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LG 32LH20
Photo gallery: LG LH20 seriesWe can't fault the LG LH20 series for trying. The company's least-expensive lineup of LCDs for 2009 offers more features than its competition, including the only USB port for digital photos and by far the best selection of picture adjustments. All of those tweaks...
Tags: LG Electronics Inc., LG LH20 series, LG LH20
Product reviews 2009-11-24
Sonos ZonePlayer S5
We've long been fans of the Sonos Digital Music System, which lets you stream all manner of digital audio throughout your home, but we were always a bit disappointed that Sonos didn't sell a speaker that had the system's ZonePlayer networking component integrated right into it. Well, that's exactly what...
Tags: Ethernet, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, Network technology, Wireless and Mobility, Sonos
Product reviews 2009-11-20
Logitech Harmony 700
When Logitech released the Harmony One in early 2008, it instantly became one of our favorite universal remotes to date. But at $250, it wasn't exactly an impulse buy for the average consumer. With the Harmony 700, however, Logitech has delivered a model that offers the bulk of the...
Tags: Monitors & displays, Cable, setup process, Logitech, Harmony 700
Product reviews 2009-11-18
Boston Acoustics Duo-i plus
Editors' note: The Boston Acoustics Duo-i Plus is nearly identical to the Horizon Duo-i we reviewed a year ago. Not a lot has changed since then aside from the addition of full support for iPhone playback. While the Horizon Duo-i worked with the iPhone, the device had...
Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Boston Acoustics Inc., Apple iPod
Product reviews 2009-11-13
Real appeals injunction against RealDVD; says judge erred
Real has filed an appeal in its legal battle with the Motion Picture Association of America, arguing that a judge erred when she agreed to a preliminary injunction to halt sales of a DVD-copying program called RealDVD. In legal documents filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Tags: Software, Preliminary Injunction, CD, Apple iTunes, RealDVD, Piracy, Digital Music, Sales Strategy, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
Blog posts 2009-11-11
Cloud Engines Pogoplug
Photo gallery:Cloud Engines PogoplugWouldn't it be nice to quickly access your data from anywhere without a complicated network setup? That's exactly what the Cloud Engines Pogoplug offers. Priced at $100, this tiny gadget turns any USB external storage devices--anything from a Seagate FreeAgent Go to a Western...
Tags: NETWORKING, Network technology, Pogoplug, network, home network
Product reviews 2009-11-10
Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717 - carbon black (T-Mobile)
Photo gallery:Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717The Sony Ericsson Equinox is the first phone from the manufacturer to land at T-Mobile since the TM506. In many ways the Equinox is a fitting successor; like the TM506 it has a thin flip phone design and it sports a similar feature set that includes...
Tags: display, Equinox, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, phone, T-Mobile
Product reviews 2009-11-03
Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?
Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...
Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
Discussion threads 2009-11-02
News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google
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. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2009-10-26
MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap
Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....
Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
Discussion threads 2009-10-23
Amazon delivers strong Q3; shares skyrocket after hours
Amazon easily beat Wall Street's estimates for its third quarter, reporting a net income of $199 million, or 45 cents per share, on sales of $5.45 billion, a 28 percent jump from the year-ago quarter. Analysts had been expecting earnings of 33 cents on sales of $5.03 billion. Statement ...
Tags: E-reader, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz
Blog posts 2009-10-22
Will Windows 7 have the right touch?
The touch interface has arrived on smartphones, thanks largely to the iPhone. But it hasn't found much mainstream success on the PC despite years of trying. The imminent arrival of Windows 7, which has multi-touch support built-in, and a separate Touch Pack with sample apps and games, has rekindled interest...
Tags: John Morris
Blog posts 2009-10-19
Spring Design debuts Google Android-based e-book reader, Alex
Myself, I do not even want a separate device, no matter how cheap. AND, I want to be able to read my books on any of my devices, such as smart phone, netbook, or desktop.ExactlyI would like to read my eStuff on my desktop, laptop or any other device. I...
Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Google Android, Google Inc., e-book Reader, e-book, digital-rights management
Discussion threads 2009-10-19
Nokia Mural 6750 (AT&T)
Photo gallery: Nokia Mural 6750Nokia has given U.S. carriers an interesting selection of cell phones over the past few months. We've seen quality music phones, quirky square models, and basic handsets just for making calls. The newest device to land on our desk, the Nokia Mural 6750 for AT&T, falls...
Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., Mural, Nokia Corp., phone
Product reviews 2009-10-16
FOTOBOX Plus creates slideshows from USB device
Honestech, a digital media software company, has just released FOTOBOX Plus, a USB device that enables the creation of multimedia slideshows from photos and videos. The gadget contains an integrated memory card reader and embedded PC software (thus, not compatible with Mac OS) with Flash memory, which can automatically...
Tags: Memory Card, Slideshow, USB, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Rachel King
Blog posts 2009-10-16
Grado PS1000
Grado is one of America's oldest hi-fi companies. In the 1950s it manufactured phono cartridges, turntables, and speakers. While Grado still makes a full line of highly regarded cartridges (budget-priced all the way up to high-end models), it's perhaps better known today for its headphones, which spring from the professional...
Tags: ear cushion, Grado, headphone
Product reviews 2009-10-15
Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser
Kindle Format?Did they also say how they propose to display Kindle's proprietary format in your browser?Oh myDunraven, go get a good strong cup of coffee, drink it down, and read the article again. You just aren't awake yet.This is cool!NTRE: Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browserAnyone...
Tags: Web browsers, E-books, e-reader, Web browser, Google Inc., e-book
Discussion threads 2009-10-15
Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS
hasince they used the work impossible i'll give them 1 month. That is, one month until the figure out how to jail break that sucker, may be 2.If people are able to figure out how to make their own hackintosh computer I'm pretty sure they will be able to...
Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.
Discussion threads 2009-10-14
Mint Studio Speaker System
The last Mint product we looked at--the Mint 220 Wireless Digital Music Station--offered us something that we had not yet seen in an iPod speaker dock. Instead of combining iPod playback with a CD player or AM/FM alarm clock radio, the Mint 220 gave us the ability to wirelessly stream...
Tags: Digital media, USB extender, USB, Apple iPod
Product reviews 2009-10-12
Toshiba DMF82XKU 8-inch Digital Media Frame
Digital frames can be divided into two categories: connected digital media frames and digital photo frames. The Toshiba DMF82XKU 8-inch Digital Media Frame, is--surprise--one of the former. It easily connects to a Wi-Fi network for access to photo collections from a variety of online sources as well as letting you...
Tags: photograph, Toshiba Corp., digital media
Product reviews 2009-10-07
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