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3D HDTV without glasses? Hitachi has a prototype display for that.

Sounds like a great way to push file sizes to HUGE.Wait - it displays images at multiple angles? Sounds like a great way to push file sizes to HUGE.Forget terabyte drives - we're gonna have to switch to petabytes.That is, if each angle is going to need its own HD...

Tags: 3D, Sounds Like, Hitachi Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-10-18

Sun Microsystems' Jonathan Schwartz on CIO / CTO differences

Sun Microsystems' Jonathan Schwartz on CIO / CTO differencesFundamental DifferenceThere is a fundamental difference between an executive who's focus is ensuring the company's product is solid and one who's focus is on enabling others to deliver the company's product.Risk adverse and outdatedSounds like CIOs are risk adverse and outdated. ...

Tags: Jonathan Schwartz, Sounds Like, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

I guess "squirting" (a la Zune) didn't turn out to be so fashionable

I guess "squirting" a la Zune didn't turn out to be so fashionableSquirting Sounds Like a Gastro-Intestinal AccidentIt's pretty disgusting. 'Beaming' would be just fine.Right now, the term they are using might as well be 'upchucking' or 'powerchucking' or 'barfing'.LikeMessage has been deleted.But Microsoft does get style right sometimesAnybody remember...

Tags: Mice, Sounds Like, Microsoft Zune, X-Box

Discussion threads 2006-12-13

Is the Network Neutrality Bill in Trouble?

Is the Network Neutrality Bill in Trouble?Sounds like it's lost then.Sounds like it's lost then.Will just need a new innovation that will totally sidestep the whole mess. New networks with new rules.Equality of opportunitySound familiar? I guess it's no longer the American way.It's essentialIt's essential that the network neutrality...

Tags: Leadership, Network Neutrality Bill, Sounds Like, network

Discussion threads 2006-04-03

Madison Avenue faces Google fears

Madison Avenue faces Google fearsEvolutionSounds like normal evolution to me.To survive in the world you have to evolve with the times. This is being true throughout history. If your business can't evolve with the progress, let it die.EvolutionSounds like normal evolution to me.To survive in the world you have...

Tags: INTERNET, Internet advertising, advertisement, normal evolution, Google Inc., Madison, Sounds Like

Discussion threads 2005-12-04

Microsoft calls in cops after firing staff

Microsoft calls in cops after firing staffSounds like a 5 finger discount to meoops!Strange"which are contrary to Microsoft values"Strange that a convict antitrust violator would be talking about values.7 technical support centre and services teams.I wonder if these seven had anything to do with the equipment set up at CES...

Tags: firing, Microsoft Corp., Sounds Like

Discussion threads 2005-01-10

South Korea--the broadband leader

South Korea--the broadband leaderjust what we needYet another way for our fat-assed kids to sit in front of the computer when they should be outside playing and getting exercise. I for one do NOT want to line corporate America's pockets with my hard-earned tax money through loans. I find...

Tags: Leadership, broadband leader, Sounds Like, broadband, leader

Discussion threads 2004-07-29

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HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx

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. Any low-end desktop replacement must cut some corners on its way to providing a serviceable multimedia experience at an approachable price. At $729,...

Tags: Desktops, DVD, Hewlett-Packard Co., dv7, HP Pavilion, desktop replacement, desktop

Product reviews 2009-11-25

Does Amazon know where it's going with the Kindle?

Amazon, please ignore AdrianNormally I'm right with Adrian, but he obviously doesn't have a Kindle, which is my favorite device. To Amazon: don't add battery sucking features (like wi-fi), we don't care about multi-purpose (it's a bookreader!), i don't want cr@apps on my Kindle (it's a bookreader!) and I don't...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Does virtualization equal cloud computing?

I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...

Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

TextPipe Standard 8.4.6 (Windows)

Slam-dunk the most challenging code or Web site edit tasks with TextPipe - a powerful text-processing utility that combines more than 100 conversion, translation and filtering operations on multiple text or binary files. Update text using search and replace, which supports perl pattern matching, sounds-like matching, edit-distance matching and search/replace...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Character, DataMystic, Mainframes, Web Site Development, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-25

PerfectClock 1.3.0.1017 (Mobile)

PerfectClock - When Telling the Time Gives You Pleasure! It's worth its price and justifies its name! We don't entice you with phrases like "three-or-even-five-beautiful-clock-themes", because we ALREADY offer more than 50 clock skins FOR FREE, including amazing artwork from Vladstudio.com. We will NEVER charge you for additional skin downloads....

Tags: Mobile, ALSEDI, PerfectClock 1.3.0.1017, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-25

"Turkey Day" tech support survival kit

Not bad, AdrianI agree about the Microsoft Security Essentials, as it is now my standard install. I typically find a nice performance improvement after removing whatever security suite they have and installing MSE.For scanners, I use Malwarebytes. It is small and easy to run, and finds and removes...

Tags: MSE, VIPRE, Defraggler

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Barnes & Noble: Ramping production of the nook isn't cheap

Sounds like they're betting the farm...While the nook is interesting, I don't think it's going to blow everyone out of the water. Pumping so much into the nook is a brave gesture on their part. And they say "brave" is one tick away from "foolish."

Tags: nook, Barnes & Noble Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

iPhone replacements

washed out row of pixelsI had a washed out row of pixels on my screen and they just gave me a brand new one. Took about 5 minutes, and when I hooked it up to iTunes, everything I had synced: contacts, songs, movies, text messages, alarm clocks, notes, etc. was...

Tags: Sales strategy, Smart phones, Sales force management, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, sales

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Swarovski glamorizes the Olympus Pen E-P1

You'll either love it or hate it, but Swarovski has taken the Olympus Pen E-P1 and bejeweled it with their traditional crystal gems. Spreading tiny gems all over a camera isn't exactly traditional it sounds like a kid putting stickers all over a camera, but...

Tags: Olympus Corp., Camera, Swarovski, Pen E-P1, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Atmospheric CO2 levels to hit million-year high

Sorry, but once again.... FUD!Atmospheric CO2 levels are not about to 'hit a million-year high'. The fact is that those methods they have for 'telling how much CO2 was in the atmosphere 1 million years ago!' have been called into question recently.I always thought that there was something.... wrong there,...

Tags: carbon dioxide, IPCC prediction, IPCC

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Apple's latest TV ads defend AT&T

Defending the bottom lineThe iPhone is AT&T's highest-profile 3G device. Period. And Verizon's attack ads on AT&T's 3G service coverage may be about as devastating as it gets. After all, haven't we seen quite a number of iPhone users on ZDNet complaining about the poor 3G service...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, TV, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., iPhone User, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

(Mazda2 preview (photos))

Another copy!This car resembles the 2009 Seat Ibiza, I would say it is the same car on the outside, the Ibiza has a lot more equipment.Should look into importing this spanish cousin of Volkswagen, there verynice cars.But what kind of mileage does it get?Nice looking car. But the vital question...

Tags: Low-cost, car, Mazda2, Mazda Motor Corp., Ford Motor Co., photograph

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23