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- The killer apps of academia
- Mary-Jo wanted to find the killer-apps of Vista, but I think I've found the killer applications for students. Regardless of educational establishment status, we have to consider multiple things in a killer-app (defined as an application which you essentially "must have"), such as open-source where possible, available across...
- Tags: Killer Application, Student, Audacity, Paint.NET, Notepad++, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Free alternatives to commercial software
- Free alternatives to commercial softwareFoxit reader as a replacement for Adobewww.foxitsoftware.comAny alternative to Real for Vista 64?Amazon uses Real to preview tracks but I won't install that in Windows. Any alternative?RE: Free alternatives . . .I have a couple . . .ZipGenius - an Excellent Winzip Alternative that handles just...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, CCleaner, Free Alternative, commercial software, software, Audacity, AVG
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Stanton T.90 USB Turntable
- Photo gallery:Stanton T.90 USB turntable HistoryVinyl will never completely die. Despite being dethroned by cassette tapes, bludgeoned by CDs, and pummeled by MP3s, records are still out there and the people who love them are rabidly enthusiastic about the medium. Still, despite being the most public face of vinyl's livelihood,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Digital media, Stanton T.90, computer audio card
- Product reviews 2007-05-02
- An audio tour of C3's show floor
- An audio tour of C3's show floorToo long for one sessionDavid, I would break this podcast into two files. I can only spare about 30-40 minutes at a stretch. It would be better to cut it in half with some fadeout or overlap. Audacity is your friend!Does editing take...
- Tags: audio content, audio, Audacity
- Discussion threads 2006-07-04
- Chambers keynote Podcast: How I did it
- If you happened to catch my coverage of Cisco CEO John Chambers' keynote address at Interop, then you probably saw that I attempted to make the coverage into a multimedia extravanganza. You've got the blog which gives a basic summary, photographs of Chambers in action and some networking gear...
- Tags: H320, audio, iRiver, General
- Blog posts 2005-05-03
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- MobileTechRoundup show #139, the iPhone App Store is the big news of the week
- It is tough in the summer months to get three people together who are in three different time zones and then Audacity failed me on my MBP last week, but James, Kevin, and I were finally able to get MobileTechRoundup show #139 put together for your listening pleasure. We couldn't...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Apple iPhone, iPhone App Store, Podcasts, 3G, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Apple's iPhone app parade begins; Salesforce
- Apple's iPhone app parade begins; SalesforceSiegeThe iPhone has just been released. The beta test was the release of the hardware. The device itself is defined almost entirely by software, and it's just getting started.In the face of Apple hype, the hype busters will be out in force. We need no...
- Tags: Sales force management, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone app, Salesforce.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born
- Once upon a time, when Bill Gates still flew commercial and I was a budding journalist in need of a haircut, I had a number of opportunities to interview and otherwise interact with Bill Gates. It was often contentious, always intriguing, and more often than not frustrating as well. Part...
- Tags: Web, Multimedia, PC, Bill Gates, Bill, Desktops, Hardware, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Open source migration must be evolutionary
- Open source migration must be evolutionaryI agreeThe risk and effort involved in a all-in one migration is very high. Open source works great with proprietary software so there is no reason to migrate the server-side all at once. The desktop is a little harder to do.James DixonThis is why FOSS...
- Tags: Web browsers, Desktops, open source, migration, Open Source Migration, Microsoft Corp., desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- More vaporware from OLPC - Here comes XO 2.0
- I'll believe it when I see it. The blogosphere has offered plenty of reports today on OLPC's latest announcement, a new version of the XO laptop unveiled today at MIT's Media Lab. It certainly looks like a good idea: take two 16:9 aspect ratio touchscreens, hook them together...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Mobile software Monday: HanDBase 4.0 and Nokia Podcasting
- My plan was to post software reviews here every Monday, but at times my schedule and life doesn't allow me to give a full test of a software package and write up my thoughts so I missed last week. Thus, I am posting a double review this week on Mobile...
- Tags: Application, Device, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Podcasting, S60, Nokia Podcasting Application, Submissions, Podcasts, Storage, Databases, Internet, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Shuttle KPC K-4500
- Much like the Asus Eee PC before it, the Linux-based Shuttle KPC K-4500 will impress the tech savvy--especially the Linux comfortable. You can strip it down, expand it, or simply use it as basic day-to-day desktop. You can even put a photo in the removable front panel. Because of its...
- Tags: Linux, Desktops, Shuttle, KPC K-4500, Shuttle KPC K-4500
- Product reviews 2008-05-09
- Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google wins
- Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google winsEven more embarassing than thatis that it should be "withdraws".A withdrawal is what a drug user experiences when he has no more of his addictive drug. Or is that what you meant ;-)Withrawls???Somebody please fix the headline for this article! It's embarrassing!THE INTERNET AND...
- Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., withdrawal
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- Microsoft readies 'Albany' subscription trial for consumers
- Microsoft readies 'Albany' subscription trial for consumersStill, WAY too many features. Google is in a much better position herewith a feature set appropriate for new connected, everything sharable world. All of those old baroque complicated features for formatting on 8.5x11 are looking more stupid every day.I recommend trying the offline...
- Tags: OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., subscription trial, Microsoft Ready, Microsoft Office, offline feature
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Zoom H2
- MP3 players and cell phones are fine for recording the occasional voice memo, but recording a music recital or broadcast-quality interview requires a product with more muscle. The Zoom H2 is not the smallest or best-sounding mobile audio recorder we've come across, but with an unbeatable street price of around...
- Tags: microphone
- Product reviews 2008-04-11
- Microhoo careens toward closure: Assessing the moving parts
- Microhoo careens toward closure: Assessing the moving partsBEN the RAT : Rush-ins we are in a one hundred million lockout in China"This is a bad situation for Yang he has an American Constituancy that will never get through Congressinal Approval. NEW! Yahoo is not a chance.All I can say is...
- Tags: Portals, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microhoo, closure
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
- The highs and lows of digital camcorders: Flip Video Ultra vs. Sony Handycam HDR-TG1
- There's been a lot of renewed media interest of late in Pure Digital's Flip Video (aka, The Flip), the super-simple, low-res, flash-based video recorder (with flip-out USB dongle) that has taken the camcorder industry by storm in the year since it was launched. David Pogue reviewed the lastest version...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Camcorder, Video, Pogue, Flip Ultra, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time
- My 10 favorite Windows programs of all timeHow does Windows Photo Gallerycompare to iPhoto. I tried Photo Story, and it is ok, I do not take a lot of pictures, nor do a lot, so this is first time I heard of Windows Photo.My mom uses iPhoto for about fifty...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Web browsers, Google Notebook, Microsoft Windows, favorite Windows program, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Windows Program, FeedDemon
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Sexism at the Apple Store? Woman claims "Genius" totally ignored her while pitching her husband
- Sexism at the Apple Store? Woman claims "Genius" totally ignored her while pitching her husbandTypical womanWhine and pout because someone was mean to her.Sexism? No evidence to support that.The person complaining goes on ... at length ... that she was ignored, but her husband was not. However, there's no information...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, Sales strategy, sexism, husband, Apple Store, Apple Inc., jerk
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Vista SP1 hands-on: six trouble-free upgrades
- Vista SP1 hands-on: six trouble-free upgradesI for oneWill hold out on my gaming upgrade for windows 7 HAHA. Or just keep using my 360 and keep slowly migrate my PC to a media center rather than gaming.Grats on the savings and good luck.....Interesting point of viewI know I dont HATE...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-08
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