John Obeto
Rampant shark jumping on the road to irrelevance.
For the past several months, InfoWorld, that formerly important IT tome, has been beating the Save (Windows) XP drum in an utterly transparent attempt to remain relevant in the collective minds of IT administrators.
A changing of the guard
For the past several years, ahead's Nero had been an essential of both my personal and corporate toolboxes.
No longer!
There is a new and highly recommended replacement: CyberLink's DVDSuite 6 Ultimate.
Like Nero, CyberLink's DVDSuite is a suite of consumer-class digital media software. However, unlike it, DVDSuite is a comprehensive and integrated suite of programs that is easy to use and become proficient in within a very short period.
For several days this past week, I was in Austin, Texas, for AMD’s Tech Day 2008, and more.
As is usual with AMD, I was given a very good look into their products, strategy, and pipeline, and as usual, I came away impressed.
AMD has been battling it out with Intel in the courts in the US.
About a year ago, we were able to get a teleconference with AMD Executive VP and general counsel, Tom McCoy, the details of which I posted here after a personal follow-on interview with Tom.
Well, a couple of weeks ago, the other shoe dropped, with the United States Federal Trade Commission, FTC, escalating their former informal inquiry into Intel's trade practices into a formal full-blown investigation.
After that, a cascade of (mostly) bad news has been dropping for Intel.
Yesterday, I was at the HP facility in Fort Collins, Colorado, where I was briefed on HP's offerings in the workstation space.
I went in to see what the offerings were with a view to finding out more information about the systems, and to see if they would pass muster, and become Logikworx's recommended line of workstations, replacing our current line.
In a nutshell, I came away impressed.
I am in possession of the new HP 2133 Mini-Note PC for a review.
First impressions: this is a sweet baby!
Read onSometimes it is a wonder how the obvious manages to escape the eyes of the supposedly knowledgeable.
Case in point is Microsoft's decision to add ODF and PDF read/write functionality directly into the next service pack of Microsoft Office 2007, this before the ISO 29500-standard is implemented.
Last week, the news came down that the OLPC had decided to use Microsoft's Windows XP as one of the operating systems shipping with the system.
What a letdown for those folks looking to colonize the next generation of 3rd World inhabitants to satisfy their warped egos.
If the allegations made by a former OLPC drone Ivan Krstic are true, then Nicko is a real sick fucker!
Neowin.net is one of the leading technology sites in Great Britain.
Indeed, the EU and globally!
Right now, you can win their HDX Dragon by following the simple rules devised by Neobond and the rest of the crew out there.
Good luck!
…and the next few as well!
Due to a move and going live on a new project, I have been virtually absent from blogging these past few weeks, except for taking advantage of this blog's inclusion in the HP/BuzzCorps.
When opportune, I shall endeavor to post on matters not to stale to blog.
The following 31 websites are participating in the HP HDX Dragon Giveaway.
Starting on May 9,2008, HP, in conjunction with BuzzCorps, will be giving away a fully-equipped HP HDX 'Dragon' Entertainment Notebook PC on 31 websites in 31 days.
AbsoluteVista.com has been selected as one of those sites.
Details to follow
Really, though, who didn't see this coming?
Who?
The unwashed mob that is known as freetards collectively by the rest of the human race (and affectionately as the Linux-heads by the open source proletariat), really, truly, wanted this to work.
One of the more intriguing new offerings from Microsoft is the 'X' Online series of hosted applications, of which CRM Online is one of the more visible.
When you tell a lie often enough, it takes on a patina of truth each time it is uttered, and after a while, it starts to sound like the truth.
Rumors of underhanded tactics, skullduggery, and outright bribery have been heaped on Microsoft since the win.
Microsoft has largely remained silent, in my opinion, allowing these rumors to fester.
In the just-concluded, successful standardization process for ISO 29500, aka OOXML, a lot of ink has been spent by the opposition to OOXML in trying to discredit Microsoft and the standardization process.
Technorati Tags: Microsoft Office,OOXML,DIS29500,ISO29500,ECMA,Doug Mahugh,Jason Matusow,John Obeto,AbsoluteVista.com,SmallBizVista.com,LogikworxAre you freakin' kiddin' me?
In a very good start to the 2008 FIA Formula One season, Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain won the Australian Grand Prix, which ran at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne.