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Guttenberg's wake

Doc Searls points to what strikes me as a shallow exercise in self-congratulation by Vanity Fair, How the Web was Won, an "oral history" of the Web told by a select few, whom VF considers winners or power brokers. As Doc says, its "far from Compleat History," but the real...

Tags: Web, Printing, Blogger, Guttenberg, Compleat History, Document Management, Printers, Blogging, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet, Marketing, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-04-13

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B&W Zeppelin Mini Speakers for iPod

Back in 2007, Bowers & Wilkins brought out the uniquely styled Zeppelin iPod speaker, which we described in our review as being every bit as sophisticated as Apple's iconic player, with detailed sound that largely lived up to B&W's high-end reputation. That Zeppelin remains on the market, but now it's...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Zeppelin Mini, Apple iPod, B&W, Apple iPhone, speaker

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7b QuietPoint

Last year, we reviewed the Audio-Technica QuietPoint ATH-ANC7 noise-canceling headphones, and editor Jasmine France thought they were a good value, offering decent but not great sound for the money. Well, when we heard that Audio-Technica was releasing a new, improved version of these headphones with a "b" tacked on to...

Tags: headphone, Audio-Technica, Bose

Product reviews 2009-10-28

Altec Lansing Mix iMT800

Back in the 1980s, when portable audio was synonymous with "cassette tapes," boom boxes were a mainstay of music culture. While luggable, battery-powered speaker systems still exist today, they tend to be somewhat dainty iPod speakers. Altec Lansing's $300 Mix iMT800, meanwhile, aims to mix and match the best of...

Tags: Engineering, Digital music, Digital media, Altec Lansing, battery, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone

Product reviews 2009-09-18

Oppo BDP-83

Photo gallery:Oppo BDP-83Ever since standalone Blu-ray players hit the market, there's been a great deal of anticipation for an Oppo Blu-ray player, mainly because of the company's reputation for making excellent upconverting DVD players. Oppo held out for quite some time, and in retrospect it was a smart move; almost...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Home entertainment, Blu-ray, DVD, Oppo BDP-83

Product reviews 2009-09-02

News to know: StumbleUpon; Facebook Apps; Satyam; Steve Jobs

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: eBay starts undoing bad acquisitions: Sets StumbleUpon free Andrew Nusca: Top Facebook applications see 25% drop in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Satyam, Apple Inc., StumbleUpon, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, 3G, Hardware, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Wowwee's Top 10 Love-Starved Androids (and yeah, the toys are on sale)

I get a lot of stupid pitches from PR folks for Tech Broiler. Most of them I ignore and go directly into the bit bucket. But as tomorrow is Valentine's day, this one particular amusing distraction from the guys over at Wowwee, makers...

Tags: British SF, Marvin, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Will Wikipedia fail?

Simply stated: according to cyberlaw professor Eric Goldman, Wikipedia will fail. According to Ars Technica, Goldman fancies Wikipedia, but thinks that the site contains the "seeds of its own destruction" -- and the online encyclopedia will need to choose between being "high quality" and "open" to survive....

Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Samsung HT-X710T

We recently looked at the HT-TZ512T from Samsung, a solid home theater-in-a-box that focuses on DVD playback and offers wireless rear surround sound. The TZ512 also offers a few additional audio inputs as well as compatibility with various digital file formats. The HT-X710T, reviewed here, keeps most of...

Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, Monitors & displays, DVD, Samsung HT-X710T, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., TV, video, subwoofer

Product reviews 2008-10-06

Sennheiser HD 600

When Steve Guttenberg reviewed the Sennheiser HD 650 headphones, he rightfully called them "fit for a king"--while noting that they retail for a correspondingly princely sum of $500. Thankfully, the HD 650s aren't the only model in Sennheiser's high-end audiophile line. The Sennheiser HD 600s can be bought at a...

Tags: Sennheiser, headphone

Product reviews 2008-05-13

The post Davenport-McAfee slugfest: the Twits speak

The post Davenport-McAfee slugfest: the Twits speakThe stifiling grip of corporate oligarchiesI can understand the fear. (democratized content creation = the deluge) As I wrote previously (https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/6968) I believe the advent of the printing press Guttenberg represented a content creation/knowledge revolution. It democratized the written word and lifted...

Tags: TWITS, Davenport Co., McAfee Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

After hi-tech failed me, low-tech reunites a lost iPod with its owner

After hi-tech failed me, low-tech reunites a lost iPod with its ownerThe obvious questionDid he read the local newspaper article in print or online?His neighbors....saw the story in the newspaper and everybody called him. Mention of the family's chocolate lab who I spotted in the pictures was what got his...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2006-11-03

Bose QuietComfort 3

Whether or not you think they're overpriced, Bose's luxuriously designed QuietComfort models have set the standard for premium noise-canceling headphones. As their model number indicates, the $349 QuietComfort 3s are the third iteration of these popular headphones, and for this go-round, the folks at Bose set out to make a...

Tags: headphone, Bose, QuietComfort 2s, battery

Product reviews 2006-06-30

Yes. You should outsource your e-mail

Yes. You should outsource your e-mailno advantage by outsourcing email1) the bandwidth is already there in the form of internet access.2) All email takes is running Exchange servers. They are pretty low maintenance.3) Outsourcing requires the business to pay a monthly fee. Keeping it inhouse is far more cost...

Tags: Email content, Email server, e-mail, outsource, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2006-02-15

Monitor Audio i-Deck

Over the past few years, stereo speaker systems for the iPod have been proliferating at a rapid clip, and they seem to come in all shapes and sizes. The i-Deck ($349 list), from respected British specialty-speaker manufacturer Monitor Audio, offers a slightly new take on iPod speaker design, giving the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, monitor, i-deck, Apple iPod, speaker, Monitor Audio

Product reviews 2006-02-13

The budding e-book controversy

Former Random House exec Michael Mellin warns that his former employer is stretching the definition of the word ?book? in order to justify a grab of author?s rights. COMMENTARY--I founded Random House Electronic Publishing in 1990 and served as Publisher of Random House Reference and Electronic Publishing until 1993....

Tags: E-book, Random House, Michael Mellin, Technology News

News items 2001-06-08