Archives: vendors
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Incompetent vendors - How to screw up a journey:
Featuring Amtrak, FedEx, Ravenwood Towers (322 Words)
[August 11, 2003 04:47 PM]
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Incompetent vendors - How to loose a PDA in 3 weeks:
Featuring Handspring, AirBorne Express, Ravenwood Towers and Mailboxes Etc. (427 Words)
[August 11, 2003 04:32 PM]
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Coke & Pepsi join hands!:
Can you believe these two hard-core competitors will join forces on anything? Apparently they can. (226 Words)
[August 05, 2003 06:19 PM]
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bCentral screen shot:
Instead of marketing spiel, I got something else. Definitely useful though! (71 Words)
[May 29, 2003 07:30 PM]
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Hotmail backend design:
Collection of Microsoft documents with pretty good information on running huge sites. (144 Words)
[December 02, 2002 08:22 AM]
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Hidden telephone charges:
Telephone companies are equally bad when it comes to cheating the consumer. (324 Words)
[November 18, 2002 04:19 PM]
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Where is Microsoft going?:
This is not very nice if you value your privacy. (121 Words)
[November 14, 2002 01:14 PM]
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Laptop by Porsche:
Plus sales by Best Buy = Good design gone waste. (356 Words)
[October 25, 2002 06:08 PM]
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XP and choice!:
What is the point of this dialog box? (59 Words)
[October 09, 2002 06:20 PM]
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Dell server for $239:
I think this is a great deal. (133 Words)
[September 20, 2002 01:02 PM]
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Best Buy sucks!:
The title says it all. Which training school do their sales people go to? (359 Words)
[August 28, 2002 08:37 PM]
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Webtrends Sucks!:
Really bad experience with these guys. (215 Words)
[August 24, 2002 10:38 AM]
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What if Honda made software?:
Honda's principles are very simple and sensible. Perhaps these should be used in software development. (707 Words)
[August 22, 2002 07:09 AM]
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Verisign's blackmails?:
Another monopoly trying to threaten customers? (71 Words)
[August 05, 2002 05:59 AM]
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Analyzing Palladium:
Slashdot is running a story on Palladium, which, in my opinion, has absolutely zero value to customers. It is in... (153 Words)
[June 27, 2002 06:56 PM]
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BBC hijacks TiVo recorders:
The Register: "Users of the TiVo digital video recorder have reacted angrily to a new sponsorship feature that automatically records... (114 Words)
[May 25, 2002 07:27 AM]
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.Net servers:
Previewing Windows .NET Servers -" Windows .NET Datacenter Server - This represents the ultimate offering, in terms of both performance... (99 Words)
[May 08, 2002 05:50 AM]
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Paranoia, stupidity and greed ganging up on the public:
Dear Reader: "If you are reading this column in the newspaper, but did not read every article and look at... (74 Words)
[May 05, 2002 05:42 PM]
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Start menu annoyances:
This morning I was in the process of upgrading several pieces of software on my Windows 98 machine at work.... (185 Words)
[May 02, 2002 08:01 AM]
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Installing Linux on a Wal-Mart OS-less PC:
As mentioned in February, Wal-Mart sells several OS-less PCs. See this pretty informative article on how well these machines support... (38 Words)
[April 30, 2002 07:21 AM]
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Experience: Groove 2.0 and Java 1.4:
Last week, I downloaded Groove 2.0 (27MB) and Java 1.4 SDK with Forte CE (66MB). Played with these for... (182 Words)
[April 20, 2002 06:20 AM]
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Good experience at Sears:
I went to change the battery of my car to Sears Auto Center branch at 7 corners, Falls Church, VA.... (110 Words)
[April 10, 2002 11:41 AM]
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One alternative to MS Office:
The Washington Post writes about ThinkFree Office as "One Alternative to Bloated, Pricey Microsoft Office". Pretty good review. I think... (53 Words)
[April 07, 2002 09:23 AM]
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Microsoft this week!:
Several items about Microsoft caught my eye this week - none of them offer good publicity.... (62 Words)
[April 05, 2002 01:10 PM]
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Should Accountants go to jail?:
Slate.msn writes against Arthur Andersen's "leave us alone" campaign. What are these guys thinking when they say - "we are... (27 Words)
[March 29, 2002 07:27 PM]
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Best Buy: May be, but bad customer service:
They ask you to come in and have fun, but they can't even be polite, useful or understand who is... (554 Words)
[March 23, 2002 11:34 AM]
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Mandrake 8.2 is out:
See the posting in the forum. New software and new features. Need to try it out and upgrade from my... (23 Words)
[March 18, 2002 08:57 PM]
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A lemon law for software:
The Economist - "If Microsoft made cars instead of computer programs, product-liability suits might by now have driven it out... (109 Words)
[March 18, 2002 08:53 PM]
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XP against VNC?:
Brian Livingston discusses (among other issues) how Windows XP's license prevents you from using VNC to manage desktop remotely. I... (50 Words)
[March 18, 2002 06:50 AM]
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Andersen charged in shredding probe:
News (probably old by now) from The Washington Post. Andersen claims the charges are baseless. Employees are apalled and claims... (68 Words)
[March 15, 2002 07:17 AM]
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Ariel Partners:
Ariel Partners is a technology partnership firm. I went to their site to read the article mentioned in the previous... (174 Words)
[February 22, 2002 07:53 PM]
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Econopc.com - bad service:
Econopc.com has a nice web site. One of my colleagues had very bad experience with them. He wanted a better... (191 Words)
[February 20, 2002 08:14 AM]