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Microsoft LifeCam Show

The LifeCam Show is a vast improvement over Microsoft's previous laptop Webcam effort, the underwhelming LifeCam VX-7000. Most significantly, the image quality is improved, which Microsoft attributes to the cam's new sensor, firmware tweaks, and software optimization. The LifeCam Show also offers more versatile mounting options, and the bundled LifeCam...

Tags: Corporate communications, Notebooks, Microsoft Corp., LifeCam Show, camera, LifeCam VX-7000, image quality, laptop computer

Product reviews 2008-09-17

Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000

Only regular users of Windows Live Messenger or Live Spaces bloggers should consider the Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000, and even then, I'd recommend Microsoft's cheaper laptop Webcam, the LifeCam NX-3000. At its list price of $99, the LifeCam VX-7000 cannot compete with Logitech's excellent $99 Webcam, the QuickCam Pro 9000. The...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Corp., LifeCam app, photograph, Webcam, LifeCam NX-3000, Logitech, LifeCam VX-7000, video

Product reviews 2007-11-12

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Qualcomm's Kayak "PC alternative" pictured

Here's a picture of Kayak, the "PC alternative" for emerging markets that Qualcomm announced yesterday. It looks pretty much the way the company described it: sort of a cross between the Apple Mac Mini--bring your own monitor, keyboard and mouse--and the OLPC's XO laptop with its...

Tags: PC, Qualcomm Inc., Kayak, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Desktops, Wireless, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Sun launches Open Storage line

Sun Microsystems on Monday unveiled a new family of storage systems--code named Amber Road--in an attempt to put the squeeze on players like EMC, IBM and HP by using standard components and open source software. Sun's 7000 family is aimed at cost-conscious storage customers. Sun says its...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Storage 7210, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-10

What drives customer demand for Solaris/x86? Fear of failure

What drives customer demand for Solaris/x86? Fear of failureDificult to grabsun startegy regarding opensolaris/solaris x86 is very difficult to grad, and I think that is partly due to sun having changed their strategy over time.First, i think the program was started when they didn't know the outcome of niagara.the risc...

Tags: Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, second-one, Intel x86, Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now

I was quite inspired by fellow ZDNet blogger Matthew Miller's post listing every mobile device he's had over the years (86 and counting, my friend!). Though my memory isn't as robust as Matt's, I thought I'd compile a list of my own ghost gadgets of the past, comparing them with...

Tags: Motorola Razr, Phone, Logitech, Intel Core 2 Duo, Camera, Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-02

HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integration

HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integrationbest move so farThis is how we are going to keep America competitive and eliminate the pork that goes to useless employees rather than the stockholders.You missed the restocking part ...About half of the positions will be re-filled, just not...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., computer, job

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

Spamming vendor launches managed spamming service

A spamming vendor known as the SET-X Corporation, has recently launched the distributed SET-X Mail System, a sophisticated managed spamming service available for rent on a monthly basis starting from $2000, promising to achieve "spamming speed" of 5000 to 7000 emails per minute and over 1 million spam messages per...

Tags: Malware, Server, Bot, Spamming, Spamming Service, SET-X Mail System, MX, Spam, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-13

Microsoft LifeCam VX-5500

Take the Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000, replace its rubber tail with a square plastic base, throw in some new video effects and interchangeable faceplates, and you've got the new LifeCam VX-5500. The camera body and optics remain the same, which means the video quality remains very good, particularly for such an...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Corp., video, LifeCam VX-5500, Webcam, camera, Microsoft LifeCam, video effect

Product reviews 2008-09-10

MyPersonalDiet (Smartphone) (exe)

MyPersonalDiet is the most comprehensive diet software for Windows Mobile Smartphone that gives you the tools to reach you weight goal by providing simple means of tracking your food and workouts, monitor your health and get clear assessments of your efforts and results. MyPersonalDiet will not burn calories for you,...

Tags: Food, Smartphone, VidaOne, MyPersonalDiet, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2008-08-26

MyPersonalDiet (Pocket PC) (exe)

MyPersonalDiet is the most comprehensive diet software for Pocket PC that gives you the tools to reach you weight goal by providing simple means of tracking your food and workouts, monitor your health and get clear assessments of your efforts and results. MyPersonalDiet will not burn calories for you, but...

Tags: Food, PC, Pocket PC, VidaOne, MyPersonalDiet, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2008-08-26

Reader Poll: Which mouse should I choose?

So just yesterday as I was gearing up to offer you a nice slice of Toybox goodness via my laptop, my trusty old Logitech V320 Cordless Optical mouse zapped out, ne'er to return. Ouch. The problem was not Logitech's -- I've been using their...

Tags: Mouse, Logitech, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-08-21

CN!Express CX-7000 (exe)

CN!Express provides multiple simultaneous connections to your processor. At top speed, CN!Express processes 1,000 transactions in under 5 minutes. Flexibility as you would expect of a modern payment application, the CN!Express built-in Web server CN!Express also supports traditional file-based transactions to support your business environment. Simplicity CN!Express contains everything you...

Tags: Payment, Transaction, Auric Systems, CN!Express, Operational Accounting, Web Servers, Finance, Internet

Software downloads 2008-08-20

Canucks freaking over Rogers iPhone rates

Canucks freaking over Rogers iPhone ratesYou should see how much Rogers charges for cableThey do like their high prices. With the Canadian market being only 10% of the size of the US market, the level of competition between sellers is not the same as the US.For that matter, you should...

Tags: Cellular phones, Rogers, Rogers iPhone, Canucks, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-06-28

Software+Services - creativity wins prizes

This video was made by Martin Shannon-Smith, created for the Imagine Cup to explain what it's really about. For a one-minute video created by a multimedia student, that's pretty damn good. I don't know anyone who could pull together something as simple, yet effective as that. In...

Tags: Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Ipevo PoV Web Camera

Ipevo would have you believe that its pen-shaped PoV Web Camera is the only Webcam you can detach from the top of your laptop or monitor to control its point of view. While it is true that you can point the PoV cam at objects other than a talking head...

Tags: Instant messaging, Ipevo, Webcam, PoV Web Camera, camera, Skype Technologies S.A.

Product reviews 2008-05-30

Breaking away from ERP as bookkeeping

Most traditional business software revolves around transactions — the movements recorded in purchase orders, stock movements, bills of materials, invoices, journals and every other document that has evolved to record business operations over the past several centuries. But this is a roundabout way of representing reality that has evolved through...

Tags: Asset, Payroll, ERP, Procurement, Workday, Operational Accounting, Purchasing & Procurement, Asset Management, Finance, Business Operations, Operational Planning, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week

Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including a fashionable Bluetooth headset, Bose on-ear headphones, and the BlackBerry Curve 8330 for Sprint.Here''s our weekly roundup of the new products CNET reviewers liked best. 1. Aliph Jawbone 2 black Editors'' rating: 8.7 The...

Tags: Headphone, Bose, RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Bottom Line, CNET', Price, It', FireWire, Bluetooth, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Wireless, Hardware, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-17

Apple and AT&T providing free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users and oops... to everyone else as well!

You have to love security through obscurity... A friend of mine on a private mailing list passed me a link to a story on macrumors.com, which was quite interesting.  Apparently, Apple and AT&T has decided to provide free wireless access to iPhone users at places like Starbucks. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wi-Fi Access, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Starbucks Corp., User Agent, MacRumors, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 - keyboard , mouse

The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 is a mainstream solution: it's likely not going to solve the unique problems of clinically injured computer users, but it does seem like a decent entry point for the average user who wants a slightly more body-friendly desktop setup than a standard keyboard and...

Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Microsoft Natural, keyboard, Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000, wrist, mouse, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2008-04-24