-book Reader; will it kill the Kindle?
- Goodnight KindleWitch cheaper competition Amazon is finished. I'm surprised that it was Sony who stepped up.The game is getting interestingThough I am pretty sure it's a few years or decades too early to be declaring anything a "Kindle killer" or a "Sony killer". Basically the market is still very...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Wi-Fi, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp., game
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- ZuiTube provides kid-friendly access to YouTube
- In April I wrote about KidZui, a browser designed for kids with the potential to keep them out of the worst areas of the web by providing interesting content that draws them to its more useful and appropriate parts. I was especially impressed at the time by the sheer...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Kid, ZuiTube, KidZui, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Podcast: Why ZDNet AU loves Linux desktops
- Since you ask, noI have long ago left Windows behind when I got tired of running all the spyware/malware/defrag/registry cleaner jobs just to keep it running resonably well. I find that my computer runs better with Linux and i don't have the annoying jobs to run just about every...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux desktop, desktop, podcast, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- Will Ubuntu remain a minor player
- Will Ubuntu remain a minor playerWhat's novel here?Not the fact that you can try Ubuntu.It's the fact that you try any operating system.How is that happening? Most likely Click2Try is another open source hoster running Xen, much as Amazon Web Services, only they are moving ahead with easy 'on...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Only Problem, Ubuntu, minor player
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- A cloud-based PIM kids will want to use
- I lose everything. Most people who know me understand that giving me notes, papers, pens, etc., is a surefire way to get them lost. My wife won't even send me lunches packed in Tupperware anymore. I'll be lucky to find my lunch, let alone the Tupperware to bring...
- Tags: Group, Student, Teacher, Built-in Calendar, School Town, Time Management, Internet, Corporate Communications, Handhelds, Productivity, Marketing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows Server 2008)
- Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows Server 2008)Only 5 languages? Get the SP2 for ALL LANGUAGES from eMuleed2k://|file|mu_windows_vista_sp2_x86_cd_x15-39755.iso|499329024|EF3439826F02B84E26AE34405C5A8969|h=333KDXF2LVWXW2I3VDKW57MB7VDLFUCP|/SHA1: 91FB7F33B838D0378647F49E35850622BABED4BF RE: Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows Server 2008)I thought Windows7 was the next service pack for Vista ;-)RE: Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP2, Microsoft Windows, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- Facebook game aids development of new 'Google for music' search engine
- A new kind of music search engine from the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego allows for users to discover music by typing in free-text semantic queries rather than song titles, album names or artist names. For example, if you're in the mood for "groovy driving music with...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Team, Search Engine, Music, Games, Team Management, Search, Personal Technology, Management, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-05-17
- What does open source community mean?
- What does open source community mean?Too much thought on companies.......not enough on individual efforts. I think some folk get too caught up in the business aspect of it all and forget the root. I use plenty of FOSS tools that are backed by no large corporate entity. They may sometimes...
- Tags: open source, F/OSS, developer, open-source community, joy
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- Exploit posted for brand-new Adobe PDF zero-day
- Exploit posted for brand-new Adobe PDF zero-dayJust wrap Acroread in AppArmor if you use LinuxntUse a better PDF Reader ...I don't need to worry about it at all. Adobe Reader doesn't get anywhere near my systems. I use FoxIt's PDF Reader v3x exclusively for my PDF needs.~ It...
- Tags: Operating systems, Crapware, brand-new Adobe PDF, Adobe PDF, PDF Reader, Adobe Systems Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- KidZui is useful for parents, classrooms, labs
- Image via CrunchBaseKidZui is a kid-friendly web browser for OS X and Windows; it is also available as a Firefox add-on, making it compatible across all platforms. KidZui has a lot of strengths that make it very appealing for parents or elementary classroom computers. Although it does support a...
- Tags: Kid, KidZui, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS X, Games, Marketing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Russian Byki Express 4.0 Language Learning 4.0 (Mac)
- Available in over 70 languages, Byki is a powerful and personalized language-learning system that locks Russian words and phrases into your memory so that you can recall them perfectly and remember them forever. Play games, perfect your accent with native speaker sound, and test yourself. Byki Express 4.0 comes with...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Transparent Language Inc., Games, Flash Memory, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-03-26
- German Byki Express 4.0 Language Learning 4.0 (Mac)
- Available in over 70 languages, Byki is a powerful and personalized language-learning system that locks German words and phrases into your memory so that you can recall them perfectly and remember them forever. Play games, perfect your accent with native speaker sound, and test yourself. Byki Express 4.0 comes with...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Transparent Language Inc., Games, Flash Memory, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-03-26
- Italian Byki Express 4.0 Language Learning 4.0 (Mac)
- Available in over 70 languages, Byki is a powerful and personalized language-learning system that locks Italian words and phrases into your memory so that you can recall them perfectly and remember them forever. Play games, perfect your accent with native speaker sound, and test yourself. Byki Express 4.0 comes with...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Transparent Language Inc., Games, Flash Memory, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-03-26
- French Byki Express 4.0 Language Learning 4.0 (Mac)
- Available in over 70 languages, Byki is a powerful and personalized language-learning system that locks French words and phrases into your memory so that you can recall them perfectly and remember them forever. Play games, perfect your accent with native speaker sound, and test yourself. Byki Express 4.0 comes with...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Transparent Language Inc., Games, Flash Memory, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-03-26
- Spanish Byki Express 4.0 Language Learning 4.0 (Mac)
- Available in over 70 languages, Byki is a powerful and personalized language-learning system that locks Spanish words and phrases into your memory so that you can recall them perfectly and remember them forever. Play games, perfect your accent with native speaker sound, and test yourself. Byki Express 4.0 comes with...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Transparent Language Inc., Games, Flash Memory, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-03-26
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