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Want To See (And Talk About) What Your Friends Are Buying? Zappos Set To Introduce 'Social Shopping'

Want To See And Talk About What Your Friends Are Buying? Zappos Set To Introduce 'Social Shopping'What a horrible ideaAnd I shop at Zappos, but I don't want or need to make it a social event. One of the dumbest ideas I have ever heard of. I could care less...

Tags: Social Shopping, Zappos

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

iPhone OS 3.0: In-app buying

Apple senior vice president of iPhone software Scott Forstall explains how iPhone users can buy new game levels, subscription content, and more from within an iPhone application.

Tags: Apple iPhone, Personal Technology, News, iphone 3.0, sdk, games, buying, apple, data, purchasing, iTunes

Videos 2009-03-17

Buying from the enemy

Buying from the enemygoing where no nation ever couldYou've said it. The PRC (People's Republic of China) has unlimited resources to do its damage.Unlike Nazi Germany or the old Soviet Union, however, China has several things going for it. One, lots of people, many of them very smart,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Chinese Government, Buying, ruler, computer

Discussion threads 2008-05-19

Microsoft: Technology's Warren Buffett (at least when it comes to acquisition rumors)

Microsoft: Technology's Warren Buffett at least when it comes to acquisition rumorsyahoo vs msnThere is too much similarity in features but difference in technology to kill this deal. I don't think it would happen unless yahoo goes bankrupt. A google aquisition would make more sense.Buying Logitech it might make sense...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., acquisition rumor, Warren Buffett, Buying, acquisition

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

Buying the XO laptop: The shipping may sting

Buying the XO laptop: The shipping may stingTrue, but...I'll admit that I was surprised by the shipping cost -- it's a substantial fraction of the cost of the machine.OTOH, I suspect that partly reflects the fact that free shipping simply gets folded into the overhead for most companies, and I...

Tags: XO-laptop, Shipping, Buying, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

Additional Resources

Flipping Fantastic

Getting the most out of Flip video cameras The picture above a still from a Flip video is of my venerable old three chip Sony VX1000 video camera, Frezzi light and associated 10 pound battery belt. In the foreground is a Flip video...

Tags: Microphone, Video Camera, Video, Camera, Flip, Flip Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-21

Pinned tabs? (Gallery: Chrome OS revealed)

Easy to see why Google wants thisAll roads lead to Google and advertizing.RE: Pinned tabs? (Gallery: Chrome OS revealed)Aouch!! what is this crap os is??? Bad Bad Bad idea!!!RE: Pinned tabs? (Gallery: Chrome OS revealed)NO thanks. I am not in Kindergarten.RE: Pinned tabs? (Gallery: Chrome OS revealed)I think it...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, netbook, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system, Gallery, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

FCC releases broadband agenda

FCC still not looking out for citizens enoughThe FCC still seems to cater to comm companies FAR more than protecting the interests of customers. The fact that they allow cell carriers to charge thousands of dollars per megabyte for text message data rates is one indication. The fact that they...

Tags: Federal government, Rural America, FCC, broadband agenda, broadband

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

iTablet goes OLED,??bumped until late 2010

$2000? I doubt it.Apple puts themselves in a "premium" price range, but $2000 for a 10" tablet? Even they're not THAT crazy.No ThanksDon't need or want either, waste of space...If I want real gaming, I'd rather play real games on my PS3 or Wii on my flat screen; or on...

Tags: SunSHINE, iTablet, organic light-emitting diode, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Document Management Software Purchasing Considerations

Choosing a document management system can be a bit intimidating, but fear not, Doc is here to help. Well, at least I'm here to tell you where to get help. In this case, a great primer on the top things to consider when buying document management software or services. This...

Tags: Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Doc

Sponsored content 2009-11-19

Samsung BD-P1600

Poor Waranty PolicyWhen you hook it up via wireless the unit will find that is has a new firmware update and like most technology you update it. So I did and than the thing indicated it could not read the disk. I called Samsung Canada and they said since I...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download

Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Twelve South BookArc Desktop Stand for MacBook

Nice but I needed moreThis is a nice product but I needed something that I could also use to raise my Macbook for ventilation and a better viewing angle. I ended up buying a product called the Laptop Flip from newpcgadgets. It holds my Macbook vertical and also...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Selling customer information leads to prosecution

What's the big deal?Isn't this how everyone does it? My boss would routinely buy millions of data records from companies to conduct email campaigns.Ah, but in Great BritainThey have made it TOTALLY illegal to sell data records. You cannot do stuff like this period over there, and I applaud...

Tags: Asset management, INTERNET, Big Deal, asset, customer information

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Google-Microsoft rivalry on with ChromeOS launch

This will usher in an era of intense competition and innovation, as well aslower prices.This will be good for all concerned. Windows users will get lower prices and faster innovation. The Windows users should be Google's biggest fans here.Chorme OS could get 10% or more of the netbook market. That...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Chrome, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft offers Office 2008 promotion for the holidays

Office 2009....?Its office 2008 rather than 2009. I actually thought there was a new edition and bounced around a bit ;)RE: Microsoft offers Office 2008 promotion for the holidaysOr you could always look for it on the web for around $79.00. Shop around first.Read the blogs and reviews before...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 2008, Mac Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Hugin 2009.2 (Mac)

Hugin is an open-source panorama photo creation tool. It can put multiple photos together very easily and the end result is smooth and stunning! Hugin uses the same open source library used by many other software including shareware like PTMac from Kekus Digital. Hugin is, however, free and you...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Photograph, Ippei UKAI, Hugin, Open Source

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Riverbed announces plans for virtual appliance to accelerate, optimize cloud

Virtual appliances are the FUTURE!Enterprise is going to change yet again, the days of maintaining/buying/licensing MS Software are going to start slowing down.With Google and other Vendors stepping into the future leveraging a companies SAN and utilizing the unlimited potential of this concept.It is going to force MS into a...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Appliances, Riverbed Technology Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

GeForce GT 240 - NVIDIA's sub-$100 DirectX 10.1 graphics card

Nvidia's work great with Linux distro'sNvidia's cards work great with Linux distro'syou can have compiz desktop and runany game you want.The optimization is amazing!;)Who said anything about loser OSes?This is about OSes that actually offer great gaming experiences to users, not OSes that really want to play where the big...

Tags: Games, Cyberthreats, game, NVidia Corp., operating system, DirectX, Nvidia GeForce, graphics, video card

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

The most successful Web scam ever?

what about the banking scam?the feds always go after the little guy... why is there no investigation in the banking crisis!?Windows BOT Network soon to be CLOUDWindows BOT networks & now the Windows CLOUD BOTnetwork!The wonders never end with 'Wind-ows'!!!;)since when has it been ok to use generic titles for...

Tags: Channel management, successful Web, Web, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-17