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- Apple's bumper crop of fall hardware, reviewed
- Where is the love for Nvidia?A number of questions come up:Why not Nvidia chipsets anymore? Why did they go back to Intel for core logic when they slammed them in a previous tech show for power management concerns?What happened to added graphics options on the Mac Pro? Where...
- Tags: Mice, Servers, Desktops, hardware, Mini, GT 120, NVidia Corp., server, mouse, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Magic Mouse
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- One second: The time it takes to wipe three years of work
- Not all that worriedWith the cost of drives these days, and with Raid cards or raid capable Motherboards at such cheap prices these days, I've setup mine with a RAID 1 mirror.Plus an automated weekly backup.I spend alot of time and money on my music (just sitting there ripping my...
- Tags: Backups, backup, Live Mesh, RAID, Acronis, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Are today's new iMacs and Minis game-changers?
- It's been a logn time since Apple was ...... competitive at these retail price points but that day may finally have come! Good for Apple and good for the rest of us. Still, EdTech has always enjoyed extremely aggressive enterprise-level discounts from the top tier of PC vendors...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Apple Inc., keyboard, mouse, Apple iMac
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Netbook or a cheap Compaq for students?
- Re: Netbook or cheap CompaqThe problem I see at least in my organization it is never 1:1. Sometimes I wish we could get away with a netbook or using some of our older desktop hardware for lighter 1:1 usage. We bought a small cart of Netbooks...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Compaq Computer Corp., netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Microsoft hints at second low-cost Office option
- Looks like they figured out that the price people are willing to pay for MSOffice is going to be falling like a rock. Can you say "pennies on the dollar"??$0 is about rightfor all the headaches MS has caused the world.M$ still has to drop the price a lotin order...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- IT security defenses misdirected
- In My Humble Experience...The biggest problem that I have, isn't viruses or phishing. Most people run at least basic AV protection on their machines. My problem is the users themselves.I run a pretty tight setup at the school where I work. Active directory with group policies, Symantec Endpoint Protection, a...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, IT security, information technology, network, security, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Can ultrathin laptop David beat the netbook Goliath?
- One Apple store customer said"Yeah, I could get something for $200 but if I'm on a business trip I can't use it for everything I need to do. I'm trying to run a business over 'ere, Edith."Wow, dueling anecdotes.Apple can not hold out much longer. Apple CAN charge a...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, iPhone sale, netbook, Apple Inc., desktop, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- (Microsoft trains Best Buy Linux assassins)
- despair?Are MS in despair?..Linux has better hardware support than windows.They forgot wine too. This disgusts me. The day Gates comes near me and holds out his hand expecting me to shake it is the day I rip it off.Keep in mindThat the users that these best buy employees will be...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Best Buy Co. Inc., wine, Microsoft Corp., Best Buy Linux, Best Buy Linux assassin, assassin
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Gadget Gal's daily deals: Apple iPod touch education discount, Samsung HDTV, Sony Cyber-shot digital camera
- I have a goot idea.I found Samsung LN46B650, same thing same color of only 1,125$ on a sotre. http://www.justcompareit.com/s~q-samsung-ln46b650.aspx?ag=3and also on the same store i got Cyber shot dsc w290 Brown of 208$. check them and tell me any better idea u have.I have a goot idea. I found Samsung...
- Tags: Sony Cyber-Shot, HDTV, Apple Inc., camera, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, digital camera, Sony Corp., Gadget Gal, W290, Samsung LN46B650, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Cyber-shot, U HAVE
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- Gadget Gal's daily deals: Apple iPod touch education discount, Samsung HDTV, Sony Cyber-shot digital camera
- The final week for the free iPod touch education discount, a Samsung 46-inch HDTV, and a Sony Cyber-shot. Here are your daily deals for Tuesday, September 1, straight from the gadget gal: 1. This is the last week for you to get a free iPod touch when...
- Tags: Education, Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Apple Inc., Digital Camera, Apple iPod Touch, Sony Cyber-Shot, Camera, DSC-W290, Digital Music, TVs, Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- I'm going to Blogsville!
- Blogsville is a conference taking place at the end of October outside of Providence where several prominent bloggers will help explain "What it takes to design, develop, and manage any blog." This is a bit of a departure for me since my brand is so focused on educational technology....
- Tags: Administrator, Blog, Teacher, Blogsville, Blogging, Web 2.0, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-23
- Industry fight against Google hurts education
- So it's NOT OK for Microsoft to control technology......but it IS OK for Google to try and take over the world of information?Sorry...not buying it.Google does no evil, just IS evil?Look at the account TOS. Anything that requires an active Google account -- gMail, gTalk, gApps, etc. -- is...
- Tags: Google Inc., education
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Making the tablet computer "classroom-ready"
- Deja VuSince it's already been tried so many times before, what makes you think it'll work this time?Tablets are dirty, if not now, they will be soon as people can't keep their fingers off them ;-)WiznotesWhat do you think about students from high school to college using Wiznotes for taking...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, tablet computer, Wiznotes, computer, software
- Discussion threads 2009-08-16
- What should SAP do with its $5bn war chest?
- A number of recent conversations with the financial analyst community about the ongoing tussle between Oracle and SAP have proved extremely interesting. There is speculation whether SAP will hit the numbers it has internally set itself for Q2 although nothing I hear or see suggests the company has been blown...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SAP AG, SoftwareAG, OpenText, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Windows 7 upgrade pricing is too expensive
- Windows 7 upgrade pricing is too expensiveAdrian, you just shot down your entire argument[i]If free really dominated people's thinking, Linux would commad a massive market share by now.[/i]If Windows was really too expensive (and Windows 7 is around the same price as Vista and XP were) and OS X was...
- Tags: Pricing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, amazon, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 upgrade pricing, Windows 7 Upgrade, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, massive market share, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
- Where is the power in ebooks?
- Where is the power in ebooks?Human mind.....Well, you learn from text books, E_books are not a replacement and it is not good on your eyes.Waste of money.Poor Dana - A 4th dimension?Give me a break. The last thing someone reading a book needs is a web-induced case of ADD by...
- Tags: E-books, built-in dictionary, e-book, Bible
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- Yes, the cloud is still OK, even after Google's "glitch"
- The big news Thursday, of course, was Google's outage for many of its services. Listening in on Twitter, one would have thought that we were all going to die painful fiery deaths or that several folks at Google should sacrifice themselves to similarly painful and fiery deaths. By...
- Tags: Google Inc., Student, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Management, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Mandatory iPhones at UM worth a bit of outrage?
- Mandatory iPhones at UM worth a bit of outrage?More generalized solutions in the futureUM is clearly highlighting a market opportunity for iPhone/iPod Touch type devices and, at the moment, Apple appears to have the best overall solution.Ideally, in the future, more generalized solutions will be available that allow more vendors...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Web browsers, Digital media, Digital music, Mandatory iPhones, UM worth, outrage
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
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