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Can anybody here play this game?

Socialist control over breathing...When people are out of work because they cannotafford to drive to work, use electricity I amsure everyone is going to be in financial ruinfrom lies and Oboma CZAR controlled fiasco.RE: Can anybody here play this game?Global Warming is little more than Solar Flare activity... even the...

Tags: Sun SPOT, carbon dioxide, global warming, game

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

ZDNet names next Deputy Testers of the Week to get free tech: Some Sun Spot JDKs

Wow. Of the three weeks we've been running the Deputy Tester program at ZDNet, this week has by far proven to be the most difficult one in terms of picking the winners to receive this week's giveway: two Sun Spot Java Development Kits valued at $550 each.For starters, we only...

Tags: Wired &, Wireless, Software Infrastructure, Product Giveaways, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-06-08

I've got two free Sun SPOT Java Development Kits (value $550) for the ZDNet readers who....

I've got two free Sun SPOT Java Development Kits (value $550) for the ZDNet readers who....Sounds interesting.I wish I could say I deserve to test the product, but I'm a student who's only taken a year of the Java programming language. Otherwise, I'd love to try this product out.Either...

Tags: Java, Programming languages, JDK, Sun SPOT, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-04

I've got two free Sun SPOT Java Development Kits (value $550) for the ZDNet readers who....

Three Friday’s ago, I announced ZDNet’s Deputy Tester of the Week program. The following Monday, in search of our first deputy testers, I offered three free copies of PPTMinimizer 3.0 to the members of ZDNet’s audience who needed a utility like that for compressing PowerPoint files into more manageable...

Tags: Wired &, Wireless, Video, Software Infrastructure, Product Giveaways, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-06-04

Next target of cell phone industry: Navigation

Next target of cell phone industry: NavigationCute - but doesnt GPS SPS suffer from Sun Spots, Jamming, and being hacked?So you may not know this but there are many who think that GPS will stop working towards 2010 based on a greatly heightened Sun Spot activity, also doesnt opeing the...

Tags: cell phone, GPS, Sun SPOT

Discussion threads 2007-05-02

Additional Resources

SAP and open source: it's about Oracle

Matt Asay has written a piece about SAP's 'sudden' love affair with open source: What is surprising is that it is SAP, the bastion of proprietary software, that delivers this message. Irony, thy name is SAP. SAP, after all, is hardly the most...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Matt Asay, Open Source, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Dell Inspiron i1545-4374PBU

Editors' note: This review is part of our holiday 2009 retail desktop and laptop review roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. There's something to be said for simplicity. The Dell Inspiron i1545-4374PBU might not look like much and its limited supply...

Tags: Notebooks, Keyboards, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-07

Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales

Over-reaction of marketThis Apple news will be diluted once Windows7 ships this week. Plus, with the new Zune HD and Windows Mobile 6.5, Apple's days are definitely numbered. Microsoft is poised to take control of all markets once and for all. I would sell AAPL if I were a shareholder...

Tags: Investment, Digital music, Digital media, Financial accounting, Personal finance, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPhone, sales, Apple stock price, Windows Mobile 6.5, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., market capitalization, stock

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Mono-mania: It's risky business

M$ must give away its patentsIf M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.RE: Mono-mania:...

Tags: .NET, C#, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Development tools, Operating systems, Programming languages, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM Technology Rears an Actual Head

I am almost always in awe of Oracle OpenWorld.  The scope of this conference is spectacular. Can you imagine an event that the attendance is down to 37,000 attendees?  Actually, that puts me in awe of their event planners more than even the event. How in the name of whoever...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Anthony Lye, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-14

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

Six tips to photographing beautiful sunsets

Sunsets are probably my favorite non-human subjects to photograph. Each one is different, yet beautiful in its own way. The sky is rich with colors and can change the entire landscape around it. But, if you're not careful, sunset and twilight photos can turn out dark, hiding details in the...

Tags: Sun, Sunset, Photograph, Sunsets, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Do you really need Office? Really? If the Feds don't, do we?

Sounds like these users could get by just fine with Wordpad.[i]That being said, how many of your teachers are doing this sort of thing? Teachers need to create content, no doubt about it, but that content should be online, accessible, collaborative, and reusable. You don?t need Office for that.[/i]The problem,...

Tags: Next Up, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

DX ToolBox 3.6 (Mac)

DX Toolbox searches the web for you, gathering information on solar and geomagnetic conditions that affect radio propagation. It also contains several propagation forecasting tools.It displays in real-time the following important readings:Solar Flux A-Index K-Index X-Ray Flux levels X-Ray flares Solar Wind Earth's Magnetic Field Radio Blackout conditions Geomagnetic Storm...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Propagation, Radio, Black Cat Systems, DX Toolbox, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-08

DX ToolBox 3.6 (Windows)

DX Toolbox searches the web for you, gathering information on solar and geomagnetic conditions that affect radio propagation.In addition, the last month's worth of Solar Flux, A-Index, K-Index, Sun Spot Number, and background X-Ray Flux are plotted. Maps showing auroral levels, as well as the maximum F layer frequency (related...

Tags: Black Cat Systems, DX Toolbox, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-08

Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: a group test

Intel's Xeon 5500 processor has made a big splash in the server world as the major manufacturers each have their own brands featuring the 45nm Nehalem architecture. But which one is best? ZDNet UK's Alan Stevens puts the top models to the test and chooses a winner: ...

Tags: Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Prices, HP ProLiant DL380 G6, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andy Smith

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Wikipedia: What's good for the goose?

It's extremely useful--to a pointVery useful to the extent that it gives a surprisingly deep and thorough investigation of a topic, based on the opinions of one person or a very small group of people.For many topics, that good enough. Most people will agree that the moon is made...

Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Apple shoots TV commercial for mystery product in 40s diner

According to a post on 9-to-5 Mac Apple shot a television commercial for an "unannounced product" yesterday at a 1940's style diner called Jax on the Tracks in Truckee, California. Restaurant owner Bud Haley told the Sierra Sun “Apple found us, they’re trying to show us...

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., TVs, Digital Music, Tv & Home Theater, Tablets, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-12

(Photos: The stunning Sun Tunnels)

(Photos: The stunning Sun Tunnels)Is this a joke?You drove 300 miles to see some concrete tubes? This is "art"? "The shapes and positions of the cast light differ from hour to hour, day to day, and season to season, relative to the positions of the sun and moon in...

Tags: Sun Tunnels, tube, Sun Microsystems Inc., photograph

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

NSA will monitor private-sector networks

NSA will monitor private-sector networksSigh, These things always depress me.Someday, I am going to end up living in a cave with out any type of electrical device, just to enjoy some privacy. This will probably be illegal as not wanting some one to invade your privacy will be a crime.Is...

Tags: Vertical industries, private-sector network, NSA, government, Bush, imager, monitor, Socialism, network

Discussion threads 2009-07-06