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Time to out drug test reviewers?: Pfizer is suing the New England Journal of Medicine, aiming to learn the names of anonymous reviewers who conducted peer reviews on its pain relief drug Celebrex. Donald Kennedy, outgoing editor of Science MagazineÂ right, says this is a direct threat to all science. Anonymity...; Tags: Pfizer Inc., Fact, Anonymity, Reviewers, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-10
Moving Up: Vista Migration: Microsoft's Windows Vista has arrived - and with it, a number of inescapable decisions for IT professionals. Even though Vista contains some attractive and highly touted new features, it is an evolutionary, not a revolutionary, new version of Windows. For most corporate customers, Vista does not represent the kind of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Migration, Reviewers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2007-03-06

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Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft: Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to MicrosoftHe didn't dieYou guys make it sound like he died. As much as I bash MS, I do admire what Bill did by founding this company and guiding it to do what it's done for the world. I hope the company well in...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, UNIX, Strategy, Bill Gates, teary farewell, farewell, Billg, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-27
2009 Hyundai Sonata Limited V6: Photo gallery:2009 Hyundai Sonata Limited V6Hyundai got high marks from many auto reviewers for the last generation of its Sonata sedan, but it fell short on the car tech front. But now the 2009 Hyundai Sonata is here, and it looks good for catching up with and surpassing its nearest...; Tags: Monitors & displays, Sonata, Hyundai; Product reviews 2008-06-26
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week: Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including Roku's new Netflix player, a travel USB hard drive, and a set of Bluetooth speakers from Nokia.Here''s our weekly roundup of the new products CNET reviewers liked best. 1. Aperion Intimus 5B Harmony SD Black ...; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Performance, RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Bottom Line, CNET', Price, Smart Phones, Performance Management, Corporate Communications, Handhelds, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Hardware, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-24

Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?: Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?Damn right it helps!Columnists have infinite opportunity to write about, literally, [b]nothing[/b] -- it's better than tea leaves or Kremlinology.I think its good they keep it locked down for nowOne of the things that hurt Vista was how they were talking about all the...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, silence; Discussion threads 2008-05-23
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week: Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including a fashionable Bluetooth headset, Bose on-ear headphones, and the BlackBerry Curve 8330 for Sprint.Here''s our weekly roundup of the new products CNET reviewers liked best. 1. Aliph Jawbone 2 black Editors'' rating: 8.7 The...; Tags: Headphone, Bose, RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Bottom Line, CNET', Price, It', FireWire, Bluetooth, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Wireless, Hardware, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-17
Beltronics Pro RX65: Among the higher-priced echelon of radar detectors, the Beltronics Pro RX65 includes solid features and easy user programming, along with demonstrated threat detection. Its interface choices range from a simple warning to a highly technical frequency display. While its simple three button interface is easy to use, its volume control...; Tags: Aerospace & Defense, radar, Pro RX65, X-band, sensitivity, display; Product reviews 2008-05-06
How can Microsoft overcome Vista's lingering image problem?: How can Microsoft overcome Vista's lingering image problem?I like your idea of a refundfor unsatisfied customers. Why not a money-back guarantee? I think that would be a good way for Microsoft to put its money where its mouth is...Mary JoTurn Ballmer over to the angry crowdWhile that is a great...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2008-05-01
How can Microsoft overcome Vista's lingering image problem?: Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management, has a tough problem on his hands. Microsoft and its hardware/software partners have done a lot in the past 16 months to make Windows Vista a better operating system. With Service Pack SP 1, Microsoft has addressed some...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Nash & Co., Windows Team, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-01
A professor deals with political climate around climate change: I am NOT a scientist but I have two brothers who are. My father was a phycsics professor. I even admit to knowing and liking folks who are in the sciences, regardless of their reputation among certain politico-business factions in America. In the interest of dialogue, I...; Tags: Food, Science, Humans, Trite, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-27
News on the ultra low-cost PC front: Those under-sized, ultra low-cost laptops continue to generate over-sized news. When Dell announced a $600 laptop for the India market, many sites assumed this was the rumored 8.9-inch challenger to the Asus Eee PC and HP Mini-note. Instead, the Dell 500 appears to be a run-of-the-mill, budget 15.4-inch model...; Tags: ASUS, Intel Celeron, PC, Open-source Software, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Engineering, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-04-23
The trouble with Groundswell: Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff at industry analysts Forrester are bagging a lot of positive blog hype over their new book Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. In my view the hype levels buzzing aeround the book make certain enterprise software claims seem tame. This from David...; Tags: Supply Chain, Blog, Groundswell, Sam Lawrence, Marketing Research, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-04-03
The long awaited HTC Shift is now coming to you from Sprint, 140+ hands-on photos: I've been using an HTC Shift from Sprint for over a week now and as you can see in over 140 photos and screenshots found in my extensive image gallery I have had a chance to try out most all aspects of the device. I was planning to post my...; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Sprint Communications, Photograph, Image Gallery:Here, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-03-19
Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at risk: Update: Microsoft is NOT at fault for this! There seems to be some confusion within the talkbacks on this subject about this being Microsoft's fault, and also some strange claims that development shops who do only .NET programming are more likely to program insecurely. This is just, in fact,...; Tags: Google Inc., Pennsylvania, Detail, Application Security, Flaw, Voter Registration, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-03-18
Time to out drug test reviewers?: Time to out drug test reviewers?Re anonymous reviewersCheck out the book Faster than the Speed of Light by British cosmologist João Magueijo. He talks about the peer review process in detail and says that in many cases the reviewers pan a submitted article not on the grounds of quality of...; Tags: reviewer; Discussion threads 2008-03-10
Expert tips on extending your home Wi-Fi range: Reviewers of wireless routers obsess about throughput, but let's face it: Few of us are shuffling HD video from PC to TV. The performance issue that matters to most people is range, since many users find that they have a room or two in their house where Wi-Fi just won't...; Tags: Router, Antenna, Hawking, Wi-Fi, Routers & Switches, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Network Technology, Networking, Rik Fairlie; Blog posts 2008-02-22
Sony XEL-1 OLED TV: One of the most-common questions we get as CNET HDTV reviewers, after the overwhelming favorite "What HDTV should I buy?," is "What's the next big thing in HDTV?" Granted, we don't hear that question as often as we used to, perhaps because LCD, plasma and microdisplay sets have become more...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, surface-conduction electron emitter display, Sony XEL-1, organic light-emitting diode, Sony Corp., HDTV, TV; Product reviews 2008-02-21
DBNS Screen Grabber (zip): Screen Grabber is a small application designed to take screen captures using hotkeys and save them to a user defined directory in JPEG format. Screen Grabber is a useful tool if you need to take screen captures. This software is ideal for software reviewers, manual writers, and game reviews. All...; Tags: Software, DBNS, Screen Grabber, Tools & Techniques, Games, Management, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-02-20
Flippin' off Microsoft: Patent app describes fingerflip-powered document navigation: Flippin' off Microsoft: Patent app describes fingerflip-powered document navigationwhat a load of bullIf this becomes a patent than bottom whipping should become a patent too!...Every time you go, M$ gets the 'royalty'.RE: Flippin' off Microsoft: Patent app describes fingerflip-powered documenThere's no way it will make it to a patent. ...; Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Mainframes, FLIPPIN, Microsoft Corp., Patent App, stylus, gesture; Discussion threads 2008-02-14