ZDNet Resources
- Monument to cost rises over Copacabana
- The old Copacabana nightclub in New York, across from the Javits Convention Center, will come down in favor of a 1 million square foot, 45-50 story tall medical device market.The World Product Centre is the brainchild of Israel Green, and will be built by Extell Development, best known for residential towers....
- Tags: Medical Office Equipment, Medical Equipment, Hospital Equipment, Home Health Care Equipment, General, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Xbox division post $1.9 billion loss
- Microsoft continues to plough money into Xbox, but a profit is nowhere in sight.On Friday the Xbox division posted a staggering $1.9 billion loss. This loss is partly down to the absorb $1.2 billion the company had to throw as upgrading the 360s warranty and maintenance program. I'm betting that...
- Tags: Microsoft, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Wireless USB notebooks appear
- Wireless USB finally comes to Dell and Lenovo notebooks. It's been announced today that Dell's Inspiron 1720 notebook and Lenovo's ThinkPad T61 and T61p models are the first PCs to be certified for Wireless USB.Wireless USB is compelling indeed. Imagine being able to break free of the wiring clutter that...
- Tags: Gadgets, Industry
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- A bumper crop of new mashup platforms
- While application developers tend to roll their eyes at the concept of end-user mashups, they remain one of the more promising new trends in software development this year. And while it's certainly true it's early days yet for mashups, the tools that enable them remaining rather limited, seems to...
- Tags: Wikis, Widgets, Web services, Web as Platform, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, Two-Way Web, The Long Tail, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Right To Remix, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Products, Open APIs, Mashups, JSON, Governance, Global SOA, Gadgets, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Design Patterns, Customer Self-Service, Cost-effective scalability, Business Models, Ajax
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Take a lunchtime break and play the mobile phone celebrity guessing game
- If you are looking for something to do while on a break from work or want to have a bit of fun with your friends, then head on over to participate in the Gear Diary Celebrity Guessing Game III contest. The winner will be selected randomly from the entries who...
- Tags: iPhone, Giveaway, Gadgets, Feature phones, BlackBerry
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- T-Mobile giving some free HotSpot @Home phones to loyal customers
- I don't know if T-Mobile has been reading my HotSpot @Home blog posts, but today when I got home I had a nice surprise on my door step. T-Mobile sent me a complimentary Samsung t409 HotSpot @Home mobile phone in "appreciation of my commitment to T-Mobile". This actually couldn't have...
- Tags: Feature phones, Gadgets, Wireless carriers
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- Safari for Windows: it syncs
- When Steve Jobs made his WWDC announcement regarding Safari for Windows, there was much discussion about how this would broaden the iPhone developer community, yada yada.Well, sure. But one important thing about Safari for Windows went largely uncommented-upon: When you're using a phone browser, you really need bookmarks...
- Tags: Software, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- It's content that drives the adoption of new technology
- Many companies still seem to be missing the point. Outside of a small number of tech-heads, it's content that drives the adoption of new technology, not how cool the technology actually is.Two areas where this simple but trustworthy rule of thumb has been forgotten are home entertainment and games consoles. ...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Gadgets, Gaming, Hardware, HD-DVD, Marketing, Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- The well-traveled iPhone
- Am I crazy, or did my iPhone travel round trip to Shenzhen and back before arriving in Southern California?iPhoneDevCamp got front-of-Business-Page coverage in today's L.A. Times.I enjoyed Cringely's well-headlined piece, predicting a 3-G version by Christmas, as well.
- Tags: Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Nokia adds Skype and Adobe Flash support to the N800 Internet Tablet
- My Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host Kevin Tofel had a chance to see and play with the N800 and Skype while at the Digital Experience event a couple of weeks ago. James just posted that Nokia was quick to deliver on the promise of Skype for the Nokia N800 Internet...
- Tags: Gadgets, Linux, Mobile software, Nokia, Nseries, Ultra portable PC
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- LG to offer "YouTube" phone
- The Korean tech giant LG has signed an agreement with Google to develop a cellphone aimed specifically at YouTube users.Apple's iPhone might allow you to watch YouTube videos, but LG's phone goes several steps further, allowing you to record video and upload them directly to YouTube. The phone will also...
- Tags: Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-07-03
- Has Steve Jobs dropped the iTunes ball?
- Has Steve Jobs been too focused on the iPhone over the past six months and allowed problems to develop over in an established part of Apple's business - iTunes. The New York Times reports today that Universal Music Group has notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract...
- Tags: Thoughts, Industry, In the news, Gadgets, DRM, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Delivery for iPhone online orders 2-4 weeks out; iTunes 7.3 won't save my library
- The Apple Store came back online at 6:00 p.m. PDT, and my order was processed exactly eleven minutes later. Shipping is estimated for "2-4 weeks" from today, expedited shipping was an additional $10.00, plus California sales tax of $47.20. Hey, it's better than $1,500, or worse, and ordering...
- Tags: Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Why I'm buying an iPhone
- As if anyone needed to list more reasons to buy an iPhone. But I haven't seen anyone (save Steve Gillmor) write about most of the reasons I'll be buying this device, so here they are.By consolidating phone, contacts, email, music, podcasts, video, and Web in a single device, the...
- Tags: Attention, Copyright, DMCA, Gadgets, User generated content, Video
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- How can Apple turn the iPhone into a long-term success?
- Steve Jobs is no fool. He didn't lead Apple from the edge of bankruptcy a decade ago to where it is today by making rash moves. Betting against Jobs isn't a good bet. The chances are high that the iPhone will be a success initially, but what about long-term? This...
- Tags: Gadgets, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Extreme makeover: Geek.com edition
- I have been writing for the Chief Geek, Joel Evans, over at Geek.com for the last 6 years and am pleased to let you all know that Joel just completed the rollout and launch of an entirely new layout and back-end of Geek.com. The site is now based on WordPress...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, UMPC, Smartphone, Review, Gadgets, BlackBerry, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- More on the Yoggie Pico Pro security appliance
- Last week I posted information about the Yoggie Pico Pro, an all-in-one security that fits onto a USB dongle. In the TalkBack section Michael Kelly asked a couple of interesting questions: How are virus (spyware, phishing, etc.) definitions kept up to date? Are they downloaded onto the stick or the PC? And...
- Tags: Gadgets, Hardware, Security
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- The Yoggie Pico Pro Linux security appliance review - Part 1
- Yesterday I received a Yoggie Pico Pro personal security appliance for review. This is a new Linux-based security computer that's the size and shape of a USB flash drive. The idea is that rather than run security apps on your PC, have them all running on the Yoggie instead. Nice...
- Tags: Security, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- The iPhone will cost me at least US$2245, how about you?
- So now that the very slick Apple iPhone TV ads are available for viewing, I am sure many of us have our gadget lust peaked and are thinking about what our iPhone acquisition strategy may be on 29 June. As compelling as the iPhone looks, there are also many of...
- Tags: Wireless carriers, iPhone, Gadgets, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- 10 million iPhones = An idea platform for malware
- Let's make a few assumptions. First off, let's assume that Steve Jobs is bang on right and the iPhone will be a massive success. Let's assume that it will be the biggest thing since the iPod. Let's also assume that Steve's right when he says that Apple can shift 10 million...
- Tags: Thoughts, Security, Industry, Gadgets, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
White Papers and Webcasts
"Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ Technology and the new 45nm Intel® Core™ Duo processor delivers greater than 2x the performance over older generation Intel® Centrino® components when your system is multitasking.
