- Mac Pro and Xserve go bump in the night
- Apple speed bumped its Mac Pro towers and Xserves under the cover of darkness. Should you care? by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: Apple Xserve, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac Pro, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- FCC demands details of Verizon $350 early termination fee
- The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday issued a letter to Verizon demanding more information about the company's planned $350 early termination fee. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: FCC, Termination, Verizon Communications Inc., Workforce Management, Federal Government, Human Resources, Government, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- How the smartphone killed the clock radio
- I don't know about you, but my iPhone has completely replaced my clock radio. There's just no reason to have an alarm clock on my nightstand when I charge my iPhone there every night. Many have subscribed to this type of theory for years, eschewing...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phone, Radio, Kensington, Alarm Time, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Why you should shoot RAW format for your holiday photos
- If you're using a dSLR to capture family memories to cherish for years, shooting RAW format will not only provide you with more image data to work with now, but it also gives you the opportunity to take better advantage of processing technology improvements in the future. by Janice Chen
- Tags: Photograph, Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- SmartPlanet: Harvard, MIT researchers use gaming GPUs to simulate brain
- Researchers from Harvard and MIT have demonstrated a way to build better artificial visual systems with the help of low-cost, high-performance gaming hardware. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Researcher, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, GPU, Games, Leadership, Personal Technology, Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- USB power outlets for the home; why didn't we think of this?
- We have USB outlets on our computers, we have them on our new HDTVs, we even have them in our cars. Why don't we just put 'em right into the wall? by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Outlet, USB, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Office 15: Let the feature requests begin
- Planning is already underway for the next release of Microsoft's productivity suite,known as Office 15, as a December 3 blog post on the Microsoft Access Team Blog site makes clear. The Access database team is soliciting input regarding new kinds of SQL Server support that Access customers would like to...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Blog, Planning, Microsoft Office, Team Management, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Management, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Where SOA and cloud computing intersect: the loosely coupled business
- Panel discusses cloud and SOA convergence; how a service company acquired 100% of its IT assets from the cloud by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Cloud Computing, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Without keyboard, is this the next Motorola Droid?
- New photos have appeared on the website Androidin of an allegedly next-generation Droid device that, among other things, excludes a physical keyboard. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Motorola Inc., Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Apple kicks Mac Pro up to 3.3GHz
- Without the usual fanfare, Apple has given the high-end Mac Pro a speed boost to 3.3GHz. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Apple Mac Pro, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Friday Discussion: How would YOU make the tech support experience better?
- Two stories have dominated Hardware 2.0 this week. There's been the underperforming/overthrottled Dell Latitude notebooks and the Windows Black Screen of Death debacle. While these are radically different issue, they both raise an issue close to the hearts of those using technology - tech support. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Tech, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- How many Mac users out there using dual monitors?
- I've got a question for mac users out there - how many of you are using dual monitors? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Monitor, Apple Macintosh, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Toddlers on Twitter via The Twoddler?
- In case you were wondering or waiting, there might be a way for toddlers to get on Twitter. It's called the Twoddler. Honestly, it sounds like a joke. And it should be. But it appears like some developers in Belgium are serious. by Rachel King
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Critical Adobe Flash, Adobe Air patches on tap
- The patches will be released alongside updates from Microsoft and will affect all platforms -- Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. by Ryan Naraine
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Patch Management, Adobe Air Inc., Patches, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Epson PictureMate combines printer and digital frame all-in-one
- Digital photo frames have been slowly making their way into homes, but they haven't quite caught on yet. But maybe adding another feature will do the trick. Epson has announced the PictureMate Show, a digital photo frame and compact, high-quality printer all in one simple device. by Rachel King
- Tags: Digital Photograph, Epson, Photograph, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Printers, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- SOA Manifesto, explained
- How the SOA Manifesto came about, and what it means. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Microsoft is making progress on search: You noticed Bing's glitch
- It's a happy day for Microsoft's search team. Bing had a half hour outage late Thursday and a few folks actually noticed. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Manufacturing, Team Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Goodbye, Dictionary.com...Hello, Google Dictionary
- And in the more-cool-resources-from-Google department, Google has formalized its dictionary offering. Although google.com/dictionary used to provide aggregated definitions for words from various dictionary resources online, it's now a full-blown dictionary tool that leverages Google's translation technology and provides concise definitions and synonyms. Although Google's attempt to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dictionary, Productivity, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- The good news on cell phones and cancer
- A population study covering four of the most cell-happy nations on Earth has found no evidence of a cancer risk from using cell phones. Expect a lot more studies. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Cancer, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Efficiency, sustainability, and digital natives accelerate paper's path to digital
- As people spend more time consuming information digitally at home and at work, reliance on paper continues to decrease. But how far are we across the Digital Divide? In 1975, George E. Pake, then head of Xerox Corp.’s Palo Alto Research Center, predicted that in 1995 his office would be...
- Tags: Word-processing, Sustainability, Whiteboard, Tool, Forrester Research Inc., iWorkers, Productivity, Sheri McLeish
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
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