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Out with the old, in with the new
Outlook, Marius Murdoch, Published on 14/01/2010
» It might seem like the ancient past, but it wasn't so long ago that we lived in the dark ages of dial-up internet, floppy disks, pagers and fax machines. Luckily these old-hats died with dignity, and while we may miss the harrowing screams of connecting modems, good riddance to bad rubbish. But other technologies seem insistent on carrying on, despite smarter and more accessible alternatives gaining saliency in the new decade. What looked to be consumer mainstays seem poised for poor performance and obsolescence this year. Here's a list of some of the stale technologies of 2010.
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The 3G saga continues... for the worse
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 20/01/2010
» It has been more than a month now since Thailand joined the civilised world when the Turtlephone Organisation of Thailand launched its 3G network in Bangkok and the surrounding areas. I signed up one day after launch. So, how has the experience been? How is the network? How is the customer service and billing?
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Working the web
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 20/01/2010
» I've always loved the expression "Work the web", but what exactly does it mean? How do you work the web? It sort of reminds of that old Microsoft slogan "Where do you want to go today?". It sounds nice, but, what does it mean, if anything?
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INTERNET SITE of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 20/01/2010
» This week's Internet Site of the Week is actually 69 websites employing Web 2.0 technologies that might be of interest to you, in the form of an article on Smash Apps.
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Jigsaw offers B2B directory
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 27/01/2010
» Jigsaw is offering a business directory of US companies through what they call Data as a Service using crowd sourcing techniques to keep the data up-to date. In the words of CEO Jim Fowler, it has done to business to business databases what Wikipedia has done to Britannica.
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Focus on loyal, paying customers, not pirates
Database, James Hein, Published on 27/01/2010
» There is a fine line between product protection, security and customer dissatisfaction. Organisations that develop software employ all manner of protection mechanisms to stop people using their products without paying for them first. Almost without exception the pirates and crackers find a way to bypass these protection mechanisms and the same people who didn't pay for software get the latest versions for free or at a greatly reduced price.
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Exporting PDFs
Database, Published on 27/01/2010
» I followed your advice on migrating to OpenOffice, it is free and it is now the only word processing program available at commercial Internet shops.
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Sleeping giant
Database, Published on 27/01/2010
» Google announced that it has had it up to here with four solid years of Chinese censorship, and there is a very good chance it will simply pull out of the country that blackens the name of free speech; the Google announcement also lambasted China for the touchy subject of hacking email and document accounts - Google said the Chinese do it all the time, do it to Chinese and foreigners, and do it to individuals and companies including, recently, Adobe Systems; the announcement touched off a drama that will run weeks, likely more; former anti-Google advocates like Reporters Without Borders praised the search engine giant, but investors bailed on Google and started buying Baidu, the search company that helps and empowers the Chinese hacking and snooping; after all is done, Google may indeed finally begin living up to its promise to do no evil.
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