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- Google Maps and the mystery of the non-existent town
- anagram softwareDid you get the words "not real" out of it? With an extra "G" left over?Brilliant!Good find! If that isn't the solution, then it sure is one heck of a coincidence.It wouldn't surprise me at all if that is it. Similar things -- adding a fictional item...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Network technology, Zack, Yahoo Maps, Google Inc., Google Maps, Argleton
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?
- Many of us believed that Palm was on the ropes and getting ready to go down for the count at the end of 2008, but they came out swinging at CES with the announcement of the Pre and WebOS. Motorola was a leader in the mobile phone business for years,...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Motorola Inc., Motorola DROID, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- The really inconvenient truth: real price of our energy
- I've blogged before about the need for a new energy calculus. Not just market and whosesale costs to the user of the energy. Economics and business have a notoriously short-sighted, narrow-minded set of considerations. Haven't we just re-learned that ancient lesson from the hedge funder corruption and...
- Tags: Coal, Inconvenient Truth, Energy, Food & Beverage, Mortgages, Manufacturing, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-17
- Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooks
- O.o[i]Looks like Michael Dell is pushing for people to upgrade to the newest Dell laptops/desktops and Windows 7.[/i]He has to. It's how they make money.RE: Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooksNetbooks are about travel and portability. Am I going to give up my quadcore desktop? ...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Apple's tablet UI patent unearthed
- You really can't be serious...can you?From the looks of the graphic...the "touch screen" is going to be at least SIXTEEN INCHES wide.That makes it REAL convenient to carry around.That looks to beone awfully large tablet. I wonder if they will copy Microsoft's idea, and make a folding tablet?GraphicPatent application graphics...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Inc., tablet, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Samsung P2570HD
- Great AlternativeFirst Impression on the p2570HD:The great: Samsung?s SyncMaster P2570HD offers plenty of inputs, a descent HDTV monitor, basic speakers, and a remote control with all necessary features. Also, great style and very good performance are included in a panel less than 2? deep.The bad: No VGA cable, no...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., monitor, TV
- Discussion threads 2009-09-27
- Miss Teri Tale 2 1.0.1 (Mac)
- Peeking Town is in a bustle because of the municipal elections coming soon, but Miss Teri Tale, who is a popular novelist, is looking over all it. The Crow wants to use the election craze to be registered as a candidate without anyone seeing it. Miss Teri Tale starts to...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Election, Macgamestore, Peeking Town, Crow, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-09-24
- Forget Linux. Microsoft trains retailers on how to pitch Win 7 PCs vs. Macs
- Better than setting up shop next to an Apple Store. [i]That[/i] idea makes BOB look brilliant.RE: Forget Linux. Microsoft trains retailers on how to pitch Win 7 PCs vs. i think microsoft should work to convince xp users to upgrade to windows 7 as that will let the numeroususers of...
- Tags: Desktops, Retail, Operating systems, Ksplice, Microsoft Corp., reboot, Win 7 PC, Apple Macintosh, PC, Linux, Win 7, average user, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Makers offer little help for lost or stolen devices
- Credit card number of thiefI assume that the person using a stolen Kindle must have to provide Amazon with a credit card, in order to buy content (assuming the previous owner's credit card was disabled). If so, that means that Amazon even knows who the thief is.I supposeIf the manufacturers...
- Tags: Sales channel, Amazon.com Inc., subpoena
- Discussion threads 2009-09-07
- Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, send spam
- Facebook appsI'm already deeply suspicious of facebook apps. Many of them seem to be little more than chain letters ("send this to all of your friends") and many of the "send a drink/snack/smile/ETC" seem to encourage content-free communication. Also, I'm bombarded by "send a drink, ETC" requests from...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Word ban threatens industry? Not mine
- PC World, along with several other sources, reported today on Microsoft's dire warnings that an injunction imposed on Word sales would threaten an entire industry. In particular, the Microsoft statement that made me chuckle was "Even if the injunction will not affect Microsoft's existing Office customers,...
- Tags: Google Apps, Industry, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room
- we don't need big governmentThe broadband has to be build by private businesses and everyone needs to pay to get it.The government should only provide incentives like tax cuts that are deficit neutral.And of courseAnd of course ZDNet is still pushing the crazy idea that broadband everywhere is inevitable. Somehow,...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Highways, broadband, broadband over power line, U.S. national broadband strategy, U.S. National
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- 2009 BMW Z4 sDrive35i
- Photo gallery:2009 BMW Z4 sDrive35iBMW proves the German reputation for over-engineering by making the 2009 BMW Z4 sDrive35i the most complicated roadster ever. Unlike the very simple Mazda MX-5 Miata we reviewed recently, the Z4 sDrive35i is a technical tour de force. The engine sports not one, but two turbochargers....
- Tags: Monitors & displays, BMW AG, Z4 sDrive35i
- Product reviews 2009-08-05
- FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?
- The Federal Communications Commission is being way progressive. Just days after Apple shot down Google Voice related apps, the FCC pounced with a bevy of questions for Apple, AT&T and Google. The FCC sent letters to all parties involved seeking information. For Apple, the FCC wants to...
- Tags: FCC, Apple Inc., Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- News to know: Windows 7 RTM review; Microsoft-Yahoo; SAP; Sprint
- 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. Ed Bott: Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed" Gallery: Windows 7 RTM...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- 2009 Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:2009 Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand TouringThe Mazda MX-5 Miata is the best-selling roadster of all time. With sharp handing and a no-nonsense approach to driving, it's no wonder.For 2009, the MX-5 gains a bit more power and a new look that is either a bit more refined or a...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Premium Package, Mazda MX-5, Bose, Mazda MX-5 Miata, Mazda Motor Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-07-24
- $20/gallon gasoline: heaven or hell?
- $20/gallon gasoline: heaven or hell?The Devil's Dictionaryzealot: n, Someone who is willing to suffer everyone elses discomfort for his cause.$20 ain't the limit.When I was in high school, I worried about gas going over $0.30 per gallon. On the log scale that prices follow, we're already closer to $20...
- Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, gasoline
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- $20/gallon gasoline: heaven or hell?
- Gasoline prices rank with beer prices and taxes as economic issues nearly every American reacts to. Now one writer has engineered a book designed to play to everybody's gasoline paranoia. Nobody we know controls the price of gasoline, but we are sure somebody can or does or should....
- Tags: China, NPR, Gasoline, Christopher Steiner, Globalization, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- Another kick in Facebook's privacy policies
- Mitch Ratcliffe, ZDNet colleague and man who takes pleasure in ranting in a range of technological subcultures, recently asked why a married man of seven years has had his Facebook profile pictures used in ad promote matchmaking sites for singles. I scrolled through a number of adverts...
- Tags: Facebook, Privacy, Network Technology, Networking, Security, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
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