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Reader poll: Which browser will you use?

Reader poll: Which browser will you use?Anything beta I wouldn't use as my main anything.Although, I'll say it again, "I've never met a beta I didn't like." Btw, I do a lot of beta testing. ;-)I'm liking it.I've been using it about two hours. It's faster then 3.2.1.The new tabs...

Tags: Apple Safari, beta, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA, Reader Poll, Safari 4, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?

Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?A few Light AppsVLCFoxit ReaderFilezillaIceChatQuicktime AlternativeIZArc...everything else is rather heavy.Joeycan't live without ....starup.cpl .......!!!!!http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtmlRE: Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?THE best free lightweight app of all-time has got to be Irfanview:http://www.irfanview.comThe swiss army knife of images.RE: Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?Definitely as...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, lightweight app, Reader Poll

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Reader Poll: Which mouse should I choose?

Reader Poll: Which mouse should I choose?RE: Reader Poll: Which mouse should I choose?Intellimouse Explorer 2.0A Optical USBalso now a defunct MS product. I've worn out the plastic coating on two so far and have enough spares to rebuild one when it breaks. Best mouse ever. The new ones are...

Tags: Mice, Targus, mouse, Reader Poll, Logitech

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

Additional Resources

ZDNet readers don't care about celebrity endorsements

I agree with the poll. I'm not buying a new camera because Ashton Kutcher is pimping one out, or because Justin Timberlake is doing it in his commercials. I'll buy one based on the features I need. I'd rather see the commercials prop up the features rather than the celebrity.Oh...

Tags: camera, celebrity endorsement, advertisement, ZDNet-reader

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

ZDNet readers want digital SLR cameras most on vacation

It was a bit of a tight race between pocket cameras and digital SLR cameras, but more ZDNet readers (48%) voted that they need their DSLRs when traveling. 296 readers voted in the poll, but it should be noted that more than...

Tags: SLR, Camera, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-09-30

News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff

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. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Global warming, bring it on...

That's the attitude our current approach to global warming seems to reflect. We are doing precious little to blunt climate change. A report just published by a group of scientists finds the effects of global warming on other animals is already severe. This report focuses on arctic...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-10

News to know: Dell; Word; Firefox; iPhone China; Snow Leopard

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. Larry Dignan: Dell continues to bet on 2010 enterprise refresh cycle; Confirms working with China Mobile Sam Diaz: "Inadvertent...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Word, Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Sam Diaz, E-books, Microsoft Windows 7, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Cash for clunkers: one man's story

THIS FROM AN EMAIL I JUST RECEIVED FROM ZDNET READER: I reluctantly traded a 1989 Ford Crown Victoria 24/32 mpg (city/highway)for a VW Jetta TDI which is supposed to get 29/41 mpg but actually delivers 38/50 mpg. I bought the Crown Vic used in 1991 with 10,000 miles and I...

Tags: Income, Ford Motor Co., Government, Personal Finance, Taxes, E-mail, Insurance, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Operational Accounting, Finance, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-04

News to know: Microsoft, Yahoo; AMD; Apple

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. Mary Jo Foley: Who will get the Windows 7 bits and when? Microsoft's fiscal 2010 game plan: Seven must-see...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Why don't you like glossy screens?

An Apple Core reader emailed me about the oft-discussed issue of glossy screens and suggested that I post a new poll question to more accurately target the specific factor of them that users dislike -- namely the glare. The new poll question below more accurately reflects...

Tags: Screen, Apple Inc., Monitors & Displays, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-20

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

Apple reconsidering anti-glare screen options; users rejoice

Apple slowly been converting all of its notebook and iMac displays to highly-reflective glass surfaces shortly after the release of the original iPhone in 2007. It really hit me where it hurts when Apple released the MacBook Air my dream Mac exclusively with a glossy screen. I complained about the...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-15

The $0.99 Netbook has arrived, on Sprint

It's a race to the bottom. Best Buy and Sprint have teamed up to offer a Compaq-branded HP Mini 110c netbook for only 99 cents when you sign a two-year data contract. Normally, the system would...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Sprint Communications, Netbook, Compaq Mini 110c-1040DX, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Geo-engineering can save this planet

An article in the next issue of "Atlantic" puts geo-engineering front and center for stopping the ill effects of global warming. Faster and cheaper than the more political proposals like cap and trade or efficient cars. It's written by Graeme Wood, called "Moving Heaven and Earth." When they...

Tags: Atmosphere, Blade, Radiation, Wood, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?

Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?When you download PDF booksYou have none of these fears, and none of these issues. The illegal method is more convenient and has less problems associated with it than the legal method.The removal of items and features from a device I have purchased should...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

News to know: IBM layoffs, Google, T-Mobile, Microsoft, Dell

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. Sam Diaz: WSJ: More IBM layoffs in U.S.; jobs shifting to India Larry Dignan: Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as...

Tags: Google Inc., Layoff, Dell Computer Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, T-Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Revenue Recognition, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Software As A Service (SaaS), Workforce Management, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Finance

Blog posts 2009-03-26

News to know: Google Voice; Dumbphones; Rigged podcasts; Boxee

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. Ryan Naraine: Rigged podcasts can leak your iTunes username/password Sam Diaz: Google upgrades Grand Central, launches Google Voice Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft given...

Tags: Google Inc., Podcast, Apple iPod, Mobile, Voice, Apple iPod Shuffle, Apple Inc., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Microsoft: Litigate on FAT, and you'll be the next Unisys

Remember "Burn All GIFs" from 1999? In 2009, the Open Source mantra of choice could very easily turn into "Destroy all FATs" If you've been following the news in the Linux community, you've probably heard that Microsoft is currently in a lawsuit with...

Tags: FAT32, Consumer Electronics, Patent, TomTom, Unisys Corp., File System, Microsoft Corp., Tom Tom, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Kindlenomics Zero: When e-Texts have no entry cost

Amazon's release of the Kindle for iPhone application today had me thinking about the economics of e-Texts again. Back in November of last year, I ran the numbers on how much money you could save by using electronic versions of books versus dead-tree equivalents, using two...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Entry, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Excel, E-books, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-03-04