"A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again." - Alexander Pope: An Essay on Criticism, 1709

King George must stand down to Civilian Authority

Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:17 PM EDT

In a recent press conference on the issue of the supplemental defense spending bill, which includes a rider in which Congress has mandated the creation of a timeline for withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan; the assistant press secretary to the Bush Administration, expr …

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politics, bush, white-house, my-way, king-george, defense-spending, commander-in-chief

A look at Ten Windows Vista Tweaks and Shortcuts (Plus Two to Travel on)

Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:25 PM EDT

This seeded article at laptop magazine gives a few good pointers on taking advantage of some of the productivity enhancing features available in Vista for mobile users; but seemed a bit incomplete in leaving out some improvements that were specifically targeted towards laptop com …

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windows, vista, mobility, tweaks, tips, security, power-options, sync, notebooks, laptops

Top Ten Windows Vista Tweaks and Shortcuts (laptopmag)

Seeded on Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:51 PM EDT (Laptop Magazine)

These ten tips will help you do everything from making the most of Vista's cool Flip 3D effect to expanding the number of options when you're right-clicking on a file.

technology, notebook, laptop, vista, tweak, windows, uac, customize, security, mobility

PML Mods a Mini Hybrid; 640hp, 0-60 faster than a Porshe 911, but can get up to 80 mpg

Seeded on Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:59 AM EST (WorldCarFans.com)

This is an article about how a company called PML (originally Printed Motors Limited) has done a hybrid mod to a standard BMW Mini One automobile, as a proof of concept.

technology, pml, mini, hybrid, mod, sport-car, concept-car, economy, environment, performance

The Geek Hierarchy, are you included?

Seeded on Sun Feb 4, 2007 3:58 PM EST (User Submission)

A relative look at geekdom (sci-fi fantasy oriented). Geeks from Technical, Sports, Entertainment, News and other areas not specifically covered, but may be worth discussing as additional categories. Mirror site.

entertainment, satire, fandom, anime, sci-fi, geeks, geek, science-fiction, furries

Windows Vista Parental Controls, from a Parents Point of View.

Seeded on Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:53 PM EST (wincustomize.com)

I was thinking of writing my own review of this feature in the new Microsoft Operating System; Windows Vista.

technology, microsoft, windows-vista, vista, parent, parental-controls, family-computing

Intel to Pull out of Colorado Springs facility, selling chip plant in restructuring move.

Seeded on Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:38 PM EST (Gazette.com)

In an announcement made as part of their fourth-quarter earning report, Intel Corporation ( NASDAQ:INTC ) is putting the company's Colorado Springs manufacturing facility up for sale.

technology, intel, colorado, colorado-springs, flash-ram, intel-corp, restructuring, business

Newsvine @ CES 2007 - Day 1 Highlights from the Show Floor.

Mon Jan 8, 2007 4:45 PM EST

Starting coverage from the Las Vegas Convention Center on the official Day 1 of the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. These are some quick highlights of Press conferences seen so far, and plans for the show floor for the afternoon.

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technology, ces, ces-2007, verizon, echostar, dish-network, directv, sandisk, lg, toshiba

Users Helping Groups, Visions of a Storage future, and 40 years of CES, starting 2007 Trade Shows.

Sun Jan 7, 2007 10:41 AM EST

I have been a bit busy this past week, trying to find consistent online access to report from. I am and will be reporting to you from some of the technology conferences happening in Las Vegas: The Association of Personal Computer Users Groups annual conference.

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business, apcug, storage-visions, ces, hybrid-drives, terabyte, consumer-electronics, hard-drives, technophile

The Featured Writer Dilemma: To Publish or Not to Publish?

Wed Jan 3, 2007 9:41 AM EST

Many months ago, I decided I really like this place.

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technology, article, writing, featured-writer, publishing, social-news, style, groups, goals

Dancing with Pandora, part 1, the Surprise Invitation and a Special Guest.

Tue Jan 2, 2007 3:16 AM EST

It was mid-November when I received the surprise invitation: Subject: Pandora Meetup at Colorado College! Hey, Tim here - Just a reminder that I'll be hosting a Town Hall meetup Tuesday afternoon on the Colorado College campus. Full details are below.

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technology, pandora, music, college, meetup, suprise-guest, tim-westergren, music-genome-project

The Calm before the Vista Storm

Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:22 AM EST

Welcome to the last few relatively quiet days of the year, at least for the tech sector.

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technology, microsoft, windows, vista, windows-vista, ces, windows-xp, ces-2007

Is Vista Really as Bug-Plagued as the NY Times Claims?

Seeded on Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:50 PM EST (CNET News.com)

...Yet tests of the flaw conducted by BetaNews suggest that, while the bug can crash Windows XP, its roots in the Win32 API dating back to Windows 3.1, coupled with the fact that the source code for the proof-of-concept appears to be straight ANSI C, directly contradict the Times …

technology, vista, windows, flaws, nytimes, security

Newbvine, and the Random Question.

Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:40 PM EST

Dear CQTech, I have a technical problem with my computer, and I know there are lots of smart and get smarter people here who have lots and lots of know-how about these kinds of things, and who might be able to help me with my problem.

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technology, newbvine, bud, advice, random-question, netiquette, newsvine-help

Microsoft Responds, Not Trying To Patent RSS

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:55 PM EST (msdn.com)

To quote Sean Lyndersay, of the Microsoft RSS team:

technology, microsoft, rss, patent, creative-commons

iGotcha! Expectation of Apple meets the Reality of Cisco, and the rumor mill wins.

Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:34 AM EST

For many months now, the world of online media, aka the "blogosphere" has been buzzing over rumors on the release of the iPhone. A product that has long been desired by fans of certain other small "i" branded devices.

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business, apple, voip, skype, iphone, cisco, internet-phone, applephone, infogear, linksys

Introducing the iPhone—But Not from Apple.

Seeded on Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:24 AM EST (Business Week)

Cisco is using a long-held trademark on a new line of consumer handsets—less than a month before Apple is expected to release its own cell phone The Businessweek report and analysis of the recent Cisco announcment surrounding a product line using the "iphone" trademark.

business, apple, voip, skype, iphone, cisco, internet-phone, applephone

Skyline from Stardust 2006.1

Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:36 PM EST

This was an early morning shot taken last January from a room on the Stardust Hotel tower in Las Vegas. Facing the (then) newly opened Wynn Hotel and a slight view down the strip. It took a couple of attempts to get the angle right to reduce the glare from the hotel windows.

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odd-news, newsvine-calendar, vine-cal, photography, las-vegas, stardust, wynn, ces-2006

Vista Activation Server Hack, impressively Flawed?

Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:11 PM EST

On the article about a recent hack to the Windows Vista activation process, seeded at tom.newsvine.com, I posted a couple of comments to what I thought might be problems with assuming that this way of getting around the Vista activation process was a permanent solution in itself.

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technology, microsoft, windows, vista, bill-gates, hackers, key-management-service, kms, piracy, volume-activation

The Law is the Law, and We the People...

Mon Dec 4, 2006 8:49 PM EST

The following article is based on the reply to a chain email that I recently recieved. It is not normally my practice to followup on such postings, but I felt that the approach taken by the message in this case required a more personal response.

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politics, law, constitution, congress, chainmail, chain-email, religion

Windows Vista Ultimate: Once you go Black...

Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:47 AM EST

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entertainment, satire, vista, windows, vista-ultimate, microsoft, technology

A Brief History of Anime.

Sat Nov 4, 2006 7:06 PM EST

For those who are not completely familiar with the term; Anime (in the Western hemisphere) typically refers to a highly stylized and detailed form of entertainment that was first popularized in the Japanese animation industry.

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entertainment, anime, japan, film, movies, tv, television, fandom, animation, anime-history

When Online Gaming meets Basic Economics

Seeded on Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:25 PM EDT (Marketplace from American Public Media)

From the Marketplace Morning report: Interviews with Gamers and Economists on the importance of understanding real world financial planning concepts and strategies to help in building economic systems for virtual worlds. Text transcript and Audio feeds available.

business, online, gaming, mmorpg, econ, games, economic, technology, entertainment

Judge doesn't object to video game `Bully'

Seeded on Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:57 PM EDT (The Miami Herald)

This seed from the MiamiHerald.com | 10/14/2006 | is related to the discussion following the article:

entertainment, bully, games, take-two, rockstar, playstation, technology

Are CableCards Doomed? - PVR Wire

Seeded on Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:59 AM EDT (pvrwire.com)

An interesting update from the recent CEDIA conference on the current state of CableCard deployment in the Home Entertainment market. With followup commentary outlining some of the resistance to bringing cablecard out for widespread consumer use.

technology, cable, television, tivo, broadcast, cablecard, cedia

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