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Gennum nX6000 Bluetooth headset

Though we've enjoyed Gennum's previous Bluetooth headsets--such as the Gennum NxZen--for their performance, we haven't always been impressed with the design of the headsets. However, the company's latest model, the Gennum nX6000, boasts a sleeker and more lightweight design, prompting us to take special notice of it at CES 2007....

Tags: Bluetooth headset, Gennum nX6000, headset, Gennum Corp.

Product reviews 2007-03-03

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Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated

News outlet Bloomberg gave Apple fans and investors a huge scare late yesterday when it accidentally published an incomplete version of Steve Jobs obituary over its wire service. Although the service quickly retracted the release, it's an eerily-fascinating read complete with XXXX marks for the cause and...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Financing Startups, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot

So, EDS is gone again, subsumed by HP. But, lo and behold, H. Ross Perot is back, just in time for the presidential elections. Now, you can view his slides about the dangers of the federal deficit and debt online, any time you want. Or, hear him posit...

Tags: Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Highest-paid US public company executives

Associated Press published a list of highest-paid public company executives out of S&P 500 index. Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp. ORCL, $84.6 mln John Thain, Merrill Lynch & Co. MERPO, $83.1 mln Leslie Moonves, CBS Corp. CBS, $67.6 mln Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., $65.3 mln Bob Simpson,...

Tags: Company Executive, CBS Corp., GPS, Financial Accounting, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Hardware, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality

Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality....Look, our resident troll is back! ]:)OK everybody!Shut everything down. Open Source doesn't work. Go back to proprietary because they never have any security breaches. How many repositories are we talking about? You site one breach and declare the Open...

Tags: open source, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Yahoo: TV widgets and pondering a Disney takeover

If Yahoo's battle with Google has taught us anything it's that the company isn't run by engineers. Sure, Yahoo is tech savvy. Sure it has an open platform. And sure it'll do things like plan a Widget Channel with Intel and tout it at a developers conference. But Yahoo is...

Tags: Disney Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Widget Channel, Minyanville, Harrison, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

3D HD cellphone video: a killer app for next decade storage

Terabyte notebooks are coming in a couple of years. But what will we fill them with? Glad you asked. How about 3D HDTV cell phone footage? Don't laugh. It's coming. Flashback When I bought my first external hard drive - 30 MB for $300 - I...

Tags: 3D, Phone, Killer Application, Storage, Cell Phone, Video, Terabyte Notebook, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates

Robert Meltzer, CEO of VisaNow offers this guest blog post on the questions we should be asking the candidates on the ever-contentious H1-B issue. Consistently throughout U.S. history, immigration has been a divisive topic. Cultural biases, misconceptions, racism and fear continue to influence both opponents and...

Tags: U.S., H-1B Visa, Immigration System, H-1B, Government, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-13

MySpace lands official presidential debate gig

News Corp.-owned MySpace is continuing its push to become the online destination for U.S. politics amongst the social networking generation. by Steve O'Hear

Tags: Network, MySpace, MyDebates.org, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-08-06

News to know: LinuxWorld; Cisco; Microsoft; Yahoo

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'? Sam Diaz: LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest. Larry Dignan: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista A new data center?...

Tags: Apple iPhone, LinuxWorld, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Cloud Computing, Help Desk, Data Centers, Corporate Communications, It Operations, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-06

IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista

The Linux computing crowd smells blood and wants to make a run at Microsoft's Vista operating system. Coinciding with LinuxWorld, IBM, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat issued a joint statement promising "Microsoft free" desktops across the globe. I doubt it...

Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Cablevision, part 2: Is RS-DVR like a VCR or a copy shop?

(See Part 1: Buffering is not copying) Direct liability for creating playback copies The plaintiffs charged that Cablevision violated its reproduction right by creating copies for playback to customers. The question here is who made the copies. "If it is Cablevision, plaintiffs' theory of...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., VCR, Netcom, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

The Cablevision decision, part 1: Buffering is not copying

This Cablevision decision looks like it may make its way to the Supreme Court on questions of the interpretation of the Copyright Act, so I'd like to take an in-depth look at the decision PDF. It's long so I'm dividing it into several posts. Technology First...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Buffer, DVR, Memory, Digital Video, Development Tools, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move

LAS VEGAS -- Starting in October, Microsoft will start sharing details on software vulnerabilities with security vendors ahead of Patch Tuesday under a daring new program aimed at reducing the window of exposure to hacker attacks. The new Microsoft Active Protections Program MAPP, which will be formally...

Tags: Vulnerability, Security Company, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoidDell HellHey, Dennis. I really like the folks who are behind the social media effort at Dell, but I can't agree with you more here. I blogged about this precise issue last fall. http://tinyurl.com/DellHellRE: Social media and 'green': two...

Tags: social media, Dennis

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Security is everyone's domain

Guest editorial by George Stathakopoulos In the first half of 2008, Microsoft Corp. released its latest Security Intelligence Report. One of the most interesting statistics involved the results from Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool MSRT. Each second Tuesday of every month, the tool...

Tags: Industry, Domain, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Schoolyard antics take Microhoo drama to new level

Schoolyard antics take Microhoo drama to new levelMS is doing their dangdest to disrupt and destabilize the number 2competitor. Don't think it is working very well though. The AOL thing is also a stinker. Just leave the guy alone.85 percent of Shareholders back Yang . . . Did I hear...

Tags: Schoolyard, Microhoo, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

The LA earthquake

The LA earthquakeThe quake was downright puny5.4 is hardly even noteworthy. I couldn't believe all of the news coverage it garnered. Must have been a slow news day.RE: The LA earthquakenah. not just a slow news day. but it is an earthquake and in LA. if that hit east of...

Tags: Katrina, earthquake

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Intel to deliver 500,000 Classmates to Portugal

Intel to deliver 500,000 Classmates to PortugalIt will be interesting to see...how this shakes out. The government will be the ones selling them to parents. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/30/business/EU-Portugal-Classmate-PC.php[B]The cost to parents would be calculated on a sliding scale, he said, with low-income families getting the laptop for free and the top...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Classmates, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Network Neutrality & Google's Openness Before The FCC

Google clearly wants the FCC to make sure that other private companies' networks are open equally to all Internet services. Now, it will be interesting to see if that applies to networks in which Google is involved. On Friday, the Commission takes up the question of whether...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Network, Comcast Corp., Clearwire Corp., Network Neutrality, Internet, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-30