Even I cannot make this stuff up!
For all the braying of the Linuxhead sheep about the advent of Linux, (read on)
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The Intel Antitrust Saga Part II: The EU Cash & IP Grab
One of the unheralded fallout from the IMO illegal EU hobbling of Microsoft, is the requirement that Microsoft publicly release, for IMO, a mere pittance, communications and other protocols to, ostensibly the world, but to EU companies in particular. (Read on)
SCO Trustee wants Chapter 7 for it
I just knew this was going to end badly!
As morbid as it sounds, it is okay that Ray Noorda is deceased, for this would have been devastating to him.
What a shame!
The Intel Antitrust Saga Part1: Intel is a monopoly?
Who knew?
Windows 7 Little Things: ‘Aero Glass’
One of the little tricks I used in the Windows Vista Era, was manually activating ‘Aero Glass’ on lowly systems, due to the heavy GPU power requirements of that OS. (Read on)
Upcoming Reviews at AbsoluteWindows
We have the following products up for review at SmallBizWindows & AbsoluteWindows:
- Epson WorkForce 310
- Epson Artisan 800
- HP Color LaserJet CP6015xh
- HP ScanJet 7000
- HP Z400 Personal Workstation
- Nvidia vReveal
- NTI Media Maker 8
- NTI Shadow 4
Quite a full plate, eh?
2 Weeks with Windows 7 Release Candidate
I have been using Windows 7 Release Candidate, or RC, for the past two weeks, both in x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) versions.
This release is an upgrade for me, since I have been using Windows 7 as my primary operating system since PDC2008, last October...(read more)
In Jim Goldman’s Bizzaro World, a PC costs $1500!
“I pity the fool”, used to be a phrase spat out in derision by the fictional character Sergeant Bosco Albert ‘B.A.’ Baracus on the 1980’s TV show, The A-Team.
In these current days, the fools in question are those who take the opinions of ignorant and...(read more)
O Oh, here comes the Javinal, again!
First it was Sun.
Then Sun and IBM.
Now, it is ORCL and Sun!
Larry Ellison, my favorite Hedonist, is out there waxing prophetic about the prospects for Solaris
and Java.
Then it hit me: Larry Ellison. Network Computer. Java.
The horror!
The Java Terminal...(read more)
Then Sun and IBM.
Now, it is ORCL and Sun!
Larry Ellison, my favorite Hedonist, is out there waxing prophetic about the prospects for Solaris
and Java.
Then it hit me: Larry Ellison. Network Computer. Java.
The horror!
The Java Terminal...(read more)
0% Financing for SMBs? Dial me in!
Zero Percent!
Just got a memo that HP is offering 0% financing to small and medium businesses for, get this: Workstations, notebooks, desktops, servers, storage, printers, monitors, etc. the entire shebang!
Talk about standing out in these troubled times...(read more)
AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro Giveaway
26 sites around the world will be giving away the Pantech Matrix Pro, a Windows Mobile v6.1 smartphone.
Furthermore, you get $100, in the form of an AT&T gift card, to get your Matrix Pro experience going.
Tools for Thought kicked off the contest...(read more)
Google Health, anyone? FAIL!
Imagine this scenario: You faithfully have your personal medical data entered into, or imported into Google Health.
Something (medical) happens, and you depend on that data to see you through to good health.
Meanwhile, due to some automagic translation...(read more)
HP Tech Day 2009: CradlePoint PHS300 saves the day!
Recently, I was in Houston, Texas, for the 2009 HP Tech Day for the HP ProLiant G6 Servers.
Most of the event took place in a super-secure conference room on the HP facility, and guess what?
The wired network was for HP employees only!
I know, I know...(read more)
The SmallBizWindows Pantech Matrix Pro Review
The Pantech Matrix Pro is a dual-keyboard, dual-slider smartphone running Microsoft Windows Mobile v6.1 Standard.
This is truly a world phone, with quad-band GSM, and tri-band UMTS radios.
I have been using the phone as my primary phone for the past six...(read more)
GM & Segway
Sometimes, the truth is waaaay stranger than fiction.
Really stranger than fiction!
Case in point is the news about GM and Segway coming together to create a new vehicle, currently nicknamed P.U.M.A., picture below.
I will wait while guffaws subside....(read more)
HP ProLiant G6 Servers Unleashed
Last week, HP released eleven, yes, eleven new ProLiant servers, targeting all sizes of businesses from the small business to the enterprise.
This range of servers are comprised of tower, rackmount, and blade servers. I had the good fortune to be part...(read more)
HP ProLiant G6 Servers
Just got back from Houston (Texas), where I was part of HP’s ProLiant G6 Servers Tech Day events, and participated in the HP Web Jam for the ProLiant G6 earlier today .
My head is chuck full of information that I will start to divulge here, and in The...(read more)
HP ProLiant Web Jam: The new G6
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Up for Review: Epson Artisan 800
This SMB multifunction/all-in-one (AIO) device is now at the Orbiting O’Odua and ensconced safely in my home office there.
Special Preview: Monsters vs. Aliens
For the past few days I have been in my old stomping grounds of Los Angeles – to be correct, in Beverly Hills.
One of the experiences I enjoyed was a visit to the DreamWorks Animation Studios facility in Glendale, California, where the visit culminated in a special sneak preview of the new DreamWorks Animation 3D film release, Monsters vs. Aliens at the double-private Directors’ Screening Room there....(read more)