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- (Photos: A detour to Geek Squad City)
- (Photos: A detour to Geek Squad City)I hate Geek FraudI've never heard *anything* positive about Geek Squad and have heard a number of nightmarish problems that people have had.They hire incompetent techs for the stores at least.I wonder how many poor people get duped by them . . .RE: (Photos:...
- Tags: Geek Squad City, detour, Geek Squad, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Photos: A detour to Geek Squad City
- At the computer repair company's giant facility just south of Louisville, it's all PC fixes, all the time. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Detour, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-06-19
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- Mio Knight Rider GPS
- If you ever dreamed as a child or as an adult of owning a car like KITT of Knight Rider fame, you're dream is about to come true...sort of. Unless you're rolling in money, you can't have the actual Trans Am or David Hasselhoff, but you can have the next...
- Tags: GPS, Keyboards, display, Mio Knight Rider GPS, KITT, portable navigation device, Knight Rider GPS
- Product reviews 2008-09-26
- 2009 Lincoln MKS
- 2009 Lincoln MKSLincoln takes a major step into the 21st century with the 2009 Lincoln MKS, blowing past the competition's cabin tech and leaving memories of the Town Car far behind. This new, large sedan features a unique grille, a high belt-line, and prominent Lincoln badges on the front and...
- Tags: MKS Inc., Lincoln, car
- Product reviews 2008-09-24
- 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
- NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?
- NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?Very simply put, It became a religious war....Software is simply NOT a religion.So the software religious community needs to learn to sleep with itself.In retrospect, the OLPC has changed the world. Sure, it has spawned anindustry that is more to serve rich consumers...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, NPR
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Garmin Nuvi 500
- There are many uses for GPS beyond in-car navigation. After all, there are times you could use some route guidance no matter what mode of transportation. Yet, you don't see too many multiuse GPS on the market, and we're beginning to see why. A while back we took a look...
- Tags: Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Nuvi 500, Garmin Ltd., GPS, car
- Product reviews 2008-08-14
- 2008 BMW X6 xDrive35i
- Photo gallery:2008 BMW X6Even after driving the 2008 BMW X6 for a week, we're still not sure what to make of it. BMW's marketing campaign calls it the coupe's evil twin, but with the 3-liter twin-turbo inline six-cylinder in our xDrive35i model, it doesn't feel particularly diabolical. It seems more...
- Tags: BMW AG, BMW X6, Infiniti
- Product reviews 2008-07-15
- Garmin Nuvi 880
- Ever since the Garmin Nuvi 880 was announced at CES 2008, we've been excited to get out hands on this portable navigation system. Given the good track record of the other Nuvi series devices, we expected more of the same, solid feature list and good performance. However, we were most...
- Tags: Keyboards, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Nuvi 880, speech recognition, Garmin Ltd.
- Product reviews 2008-06-30
- 2008 Infiniti M45X
- Photo gallery:2008 Infiniti M45xWhen you think big, comfortable sedans with cutting-edge tech, you look for a price range around $80,000 to $100,000 and think models such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7-series, and Lexus LS. But then here comes the 2008 Infiniti M45x with all the tech those other cars...
- Tags: Infiniti, Mph, Infiniti M45X
- Product reviews 2008-06-26
- News to know: Yang's runway; Apple patch; Google; Gates' last week
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yang's recovery runway: Months to days and board should go too. Techmeme Google's display ad gravy train rests with YouTube Richard Koman: Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say Ryan Naraine: Microsoft blames 'human issues' for...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Data Center, Apple Inc., Data Centers, Web Browsers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Siebel 2.0 – A Year Later
- A year ago I predicted that, right about this time, Salesforce.com would start to look a little shabby, a whole lot shabbier than it indeed looks at this time. It was part of a polemic I started when I called Salesforce.com the next Siebel, and I didn't necessarily mean in...
- Tags: Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Developers snub Vista in favor of XP
- Developers snub Vista in favor of XPSlight misinformationIts very standard to target previous versions of OSs. In fact, 2000 was the last time I saw the majority of programmers target a recent OS, and that was just because 2k was so good.Dumb!To believe that Vista won't be accepted by...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate America, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, developer
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Red Hat delivers its state of desktop Linux address: There's no money in targeting consumers
- Red Hat outlined a good chunk of its desktop Linux plans in a blog post, but noted that it has no intention of delivering a traditional consumer product. In a blog post, Red Hat delivered what could be called a state of its desktop Linux plans and...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Red Hat Inc., Desktop Linux, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Mio Moov 310
- In January 2008, Mio Technology and Navman formally merged under the Mio name, and we're now seeing the first products of that marriage: the Mio Moov line. The series includes four models--the Mio Moov 200, the Moov 210, the Moov 300, and the Moov 310--and combines Navman's software with Mio's...
- Tags: Keyboards, Tools & Techniques, display, user documentation, Mio, Mio Moov, Mio Moov 310
- Product reviews 2008-03-24
- Magellan RoadMate 1200
- At first glance, the Magellan RoadMate 1200 looks to be a good entry-level in-car GPS. It has a compact, no-fuss design that's perfect for first-time buyers, and you get the most essential navigation features for an affordable $199.99. Sounds good, right? Not so fast, once on the road the RoadMate...
- Tags: Keyboards, Handhelds, RoadMate 1200, Magellan RoadMate 1200, Magellan
- Product reviews 2008-03-12
- Garmin Nuvi 750
- The Garmin Nuvi series has earned a reputation as a solid line of portable navigation systems, offering accurate routing, good design, and ease of use. We've seen it in the entry-level Garmin Nuvi 200 and the more advanced Garmin Nuvi 660. So we expected much of the same from the...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Garmin Nuvi series, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., Nuvi 750, Garmin Nuvi 750
- Product reviews 2008-03-05
- Plantronics Explorer 370 Headset
- Plantronics has always been a traditionally strong brand name in the Bluetooth headset market, with popular products such as the Plantronics Voyager 855 and the Voyager 520 that emphasize style and performance. This year, Plantronics has decided to take a tiny detour from the style department into the great...
- Tags: ear loop, volume rocker, Explorer 370, EXPLORER, headset, Plantronics
- Product reviews 2008-02-13
- Nextar Snap3
- Nextar is just the latest company to join the burgeoning category of portable navigation systems and, on paper, its Nextar Snap3 in-car GPS looks to be a steal. For about $200, you get a compact GPS device with text-to-speech functionality, integrated Bluetooth, and multimedia capabilities. We've seen comparable systems go...
- Tags: GPS, Nextar Snap3
- Product reviews 2008-02-05
- Oracle on the psychology of patching
- Oracle has a belated reply to a survey a few weeks back on how database administrators have never installed one of the company's critical patch updates. In a blog post Oracle's Eric Maurice faults the survey for relying on a small sample size--not that it stopped us...
- Tags: Psychology, Oracle Corp., Problem, ROI, Eric Maurice, Roi/Tco, Marketing Research, Security, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
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