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ADSL Reporter (exe): ADSL Reporter performs latency tests to various Web sites and reports the results to the ADSL Reporter Web site. Users are then able to browse ISPs in Australia and view their users ping times by state or ADSL speed. Version 1.1 fixed the Internet access ping test. Updated the application...; Tags: ADSL, UzziSoft, ADSL Reporter, DSL, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking; Software downloads 2007-07-27

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Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame: Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...; Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Childs rigged crazyquilt private network: Childs rigged crazyquilt private networkBut who is monitoring the monitor?Gartner's statement not worth quoting. They are the most worthless thing to hit IT.Was Childs the only IT person on staff that knew anything about computers? That's what it sounds like. But this isn't that hard to believe. Most IT...; Tags: NETWORKING, Most IT department, private network, network, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Students: the broadband troubleshooter: Students: the broadband troubleshooterWhew!Whew !!So much for the basic necessities. I have lived in India and the situation is much better. If you apply for Internet connection on your phone line ADSL, it usually takes 2 3 days including the installation of the router at your site. :)If you...; Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, Telecom & Utilities, broadband troubleshooter, Whew, broadband; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!: Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!dre` typo, i think"...nothing I would lie better than to..."It's the cost, Adrianlook at the difference in price.if i paid that much for a "desktop" OS, you can bet that I'd convince myself it was faster ;)The other thing...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, workstation, Vista x64, Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, desktop, server, Vist-___; Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Tough love: Linux needs more haters: [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...; Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Dreams come true: network guy holds city hostage: Dreams come true: network guy holds city hostageMY HEROIt's about time that somebody had the JEWELS to do this, but it is not worth the jail time.I know an Island where they take people like him and make them cry or put him in with other folk to do some...; Tags: NETWORKING, Construction, Abbie, network guy, network; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Welcome Sam Diaz: I'm pleased to announce that ZDNet has added another contributor to Between the Lines. Sam Diaz is our new senior editor based in San Francisco. Sam has been a technology and business blogger, reporter and editor at the Washington Post, San Jose Mercury News and Fresno Bee...; Tags: San Francisco, Sam Diaz, Sam, Corporate Governance, Blogging, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Photos: Grand dams of the South: During Road Trip 2008, CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman went dam hopping around the American South. by CNET News.com; Tags: Dam, Photograph, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-07-11
Photos: Road Trip 2008 spans the South: Here's a collection of shots--both original and contributed--of bridges CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman passed by or near during his recent 4,600-mile trek. by CNET News.com; Tags: Trek, Road Trip, Photograph, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-07-10
Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.: The computer proletariat is rising up - and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 "netbooks" like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux. Asus is forecasting worldwide shipments of 10 million...; Tags: ASUS, Computing, Microsoft Research, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Windows, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-07-06
Photos: Up close with the Blue Angels: News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman visits Florida's Naval Air Station Pensacola, home of the Blue Angels. by CNET News.com; Tags: Angel, Photograph, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-07-04
Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?: Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?waiting for 9 year oldsJust wanted to congratulate you seriously on pulling out of the LA times article on Whyville one of the unfortunately buried positive comments about the kind of learning that goes on in Whyville -- (buried because the editor...; Tags: Whyville; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Photos: Where vinyl records are born: Reporter tours the production facilities of United Record Pressing and gets a firsthand look at how LPs are made. by CNET News.com; Tags: Production Facility, Vinyl Record, Photograph, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-06-26
Digital Experience! NYC 2008, in photos: Last night, Pepcom's Digital Experience! came to New York City, and this reporter attended, Nikon D40X in hand, to photograph the festivities for you, our dear readers. Plenty of vendors were on display showing their wares: Nokia, Sony, Panasonic, Linksys, Kingston, Samsung, Nikon, Lexmark, Palm...the list goes...; Tags: Nikon Corp., Photograph, Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence vote: Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence voteSounds like the testers and MS are doing good work[i]The best thing that happened in response to this latest action is that the Entity Framework team responded to it immediately[/i]Good for the testers for demanding better, and good for MS for responding immediately....; Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Corp., Entity Framework, no-confidence, MJO; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
NVidia says no to request to release open source drivers, once again: Nvidia reiterated that it won't provide open source drivers for Linux because the company claims there is no need for it. Nvidia provides binary Linux drivers and has open sourced some drivers such as the nv X driver and other utilities that work with the proprietary driver, including the...; Tags: NVidia Corp., Driver, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-06-23
How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?: Today's a crucial anniversary. Twenty years ago today one of the federal government's leading scientists first told a U.S. Congressional hearing that global warming was a certainty, and it was already underway. June 23, 1988. A generation has been born and grown into teenagehood since then. An...; Tags: Scientist, Global Warming, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-23
The harsh reality of suburban broadband: Like millions of other Americans and many of New York City's "bridge and tunnel" crowd, I live in the 'burbs. While I do a great deal of travel for my full time job, I am also classified as a "mobile" employee, so I'm not formally attached to an office --...; Tags: Cable Modem, Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Modems, Cable, Telecommunications, Networking, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-22
Social networking on the 'New York Times': CNET News.com reporter Caroline McCarthy talks with Derek Gottfrid and Nick Thuesen, who developed TimesPeople, a new feed that lets people recommend stories to other readers on 'The New York Times' Web site.; Tags: Network, New York Times Co., Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, News, caroline mccarthy, New York Times, TimesPeople, social networking, news; Videos 2008-06-18