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Photos: Tech camp for kids

Thousands of kids are attending iD Tech Camps on college campuses around the country this summer. Jimmy McChristy, 17, shows off video animations he''s created with Adobe AfterEffects for a four-minute film takeoff on the movie The Matrix.McChristy, a Santa Fe, N.M., high school senior, is one of thousands of...

Tags: Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Corporate communications, It', photograph, game, iD Tech Camps, iD Tech, computer, Jimmy McChristy, Stanford University, camp, video game, hog, dorm, 3D modeling, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., programming, backward, Stanford, robotics, Web design, Universi

Image galleries 2007-08-09

Student housing? Pool, HDTV, private rooms ...

Colleges, just like any business, need to keep attracting customers to stay competitive. What better way to attract students than to have the latest high tech amenities right in the dorms? eSchool News reports that dorms these days come not only with wireless Internet but also, in some cases,...

Tags: TVs, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, dorm, HDTV

Blog posts 2006-08-23

Additional Resources

AOL/Facebook in the Enterprise

In 1994 America Online trailed Compuserve and Prodigy, a third subscription option in how you hooked your modem up to the internet to go cyber surfing. What propelled AOL to global dominance by the end of that decade was their proprietary 'rainman' platform, which enabled partners...

Tags: Facebook, America Online Inc., Shop Logic, Business World, Internet, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Cool New Google Maps Feature: New Jersey Wormholes!

wow, just wow ntntSpock: They're maps, Jim, but not as we know them.[sigh] Where's Scotty when you really need him?

Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps, Mapquest, Bing Maps, Cool New Google Maps Feature, Bing, New Jersey Wormholes, Brook

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

10 technological changes in 10 technological years

retitle it15 Technological Changes in 15 Years... and even with that you'd be off. Pluto was reclassified... this is not a technological innovation, even its classification name already existed.15 years ago Forest Gump came out, and even it was talking about Apple being big then, when it was set......

Tags: DVD, floppy disk, hard drive

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q850

Toshiba's Qosmio line has always been the company's experimental playground for high-end systems, from massive gaming rigs to inventive multimedia home theater laptops. While there were a lot of interesting ideas there, you often ended up with slightly overpriced systems with out-of-date video cards or non-functioning Webcam hand gesture controls....

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Qosmio line, Toshiba Qosmio, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2009-10-19

HP's Touchsmart: A PC, maybe, but cooler as a TV

I think HP may be on to something with its TouchSmart PC. The new TouchSmarts, which are being unveiled today, are technically computers, complete with mouse and keyboard. (For the specs, check out Andrew Nusca's post.) But the heart of the device is the screen, specifically a...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Keyboards, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Peripherals, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-13

iPhone MMS working for many; two weeks early

Working for me in ATLOS: 3.1.1Carrier Bundle: 5.1But I cheated. Saw a blog posting late last week that had directions on how to get MMS working (w/o jail breaking) using a new carrier file...5.1. However, it didn't work at first. It took about a day to start...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, MMS, iPhone MMS, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Zune MP3 player with car pack, Sony Blu-ray home entertainment system, Toshiba TV/DVD player combo

A Toshiba LCD TV with built-in DVD player, a Microsoft Zune 4GB MP3 player with car pack and headphones, and a Sony Blu-ray home entertainment system. Here are your daily deals for Thursday, August 20, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Perfect for that packed dorm, the...

Tags: Sony Corp., Car, DVD Player, MP3 Player, Microsoft Zune, Blu-ray, Toshiba Corp., Entertainment, Woot, Media Players, Home Entertainment, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Digital Music, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Dell Studio XPS 435 (Intel Core i7 920, 500GB HDD, 3GB)

Despite our preference for a more purpose-built computer, we actually have a fair opinion of this $1,579 Dell Studio XPS 435 build. It's fast, attractive, and comes with a Blu-ray drive and a reasonably capable graphics card. You could plunk this system in a dorm room or a home office...

Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Intel Core Microarchitecture, hard drive, Dell Studio XPS 435, Dell Studio XPS, Dell Computer Corp., Studio XPS 435, Studio XPS

Product reviews 2009-08-10

You'll need a digital camera (Back-to-school tech for students)

TouchbookI'm personally a huge fan of the new Touchbook by Always Innovating. With one of these, you get a e-reader, photoframe and laptop all in one, for a really good price. Given, they're not as powerful as a normal laptop, but with a Touchbook you don't need a multitouch laptop...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, quality headset, TouchBook, camera, digital camera

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

10 bits of tech to get for the back-to-school student

RE: Cant digest your idea of promoting speakersAhh I see your point and thought it through. IMHO the best headphones I've ever had are those which came as standard with my BlackBerry. Investing in expensive headphones is again IMHO pointless. Having beefy speakers is a good social tool; sticking them...

Tags: Notebooks, speaker, headphone

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

10 bits of tech the back-to-school student should avoid

This is what they use at UoKBut have no idea of their infrastructure or how it works. http://www.bradfordnetworks.com/products/cm.htmlIt'll either be a software or hardware thingamajig - either way it's a third party solution to stop networks from being expanded in this way.I disagree...... about the wireless keyboard/mouse and the wireless...

Tags: Routers & switches, Keyboards, SECURITY, Network technology, Symantec Corp., router, laptop computer, wireless, monitor

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Asus Essentio CG5290-BP007

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores.The $1,199 Asus Essentio CG5290-BP007 stands out from the rest of our back-to-school PCs because of both its price and its intentions....

Tags: Blu-ray, Desktops, Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network technology, Asus Essentio CG5290-BP007, Asus Essentio, ASUS

Product reviews 2009-08-04

Laptop or desktop netbook for back to school?

Laptop or desktop netbook for back to school?ExactlyPrecisely my opinion. This way, everyone benefits. The student, because he has more powerful hardware at his disposal, has some computing redundancy if one machine breaks down, and has to carry less weight around. The teachers, because they can make normal eye contact...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Desktops, netbook, laptop computer, desktop, back-to-school

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Laptop or desktop+netbook for back to school?

It's almost August, folks. We all know what that means, right? If you don't already have a computer for school, you need to get one, PDQ. For some of you in K-12, your school might have a 1:1 program and you'll take a laptop home with you...

Tags: Desktop, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Walmart to sell $298 Compaq laptop in time for back-to-school, 'while supplies last'

The annual back-to-school shopping trip is just around the corner. Load the family in the mini-van, drive over to your local Walmart, and watch as your shopping cart fills with new clothes, shoes, pencils, notebooks, protractors, calculators, and a million other things. The yearly resupply is...

Tags: Hard Drive, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Compaq Computer Corp., Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Silicon Valley's recession rebound: Optimism or Arrogance?

The latest unemployment figures are in for Santa Clara County, California - aka Silicon Valley - and it doesn't look good: 11.8 percent in the county is among the highest in the entire San Francisco Bay Area region. Still, reporting from the front lines here, I can...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Optimism, Wired Inc., Recession, Arrogance, Unemployment Figure, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Smart Phones, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Alienware M17x Gaming Laptop Computer (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300, 500GB HDD, 8GB)

With a brand-new look, and some of the highest-end tech available in a laptop, we're semi-surprised that Alienware has kept the M17x name for its newest 17-inch laptop (even if it loses the X-Files-esq "Area-51" moniker). While the system starts at a reasonable $1,799, you'll need to configure something closer...

Tags: Processors, Alienware, Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer, NVidia Corp., hard drive, Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-16

Parents bought me an Apple fruit, not Apple computer: FML

After the news this week, I think the vast majority of us could do with a cheer-me-up post. The FML craze has been spreading like wildfire since the start of this year: the website, Twitter and Facebook especially. "FML", stands for "f*ck my life", has its own dedicated website which...

Tags: Phone, Apple Inc., Boyfriend, Computer, FML, Productivity, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-26