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Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Geek gifts ideas

Lists ... if there's one thing that people seem to what at this time of year it's lists. In the run up to the Holidays I've planned on posting several kit lists for the Holiday season covering a wide variety of different kit. Today allow me to...

Tags: Kit, gifts, geek, holidays, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Image galleries 2008-12-08

Get in Line for Good Deals

Shoppers across the San Francisco Bay Area set their alarm clocks extra early to welcome Black Friday, the traditional start to the holiday shopping season. At electronic superstores like Circuit City, $299 laptops were among the first big items to sell out. People didn222t seem to mind waiting in hour-long...

Tags: black friday, shopping, electronics, christmas, holidays, news, Holiday, TVs, Notebooks, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Videos 2007-11-23

Additional Resources

Smart toy shopping this holiday season

Looking to buy a 'green' toy for the holidays? San Francisco based Green Toys manufacture their toys out of recycled milk containers. The safe plastic material is called high-density polyethylene and it's free from suspect chemicals you might find in other children's toys. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Toy, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-27

WinOrganizer 4.1.1517 (Windows)

WinOrganizer is a full-scale personal information manager PIM that helps you organize and plan your business and personal life. It's a planner, notepad and address book combined in one powerful application.The computer version of the organizer comprises all features of its paper prototype in a more comfortable way, which makes...

Tags: Password, Holiday, Microsoft Windows, TGS Labs, WinOrganizer

Software downloads 2009-11-25

NFS Snowfall 1.1 (Windows)

NFS Snowfall is a new bright free screensaver from a collection of free screensavers on http://www.newfreescreensavers.com. Falling snowflakes remind you of merry winter holidays, winter sports and a coming New Year.

Tags: Network File System, Screensaver, Microsoft Windows, NewFreeScreensavers, NFS Snowfall, Ip storage

Software downloads 2009-11-22

Delicious: Emily's Holiday Season 1.0 (Windows)

Deck the halls with love and joy in this wonderful time management sequel to warm up your holidays! It's winter in Snuggford and Emily is preparing for her family's holiday party at a cozy little lodge. Soon, romance fills the air as two suitors vie for Emily's attention. Can Emily...

Tags: Holiday, SpinTop Games, Emily, Time Management, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-20

Sony in danger of fumbling its big e-reader shot

Sony says it can't guarantee shipments for its latest e-readers for the holidays and that could be a big issue as it tries to compete with Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's nook. by Larry Dignan

Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Microsoft offers Office 2008 promotion for the holidays

Office 2009....?Its office 2008 rather than 2009. I actually thought there was a new edition and bounced around a bit ;)RE: Microsoft offers Office 2008 promotion for the holidaysOr you could always look for it on the web for around $79.00. Shop around first.Read the blogs and reviews before...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 2008, Mac Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Delicious - Emily's Holiday Season 1.0 (Mac)

Deck the halls with love and joy in Delicious - Emily's Holiday Season, a wonderful time management sequel to warm up your holidays! It's winter in Snuggford and Emily is preparing for her family's holiday party at a cozy little lodge. While making arrangements, the new owner quickly recognizes her...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Holiday, Macgamestore, Emily, Time Management, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Microsoft offers Office 2008 promotion for the holidays

Microsoft on Tuesday said customers can purchase versions of Office 2009 for Mac with a discount ranging from $20 to $50. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Traveling over the holidays? Using free Google Wi-Fi will benefit Climate Savers

Climate Savers encourages donations for using free Google Wi-Fi over the holidays; Google will match up to $250,000. by Heather Clancy

Tags: Google Inc., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Benefits, Wireless And Mobility, Human Resources, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-11-15

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Hangman Free for iPhone 1.01 (Mobile)

With Hangman Free for iPhone take on your iPhone or a friend in this chalkboard classic and find out how good your vocabulary really is. Hangman Pro for iPhone is the best Hangman game available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game faithfully captures every detail of the classic...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Optime Software, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Hangman Pro for iPhone 1.01 (Mobile)

With Hangman Pro for iPhone take on your iPhone or a friend in this chalkboard classic and find out how good your vocabulary really is. Hangman Pro for iPhone is the best Hangman game available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game faithfully captures every detail of the classic...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Optime Software, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-12

UK Santas getting gadget training before the holidays

Shopping List for regular readersExcellent idea training: then you can select with confidence from ZDNET bloggers' recommended XMAS gifts:1. Ed Bott: Windows Secrets by Paul Thurrott. You might get a signature on that because Ed is on a world tour fixing Vista PC's one at a time. Oh, you wanted...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, RAID, PRODUCTIVITY, Memory, UK Santas, gadget training, Xmas Gift, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

UK Santas getting gadget training before the holidays

They must really take Christmas seriously across the pond, as The Telegraph reports that British Santa Clauses will be getting a full rundown of the latest gadgets in PC World-sponsored workshops before sitting in the big chair. Spread out at shopping malls and...

Tags: Training, Kid, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-11

DayMate 6.34 (Windows)

DayMate is a versatile intuitive day planner. This profesionally developed and well designed application allows to create and schedule reminders than can pop up messages with optional sound effects; start applications or open documents check for new e-mail, dial phone numbers. DayMate runs in the background and makes it nearly...

Tags: Phone, Crystal Office Systems, DayMate, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Smartphone Buyer's Guide: What are the choices on my carrier?

I recently posted the 2009 Holiday Guide for smartphones and in that guide posted about just one smartphone from each carrier. There are more selections than just one though and now that most all of the announcements for the holidays have been made I thought you might like to know...

Tags: Smart Phone, Smartphone, Carrier, Smartphone Buyer, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Viewsonic introduces $100 VMP70 HD media player without network connectivity

Viewsonic is best known for its computer monitors, but it also offers HDTVs, mostly through online retailers. Now it hopes to expand its living room presence with its first media player, the VMP70. The good news is that it can handle 1080p HD, though that's...

Tags: ViewSonic Corp., Network, 1080p, Network Connectivity, Media Player, VMP70, Ethernet, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-05

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700It's been about a year since the original RIM BlackBerry Bold made its debut, and while it remains a very solid device, it's about time that a flashier, faster model took over the reigns. And that device would be the RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700. Not only...

Tags: Handhelds, BlackBerry Bold 9700, RIM BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry Bold, RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700, Research In Motion Ltd., T-Mobile, Bold 9700

Product reviews 2009-11-05