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Multitasking parents out-surf business pros 3 to 1 on mobile Internet

Multitasking parents out-surf business pros 3 to 1 on mobile InternetMobile Millenials? LOL ok...I love the way these folks make up terms for categories they can't classify into a neat little box. I really don't think the categories of usage versus the device used are as well defined at they...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Mobile applications, Wireless and Mobility, Multitasking Parents, Frugal Fanatics, phone, mobile, mobile Internet

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

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News to know: Morro reviewed; RIM; Intel; Windows 7

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: How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Cloud Computing, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-19

Multitasking parents out-surf business pros 3 to 1 on mobile Internet

Despite having highly-capable smartphones that can take advantage of the Web, business professionals are out-surfed by multitasking parents three to one when it comes to browsing the mobile Internet, according to new data by mobile service provider Novarra. According to Novarra's June "Mobile...

Tags: Mobile Internet, Mobile, Smart Phone, Business Pro, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Total cost and feature chart: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre vs. Android G1

Total cost and feature chart: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre vs. Android G1Sprint service planThe Sprint service plan is one of the big factors that makes the Palm Pre attractive...aside from the Pre's great design.This comment is from someone in the Android camp. I pay compliments, when compliments are...

Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Sprint Communications, Palm Pre, Android G1, Palm Inc., Total Cost, iPhone 3G S, Apple iPhone 3G, ATT, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Focusing attention is the new work ethic

Focusing attention is the new work ethicagreed.I would agree. When we become jacks of all trades, we become masters of none. We've invested a lot of time, energy, and technology into multitasking that we forget that the whole point of technology was to do all of those side items for...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job

Discussion threads 2009-01-10

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureBring in the ClonesIn that timeframe, there was no way I could afford any computer from a brand name (I didn't have Billy's rich parents and had to work at Burger King to feed my tech habit). The two things that made my choice easier...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Sun Microsystems Inc., PC, computer, Amiga

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

What would my ideal education ultraportable look like?

What would my ideal education ultraportable look like?my specsMine would be very similar to an Eee PC but with a touchscreen and solid state storage. With the ability to run apps locally and remotely. And yes the magic price would be $200 :)www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htmYour specs would be perfect for your classroomWhereas...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, ideal education, laptop computer, keyboard, education, Webcam

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

'Gen We': Today's kids and parents happy to consume, create media and tech

This generation of kids, dubbed "Generation We," are growing up preferring YouTube to television, Wikipedia to encyclopedias and listening to music on their iPods rather than hanging out the local record store. CNET News reports that as a result of all this interconnectedness, kids - deemed "Generation We"...

Tags: Education Technology, New Media, K-12, media

Blog posts 2007-01-23

Inside the mind of the Net generation

During a session at the Web 2.0 Summit, author and consultant Don Tapscott shared results from a research project on the Net generation, the first humans to grow up digitally. An estimated 80 million people in the U.S. alone are coming into the workplace and marketplace with a far different...

Tags: General, IT Management, Web Technology, web2con

Blog posts 2006-11-07

Digital multitasking changing how kids learn

Digital multitasking changing how kids learnI am not convinced ...I was one of those kids who, as an only child, had no siblings distracting me while I studied but I did study with the TV, radio, or other source of distraction such as my parents blaring in the background. ...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, distraction, TV

Discussion threads 2006-07-27

Waiting for desktop Linux

Waiting for desktop LinuxLets look at historyOnce upon a time, there was a computer company called Commodore. They OWNED the PC market in Europe (with the C64), and had many customers in the US. Once day C= bought the Amiga. It was a wondrous machine, full of potential. It whomped...

Tags: UNIX, C/C++, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux desktop, Linux, Amiga, desktop, desktop Linux, C

Discussion threads 2006-04-21

Craig Barrett: Inside Intel's future

Craig Barrett: Inside Intel's futurebull...[Barrett advocates giving foreign nationals who are recent engineering school graduates instant green cards in order to shore up the domestic engineering talent pool]With the unemployment in engineereing at an all time high I do not see any shortage for "the domestic engineering talent pool".I see...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Business intelligence, Processors, Craig Barrett, computer, Intel Corp., Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2003-10-22