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ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide 2008

Dozens of product recommendations by the ZDNet Reviews experts you trust, including cameras and camcorders, cell phones and smartphones, laptops and desktops, MP3 players, GPS navigation, networking devices and HDTVs and home theater systems.

Tags: Network, Smart Phones, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, Media Players, Digital Music, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Holiday Gift Guide, reviews, product photos, lists

Articles 2008-11-19

ThinkPad X200 reviews: Great ultraportable . . . but it's no X300

The X200 is one of eight new ThinkPads--including the SL series for small business--that Lenovo announced as part of Intel's Centrino 2 launch. The 12.1-inch wide-screen ultraportable, which replaces the popular ThinkPad X61, is designed to bring some of the features of the pricey 13.3-inch X300 to a broader audience....

Tags: intel centrino 2, intel centrino, ibm thinkpad, lenovo group ltd., thinkpad x200, x300, reviews, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, john morris

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Startup Spotlight: GroupRecipes.com

[Note: There is a lot of junk out there in the Web 2.0 space. Id like to help readers cull through some of that to find not only good services, but great ideas. So, in my weekly Startup Spotlight Ill be assigning a score to a solution based on four...

Tags: Design, Social Media, Reviews, Social Software, Community, Tech, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-02-26

Quick Review: Logitech Harmony

Part of my goal with this blog is expanding on the idea of what web 2.0 is...what it means...and where it is going. More and more we are seeing delightful hybrids of web to device, like Skype phones and streaming music devices. Logitech has taken that idea and applied it...

Tags: Reviews, Two-Way Web, Convergence, Products, Web 2.0, Media, Tech

Blog posts 2007-02-20

Quick Review: Hands on with the iPhone

Whoa...slow down! Before you get all foaming at the mouth...Im talking about the Linksys iPhone for the Skype service. BUT BEFORE YOU RUN AWAY...you should read this review because this phone is outstanding and will save you money (maybe enough to buy that other...uh...iPhone)! Linksys iPhone CIT-400...

Tags: Apple iPhone, telephone, Skype Technologies S.A.

Blog posts 2007-01-31

Quick Review: Hands on With the Belkin Skype Phone

Three years ago I let go of one of the last vestiges of the wired world by cutting the land-line phone and moving to wireless. The problem with this has popped up in a number of unlikely places. One, I moved from a house to a new condo...and the reality...

Tags: Web 2.0, Tech, Design, Products, Reviews, telephone

Blog posts 2007-01-18

New Linksys Wireless-G IP Phone reviewed

Blogger BuzzMeBaby.com is out with a review of the brand new Linksys WIP300 Wireless-G IP Phone.A few of the specs:Dimensions: 4.65 x 1.77 x 0.78 inches. Battery: 900 mAH Li-Ion, with 3 hours talk time or 50 hours standby time.Memory: 16MB Flash and 12 MB SRAM. Phonebook:...

Tags: General, Reviews, Products, Cisco

Blog posts 2006-12-05

Review of Web 2.0 Summit Launchpad

At the Web 2.0 Summit Launchpad, 13 web startups have 5 minutes each to present their wares. Here are some quick impressionistic views of how it went.... In the chair is a music-based video game, where people can interact with music - e.g. generate your own content and play...

Tags: tool, Web 2.0, News, Tech, Social Media, web2con, Internet Companies, Products, Reviews, Social Software, Two-Way Web, Web as Platform, Web

Blog posts 2006-11-07

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Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)

Here are a few of Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the Alienware M15x, Synology Disk Station DS409slim, and the Sonos ZonePlayer S5. by CNET News.com

Tags: Alienware, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-11-23

Fraps 3.0.2 (Windows)

Fraps is a generic tool for DirectX and OpenGL games. In its current form, it performs many tasks, including benchmarking (see how many frames per second you're getting in a corner of your screen; perform custom benchmarks and measure the frame rate between any two points; save statistics to disk...

Tags: Frame, Microsoft Windows, Fraps, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-20

NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership

I've featured NComputing a few times in this blog, largely focusing on their solutions that turn a single workstation into as many as 10 workstations using thin client technologies. In particular, I wrote about NComputing's successful bid beating out Intel and OLPC to provide thin-client computers to as many...

Tags: Virtualization, Partnership, Thin Client, Server, Microsoft Corp., Computing, NComputing, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Finance, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download

Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft offers Office 2008 promotion for the holidays

Office 2009....?Its office 2008 rather than 2009. I actually thought there was a new edition and bounced around a bit ;)RE: Microsoft offers Office 2008 promotion for the holidaysOr you could always look for it on the web for around $79.00. Shop around first.Read the blogs and reviews before...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 2008, Mac Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere 2 series

The Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere 2 portable speakers are nearly identical to their predecessor, except for the addition of GSM shielding for the iPhone. For more information, please read our review of the Pure-Fi Anywhere.

Tags: Logitech Pure-Fi, Logitech

Product reviews 2009-11-18

Yelp for iPhone 3.1.1 (Mobile)

If you are looking for a burrito joint open late, an Irish pub nearby, or a gas station you can drive to before your tank hits empty then Yelp for iPhone is here to help. Use it to search for places top eat, shop, drink, relax and play then read...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Yelp, Smart Phones, Food & Beverage, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Urbanspoon for iPhone 1.12 (Mobile)

If you can't decide where you want to eat, Urbanspoon can help you out. Shake your iPhone and the Urbanspoon's slot machine will pick a good restaurant for you to try. Keep shaking until you find a restaurant that you like. Use GPS to find restaurants near you; filter searches...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Restaurant, Urbanspoon, Smart Phones, GPS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-18

TechRepublic's Geek Gift Guide 2009

Regardless of their current economic situation, technology geeks love to give and receive electronic gadgets. And, it is not just any gadget they want, but the best electronic gizmos. TechRepublic once again brings together our unique perspective reviews of some of the best geek gifts on the market, all just...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Geek, E-books, Ethernet, Quality, Personal Technology, Networking, Business Operations

Download resources 2009-11-18

Apple iMac (21.5-inch, 3.06Hz Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce 9400M, Fall 2009)

We awarded Apple an Editors' Choice for its new $1,699 iMac, largely because its 27-inch screen dwarfs its competition in that price range. So what to make of Apple's new lower-end iMac? At $1,199, its 21.5-inch screen is hardly the size leader for its price, and without a touch screen...

Tags: Desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, Acer Aspire Z5610, Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., Apple iMac, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-17

Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe

Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Inappropriate Performance Review Phrases (We'd All Like to Use)

Complete waste of skin. nt..The 7 P's"Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Performance. He has the last three down to a science." or "I'm not sure what we would do without his wit, however, I'm not sure what he does without it." This employee......will only be productive when we discover...

Tags: Performance management, Inappropriate Performance Review Phrases, performance

Discussion threads 2009-11-17