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JavaOne Slot Car Race: the Indy 500 of software?

Earlier this morning while getting ready to head over to the Moscone West conference center in San Francisco, I bumped into Sun's James Gosling seen by many as the father of Java who's in the vicinity for JavaOne (taking place next door to Gartner Symposium/ITxpo at Moscone North and South)....

Tags: slot car, James Gosling

Blog posts 2006-05-15

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Garmin Nuvi 1690

Garmin made a pretty big splash last year when it debuted the Nuvi 880, its first-ever Internet-connected portable navigation device PND featuring MSN Direct data service. With MSN Direct scheduled to go offline in the very near future, Garmin had to create something to fill this void, so it partnered...

Tags: Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., data service, portable navigation device, suction-cup, cradle

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970 is a thin-and-light laptop that is neither thin nor light. It feels solidly built, but this is a 13.3-inch laptop...

Tags: Notebooks, Network technology, laptop computer, satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-24

2010 Honda Fit Sport

Photo gallery:2010 Honda Fit SportSince its introduction to the U.S. market in 2007, the Honda Fit has endeared itself to small car lovers with its economical engine and flexible interior. The car received an update for 2009, gaining size and an optional navigation system. Those updates came just in time,...

Tags: Saving Grace, Scion xB, Honda Fit, Honda Motor Co., car

Product reviews 2009-11-19

Magellan RoadMate 1470

Design The RoadMate 1470 doesn't deviate from the tried and true portable navigation device form factor. Measuring 3.3 inches by 5.2 inches by 7 inches, the RoadMate's thinness easily makes this unit one of the most pocketable devices in its class. Like nearly all PNDs, the majority of the RoadMate's...

Tags: Magellan RoadMate, charger, suction-cup, mini-USB

Product reviews 2009-11-10

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Android 2.0 (Eclair) FAQ

Android 2.0 GPSWill the GPS be functional if I don't buy the expensive Verizon data plan or pay by the Mb.You would need access to the internetto download the maps as needed there would not be enough room on the phone to store the whole country locally. So unless you...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Android 2.0, phone, ECLAIR

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

2010 Infiniti QX56

Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...

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Product reviews 2009-10-30

Envizen Digital Duo Box Pro ED8850A

You probably haven't heard of Envizen, but it's one of several off-brand companies that are putting out new digital portable TVs to replace all the obsolete analog units that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the power went off. As implied by its name--the Envizen...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, DVD, Games, digital television, TV

Product reviews 2009-10-27

Pioneer AVIC-Z110BT

At the top of Pioneer's AVIC line of navigation receivers, and indeed its entire line of car audio receivers, sits the AVIC-Z110BT. This grandest of car stereos features just about every bell, whistle, and whizbang that Pioneer has to throw at mobile audio and video. From GPS navigation that can...

Tags: GPS, Digital music, Digital media, receiver, SD card

Product reviews 2009-10-13

Garmin Nuvifone G60 (AT&T)

Photo gallery:Garmin Nuvifone G60If you've been following the story of the Garmin Nuvifone at all, you know it hasn't been the smoothest of rides. After being announced in January 2008, the launch of Garmin's first smartphone was delayed time and time again, and we had all but given up on...

Tags: Handhelds, GPS, Smart phones, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., display, Garmin Ltd., Garmin nuvifone, Garmin Nuvifone G60, Nuvifone G60, smart phone

Product reviews 2009-10-09

Gadget Gal's daily deals: LG Bluetooth car visor, Klipsch speakers, MoviePix camcorder

An LG Bluetooth hands-free car speaker, a choice of two Klipsch speakers, and a MoviePix digital camcorder. Here are your daily deals for Thursday, October 8, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Get the LG MSB-100 Visor Mount Bluetooth Car Kit Hands-Free Speaker for $20, down from...

Tags: Car, Speaker, LG Electronics Inc., Camcorder, Bluetooth, F-1, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Jensen Phase Linear BT1611I - radio / CD / MP3 player / digital player

Best solution I know of so far. I just installed it yesterday, so I can't say anything about its durability, but so far this stereo exceeds my highest expectations. After CD players recently failed in both our cars, I was about to shop for new ones, and...

Tags: MP3 player, MP3, radio, CD, car, USB Stick

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

X-Driven DRS-1100 Drive Recorder

Short of a simple rear-end collision, liability in car accidents can be difficult to prove. However, a new breed of products eliminates some of the confusion by recording video and GPS data to show what actually happened. The X-Driven DRS-1100 Drive Recorder is such a product. it constantly records driving...

Tags: Corporate communications, X-Driven DRS-1100, car, cable, software

Product reviews 2009-09-29

VholdR ContourHD wearable camcorder

The ContourHD is a tube-style camcorder designed to be worn as a helmet camera for recording extreme activities. The ContourHD features an attractive design, but a limited feature set. Unlike the competition, it doesn't feature a still photography mode or a viewfinder, optical or digital. But what the Contour...

Tags: Corporate communications, Engineering, camcorder, Video Resolution, Recording Video, Recharging, ContourHD

Product reviews 2009-09-28

Otellini at IDF: Innovation shifts as technology grows beyond the PC

Someday, I'd like to be able to stream music while swimming. I'd also like to be able to watch a movie premiere - from my car. And wouldn't it be cool if there was technology that allowed computers to fix themselves. No one is saying that Intel...

Tags: Innovation, PC, Industry, Paul Otellini, Netbook, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Strategy, Hardware, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-22

RailModeller 3.1.6 (Mac)

A solution to create layouts for model railroads and slot car systems. Layouts are built by simply dragging the tracks from the library to the layout. Tracks magnetically snap to free track-segments on the layout, automatically rotate to the correct angle and can optionally be colorized automatically to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Layout, Jan Barnholt

Software downloads 2009-09-04

2010 Kia Forte SX

Photo gallery:2010 Kia Forte SXKia follows up its stylish, boxy Soul model with the all new 2010 Kia Forte, further evidence of Kia rebranding itself as a maker of practical, well-built, and economical cars. Whereas the Soul stands out for its unique body style, the Forte hides behind a relatively...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Network technology, audio system, standard iPod integration, Forte Software, Kia Motors Corp.

Product reviews 2009-08-31

Garmin Nuvi 765T

Garmin adds another battery of incremental changes to its Nuvi line of GPS navigators with the introduction of the Nuvi 765T. This new Nuvi packs useful features, such as text-to-speech and visual lane guidance, but the best trick in its bag is free, lifetime, Navteq traffic updating. In this case...

Tags: side panel, FM Transmitter, Nuvi 765T, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., lane guidance, cable, Garmin Nuvi 765T

Product reviews 2009-08-24

2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart

In our opinion, the most fun you can have in a car is driving a twisty mountain road, negotiating hairpin turns as fast as possible without overshooting and taking a tumble down a 100 foot cliff. Big dogs like the Cadillac CTS-V and the Audi S8 are no good for...

Tags: Notebooks, Handhelds, Lancer Ralliart, Mitsubishi Lancer, Compaq Evo, Mitsubishi Corp., Sport Shift Transmission

Product reviews 2009-08-20