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- Did the iPhone kill satellite radio?
- A Slashdot post notes the sad state of affairs at satellite radio's Sirius XM and that it's starting to look like a "failed" company. why would anyone want to pay for proprietary hardware and a limited selection of a few hundred stations all controlled by one company? Since...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Satellite Radio, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Security Lessons and Your Personal Firewall
- There's an interesting dynamic I've been noticing and discussing a lot recently - people and companies are grappling with how to project some facets of their lives and information online while keeping other areas secret. As i suggested in my previous post, it...
- Tags: Facebook, Firewall, Personal Firewall, Security, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Microsoft's Live launches malware detection service for webmasters
- Playing catch-up with Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic, Google's warnings for potentially hackable sites, and Yahoo's SearchScan introduced through their partnership with McAfee, Microsoft's Live Search has updated their Webmaster tools to offer detection for embedded malware. Moreover, as a late entrant they simply had to differentiate, and they did it...
- Tags: Webmaster, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Dell gets a jump on Black Friday, a $389 desktop with 20-inch LCD
- Dell is getting an early start on Black Friday. The company has been running daily specials at www.dell.com/everyday for some time, and there have been some good deals on consumer desktop and laptops. But some of the best deals are currently hiding under the umbrella of "Small and Medium Business"...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., LCD, Monitors & Displays, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Semiconductors, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.
- If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...
- Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, Laptop Magazine, PC Magazine, Notebooks, Modems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- I want an iPhoneStormDroid
- Wind River's Multicore Software Hypervisor solution permits multiple embedded OSes to run on a single device. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to actually choose between an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or a Google Android? What if all those device operating...
- Tags: Device, Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Mid-range Apples that won't break the bank
- If you've got a couple extra bucks in your budget this year there are a couple of middle priced (US$100-300) gifts that up that I want to recommend. If this isn't quite your price range, feel free to check out my list of Mac-related gift ideas under $100...
- Tags: Bank, Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Chumby, Novatel USB727, FastMac U-Charge Battery Charger, 3G, Engineering, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Apple's new Macbooks: flop or fiasco?
- The news that Apple has cut Macbook production by 20-30% may not be surprising given the world economy. But when HP reports that their Q3 notebook revenue grew 26% and Mac resellers are offering rebates on the new 'books things have gone very wrong in Cupertino. Looking,...
- Tags: Revenue, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., NeXTCube, iMac G4, Steve, Netbooks, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron
- AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet Germany tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel Xeon chips. AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of...
- Tags: Performance, Level 3 Communications Inc., Shanghai, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Nehalem, Dunnington CPU, Processor Development, Performance Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, AMD, Opteron, Intel, Xeon, benchmarks, processors, Shangahi, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany
- News items 2008-11-24
- ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budget
- Desktops get little love these days as more and more users opt for notebook PCs. Laptops have closed the gap in recent years in terms of features and performance. But the fact remains that desktops deliver a lot more bang for buck. In fact, you can...
- Tags: Game, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., PC, Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Quad-core System, Studio, Flash Memory, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide
- There's always a lot of madness surrounding consumerist pseudo-holiday Black Friday, but with the economy in a chokehold, this year's event has been hard to predict. Will there be good deals because of a tanking economy, or did companies sign off on their specials before the...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
- Will email and text messages get shorter with the BlackBerry Storm?
- I am admittedly a very big fan of physical keyboards on my mobile phones and have what fellow MobileTechRoundup podcast co-hosts James and Kevin call "magic thumbs". I am able to pick up devices like the Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, T-Mobile G1 or BlackBerry Bold and quickly type emails...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, E-mail, BlackBerry Device, Storm, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- iPhone 2.2 firmware released
- As expected, Apple released iPhone firmware 2.2 today. The 246MB update includes the following published features: Enhancements to Maps Google Street View Public transit and walking directions Display address of dropped pins Share location via email ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Firmware, Apple iTunes, E-mail, Digital Music, Digital Media, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- iPhone update kills 12 security bugs
- Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks Customer
- I recently had the opportunity to speak with Nick Portolese, Senior Manager of Data Center Operations for Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Nick's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Network Security, Server, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMWare ESX, Nielsen Mobile, Altor Networks, Nielsen, Productivity, Data Centers, Ip storage, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration
- There is a thought provoking piece in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review written by James I. Cash, Jr., Michael J. Earl, and Robert Morison. Morison is an executive vice president and director of research at nGenera Corporation, while Earl and Cash are...
- Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Integration, Morison, Distributed Innovation Group, Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4
- It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Bargain Apples
- Apple is undoubtedly one of the hottest tech and consumer brands in the world and they should easily sell more than 2 million Macs and 20 million iPods in the upcoming holiday quarter. With all the Mac gear out there it's sometimes hard to choose. Here are...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Battery, Richard Solo 1800 mAh Battery, Inserts, NewerTech Voyager, Engineering, 3G, Digital Music, Digital Media, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives
- Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable data storage devices, according to internal e-mail messages seen by Wired's Noah Shachtman. According to the...
- Tags: Malware, USB Flash Drive, Worm Attack, USB, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
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