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Gallery: The 9/9/9 Apple event

Apple has done it again. The company has again created tremendous speculation and wild rumors by keeping facts to a minimum and people in the dark about what it will announce at its 9/9/9 event. by Andy Smith

Tags: Event, Apple Inc., Apple, 9/9/9, iPod, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-09-09

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Swarovski glamorizes the Olympus Pen E-P1

You'll either love it or hate it, but Swarovski has taken the Olympus Pen E-P1 and bejeweled it with their traditional crystal gems. Spreading tiny gems all over a camera isn't exactly traditional it sounds like a kid putting stickers all over a camera, but...

Tags: Olympus Corp., Camera, Swarovski, Pen E-P1, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-24

X29-Renamer 1.6 (Mac)

The Mac OS9 Finder and most OS 9 applications and ASIP file servers have a maximum character limitation of 31 for either file or folder names. Mac OSX allow much longer file names than does Mac OS9. At best these longer file or folder names get truncated with names...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, File, Fine Matter Software, Desktops, File Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-21

Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare download

Somebody will make it available in a more public area, I'm sure.Being that it's open source, somebody's going to make it available in a more public area, I'm sure. I'll wait until then.RE: Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare downloadthat's not the real release... that's a linux based...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, VMware Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

HP Envy 15-1050nr

A big brother to HP's 13-inch Envy 13, this upscale 15-inch model crams more computing power into a midsize laptop than anyone outside of Alienware's m15x. And while that system is a 10-pound monster, the Envy 15 manages to be both slim and reasonably lightweight, partially by ditching the internal...

Tags: Blu-ray, Notebooks, DVD, Branding, Consumer electronics, Envy 15, Hewlett-Packard Co., laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-11-19

Newegg offers some early Black Friday deals on LCD HDTVs

Online retailer Newegg got its start and still does a great business in selling computer components to DIYers, but it's expanded its reach and revenue by selling all sorts of electronics—even some small kitchen appliances. Of course, that roster of products includes HDTVs, and Newegg, like Wal-mart before it, is...

Tags: Newegg.com, HDTV, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD

People Actually Buy These Things?Almost a $1000.00 for a cutsey, low powered designer computer? Do people actually buy these things? Maybe they should check out your Very Best Kit list.adrian please 959$ you dont put 959 for a low-end entry level machine you can have...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac Mini, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks online. Here are the HDTV and Blu-ray deals.

For electronics fans, the Holy Grail of Black Friday ads is the one from Best Buy, which can list more deals on laptops and home theater stuff than general retailers like Wal-mart and Target can squeeze into their circulars. Unfortunately, those deals are never as good as you hope—is this...

Tags: Sony Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc., Advertisement, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Blu-ray, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Managed Hosting, TVs, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-14

Sony Vaio L117FX (Core 2 Quad Q8400s 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)

Had Apple not introduced a 27-inch iMac for $1,699, we'd have fewer reservations about Sony asking $1,999 for its new 24-inch Vaio L117FX. Yes, HP's TouchSmart 600 expanded on some of Sony's innovations from its previous generation all-in-ones. Sony also doesn't even attempt to match HP's creative multitouch software. But...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, RAM, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., HDMI

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Random Number Generator Pro 1.76 (Windows)

Random Number Generator Pro is a Windows-based application designed to generate random numbers. The program allows users to choose lower and upper limits and increments of the numbers. Limits can be positive or negative values. Users can exclude digits from generated random numbers. Random numbers can be edited and copied...

Tags: Random Number Generator, Random Number, Microsoft Windows, Segobit Software, Random Number Generator Pro

Software downloads 2009-11-11

Moxi introduces three-tuner HD DVR, reduces prices on dual-tuner version

TiVo isn't the only company trying to entice people to choose its DVR solution over one you can get bundled with your cable or satellite programming. Moxi is going the extra step with the latest version of its HD DVR, unleashing a new model that incorporate...

Tags: TiVo Inc., Moxi, DVR, Digital Video, Development Tools, Network Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-10

CEA study finds there are six types of digital photographers

DefinitionsWhat are the definitios for the 6 types. The catagories are not sufficiently self explainatory. Paying $999 for this report is beyond my curiosity.What's the point of this?You had a fine idea but just didn't do much with it, Rachel. As the other person noted, we need...

Tags: catagory, Consumer Electronics Association

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Needles and haystacks: Balancing precision and recall

Attivio's Sid Probstein says for traditional search, the conventional model is to return many results to get high recall; somewhere in there are the right answers. But what if you want a more precise answer? Commentary - These terms are bandied about in most every...

Tags: Recall, Pregnancy, Attivio, Spam Email, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, search, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29

KuBus 1.0 (Windows)

KuBus is not your typical match-3 game or logic puzzle. It combines both by using a match-3 mechanic to clear and solve the logic puzzle. The full version includes 99,999 unique puzzles, each with at least one solution. Full version also includes the ability to save and load your puzzles...

Tags: Puzzle, Mechanic, Microsoft Windows, RoughEdge Software, KuBus, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Apple MacBook Fall 2009 (Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 9400M)

While it's neither the less-expensive entry-level MacBook some had hoped for, nor the long-rumored touch-screen device, the new 13-inch MacBook can now escape its designation as the lone holdover system from Apple's previous generation, thanks to an upscale makeover that keeps the price stable at just under the $1,000 mark....

Tags: Notebooks, Nvidia GeForce, hard drive, Apple MacBook, NVidia Corp., Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-10-22

Apple refreshes specs on Mac mini; starts $599; Snow Leopard server model, $999

The two Mac Mini's we have owned over the past 4 years . . . .Have been the most reliable, most useful and most FUN computers I have ever owned.I have two Win XP PC's, have done CAD design on them for over 20 years, and know both platforms well....

Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, server, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Dell: A few examples of what's wrong with your tech support

The on-site tech support tech was obviously in the U.S., but ....it sounds like the "other end" of the line is somewhere half way around the planet (maybe also taking orders for "Shammy Wows") while reading off a scripted Q&A screen.Kinda like "cloud tech support"?What really hurts is that this...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp., tech support, cheap machine

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Apple shuffles consumer lineup; iMac, MacBook, Mac mini, mouse updated

Hot on the heels of its most profitable quarter ever, Apple today announced a completely revamped consumer hardware lineup, including: An all new iMac line featuring LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless aluminum enclosure. Press release The...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Mouse, Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Magic Mouse, Mice, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-20