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- HP Officejet J4550 All-in-One - multifunction ( fax / copier / printer / scanner ) ( color )
- HorribleI bought this on discount at Sam's Club, always hearing how wonderful HP printers are. I don't particularly care for their computers anyway, but I said 'what the hell' and just bought it.I've owned this for around a year and have already had to exchange it once because the scanner...
- Tags: Scanners, Printers, scanner, printer, Hewlett-Packard Co., photocopier, fax, NOW IT
- Discussion threads 2009-10-31
- Windows and Office cash cows take a hit in Microsoft's first quarter
- BURN BABY BURNNice to see Microsoft start the downward spiral.Don't get too happy...Every company has a blip in its future - just wait until the next quarter.When you're on top the only way is down.Happened to all those on top at some point....IBMNovellGMLotusLike so many other companies?But then again, the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars
- E-pollution this blog.This is an IT tech site. Just a reminder.Actually, no ...... it's a tech site, period. What do gadgets have to do with IT? What do cameras have to do with IT? It rather unfortunate that you can't find, or don't have, anything...
- Tags: battery, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., electric car, IT Tech
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Brickbats over bricks
- This is an IT Tech site, Mr. Fuller.ntCodes as gatekeepers?As an architect, I have never once consulted a building code to determine which product I should use for a building, especially considering that neither clay brick or fly ash brick is likely to be used in a structural capacity. ...
- Tags: Performance management, CalStar
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Don't tase me in the chest, bro
- Seems like a legal memo to me...It seems to me that when a person receives an electric shock, it doesn't matter where it enters the body, chest, legs, shoulder, neck etc. All the same.Taser is starting to cover it's behind, now that a Canadian judicial enquiry has determined that in...
- Tags: What-if IT, NOW IT, TASER, aspirin, chest, cop, risk
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Behind the GOP revolt on health care
- ZDNET is not a LIBERAL soap box...Treat it like the TECH blog its supposed to be.You want to talk the merits of tech in medicine - I'm there.If you just use your position as a writer to spout your liberal views, you're doing the site a disservice.that's FUDThere is no...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Blogging, NOW IT, Dems, GOP, tax, health care, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Comparing oranges to oranges: Microsoft's hosted collaboration suites vs. IBM's LotusLive iNotes
- I'm way tired of you....BEAOTCH!!Are you for real?Dude - please disappear and never come back to ZDNET. Really. CYA.....How odd...A claim to be comparing "oranges to oranges" when all you did Mary was toss your opinion about Microsoft's offering and Microsoft's statements about their own product rather than anything that's...
- Tags: Collaboration Suite, collaboration, IBM Corp., orange, LotusLive iNotes, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Blind to the elephant in the cloud
- I like the idea of cloud computing but...For me the real elephant in the room is security, user data rights, and long term usability. For me, once these issues have been resolved, I would love to come to the cloud. I agree there are tremendous benefits for doing business in...
- Tags: Virtualization, Private Clouds, NOW IT, cloud computing, elephant
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Uniloc will appeal loss of $388m verdict against Microsoft
- people's voices must prevailand M$ must pay the piper.What if the Judge was right on the law?Should Microsoft (and stop the childish M$, will ya?) still pay because 12 jurors either didn't understand the subtle differences or hate MS (imagine 12 jurors like you Linux Geek)?If MS did due dilligence...
- Tags: Linux, NOW IT, juror, Microsoft Corp., Linux Geek
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- 20 hour to upgrade Windows 7 ... maybe, but it's a fringe case
- A typical engineerChris Hernandez is obviously a typical engineer who observed, measured and duly logged everything he did, for the purpose of being precise.When the data showed that they had indeed reached their stated goals he proudly publisized his findings on the net.In a typical engineer fashion he did not...
- Tags: NOW IT, Microsoft Windows 7, Chris Hernandez, Microsoft Windows, user data, honesty, user profile, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- 3rd gen iPod touch contains an 802.11n-capable WiFi chip
- iPod Firmware Upgrades"By now you should know how we?ll get 802.11n support ? at some point in the future Apple will release an update, but because it?ll be ?adding a new feature? it?ll claim that we have to pay $10 for the update, even though primarily it?ll consist of bug...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, chip, Apple Inc., IEEE 802.11n, Apple iPod, Wi-Fi, Apple iPod Touch
- Discussion threads 2009-09-12
- Microsoft to preview two Silverlight 4 features
- Self serving "Features" ?Woow, since when limiting the rights of users is a "feature" to be desired by users?How can the article say that SilverLight is an alternative to flash, when Silverlight is a windows-only platform? SilverLight, while technically good, is designed to keep the web clients windows-centric.Now that there...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NOW IT, Linux Support, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Can Microsoft help developers break the 99?? app price ceiling?
- Winmo apps are differentDevelopers do not need MS blessing to sell and install their software on pocketPCs. Since windows mobile apps do not have to go through one app store they can be more specialized and better targeted. Also there is no need to go through any sort of "approval"...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Wireless and Mobility, NOW IT, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- Big money to be made in health payment processing
- RE: Rolling Charges to end of yearI like the idea, but hang on. I thought we weren't allowed to solve healthcare problems anymore without government intervention. It's actually refreshing to hear someone propose a healthcare fix that doesn't require ten tons of bureaucracy to manage, and actually...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, health payment, BIG MONEY
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Report: Apple planning Sept. music event; No hint of a tablet
- My money's on...the next iPod generation. Such an event comes just as the back-to-school, inventory-clearing promotion ends.I'm betting it's the new...I'm betting it's the new widescreen 8" touch screen HD media player they're introducing which uses the iPod Touch OS on a bigger display. People will think of it as...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, NOW IT, Back-to-School, tablet, Apple iPod, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- AT&T testing iPhone MMS in Washington (Updated 3x)
- No way to send yet, but can't receive yet either.Must have been a test. AT&T needs to get on the ball. Being the ONLY carrier in the world that doesn't support MMS and tethering on the iPhone makes them look like a bunch of backwoods idiots.RE: AT&T testing iPhone MMS...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., MMS, iPhone MMS, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- What's written in the international climate change reports
- What's written in the international climate change reportsWot? Now it's "climate change" again, instead of "global warming"?Make up your mind.And if it gets too hot, just move to Canada. Problem solved.RE: What's written in the international climate change reportsCongratulations! This is the most vapid, uninformative, and pointless post I've yet...
- Tags: NOW IT, international climate change report, climate change, climate change report
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)
- What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)Typo"Business Productivity Online Services, Windows Azure, desktop virtualization, storage Data Protection Manager and identity ser[b]v[/b]ices."Me: I would really work much harder on mobileI think Microsoft is doing the right thing in the Enterprise space. I even think it is a...
- Tags: Research & Development, Collaboration, Groupware, Content management, Enterprise software, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., billion-dollar business, R&D, Microsoft SharePoint
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- Cricket TXTM8
- When the Verizon Wireless Blitz came out late last year, we were quite taken by the handset's cute and compact shape, even though some thought it looked a little fat and squat. So when we saw at CTIA that PCD, the maker of the Blitz, was coming out with similar...
- Tags: Instant messaging, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, NOW IT, number key, Cricket TXTM8, Cricket, Cricket Communications
- Product reviews 2009-07-30
- Dead-finger tech: Universal integration kit for iPod/iPhone
- Dead-finger tech: Universal integration kit for iPod/iPhoneI was looking out for thisI have a Dice integration kit, but the one that interfaces with the CD changer input of my stock stereo. It works great and I can control the iPod with the transport functions of the stock stereo.I used to...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, NOW IT, integration kit, stock stereo, Dead-Finger Tech, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
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