Are you defragging?

sean — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:38:14 +0000

As it turns out, 42% of PC users never run a defragmentation utility *at all*. And the automated defrag tool in Vista may end up making files get fragmented even faster in systems with lots of changing files. So what to do?

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Microsoft recycles hype for Oslo

sean — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:56:33 +0000

The song remains the same about .NET, just sung louder–Microsoft wants to put itself at the center of the enterprise. So, the company announces it’s going to spend money on research to do it. And this, they try to make into a news event.

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Django!

sean — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:51:41 +0000

eWEEK interviews the folks behind the Django web framework. Suddenly, I feel the need to expand my coding time.

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30 New Customers Sign up for Microsoft’s Linux Support Coupons

sean — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:48:08 +0000

Costco, Southwest Airlines, and the City of Los Angeles …all victims of FUD, or is SuSE really worht that?

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WabiSabiLabi founder arrested on spying charges

sean — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:31:11 +0000

WabiSabiLabi, the eBay of security vulnerabilities, confirmed that its founder and strategy director Roberto Preatoni has been arrested in connection with an ongoing spying investigation and remains custody in Milan.

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Facebook’s “Social Ads” — Brilliant or Bozo?

sean — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:26:53 +0000

Clint Bolton of eWEEK sums up the reactions of analysts to Facebook’s new spooky-creepy Project Beacon and “social ads”. Internet News covers the same ground here. Bottom line: it’s new, it’s untested, and it might be the next big thing in marketing. But then again, maybe the Facebookrati will spit the commercial content back out.

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Vonage says it’s settling with AT&T. AT&T says…really?

sean — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:02:59 +0000

Will $39 million make AT&T’s patent lawsuit against Vonage go away? After about $130 million in payouts to Sprint, Verizon and others, Vonage sure hopes so.

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Dems and Republicans agree: Web 2.0 changes politics forever

sean — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:35:37 +0000

John Edwards’ adviser and former Howard Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi and RNC E-campaign director Cy Krohn agree: all this Web 2.0 stuff is da bomb. But if Twitter is going to elect the next president, I’m moving to Canada.

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Linux Losing Market Share to Windows Server

sean — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:25:37 +0000

Here’s something to do a reality check on. How do you measure market share of something that’s both a product and a stealth movement that requires no new purchases ?

It’s like saying “Water Losing Market Share to Coke.”

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House Version of Internet Tax Ban Opens Door to Taxes on Google, G-Mail,etc

sean — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:53:01 +0000

A variation in the wording of the House bill extending the Internet Tax Freedom Act would allow states to tax services not directly provided by ISPs, according to a Congressional Research Service memo.

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