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iBuyPower Battalion 101 LX750

In a world of $4,000 gaming laptops, the $1,743 iBuyPower Battalion 101 LX750 is certainly inexpensive; but is it a bargain? On the one hand, it has a lovely 17-inch display and a lightweight, compact case, and its gaming performance, though not top of the line, should be enough for...

Tags: Notebooks, Keyboards, Games, iBuyPower Battalion 101 LX750, Battalion 101 LX750, laptop computer

Product reviews 2007-04-28

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News to know: IT turbulence, Windows 7, Facebook, Apple HDTV

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IT warning: Turbulence ahead CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over Gartner's worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn't so bad Sean...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, Open Source, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Negotiating with your hardware vendor 101

Squeezing the most out of technology budgets seems to be a running theme these days, but customers frequently give up leverage in negotiating hardware deals. According to Gartner analyst Leslie Fiering most hardware negotiations go wrong early on. A customer's maximum leverage occurs when a company is...

Tags: Leverage, Hardware Maker, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC

Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UACSo I don't have to wait for Windows 7?The need to wait or upgrade to Windows 7 is looking more dim for Windows Vista users. Microsoft just yesterday announced their intention to improve the user experience for UAC in Windows 7. But with third...

Tags: SECURITY, Web browsers, EXPLORER, UAC, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

YouTube teams with iTunes, Amazon to offer e-commerce feature

It's Business 101: Don't wait for your customers to come to you. Go to the places where they are. That's why you've seen the launches of music streaming services within MySpace and Google's AdSense program extended into Web-based video games. Now, YouTube has partnered with Amazon and...

Tags: Team, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Video, Apple iTunes, E-business, Corporate Communications, Web Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Seesmic snags Washington Post

Seesmic snags Washington PostEase of use = good user experienceAt some point during Debate08 someone tweeted about a BBC page what was collecting an impressive number of comments on the event. I popped over there and noticed a "Contribute by Video" link. Having only very recently started with Seesmic I...

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Games, Seesmic, Washington Post Co.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Apple dominates the teen vote, but...

Teenagers just love their Apple gear as the iPhone and iPod widen their lead among this fickle set. According to a Piper Jaffray report Apple is dominating teenagers' buying patterns. The high level details of a survey of 769 teens: 22...

Tags: Teen, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, 401(k), Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Human Resources, Benefits, Retirement Plans, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-08

iPhone hits another security speedbump

iPhone hits another security speedbumpYet another mindless ZDNet blogYour article starts out: "Apple’s ongoing struggles with poor security-related design choices have extended to the iPhone."It's nice to see that you've given up even pretending that you're objective. This is the stupidest, most mindless ZDNet statement yet - and that's saying...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spam, Apple iPhone, security

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Web Science: The next academic hot spot

Web Science: The next academic hot spotThe previous issue of SciAm was very good.For anyone who doesn't know, the prior issue of Scientific American was almost entirely about privacy and security, with an appropriate focus on the Internet.I thought the web science article in the current issue was very interesting...

Tags: Channel management, Web, web science, academic hot spot, Web Science, hot spot

Discussion threads 2008-09-27

Hands on: Slingbox PRO-HD

Unless you're someone who spends a lot of time Slinging content from your high-def TV to a computer elsewhere on your home network, you're not likely to see a whole lot of reason to upgrade - at least not quite yet - to the new $299 Slingbox PRO-HD, which began...

Tags: Bedroom, Home Network, Satellite, HD, Cable, TVs, Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Asian search market by country in July 2008

Country Audience, 000 Searches, mln. Searches per user Total Internet 335,124 27,059 80.7 China 143,502 10,994 76.6 Japan 61,117 6,162 100.8 India 23,397 1,192 51.0 Korea 20,429 2,101 102.8 Taiwan 10,002 748 74.8 Australia 8,380 855...

Tags: ComScore Networks Inc., NB

Blog posts 2008-09-24

News to know: Google and T-Mobile on G1; OpenWorld; SOA; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown UPDATED: T-Mobile, Google, HTC unveil G1 (with hands-on pics) Ed Burnette: Google releases Android 1.0 SDK Hands-On with...

Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Semantic Web, Web Services, Research & Development, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Marketing 101 for Tech Vendors

Satire For those of you who work for a technology firm, particularly you Marketing types, you will no doubt want to hold an "Analyst Day" to wow, dazzle and impress some influential types - like IT Research Analysts and the Enterprise Irregulars (disclosure - I'm an EI...

Tags: Analyst, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Marketing, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Oracle OpenWorld: Looking for some excitement.

If you're going to kick off a conference these days - that is, when the economy is tanking and people are wondering if the doom-and-gloom is headed for the tech sector - it's probably best to give folks something to buzz about. At Oracle OpenWorld, company president...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle Open World, Research & Development, Java Development Tools, Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Investment, Finance, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Canadian Rock Radio (gadget)

Get direct links to 50 of Canada's best rock radio stations streaming music 24 hrs a day. Don't get sucked in and pay for live audio streams, when you can 1isten for free. Simply click on the radio station you desire and play there live stream from their site, and...

Tags: British Columbia, Alberta, Radio, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-09-16

101 Basics To Search Engine Optimization (zip)

101 Basics To Search Engine Optimization is a definitive guide on how to utilize search engine optimization to drive tons of highly targeted traffic to your online profit center and shws you the effective ways to optimize your website using the right seo technique. This version is the first release...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine, Solvrite, Search, Marketing Research, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-09-11

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?I don't get it[i]If cell phone users don't like it, call the person, it doesn't cost anything extra. [/i]How does this save me from having to pay for the SMS that some marketer sent me, or the one that was...

Tags: Cellular phones, carrier

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Microsoft's Seinfeld ads: what's the real agenda?

Microsoft's Seinfeld ads: what's the real agenda?Wow....What keen insight. What a great article.Oh. Not.Perdue, Ioccoca, Seinfeld 4?If Lee Iococca can do ads for Chrysler and have a positive effective on the brand, then maybe BG is launching a new career in advertising and media and selling the MS...

Tags: MS Window, Seinfeld, advertisement, Seinfeld ad, real agenda, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-06

Numark iDJ2 Mixing Console for iPod

Photo gallery:Numark iDJ2When Numark unveiled the first iDJ iPod mixer in 2005, the half-baked product required two iPods, and lacked many essential features. After three years back at the drawing board, Numark's iDJ2 ($599 retail, $499 street) finally makes good on the promise of a professional iPod DJ mixer....

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, console, Numark iDJ2, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2008-09-05

Graphics Designer 101 (zip)

Do you know exactly what companies and clients are looking for in a Graphics Designer? Get a leg up on the competition, and find out exactly how you can catapult your name to the top of the list when it comes to Graphics Designing. This version is the first release...

Tags: Graphics, Becky-Beasley

Software downloads 2008-09-03