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Killer keyboards

Bleach water is one answer.Can't remember the exact formula, but it ought to be easy to find. I think it's a quarter-cup bleach per gallon of water, not sure. Just wipe the keyboards and mice with a cleaning rag dipped and wrung out. To be effective, it...

Tags: Keyboards, Lysol, keyboard, Killer keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

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iPhone replacements

washed out row of pixelsI had a washed out row of pixels on my screen and they just gave me a brand new one. Took about 5 minutes, and when I hooked it up to iTunes, everything I had synced: contacts, songs, movies, text messages, alarm clocks, notes, etc. was...

Tags: Sales strategy, Smart phones, Sales force management, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, sales

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Five ways Android could get into trouble

the only danger lies with patents owned by Apple, M$ or other trolls.Without them, the sky is the limit!Good points! Apples success, and closed software, and AT&T exclusivity are what are giving Android a big push. Verizon ONLY accepted Android on their network to combat iPhone / AT&T for example....

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, OPEN SOURCE, opposite, Apple iPhone, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

My First Week With DROID

The DroidI am curious-do you feel an application is coming along that will allow you to do to email what the Blackberry is already doing? Perhaps a software upgrade by Google? Having the ability to pull all your email accounts into one app is much better than what...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, E-mail, ROI/TCO, Droid

Discussion threads 2009-11-15

Motorola sells 100k Droids on opening weekend

Great screen ???? Only in the specs.Have you seen the Droid?? The screen is HORRIBLE. It is like looking at an old burnout monitor. Yellowish, blurry ... just plain UGLY.The pictures posted here and pretty much everywhere else aren't lying. The quality of the display in the Droid...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Inc., Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Android 2.0 (Eclair) FAQ

Android 2.0 GPSWill the GPS be functional if I don't buy the expensive Verizon data plan or pay by the Mb.You would need access to the internetto download the maps as needed there would not be enough room on the phone to store the whole country locally. So unless you...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Android 2.0, phone, ECLAIR

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

With Motorola Droid, Verizon puts doubts about Google Android platform to rest [review]

Looks pretty nice, one comment on the article tho...[i]Further, Android 2.0 offers universal search, surfacing Web pages (history, bookmarks, etc.), contacts, applications and more all from the same search field widget. It?s a welcome addition.[/i]This is actually a feature of Android 1.6 and so not exclusive to the Droid or...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Inc., Google Android, Apple iPhone, Motorola Droid, Verizon Communications Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless)

Editors' note: Over the next few days we will continue to test the Droid and add the results to this review.You have to hand it to Verizon Wireless: though the Google Android operating system now extends to a handful of devices, the carrier was able to get the tech world...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, display, Color Support, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Inc., Motorola Droid

Product reviews 2009-10-29

T-Mobile announces 3G BlackBerry Bold 9700 with 624 MHz processor

lookwoah! a new phone with a tiny screen, an ancient os and thousands of plastic buttons (that can't change layout when needed) glued all over it. i am impressed. RE: T-Mobile announces 3G BlackBerry Bold 9700 with 624 MHz processorEven though I wouldn't have chosen those words I have...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, T-Mobile, MHz Processor, phone, 3G

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Motorola goes all-in for Google Android

Motorola must have decided that the only viable way of competing would be with a iPhone like device, and, Android was the only way for them to get there right away. They also probably realized that there is no way to sustain an in-house project that would be any ways...

Tags: Smart phones, Google Inc., Google Android, Apple iPhone, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features

Verizon Wireless has released a television commercial for its new Droid handset â€" which runs Google's Android OS natch â€" and it's a shot directly across the bow of the S.S. iPhone. The ad (and corresponding Web site DroidDoes.com) are part of a new advertising campaign which...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Attack, iDon't, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-19

DROID aims to make Apple iAnnoyed

As Wuher the scowling bartender said in Star Wars, AT&T Wireless and Apple doesn't "serve their kind in here", but the DROIDs are coming, like it or not. Verizon recently launched its DROID Does web and TV campaign which is a preview of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-18

Analyst: non-exclusive iPhone could dominate world

Spreading the joyI had Verizon for years. Very good coverage, excellent service, but the control they insist upon over apps and such makes Apple's app store look like a Linux convention. I've read within these hallowed pages speculation that Verizon was where Apple first tried to set the iPhone but...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, ATT, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., GSM, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Microsoft's Courier tablet: A Franklin Covey planner on steroids?

I'd buy one instantlyThe Courier embodies everything I've wanted in a portable device for well over five years now - essentially an electronic pad/binder that works very similar to the physical counterpart. Notebooks are too cludgy (being clam-shells) and tablet PCs far too heavy (and still basically clam-shells), not...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Microsoft Corp., Franklin Covey

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

The 10 biggest moments in IT history

Missing: Tim Berners-Lee?The Mouse, and the GUI ...... without the invention of the mouse or the GUI/WYSIWYG there would not be as many users as there are today, and I would hazard a guess that it would be restricted to business applications like accounting, and Data Analysis.LudoRE: The 10...

Tags: Mice, Strategy, Operating systems, GUI, PARC User Interface, mouse, Microsoft Corp., IT History, Xerox PARC, operating system, IBM Corp., information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

ARM targets Intel with 2GHz multicore chips

Great platform for next-gen OS developmentThis sounds like it would be a great platform for somebody to develop the next generation OS we so badly need as a replacement for all of the existing 20th century OSes we're currently using.Still primitive - OS has a long way to goI use...

Tags: Operating systems, Keyboards, multi-core processor, Intel Corp., chip, operating system, keyboard, ARM

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Cliq builds on iPhone idea, pushes away from smart"phone" category

How about 'commer'?(A shortened version of communicator.) Moto gets points for coming up with the idea of making a specific function social easier with the Cliq. But putting all their eggs in the "social" basket seems risky. Isn't the appeal for this kind of limited in the overall market? We'll...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cliq, iPhone idea, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Is lower power consumption Windows 7's killer feature?

what killer feature?I don't know about OSX but Linux is more energy efficient than windoze.FYIsold by M$ under the namne of 'Windows' something.What is this "Windoze" you speak of?Never heard about it before....Anyway, can Linux run my programs? (Office, Photoshop, the latest games, Windows Live Essentials?) No? Oh.... Thats some...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, killer feature

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

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. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Tablet devices suck, so why does Apple want to make one?

Tablet devices suck, so why does Apple want to make one?If portability was a key factorto the red hot success of "netbooks", then a tablet which can get rid of the keyboard and thus half the space when working with it makes a lot of sense.To succeed I belive it...

Tags: Tablets, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Keyboards, E-books, Current hybrid, tablet, netbook, Apple Inc., keyboard, e-book, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-08-04