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Toshiba recalls 340,000 Sony laptop batteries
Toshiba batteriesRe your article. Toshiba Australia advised me today that the information was inaccurate and a media beat-up.WHO ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE?In doubt........... Ian Smith.When in doubt GoogleI didn't find any press release on Toshiba's World website, nor the USA site. When I Googled for more information, I...
Tags: battery, hardware, iansmith@..., misleading information, Sony Corp., Toshiba Australia, Toshiba Corp., Viao
Discussion threads 2006-09-21

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Misleading description of how snapshots work
I wanted to comment on the statements made by Steve Duplessie regarding snapshots in the article "IBM unveils software for real-time data backup". His statements are probably correct for some implementations of snapshot technology, like Microsoft's, but it does not apply to all. So it is misleading. There are some...
Tags: carlos.martinez@..., carlos_martinez@..., storage, cdp, snapshot, hardware
Discussion threads 2005-09-07
University professor says Wikipedia fosters a climate of blind trust
The associate professor of information systems from Deakin University believes that the popular online encyclopedia promotes an environment of blind trust among users searching for information. Professor Lichtenstein, who is is co-leading a team of researchers to determine how Wikipedia operates, is not impressed with Wikipedia's model...
Tags: Professor, Wikipedia, Lichtenstein, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-04-14
I would stay away from them
I don't know anything about "Student Campus". But, I thought I would offer you some comments anyway.Bottom line: I would steer clear of this company.- This company is a professional certification training company that has a twist. They try to pair up their students with companies to pay for the...
Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Student
Discussion threads 2006-08-13
Google Safe Browsing (xpi)
Google Safe Browsing is an extension to Firefox that alerts you if a web page that you visit appears to be asking for your personal or financial information under false pretences. This type of attack, known as phishing or spoofing, is becoming more sophisticated, widespread and dangerous. That's why it's...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Safe Browsing, Phishing, Financial Accounting, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Finance
Software downloads 2006-03-21
Why Is Traditional Accounting Failing Managers?
Traditional accounting methods do not provide accurate profit information. Critics have claimed that traditional managerial accounting is at best useless and at worst dysfunctional and misleading. Today's general ledger and budgeted spending systems support departmental and "stovepipe" managerial philosophies that inflict incorrect profit intelligence about customer & product profitability. In...
Tags: Accounting, Activity Based Costing, Managerial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
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IAC Accounting Data Model: Eliminating Redundancies for a Consistent Accounting System
Accounting is the heart of all Enterprise Resource Planning Systems ERP. While this metaphor reminds one that accounting is the center all business information; it is also misleading. Accounting is totally dependent on the subsystems -auxiliary ledgers- and the data it process comes from those subsystems. This paper shows how...
Tags: Accounting, IAC/InterActive Corp., Subsystem, Accounting System, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2004-07-31
See why ASP.NET and MySQL is a powerful combination
SQL Server 2005 ExpressHas anyone looked at SQL Server 2005 Express?How does it compare to MySQL?no reasons why it is a powerful combinationyou have started the lecture saying that it is a powerful combination apart from price consideration because google is using it, but after that you never told what...
Tags: MySQL, Rolandol, programming, powerful combination, Microsoft ASP.NET
Discussion threads 2005-04-28
Some questions to consider when prototyping a system
"Prototype"I think the word prototype may be somewhat misleading based on the questions you are asking.Per Encarta similar definitions in other dictionaries:prototype n1. original used as a model: the original form of something, whic
Tags: dawgit
Discussion threads 2006-12-07
Texas Instrument creates better battery gauge
Texas Instruments create better battery gaugeDo you have problems with misleading battery readings that goes completely flat on you the next moment?
Tags: Engineering, paulmah@..., battery, Texas Instrument
Discussion threads 2007-09-25
Installing Windows Server 2008
SBS 2003 R2I hope longhorn runs better than WinSBS2003 -- This program is a typical MS product -- nothing works as advertised. Even the MS book is not correct and is misleading.If you have a choice go with NOVELL NETWARE -- great program and just keeps on running and...
Tags: ratfink
Discussion threads 2007-06-19
Principles of Data Quality
Data quality and error in data are often neglected issues with environmental databases, modeling systems, GIS, decision support systems, etc. Too often, data are used uncritically without consideration of the error contained within, and this can lead to erroneous results, misleading information, unwise environmental decisions and increased costs. There are...
Tags: Data Quality, Research & Development, Databases, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
White papers 2005-07-01
Broadcast addresses
Hi all,I need some information on subnet broadcast addresses and the way computers on a network are supposed to behave when they receive broadcast messages.This is what I’m trying to do:I have 2 computers connected to each other. Computer 1 has IP 192.168.1.1 and computer 2 has IP 192.168.1.2. There...
Tags: ARP, computer, IP, it management, shayan256@..., subnet
Q&A 2006-09-24
Intel trots out misleading benchmark charts
In a manipulative attempt to demonstrate leadership over AMD for the press and analysts, Intel twists benchmark data to make it look as though it's latest Xeons are outperforming the best AMD has to offer. Yet, upon closer inspection, most of the data being shown is irrelevant.
Tags: Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., inspection, Intel Xeon, leadership, analyst
Image galleries 2007-03-21
BabelDisc: Linux for technophobes?
Misleading statementsThis sounds interesting, but comments like this one:"For virtually all the other Linux distributions, you have to install onto the hard drive."suggest that the speaker either has not kept up with Linux development, or is engaging in the type of marketing untruths of which Microsoft is regularly accused. ...
Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, jgaskell, Linux
Discussion threads 2007-04-22
Recovering the Decrypted file
Hi I have read quite a few threads about this kind of problems. Couldnt find a solid solution for the question I am looking for.I had an encrypted word file on my laptop and had kept a back up of the same in an external HDD. But I never knew...
Tags: rmjohn@...
Discussion threads 2007-06-13
Pricing at the On-Ramp to the Internet: Price Indices for ISPs During the 1990s
This paper estimates hedonic price indices for dial-up Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") in the United States from November 1993 to January 1999. This was a period of rapid qualitative improvement in Internet access. The paper shows that price indices without any quality adjustment hardly change after 1995, which the paper...
Tags: Northwestern University, Internet Service Provider, Pricing Strategy, Indice, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet
White papers 2006-07-07
How do I... Identify and delete duplicates from SQL Server tables?
Duplicate records in a database are bad. You can't tolerate them. At the very least, they'll produce misleading analysis. At the worst, they'll totally wreck everything. The good news is that finding and deleting duplicate records in Microsoft's SQL Server isn't a difficult task. However, determining just what constitutes a...
Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Susan Harkins, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
Download resources 2008-06-03
Which dataset should you choose?
DataReader is not DataSetThere is NO DataSet instance created in your first listing. Instead, SqlCommand.ExecuteReader returns an equivalent of forward-only, read-only server-side cursor which allows the client to quickly and efficiently process query results ONE ROW AT A TIME. This is fundamentally different from the purpose and characteristics of disconnected...
Tags: DataReader, Dataset, pequod, programming
Discussion threads 2005-06-28
Find open files with lsof
It's not a misnomer.Now, "open files" is a bit of a misnomer as lsof will also display open TCP ports, open UDP ports, open sockets, and so forth.In UNIX, practically everything is treated as a file, so it's not a misnomer. Misleading? Perhaps. Misnomer? No. The name of the command...
Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, NETWORKING, misnomer
Discussion threads 2006-06-09
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