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Are small cars doomed to fail in the American market?

Well, Americans will at least buy cars that get better gas mileage, and aresmaller when gas prices rise. It was not that long ago that US manufacturers had big problems with people switching over to Japanese crossover SUVs when gas prices spiked.Maybe the very smallest and best gas mileage will...

Tags: standout, car, small car, SUV

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Westinghouse VK-40F580D

Anybody who's owned a combination TV/VCR, or its multiheaded offspring, the TV/DVD player/VCR, knows that the VCR eventually breaks, and fixing it is not easy. Happily, the DVD part seems a lot more robust, which should reassure prospective buyers of the Westinghouse VK-40F580D, which is one of the few larger-screen...

Tags: Consumer electronics, standout, DVD, Westinghouse VK-40F580D, Westinghouse, DVD player, TV

Product reviews 2008-07-07

StandOut

Electric Rain's StandOut presentation application built using WPF. by Ryan Stewart

Tags: screenshots, StandOut, Electric Rain, wpf, Electric Rain Inc., Ryan Stewart

Image galleries 2007-10-24

Electric Rain finally releases beta of WPF-based StandOut

Before Silverlight had a name and WPF had been released we heard about an application called StandOut by Electric Rain gallery eye candy here that was going to push WPF to the limits and really show off what a great UI and expressiveness could do for a presentation application. Well...

Tags: Application, Electric Rain Inc., Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Beta, StandOut, UI, Asset Management, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operational Planning, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-10-16

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Microsoft Office 2010 Beta (Windows)

Microsoft Office 2010 gives you powerful new tools to express your ideas, solve problems, and connect with people.Itlets you work how, when, and where you want, letting you get things from a PC, the Web, and even a smartphone.Microsoft Office 2010 features new photo, video, and text effects for creating...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Gateway One ZX4800-02

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 good news about the Gateway One ZX4800-02: it's not a Nettop. Nope, instead this is a full-fledged, $750 all-in-one desktop, complete with a...

Tags: Keyboards, Desktops, Monitors & displays, Processors, Gateway Inc., desktop

Product reviews 2009-11-20

Denon AVR-790

Editors' note: This review is nearly identical to the Denon AVR-1910, as the two products are extremely similar. The only differences are slightly different cosmetics and the AVR-790 lacks IR inputs/outputs and the ability to drive "B" front speakers.The capability to upconvert analog video sources has become standard on midrange...

Tags: Denon, Denon AVR-790, receiver

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Denon AVR-1910 photos

The Denon AVR-1910 is a fully featured midrange AV receiver with standout upconverted video quality, although it's held back by some subpar design issues and average sound quality. by CNET News.com

Tags: Quality, Video, Photograph, Denon AVR-1910, Corporate Communications, Marketing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-09-22

The best netbook ever?

LOL![i]and all components work out of the box with Ubuntu Netbook Remix (of course I immediately shrank the Windows XP Home partition down to 20 gigs and installed NBR in the remaining 140; I don?t think I?ll be booting Windows very often, although I will install 7 on it to...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Engineering, netbook, battery

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Garmin Nuvi 255W

Editors' note: The following review is of the Garmin Nuvi 205W. The 255W is identical to the 205W in nearly every way, except that the 255W features a text-to-speech function that reads street and POI names aloud and is preloaded with full map data instead of regional data. As a...

Tags: GPS, cradle, Garmin Nuvi 205W, Garmin Ltd., Nuvi 205W, Garmin Nuvi

Product reviews 2009-07-20

Hell freezing over? Toshiba set to release a Blu-ray player this year

The biggest supporter of the HD-DVD format, Toshiba has made no real move to support Blu-ray, which triumphed over HD-DVD as the top high-definition DVD technology. That may be changing, however, as the company is planning on releasing its first Blu-ray player, which will apparently be called the BD 18...

Tags: Toshiba Corp., Hd Dvd, Consumer Electronics, DVD, Blu-Ray, Home Entertainment, Branding, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-07-19

Garmin Nuvi 205W

When most people think GPS device, the first name that pops into mind is Garmin Nuvi. Garmin's Nuvi 200 line of navigators was an excellent blend of ease of use and value. The new Nuvi 2x5 line of GPS navigation devices seeks to build on that reputation with a few...

Tags: GPS, Garmin Nuvi 205W, cradle, Garmin Ltd., Nuvi 205W, Garmin Nuvi

Product reviews 2009-07-09

Blueball Showcase SV 1.0 (Mac)

Blueball Design is proud to announce the release of it's newest Sandvox design "Blueball Showcase". With it's vertical nav menu, Showcase is ideal for Sandvox sites with a large number of pages. Showcase's sleek minimal 3-column design and graphics makes your Sandvox site content standout from the rest! The Blueball...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Background Image, Blueball Design, Blueball Showcase

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Apple forecast: 12% Mac sales growth quarter to quarter

Apple forecast: 12% Mac sales growth quarter to quarterdeclinig"with commercial Mac shipments up 25% [month over month] in May versus market growth of just 1%" if the broad market is up 1% and apple's 25% growth is part of that 1% number, than that means that the windows-pc market is...

Tags: Sales strategy, Blu-ray, Desktops, Notebooks, Mac sales growth quarter, growth quarter, Apple Inc., Mac sale, PC, Apple Macintosh, sales

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Toshiba Mini NB205 (frost white)

Toshiba is more than a little late to the Netbook party, and its inaugural effort (at least aimed at U.S. consumers) is the slick-looking Toshiba Mini NB205 -- but an awkward six-cell battery and some of the worst audio we've heard on a Netbook may not justify the now-premium $399...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Mini NB205, netbook, keyboard, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2009-06-25

ZDNet Readers' Choice: Top 25 free, lightweight apps

In February, I asked ZDNet readers for the free, lightweight applications they simply can't live without. After tallying the suggestions in the comments and via e-mail -- and there were an awful lot of good suggestions, believe me -- here are the 25 most popular. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Open Source, Site, Evernote, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-25

2009 Land Rover LR2

Photo gallery:2009 Land Rover LR2Small SUVs and crossovers abound on the roads, terrain where they do very well. But get them in the dirt and they'll perform about as well as your typical sedan. The 2009 Land Rover LR2 fits in the small SUV segment, but manages to retain at...

Tags: subwoofer, LR2, Land Rover, Land Rover LR2

Product reviews 2009-06-23

News to know: Apple, iPhone 3GS; Google Voice; Blu-ray; Bartz

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. Jason Hiner: Apple thumbs nose at Palm, reports 1 million iPhone 3G S units sold in 3 days CNBC:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Voice, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Blu-ray, Carrier Strength, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Canon, Casio, Panasonic and Samsung are "standout" brands

Canon, Casio, Panasonic and Samsung are "standout" brandsPanasonicI recently purchased a Panasonic FZ28B Camera, and it is hands-down the best Camera I've ever owned.The Auto-Intelligent system actually works!I've had several Canon's. Yes, they take good pictures but the AI system never worked right. Not on a single one...

Tags: Panasonic, Canon Inc., Rebel XTi, camera, Casio Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., brand

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Canon, Casio, Panasonic and Samsung are "standout" brands

Consumer Reports recently conducted a test of 54 point-and-shoot digital camera models, and four models came out on top in their research: Canon, Casio, Panasonic and Samsung. They also found you shouldn't spend more than $150 for a well-performing point-and-shoot. Is it just me, or is anyone...

Tags: Panasonic, Brand, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Digital Camera, Canon Inc., Casio Inc., Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Branding, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-06-22