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- Skype's legal drama finally ends; Time to start innovating
- Why use Skype on a Cell Phone?I never understood the logic of paying for voice service and then using VoIP over the data service. Now an iTouch with WiFi and using Skype is a much better scenario. Even better would be a handheld WiMAX device with Skype . . .To...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, INTERNET, VOIP, Skype Technologies S.A., phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Thunderbird 3: Near-final version due next week
- Thunderbird 3It's about time. Thunderbird, to date, has been a disappointment when compared to its place in the email client sector, compared with Firefox's place in the browser sector.I haven't seen it or read the features yet, but I hope they have made real progress as I would be delighted...
- Tags: E-mail clients, Mozilla Thunderbird, Thunderbird 3, Microsoft Outlook, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Not enough hours in the day? There's a personal assistant for that
- Actually Under -PricedSounds like a pretty cool service. I doubt your "personal assistant sitting in a call center in middle America". I'm sure he or she is in a call center in middle India. But seriously, the service might actually be under-priced. I'd pay more than $10 and I'm sure...
- Tags: Call centers, Customer relationship management (CRM), personal assistant
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Peek releases $99 gadget just for Twitter
- Dedicated Twitterers (Tweeters?) have a new option for posting their 140-character thoughts to the web: the TwitterPeek. Looking a tad like a very thin Blackberry, Peek's Twitter-friendly gadget features a QWERTY keyboard, color screen and click scroll wheel. Available only on Amazon.com for $99, users get...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Gadget, Social Networking, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- MacNote3 2.4.0 (Mac)
- Features of MacNote3 1. SimplicityThe most important feature of MacNote3 is its simplicity. It can be used in a fairly intuitive way, and there is no need to pay any attention to its file structure, or worry about saving data. New data is saved automatically and in a manner compatible...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Page, AppleScript, SYW Mac Software, LinkThe User, AppleScriptMacNote3, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda
- Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- 10 ways to evaluate your IT management software
- Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-05
- Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived
- The MicroSD card is not only expandableIt is hot-swappable. So basically your storage is only limited to how many cards you can afford.Competition is GREAT!I am glad Android is taking off, the future is Linux driven devices/appliances.To the naysayers that Linux distro devices/appliances are a 'niche' I guess Google is...
- Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Droid Preview, phone, card
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- The iPhone is one of the best phones in the world, carriers with it are the problem
- far from perfect indeedIt's a great gadget...until it freezes and you have to wait several minutes while you reboot it. That is if you know how to reboot it, the first time is always accompanied with panic because you think the thing went dead. Don't blame the carriers,...
- Tags: Smart phones, iPhone Screen, BlackBerry Tour, Apple iPhone, phone, carrier, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- MSN in June 2009 (Gallery: The past and future of MSN)
- The original MSNWasn't the original MSN a dial-up service like AOL? I'm a little fuzzy, but I seem to remember it being touted as an Internet killer, and it was a service, not simply a web site. Anybody remember?You are correct, it was a fee based service thatallowed you to...
- Tags: MSN
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- 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
- Do you really want to carry another device just for Twitter?
- A Twitter Device? Hmmm... it will probably be a hit for christmas and then die a painful sudden death!never really liked their stuffNever really liked their stuff - limited devices for prices that are still too high? No thanks.Frankly, I'm [b]much[/b] more interested in devices with Wi-Fi than with cell...
- Tags: E-mail, Cellular phones, Peek Classic, Twitter Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
- Yesterday, a "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!" message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the message from...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, SSH, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- 32bit Service Monitor 09.11.01 (Windows)
- Monitor Internet Services and alert user with a verity of methods if down. Always know whether or not your web site or other network services are up or down with 32bit Service Monitor. 32bit Service Monitor will check your site as often as you have configure it to. If your...
- Tags: Monitor, Microsoft Windows, Site, ElectraSoft, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Making a foundation a real solution to the mySQL mess
- Sounds good. Too good?This sounds like a great solution to a problem that is probably costing Oracle, destroying what little credibility Sun has as a brand, while ensuring that every website on the planet virtually retains access to a free, secure and efficient database. If we don't do something, the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Dana, MySQL, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- What should open source do in a car?
- Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...
- Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Android 2.0 (Eclair) FAQ
- Android 2.0 GPSWill the GPS be functional if I don't buy the expensive Verizon data plan or pay by the Mb.You would need access to the internetto download the maps as needed there would not be enough room on the phone to store the whole country locally. So unless you...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Android 2.0, phone, ECLAIR
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- What's the key to Apple's success?
- One word: QUALITYA concept absent from WindowslandTDSo sad to see how Apple destroyed the word "innovation"Apple has never, ever, done anything innovative. By applying the term to blatant rebadging of 5 year old technology, you devalue the meaning of the word and insult those who actually [b]do[/b] innovate. For shame.Oh,...
- Tags: Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
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