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EasyReach 2.5.1 (Mobile)

Mobile shopping, remote PC access and desktop searchA free application for mobile shopping, remote PC access and desktop search from your handheld device, the EasyReach service offers pay-as-you-go access to your favorite retailers with NO PRICE MARKUPS, and the fastest, easiest secure mobile remote access anywhere, anytime, with FREE desktop...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Desktop, Mobile, Storage, E-mail, Desktop Search, EasyReach, EasyReach Application, Google Desktop Search Compatibility, Industry Expert, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-01-17

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News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Windows 7 killer deals commence; 7 days of PC specials, $30 OS upgrade

That Best Buy deal ain't bad at all......stop Geek Squad at the door take the merchandise pop in the Ubuntu CD's and I'm ready to go. Thanks Win 7 for the cheap hardware.Apple should be offering deals now, tooJust to steal some thunder from the Win 7 (vista 2.0) over-hype.Fanboi...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating systems, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard, Media Center PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Google Chrome Frame ... Chrome performance for IE users!

Global governments should move this forwardGlobal governments should take the lead, to promote open web standards, by requiring all government agencies still utilizing IE to install this plug-in (or alternatively, upgrade to a modern web browser).This would:1. Bring government browsers into compliance, with the latest modern web standards.2. Increase agency...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chrome, Web browser, IE Users, Chrome performance, Web, performance, Google Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Google, Microsoft and Zoho

The Battle for the Desktop and Beyond Microsoft is in the news lately with its Office 2010 announcements. It contains, no surprise, a number of tidbits to make more of the application suite more cloud friendly and less costly. Implicit in this strategy...

Tags: Google Inc., Zoho, Microsoft Corp., Software Purchase, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Microsoft Office, Management, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chips

Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chipsBut does it run Flash?I figured I would chime in since people feel that it is the OS writers issue to provide Flash compatibility - witness all the users griping about lack of FLASH in the Iphone, Android...

Tags: Operating systems, gmail, ARM, Google Inc., operating system, Intel Corp., Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, chip

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

New Zune entertainment services on tap for June?

New Zune entertainment services on tap for June?That's a pretty lame timetable if you ask meSeems that MS is living in a vacuum where they think they can release a "me too" product with features that their competitors have a long time ago. The Zune v1.0 and WinMo 6.5 are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing research, Microsoft Zune, New Zune, Microsoft Corp., New Zune entertainment service, WinMo, entertainment service, entertainment

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Palm gets in game but doesn't change it; Reality lurks

Palm gets in game but doesn't change it; Reality lurksagreed.. price is incredibly important...i think they really need to match iPhone pricing.. in spite of actually having, what i think IS a superior device.. with no apps + no ecosystem really a part of the product as well they need...

Tags: Games, Palm Inc., Apple iPhone, game

Discussion threads 2009-01-09

IBM Linux-OpenOffice Desktop offering - history repeating

IBM Linux-OpenOffice Desktop offering - history repeatingOS/2 was the best OS...ever written at the time. It would still compete with anything MS has ever written. It was fast and you couldn't crash it. Even if you tried.You mention XP has its limitations. What are they?If anybody is planning on encroaching...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, desktop, IBM Corp., Linux, distro

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X

A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS XThere is only one advantage of Windows over Mac OS XDirectX.RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS XThe challenge should be: what can you do on an exorbitantly expensive Mac that you can't do right now in Windows for a fraction of...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, OSX, Microsoft Windows 7, halloween challenge, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, MacOS X, Win 7, Apple Macintosh, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-11-01

Cloudy views and more aaS

Microsoft's entry into the so-called cloud computing space sparked off some collateral knock about posts between Tim O'Reilly and Nick Carr with Tim Bray and Stephen O'Grady joining in. At first blush each seems incredibly reasonable. When taken together they become as dense as some of...

Tags: Google Inc., Network Effect, Cloud Computing, Network, Microsoft Corp., Tim Bray, Tim, Stephen, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-28

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

Picture the scene. A small country pub in Canterbury, a warm, autumn evening, surrounded by friends drinking and smoking in the beer garden; relaxing after a difficult, hard day at work. The birds are singing, the breeze is light and feathering our very souls. This is heaven....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-08

T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown

With all of the hooplah surrounding T-Mobile's announcement of the G1, I thought it useful to lay out the details of the phone: T-Mobile G1 Fact: First phone using Google Android platform Looks like: A Sidekick Price: $179...

Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile, Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Scanners, Keyboards, Marketing Research, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid

Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidGo on Google, kill them off once and for alllet's rid the world of these sloppy fat liars and have technology once again !!!!RE: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidThe browser came about because IE 8 really scared the...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Why do you want WinFS?

Why do you want WinFS?same questionI posted exactly the same question to AKH article talkback. It will be interesting to see the answers.This makes everything so easy, now.If MS doesn't deliver it, then it's not really a necessary technology or all that important.It makes life so much easier when every...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SEARCH, Digital music, Digital media, WinFS, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OS

Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OSPerhapsbecause I said best bitsThe next OS from Microsoftshould employ the best bits of what is available, whether they are Microsoft ideas or not - most of the best ones have not been. For example, it should at the very least...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Lessons from Firefox 3

Lessons from Firefox 3Firefox 3 is OK - IE7 still better!Comparing Firefox 3 with IE7, I find that IE7 displays web pages much better. I'm looking forward to IE8 when it becomes available. As usual, Mozilla Firefox is still a novelty.movingwow, we have an edit button now! Moving my...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, FF3

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan Bs

Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan BsOther winners include1) Office chairs producers2) The free marketsRE: Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan BsGoogle is a winner? Uh no. Google has been intefering with this deal from the beginning and should be put...

Tags: advertisement, audio track, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Plan B

Discussion threads 2008-05-04

Micro-bambi meets Googol-zilla

Micro-bambi meets Googol-zillaWell, search does not have any lock-in, you can switch search providers inthe time it takes you to type a URL. So, Google must compete fiercely and stay ahead of the curve. On the other hand, they guys at MS must be the village idiots. They have NO...

Tags: Engineering, Microsoft Windows 2000, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Micro-bambi, lock in, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

First Look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 2

First Look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 2My Backup BrowserLike its predecessors, Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 continues to work with my financial site and Cox TV listings. No version of Safari has ever been able to do this. Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 also passes the acid test, http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/. ...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Firefox 3 Beta 2, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.0 Beta 2, Firefox 3.0, Web browser

Discussion threads 2007-12-19