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LG Chocolate 3 (Verizon Wireless)

One could argue that as the Razr was to Motorola, the Chocolate was to LG. It was the first real iconic phone from LG, gaining plenty of hype because of its slender look and candy bar moniker. The Chocolate was also one of the first to really showcase Verizon's V...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, display, menu option, Verizon Wireless, LG Electronics Inc., Chocolate 3, phone, LG Chocolate, LG Chocolate 3, scroll wheel

Product reviews 2008-07-15

Additional Resources

Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?

Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?Following Steve's PhilosophyAs you so accurately noted, Steve has a knack for whole numbers as we know from his Microsoft Office reign. Office 12 (2007), Office 11 (2003), Office 10 (XP or version 2002), Office 9 (2000) and these were the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Vista R2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, new name

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now

I was quite inspired by fellow ZDNet blogger Matthew Miller's post listing every mobile device he's had over the years (86 and counting, my friend!). Though my memory isn't as robust as Matt's, I thought I'd compile a list of my own ghost gadgets of the past, comparing them with...

Tags: Motorola Razr, Phone, Logitech, Intel Core 2 Duo, Camera, Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-02

TechCrunch50: Day 1

When Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis team up on a project, the webs are bound to be shaken up. Last year, their conference TechCrunch40 was an enormous showcase for startups to present their idea to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and the press. This year,...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Advertisement, Marissa Mayer, Entrepreneur, Video, MySpace, Qik, Meghan, Arrington, Vitamin Water, Calcanis, Mahalo, Blueprint Multicore, OpenTrace, E-mail, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-08

First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?

First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?Hmmm ....Could be worse ....Homer: [narrating a TV commercial] Are you tired of having your hands cut off by snowblowers? And the inevitable heart attacks that come with shoveling snow?Maybe......they should hire the company that does the Mac commercials....

Tags: humour, advertisement, Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., ad air

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

BlueAnt M1 Stereo Bluetooth Speaker

Most Bluetooth speakers we see here at CNET are of the speakerphone variety, which you can pair up with a phone to make and receive calls. Since the rise of stereo Bluetooth, however, there are a few companies that make stereo Bluetooth speakers without the ability to handle phone calls....

Tags: Engineering, speaker, Bluetooth, BlueAnt

Product reviews 2008-08-26

Zittrain explains the future of the Internet

Oxford professor and Harvard pioneer Johnathan Zittrain came to the CBS Interactive offices in San Francisco on Tuesday to speak and sign copies of his new book "The Future of the Internet... and How to Stop It". His presentation was called Civic Technologies. ...

Tags: Router, Technology, Zittrain, Internet, Routers & Switches, Networking, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Jabra BT3030 - Bluetooth headset

Now that stereo Bluetooth has become a common feature in a lot of music phones, it's no surprise that stereo Bluetooth headsets have become quite popular as well. Stereo Bluetooth headsets come in many shapes and sizes, from the behind-the-ear style of the Motorola Rokr S9 to the over-the-head style...

Tags: Bluetooth headset, Jabra BT3030, Jabra, headset

Product reviews 2008-08-06

Is Wintel IT Expense a Giffen good?

Is Wintel IT Expense a Giffen good?Theoretically, Murph should be rightLinux should be the cheaper. That is simply based on product cost. It's hard to compete with free. Google exemplifies the best use of Linux."Theoretically", if all OSs had equal pools of equally smart and well...

Tags: Linux, Branding, Operating systems, Strategy, Giffen, operating system, brand, Wintel

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Passports worth £2.5 million stolen in van hijack

Graham Tibbetts of the UK Telegraph is reporting that the British Foreign Office has admitted to losing around 3,000 passports and visa stickers, which were stolen on their way from Manchester to RAF Northolt in London, where they were to be sent to British embassies.  From the article: Officials...

Tags: Passport, Van, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Twitter And Summize Sitting In A Tree. M-E-R-G-I-N-G

I can almost picture the scene - two young CEOs meet on a Spring day at New York's Shake Shack to talk about their planned nuptials. After they polish off their fries and the chocolate shake with one straw (I'm assuming), they head over for a stroll through Union Square...

Tags: Twitter, Blogging, Performance Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-mail Providers, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-15

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users loseCompetition?Does Viacom think that a 10 minute pixellated clip of a show or movie is really competition for seeing the entire show/movie on a TV or big screen? This is getting ridiculous. If anything, having these clips on YouTube is free...

Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Viacom Inc., Google IP, YouTube Inc., IP, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic

Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logicFinally, The man gets a taste of his own chocolateThis has been one heck of a delightful tale, finally The Bill himself goes through the same hell the Windows users have to face every time that dreaded Update Icon enters the fray.Now let's see...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Channel management, Operating systems, Strategy, Now Let, Bible Story, Babel, Bill Gates, idiotic logic, web experience, Web

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Samsung Soul SGH-U900 (unlocked)

Photo gallery:Samsung SoulThe Samsung Soul (aka the SGH-U900) was one of the stars of this year's GSMA World Congress in Barcelona. Samsung showed it off at a big press conference and huge banners with images of the phone covered the city, from the airport baggage claim to the convention center....

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone

Product reviews 2008-06-24

LG LX400

LG is typically more known for its consumer-level handsets like the LG Voyager and the LG Chocolate. So it was a pleasant surprise to us when we found out LG was partnering with Sprint to come up with the LG LX400, one of the first phones to support QChat, a...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, LG LX400, LG Electronics Inc., phone

Product reviews 2008-06-23

Mobile computing vs. cloud computing

There has been for some while "heated debates" amongst fellow blogospherians (probably not a word, don't comment and bitch about it please) about all these cloud services we're hearing about. First we had Windows Live SkyDrive which now offers 5GB of storage space, and rumours of GDrive keep hitting the...

Tags: Device, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless, Marketing, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-07

Boutique Chocolatier Blends Technology and Sustainability, Grows Business 75 Percent

Daniel and Susan Kennedy, co-founders of Chokola'j, blend their love of chocolate with their desire to create a sustainable, environmentally friendly business. For Chokola'j, sustainability includes using technology to manage time, costs, and resources. Chokola'j chose the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Windows Vista operating system, enhancing operational efficiencies by...

Tags: Sustainability, Microsoft Corp.

Case studies 2008-06-01

News to know: IBM; Microsoft; Googlehoo; Safari; Enterprise 2.0

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art. Gallery right. Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-04-17

MSDN Webcast: 2007 Office System Interoperability With Visual Studio 2008 (Level 200)

Like the 2007 Microsoft Office system? Like Microsoft Visual Studio 2008? Well, just like chocolate and peanut butter, Microsoft blends the two together to show the creamy richness of Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO. For those who have only heard about it and seen it in grainy videos...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Interoperability, Webcast, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Office, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Office Suites, Software

Webcasts 2008-04-11

Software Update may balk at recent firmware updates

Software Update may balk at recent firmware updatesDavid, you've got your chocolate in your peanut butter...Or rather your text in your graphics or your graphics in your text.RE: Software Update may balk at recent firmware updatesYeah, mine balked, too. But after downloading the update and running it, it told...

Tags: recent firmware update, Software Update, firmware, firmware update, software

Discussion threads 2008-04-09