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- Google Backup is what I want for Christmas
- Google's Lenoir, North Carolina Data Center, seen during construction, could be one of several sites that could provide business continuity and peace of mind for netizens everywhere. I've heard this story too many times. "I got back from vacation and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Carbonite, Storage, Google Backup, Backups, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- "Grandpa/Grandma Mode" for PCs
- Get off my lawnyou young whippersnapper.RE: As I'm about to setup such a device for my own mother (yes, she's a Grandma), it's a GREAT idea that I'm trying to figure out how to accomplish. One of the All-In-One PCs (HP, Sony, Acer) with Win7 Touchscreen and as few buttons...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Scott Adams, PC, e-mail, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
- Consumer Reports ranks AT&T last among U.S. wireless carriers
- More salt on the woundEven AT&T's latest commercials seem to echo the very same perceptions everyone has of them. And they seem to do little to help their own image.I think one commercial boasts they can reach something like 98% of the US population, which is great if you...
- Tags: Smart phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., VZW, Apple iPhone, LTE, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., wireless carrier, carrier, Consumer Reports, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Does Chrome OS mean anything for schools?
- Benefits of the ChromeOS approachOne of the features of HTML5, that commentors on other posts seem to forget, is that HTML5 web apps can be "installed" in app cache, for offline use (Google "HTML5 manifest").If web apps can be used offline AND made to perform like desktop apps, with web...
- Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Desktops, NOW IT, HTML5, operating system, Chrome OS, Does Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-28
- Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?
- Not available on the N1000I don't see any options for this on my N1000.Bummer.Has the resolution improved on HD content?That was one thing I'd like to know. I can see a future, where everything you would ever need in the home will go thru the internet. I am already set...
- Tags: Cable, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Advertising & Promotion, FrameChannel, video quality, Roku Inc., cable television
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet
- That'll teach them what happens to jailbreakers!This only hits those who deliberately climbed the fence and ventured into the dangerous would outside Apples walled garden.Victims of this have nothing on Apple for this. The vulnerability was introduced by their own incompetent actions, but knowingly non-sanctioned by Apple.The learning: You better...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- FCC releases broadband agenda
- FCC still not looking out for citizens enoughThe FCC still seems to cater to comm companies FAR more than protecting the interests of customers. The fact that they allow cell carriers to charge thousands of dollars per megabyte for text message data rates is one indication. The fact that they...
- Tags: Federal government, Rural America, FCC, broadband agenda, broadband
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Google makes Chrome OS open source today
- I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos
- google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Google Chrome OS announcement
- Just as I thought"All data on Chrome OS is in the cloud""All data stored in the cloud in Google Docs":(YeahThat unfortunately is a deal breaker for me.I'll be sticking to my dual boot Windows 7/Fedora Core setup on my netbook.bad and bad no chrome os for me ......RE: Google Chrome...
- Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system, Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Samsung SCH-220 Code - silver (MetroPCS)
- The Samsung Code (SCH-i220) is MetroPCS's first Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, which seems like a step backward seeing as Windows Mobile 6.5 devices are available. However, that shouldn't detract the customers from getting the messaging-centric device. The Code offers a sleek design, easy-to-use keyboard, and decent performance and call quality....
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-11-18
- Logitech Harmony 700
- When Logitech released the Harmony One in early 2008, it instantly became one of our favorite universal remotes to date. But at $250, it wasn't exactly an impulse buy for the average consumer. With the Harmony 700, however, Logitech has delivered a model that offers the bulk of the...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Cable, setup process, Logitech, Harmony 700
- Product reviews 2009-11-18
- Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid
- The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...
- Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Selling customer information leads to prosecution
- What's the big deal?Isn't this how everyone does it? My boss would routinely buy millions of data records from companies to conduct email campaigns.Ah, but in Great BritainThey have made it TOTALLY illegal to sell data records. You cannot do stuff like this period over there, and I applaud...
- Tags: Asset management, INTERNET, Big Deal, asset, customer information
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Microsoft may have blown opportunities, but all hope is not lost
- Time to let it goThe erosion has started, it cannot be stopped and the longer you try to hold on to something that fleecing away the more you lose.Game over.Android wins.:)Blown OpportunitiesThis reminds me of MS failing to see the internet coming and allowing Netscape to dominate the market. They...
- Tags: Operating systems, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile, phone, Windows Monopoly
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent
- My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, sales, netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Memo to AT&T: When you're in a hole, stop digging
- AT&T and Apple were made for each otherBoth are whiny multi-national, multi-billion $$$/year mega corporations that sell substandard products and services to customers who don't know any better. Waaaaaaaaaa!!!!You said it exactly rightquote- [b]"You see, the company thinks consumers are too dumb to know the difference between 3G and non-3G...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, AT&T Corp., 3G, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Android army keeps growing as Dell enlists; Will the mobile OS war follow PC history?
- Well, this is exactly what MS wanted to do with Win Mobile - that fizzled.I think that was mostly due to that fact that Win Mobile was is so bad.But, Android is the real thing, and is a great OS, to the point that nobody is even talking about Win...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Operating systems, PC, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Win Mobile, mobile, operating system, manufacturer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Microsoft delivers new Zune HD games; Twitter and Facebook still to come
- RE: Microsoft delivers new Zune HD games; Twitter and Facebook still to comOH BOYY!! CHECKERS??!! OMFG AWESOME!!Message has been deleted.can't you sample tonnes of music for free on radio?broadcast or on internet radio if you want to listen to very specific song.. or just sample for free via internet downloads.....
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Facebook, pickup truck, Microsoft Zune, flaw, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Corp., radio, Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple Inc., game
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Open source needs successful champions
- Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...
- Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
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