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Microsoft weighs in on Kama Sutra worm

Microsoft weighs in on Kama Sutra wormSigh...Wouldn't you expect people to have learned by now?porn and stupidityno wonder so many wormKama Sutra - in your pantsThe 3rd of each month my windows workstation has the opportunity to experience yet another virus/worm, or better yet be mail bombed by some schmuck...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Operating systems, virus, Microsoft Corp., marginal fee, Linux, Mozilla Thunderbird, Junk Filter, Kama Sutra worm

Discussion threads 2006-01-31

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TiVo HD XL (150 HD hours)

When TiVo discontinued its high-end cable-ready high-def DVR, the TiVo Series3, it was really just making room for a new product in the line: the TiVo HD XL. The new TiVo is a near twin to the existing TiVo HD, but for three changes: it's got a much larger...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, TVs, cable, TiVo Inc.

Product reviews 2008-09-04

Dell repair adventure, day 4

Dell repair adventure, day 4Litigation"The expectation is that a person will arrive on site the next day having 1) the skills to diagnose and repair the problem, 2) the parts necessary to repair problem and 3) the tools necessary to do the work."1. Litigate: misleading advertising.2. Where is ZDNET's legal...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Security-wise, Google Chrome is (potentially very) Good

Security-wise, Google Chrome is potentially very GoodHeres Download Link.Actually you'd be impressed by Pogo browser from AT&T much more, yet heres link:http://www.google.com/chromeSigned:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.The only problem there, Adam[i]away from desktop applications to everything being delivered as a service[/i].The major problem is that you sign away control of...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Google Inc., security

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

The utility of Ubiquity

It's a bit of a stretch to pigeon hole something coming out of Mozilla labs as appropriate to the start-up genre that Alley espouses but Ubiquity is such a useful Firefox add-in that I believe it is well worth attention on these pages. There's plenty of debate...

Tags: Ubiquity, E-mail, Wiki, Collaboration, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-01

Philips NP1100/37

Digital audio streamers may seem like old news in 2008, but the reality is that the product type has only reached maturity in the past couple of years, with relatively affordable, stable products like the Squeezebox Classic and the Apple TV. Still, both of those products are upward of $230...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Monitors & displays, power button, Philips NP1100/37, Squeezebox Classic, Philips Electronics N.V.

Product reviews 2008-08-29

Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisition

Microsoft said Friday that it will acquire Greenfield Online, which owns Ciao, a price comparison, shopping and reviews site in Europe, for $17.50 a share, or $486 million. The goal: Expand Live Search in Europe. Greenfield Online, which also owns an Internet survey business, will be split...

Tags: Acquisition, Europe, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Survey, Ciao, Survey Business, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Peek

Here's the Peek pitch: there are those of us who are dependent on e-mail, but don't want to get a smartphone--maybe because of pricing, or because smartphones can be pretty complicated for first-time users. So forget the BlackBerry, the Treo, and the iPhone; the people behind Peek wanted to introduce...

Tags: Handhelds, e-mail

Product reviews 2008-08-28

Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled into

Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled intoI agree "One OS to unite them all""One price to keep all happy" In the end it's just a marketing ploy different versions each with their own "missing" pieces. In many ways it looks like double dipping...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, marketing, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Dancing on E-voting's grave

Dancing on E-voting's graveAgreed - but consider the slippery slopeBecause once you recognized the problem in kind, you ended up arguing (accurately, I think) about degree.Why client-server can't workBecause the expert has to say "yes" to the question in court - no matter how difficult or impractical it may actually...

Tags: Fair Use, e-voting, client-server, Fairness Doctrine

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Which merchants benefit most from open source?

Which merchants benefit most from open source?Which businesses exist because of open source?Seriously, Open Source has lowered the bar to becoming a business to the cost of hardware and time. Yes, people always say their time is worth $1000/hour, but that's assuming people are paying you at ALL times.For...

Tags: Web servers, Servers, server, open source, small business, Web server, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Get those ToS sorted

Get those ToS sortedNing can delete everything at their whim?Really? Their business model is "no responsibility". They expect anyone with data to use them?Or do they send out an email amending the terms?Kind of like my credit card company constantly sending term amendments every time they want to increase...

Tags: E-mail, Strategy, Ning, WidgetLaboratory

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" Handheld

The current rumor-mongering seems to indicate that HTC's "Dream" will soon be making landfall in the US. Based on the initially leaked specs of this device, it still sounds like it doesn't do what I really would want it to do in order to replace by Blackberry 8820. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Handheld, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Video, Sirius, Android, Mesh Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-24

Arc Wireless Freedom Blade

As cell phones become the "everything gadget" for more people, companies have begun to cash in on the need for great reception at all times. Wilson Electronics and Wi-Ex have introduced some of our favorite products, and even Sprint Nextel offers an option of its own. A less successful product,...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, blade, Freedom Blade, phone

Product reviews 2008-08-21

Sprint Airave

Since a cell phone is practically useless without good signal strength, a signal booster is sometimes required to boost it. We've seen plenty signal boosters here at CNET, from the Wi-Ex zBoost YX510-PCS-CEL to the ARC Freedom Antenna. However, Sprint has decided to release device to boost the signal of...

Tags: Handhelds, Sprint Airave, Sprint Communications, GPS

Product reviews 2008-08-21

iTunes Unlimited: music subscription rumor returns

We've heard the rumors of an iTunes subscription service before, but they've never materialized. It doesn't hurt that Steve Jobs has long been a vociferous opponent of rental music paying one monthly fee for unlimited music downloads. When asked about it he recites his familiar mantra that "people want to...

Tags: Apple iTunes, Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-21

FCC issues 'radical' order re: Comcast

FCC issues 'radical' order re: ComcastInstead of throttling ...... the ISPs could monitor the average bandwidth per month up and down per user. The billing could be done on a bandwidth basis ... If one user is using a lot more bandwidth, then their bill will be a...

Tags: Federal government, Comcast Corp., FCC

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch?

Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch?If you gauge the usefulness of mobile devices by legislation...If you gauge the usefulness of a device and balance that with how much legislation is against it, why bother getting anything?Apple products are about useability . . .not functions and...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple Products, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, HSBC

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid

Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid...."[B]But - it does show that maybe we're a bit too dependent on our devices and that we can be a bit too caught up in the technology of the day.[/B]"That's part of the lesson and the rest of your post is dead...

Tags: Engineering, MAKE SURE, phone book, Zapped off-the-grid, Third World, phone, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Visa, banks to test real-time fraud alerts

Visa, banks to test real-time fraud alertsVISA, banks to test real-time fraud alertsSt.George Bank in Australia (stgeorge.com.au)has been offering this service for some 4 years now. Customers set their own trigger points and receive an SMS and/or email. SMS messages are delievered before cash is delivered from an...

Tags: Financial services, SMS Message, Real-Time Alerts, real-time fraud alert, VISA bank, Visa Inc., bank, fraud alert

Discussion threads 2008-08-20