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Home of the Dumb Question: How outbound
VOIP works

Home of the Dumb Question: How outbound
VOIP works 05/26/2004 11:56 AM
I've been a happy but puzzled Vonage user. I thought I understood pretty well how VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) calls make it from my telephone onto the Internet, but I couldn't figure out how they snake their way back into the phone system to ring a non-VOIP phone in, say, Malaysia (or Roxbury, for that matter). So, I called Vonage and asked them. When you subscribe to Vonage, you get a modem that plugs into your cable/DSL modem. You plug a plain old phone into the Vonage modem so it can convert the phone's analog signal into digital, package...

Dumb Gadgets

Dumb Gadgets 07/01/2004 11:55 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 2 2004 4:25AM GMT

he's too dumb to eat pretzles

he's too dumb to eat pretzles 12/17/2003 02:24 PM
THE IDIOT SON OF AN ASSHOLE !!! .. catchy, marvelous. spot on.

Dumb by default

Dumb by default 09/14/2004 08:23 PM
ZDNet Sep 15 2004 0:45AM GMT

Turning off your SSID is dumb

Turning off your SSID is dumb 12/10/2003 11:21 PM
Good, short white-paper explains why turning off your WiFi access point's SSID broadcast is not only bad for security, it's also bad for performance.

Contrary to a common belief that the SSID is a WLAN security feature and its exposure a security risk, the SSID is nothing more than a wireless-space group label. It cannot be successfully hidden. Attempts to hide it will not only fail, but will negatively impact WLAN performance, and may result in additional exposure of the SSID to passive scanning. The performance impact of this misguided effort will be felt in multiple WLAN scenarios, including simple operations like joining a WLAN, and in significantly longer roaming times.

129k PDF Link) (via WiFi Net News)

PowerPoint Makes You Dumb

PowerPoint Makes You Dumb 12/14/2003 06:49 AM
Power Point Makes You Dumb .. New York Times .. more

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Dumb and Dumber Switches?

Dumb and Dumber Switches? 04/28/2004 09:30 PM
Internet.com Apr 29 2004 1:57AM GMT

"PowerPoint Makes You Dumb"

"PowerPoint Makes You Dumb" 12/16/2003 08:48 PM

Intelligent keys aren't dumb

Intelligent keys aren't dumb 06/18/2002 11:24 PM
CNET Jun 18 2002 11:09PM ET

Cameraphones + dumb criminals

Cameraphones + dumb criminals 12/19/2003 11:54 AM
One reader writes in regarding the post today about cellphones placing people at the scenes of crimes:I work for a Federal law enforcement agency and...

PowerPoint makes you dumb.

PowerPoint makes you dumb. 12/15/2003 11:40 AM
PowerPoint makes you dumb. This is something I've suspected for a long time. It's been reported in the NY Times, so it must be true. I will now blame every stupid thing I've said or done in the last three years on Microsoft.

Why won't DUMB work for Bush?

Why won't DUMB work for Bush? 04/19/2004 08:20 AM
Dubya strategists puzzled as campaign launch fizzles.

Tragic plays dumb

Tragic plays dumb 04/15/2004 07:37 PM
None of you are going to believe this, but true story. Ok, so about a month ago, my MD player...

Another Dumb Idea from Microsoft

Another Dumb Idea from Microsoft 07/15/2004 12:19 AM
Jim Louderback wonders what Big Red was thinking when they dreamed up their latest craptastic invention: the Portable Media Center.

Airman says he did 'a dumb thing' but
was no spy (USATODAY.com)

Airman says he did 'a dumb thing' but
was no spy (USATODAY.com) 09/24/2004 07:53 AM
USATODAY.com - An Air Force translator said Thursday that he thinks he knows why he was accused of taking part in a spy ring at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba: He was a Muslim and a pack rat.

"Wired Blogs... I still think it's a
dumb idea..."

"Wired Blogs... I still think it's a
dumb idea..." 11/05/2003 09:27 PM

"beating a horse that was too dumb to
live"

"beating a horse that was too dumb to
live" 06/22/2005 02:21 AM

AmEx's dumb-ass trademark threats

AmEx's dumb-ass trademark threats 04/13/2004 06:23 PM
Brad Templeton -- the long-time moderator of rec.humor.funny and host of the rhf archives -- has received a cease-and-desist notice from AmEx's lawyers over a 13 year old joke called "American Expressway." Brad, being fully aware of the Constitutionally protected right to parody and how that trumps trademark, has posted a link to the joke, the C&D, and his response, which pokes vicious fun at AmEx's lawyers at the firm of Dewey, Cheatham and Howe:

hould you ever feel your reputation lost or stolen by free speech and satire, just one call gets LVM to write a threatening cease and desist letter -- usually on the same day -- citing all sorts of important sounding laws but ignoring the realities of parody. Most innocent web sites will cave in, not knowing their rights. LVM will pretend it has never read cases like L.L. Bean, Inc. v. High Society and dozens of others. There's no preset limit on the number of people you can threaten, so you can bully as much as you wish.

After all, Being Giant and Intimidating has its Privileges.

American Express Lawyers: Don't leave your home page without them.

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Some dumb stuff I bought off iTunes...

Some dumb stuff I bought off iTunes... 07/05/2004 04:43 AM

Over the last two weeks I have bought 53 songs from the iTunes Music Store. I didn't expect to buy any. I just get bored easily and then I'm there, mucking around, roaming around, desperately looking for some new exciting way to throw money away. And yes - it's true that there's a fairly limited selection of music on the store and that is a considerable problem (of the five hundred and fifty odd songs that my iTunes stash considers to be "Five Star", only 135 are anywhere on the store that I can find (Music Store link: One Hundred Pounds of Plastic Perfection). But despite the limited selection, if you dig around it is more than possible to find some really good old classic stuff (The Slits: I Heard it Through the Grapevine) or stuff you've discovered from Audioscrobbler (Modest Mouse's Float On) or really interesting cover versions (Ryan Adams' Wonderwall or (for geeks) They Might be Giants' Whe Does the Sun Shine). And then there's all that stuff that you listened to when you were a teenager or a kid and realistically you can't just go out and buy it because that would be really embarrassing, but you can just download it and - it's not the same as buying it, OK. Which I think excuses some of the cheesier things that I've bought (cough - the shame). And then there's the watching something on TV and just going, "Well I kind of like it, and it's only 79p..." (Music from the OC How Good it Can Be). And the odds and sods of Classical Music that the store actually excels in providing... Like when I needed to listen to Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz about million times at work a couple of weeks back.

Okay - I admit it. The iTunes UK Music Store UK may have opened up a few really good songs for me, but it's also almost forced me to download about a million really cheesy bits of crap. You guys have to save me. Have you found any hidden gems?

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UK gov's IT CIO is dumb idea, says
likely appointee

UK gov's IT CIO is dumb idea, says
likely appointee 04/14/2004 04:56 AM
There goes the pay rise

Dumb test, part Billion

Dumb test, part Billion 09/25/2004 03:35 AM
Well, of course I am 80% blogaholic: 80 points is in the 51 through 80 precent You are a dedicated weblogger. You post frequently because you enjoy weblogging a lot, yet you still manage to have a social life. You're the best kind of weblogger. Way to go!

(Via Marju t.)

Dumb Asses Allowed Online

Dumb Asses Allowed Online 03/31/2005 04:50 PM
One of the amusing/annoying things you begin to discover when you write stuff publicly for a living, is that people who don't like what you write seem to think that just because they don't like your opinion, it means that they have a legal claim against you. It's unfortunate, but we've been threatened with at least five lawsuits in the past few years over such things (none ever went beyond the threat stage, once it was pointed out to the person complaining the lack of legal legs they were standing on). However, not everyone is so lucky. There are clear definitions for libel and defamation -- and one judge has just put out a somewhat amusing ruling def ending one site's right to free speech, even if he was being obnoxious. The site in question called some candidates for a local city council election "dumb asses," which the judge noted was an opinion, and impossible to prove false. "The statement that the plaintiff is a 'Dumb Ass,' even first among 'Dumb Asses,' communicates no factual proposition susceptible of proof or refutation." Some of the other assertions made on the page stepped a bit closer to the line, including calling one candidate: "bankrupt, drunk & chewin' tobaccy." The judge noted that the candidate had, indeed, once filed for bankruptcy. He also got the man to admit that, while he was not an alcoholic, he has "consumed alcohol to the point of inebriation." Finally, "he used only the present tense in denying that he chewed tobacco; for all the record shows, he might have chewed it in the very recent past, and might intend to chew it again in the future." Thus, "bankrupt, drunk & chewin' tobaccy" was allowed to stand as not being libel.

How computers make kids dumb

How computers make kids dumb 03/22/2005 03:15 PM
Short of reading Harry Potter books, most kids are not likely reading as much as they should these days. However, let’s take away the one appliance that makes content such as text, interesting to students. That will make things better! While I respect what is being said in this article, I disagree with it….

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Dumb tech-support explanations

Dumb tech-support explanations 05/21/2004 06:49 AM
Great open-mic question on Ask Slashdot: what's the worst bullishit "explanation" you've ever gotten from tech support?

My cable modem connection had stopped work. Given my ISPs track record, this was unremarkable, but after it continued for 2 days, I decided to call the tech support number. After supplying my ID number, the support person told me that my connection was intentionally shut off because I was broadcasting a widely-circulated Windows virus. I promptly informed the tech support person that I did not use the Windows operating system on any of my computers, and that I could not possibly have the virus I was accused of having.

The support rep immediately told me that I had the virus, and that they would not turn my connection back on until I jumped through their anti-virus hoops. I argued for almost 10 minutes with this neophyte that I could not use their Windows anti-virus on my Linux systems, and that even if I could, it would not do a damn bit of good. Did it matter? Of course not.

Finally, in order to get my connection back on, I agreed to perform their anti-virus tricks "to the best of my ability", and install Windows just so I could "remove the virus" from my system. The rep actually thought this was an excellent resolution to the problem, but for some reason didn't believe I would actually do it (could have been my vehement renouncements against the entirety of Microsoft's products). After another 5 minutes of cajoling, I convinced her to turn my connection back on so I could get the anti-virus tools, and access Windows Update.

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Outed Internet plagiarist is just a dumb
kid, with a mom

Outed Internet plagiarist is just a dumb
kid, with a mom 03/31/2005 12:42 PM
Cory Doctorow: The blogger who outed a plagiarist who offered him $75 to write a college paper has posted a followup -- she got back in touch with him and he's concluded that she's a dumb kid who did a dumb thing, but not evil, per se.

And nothing would have stopped me from turning her in right then, except one thing...her mom turned out to be a nice lady.

I basically had the same conversation with her that I had with Laura. She also swore to Laura's diligence as a student, and knew that I was not lying about the plagiarism. She asked whether this was for money or personal reasons, and I told her what I told you blog people, which is that I was legitimately offended on behalf of all the people I know who take their education seriously. Whatever I said, I'm embarrassed to say that I probably used the phrase "scourge of academia." She expressed her dismay over the thousands of dollars this was costing her every semester for her daughter, and I agreed that that was a shame.

Argh, wrongdoers have mothers, apparently.

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"The CBS Story That Didn't Run - Bush
Admin too dumb to use Google"

"The CBS Story That Didn't Run - Bush
Admin too dumb to use Google" 09/23/2004 09:50 PM

Spammers Latest Trick? Dumb Jokes

Spammers Latest Trick? Dumb Jokes 07/06/2004 05:28 AM
Well, now you've done it. All those stupid jokes you've been sending around as friend spam has made spammers realize that to get past Bayesian spam filters, they shouldn't just paste in the text from classic pieces of literature, but instead just toss in a few lame jokes, and watch the spam fly right through filters. The article doesn't make the connection, but it seems quite likely that the reason these get through more effectively than other types of text is because so many people bombard their friends with stupid jokes as friend spam.

"Dumb blondes" live up to stereotype
(Reuters)

"Dumb blondes" live up to stereotype
(Reuters) 07/14/2004 10:20 AM
Reuters - Blondes perform intelligence tests more slowly after reading jokes playing on their supposed stupidity, say psychologists in a newly published German study.

What yesterday's dumb sampling ruling
means

What yesterday's dumb sampling ruling
means 09/09/2004 01:04 PM
Cory Doctorow: Yesterday, a judge in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that all music sampling, no matter how minimal the sample, no matter how unrecognizably transformed, is illegal without permission from the sample-ee.

Lessig explains how the court got there and what it means:

Sampling, we're told, is piracy. But be certain to see the 19 footnotes in this relatively brief opinion, or the 28 separate quotes the opinion includes from other peoples work. I assume the court got a license for those.

Now that's not quite fair. The court's decision turns upon its "literal" reading of the sound recording statute. The sound recording statute has no de minimus exceptions, the court held. So while you are free to copy three notes from a musical composition, you can't copy the same three notes from a recording. So copying (so long as de minimus) is fine; cut & paste is not. It is a "bright-line" rule the Court has crafted: Ask permission first. (And don't worry, they might have added. It's simple.)

So once again: life in the analog world is freer than life in the digital world. You can do it, just don't use technology to do it — unless, of course, your lawyer has spoken to their lawyer.

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How Dumb Mobs Beat Smart CEOs

How Dumb Mobs Beat Smart CEOs 06/02/2004 02:41 AM
Both the wisdom and stupidity of crowds is a fascinating subject. I once took an entire course that focused on the problems of "groupthink," which is more commonly referred to as the "echo chamber" these days. However, at the same time, disparate groups of people, all making decisions (say, in a market) can lead to some very intelligent solutions. Salon is now reviewing a book called < i>The Wisdom of Crowds, which is obviously a play on the old favorite, < i>Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds. However, I think that the title to Salon's article gets it wrong. They call it: Sm art Mobs Beat Dumb CEOs, when what the book is really talking about is that Dumb Mobs Beat Smart CEOs. That's the real point to drive home. The power of well organized markets that present information (where the errors cancel out and the real info remains) is a testament to the power of "dumb" crowds. They're not being intelligent - but it's the collective actions that reveal the pieces of intelligence. That network of supposedly "dumb" devices at the ends, is likely to beat out the centralized "smart" CEO in the middle. In fact, the book supposedly discusses companies that are experimenting with such distributed decision making processes, where the decisions of many can better forecast where the company is going than the top-down view of the CEO. Of course, if this book catches on, expect a number of companies to try to implement such bottom-up decision making in a way that misses the point and does more damage than harm (followed by the inevitable anecdotal evidence of why such things will never work) such as making everyone "vote" on certain pointless decisions that will just waste time.

Smart mobs beat dumb CEOs

Smart mobs beat dumb CEOs 06/02/2004 07:19 AM
James Surowiecki's new book, "The Wisdom of Crowds," argues that diverse groups predict the future better than solo prima donnas.

Personal Media Center: Not Dumb, Just
Dirty

Personal Media Center: Not Dumb, Just
Dirty 08/04/2004 06:36 PM
Opinion: Jim Louderback revises his view on Microsoft's forthcoming Personal Media Center. They're not dumb at all—they're actually part of a cunning plan to do to movie studios what MP3 players did to the recording industry.

"MSN Entertainment - News - 10 Dumb
Moments in Sci-Fi Cinema"

"MSN Entertainment - News - 10 Dumb
Moments in Sci-Fi Cinema" 07/16/2004 08:40 AM

Dumb-ass Recording-industry Meat-heads

Dumb-ass Recording-industry Meat-heads 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
While CD sales in the UK continue their upwa rd march (nearly 8% this year) and UK music retailers show healthy profits, the Record Companies are gearing up to sue< /a> their British customers (ala The RIAA). Not all record companies, however, are taking the big stick approach: - Warp Records - (home of Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada and Chris Morris) steps up to the plate with high-quality music downloads, unencumbered by DRM. Go figure.

Personal Media Center: Neither Dumb nor
Dirty

Personal Media Center: Neither Dumb nor
Dirty 08/12/2004 01:00 PM
Opinion: Personal Media Center and handheld video players may still be looking for a killer application, but it's out there ... somewhere.

Web standards. They’re big, dumb,
and they dont work

Web standards. They’re big, dumb,
and they dont work 04/23/2004 01:34 AM
web standards are useless and too difficult to understand

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Detecting proximity over the Internet
and other dumb DRM notions

Detecting proximity over the Internet
and other dumb DRM notions 12/27/2004 10:39 AM
Cory Doctorow: One of the recurring themes in the DRM negotiations I sit in on is figuring out how far away two different computers are from one another, so that an entertainment company can enforce crazy, paranoid "business models" like, "Buy a movie for viewing on as many PCs as you'd like provided that they're all within 10 feet of one another."

My cow-orker, EFF Staff Technologist Seth Schoen, has posted a little blog entry about the inherent failings in all the DRM vendors' systems for determining "proximity" of two devices over the Internet.

...DRM vendors are falling back on other tricks. One you hear a lot about is "IP TTL" (a part of the Internet Protocol specification where routers are supposed to subtract 1 from a header field, to prevent a misaddressed packet from floating around the Internet forever). That doesn't provide evidence either, though, because (1) IP headers like TTL are under the minute control of end-users wielding firewall software, and (2) "bridging" software doesn't subtract 1 from TTL in the first place because conceptually it is not acting as a router.

So the last resort of people trying to use TCP/IP and get evidence about locality or proximity has been to measure latency -- how long it takes for one device to communicate with another. Latency is harder to tamper with because there are physical limitations like the speed of light. For example, you can never get any message from New York to Paris in under 19.5 milliseconds because that is how long it takes light to go from one to the other. If you're using a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, there is a magic number around 250 milliseconds (depending on your latitude) because geosynchronous orbits can only occur at one particular altitude and it takes light about 250 milliseconds to cross that entire path. (Geosynchronous orbit is far away!) So some systems have been adopting rules about not sending some programming to devices that take more than a certain number of milliseconds to answer you when you say hello and ask them for acknowledgment, on the theory that devices that answer really quickly plausibly are on the same local network, whereas device that answer more slowly probably are not.

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Verizon CEO Calls Municipal Wi-Fi 'a
Dumb Idea'

Verizon CEO Calls Municipal Wi-Fi 'a
Dumb Idea' 04/16/2005 08:41 PM

Swiss Prefer To Be Dumb, But Healthy,
And Less Well Connected

Swiss Prefer To Be Dumb, But Healthy,
And Less Well Connected 06/14/2004 06:00 PM
Last year, we wrote about a somewhat questionable study that suggested that 3G wireless base stations made people feel sick - but also made them smarter. Now, because of that study (which was greatly questioned once the details showed very little evidence to back up its main assertions), the Swiss government is contemplatin g a ban on 3G technologies. The argument, of course, is they want to make sure their citizens remain healthy, but if they really believe that study, doesn't it mean they also want their citizens to remain dumber?
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"Consumer satisfaction, financial
ratios, and stock price"

"Consumer satisfaction, financial
ratios, and stock price" 06/02/2004 04:49 PM

Consumer group requests investigation
into iTunes UK price disparity

Consumer group requests investigation
into iTunes UK price disparity 09/15/2004 09:45 AM

"Housing price data from Consumer
Reports; shows what's overvalued and
undervalued, etc."

"Housing price data from Consumer
Reports; shows what's overvalued and
undervalued, etc." 04/14/2005 03:59 PM

Cymfony Launches Digital Consumer
Insight to Analyze Blogs, Message
Boards, Discussion Forums and Other
Consumer-Generated Media for Market
Intelligence

Cymfony Launches Digital Consumer
Insight to Analyze Blogs, Message
Boards, Discussion Forums and Other
Consumer-Generated Media for Market
Intelligence 02/01/2005 09:20 PM
Breakthrough Solution Helps Fortune 1000 Companies Understand, Measure Digital Influencers and Gather Market Intelligence from Blogs, Discussion Forums, etc. [PRWEB Jan 25, 2005]

Syntax Groups' Olevia Brand of LCD TVs
Brings Value & Affordability to Micro
Center Consumer Electronics
Consumers--National Debut at Micro
Center Gains Rapid Consumer Acceptance

Syntax Groups' Olevia Brand of LCD TVs
Brings Value & Affordability to Micro
Center Consumer Electronics
Consumers--National Debut at Micro
Center Gains Rapid Consumer Acceptance 08/09/2004 02:05 AM
Syntax Groups continues its market momentum for delivering high value LCD TVs at consumer-friendly, affordable prices. It's Olevia brand LDC TVs are now available at Micro Center’s network of technology stores throughout the United States. [PRWEB Aug 9, 2004]

read the article carefully dumbass..it
mentions the price in Rs..and it says
its the STREET PRICE!!

read the article carefully dumbass..it
mentions the price in Rs..and it says
its the STREET PRICE!! 09/08/2004 01:14 AM
TechTree Sep 8 2004 5:56AM GMT

In The Broadband Battle Between Speed
And Price, Customers Choose Price

In The Broadband Battle Between Speed
And Price, Customers Choose Price 12/09/2003 03:39 PM
Back in October we noted that DSL and cable providers were trying to differe ntiate themselves from each other. The DSL providers were focusing on being the low cost provider, while the cable guys wanted to be the high speed providers. At the time, we pointed out that this was likely to backfire on the cable companies. People like the speed of broadband, but for most applications there's a "good enough" speed - and many people want it more for the always on connection than the speed itself. It's looking like we were right. The latest study shows that, despite cable's commanding lead in the US, many more people are signing up for DSL these days because of the lower price. It's the basic "good enough" argument. What DSL offers is good enough for what most people want to do with their connections now. Also, the speed difference is minimal right now. You don't get that much faster speeds with cable, and there's not much you can currently do with that extra bandwidth. It used to be that people would sign up so they could download songs, but the music industry is cracking down on that enough that it's become less of a draw for many subscribers as well.

I, Consumer

I, Consumer 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
Three Laws Safe! They'll do your laundry, walk the dog and wash your car. But not until July. (via Ars Technica)

Microsoft Knows the Consumer is Always
Right

Microsoft Knows the Consumer is Always
Right 05/09/2004 09:28 PM
By putting customers first and DRM content owners second, Microsoft is moving toward success in its seamless collaborative computing initiative, says eWEEK's Steve Gillmor

E-Plus to launch consumer 3G

E-Plus to launch consumer 3G 07/27/2004 09:05 AM
DMeurope.com Jul 27 2004 1:34PM GMT

Consumer Products

Consumer Products 07/29/2004 08:07 AM
Infinity Climber .. love

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Consumer Grade *nix

Consumer Grade *nix 04/22/2004 11:52 AM

DRM and consumer rights

DRM and consumer rights 01/04/2005 08:27 PM
Instead of meeting halfway with consumers, the music and movie industries seem to have shifted their attention to hardware and...

'Podcasting' en Consumer.es

'Podcasting' en Consumer.es 04/08/2005 10:21 AM

Consumer Confidence Changes Little in
May (AP)

Consumer Confidence Changes Little in
May (AP) 05/25/2004 09:49 AM
AP - Consumer confidence was virtually unchanged in May after improving more than expected in the previous month, the Conference Board reported Tuesday.

Consumer portables

Consumer portables 12/02/2003 03:03 AM
In 1999, as part of Steve Jobs' product matrix, Apple released the iBook, a portable computer targeted for the first time at general consumers, not professionals. This was a major departure from the norm, which consisted of marketing the fastest, most gadget-laden portables to professionals regardless of the machines weight or appearance. From its introduction the iBook has been and continues to be a major success story for Apple. Consumer portables make a great deal of sense, as...

Consumer Net stocks up

Consumer Net stocks up 01/03/2005 07:31 AM
USA Today Jan 3 2005 11:06AM GMT

Consumer Confidence Disconnect

Consumer Confidence Disconnect 06/30/2004 02:37 PM
Apparently, we're confident. How come all the big retailers are warning?

PC makers eye consumer electronics all
over again

PC makers eye consumer electronics all
over again 09/22/2004 01:57 PM
Dell, Gateway and HP are making another run at consumer electronics for the 2004 holiday season.

Microsoft tries to "own the consumer"
with Xbox

Microsoft tries to "own the consumer"
with Xbox 03/14/2003 12:56 PM

Apple Retests Its Consumer IQ

Apple Retests Its Consumer IQ 02/05/2005 09:39 PM

Even some of those bullish on Apple's future admit to some doubts about whether the company can maintain its momentum. By Troy Wolverton, The Street

Top Ten Consumer Privacy Resolutions

Top Ten Consumer Privacy Resolutions 12/31/2004 07:01 PM

This is a great list of resolutions for all of us. [www.epic.org/privacy/ 2004tips.html]

Microsoft's new focus Consumer

Microsoft's new focus Consumer 09/26/2004 08:36 PM
Times of India Sep 26 2004 11:42PM GMT

Attack of the empowered consumer

Attack of the empowered consumer 04/04/2005 09:45 PM
ZDNet Apr 5 2005 1:50AM GMT

New Consumer Wireless Web Pad - Pepper
Pad 2

New Consumer Wireless Web Pad - Pepper
Pad 2 09/10/2004 03:49 AM
I4U Sep 10 2004 7:13AM GMT

Consumer confidence mostly steady

Consumer confidence mostly steady 07/17/2004 01:19 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Sat Jul 17, 03:26 am GMT

Consumer Electronics'Tough Transition

Consumer Electronics'Tough Transition 12/09/2003 12:23 AM
Business Week Dec 8 2003 11:04PM ET

Consumer Confidence Strengthens in Jan.
(AP)

Consumer Confidence Strengthens in Jan.
(AP) 01/27/2004 10:24 AM
AP - Consumer confidence strengthened in January, rising to its highest level since mid-2002, an industry group reported Tuesday.

FTC: All eyes on consumer privacy

FTC: All eyes on consumer privacy 06/10/2004 05:44 PM
Battle over Internet privacy heats up. Federal Trade Commission takes a stronger stance, making the issue a top priority.

A frustrated consumer of media

A frustrated consumer of media 08/18/2004 10:59 AM
David Ascher reports on the Toronto KMDI Open Source Conference:

Last May, I had the pleasure of participating in yet another conference on open source. Some of the topics covered were the "same old, same old", but there was one set of exchanges that really struck me as unique -- the debate between Eben Moglen, counsel for the FSF, and David McGowan, a self-described "capitalist tool". The video archives are available (although uptime seems spotty), and I encourage people interested in legal issues surrounding the GPL in particular to listen in. Of particular interest:

• Eben Moglen's speech (Day 1, Morning Session, Part 2)
• David McGowan's counter-speech (Day 1, Afternoon Session, Part 1)
• The discussion period between the two of them (Day 1, Afternoon Session, end of Part 2)

(Oh, how I wish I could address into parts of the debate with better instructions than "see Question 7 in the afternoon Q&A". Yes, Jon, you're right.) [ David Ascher]

David, you can link into those video archives. But it's insanely (and unnecessarily) hard to do it. In this case, since Real streams are available, here's how: ...

Dumb question of the morning

The following phrases have been identified by the grok system as matching this entry: consumer and price elasity