Comment Re:Glass is out for general purchase (Score 1) 154
"Join our open beta and help shape the future of Glass."
https://www.google.com/glass/s.... I think it is too expensive for a "beta" product.
Submission + - Amazon Lauches Android-powered Set-Top Box For Streaming and Gaming (engadget.com)
An anonymous reader writes: We've been waiting for it for quite some time, but now Amazon is finally ready to make its play for the living room. Fire TV is not a barebones device
Submission + - Sony selling off VAIO computer business (theverge.com) 1
Kensai7 writes: Confirming reports from earlier in the week, Sony has announced plans to sell off its VAIO computer division to a Japanese investment fund. Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) will take control of the operation for an undisclosed fee, and Sony will "cease planning, design and development of PC products." For a variety of reasons "including the drastic changes in the global PC industry," Sony says "the optimal solution is to concentrate its mobile product lineup on smartphones and tablets and to transfer its PC business to a new company."
Comment Re:Focus Will Be On Economy (Score 1) 757
So that should include people who work for the government, defense contractors, and people who pay taxes? How about senators and congressman?
Everyone has a conflict of interest when it comes to the government that is why everyone gets to vote.
Comment Re:What's your actual problem? (Score 2) 284
The witness server is required for automatic failover. The witness can run SQL Server Express which does not require a license. Standard edition will work fine for this and the mirror server does not require a license.
Comment Re:Paid Vs. Free? (Score 2) 178
The good thing about AD supported applications is the developer makes money if people actually use the application (not buy it). This should encourage better applications and improvements over time to encourage users to keep using the application.
Comment Re:Don't Necessarily Blame Them (Score 1) 409
I remember listening to the wall over and over in high school on a cassette tape. I was excited when CDs came out and I bought the wall because I could finally tell when each song actually ended.
Comment NTLM Authentication Support (Score 1) 70
Firefox on Android supports NTLM authentication with websites which the built in web browser does not support.
This is required to connect to some of my companies internal sites which are setup to use NTLM authentication.
Comment Re:so much for being open (Score 1) 415
No - I believe you have to root the phone to do WiFi tethering. But USB tethering is good enough for me and I can use Connectify to setup my Laptop as a hot spot If I need to.
Comment Re:so much for being open (Score 1) 415
The app store sells tethering apps that do not require rooting the device. I am using one now which works great and I purchased it from the Google marketplace.
Comment Re:Bad move.... (Score 1) 412
I hate when vendors do not support Linux - like using their own resources to produce a drive for Linux - oh wait... They are talking about Open Source support - they have their own drivers for Linux which will be supported.
Comment Re:Nice, but who has $1000 to pay on a CPU? (Score 1) 179
This can really save companies on software licensing. For example, SQL Server is licensed per CPU (not per core). So now I can have a single 6-core CPU running my database with one CPU license.
Submission + - Alienware puts 64GB solid-state drives in desktops (computerworld.com)
Lucas123 writes: "In the face of Seagate's announcement this week of a new hybrid drive, Dell subsidiary Alienware just upped the ante by doubling the capacity of its desktop solid-state disk drives to 64GB. Dell has remained silent on the solid-state disk front since announcing a 32GB solid-state option for its Latitude D420 and D629 ATG notebook computers earlier this year. Now, Alienware seems to be telling users to bypass hybrid drives all together. 'Hybrid we consider to be a Band-Aid approach to solid state," said Marc Diana, Alienware's product marketing manager "Solid state pretty much puts hybrid in an obsolete class right now."'"
Vista Sales Expectations Too High, Office Doing Well 320
PetManimal writes "A comparison of first-week retail sales of Vista compared to first-week sales of XP back in 2001 found that Vista sales were 60% lower. Steve Ballmer has admitted that earlier sales forecasts were 'overly aggressive,' but at least there is some good news for Microsoft: early Office 2007 sales were very strong compared to the early sales of Office 2003, despite almost no advertising or marketing until the retail launch at the end of January."
