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- The future of...remote controls
- How often do you lose the TV remote? ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das explains why the days of digging under couch cushions may be numbered thanks to sensors and chips that can "see" and "understand" hand gestures.
- Tags: Cushion, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Networking, Correspondent, SmartPlanet, Television, Remote Control, Gesture Control, Canesta, Channels
- Videos 2009-09-22
- Neil Armstrong remembers man behind Apollo 11
- Neil Armstrong remembers man behind Apollo 11 by John Dodge
- Tags: Neil Armstrong, SmartPlanet, apollo, armstrong, John Dodge
- Image galleries 2009-06-16
- Join the move to SmartPlanet
- Join the move to SmartPlanetI'll be there.I'll try to behave myself too. I want to start of on a good foot. No doubt things will degrade somewhat. I'm looking forward to new digs. I've been looking for an upgrade from ZDnet for some time. Thanks...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, SmartPlanet
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
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- News to know: Intel; Microsoft layoffs; Motorola, Palm; Oracle-Sun; MSN
- 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: New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion Mary Jo Foley: Are the Microsoft...
- Tags: Layoff, MSN, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Storage, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices
- RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices
- Macs are expensive - there's really no way to argue that point. But Mac owners - myself included - find enough value in the computing experience to justify the expense. Even with a premium price, Apple has been gaining share, nearing the double-digit mark, but still not...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Desktops, Blogging, Hardware, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Are we acting like silly fuels?
- Hmm.Nah. Not today. :)What is this topic doing on ZDnet???If you're going to cover topics such as natural gas and coal ash, I'm eagerly looking forward to the relative merits of Golden Delicious apples versus Pippens. Or maybe a hot-off-the-press comparison of the latest front-loading washing machines.*gasp*o.OUh, coal ash...
- Tags: coal ash
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Video: Microsoft energy guru talks up Windows 7
- I've written a couple of blogs about the energy-related features in Windows 7. (The latest post was my "Balance of Power" treatise back in July.) Here's the latest update via this video on the SmartPlanet sister blog network. The Microsoft representative is Rob Bernard, the company's chief environmental strategist. Among...
- Tags: Blog, Battery, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Corporate Communications, Engineering, Blogging, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Ardi sheds light on human origins; A tweener fossil
- Scientists in the U.S. and Ethiopia have unveiled fossils from a 4.4 million year old human ancestor. Her name: Ardi. The revelation: The early ancestors to humans were more modern than today’s apes and chimps. Ardi represents a middle ground in human evolution and bumps “Lucy,†the fabled 3.2 million...
- Tags: Ardi, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Apple TV as cable box concept 'killed,' exec says
- Ignore the rumors: Apple TV will not have cable box-like functionality, a company executive said. Analysts from Caris & Company recently met with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and said in a note to investors on Tuesday that the Apple TV will not have long-rumored cable box-like functionality,...
- Tags: Cable Box, Apple Inc., Apple TV, Cable, TVs, Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave
- 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. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- SmartPlanet: New BMW turbodiesel hybrid goes 0-60 mph in 4.8 secs; 75 mpg
- coolBut how much fuel does it use going 155/hr or accelerating at that pace?And it costs only ..... ?Is this a prototype or a real car and how much?It's a bargain at $1 million USD! (j/k) ntntIt's a concept carThey usually don't sell those. :(It's about TIME someone did a...
- Tags: car, BMW AG
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- SmartPlanet: New BMW turbodiesel hybrid goes 0-60 mph in 4.8 secs; 75 mpg
- A plug-in turbodiesel hybrid car that can go 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than 5 seconds, top out at 155 m.p.h. and get 75 m.p.g. in the process. That's what BMW has created, all packed into the skin of a...
- Tags: BMW AG, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottom line
- SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottomCompletely disagree. Outsourcing only works for small projects that can't be done in-house, like wiring jobs, installing generators and the such. Outsourcing entire departments doesn't work. I've seen it before, when the employee is on a contract...
- Tags: Managed hosting, Outsourcing/Offshoring, outsourcing, outsource
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottom line
- Three out of four executives believe outsourcing is imperative for helping companies hold up their bottom line in the current economy, according to a new study. Nearly the same amount agree that money saved by switching some processes to an outsourcing partner -- IT, finance,...
- Tags: Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- News to know: VMWorld; Disney-Marvel; netbooks; Blackberry Storm; mobile banking; 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. Dan Kusnetzky: Doing the VMworld Dance, Day 1 Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: Speaking with Centrify at VMWorld 2009...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Netbook, BlackBerry Storm, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Wiki, Hardware, Online Communications, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- SmartPlanet: Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion; here's why it's a smart business move
- we'll see if it's a smart dealDisney is generally toted as children's media. If anyone has seen a Marvel Comic in recent history, they're anything byt kid's media. If this deal censors Marvel's comics, it's a blatent F U to their fanbaseI cannot see that happeningDisney does not...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Miramax, Disney Corp., ABC Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- SmartPlanet: Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion; here's why it's a smart business move
- Walt Disney Co. said on Monday that it plans to buy Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4 billion in a deal that would add characters such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk and the X-Men alongside Mickey Mouse and WALL-E. Under the deal, Disney will acquire more than...
- Tags: Disney Corp., Marvel Entertainment Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- David Byrne: 'Inevitably someone will hack the Kindle'
- You know David Byrne, right? Founder of the acclaimed (and Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame-worthy) Talking Heads, solo musician, artist and author? Apparently he's a sometime-technologist, too. Byrne decided to plunk down the "almost $500!" for...
- Tags: Record Company, Amazon.com Inc., David Byrne, Digital Music, Digital Media, Tablets, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- 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
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