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Techwriter10 in a Nutshell
I've been writing about technology since 1988. I divide my time between technical writing and technology journalism.
I am Contributing Editor at EContent Magazine and Contributing Writer at InsideCRM. I am also the editor for the Fierce Content Management newsletter. I have written for a variety... (Read Blog)
By most people’s measure, it was quite a quarter for Apple, but apparently not for the geniuses on Wall Street. While Apple sold almost a million iPhones in the first week (think about that for a second) and had what BusinessWeek called a “blowout quarter,” an off-handed remark by Apple’s...
Read More | 28 Days Ago | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: 28 Days Ago
Nothing's wrong as far as I can see
We make it harder than it has to be
and I can't tell you why
~Eagles, I Can’t Tell You Why.
Apple and Adobe have both gotten some press lately for going to the trademark police after a couple of small business people had the audacity to publicize their...
Read More | Jul 6th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Jul 7th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 48 | Views: 53,858 | Last Entry: 3 Days Ago | Overall Rating: 
So I get this call. Would I like an exclusive briefing on a new technology that's going to turn text into speech - the first one to do this 'native'.
Forgive me, but no I don't. This typifies, in my view, the all-too-common view that a technical advance ought to be done for the sake of it. Let's...
Read More | Jul 15th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: 30 Days Ago
First, a bit of confirmation - the iPhone does indeed seem to be in short supply over here, many thanks to 'staff writer' for the story here. I had a text from 02's publicity people to say the orders were being taken at 7.30am and the site had stopped offering them by 10. And it appears we're not...
Read More | Jul 7th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jul 7th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 48 | Views: 28,072 | Last Entry: 1 Day Ago | Overall Rating:
khess in a Nutshell
I am a techie, a Linux evangelist, and an activist of sorts. I am also a DaniWeb Staff Writer/Blogger, a Linux Feature Writer and Columnist.
You can see my work in Systems Management News (www.sysmannews.com) or in Linux Magazine (www.linux-mag.com). Hit my website at www.kenhess.com to find out... (Read Blog)
Round Rock, Texas-based Dell, Inc. announced Friday that it is now offering the latest Ubuntu (8.04 Hardy Heron) released in April of this year on some of their popular consumer grade laptops and desktop models.
Currently available in the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, United...
Read More | 32 Days Ago | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 30 Days Ago
BestBuy is now offering Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) in a shrink-wrapped box for $19.99. This is the only packaged Linux that BestBuy currently sells. I haven't seen the package or visited my local BestBuy store in several months but I am happy about this decision.
Shelf space is at a premium in...
Read More | Jul 11th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jul 11th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 46 | Views: 38,851 | Last Entry: 2 Days Ago | Overall Rating:
newsguy in a Nutshell
I live and breathe technology news, it is what turns me on. Sad, but hey I am a news nerd, what can I say? (Read Blog)
According to IM services provider ProcessOne a staggering 72 percent of UK businesses have banned the use of IM software such as MSN and AIM citing security fears as the main reason. At the same time, some 75 percent of those businesses admit that IM could be a valuable collaboration tool for their...
Read More | 31 Days Ago | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 30 Days Ago
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EddieC in a Nutshell
My first computer was an Atari 800, with which I played Zork and other adventure/fantasy games and dabbled with BASIC programs; circa 1980. After 1984, I moved on to PCs, clones and NetWare, and then to Apple IIs and Macs until 1990. In July of that year I got my first job at a publishing company,... (Read Blog)
I laughed out loud when I saw this headline on the ars technica Web site: “Monkey see, monkey do: Microsoft launches mobile app site.” It’s so typical of Microsoft in recent years to desperately emulate companies it perceives as its competitors, even at the expense of its own...
Read More | 34 Days Ago | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 33 Days Ago
One of my very first blog entries here at DaniWeb was titled “Mac-Cloner Psystar: Hero or Hoax?” Well it was either no hoax at all or Apple was the latest to get sucked in. It was revealed today that Apple on July 3 filed a law suit in San Jose, Calif., against Psystar Corp. for copyright and...
Read More | Jul 15th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 34 Days Ago
Blog Stats: Entries: 105 | Views: 67,891 | Last Entry: 2 Days Ago | Overall Rating: 
happygeek in a Nutshell
I am a freelance technology journalist from England, and have been for fast approaching 20 years now. For 14 of them I have enjoyed being Contributing Editor with PC Pro magazine, the biggest selling monthly IT publication in the UK.
Currently, I hold the title of Information Security Journalist... (Read Blog)
Just when you thought the spam problem couldn’t get any worse, comes the news that spammers are fighting back against the pro-active anti-spam community approach using tit-for-tat Denial of Service attacks and intimidation.
The Blue Frog anti-spam approach is a relatively simple one of ‘hit...
Read More | May 5th, 2006 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Jul 9th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 484 | Views: 1,463,974 | Last Entry: 20 Hours Ago | Overall Rating:
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