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Are AVCHD camcorders the next HD lie?

When I wrote "Don’t believe the low bit-rate ‘HD’ lie" with a comparison, I had no idea that these compromises in quality would apply to the latest consumer HD camcorder format called AVCHD as well.  When I first read about the AVCHD format with its use of MPEG4-AVC (H.264) video...

Tags: Problem, Camcorder, Video, Difference, Mbps, HD, AVCHD Image, Quality Video Equipment, Corporate Communications, Marketing, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-02-11

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Logitech Buys LifeSize. Now what about Polycom?

A few weeks after Cisco's Tandberg acquisition, peripheral manufacturer Logitech has announced that it was acquiring LifeSize for $405 million in cash. LifeSize provides high definition HD video communication solutions. The video acquistion positions Logitech with a comnplete range of video conferencing equipment. Last year, the company acquired...

Tags: Video Conferencing, Logitech, Video, Polycom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-11-10

2010 Infiniti QX56

Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...

Tags: Infiniti QX56

Product reviews 2009-10-30

EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

ALLConverterToPSP 1.0 (Windows)

Next generation of ALLConverter to PSP brings easy video/audio conversion. ALLConverterToPSP is Windows based free software that merge external subtitles with video/audio to make friendly files for PSP playback. This tool can be used to convert all known formats with subtitles. It is the first that easy and free solution...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStation Portable, Font, Allplayer, ALLConverterToPSP

Software downloads 2009-10-20

How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

Why does Apple persistI am amazed the game of cat and mouse Apple users must play to get a phone that they can do with as they please. The same people who openly criticize Microsoft for all and sundry, but the beloved Steve Jobs whom it appears must own their...

Tags: Smart phones, Pwnage, Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., jailbreak

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

HP silent on Core i7-based Elite Pavilion PC problems

Not surprised.Over the last couple of years both HP's and Dell's quality control has virtually fallen off of a cliff. Acer and Gateway never pretended to have any QC, so I guess they don't have any lower to fall.For a new PC, I would only consider a Lenovo system, an...

Tags: Desktops, Elite Pavilion PC problem, Hewlett-Packard Co., Elite Pavilion PC, Elite Pavilion, Core i7, PC, Lenovo Group Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Poll: What kind of camera equipment do you need when traveling?

Travel CamerasI carry DLSRs for vacation memories and a small point and shoot for when I don't want attention drawn to myself.RE: Poll: What kind of camera equipment do you need when traveling?I have a 'bridge' camera - smaller than a DSLR, larger than a 'point and shoot'. It's a...

Tags: camera, camera equipment, DSLR

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Video Purifier 1.4.6 (Mac)

BackgroundVideo signals are contaminated by noise in many different ways even if they are completely digital. Sources of noise are for example storage media, image acquisition equipments (e.g. cameras, digitizers etc.), transmission channels (e.g. broadcasting, satellite links, cable networks, statistical multiplexers) and receiving and recording equipment. The noise has different...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, Noise, Innobits AB, BackgroundVideo Signal, Innobits Video Purifier, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-16

We're still in a recession...Don't buy an Apple (the free iPod isn't worth it)

Very solid adviceThanks for preaching common sense. It is sorely lacking these days but coming back in fashion with the recession. PEOPLE... PLEASE ask yourself REALLY for what you will use your computer. Typically web surfing, term paper writing, some basic audio video (which you can accomplish quite nicely with...

Tags: Desktops, recession, Apple iPod, student loan payment, stupid argument, Apple Macintosh, payment, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

IBM: give us one great idea

IBM is partnering with some other folks to find the best new idea for improving the world's rail transit. The congestion problem is only getting worse as urban populations grow: In 1950 there were 8 global mega-cities those with populations of five million or more. In 2001, that...

Tags: Congestion, IBM Corp., Congestion Problem, Transportation, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-09

Overcoming IP Telephony Performance Issues in a Converged Network

When implementing Voice over IP VoIP onto a data network, you must ensure that the equipment capable of handling the additional load, and, more importantly, that the traffic will be properly classified, marked, and prioritized for optimal performance. Voice traffic is highly intolerant to delay, jitter, and packet loss, so...

Tags: Converged Network, Global Knowledge, IP, IP Telephony, Network, Network Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, Telephony, Traffic, Voice Traffic, VOIP

White papers 2009-08-07

Adesso wireless mini trackball keyboard more useful as a bludgeon [review]

Would you work 100 feet away from your desk? (Perhaps if you had a ridiculous display setup.) With Adesso's wireless mini trackball keyboard, you can. I took Adesso's WKB-3000UB device for a spin this week. It was painful. ...

Tags: Wireless, Adesso, Input Setup, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-21

A success story out of Florida

Before I left on vacation (I'm back, by the way and officially jacked in...Go WiFi!), I asked what all of you were doing this summer. I heard from and got a few ideas from a tech coordinator out in Oregon. A couple days ago, I heard from a...

Tags: Certification, Professional Development, Student, Academy, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-18

Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?

Optimum Online's $99 per month Ultra DOCSIS 3.0 service is one of fastest residential broadband offerings available today. But is it really "Up to" 101Mbps as advertised? As I mentioned in a post last week about broadband service outages, Last Friday, I was...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Router, Network, Adobe PDF, Broadband, Server, NetGear, Ultra DOCSIS 3.0, CISCO DPC3000, Speed Test, OOKLA, SRXN3205, Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Modems, Home Networking, Cable, Firewalls, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-07

News to know: Vizio; Apple-Psystar; Buffett; Facebook status; Palm Pre; AT&T

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sean Portnoy: Vizio spills the beans on its Internet TV plans Sam Diaz: Court allows Apple-Psystar case to resume...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., AT&T Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-06-25

TANDBERG Gateway and IP

H.323 is an International Telecommunications Union ITU standard that describes the protocols, services and equipment necessary for multimedia communications including audio, video and data on networks without guaranteed Quality of Service QoS. These networks technologies may include Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Token Ring and protocols like Internet Protocol IP or...

Tags: H.323, Gateway Inc., Network, IP, Multimedia Communication, Tandberg, G1, Internet, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology, VOIP, Telecommunications

White papers 2009-06-17

TANDBERG MCU and IP

H.323 is an International Telecommunications Union ITU standard that describes the protocols, services and equipment necessary for multimedia communications including audio, video and data on networks without guaranteed Quality of Service QoS. These networks technologies may include Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Token Ring and protocols like Internet Protocol IP or...

Tags: H.323, Network, IP, Multimedia Communication, Tandberg, Internet, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2009-06-17

TANDBERG Endpoints and IP

H.323 is an International Telecommunications Union ITU standard that describes the protocols, services and equipment necessary for multimedia communications including audio, video and data on networks without guaranteed Quality of Service QoS. These networks technologies may include Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Token Ring and protocols like Internet Protocol IP or...

Tags: H.323, Network, IP, Multimedia Communication, Tandberg, Internet, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology, VOIP, Telecommunications

White papers 2009-06-17

Review: Jawbone PRIME Bluetooth headset

I just received my Jawbone PRIME Bluetooth headset and I love it. PRIME is the successor to the Jawbone 2 (which I reviewed in July 2008) and it doesn't disappoint. PRIME is a little sleeker than the Jawbone 2 but not by much and comes with a...

Tags: Headset, Bluetooth Headset, Jawbone, NoiseAssasin 2.0 Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-05-18