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Sony VAIO XL3 Digital Living System

Sony's VAIO XL3 Digital Living System is a welcome improvement to previous versions of Sony's high-end home theater PC. The multidisc DVD changer is thankfully absent, and the PC itself comes with almost all the features we expect from a modern, living room-style computer. Similar to its older Digital Living...

Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, DVR, Desktops, Blu-ray, Sony Vaio, Sony VAIO XL3 Digital Living System, XL3, Sony Corp., Velocity, home theater

Product reviews 2007-05-01

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Martin jabs back at Comcast over suit

FCC chairman Kevin J. Martin responded to Comcast's lawsuit challenging the agency's authority to sanction the company. "Given Comcast's past failure to disclose its network management practices to its customers, it is important Comcast respond to the many still-unanswered questions about its new management techniques," Martin...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Networking, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Should political postings stay or go? A survey.

I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...

Tags: U.S., R&D, Discovery, Blog, Politics, Survey, Creationism, Rational Rants, Research & Development, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?

As part of Microsoft's mission to insure that Windows 7 and Windows Live Wave 3 are joined at the hip, Microsoft is exorcising features that used to be part of Windows from the operating system by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-09-04

SocialCast: enterprise Twitter/FriendFeed mashup

SocialCast has revamped its group comms service, given it a facelift, aligned itself more closely to consumery apps like Twitter and FriendFeed and then given it an enterprise twist. As far as I am aware, this is the first enterprise facing application that has gotten close...

Tags: Enterprise, Mashup, SocialCast, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Branding, Wiki, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sales, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list

Microsoft today announced plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday (September 9, 2008) to cover worm holes affecting Windows users. All four bulletins in September's Patch Tuesday will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating.  A "critical" rating is used to rate a vulnerability that can...

Tags: Windows Media, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Wireless networking finally hits the ceiling

With the advent of multiple input multiple output MIMO technology that's used in Draft N (and some later 802.11g) products, wireless range isn't as big an issue for new networks as it has been in the past. But if you're running an older 802.11g network as I am in a...

Tags: Network, IEEE 802.11g, Ceiling, Wireless Networking, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Public Relations, Networking, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Red Hat acquires Qumranet

I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Sony VAIO TZ recalled due to overheating

Important news for Sony VAIO TZ owners: by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'

There's been plenty of excellent commentary about Google's new Chrome browser provided by my colleagues here in the ZDNet community, so I'm not going to go into any nitty-gritty here. But to look at it from an enterprise perspective, Chrome may help lay the groundwork for a...

Tags: Google Inc., Client-server, SOA, Web Browser, Computing, Dave Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Web Browsers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-09-04

BREAKING: Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops

Sony said today that it is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide due to faulty parts that could trigger overheating. The recall involves 19 models in the Vaio TZ series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008. The laptops are being recalled because improperly placed wires near...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Recall, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License

News items 2008-09-04

Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360

Microsoft announced that it will cut the price of its Xbox 360 game console to $199, just in time for the holiday shopping season. SEATTLE--Microsoft said on Wednesday it plans to cut the U.S. prices of its Xbox 360 video game machine, lowering the price of its entry-level console...

Tags: Console, Video, Microsoft Corp., Price, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Reuters, video consoles, video games, Xbox, Wii, Playstation 3. Microsoft

News items 2008-09-04

Dell repair adventure, day 5, with updates

Since our last episode, our hero has been communicating with Bob Pearson, Dell's VP of Communities & Conversations, and Bill Bivin, Dell's Community Liaison, about getting my Dell Lattitude D620 back up and running. Both Bob and Bill give every impression of trying very hard to deal not only with...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Sony announces three all-in-one desktops

At a home theater show this week Sony announced three new all-in-one desktops along with a slew A/V receivers, LCD TVs and projectors, and Blu-ray players. All three AIOs offer Blu-ray drives, and the higher-end models offer rewritable BD drives. The entry-level VAIO JS series has a...

Tags: Sony Corp., Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Memory, Intel Core 2 Duo, VAIO LV Series, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)

Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Access Virtualization for Mac OS X - Aqua Connect ACTS 3.0

Aqua Connect is an exception. It focuses on providing access virtualization for users of Mac OS-based servers. (For those keeping track, the post, Aqua Connect Access Virtualization for Mac OS X, introduced the company back in December 2007.) This time, the good folks at Aqua Connect are in the process...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Access, Operating System, Environment, Unix, Aqua Connect, Apple Mac OS, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Dell's Mini packs Ubuntu, XP; Vodafone to sell it

Update: Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 now available and Dell is pushing the netbook is available on its site. Meanwhile Vodafone is going to sell the Mini in Europe. While Dell's move Techmeme could be viewed as playing catchup to other rivals such as Asus the Vodafone deal...

Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., Vodafone Group Plc., Microsoft Windows XP, Notebooks, 3G, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Logitech tries to take network music player mainstream with Squeezebox Boom

In the press release announcing the new Squeezebox Boom, Robin Selden, vice president and general manager of Logitech's Streaming Media business unit, says that "[t]he network music player will be the CD player of the 21st century." That may be true—eventually—but at $299.99, the Boom probably...

Tags: Audio, Streaming Audio, Network, Logitech, Music Player, Network Music Player, Media Players, Web Technology, Digital Music, Digital Media, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Silicon Valley's Judy Estrin warns we are running out of innovation

I recently met with Judy Estrin, a former CTO at Cisco, and one of Silicon Valley's top serial entrepreneurs. Since the dotcom bubble burst she has been concerned that Silicon Valley has not been investing enough in startups pioneering innovative technologies. She warns that we are living...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Leadership, Research & Development, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Finance, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-09-03