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Sapped to the max: non partisan research

Sapped to the max: non partisan researchSuffering at FirstThe anecdotal story meaning exaggerated of our last major SAP upgrade is that shut down the manufacturing facilities depending on it for two months.The reality of it is that SAP requires clean data to work. That's true of most systems -...

Tags: Sensing Judging, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2006-07-05

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iPrez: Obama releases app grassroots organizing app

Get-out-the-vote campaigns have been cellphone-based for some time now. So what makes more sense than leveraging iPhone cool to put a calling app right on people's phones? That's what the Obama campaign did today, News.com reports,with an iPhone app that "organizes and prioritizes your contacts by key battleground states, making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, App, Obama, Congress+, Corporate Communications, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Obama releases iPhone campaign tool

CNET colleague Stephen Shankland discovered a neat way that Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is using technology: political recruiting, direct to your iPhone. Styled much like his iPolitics-looking website, the tool has several features: one feature "organizes and prioritizes your contacts by key battleground states, making it...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Tool, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, GPS, Online Communications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Stainless (zip)

Disclaimer: At this point, Stainless is really just a technology demo and is likely to stay that way (though we might add some novel ideas we have for bookmark, history and download management). Stainless is an independent multi-process browser for Mac OS X that is inspired by the Google browser...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Web Browser, Mesa Dynamics, Apple Mac OS X, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Internet

Software downloads 2008-09-29

Odds for Yahoo-AOL deal may increase

Yahoo's board reportedly set the stage for additional talks with Time Warner's AOL unit for some kind of deal. According to a relatively thin Financial Times report Yahoo's board approved talks with Time Warner about the future of AOL. Time Warner has been trying to unload AOL...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Outside school doesn't equal online carte blanche

Outside school doesn't equal online carte blancheTime to teach the little buggers, and the idiot parents, a lesson.If I were the principal, I'd file a defamation of character & libel suit against the kids involved, AND their parents...two of whom are obviously low-grade morons at best. Then see what they...

Tags: principal

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.

I used to be a PC. But I'm pretty much a Mac guy now - not that there's anything wrong with that. (Sorry - just a little tribute to Jerry.) What a cool club of nerds and jocks and teachers and models and artists...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Commercial, PC, Club, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-19

ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent infringement

The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations that Nintendo infringed Hillcrest's patents in making its popular Wii video game WASHINGTON--The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations that Nintendo infringed Hillcrest's patents in making its popular Wii video...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Patent, Nintendo Wii, U.S. International Trade Commission, Hillcrest Laboratories, Games, Personal Technology, Reuters, Nintendo, Wii, video consoles, motion dectection, patents, patent infringement, Hillcrest

News items 2008-09-18

Apple, not Gear, deserves the blame for iTunes crashes

It's now been a week since Apple's botched release of iTunes 8, which caused a tidal wave of Vista crashes before it was hastily rolled back. Judging from traffic on Apple's support forum, pulling the new Apple USB driver and replacing it with the file from iTunes 7.7 succeeded in...

Tags: Driver, Gear Software Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Zune Wi-Fi coming to a McDonald's near you

Ronald McDonald, meet your match. Microsoft released today a free software update that will allow users of Zune, the best little media player no one seems to care about, to wirelessly stream and download music from the Zune Marketplace store on the go, tag and purchase songs...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Wi-Fi, McDonald's Corp., Digital Music, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Strategy, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Samsung LN-55A950

Although CNET did not review the 55-inch Samsung LN-55A950, we did review the 46-inch Samsung LN-46A950. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung front-panel LCDs are basically identical but for screen size, so we expect the review of the 46-incher to give a good indication of how the 55-inch...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-09-12

Microsoft ads are still shoulder-tapping. OK. OK. I'm listening already.

Microsoft ads are still shoulder-tapping. OK. OK. I'm listening already.I wonder how many of the authorshere have an advertising degree?They should be focusing less on these commercials and more on their own writing skills as I have noticed that many do not get the same amount of talkbacks as others.I...

Tags: advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft AD

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Is iTunes 8 causing BSODs on your Vista system?

Is iTunes 8 causing BSODs on your Vista system?No BSOD but ITFITF - It Takes Forever to load anything now in iT8.Phone syncs okay, but feels like iTunes is running in molasses.....When I open iTunes, I will get a time out error from the iTunes store site most times....Version 7,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Digital media, iTunes 7, Apple iTunes, BSOD, Microsoft Windows Vista, iTunes 8, Vista System

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Logitech Pure-Fi Dream

Ever since iHome put out its popular--and growing--line of affordable iPod clock radios, other companies have followed suit and introduced their own competing models. Logitech has been a little slow in bringing out its take on this emerging category, but the wait is mostly worth it. The Pure-Fi Dream is...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, sleep timer, iPod Dock, Apple iPod, Logitech, radio

Product reviews 2008-09-09

Thoughts on Apple - After the event

Thoughts on Apple - After the eventThoughts on Apple - After the eventSince I don't really get into stocks what would cause Apple's stock to dip 5%? It can't possibly be based on the way Steve Jobs looked on stage.RE: Thoughts on Apple - After the eventRemember if you...

Tags: Investment, stock, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

Five reasons Chrome will take over the world

Five reasons Chrome will take over the worldFive reasons Chrome will take over the worldYou know what ZDNet needs? More articles about Chrome! 12 over the last 24 hours just isn't enough so why not add to that number.Chrome isn't taking over anything because its terribly broken. It doesn't render...

Tags: Development tools, Web browsers, chrome, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Samsung PN63A650

Although CNET did not review the 63-inch Samsung PN63A650, we did review the 50-inch Samsung PN50A650. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung flat-panel plasmas are basically identical but for a slight difference in DNIE processing, which should have a negligible impact on picture quality. We expect the review...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung PN50A650

Product reviews 2008-08-28

Samsung PN58A650

Although CNET did not review the 58-inch Samsung PN58A650, we did review the 50-inch Samsung PN50A650. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung flat-panel plasmas are basically identical, so we expect the review of the 50-incher to give a good indication of how the 58-inch model will perform. For...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung PN50A650

Product reviews 2008-08-28

Samsung PN63A760

Although CNET did not review the 63-inch Samsung PN58A760, we did review the 50-inch Samsung PN50A650. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung flat-panel plasmas are basically identical, except for screen size, styling differences, and a few multimedia features. The multimedia features are the same as the ones described...

Tags: Monitors & displays, multimedia feature, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung PN50A650, multimedia

Product reviews 2008-08-28

Samsung PN58A760

Although CNET did not review the 58-inch Samsung PN58A760, we did review the 50-inch Samsung PN50A650. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung flat-panel plasmas are basically identical, except for screen size, styling differences, and a few multimedia features. The multimedia features are the same as the ones described...

Tags: Monitors & displays, multimedia feature, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung PN58A760, Samsung PN50A650, multimedia

Product reviews 2008-08-28