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- (1) Slang for any hardware device, typically small. Synonymous with "gizmo."
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- Peek releases $99 gadget just for Twitter
- Dedicated Twitterers (Tweeters?) have a new option for posting their 140-character thoughts to the web: the TwitterPeek. Looking a tad like a very thin Blackberry, Peek's Twitter-friendly gadget features a QWERTY keyboard, color screen and click scroll wheel. Available only on Amazon.com for $99, users get...
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Did you dress up as your favorite gadget for Halloween?
- Anyone can dress up as a witch or ghost for Halloween, but the best costumes are usually the ones that are outside-the-box. Did you dress up as your favorite tech toy this past weekend? by Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Trick or Treat: Five fun orange gadgets
- With Halloween just a few days away, it doesn't hurt to get in the mood a little with some pumpkin-colored gadgets for the Fall holiday. Here are five orange treats to go with your costume this weekend: 1. Sony Webbie HD MHS-PM1: If you...
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- The Route Gadget
- This handy gadget offers the diagnostic benefits of the Route command without the command-line hassles. Visit our Microsoft Windows blog for more information and resources.
- Download resources 2009-10-28
- The PathPing Gadget
- This free Vista/Windows 7 gadget automates the powerful PathPing utility, making it easier for you to isolate the cause of network problems.
- Download resources 2009-10-16
- Gadget travel tips--photos
- On the road with your favorite gadgets? We've got some handy power accessories and cool tips that will keep your gear juiced up and ready to go. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-09-22
- Google cracks down on slow gadgets
- Google has seen success in large part because of their attention to speed, reliability and quality of their services. Loading up the Google homepage is usually instantaneous, and searching through their gigantic web index takes a fraction of a second. Unfortunately for Google, they don't...
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- Google Search Gadget 2.0 (Windows)
- A very simple and unobtrusive Google Search gadget for the Windows Vista sidebar and the Windows 7 desktop. Options include opening the results page in either a flyout or a new window, and the option to choose from multiple skin colors.
- Software downloads 2009-08-18
- Google goes social but not in a Facebook kind of way
- It's no Facebook. And it's certainly not Twitter. But Google today introduced a social element of its own - called Social for iGoogle. The company introduced 19 new social gadgets as part of the launch. In a sense, the only difference between the previous gadgets for an...
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- Poll: What's your dead-finger tech?
- They're not called Crackberries for nothing. Technology can be addictive. With 5.2 million iPhones sold in the most recent recessionary quarter, it's clear that a whole lot of folks just got to have their gadget fixes. A while back, former ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind coined a phrase for...
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- Photos: Meet the Smart Brabus Electric Drive
- The Smart ED prototype's been given the once-over by Brabus, which has painted it spearmint green and white, fitted a matching interior, and added some cool new gadgets. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-06-12
- NewsReader Gadget 1.0 (Windows)
- NewsReader is a simplest and easy-to-use Vista gadget to read your favorite RSS feeds subscribed with Internet Explorer. It has unique to gadgets, large-scale floating window to read and scrool news comfortably.
- Software downloads 2009-03-21
- Photos: Fitness gadgets of the future?
- At health expo in San Francisco, "exergaming" makes a play, and a vibrating gadget moves your muscles for you. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-03-17
- Are the terms green and gadget mutually exclusive?
- Sitting here at the Greener Gadgets 2009 conference in New York City listening to a highly intelligent panel of design experts who are debating about the definition of green or sustainable design. Actually, I have an even more basic question: what the heck does "gadget" mean? I...
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Soaking up some rays: Freescale testing tech to bring solar charging to mobile gadgets
- There's a thought-provoking article in the Arizona Republic about some circuit-level technology coming out of Freescale Semiconductor that could eventually let cell phone makers build solar-power charging capabilities into their gadgets. The technology is supposed to help boost the energy created by a series of solar cells...
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- Under-the-radar tech at CES 2009's Digital Experience
- Every year, CES exhibitors converge at Digital Experience--an evening, food-laden press party--to show off gadgets new and not-so-new. The show-within-a-show always includes a few standouts that get a lot of attention. We went on the hunt for the opposite: less-well-known gadgets and technologies that nonetheless caught our eye. by CNET...
- Image galleries 2009-01-08
- Google Friend Connect now available to the masses
- This program has been in private beta for a while now -- but just recently it was opened up for everyone to use. Friend Connect is an extremely simple way to make any website you have a bit more social -- people that "join" your site (which I...
- Blog posts 2008-12-06
- The top 10 Vista sidebar gadgets
- Not everyone is a fan of Vista gadgets, but Deb Shinder has a large collection of them that she finds extremely useful. Here are the ones that top her list of favorites.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog and as a photo gallery.
- Download resources 2008-11-21
- Top 5 Father's Day gadget gifts for sons to give
- Father's Day is coming up, and for sons everywhere, that means a little indulgence in Dad's favorite activities. Here at ZDNet, that means gadgets, so here are five items Dad needs in his gizmo toybox. by Andrew Nusca
- Image galleries 2008-11-17
- Oracle Gadgets: Flexible Desktop Access to CRM Data Goldmines...
- Oracle, who have several code line families to care for and nurture, are announcing Siebel CRM 8.1.1 today, and more intriguingly from a collaboration perspective 'Oracle Customer Relationship Management CRM Gadgets for Sales', more evidence of the effort being put into Social CRM by Oracle. As the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
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