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- Gallery: Sydney Apple Store facade
- Reader Brad Wilson sends some pictures of the unique teaser facade covering the upcoming Apple Store in Sydney Australia. A trend that started in Boston: The Sydney AUS Apple store now has a blue covering with an "ocean wave" of light blue iPod Nanos and "Drop in soon. Apple...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., 3G, Sydney, Facade, Retail, Cable, Cellular Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Reader Brad Wilson, Telecommunications
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
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- Researchers publish details on London travel card hack
- First there was Boston's Charlie card. Now, Dutch researchers have exposed the inherent weakness in the RFID chip used in London's Oyster travel smartcard, ZDNet UK says. Researchers released details at the Esorics security conference in Malaga on Monday and an academic paper PDF...
- Tags: Card, Researcher, London, Chip, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?
- I'm reading more and more about Windows 7 lately as PDC approaches and Microsoft begins revealing more snippets of information about its most secretive product ever. In most of that coverage, I've noticed an assumption that Windows 7 is going to be the final name of the product. I've been...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.
- Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office...
- Tags: Phone, Telecommuting, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Scammers introduce ATM skimmers with built-in SMS notification
- The bust of the notorious ATM scammer going under the handle of Cha0 in early September, once again puts ATM skimming in the spotlight. Among the main insecurities scammers face while embedding an ATM skimmer, is the retrieval process of the device that is now containing the credit card details...
- Tags: Device, Credit Card, built-In, SMS, Scammer, ATM, Network Technology, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Apple begins shipping replacement iPhone chargers
- Apple announced a recall of all of its ultracompact USB power adapter for iPhone pictured on 21 September 2008 because its metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock. iPhone Alley received word that a reader has received the replacement he...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Recall, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Does the Semantic Web matter?
- My business card reads 'Technology Evangelist,' and this is a blog about the Semantic Web. So that should be an unequivocal 'Yes!' then, right? However, it's frequently worthwhile to revisit and question presumptions, beliefs and 'truths,' and the Semantic Web that dominates so much of my working...
- Tags: Web, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Why The Big Fuss Over Microblogs?
- I microblog.Why? The truth is, I learn by doing and by speaking with others who do. So I dabble with Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, Spoink, Rakawa, Tumblr, Utterli, Yammer, FriendFeed, 12seconds, and probably a few others that I signed up for and forgot to use. I have found a nice collection...
- Tags: Mobile, Fuss, Tool, Productivity, Web 2.0, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Gil Yehuda
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- A Consumer Electronics Carol
- I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!) As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...
- Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Washington Times amongst newspapers putting semantic technologies to work with help from Inform Technologies
- New York-based Inform Technologies issued a press release earlier this week, reporting the success of their recent partnership with the Washington Times on a major website redesign. Having spoken to both Inform's CEO Jim Satloff and the Washington Times' Executive Editor John Solomon, there's an interesting story to tell of...
- Tags: Story, Editorial Staff, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Finance, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?
- When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?A reader repliesI received this in email from a user who apparently wishes not to go through ZDNet registration. So here's my policy: I will not engage in private debate through email on the content of blogs. I will post the...
- Tags: E-mail, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- President Obama will take away kids cold medicine
- President Obama will take away kids cold medicineWhy regulate something that is only a problem due to irresponsible parentsALL over-the-counter OTC medications have information about who can use it and how much medicine it should get. Every bottle of OTC medication has very visible warning and most specify that...
- Tags: blog author, gov, cold medicine, Obama, prescription, medication
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Sony announces new Reader eBook device with integrated LED and touch screen
- iRex announced new ebooks with touch screen functionality last week and now Sony just announced the Sony Reader PRS-700 with touch screen functionality. I still have and enjoy using my PRS-505 and this newest model looks to have about the same form factor. Even more impressive to me than the...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Sony Corp., Light-emitting Diode, E-book, Touch Screen Functionality, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!
- Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!The lack of features is a featureThe Kindle is actually eating Apple's lunch. By offering no features other than the ability to read books, the Kindle is doing what Apple typically does best: offer fewer features at a greater price. The Kindle...
- Tags: E-books, Corporate communications, Games, Monitors & displays, Amazon.com Inc., E-Ink, lunch, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!
- Apple's iPhone is beating the Amazon Kindle at its own game -- what a shame. It doesn't have to be that way, though. Amazon could put the iPhone to shame if they'd make the Linux-based Kindle open to developers. According to Wired: Since the launch of...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-books, Sales Strategy, Games, Handhelds, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Dell Inspiron 1525-139B
- Note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.Dell's Inspiron 1525 is an excellent mainstream choice for basic computing, especially because the direct-from-Dell version is highly flexible, offering extensive configuration options. For those...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron 1525, Dell 1525, Dell Inspiron, laptop computer, Intel Pentium, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-02
- Five unfortunate ways the financial crisis affects your daily grind
- By now, you're probably up to your eyeballs in unsettling economic crisis news. The stock markets, tanked. Mondays $700 billion Hail Mary of a bailout plan, dead on arrival though since resuscitated. Real estate value, sunk. Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke warned last week that the difficulty households and businesses were...
- Tags: Job, Financial, Economist, Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Real Estate, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- JVC KW-NX7000 navigation/DVD receiver
- The JVC KW-NX7000 isn't cleverly named like its sibling the El Kameleon, but it is just as cleverly designed. With its smart features, such as the proximity-based interface or the flash-memory-based navigation data, we found the KW-NX7000 extremely easy to use. However, it was the fun little touches, like the...
- Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, add-on module, JVC, JVC KW-NX7000, SD card
- Product reviews 2008-10-01
- How to read your FBI file
- How to read your FBI fileGood well-balanced articleNothing one-sided here. Those evil Bushies will stop at nothing when it comes to knowing everyone's secrets, won't they?Hey, pal, EVERYBODY thought Saddam had WMDs, even your heroes Kerry, Kennedy, and (shudder!) Pelosi. Seems that Saddam went to great lengths to convince...
- Tags: Federal government, FBI
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
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