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'Wacky' Email Addresses Deter HR Managers
News Job applicants who use 'wacky' email addresses are far less likely to get the job according to research that polled UK human resources managers. He said: "Applicants with wacky email addresses may stand out from the crowd but probably to their...
[April 15, 2003, 11:26]
Comdex: Top 10 Wackiest New Products (1-5)
News Every year at Comdex, alongside the serious new business products, there are a whole load of novel, sometimes downright wacky gadgets and PC add-ons that never get much attention. Now this really is wacky.
[November 20, 1997, 13:19]
The Week In Review: Sobig, Broadband And Ratbots
News Now we're not sure what the analysts have been on over Christmas, but they have come back from the break with some pretty wacky predictions. The week started pretty well for some who are attached to the tech industry in one way or another.
[January 17, 2003, 16:54]
Microsoft Targets Oprah With Windows Vista
White Papers Crazy a person will say, but anything is possible in the wacky world of Microsoft marketing. Oprah using a Windows Vista-powered PC? What Microsoft has in mind this time is getting Windows Vista on Oprah's influential favorite things list.
[December 5, 2006, 23:00]
Firefox 1.1 Delayed
News These things are done by more people than just myself, so quit with the wacky speculation. Firefox 1.1 will be released three months later than originally planned, according to Ben Goodger, the lead programmer on Firefox.
[January 31, 2005, 12:05]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment For years I have been skulking around in the shadows - getting Unix-type tools like Cygwin and Perl running on Windows, running copies of Solaris/x86 under VMware and setting up wacky third-party tools so that Windows servers can run batch jobs...
[October 24, 2007, 21:04]
Firefox Video Campaign Storms The Web
Talkback They're not that original, they're too similar, and the humor is just too childish (not the good wacky kind, either). I'm a big fan of Firefox, but I just don't think the ads are funny. My guess is that almost all of the downloads are by people...
[May 12, 2005, 21:56]
Expensive Gimmick Or Real Innovation
Talkback I am always a sucker for something new and flashy - and while Surface might turn out to be another Microsoft hardware white elephant - it's heartening to some degree to see Redmond sticking its neck out slightly with something a bit wacky and blue...
[October 3, 2007, 16:36]
Comdex: Top 10 Wackiest New Products (6-10)
News Every year at Comdex, alongside the serious new business products, there are a whole load of novel, sometimes downright wacky gadgets and PC add-ons that never get much attention. Some of these deserve a little credit, at least for trying in some...
[November 20, 1997, 13:27]
2000 Roundup: Weird And Wonderful
News ZDNet helps you look back over 2000, in all its wacky glory, from Turkish Internet God Mahir, through to live snail racing: The last year, as befits the first of a new millennium, has been eventful. Admittedly this was at the end of last year, but...
[December 30, 2000, 6:14]
Google Doodles With Dilbert
News Search engine Google said Monday that it is temporarily redesigning its logo for this week by featuring "doodles" of Dilbert, his pinecone-haired boss and his wacky co-workers on the Google home page.
[May 21, 2002, 13:49]
CeBIT 2000: Toshiba Shows Off Techno-toys
News These may be "prototypes", but a spokeswoman for Toshiba says that we'll definitely be seeing some of these wacky devices on the streets in the next two to three years. Electronics giant Toshiba has gone gadget mental at this year's CeBIT...
[February 25, 2000, 16:32]
US Blocks Overseas ISPs From Voting Site
Talkback Unless you have some wacky scripting on the site, this level of security is trivial. "The goal is to make it more difficult for hackers to deface and/or hijack the website," said Lieutenant Colonel Ellen Krenke.
[September 22, 2004, 1:06]
News Schmooze: Code Red Fails To Impress Jaded Users
News But there's always that wacky SirCam worm, which has kept up its amusing antics despite public attention being directed elsewhere. While originally expected to at least shut down the Internet, if not actually obliterate the planet Earth, the Code...
[August 3, 2001, 17:29]
Technology Research Labs: Pure Vs. Applied
Blog PURE: This is a team a wacky way out “hey let’s see what happens if we put this application in a microwave and set the power to full” developer guys (and gals) whose mindset is finely tuned to the “let’s play with it until it breaks” principle of...
[March 11, 2008, 18:20]
Nasdaq Closes In On 4,000
News You can't really go by what happens this week and next week because this is just sort of wacky action," said Arthur Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies & Co. Technology stocks made modest gains Wednesday, lifting the Nasdaq composite another...
[December 23, 1999, 10:40]
Hacker Speaks Out On Security Basics
News You can run through all the security checklists you like but that still doesn't account for the weird and wacky stuff the script kiddies are coming out with. "It's simple," says Rain Forest Puppy. Don't feel you have to.take it from Microsoft, just...
[March 25, 2002, 10:10]
Apple's Mini Big Idea
Leader But after years trying and failing to get their agenda accepted, they've switched tactics: now, they're concentrating on an equally wacky idea called Intelligent Design. Apple has made some questionable decisions in its life, but it's never been...
[January 12, 2005, 12:50]
Why Dilbert Loves The Internet
News Adams, who attributes some of Dilbert's popularity to the Internet, more recently made an agreement with search engine company Google, which temporarily redesigned its logo to feature "doodles" of Dilbert, his pinecone-haired boss and his wacky co...
[June 4, 2002, 7:32]
The Day Ahead: Dot-coms Search For Happy Medium
News A year ago, wannabes with wacky Web ideas were talking IPOs, paper fortunes and stardom. Commentary: Where is that happy medium for dot-com companies? Last year's orgy of funding is over for dot-coms.
[October 9, 2000, 12:18]
