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Handmark Express adds features for the road warrior

Handmarks Pocket Express is an application and service that provides news, sports and weather for free and 411 services, movie times and reviews, street-level mapping, directions, stock info, and Oxford dictionary definitions for a small monthly fee. It is a very handy experience that is available for Palm OS, BlackBerry,...

Tags: Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Palm, Mobile software

Blog posts 2007-03-30

Handmark adds MobileCierge 24/7 assistant service to Pocket Express

A couple years ago at CES I met a Handmark representative who showed me their new Pocket Express service. I then used Pocket Express on my Windows Mobile Smartphone and Treo 650 for about a year or so. I havent tried it now for about 6 months, but just received...

Tags: Pocket Express, MobileCierge, Smartphone, Mobile software, Windows Mobile

Blog posts 2006-12-04

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Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead

OK, public spectrum, take 2. Or is it 3? After the infamous D-block auction meltdown, the FCC is set with a new plan to have the private sector deliver free Internet over the airwaves, Reuters reports. And FCC chair Kevin Martin's plan includes another long-held fantasy of policymakers: a...

Tags: FCC, Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Martin, Internet, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best luxe Mac accessories

What do you get for that special person on your list already owns a Mac, iPod and a nice digital camera? Accessories! Here are my picks for the Best Luxe accessories ($200 and up) that are perfect for the Mac user with everything. Don't forget...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Accessory, Video, Blu-ray, Camera, FlipShare Software, 7xx-series, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Nokia N97 announced; QWERTY keyboard and touch on a Nseries device

Nokia World 2008 is taking place this week in Barcelona, Spain and the event kicked off with the keynote announcing the Nokia N97 multimedia computer. The Nokia N97 brings a QWERTY keyboard and touch screen to the Nseries or you could say it brings a phone and S60 to the...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Nokia World 2008, Home Screen, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Social Networking, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Photos: Cracking open the Apple Newton

TechRepublic takes apart the device that helped pave the way for such things as the Palm PDA, Pocket PC, and even the iPhone. by CNET News.com

Tags: Apple Newton, Apple Inc., Photograph, Pocket PC, PDAs, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-11-27

Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.

If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, Laptop Magazine, PC Magazine, Notebooks, Modems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?

I'm not a big TV watcher to be honest. In the UK, we have the "licence fee" which you need to pay the government before you even connect the telly to the wall. If you don't, you can bet your arse you'll have armed police storming the windows to your...

Tags: On-demand, Broadcasting, Cloud Computing, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron

AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet Germany tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel Xeon chips. AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of...

Tags: Performance, Level 3 Communications Inc., Shanghai, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Nehalem, Dunnington CPU, Processor Development, Performance Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, AMD, Opteron, Intel, Xeon, benchmarks, processors, Shangahi, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany

News items 2008-11-24

The ultimate student handheld: something for Christmas?

I've taken many months looking for the ultimate student device; something fairly cheap and not too expensive especially in this current credit climate, something that'll last for a while, something which which can be multi-purpose; none of this "buy a camera, a phone and a sat-nav" when you can have...

Tags: Phone, Handheld, Video Call, Video, Camera, E61, E71, Multimedia Having Fun, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid

Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out a  netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be handy,  but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And aside from some early problems with connecting to...

Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., WEP, Operating System, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-24

The future of... Mobile device chargers [video]

No power? No problem. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a look at kinetic energy technology that charges mobile phones and devices without ever needing an electrical outlet. The mobile device charger generates power from motion, whether it's in a pocket, a briefcase, or the glove compartment of a car. ...

Tags: Mobile, Video, Mobile Device, Mobile Device Charger, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 5 Netbooks

The biggest surprise of 2008 was the arrival of netbooks. Asus was the first in the pool with its Eee PC, and after some initial hesitation, the big guys were forced to jump in as well. Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo are all among a long...

Tags: ASUS, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Battery, Memory, Acer Inc., Intel Atom, Intel Corp., Dell Inspiron, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-19

The future of... Mobile device chargers

No power? No problem. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a look at kinetic energy technology that charges mobile phones and devices without ever needing an electrical outlet. The mobile device charger generates power from motion, whether it's in a pocket, a briefcase, or the glove compartment of...

Tags: Mobile, Mobile Device, Mobile Device Charger, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, mobile, power, green, future, cell phones, computers, electricity

Videos 2008-11-19

Commercial vendor of spyware under legal fire

Just like every decent marketer out there, vendors of commercial malware tools are very good at positioning their tools. However, their pitches often contradict with themselves in a way that what's promoted as a Remote Administration Tool, has in fact built-in antivirus software evading capabilities, rootkit functionality and tutorials on...

Tags: Malware, FTC, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Open source is not all about the money

No matter what happens to Sun open source is not going away. Financially it may find its level to be lower than its boosters first thought, but there are many more ways to compute value other than the change in your pocket. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn, Dave Rosenberg

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Review: Why Android is for me and the G1 isn't

For me, when it comes to cell phones, it's a marriage of convenience. I value the basic function of a cell phone to connect me to the rest of the world from almost anywhere, but beyond that, I couldn't care less about the "features." Despite my power...

Tags: T-Mobile G1, Phone, Smart Phone, T-Mobile, Cell Phone, E-mail, HTC-made G1, Telecom & Utilities, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Are visits to massage parlors and bars impacting your credit?

Tech blogs are quick to point out when things appear to be a bit too big-brotherish for our comfort levels - cookies, deep packet inspection, Gmail ads. Now, it appears that the one to watch out for is the credit card companies. Money Magazine, in its December...

Tags: Credit Card, Credit Card Company, American Express Co., Magazine, Tech Blog, Sales Channel, ATM, Financial Services, Sales, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Cloud computing usage depending on age

 Age group 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Use webmail services such as Hotmail, Gmail, or Yahoo! mail 77% 58% 44% 27% Store personal photos 50 34 26 19 Use online applications such as Google Documents or Adobe Photoshop Express 39 28 25 19 ...

Tags: Activity, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Porn To Run: Online Advertising Gets A Flesh Blocker

Sex sells. As long as you don't go too far. Here is your typical family on the beach. Two boys playing in the sand. Husband and wife looking on. She's got only about about 5 percent of her body covered in clothing. Exposed flesh reigns. ...

Tags: Advertisement, Pornography, Image, Online Advertising, Helix, Online-ad Growth, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-11