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- ZDNet Author Biography
Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast...- more about Larry Dignan »
ZDNet Resources
- News to know: Father's day PC; FBI vs botnets; eBay vs. Google; Leopard vs. Vista sequel
- Notable headlines:George Ou: Build the biggest bang per dollar PCs: June 2007 Edition.Microsoft signs technology pact with Linspire.Ryan Naraine: 'Operation Bot Roast' nets million-strong botnet operation. Exploit Wednesday follows Patch Tuesday.Gallery: Stardock ObjectDock: The Right Tool for the Job?Mary Jo Foley: Leopard vs. Vista: Take two. Microsoft's next developer platform...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- Podcast: News to know midday: ASUS Eee PC; Google patent; Kitchen Windows
- In today's podcast: George Ou details the ASUS Eee mini PC and how it relates to the OLPC project. New Google patent looks to improve interactive TV, says Russell Shaw. And Mary Jo Foley notes that Windows is coming to a kitchen near you.
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- News to know: Office exploits; Dell's Linux move; RAM to avoid
- Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: Microsoft releases Office exploit isolation tool.MS Word exploit generator circulating? Opera sings code execution blues.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Five things the Linux community doesn't understand about the average computer user. Dell: Ubuntu 7.04 Offering—Technical Details.Christopher Dawson: Dell announces support plans for Linux machines.Photos: Imagination becomes reality at Maker Faire...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
Additional Resources
- Video: Apple unveils new multitouch trackpad
- At a press event in Cupertino, Calif., Apple CEO Steve Jobs demos new trackpad technologies for the company's MacBook line. The new trackpad is made entirely of glass and has a 39% larger tracking area than previous trackpads. More video from the event: Apple's latest MacBook...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Video, CEO, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Google blocking Chrome from some countries
- Google tends to comply with the governments of countries like China who want to prohibit some search results from being shown to their citizens -- it's a bit of a touchy subject, but that is the choice Google has made, and for now, that's how it's going to be. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Fake Microsoft Patch Tuesday malware campaign spreading
- Malicious attackers are once again taking advantage of event-based social engineering attacks, and are currently mass mailing fake notifications for Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, attaching a copy of Trojan.Backdoor.Haxdoor, next to a legitimately looking PGP signature which is, of course, fake too : "We received some questions from customers about...
- Tags: Malware, Microsoft Corp., PGP Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Photos: MacBooks go metallic, with Nvidia inside
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces notebook updates, including Nvidia graphics, a thinner casing, solid-state drives, and more. by CNET News.com
- Tags: NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Photograph, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-10-14
- IT's challenges: The end of device charging; ROI; Super programmers
- Gartner on Tuesday outlined its grand IT challenges from 2008 to 2033 and it includes a world where you'll never have to charge your device. That was one of the futurama type predictions outlined by Gartner analyst Ken McGhee at the firm's Symposium ITxpo. These prediction presentations...
- Tags: Device, Information Technology, Gesture, ROI, Programmer, Programming, Wireless, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Development Tools, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Intel barely beats for Q3
- Intel reported net income of $2 billion, or 35 cents per share, for the third quarter, up from $1.8 billion and 30 cents a year ago. Revenue was $10.2 billion for its third quarter, up 1 percent over the same quarter a year ago. statement Analysts had expected the company...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- 'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)
- Apple didn't end up fielding an $800 MacBook this week, as many had been expecting. But the company did cut the price of its entry-level MacBook to just under $1,000 at its October 14 notebook rollout. But will Microsoft's PC partners, already offering a number of lower-priced Vista laptops, still...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, PC, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Details on Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro updates
- After weeks of news leaks, there weren't many surprises left for Apple's event today, but the company gave its entire notebook line a badly-needed update. Major changes across the line included a stiffer, "unibody" aluminum case similar to the one used in the MacBook Air; LED-backlit displays; Nvidia graphics; faster...
- Tags: Keyboard, Hard Drive, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Graphics, Intel Corp., Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- How green is your vendor?
- Gartner analyst Simon Mingay on Tuesday unveiled ratings for technology vendors to highlight who's talking green and who's actually delivering. Just don't expect anything too quantitative just yet. Mingay's presentation at the Gartner Symposium ITXpo caught my attention given that every vendor is...
- Tags: Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?
- Apple on Tuesday moved to address a weakened consumer and its statement on a its refreshed MacBook lineup is telling. Since when does a premium brand like Apple worry about price and making its notebooks "far more affordable?" The company's latest MacBook lineup (live blog, Techmeme and...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Obama appears on in-game Xbox 360 advertisement
- See this screenshot of Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise? What sticks out to you? That's right -- Barack Obama is urging gamers to vote for change from the comfort of the game they're playing. According to Talking Points Memo and GigaOm, advertisers...
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Obama, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- LiveBlog: Apple's notebook event
- update: (Editor's note: The updates of this entry appear in reverse order.) 11:03 a.m. - The event is over. Steve thanks us for coming and we're done. 10:54 a.m. Answers questions about relationship with Nvidia, as well as integration of Blu-Ray. Jobs said...
- Tags: Job, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Graphics, Apple MacBook Pro, Tim Cook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Yahoo, Google, DOJ play let's make a deal; Google could walk
- Google and Yahoo are talking to the Department of Justice about heading off an antitrust suit over the companies' search advertising deal. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google and Yahoo are offering up concessions to the Department of Justice to push their deal through. For Google,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Search, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Join my hypertensive club
- The good news is that, for many people, this can be easy to control. Lose the weight. As much as 80% of the increase in hypertension over the last decades may be attributed to obesity. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Women, Cholesterol, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Cisco's Chambers sees collaboration fueling productivity gains; Web 2.0 as new enterprise engine?
- Cisco CEO John Chambers said Tuesday that there will be an "instant replay" in technology-led productivity gains in the current downturn just like the U.S. saw in the mid-1990s. The difference this time around: In the mid-90s those productivity gains were based on big enterprise resource planning...
- Tags: John Chambers, Web, Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- NVIDIA problems spread to desktop PCs
- HP has identified 38 different models in its slimline PC range that are suffering from problems relating to NVIDIA chips. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, NVidia Corp., Desktop Computer, Support Page, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Lessig: Five proposals for ending copyright wars
- The Wall Street Journal is running an excerpt from Larry Lessig's upcoming book, Remix (book party in SF, Oct. 29.) In this excerpt, Lessig tells the story of Stephanie Lenz, who taped her infant child with some Prince song playing in the background and uploaded the...
- Tags: Larry Lessig, Copyright Law, Regulation, Lenz, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
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