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SourceLabs sees green in grassroots Java

SourceLabs sees green in grassroots JavaOutstandingAs an MCSD, my career is firmly entrenched in Microsoft technologies. Microsoft technologies tend to follow cycles of stagnation followed by rapid advancement. .NET would never have happened if not for Java, so I'm really thankful anytime another development platform pushes the envelope....

Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Java, Sash, SourceLabs, Microsoft Technology

Discussion threads 2005-08-02

The offer you can't refuse

Some of you may have noticed that I've started blogging for ZDNet. As of next Wednesday, I'll have my own blog section, so expect to see more of me. For those who come to ZDNet regularly for news, though, this is not the first time the name "John Carroll"...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., IP television, programming, Talkback Central

Blog posts 2005-05-20

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Ballmer on Windows 7, economy, Google

In an interview, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells CNET News' Ina Fried that the downturn is going to have ripple effects throughout the tech economy.

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Economy, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, News, ces, microsoft, windows, steve ballmer, ina fried

Videos 2009-01-09

Closer look at the Nyko Wand for Nintendo Wii

The Nyko Wand impressed us with its Trans-Port technology, allowing it to pass button commands and force feedback information through its base. by CNET News.com

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-01-09

The end of Zune? It's not just the music anymore

Is this the beginning of the end for the Microsoft Zune? In a story about Microsoft's quest to beat Google, the Financial Times writes that Steve Ballmer seems "all but ready to throw in the towel on the Zune," which hasn't come close to being an iPod killer. The piece...

Tags: Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Music Player, Microsoft Corp., Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Media Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Google Chrome 2.0 pre-beta surfaces

Google Chrome development is on the speedy side. The latest: There's a pre-beta of Chrome 2.0 just a few months following Chrome's introduction. Chrome 1.0.154.36 is the latest. Google Operating System and Cloud Technology Resource Site are reporting the news. The primary features appear to be form...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome, Google Chrome Development, Chrome 1.0.154.36, Cloud Technology Resource Site, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-09

CES 2009: Fujitsu's water-cooled notebook tech [day 3]

I got a chance to roll over to Fujitsu's booth at CES and had a good chat with them about the upcoming tech they have in the pipeline that hasn't yet reached U.S. shores. Most notable was the company's water-cooling technology for notebooks, currently on the Japan-only Lifebook N7010. ...

Tags: Tech, Fujitsu Ltd., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-09

How to get the Win 7 public Beta bits

Based on all the queries I'm getting this morning, Microsoft might not have a problem getting the up-to 2.5 million public testers for the Windows 7 Beta release they are allowing. But the testers migh find themselves having a heck of a time getting the bits, which are due out...

Tags: Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Microsoft to wait until February for Win Mobile show-and-tell

The New York Times got Microsoft to admit what many of us have been guessing for the past week-plus: Microsoft isn't going to show or talk about what's next for Windows Mobile until next month at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-09

March of the mobile medical wonders

The danger in all this is that we wind up with incompatible systems costing far more than they should. But if that's a way station on the path to making this technology ubiquitous it's a price I'm willing to pay. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Patient, Phone, Mobile, VA, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Ballmer takes on Google, the economy and Windows 7

What does Microsoft's CEO worry about most? It's Google, Google, Google. Steve Ballmer also talks about the state of Windows, taking software to the web, and the troubled economy. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer arrived at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with his usual optimism, but he...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Q, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows Vista, Netbook, Microsoft, Google, economy, CES, Ina Fried CNET News.com

News items 2009-01-09

News to know: Palm Pre, Windows 7, CES

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Matthew Miller: Welcome Palm Web OS, now what happens with Palm OS 5 applications? Sam Diaz: Palm's Pre and OS: Home-run announcements at CES Matthew Miller:...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Operating Systems, Web Site Development, Software, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-09

CES 2009: Intel recruits Comcast, Samsung, Toshiba for its Widget Channel Internet TV initiative

While Yahoo has been grabbing headlines this week with its partnerships with TV makers like Samsung and Vizio to bring its Internet TV widget platform to new sets, Intel wants to make sure people remember that it also introduced the underlying API with Yahoo last fall at the Intel Developers...

Tags: Set-top Box, Set-top, Internet TV, Comcast Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Intel Corp., Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-01-08

CES 2009: Flagship Viera plasma is 54" across, 1" deep, wireless-enabled [day 3]

One more Panasonic announcement. The Panasonic TC-P54Z1 is the company's new flagship Viera model, a 1080p one-inch-thin Z1 plasma. Like the previously mentioned "world's thinnest plasma," this HDTV is NeoPDP, and features WirelessHD technology as an expansion of VIERA Cast functionality: ...

Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, 1080p, Panasonic TC-P54Z1, NeoPDP VIERA Z1, Wi-Fi, Home Entertainment, Wireless, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-08

CES 2009: World's thinnest plasma is 8.8mm thick [day 3]

Panasonic has taken the crown again for world's thinnest plasma with their 1/3-in. thick NeoPDP HDTV: This recently-developed NeoPDP technology has been incorporated into two types of PDPs: a super high-efficiency 42-inch PDP "that achieves triple luminance efficiency while reducing the power consumption...

Tags: Panel, Panasonic, Power Consumption, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-08

Windows 7 Beta 1: Ribbonized For Your Pleasure

The Windows 7 Operating System has improvements over Windows Vista which include more granular tuning of User Account Control UAC security prompts, a reduced memory footprint and improved performance on less powerful systems. But will the "Ribbonization" of the new user interface created by Steven Sinofsky's...

Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-08

CES 2009: Panasonic refreshes plasma, LCD line-ups, introduces 3D plasma TV

As with Internet-connected TVs, everyone seems to be jumping on the 3D bandwagon, with Panasonic leading the way. Along with the usual upgrades to its HDTV lines, it's also showing off its 3D Full HD Plasma Home Theater System, which consists of a 103-inch set and Blu-ray player that can...

Tags: 3D, Panasonic, Plasma, LCD, X1 Series, Z1 Series, G1 Series, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-01-08

WowWee Cinemin pico projectors

Take a closer look at WowWee's line of Cinemin miniature video projectors, powered by DLP technology. by CNET News.com

Tags: Projectors, Hardware, Components, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-01-08

Microsoft study debunks phishing profitability

Do phishers actually make money, or is phishing an unprofitable business, scammers lose time and resources into? Taking the economic approach of generalizing how much money phishers make, a recently released study by Microsoft researchers Cormac Herley and Dinei Florencio (A Profitless Endeavor: Phishing as Tragedy of the Commons), states...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-01-08

Poll: Is Windows 7's ship date immaterial to you?

When I saw a Microsoft Windows exec quoted this week as saying that Microsoft still is unwilling to go on record saying Win 7 will be ready in time for holiday 2009, I was more than a little incredulous. Hasn't the "we're protecting you for your own good" campaign gone...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Business User, Mike Nash, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-08