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HP Earth's OotP Countdown 1.5 (Windows)

HP Earth's OotP Countdown is a Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix countdown release on July 13, 2007 with an RSS feed reader. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HPearth, HP Earth, RSS, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-07-05

HP Earth's Harry Potter Clock 1.3 (Windows)

HP Earth's Harry Potter Clock is a grandfather clock with Harry Potter graphics on the face. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HPearth, HP Earth, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-07-04

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Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

DRAM error rates: nightmare on DIMM street

Windows.Atleast From Vista has a Utility in Administrative tools in the control panel.Where in "About this Mac"?I'd just like to make sure I know the right place to look for errors. I look under "Hardware/Memory" and see a list of all 8 DIMM slots. There's a column for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Memory, error rate, stable system, true meaning, DRAM

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

News to know: Verizon's Pre; Tornado; IDF; iPhone MMS; RedHat; Gmail outage

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. Sam Diaz: Report: Verizon says no to Palm Pre Andrew Mager: Tornado: The real-time web server from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, MMS, Red Hat Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., E-mail Providers, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Office 2010 for students excludes Office Web Apps

I have to defend Microsoft hereThey have chosen to play in the price game so that's what you get: a price.You don't get a Rolls-Royce for the price of a Ford Ka now do you?MS has enormous investment costs to recover here. I'm no MS lover but their stock...

Tags: cloud computing, Web application, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Snow Leopard: Why students shouldn't care less

NonZealot, 1You've just gone up a notch in my books. Good comment!RE: Snow Leopard: Why students shouldn't care lessIt's obvious that you are happy with that old code clunker Windows that is held together with string and chewing gum so stick with it and have a good day.Apple digs...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Snow Leopard, driver upgrade, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Dell: Linux netbook returns a "non-issue"

Marketing?A Dell exec goes to a Linux convention and says what the community wants to hear. He says, Linux netbook returns are not an issue. What's he gonna say to a linux crowd, "We put your OS on our hardware and people hated it."He's going to throw them...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, netbook, Linux netbook, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Will all the good open source companies be acquired?

So you think these vendors is all there is of FOSS?FOSS is not a bunch of companies selling goods, no, they are a lot of people developing software for anyone who cares to use it. Freedom and all that jazz, if you care at all about it.Visit the free software...

Tags: open source, OSS, F/OSS, OSS programmer, programmer

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interface

OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interfaceThey better follow Microsoft.Anyone who remember Jensen Harris' presentation at MIX08 knows that the Ribbon is the best thing to happen in user interface design in a long time. Lots of research went into it.OOo would be best-off using Microsoft's research...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Word processors, Microsoft Office, ribbon, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead Laptop

Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead LaptopSomeone from HP will read thisand email you with an apology and some effort to correct this. I hope you do not take them up on their offer since it would never be extended if you weren't blogging for ZDNet. It has taken some time...

Tags: Notebooks, Hewlett-Packard Co., laptop computer, HP Laptop, Shiva Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

When you see Chrome OS think business model

When you see Chrome OS think business modelI stopped reading at."But when you consider the $50/year price to license an anti-viral, the $30/year to license a malware program and the additional $30/year you need for a registry cleaner"Talk about exaggerating the costs to justify the rest of your article. Not...

Tags: Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc., operating system, malware, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?

One of the great things about being an Irregular is that every now and again, one of our motley band will toss a pebble into a pond which sends ripples. Last weekend Jeff Nolan, one of our founders and a great personal friend said this: ...

Tags: Information Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Argument, Tom, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-08

News to know: Bing, Twitter, Kindle, E3, Red Hat, Istanbul

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: Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback? Bing's real return: A catalyst to a...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Red Hat Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Engineering, Game Players, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Networking

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Poor economy saves Mac community from clone crap

Poor economy saves Mac community from clone crapRE: Poor economy saves Mac community from clone crapOh you'll enjoy my response to this, David. :)Can you point me to the reliability data you used......in order to reach the conclusion Psystar computers were more failure prone than Apple computers. Thanks.RE: Poor economy...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mac Community, Poor economy, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-27

Report: Conficker in attack mode

Report: Conficker in attack modeI was concerned.For a moment there I thought this wasn't business as usual.How many companies went under?I wonder how many companies are put out of businessdue to the software flaws in Windows?RE: Report: Conficker in attack mode*yawn*RE: Report: Conficker in attack modeI am dissecting conficker.eIf you...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Conficker, attack mode, virus creator, virus

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

News to know: RSA, AMD; Yahoo; Windows 8; $200 'Mac'

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. RSA Conference: Tom Foremski: A conversation with Check Point's Gil Schwed Symantec CEO: The future of security [video] RSA chief calls for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, RSA Security Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Is IE8 really fat and slow?

Is IE8 really fat and slow?IE8 Should be your only browser. To start with, I'm running Vista x64 on a core 2 duo with plenty of hp and it is much faster than IE7. Even there as with all current browsers the speed difference isn't of the...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), IE8, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Are you buying the greenest IT? It's all relative

Hewlett-Packard may currently be the biggest high-tech company on earth, but Dell is winning the mindshare battle for now when it comes to green IT, according to a new GreenFactor business survey. The poll of CIOs and Senior IT Managers by Strategic Oxygen and Cohn & Wolfe covered close...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Brand, Information Technology, Green IT, Survey, Recycling Program, Survey Result, Branding, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Scoreboard: The highest and lowest rated leaders in tech

Scoreboard: The highest and lowest rated leaders in techBalmer not surprisingThe guy's an idiot.He looks like your "creepy Uncle"When he opens his mouth you know he's an idiot - just about everything he's predicted has turned out wrong.He has no vision at all and little tact.In short, Ballmer has no...

Tags: Leadership, Investment, Steve Ballmer, Scoreboard, EMC Corp., leader

Discussion threads 2009-03-09