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- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMwareFunny how they talk about the importance of interoperability when they donot have a dominant position. But, with Windows and Office, they are strangely not very interested in interoperability, and have to be dragged kicking and screaming to open up things like file formats and...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Lotus 123, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal waveStallman sounds panicIf FOSS folks believe they can compete with proprietary software, why not build their own FOSS cloud and then take the battle right to the other proprietary cloud platforms?Ever been in a restaurant kitchen ?How old is the food ? Where have...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, cloud computing, tidal wave, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- 2009 Range Rover Sport HSE
- Photo gallery:Range Rover Sport HSETerrain crawling tech lets the 2009 Range Rover Sport HSE maintain its rugged reputation, but an upscale price means luxury elements, such as real wood trim and a refrigerator in the console. Off-road enthusiasts may think the lack of a fold-down windshield keeps the Range Rover...
- Tags: voice command system, navigation system, Cayenne GTS, Range Rover Sport, suspension
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- Intel's secret weapon: Fresh air
- Outside air blows hot, cold and dusty, but it cools just as well in datacenters as expensive air conditioning, according to Intel. Fresh air could save millions in datacenter cooling costs, Intel has claimed, after a successful experiment in the New Mexico desert. ...
- Tags: Data Center, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, datacenter, cooling, energy
- News items 2008-09-19
- 2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS
- Photo gallery:2008 Porsche Cayenne GTSThe first clue that the 2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS isn't like other SUVs is the shifter, which works the six gears in a manual transmission. Another clue comes when you get it in the twisties, and feel its utter lack of roll in hard cornering. The...
- Tags: cabin tech, Cayenne GTS, Porsche AG, suspension, Porsche Cayenne GTS, Porsche Cayenne
- Product reviews 2008-09-17
- First synthetic tree mimics transpiration
- First synthetic tree mimics transpiration"What could be some possible applications for this synthetic trees?""Planting" them in a Second Life garden! ;-)Still a little sceptical about this.Dr Juan Barba of the Agricultural extension at the University of Arizona may argue that trees transpire at will. If you ever camped in...
- Tags: transpiration, synthetic tree
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- Hey, Dad, did you hear the world was going to end this week?
- Hey, Dad, did you hear the world was going to end this week?I was disappointed.I was counting on not having to go to work. :-)The destructive fantasy of Freedom*Stultify* has no intransitive sense; Dr. Hawking appears not to know what the word means. Although this could be considered niggling, it...
- Tags: fantasy, Hawking
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan S
- Photo gallery:2009 Volkswagen Tiguan SOne of the first things we noted about the 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan S is its similarity to Volkswagen's hot hatch, the GTI MkV. Both vehicles have 200 horsepower 2-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engines. Both have about the same amount of passenger space and a similar wheelbase and...
- Tags: Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen Tiguan
- Product reviews 2008-09-11
- iClone EX Edition (exe)
- iClone3 EX is the free trial edition of iClone3 PRO, which includes the full PRO features for 30 days and unlimited features of iClone Standard with no expiration. iClone3 EX contains everything necessary to learn the rich features of the PRO edition, but output is watermarked with the iClone logo...
- Tags: Animation, Hotkey, iClone3 EX, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming
- Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming....I can only seeing bad things happen with this... the answer is conservation, green energy solutions and minor changing of habits. It's also an aggressive pollution control and penalty system for those that fail to comply. Recycling and reforestation.All these things and a...
- Tags: global warming, Geoengineering
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- AmiAmi Kart (exe)
- Join the championship in AmiAmi Kart. Choose from 7 cute characters and race at high speed on the tracks, including mcdonald's farm, valcia snowland, mountain ali, playama highland, makuba desert and tropical sea.Winning the championship can unlock the hidden character and the special race.Players can collect missile and bomb that...
- Tags: Character, AmigoGames, Security
- Software downloads 2008-08-14
- We need new sources of Vitamin D
- We need new sources of Vitamin DWe need new sources of Vitamin DIf only more people would get out into the sun. I forget the actual amount but I think its like an hour of sunshine a day is good for you but I don't think they quite mean...
- Tags: Osteoporosis, vitamin, Vitamin D
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- (Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear)
- (Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear)Where's the Hydrogen?I'll tell you how to get enough hydrogen to run the world for millenia. There are certain, very large areas of the world, typically volcanic, which have a massive heat gradient. One such is Kamchatka, on the Eastern border of Siberia. Here...
- Tags: hydrogen, Hydrogen Road Tour, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- FlexMap (zip)
- FlexMap is a free vector based map drawing tool that you can use to create self-describing maps for many of Racingspider Games' utilities and games. All of the information concerning the map: movement cost, defensive value, detection cost and texture the fill bitmap are all stored inside the map. FlexMap's...
- Tags: Map, Terrain, Racingspider Games, FlexMap, Productivity, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-08-04
- Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"
- Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"What is the maintanance cost, and backup planshould a storm or fire destroy the structure?It's all about feeling goodThere are people who think logically, and people who think emotionally. Logically, solar is still a losing technology when factoring in all costs...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Ultrasone HFI-2200 ULE
- The Ultrasone HFI-2200 headphones have a dark brown outer casing, while the earpads are colored with a golden-brown, velvet-covered cushion. At the top of the headband is another cushion that matches the same color combination. We think the look is a welcome alternative to the usual drab headphone color schemes....
- Tags: earcup, cord, HFI-2200, headphone, Ultrasone HFI-2200, HFI-2200s
- Product reviews 2008-07-29
- Gasoline Quiz: the answer
- One great thing about blogging for ZDnet, the readers here are smart. The most popular answer to my quiz was the correct one. The picture of cheap gasoline above was taken at a typical suburban gas station near Quito, Ecuador. I was there...
- Tags: Green Technology, Gasoline, Ecuador, Planes, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Towards low-cost LED lighting
- Towards low-cost LED lightingA terrific ideaThis is a great advance and I hope the technology proves practical. Now if Americans will just get their heads on straight and build about 50 nukes and shut down all oil and gas-fired power plants, The USA will no longer be held hostage...
- Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, LED lighting
- Discussion threads 2008-07-20
- Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.
- Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...
- Tags: wind energy, neighborly concern, ice, thin air
- Discussion threads 2008-07-19
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