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Modern maladies: I have the attention span of a gnat

Modern maladies: I have the attention span of a gnatCompelling ??? Really ???Last I checked, it's called "impulse control". To be honest, I can't say there's any significant amount of online content that is sufficiently compelling that I need to deal with it instead of other things due...

Tags: malady, attention span

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Judge OKs Internet in P2P hearing

Judge OKs Internet in P2P hearingWow, a judge with a brain!This judge actually sounds like somebody who isn't being paid off by big media like most of the others. I'm impressed that she is actually looking out for the rights of the accused. Nice job lady!i love it when judges...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Advertising & Promotion, iGeneration, Internet, attention span, P2P

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

57% of US teens have a short attention span

57% of US teens have a short attention spanpoorly labeled headersIf you go into the article, you will find the column headers more explicitly labeled.Parentsresponding about their childrenTeensresponding about students in generalRE: 57% of US teens have a short attention spanExtremely misleading headline & poorly presented table! The actual...

Tags: attention span, short attention span

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

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AOL ditches the triangle; previews new brand identity, logos

Those are some ugly logos, I do hope they go with something better and more appealing to the eye.RE: AOL ditches the triangle; previews new brand identity, logosWhy? What's wrong with their initial logo? It wouldbe something akin to Chevy putting a Ford logo on its' cars. ...

Tags: Branding, LSD, America Online Inc., new brand identity, brand identity, brand

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

Sorry Paul, but you're wrong about knowledge basesGreetings Paul:Very good overall post!However, considering our core competency in knowledge bases, I have to take exception to your conclusions on KBs.Consumers certainly will and shouldturn to other consumers when looking for input on product and service selection because it is not motivated...

Tags: Strategy, knowledge, Salesforce.com Inc., knowledge base, Chattering, Paul

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Toshiba Satellite T135-S1310

How much of a difference does a single-core versus dual-core ultralow-voltage processor make on a thin-and-light these days? You may not be paying attention under the hood--and that's not your fault, because it's hard to notice the differences based on processor name and Intel sticker-logos--but you should know that it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Processors, Toshiba Satellite, thin-and-light, processor, Intel Corp., T135-S1310, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2009-10-22

Lenovo ThinkPad T400s (MultiTouch)

Lenovo's ThinkPad brand is virtually synonymous with business laptops, and the company like IBM before it has spent years perfecting the nondescript black-box system, with its iconic TrackPoint and double set of mouse buttons. We liked the 14-inch T400s ("s" for "slim") when we first saw it earlier this year...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, T400s, Lenovo Group Ltd., touch screen, Lenovo ThinkPad

Product reviews 2009-09-15

Falcon Northwest Talon (Intel Core i7)

Falcon Northwest was first to ship us a PC with Intel's new mainstream Core i7 CPUs, and based on this $2,495 Talon configuration, we can say that Intel has met its goal of enabling system builders to sell fast PCs at lower prices than they could previously. Falcon Northwest has...

Tags: Intel Core Microarchitecture, TALON, Falcon Northwest

Product reviews 2009-09-08

KnowU 5.2 (Windows)

KnowU is a face recognition system in video. Nowadays, the majority of public opinion still conceives Closed-Circuit Television CCTV cameras as surveillance video system in public spaces such as mass transit centers: hundreds of cameras are connected to tens of remote monitors controlled by number of security employees. Surveillants pay...

Tags: Face Recognition, Microsoft Windows, Video, Face Recognition Dream Factory, KnowU, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Microsoft patents XML word processing documents

Our patent system is brokenI just think the PTO isn't sophisticated enough to understand what is really going on.Property List EditorHow would this patent relate to Apple's already existing Property List Editor application, a Developer Tool for editing "plist files" written in XML (along with any other XML files that...

Tags: word-processing, OOo, XML, patent, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

HP Pavilion Slimline s5120y

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores.You might find it tempting to look at the HP Pavilion Slimline s5120y's $450 price tag and consider it a bargain. Think...

Tags: Desktops, Hewlett-Packard Co., Slimline, Pocket Media Drive, HP Pavilion

Product reviews 2009-07-13

Toshiba Satellite L305-S5955

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. It's hard to hate a laptop that only costs $350. Indeed, decent televisions weren't even this cheap half a decade ago....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Toshiba Satellite, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, netbook, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-08

Seagate uses social media to 'humanize' storage devices

It was about two years ago that storage device company Seagate realized it had to get into the social media game. The company's initial strategy was to listen, build community and learn. So, the communications team set up a presence on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and so on, and strapped...

Tags: Storage Device, Storage, Social Media, Twitter, Seagate Technology LLC, Harris, Q., Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Baby Keyboard Game 1.2 (Windows)

Our Game 'Baby Keyboard Game' Let your baby pound and strike the keyboard safely and freely , This will develop self-confidence and make for your baby to see the computer as a friendly device. It provides a fun and exciting introduction to numbers, the alphabet and the PC for children...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Baby, Computer, MostGear Soft, Keyboards, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-06-12

Overcoming the laptop wall

Overcoming the laptop wallSeems fairly simpleIn my opinion, either:Construct the firewall and proxy services of the university properly so that the wireless network that students can connect to is tightly limited on what websites they can access, or potentially only the intranet. Only allow full inet access to hard wired...

Tags: Firewalls, Notebooks, Web technology, laptop wall, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

Telecommuting nightmare: Workers use mobile devices 2 to 6 hours per week in bed, survey says

More than 1 in 4 employees are so tethered to laptops and smartphones that they can't resist taking them to bed with them before sleeping, according to a small survey released today. According to the survey, 57 percent of people who work in bed do so between...

Tags: Mobile, Telecommuting, Mobile Device, Survey, Worker, Marketing Research, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Revisiting the ROI of the Kindle DX: Why is Amazon blind to Wi-Fi?

Amazon unveiled its much hyped Kindle DX, an e-book with a 9.7-inch screen designed to raise a ruckus in the textbook market, but delivered a $489 curve ball that seriously alters the return on investment calculation for academia.  On the surface, the argument for the Kindle DX...

Tags: Student, ROI, Amazon.com Inc., Textbook, Amazon Kindle, Kindle DX, Roi/Tco, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

HP Automates End-User Management

HP's decision to consolidate more than 85 internal data centers of 5,000 or more square feet, plus hundreds of additional smaller server locations, to three pairs of next generation data centers garnered considerable industry attention. As a part of this transformation HP consolidated its client management environment using HP Client...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2009-05-01

Signs of the Times, Redux: The World's Next Mass(ive) Medium?

In colonial times, journalism was born on broad sheets of cheap paper and the vocal chords of human marketing throats. The long sheets delivered news to those who could read. But in the middle of most cities of any size, from Derby, England, to New York, NY,...

Tags: News, Willard, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-29

HP Color LaserJet CP1215

The HP Color LaserJet CP1215 is a simple, single-function laser printer designed to fit comfortably in a small business work group. At $299, its unobtrusive footprint and excellent quality color and black output would have made an excellent alternative to the pricier HP Color LaserJet CP2025n, but we can't recommend...

Tags: Printers, printer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Product reviews 2009-04-28