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- News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device
- 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.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Tenenbaum admits all, while judge's ruling opens the door to a massive damages award
- More high drama in the Tenenbaum trial, as defendant Joel Tenenbaum cheerily admitted illegal downloading and uploading of the 30 songs for which he's accused of copyright violations. Ben Sheffner reports for Ars Technica on Joel's witness box revelations: ...
- Tags: Tenenbaum, Filesharers, Piracy, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Jeff Bezos offers apology for Orwellian mistake
- Jeff Bezos offers apology for Orwellian mistakePerfect! The reason I will NEVER buy, use, or recommend a Kindle......or its equivalent, in easy-to-swallow, poison-pill form.Thanks so much for this story.Huh?Why wrong?If you as the end consumer, buy stolen goods, you don't get to keep them!So I'm guessing you are protesting the...
- Tags: E-books, Viruses and worms, Jeff Bezos, Orwellian, Amazon.com Inc., refund
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- 2009 Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:2009 Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand TouringThe Mazda MX-5 Miata is the best-selling roadster of all time. With sharp handing and a no-nonsense approach to driving, it's no wonder.For 2009, the MX-5 gains a bit more power and a new look that is either a bit more refined or a...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Premium Package, Mazda MX-5, Bose, Mazda MX-5 Miata, Mazda Motor Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-07-24
- Are legacy game consoles making a comeback?
- I am not a gamer. I don't spend hours of my time in front of a computer screen playing games because quite simply, I don't have the time. That is until this summer when I moved into my new house, everyone else buggered off back to their respective homes around...
- Tags: Console, Game Console, Games, Personal Technology, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- 2009 Lexus GS 450h
- Photo gallery:2009 Lexus GS 450h Our perfect power train combines high performance with excellent fuel economy, an ideal that the 2009 Lexus GS 450h comes the closest of any car we've seen to delivering. Lexus claims 5.2 seconds to 60 mph, yet this big, comfortable sedan consistently registers fuel economy...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Lexus, Lexus GS
- Product reviews 2009-06-30
- High drama and low points in RIAA trial
- High drama and low points in RIAA trialRichard, can you shed some light on a couple things.I don't know all the details of this trial so I'll talk in general terms about downloading files from a P2P or other source.Ask anyone in this forum and they will tell you I...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, original work, P2P
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- News to know: Apple vs. Palm; Windows 7; Adobe; Twitter and Iran
- 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: Apple: Third party read Palm Pre iTunes sync can work for now Jason O'Grady: A fix for Mail...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Mice, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- High drama and low points in RIAA trial
- High drama today at the illegal music downloading file of Jammie Thomas-Rasset, as RIAA expert witness Dr. Doug Jacobsen testified that he recently found a log file on the defendant's hard drive indicating that an external drive was used to copy files over. That information was not...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Drama, RIAA, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- 2009 Mercedes-Benz S550
- Photo gallery:2009 Mercedes-Benz S550When Mercedes-Benz launched the model update for the 2007 S550, it created a car with cutting-edge technical features, including radar-based cruise control that could bring the car to a full stop and a night vision system. But major updates like this usually take five years in the...
- Tags: V-8, Mercedes-Benz S550, Mercedes-Benz, car
- Product reviews 2009-06-16
- Summer soap opera: Palm Pre, Apple iPhone, Android army usher in "smart" age
- This summer's "most compelling phone drama" will begin the first week in June when Sprint will finally -- finally! -- begin selling the Palm Pre. In an article in today's New York Times, Palm is portrayed as "a once-iconic device maker" that has...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Apple Inc., Sprint Communications, Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Where to get the Windows 7 Release Candidate
- Where to get the Windows 7 Release CandidateIt will shut down every few hours beginning in March???[i]You can continue to run it until next March, when it will start shutting down every few hours (the official expiration date is June 2010).[/i]It will shut down every few hours???? Even though...
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows 7 Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows 7, release candidate, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Variquest proves it's OK to use paper sometimes
- Regular readers will know that I'm a pretty big tree hugger. I'm not quite as militant as my wife, but anywhere I can use technology to eliminate the use of paper, conserve resources, or otherwise migrate educational "stuff" whatever that might be online, I'm there. Thus,...
- Tags: Poster, Education, Graphics, Teacher, Printing, Variquest, Bumper Sticker, Printers, Document Management, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- 2009 Dodge Nitro R/T 4X4
- Photo gallery:2009 Dodge Nitro R/T 4X4Bathed in Sunburst Orange Pearl, the chunky 2009 Dodge Nitro R/T 4X4 looks like a child's Tonka truck toy. Hop inside and the SUV's cabin also feels very toylike, with low-grade plastic trimming on every visible surface and a general cheapness to the feel of...
- Tags: GPS, Dodge Nitro, cabin, suspension, uConnect, Nitro R/T
- Product reviews 2009-04-02
- SRS iWOW Adapter for iPod
- If you've ever wanted a button on your iPod that works like the "Loud" button on your stereo, the folks at SRS Sound offer the iWOW, a $99 audio enhancer that kicks your iPod's audio up a notch. The iWOW measures 0.8 inch tall, 0.3 inch thick, and 2.25 inches...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iWOW, Apple iPod, headphone
- Product reviews 2009-03-04
- Can the media harm the economy?
- Can the media harm the economy?Consider this/KPKClearly, reporting in the media tends to amplify consumer and business psychology. Much of media, especially in my opinion cable news, has devolved into drama commentary rather than factual, impassioned reporting. Those who develop and deliver the "news" are chosen less for journalistic brilliance...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, media
- Discussion threads 2009-02-06
- We're all dead - get over it
- I've been scratching my head the last few days wondering why Bill McDermott, SAP's CEO of global field operations would flat out contend that: SAP is positioned to gain share in the business applications market as IT departments scrutinize every dollar spent, while predicting that...
- Tags: SAP AG, SOA, SAP Sales People, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- Comcast to debut 50Mbps Internet in Chicago, Baltimore, Atlanta (updated)
- Comcast says it will debut its new ultra-high-speed Internet service in the Chicago, Baltimore, Atlanta, and Fort Wayne, Ind. markets, according to the Associated Press. The Philadelphia-based company says the next-generation Docsis 3.0, or Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification 3.0, technology will include some of the...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Baltimore, DOCSIS, Cable, Broadband Internet, Internet, WiMAX, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Wireless, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- Slicing up Sun
- Being employed by a large technology company and being a freelance technology writer has its pitfalls, one of which is from a disclosure perspective: I'm not allowed to talk about strategy and forward-looking statements regarding the company I work for. The risk of...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, Open Source, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- 2009 Nissan 370Z
- Photo gallery:2009 Nissan 370ZNissan's Z car tradition goes back to 1969, when the company was called Datsun and the Z launched with a 240 designation. At the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, the latest Z came out as the 2009 Nissan 370Z, its new name reflecting a bigger engine and...
- Tags: Nissan 370Z, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., car
- Product reviews 2008-12-01
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