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Bob Dylan to voice GPS? Who do you want directing your drive?

Technically it should be a woman's voice as men are more likely to listen to it. But if I had to pick, I'd say Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow.RE: Bob Dylan to voice GPS? Who do you want directing your drive?hmm... I'd rather listen to a woman's voice, but...

Tags: Bob Dylan, voice, GPS

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Singularity Summit 2007: Machines of loving grace

Futurist/historian of science Paul Saffo gave the final presentation of the day at the Singularity Summit 2007, offering his advice to the crowd of 800 attendees. "We are in a moment of handoff. It happens in all technology transitions. The inventors, scientists and innovators hand off to popular culture."...

Tags: News, Computer, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-08

Deaf dumb and blind boys

Listening to Sam Whitmore's experimental Closet Deadhead 'cast, my mind drifted who knew past the many squalls and storms rending the Net in recent times. Squalls like AutoLink, the Apple court "decision", the resurfacing of Mark Lucovsky, Jonathan Schwartz' attack on Web Services soup. All part of the Perfect Storm,...

Tags: Bob Dylan, Eminem, AutoLink

Blog posts 2005-03-05

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Global warming? No, no, no, it ain't me, babe

"It ain't me you're lookin' for [to blame], babe." --Bob Dylan We Americans can be a self-righteous bunch. You and I didn't get those hefty Wall Street bonuses for peddling weightless paper to investors. I didn't even pressure my foreclosed former neighbor into taking...

Tags: Global Warming, Pew Survey, Independents, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-25

Fare thee well, lovely ToyBox readers: My Top 10 favorite posts

The dreary weather couldn't be better for writing a sad goodbye to my faithful ToyBox readers. The time has come for me to pack up and move on out of the ZDNet family. The last nine months spent as your Gadget Gal have been wonderful, but I have to pass...

Tags: CD, RIM BlackBerry, ToyBox, Handhelds, Hardware, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-10-19

News to know: Dell; Word; Firefox; iPhone China; Snow Leopard

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. Larry Dignan: Dell continues to bet on 2010 enterprise refresh cycle; Confirms working with China Mobile Sam Diaz: "Inadvertent...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Word, Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Sam Diaz, E-books, Microsoft Windows 7, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Bob Dylan to voice GPS? Who do you want directing your drive?

Bob Dylan is in talks with two car manufacturers to be the voice of their in-car navigation systems. The jokes are too easy with Dylan's song titles and lyrics providing an adequate amount of "direction-", and "road-related" themes, but would anyone seriously want to have Dylan grumble directions over an...

Tags: Voice, Dylan, GPS, Telecommunications, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Directory: 100 technology experts on Twitter

a few things missing from your listnice list, a little heavy on the zdnet side though (gee, color me surprised). but what the heck is that jr rafael/raphael dude doing on there? have you seen his police record?missing from your list: @eSarcasm geek humor gone wild. fyi, here's a better...

Tags: Twitter Inc., technology expert

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

The answer my friend, is blowin' in the wind...

Bob Dylan was right, as always. A Canadian study says auto emissions would be cut by 90% if we all drove plug-ins, and then re-charged them when the wind blows. Like, overnight. In places like Calgary where they did the study. Where the wind comes sweepin'...

Tags: Farmers, Insurance, Blogging, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Internet, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Sirius XM neuters its iPhone app: Howard Stern, MLB, NFL out

Many of the reasons folks sign up for Sirius XM are missing from its iPhone and iPod touch application. For starters, Howard Stern, MLB and NFL aren't available on the Sirius XM iPhone application. Color me not interested. All that waiting for an iPhone, iPod Sirius XM...

Tags: Apple iPhone, MLB, Howard Stern, NFL, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Sirius, Satellite Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Notice to Tim Cook: Apple Has A Netbook. It's Just Not Competitive.

Notice to Tim Cook: Apple Has A Netbook. It's Just Not Competitive.Well putGreat article.WRONG!If you follow this, Dell launched a new Netbook, the Adamo. Or the really tiny Sony Vaios. Or the other small Windows Notebooks.This Article = EPIC FAIL!Ridiculous ArticleA netbook is a weak system with a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Flybook, netbook, Tim Cook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

LIVE from the Apple event

Updated: This post is in reverse order. 11:04 a.m.: Jobs right thanks everyone for coming and invites us to "go get your hands on some of these new products. I think you're going to love them." Eric Clapton's "Layla" plays as people start walking out. ...

Tags: Job, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, Spore, Jerry Seinfeld, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-09

What's on Obama's iPod?

On 15 August I posted a piece about what's on Michael Phelps' iPod (spoiler: lots of hip hop). Over the weekend I came across a piece in thew September issue of Macworld magazine about What's on Obama's iPod. The story which quotes The Examiner article offline says...

Tags: Apple iPod, Obama, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Last.fm app debuts on iPhone and iPod touch (video)

On the opening day of the App Store, a number of competing music streaming applications were available, including major brands AOL Radio and Virgin, along with a favorite of mine, Pandora. However, one notable admission on day one was the music social network and ad-supported streaming music service, Last.fm. That...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Video, Apple iPod Touch, Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Is a recession good for the social web?

Is a recession good for the social web?Will Social Media Thrive in RecessionHi Steve,I think you bring up a number of good points that backup the theory about how social media could thrive during a recession. Does this mean that marketers should spend all of their time on the applications...

Tags: Channel management, social Web, Web

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Putting your HDD on a 80GB diet (Redux)

Putting your HDD on a 80GB diet ReduxTypo.[i]Then I trashed Adobe Bridge, Device Central and Stock Photos which came along for the ride with my CS3 install, saving me another [b]600GB[/b].[/i]600GB. Typo, I hope. :)Arrrrggghhh!!!!!"80GB is not 80GB. It actually formats down to a paltry 74.3GB."Why do supposedly intelligent...

Tags: Remote Disc, hard drive, MBA, MacBook Air

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Apple admits to 'misleading' Leopard firewall settings

Apple admits to 'misleading' Leopard firewall settingsDoes not computer. AAAAAARRRRGHHHH!!!!![i]Apple has fessed up to at least three serious design weaknesses in the new application-based firewall that ships with Mac OS X Leopard.[/i]But, but, but, I posted and I posted and I posted about how Leopard was perfect and secure and...

Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, Now Let, Microsoft Windows Vista, firewall, Apple Inc., Leopard

Discussion threads 2007-11-15

Facebook's Orwellian customer service

It's well known that corporate culture and tone are set by top management. Many of my colleagues enjoy riffing on Oracle as being the embodiment of CEO Larry Ellison's variation of the Art of War. But I think even Larry would be appalled at the way Facebook behaves. ...

Tags: Facebook, Customer Service, Jon Swift, Scoble, Techmeme, E-mail, Public Relations, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Biotechnology, Online Communications, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-11-01

Microsoft's 'click to communicate' for the Windows world

At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, a stage where I last saw Bob Dylan perform, Bill Gates and Jeff Raikes ushered in the era of unified communications. The event started with a guitarist, using a guitar with Microsoft Unified Communications plastered on it, played a few notes to some rock...

Tags: Jeff Raikes, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Unified Communications Platform, Microsoft Windows, Business Structures, Telephony, VOIP, Tools & Techniques, Telecommunications, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Networking, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-16

Are Mac users smug and arrogant?

One recurring meme that frequently gets trotted out on Digg.com and other forums is that Mac users are smug and arrogant. Many Windows users claim also that Apple users love anything that comes out of Cupertino and would spend their last breath defending it. Is it true?...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, User, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2007-09-12