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Class action suit filed over Apple's 3G speed claims

Class action suit filed over Apple's 3G speed claimsWhen will they learn?I blame the bozos that buy Apple products. Proprietary, over-hyped, over-priced, mediocre but beautifully designed products that are marketed in very creative ways. There is a sucker born every minute. Just ask all the 3G iPhone...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Lol, Apple Inc., 3G, speed claim, Apple 3G speed claim, Apple 3G, class action suit, class action

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

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Chrome 4.0 gets beta release

Just an observation -Google now joins those other browsers that seem to "borrow" some would say nick features of Opera, yet Opera remains, with a small seemingly never growing following. The addition of speed will end soon, as gains like this always meet their limits. When all of the...

Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Opera Software ASA, Chrome, Chrome 4.0, beta release, Web browser, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Best 'bang for the buck' graphics cards

No Love for NVIDIA?I'm a little disappointed you only mention one GeForce card as if they can't compete with ATI. I'm sensing either sponsorship or bias, Adrian... but if it's genuinely based on performance, I'd love to see some benchmarking and justification for the claim.They just killed off......half the cards...

Tags: Video cards, HD 4890, card, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp., video card, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Microsoft kicks off its Windows uber-branding campaign

These phones are more powerful than the laptops of a couple years agoThey have lots of RAM, GPU, HW codecs, etc, so yes they can run Windows and it's past time they did. Stick a fork in WinMo, it should have already been part of history with 6.5. My...

Tags: Construction, Telecom & Utilities, phone, wall, laptop computer, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Averatec D1133 All-In-One

Does a certain price make a nonmobile computer a Nettop? How about a particular CPU or case design? The Averatec D1133 All-In-One blurs the lines. Its low price and relatively slow performance make an argument for calling it a Nettop. But even though it's slow by conventional PC standards, thanks...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Monitors & displays, Averatec Inc., nettop

Product reviews 2009-09-30

News to know: Verizon's Pre; Tornado; IDF; iPhone MMS; RedHat; Gmail outage

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: Report: Verizon says no to Palm Pre Andrew Mager: Tornado: The real-time web server from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, MMS, Red Hat Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., E-mail Providers, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Blog posts 2009-09-25

ATI debuts Radeon HD 5870 with 'most powerful processor ever created'

Mad Mike Magee 35th of 50 TOP Britons in IT & 5870 Diagram:Thomas Stewart Von Drashek Pat Moorhead: MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN of Nvidia, AMD/ATI today launched its RV870 architecture with the highly anticipated Radeon HD 5850 and HD 5870 graphics cards.We could spend a whole day writing about...

Tags: processor, ATI Technologies Inc., card, Radeon HD 5870, Radeon HD, NVidia Corp., Radeon

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Seagate's 2TB Barracuda XT, world's first SATA 6Gbps HDD

It is still a SeageteIt is still a seagate, so it will fail very quickly.RE: Seagate's 2TB Barracuda XT, world's first SATA 6Gbps HDDAny word on the real world performance of SATA 6Gpbs vs. SAS drives?RE: Seagate's 2TB Barracuda XT, world's first SATA 6Gbps HDDHow about smaller capacities? I...

Tags: Yes Vista, Seagate Technology LLC, SATA 6Gbps HDD, first SATA 6Gbps HDD, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Is browser speed now an irrelevant metric? No!

Do you mean Chrome 3?There's a few references to Chrome 4, but the article started out with reference to Chrome 3?Where are your facts?I have no doubt Chrome 3 is faster than Chrome 2, but in comparison to other browsers, you need to give us better information than "noticeable difference[s]".I...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

AMD keeps things simple with Vision

KISSKeep It Simple Stupid is a principal that works and works well when trying to relate to consumers. By selling PC's based on it's ability to do task you are giving the customer the information that truly matters to them. People are still confused by the ghz moniker that was...

Tags: Strategy, Processors, Keep-It-Simple Stupid, vision, Intel Pentium, processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

10 things I think I think about Palm's Pixi webOS smartphone

It looks like my Treo ProVery few differences from the front point of view.I don't get it. Is it a common knowledge thatSprint is a mediocre wireless carrier? Didn't you all complained that AT&T service sucks? if that is the case, what is left among major suppliers? Verizon? Some of...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Cellular phones, smart phone, Palm Inc., Wi-Fi, Sprint Communications, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, network

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Google Chrome ... one year on!

Wow "phones home with your surfing data"Is that true? Really bad then.One Year On, FailNo plugins/addons actually usable by actual humans fail, particularly no adblock major fail, and the app still phones home with your surfing data really the worst fail.Wouldn't use it on your computer.And these guys are writing...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Comet carries a building block of life

"Life came from outer space".It made me smile to read that.He is called God. He created life. And yes, in a way you could say He is from 'outer space'.It's funny how more and more knowledge becomes available including the major faults in the evolution religion, and people still staunchly...

Tags: Gunther, dinosaur, major fault, COMET

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Another view: SOA is like a mosquito, spreading viral data

Just as the Internet has shown itself to be a speed-of-light carrier of rumors, gossip, and misinformation, so can service oriented architecture within an organization. I just came across new book titled "Viral Data in SOA: An Enterprise Pandemic," written by Neal Fishman, program director for...

Tags: SOA, Mosquito, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Why you should care about Apple's Snow Leopard

How about security?Update: I have answered my own questions with the precious few details found here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/Are there any security improvements in Snow Leopard? yes, a fewWill the NX/DEP finally be switched on in Safari and all other internet facing programs?Presumably it will be switched on for 64bit programs. All...

Tags: OSX, Apple Inc., Snow Leopard, security

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room

we don't need big governmentThe broadband has to be build by private businesses and everyone needs to pay to get it.The government should only provide incentives like tax cuts that are deficit neutral.And of courseAnd of course ZDNet is still pushing the crazy idea that broadband everywhere is inevitable. Somehow,...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Highways, broadband, broadband over power line, U.S. national broadband strategy, U.S. National

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

IE6 casts a long shadow for Microsoft

Microsoft brought it on themselves :(Im stuck using IE6 in work because the web based application we primarily use had to be altered and so many work arounds put in for it to work nicely with Internet Explorer 5-6 that it won't even work with IE7, I'm stuck in a...

Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Web technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Web browser, Web, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Auto marketing wars: Nissan claims over 300 MPG

only if this happened a long time agowe wont have depended on foreign oil so much.. but better late than never...How many of those 230/300 MPG miles?How many of those 230/300 MPG miles were spent coasting downhill, driving at 25 MPH on a test track or other unreal world, hypermiling...

Tags: marketing, MPG, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Are Google's 'Caffeine' search results more like Bing's?

no caffeine neededGoggle's search is best.Trying to emulate the inferior results from M$ bang, is not the way to go.Total Disagree...You give Linux a bad name, you really do. Google would not be spending millions of dollars to revamp their search engine if they really thought Bing was a non-issue...

Tags: SEARCH, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., search result, Goggle, Google Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

News to know: FCC and Apple, AT&T; Windows 7; SAP; iPhoto vs. Picasa

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: FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps full text of letters Garett Rogers: Apple and...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Google Picasa, Apple iPhoto, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Government

Blog posts 2009-08-03