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The iPhone dominates the smartphone market in mobile media consumption

The iPhone dominates the smartphone market in mobile media consumptionYouTube on iphone as treat for the kidsI can only agree on the issue of useability. I tried YouTube on the iPhone because I could and because it was so simple.Being proud of the new toy I showed my wife. The...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Apple iPhone, smart phone, mobile media consumption, YouTube Inc., video, mobile, YouTube Robot

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

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Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle

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. Sam Diaz: FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies Richard Koman: FTC publishes final rules on blogger...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Psystar, FTC, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Desktops, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Pink and Microsoft Tablet (Take 2): A couple of updates

Microsoft should release a High end WM 7 PhoneIn fact a high end phone which will effectively show off all capabilities of WM7, because i don't think that Microsoft can rely on any of its partner to do that. Especially as its biggest partner for WM phones,HTC, is more and...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

News to know: Adobe; Sergey Brin; Apps.gov; Oracle; Facebook

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. Sam Diaz: Adobe to acquire Ominture; CEO calls move a 'game-changer' Larry Dignan: Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Sergey Brin, OIN, Enterprise Service Bus, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Tablets, Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-09-16

What do you want to know about the Zune HD?

MCE & Zune 4.0It would be really great to know if the new Zune software will sync with Windows Media Center. In previous versions, any playlists, album art, etc. would not show up in Windows Media Center. I figured when I ditched my iPod for a Zune that...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Digital media, Web browsers, Performance management, Digital music, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Zune, Media Center PC, Zune HD, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Windows Media, performance

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

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

Hitachi announces 500GB 2.5" Travelstar hard drive

Hitachi on Tuesday announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard drive, the Travelstar 7K500. The 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive is intended for notebooks, gaming systems and external storage and is the fastest hard drive in its class,...

Tags: Hard Drive, Hitachi Ltd., Travelstar 7K500, 7K500, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-01

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

Forget the iPhone: Palm targets RIM, business customers with Pre

Forget the iPhone: Palm targets RIM, business customers with PreRE iPhone in Business Scenario.I agree with you that from an administrative standpoint the iPhone is a logistical nightmare. The reasoning, no administrative back end. The back end should allow you to decide what can be and what cannot be on...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPhone, Pre, Palm Inc., Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Interead Cool-er: so close yet so far away

Interead Cool-er: so close yet so far awayBut for use outside education?I'm interested in an e-reader because I like to read books on my train commute, or even just at home, and an e-reader would fit better in my purse than a netbook (it would be lighter too!).I know I...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Interead Cool-er, e-Reader

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

Wither the 'smartphone': Reorganizing the mobile market when all devices get smart

Smartphones as a term is dying a quick death as all phones become smarter with Internet access, email and other capabilities. Meanwhile, the mobile market will be carved up based on whether devices are open, foster consumption or content creation, and utility and entertainment, according to Forrester Research. Simply put,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Mobile, Smart Phone, Openness, Hardware Game, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Is this my solution for thin client angst?

I'm a real proponent of thin clients. They ease management problems, they drastically reduce noise and energy consumption, and generally do a decent job of giving most students what they need. However, if your network isn't 100% up to snuff or a server goes on the blink, a...

Tags: Thin Client, Student, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Study: Eight hours spent in front of screens, age 45-54 watch most

Adults are exposed to screens -- as in those of televisions, mobile phones, movies, GPS devices and so forth -- for about 8.5 hours on any given day, according to a study released by the Council for Research Excellence. Wowsers. ...

Tags: Minute, Video, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-27

News to know: AOL's new CEO; Windows 7; Cloud computing

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: Is Windows 7 reliable enough to release now? Brian Sommer: A U.S. Version of the Satyam Scandal? Washington D.C. IT Fraud? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Operational Planning, Social Networking, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Business Operations, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet

Blog posts 2009-03-13

VOD chief: Comcast will survive in face of TV.com, Hulu

This week, Comcast announced its OnDemand Online service, promising anywhere online access to Comcast programming (broadcast, basic and premium channels, etc.) for its customers. I sat down with Doug Sylvester, President and COO of TVN Entertainment, to talk about how Comcast's entry into the broadband video on-demand...

Tags: VoD, Comcast Corp., Cable Company, TV, Cable, Programming, Hulu, TVN Entertainment, ZD, DS, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Lenovo IdeaPad Y530

When you're shopping for a low-priced media laptop, the Lenovo brand is not likely to come immediately to mind. After all, the company is best known for its serious, business-oriented ThinkPad line. But Lenovo has been doing some interesting things with its consumer-oriented IdeaPad line, from creating a stunningly beautiful...

Tags: Notebooks, IdeaPad Y530, Lenovo Group Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-11-26

News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A

There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...

Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

NBC To Internet: TV Is Still King

If NBC had to choose a single platform on which to base its business for the next five years, it wouldn't be the Internet or mobile phones. "Sorry, guys, it would be television,'' the president of NBC Universal research said Monday. That is the conclusion of NBC's...

Tags: Home Entertainment, Internet, NBC Universal Inc., Olympic Games, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Tv & Home Theater, TVs

Blog posts 2008-09-22