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A 1.4-gigapixel camera to detect asteroids

A 1.4-gigapixel camera to detect asteroidsWhat a waste of an awesome digital cameraThink of the PORN you could produce with this thing. Of course, to display it, you'd need a native resolution monitor... 30 feet tall?Can we get any more childish Jason?ntOH boyhere comes the big 1.. what ya gonna...

Tags: asteroid, Followed, camera

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

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Google classic homepage sports Motorola Droid ad

I don't see itCould be that it detects that I'm in Canada. Come on Motorola, bring this to Canada and I'll buy it! :)Re: I don't see it Not a Canadian thing. Either it is random, focused on some cookie info, or pulled. Not on mine in the US as...

Tags: advertisement, Motorola Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

18 truths: The long fail of complexity

Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...

Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples

RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

10 ways to evaluate your IT management software

Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...

Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-05

JPEE 5.4.2 (Mac)

JPEE E-mail Utility is available as a free email extraction, filterer, verifier, exporter, manager, and emailer utility all in one economical application. Take the bulk out of your email! Features include: Complete Email Merge Solution Unlimited Custom Tag support Conditional Tag support Inline Image Attachments...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Niagara Software, JPEE E-mail Utility, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

wrongwell matthew, because you have been wrong consistently about the smartphone market the last few years i would argue they are both doomed, when you like them. the pre doesn't help palm as it should regardless of critical acclaim and motorola will participate in the race to the bottom (margin...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, RIM OS, Palm Inc., Pre, GSM, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Katakana Writing Challenge for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Katakana Writing Challenge for iPhone application aims to help students of Japanese with their knowledge of Katakana. The beautiful stroke order animations will help students appreciate the artistry of Japanese writing. The application allows for on screen touch writing followed by re-inforcement of learning through individual stroke order animation.

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Animation, Lemon Sanver, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Do you really want to carry another device just for Twitter?

I stayed up late last night and watched Josh reveal the Twitter Peek device on the Late Night show with Jimmy Fallon. The new Twitter Peek has the same form factor as the Peek email device, but it only does Twitter. The Peek Classic cost $19.95 and has a monthly...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Twitter Peek, E-mail, Online Communications, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-03

iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

Yesterday, a "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!" message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the message from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, SSH, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Sharp AQUOS LC-42D64U

I have a Sharp TV(LC-42D64U).I have a Sharp TV(LC-42D64U). I bought it in Sept 2007. I have used the TV for about 2years. I recently downloaded firmware update(d64ua120.uvp) for my TV from sharp website. First, I formatted my thumb drive to FAT. Then I moved the new firmware file to...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, firmware, Sharp Corp., Sharp TV, new firmware

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Hiragana Writing Challenge for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Hiragana Writing Challenge for iPhone aims to help students of Japanese with their knowledge of Hiragana. The beautiful stroke order animations will help students appreciate the artistry of Japanese writing. The application allows for on screen touch writing followed by re-inforcement of learning through individual stroke order animation.

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Student, Animation, Lemon Sanver, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: E-book readers

In the second half of 2009 we saw some major updates to the market leading ebook readers, followed by announcements of new products coming at the end of 2009 and into 2010. We now see wireless and touchscreen functionality being added to these electronic readers, as well as access to...

Tags: Touch Screen, E-book Reader, Keyboards, E-books, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-01

How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT

Vista was lean!All developers - no testers ;-)The worst I've seenWere a couple projects that had someone called a Configuration Control Manager. What a useless twit she was. Someone in charge of settings. Probably no surprise it was some friend of the senior manager who followed him...

Tags: Lean IT, IT IS

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Kodak 5250

The ESP 5250 is Kodak's latest upgrade to last year's ESP 5 all-in-one AIO, which should be obvious from the almost identical design. Aside from looks, the printer does make improvements to print quality and most notably, output speed, but the printer still isn't perfect--it's missing an auto-document feeder and...

Tags: Scanners, Printers, Monitors & displays, Eastman Kodak Co., ESP 5, ESP, scanner, printer

Product reviews 2009-10-29

Spooky Halloween - scareware or crimeware?

With all the "spooky" cybercrime trends taking place on a monthly basis, such as the death of CAPTCHA, the suspicious idleness of the Conficker botnet, the clear presence of government-tolerated and upcoming government-sponsored botnets, the inevitable migration from using malicious infrastructure to entirely relying on legitimate one, followed by the...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Campaign, Cybercriminal, Search, Marketing Research, Strategy, Security, Marketing, Management, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-29

TV Series 0.3.6 (Mac)

TV series is an easy software to enter information on the TV series that followed. There is the possibility to enter the TV series, the seasons and all episodes. Moreover, the software allows to add iCal for a season or a single event so you can be alerted when the...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Patrick, TV Series, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Gawker Media tricked into featuring malicious Suzuki ads

A group of cybercriminals have successfully managed to trick Gawker's ad sales team into featuring malicious ads serving Adobe exploits (CVE-2008-2992; CVE-2009-0927) and scareware, by impersonating a legitimate ad agency inquiring about an upcoming Suzuki ad campaign. According to Gawker Media, the malware distributors were one of...

Tags: Advertisement, Gawker Media, Suzuki, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-27

3D Maze ScreenSaver 2.0 (Windows)

This customizable screen saver each time generates a completely new 3D maze and finds the solution. This is followed by display of 3D simulation of the passing through the maze. Also user can import his own graphics solution for elements of the maze interior BMP files.

Tags: 3D, Maze, Screensaver, Microsoft Windows, ScreenSavers Wizard

Software downloads 2009-10-27