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Photos: Rolling across America at '10 MPH'

Filmmakers hit the road again, this time for screenings of their documentary chronicling a cross-country ride on a Segway.Josh Caldwell, along with close friend Hunter Weeks, filmed the feature-length documentary 10 MPH, which depicts a 2004 transcontinental Segway journey from Seattle to Boston. Caldwell had the honor of actually riding...

Tags: photograph, Josh Caldwell, Segway, MPH, Hunter Weeks, documentary, Seattle, Boston, honor, Idaho, Kansas, Dallas, Chicago, movie, America, director, software company, software

Image galleries 2007-08-07

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Will Windows Mobile jump back to number 2 by 2013?

Don't summon the marketing people...Win7 house party ads check cNet Buzz Report for a nice roast, Bill Gates shaking his posterior, and misleading Laptop Hunters ads...these are the people you want to sell people on WinMo?Personally I'd say to have MS do the same thing that they mostly do with...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, phone, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, mobile, WinMo

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

The Wintel blue light special

Attention MSmart shoppers. Wintel's results are in the toilet and Apple's surpassed estimates. Despite Microsoft's sassy Laptop Hunter ads, Apple sold more Macs than anyone expected. Want to know why? Win on price, lose on price Behind the engaging little customer stories in the...

Tags: Wintel, Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Price, Sales Strategy, Notebooks, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-07-26

Microsoft removes Mac price reference from Apple-aimed ad

Microsoft removes Mac price reference from Apple-aimed adI am reminded of a Ron White joke"You can ride the donkey to the top of the mountain, or you can take the tram, it's the same price"Funny you mention that price comparison[i]when custom-configuring a Studio XPS 13 to roughly match the 13"...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, KARMA, advertisement, battery, virus, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Microsoft gets its edge back

Is it just me or is Microsoft a little more competitive than it has been in recent years? Microsoft has gotten under Apple's skin---at least its lawyers---got Google's attention with Bing and is even doing the Web app thing. Microsoft almost seems to be enjoying itself as honchos like Kevin...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bing, Linux, Retail, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Oh, it's on: Apple counters Microsoft's 'Laptop Hunters' ads with 'Megan'

Oh, it's on: Apple counters Microsoft's 'Laptop Hunters' ads with 'Megan'5 viruses already, including the famous Izombie Bot net and......a new worm that ZDNet has already written about just yesterday. how many viruses/worms did OSX have? None, untill a couple of months ago.Yesterday, a 10.5.07 just came out, with a...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Notebooks, Viruses and worms, PC commercial, Apple Inc., Laptop Hunters, advertisement, virus, Apple Macintosh, laptop computer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

CRIKEY! He can swallow whole companies! But not communities.

Boy, what a big beautiful snake he is, mates. He eats multi-billion dollar companies with all their assets, WHOLE. But even big old  Constrictus Siliconvallis cannot squeeze the Open Source community. So, suffice to say, the Sun Microsystems story didn't end the way...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., JCP, Programming Languages, Java, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Learn to love a 10 foot HDTV

When it comes to watching DVDs and HD video, bigger is a lot better. Moving from a 50" LCD to a 120" front projector has made me a believer. And it cost less than an LCD or rear projector of half the size. I spent 8 weeks...

Tags: Screen, DLP, HDTV, LCD, Basement Room, Projector Quality, DLP Projector, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-27

The flipside of SAPs recent success and a surprise

Congratulations to SAP for a great quarter as reported by Larry Dignan. Having seen Henning Kagermann's restrained performance at TechEd, I wondered whether the company had blown up for this reporting period. Several of us noticed Kagermann's haircut and  I recall thinking 'I hope that's the only thing that gets...

Tags: Human Resources, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., SAP AG, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-18

I want to buy my kid a laptop...

I want to buy my kid a laptop...nice point ...[b]"OpenOffice is a bargain-hunter's friend and I make sure that teachers can support it if they receive files electronically from students.[/b]This is what 'IT' is about.. ;)MS Office costs vs. OpenOfficeHave you or your school looked at MSDN AA Academic Alliance?...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

Apple flaw count for 2007: 111 and counting

Apple flaw count for 2007: 111 and countingHAHAHAHAHA!!!Wow, you sure do get great security when you pay twice as much for a Mac!!OUCH!!!!Come on apologists, tell us all why this is no big deal!I'm assuming in your total.......you're including things like the patches for Final Cut Pro that came out...

Tags: SECURITY, Operating systems, Flaw count, job, Apple Inc., flaw, MAC, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-05-29

Can Best Buy become your IT shop?

Can Best Buy become your IT shop?Sounds like a deal to meI think I will call them up to have them load Deer Hunter 3D on my Tandy. They could load Windows Vista on there as well. I am sure I will have to buy a memory upgrade...

Tags: Notebooks, Geek Squad, Best Buy Co. Inc., laptop computer, CompUSA Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-27

Hitachi's humanoid robots can chat, zip around

Hitachi's humanoid robots can chat, zip aroundNew job opportunityI used to think that the MOST secure job in the world was copier repairman. I can see that robot repairman will be just as lucrative . . .Robots introduce a few things..-They can work 24/7-They can do the task the EXACT...

Tags: Robots, Hitachi Ltd., robot

Discussion threads 2005-03-15

Jet Ducks (OS5) 1.83 (Mobile)

Duck Air Force meets you! Going deeper into the reed, charging the rifle- Let the fun begin: you hunt, but don't be hunted! Enjoy this brik arcadeshooter.Game-play features real duck hunting environment;Challenging gameplay with ducks-interceptors, destroyers, supersonicfighters and aerobatic aces;Brand new release of a classic shooter with 4 game modes...

Tags: Mobile, Duck, Absolutist.com, Interface Element, Games, Palm OS, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-09-17

Jet Ducks (PocketPC) 1.23 (Mobile)

Game-play features real duck hunting environment;Challenging gameplay with ducks-interceptors, destroyers, supersonicfighters and aerobatic aces;Brand new release of a classic shooter with 4 game modes and 3levels of difficulty;Trendy cartoon-style graphics;The game process is similar for a range of devices ? from desktopsto mobile phones and handhelds.Good old shooters are back!...

Tags: Mobile, Duck, Absolutist.com, Interceptors-privates, Interface Element, Games, Pocket PC, Personal Technology, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2004-08-13

Microsoft sets up virus-hunting fund

Microsoft sets up virus-hunting fundInnovating yet again....What an original "Salem Witch hunt" idea from Microsoft. I am sure glad they invented "McCarthy Era" it. Surely they will be thorough "Spanish Inquisition" in their investigations. I would expect nothing but positives "Jewish Holocaust" from from such efforts put...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., virus

Discussion threads 2003-11-05