http://www.sdzzwx.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:41:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en commentary The downside of all this ad hoc-ism is that it can lead to tools that can't really grow or that don't have other characteristics--such as reliability--that become more important as usage transitions from casual to business-critical. (See twitter.) But that genuine caveat aside, the IT industry is in a qualitatively ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/09/04/computing-from-the-bottom-up/ Carphone Warehouse's 2,400 U.S. and European stores will be included in the new joint venture. Also included in the deal are Carphone Warehouse's Web, insurance, and airtime reselling businesses. But the company will retain full ownership of its traditional landline phone business in the U.K. and France. Best Buy, the ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/08/29/best-buy-invests-21-billion-in-european-phone-re/ Despite some early problems managing the flood of developers seeking access to the iPhone software development kit, Apple reported 100,000 developers have downloaded the kit as of Sunday. If you haven't downloaded a copy of the SDK yet, here's where you can find it. The beta version of the SDK ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/08/24/over-100000-developers-snap-up-iphone-sdk/ Although Microsoft's announcement and the Commission's fine come within days of each other, one source said the two were not related. Microsoft's announcement last week addressed how the software maker would apply the Court of First Instance's ruling to the rest of its business, according to the source. Last month, the ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/08/24/eu-slaps-microsoft-with-135-billion-fine/ The motion-sensing Nintendo Wii remote isn't a particularly new concept. We've see academic work in data gloves of various types going back to the 1990s. What's different is that the Wii is mass market. Volumes mean not only lower cost, but an incentive for software makers to write games and other ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/08/24/new-ways-to-input-finally-arriving/ Today Red Hat announced that it has broken server performance records with its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 on an IBM System x 3950 M2 running Intel X7460 Xeon processors. Apparently you can have your cake and eat it, too, at least in the open-source world: Proprietary software may well be ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/08/24/red-hat-sets-new-performance-record-at-a-20-percen/ They did not mean that, and they did not say that. These absurd lies have been refuted repeatedly over the years, but they were conclusively shredded by the clear and comprehensive analysis of the Court's opinion, written by Justice Antonin Scalia. The original case addressed only the right ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/08/24/a-great-day-for-individual-freedom/ This comes in addition to a more engineered factor, the bus-only lane on highways. People bending rules both help and hurt bus travel speeds in Wang's post. Above, they prevent bus drivers from being punished for illegal expediency. But meanwhile, as Wang notes, lots of private cars violate the bus ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/08/24/the-court-of-bus-riders-why-its-faster-than-driv/ For those needing more than just the basics, ProPay will unveil the eAuction Pro account later this year for eBay Silver power sellers and higher who not only sell goods on eBay, but also need specialized services for processing credit card transactions in other areas. For eBay Silver power sellers and ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/08/24/paypal-rival-details-fees-for-launch-on-ebay/ The consortium, which launched in September with Google, Apple, Sun Microsystems and a collection of universities, noted Microsoft is coming aboard as a founding sponsor. What's next? Given its past troubles with its passport authentication efforts, is the next stop for Microsoft the Liberty Alliance Project? "Microsoft joining the Kerberos Consortium ... http://www.sdzzwx.com/2010/08/24/microsoft-joins-mit-kerberos-consortium/