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CNET Conversations: Microsoft's Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer talks about Google's apps, Apple's niche, Zune's potential, and what's up with that Courier tablet.

Tags: Steve Ballmer, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, TechRepublic Inc., CNET Conversations, News, Steve Balmer, Microsoft, Apple, tablet, PC, Windows

Videos 2009-10-06

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HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)

HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. [caption id="attachment_26254" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Credit:...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Attack, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Microsoft's Ballmer on the flavors of Windows 7, the economy and XP

In this CNet Conversations video, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks Windows 7, the economy and IT jobs. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Samsung SPH-M330 - silver (Sprint)

Sprint's Samsung SPH-M330 is the next step above the Samsung SPH-M240. It's also designed mainly for basic communication, but the M330 adds Bluetooth and a VGA camera. The result is a functional handset with an unremarkable design. Call quality is decent, and the M330 is free with service. DesignThe M330...

Tags: Instant messaging, Sprint Communications, slider mechanism, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., M330, camera, phone, VGA, VGA Camera

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Jabra Halo

Most cell phones these days come with stereo Bluetooth because even the more basic handsets have some kind of built-in music player. We're happy to see this development, as it allows us to listen to music cord-free. Still, stereo Bluetooth headsets generally suffer an image problem of being too dorky-looking....

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Engineering, Halo, ear pad, Jabra

Product reviews 2009-09-24

Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)Samsung, we have a message for you: 2006 called and it wants its phone back. All right, maybe that's mean, but the fact remains that the Samsung SGH-T659 exhibits a design trend that was popular three years ago. And as features go, the SGH-T659 offers nothing that...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Instant messaging, slider mechanism, display, T659, Samsung SGH-T659, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone, T-Mobile

Product reviews 2009-09-14

Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:Samsung RogueSamsung has had mixed results with touch-screen phones with full keyboards. Verizon's Samsung Glyde had its share of faults, but we liked the Samsung Impression for AT&T quite a bit. Fortunately, the new Samsung Rogue for Verizon Wireless is no slouch. Not only is it a touch-screen and...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Engineering, phone dialer, touch-screen interface, Verizon Wireless, Samsung Rogue, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-09-11

Motorola Karma QA1 (AT&T)

It seems that PCD isn't the only manufacturer making square messaging phones. Indeed, the Motorola Karma QA1 for AT&T looks a whole lot like PCD's Verizon Wireless Blitz and the more recent Cricket TXTM8. However, the Karma QA1 is a step above those two in both design and features. It...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., Motorola Karma QA1, Karma QA1, Cricket TXTM8, Motorola Inc., phone

Product reviews 2009-08-05

RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 (Sprint)

Photo gallery:RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630Editors' note: The RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 for Sprint is largely similar to Verizon's version of the smartphone in terms of design and features. For this review, we highlight the different features and performance of the Sprint model. For more details on the device, please read...

Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Sprint BlackBerry Tour, Sprint Communications, RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630, RIM BlackBerry Tour, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-07-27

Lenovo ThinkPad T400s

Although Lenovo has been re-inventing itself as of late with its IdeaPad and Netbook lines, they're still a company known for boxy, business-end ThinkPads. There's no shame there: the ThinkPad was revolutionary in its time, and the iconic if plain design defined the modern business laptop. It also put Lenovo...

Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Processors, Lenovo ThinkPad, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM ThinkPad, laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-06-24

LG Glance (Verizon Wireless)

Just when we thought the days of the skinny phone were behind us, LG surprises us with yet another thin handset. The LG Glance is one of the slimmest phones we've ever seen, at only 0.38 inch thick. It has quite an elegant design overall, and though it's a rather...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, number keypad, Verizon Wireless, LG Glance, phone, LG Electronics Inc.

Product reviews 2009-06-19

Nokia E71x - black (AT&T)

It's always been a shame that Nokia's E series of smartphones as well as the Nokia N series for that matter rarely make it to U.S. carriers since they offer great business features in slick designs. However, AT&T customers got good news at CTIA 2009 when the companies announced...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Nokia E71x, Nokia Corp., AT&T Corp.

Product reviews 2009-04-30

News to know: IBM-Sun; RIM, Web 2.0; CTIA; Facebook; iPhone

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: IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting Sam Diaz: RIM delivers solid Q4 on BlackBerry...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, CTIA, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Nokia 6500 Classic

Photo gallery:Nokia 6500 ClassicThe Nokia 6500 Classic is just what you'd expect from a Nokia phone. It offers a sturdy candy-bar design, a simple interface, a functional midrange feature set, and acceptable call quality. It's not flashy by any means, but it gets the job done as a communication device....

Tags: Nokia 6500, Nokia 6500 Classic, Nokia Corp., phone

Product reviews 2009-03-26

Motorola Renew W233 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Motorola Renew W233The story of T-Mobile'sMotorola Renew W233 lies not in what it offers--its features are quite minimal--but rather in what it is. Billed as the world's first carbon neutral cell phone, the Renew is made entirely of recycled water bottles at least the plastic parts and it comes...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Motorola Inc., T-Mobile, Moto, Motorola Renew

Product reviews 2009-02-04

Nokia Mirage 2605 (Verizon Wireless)

It's not often that you see a CDMA Nokia phone. As a European company, it makes perfect sense that Nokia concentrates on GSM and its variants, which might be why Nokia's CDMA strategy has always been hard to follow. Take, for example, the Nokia Mirage 2605 for Verizon Wireless. Not...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, display, phone, Mirage, Nokia Corp., camera, Verizon Wireless

Product reviews 2009-02-04

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8350i (Sprint)

Photo gallery: RIM BlackBerry Curve 8350iFirst introduced at CTIA Fall 2008, the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8350i is finally available through Sprint. This is particularly good news for Nextel Direct Connect users, who haven't seen a new push-to-talk PTT BlackBerry model since the RIM BlackBerry 7100i, which was introduced back in...

Tags: Handhelds, Sprint Communications, full-QWERTY keyboard, trackball, RIM BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry Curve, Research In Motion Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-01-15

Gmail annoys you? Every other mail client annoys me

Gmail annoys you? Every other mail client annoys meRE: Gmail annoys you? Every other mail client annoys meI agree.Could not agree more. But, still waiting for offline support so I canaccess previous email messages and contact information when on the beach, on the plane, at a customers office,...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, gmail, WebMail, Google Gmail, mail client, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

Motorola Motorokr T501

Editors' note: The Motorokr T501 is identical to our Editors' Choice Motorola Motorokr T505 in every way, but given a unique model number by Motorola because it is sold in a different market. For this reason, we're also awarding the Motorokr T501 our Editors' Choice.At first glance, the Motorokr T501...

Tags: Engineering, Motorola Inc., Motorokr T501

Product reviews 2008-10-22

Sanmaxi Chat Archive Recovery Tool 5.0.1 (Windows)

Yahoo chat decoder YM archive recovery software decodes yahoo chat conversation archive .dat files which are saved on your local computer or laptop. Yahoo messenger archive decoder software decodes messages and chat conversations. You can easily decode all yahoo archive files without knowing yahoo massager login account passwords. User can...

Tags: Software, Conversation, Recovery, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows, Tool, Sanmaxi, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Cellular Phones, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-09-16