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Helio HEAT (Gold)

Photo gallery:Helio HeatHelio is by far one of the sexiest MVNOs on the market today, thanks to the company's innovative marketing campaign, the slick user interface on its Korean-made phones, and supported features such as MySpace Mobile access. Late last year, Helio upped the ante on its handset offerings when...

Tags: Helio, Helio Drift, telephone

Product reviews 2007-03-19

Helio HEAT (Onyx Black)

Helio is by far one of the sexiest MVNOs on the market today, thanks to the company's innovative marketing campaign, the slick user interface on its Korean-made phones, and supported features such as MySpace Mobile access. Late last year, Helio upped the ante on its handset offerings when it introduced...

Tags: Onyx Software, Helio, Helio Drift, telephone

Product reviews 2007-03-09

Helio Drift (black)

Photo gallery:Helio DriftOf all the mobile virtual network operators MVNOs targeting the youth market, Helio has been getting the most buzz. A joint effort by California-based Earthlink and Korea-based SK Telecom, Helio launched earlier this year with a slick marketing campaign...

Tags: Helio Drift, Helio, telephone

Product reviews 2006-11-17

Additional Resources

Why Amazon needs Kindle 2.0

Kindle-mania has arrived this holiday season -- but will it stay for good? In a recent article on Forbes.com, Andy Greenberg writes that Amazon's next e-reader won't be a game-changer, but it will keep killing the competition -- and that's why Amazon needn't upgrade its fabled gadget....

Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle-mania, Greenberg, Kindle, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wireless, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)

Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)Congratulations!You've won today's best SSID award: bottnet!:)RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)Microsoft Engineers told me back in 1994 that the mission was to go to some kind of subscription format if possible and if not they will...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Wi-Fi, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, wireless networking, Microsoft Windows Vista, wireless, Microsoft Windows, network, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Anti fraud site hit by a DDoS attack

Anti fraud site hit by a DDoS attackGee.I'm not part of the problem and I didn't lift a finger or pay a dime for the privilege. Hey Windows boys, care to chime in? :-) (That's a taunt in case you didn't catch my drift.)Must resist...... urge to respond...

Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, operating system, Anti-fraud site hit, Anti-Fraud, Microsoft Windows, site hit, distributed denial of service

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Vudu takes HD lead; enough to stay alive?

Vudu takes HD lead; enough to stay alive?TiVo niche ?DirecTV's has once again partnered with TiVo for a new HD model next year. Without getting technical TiVo uses dual buffers one for each tuner that Dish and DirecTV cannot copy.I don't think it's a niche product since the verb TiVo...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, TVs, TV & Home Theater, TiVo Inc., Apple iPod, Apple TV, Vudu

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Pantech Slate (AT&T)

Most of Pantech's messaging phones have been of the high-end variety. The Pantech Duo is a smartphone, the Helio Ocean is as close to a smartphone as you can get without having a third-party operating system, and the Pantech Matrix has HSDPA speed, along with multimedia features like a megapixel...

Tags: Instant messaging, Keyboards, Pantech Duo, AT&T Corp., SLATE, Pantech, phone

Product reviews 2008-11-06

Cursor Lock (exe)

Cursor Lock is a utility program that confines the mouse cursor to a selected area on the screen. This is most useful in multi-monitor setups, addressing a common oversight in some applications mostly games whereby they allow the mouse cursor to drift into other unwanted screens. In video games, this...

Tags: Mouse, Cursor, SnakeByte Studios, Mice, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-11-03

2008 Lexus IS-F

Photo gallery:2008 Lexus IS-FIn its continuing attempts to lose a reputation for boring luxury cars, Lexus takes its IS sedan and turns it into an M3 competitor. The 2008 Lexus IS-F uses the same platform as the standard IS line, but gets fitted with a powerful 5-liter engine. Lexus isn't...

Tags: Lexus IS-F, Lexus, Mph, Goodwin, car

Product reviews 2008-10-31

Google is oddly silent about Grand Central

Google is oddly silent about Grand CentralAndroid and grand centralGrand central probably made sense when google was in the mode of becoming a wireless carrier it had applied for frequencies and stuff.Now that its strategy seems to be the OS provider for cellphone's and not get into the carrier business...

Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Grand Central, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Autumn Sunset (exe)

Get in the spirit of the season with this high-quality screensaver. Relax and enjoy the serenity of an autumn sunset as leaves gently drift through the evening air. Optional sounds of birds and rustling leaves. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Autumn

Software downloads 2008-10-20

Should our President be computer literate?

Should our President be computer literate?The man with the BlackBerry gets my voteAlthough I fundamentally agree with you that being the leader of the free world is a bit more important that being able to check email and certainly requires a much broader range of qualifications, I have to say...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, aircraft

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

Virgin Mobile Shuttle - red

While we were fans of Helio handsets like the Ocean and the Kickflip, we knew that Helio as a company was struggling. Indeed, Helio was shopping around for a buyer, and in late June, Virgin Mobile stepped up to buy the fledgling MVNO for $39 million. There were many questions...

Tags: Cellular phones, Shuttle, Virgin Mobile, Helio, handset

Product reviews 2008-09-19

Creation in science classes? Maybe...

Creation in science classes? Maybe...The Last QuestionIf you really want to confuse people about this issue, have them read Asmiov's "The Last Question". Then see if they think about this issue the same way.Take care............WayneWhy is there necessarily a conflict?As a former science teacher, I handled the topic of...

Tags: creationism, science class, theory

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

Altec Lansing Orbit MP3 iM237

It's the little iPod speaker that could. The Orbit iM207, Altec Lansing's inexpensive mobile iPod speaker, has a new design and new name: the Orbit MP3 iM237. The new model's got a handful of little upgrades that make it a bit better than its predecessor. This single speaker is about...

Tags: speaker, Altec Lansing

Product reviews 2008-09-11

Fortisphere Virtual Essentials 2.0

As I'm clearing my desk to prepare for Citrix's event this week, I thought it would be good to post about Fortisphere's recent move. Fortisphere, a Kusnetzky Group Client, recently launched version 2 of its Virtual Essentials. Virtual Essentials is a tool that provides agentless, policy-based mangement of virtual machines....

Tags: Virtual Machine, Fortisphere, Virtual Essentials, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-08

SAP wrap and transparency points

This week's SAP influencer summit was a roller coaster affair. On the one hand I didn't detect anything fundamentally new on the BusinessObjects side other than a considerable amount of repackaging with a view to gaining additional sales. There's nothing wrong with that but it didn't demonstrate a huge amount...

Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, SAP AG, Smb/Sme, Retail, Channel Management, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-15

iHome iP99 (black)

You could be forgiven for confusing one iHome iPod speaker product with another--at last count, there were nine current models, and that doesn't include the five that are just different colored housings or the sole Zune product. One of the latest models in the lineup is the iP99. It's the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Monitors & displays, iHome iP99, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone

Product reviews 2008-07-08

2008 Volvo S80 T6 AWD

Photo gallery:2008 Volvo S80When we took delivery of the 2008 Volvo S80, we immediately opened the boxes, pulled the various panels out, and tried to match up the bag of fasteners with the pictures in the assembly directions. Actually, new Volvos look nothing like flat-pack Ikea furniture, trading in their...

Tags: Volvo, Volvo S80, driver-alert system, lane-departure

Product reviews 2008-07-01