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- Apple to smokers: butt out or void your warranty
- Well here it is...http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0446.htmlI have seen tar filled electronicsIt gets nasty. You open them up, and they can be full of tar and all this brown/black gunk. You can get a nicotine high just by touching the parts.As for second hand smoke risk, thats kind of unfounded. Is that gunk...
- Tags: Apple Inc., cigarette, joint, Cannabis, tar, smoker, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- ZDNet readers don't care about celebrity endorsements
- An overwhelming number of ZDNet readers voted that they don't care about celebrity endorsements when it comes to digital cameras and camcorders. In a poll opened on October 21, 97% of 147 voters said (as of October 22) that a celebrity endorsement means nothing when throwing down hundreds of dollars...
- Tags: Camcorder, Camera, Celebrity Endorsement, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?
- The option you forgotMotherboard.The motherboard and sometimes specifically the chipset dictates what kind of each of the other components you can use. It also dictates options like onboard graphics.Each situation calls for a different answerAt least that's how it has been in my experience. For myself personally, however, storage...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, motherboard, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- The Apple-Palm cat-and-mouse game: How long can it last? [poll]
- I'm usually the last one to suggest that lawyers get involved in business disputes, largely because the only ones who win are the lawyers. I can't help but wonder if it's time for Apple's legal team to step in and ask a judge to bring to an end - once...
- Tags: Game, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Palm Pre, Software Upgrade, Digital Music, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- HDTVs sales back on the rise, but smaller, cheaper sets may dominate
- Though they never completely tanked like some other goods, HDTVs certainly hit a bump in the road during the economic downturn. But as the economy begins to rebound, it appears that TV sales are starting to grow again as wellthough a new era of frugality may be on the way....
- Tags: HDTV, Retrevo, TVs, Sales Strategy, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sales, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- Torvalds calls Linux "bloated" and "scary." Is he right? [poll]
- Why have you ignored the key conclusion?You're not simply intending to start a flame war, are you?Matt Asay concludes in the article you mention:"Has Linux failed?No. Of course not. It has simply grown as its adoption has expanded. This is the problem with success: you get pulled into an ever-widening...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, desktop virtualization, Linux, Linux IS, Torvalds, kernel
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or legitimate tool?
- Since when is your IP address "personal information"?Your IP address is visible for the whole world to see, just like it always has been.Are people really this stupid?PersonallyIt's a hassle Windows could do without. People will pirate regardless, and in those terms, Microsoft is fighting a war it cannot win.I'm...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, tool, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, spyware, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Global warming denial alert: human activities cancelling nature's cooling trend
- I do my part but...For reasons of a smaller electric bill I conserve energy. I also recycle at work. But change my behavior to accommodate wackos? I don't think so. What gets me is the Environmentally Retarded, to whom Global Warming is a religion, only blame the Capitalist system in...
- Tags: Obviously IT, global warming, kilometer
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Is Snow Leopard worth it in Ed?
- #FAILApple is very Fail in last 2 Year, bye bye OSX now i get a Windows 7RE: Is Snow Leopard worth it in Ed?Perhaps a more relevant poll would be "when will your school upgrade to Snow Leopard?" I know that changes in schools after school has started is...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, Linux, Desktops, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Gmail moves past AOL as No. 3 web e-mail service in U.S.
- internet accounts don't tell much about real subscribersI've got several gmail accounts because I had to create a new address to get some discount available only for first time customers.I bet the same is true for other providers, so I would not count those numbers as unique users.Relevance?I'd venture to...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Groupware, Google Gmail, web e-mail service, America Online Inc., No. 3, e-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Open-Xchange and Social Networking
- Before heading off to the OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld conference, I had a chance to speak with Jürgen Geck, CTO Openâ€Xchange, and Bill Baker, CEO of Baker Communications Group. They wanted to bring me up to date on their progress. This time, the focus was on tying Open-Xchange's collaborative application, cleverly named...
- Tags: Network, Open-Xchange, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- 230 MPG. 367 MPG. Pick a number and market it! Doubts are voiced.
- It all began this week when General Motors claimed a 230MPG rating for its still unreleased elecltric Volt. Then Nissan claimed a 367 MPG for its unreleased Leaf. And that car won't even have a gas tank! So are the auto makers basing their claims on the...
- Tags: Mile, General Motors Corp., Volt, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Manufacturing, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Poll: How important is the quality of the built-in camera when buying a mobile phone?
- They're all basically toysPhone cameras are handy for an occasional "grab" shot, but I sure wouldn't use one as my main camera on a vacation trip.RE: Poll: How important is the quality of the built-in camera when buying aAn onboard camera in a cellphone is of little importance to me....
- Tags: mobile, camera, phone, cell phone, pic
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Atomic Subscription Manager 4.30 (Windows)
- Atomic Subscription Manager is a mailing list management utility. Once installed, this program automatically handles all user requests to subscribe/unsubscribe to/from the mailing list. The number of mailing lists that can be maintained is not limited. Atomic Subscription Manager is the subscription central station working real-time, 24 hours a day....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mailing List, AtomPark Software, Atomic Subscription Manager
- Software downloads 2009-07-28
- How to mentor entry level developers
- TechRepublic's Justin James has seen enough mentoring boondoggles to have a good idea of what does and doesn’t work. He shares his ideas about how to have a successful software developer mentoring program. One of my recent TechRepublic polls covered the topic of why we hire entry-level...
- Tags: Developer, Programmer, Mentor, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- Survey: 71% of IT departments block users from social networking
- The American Management Association has estimated that about half of all U.S. employers have policies restricting workers from visiting social networking sites. A new TechRepublic poll conducted during the first half of July indicates that the number is even higher. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Survey, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- Palm Pre defect poll prompts analyst to 'sell'
- Palm Pre defect poll prompts analyst to 'sell' palm shares - "sell" recommendationWow, I wonder how much this "analyst" might have invested with Apple? Mmmm... Apple was obviously jolted by Palm's unexpected rise in the market and had to cut it's I-Tune support to this device with a "software upgrade"....
- Tags: Smart phones, Eller, Palm Inc., Pre, Palm Pre, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- A CIO's take on the home PC support dilemma
- This is a guest post by TechRepublic's Scott Lowe, CIO of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. You can find more posts like this in TechRepublic's IT Leadership blog. This week, Bill Detwiler posed the following question in a poll: Should corporate help desks support home PCs? The responses...
- Tags: Home PC, Employee, PC, Computer, Productivity, Help Desk, It Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- Mitsubishi to give free Vudu Box with purchase of new TV
- Here's one way around having to offer a networked TV to consumers. From July 16 to August 10, Mitsubishi is giving away a Vudu Box, a device that downloads and plays moviesincluding 1080p titles—with the purchase of most new Mitsubishi HDTV models. The Vudu unit costs $149 regularly, and the...
- Tags: Mitsubishi Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
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