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Steve Jobs goes 'all in' with the iPhone

Steve Jobs goes 'all in' with the iPhoneWaiting...Nice phone, just nice all around.When they get the things I need to really justify this phone I'll look again.-no 3G-no doc editing-don't use iTunes, why do I have to register to use this phone-many othersMy Blackjack does almost all this and then...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Fake Steve, technology writer, Apple iPhone, phone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-25

What's cool and bright in consumer tech?

A Wall Street Journal technology writer picks her 2006 favoritesKara Swisher, a technology writer for The Wall Street Journal, shows ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber Sharper Image's colorful iPulse iPod stereo speakers, CoolIT Systems' USB beverage chiller, Royal Philips Electronics' LED lighting systems and Celestron's personal planetarium.

Tags: Food & Beverage, technology writer

Whiteboards 2006-12-19

What's cool and bright in consumer tech?

Kara Swisher, a technology writer for The Wall Street Journal, shows ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber Sharper Image's colorful iPulse iPod stereo speakers, CoolIT Systems' USB beverage chiller, Royal Philips Electronics' LED lighting systems and Celestron's personal planetarium.

Tags: Food & Beverage, technology writer, Beverage, Manufacturing

Videos 2006-12-19

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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

Who is a Candidate for Desktop Linux?

I personally do not fall into the group of people that can easily migrate away from Windows, but that doesn't mean you or someone you know can't make the switch. As I said in earlier post last month, the work that I...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Desktop Linux, Computer, Super-Casual Web Surfer, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-11

Behind the GOP revolt on health care

ZDNET is not a LIBERAL soap box...Treat it like the TECH blog its supposed to be.You want to talk the merits of tech in medicine - I'm there.If you just use your position as a writer to spout your liberal views, you're doing the site a disservice.that's FUDThere is no...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Blogging, NOW IT, Dems, GOP, tax, health care, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

It's flu season: connect and optimize your workers

More than technology to truly enable remote workingThis blog brings up a big point when discussing telecommuting: the technology must be able to handle the bandwidth when it becomes the norm. But that is solved by applying some well known technologies. It is a technical shift in where the bandwidth...

Tags: Development tools, worker

Discussion threads 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

Global warming denial alert: human activities cancelling nature's cooling trend

I do my part but...For reasons of a smaller electric bill I conserve energy. I also recycle at work. But change my behavior to accommodate wackos? I don't think so. What gets me is the Environmentally Retarded, to whom Global Warming is a religion, only blame the Capitalist system in...

Tags: Obviously IT, global warming, kilometer

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

AT&T's "problem" customers get the blame

Fortune Magazine swallows the AT&T pitch hook, line and sinker in a story titled "Bandwidth hogs â€" iPhones and other smartphones." Writer Jon Fortt dishes up a steaming dish of bull shoveled straight out of AT&T PR: Now the wireless providers hawking those Internet-enabled mobile devices...

Tags: AT&T Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Will China save Apple?

Save Apple from what?All their industry leading profits when there is supposed to be a recession?yea, and I don't even like Applebut how can you justify a heading like this? Oh, I forgot, they have to be 'provocative', right? More and more these blogs have become running jokes and...

Tags: Smart phones, Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Writers who call MPAA or RIAA awful need to look in the mirror

"Sitting on your rear end"?I think the authors did more then just sit on their rear ends: They wrote the books. (OK they sat on their rear ends while writing it, but that is better then standing the entire time)Everyone forgets that without that author writing the book, it would...

Tags: awful need, MPAA, RIAA, reasonable time, patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Culture of cheap: How discount computers cost the consumer

The speed of TechThe problem is not cheap, but rapid devaluation. Tech has always had a sweet spot value for price. I am not keen on spending top dollar only to have the hardware devalue by 50% in a week. This is where cheap comes in. If the thing is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, Honda Civic, Honda Motor Co., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

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

Schmidt resignation: Is Apple search on the way?

Schmidt resignation: Is Apple search on the way?Add to that the fact thatApple could "remotely" remove any competing search engine from the iPhone/iPod, and you have yet another "locked-in" money maker for the company.All highly speculative, with zero evidence...I don't even think mac rumors have surfaced with a search engine...

Tags: SEARCH, Apple Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

STOP!: Don't Be the Next SharePoint Disaster

SharePoint is a specific technology which has both good points and bad points, it won't work for everyone but for those that do leverage it correctly it can change their lives. Any technological choice should be based on it being the best choice for purpose. The decision makers need to...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Solutions Inc., ROI, Roi/Tco, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software

White papers 2009-08-03

The American Textbook Accessibility Act

The American Textbook Accessibility ActChris, you're dreamingThe only way this is going to get a Federal charter is if someone with enough muscle gets to skim rents.None of the players have enough concentrated political pull to overcome the others who would gang up to block the monopoly play, so it's...

Tags: Vertical industries, American Textbook Accessibility Act, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Amazon ate my homework, or why DRM stinks for education

The phrase "Amazon ate my homework" may certainly have been uttered on more than one occasion since the New York Times reported on Amazon's deletion of specific editions of George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984 from Kindle e-book readers (and no, the irony wasn't lost on anybody). Unless you...

Tags: Education, Digital-rights Management, Student, Amazon.com Inc., Textbook, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Merge Pro 2.2 build 105 (Windows)

ECMerge compares and merges files and folders, side-by-side. ECMerge works with local files as well as SCC repositories and FTP/S servers. It provides syntax coloring for C/C , Java, HTML, ASP, PHP and many others. It let you compare easily your MS Word DOCX, RTF and OpenOffice Writer files, your...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Session, Ellie Computing, ECMerge, Shell Extension, Linux Version, OpenOffice, Linux, XML, C/C++, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Programming Languages, Software Development, Microsoft Office

Software downloads 2009-07-07

The Wall Street Journal shows the limits of its HDTV knowledge

I can't really argue with some aspects of a new Wall St Journal story titled "Lower Price Tag for Plasma TVs Comes at Price, but if you already have some knowledge about HDTVs, don't expect much illumination from the article. There are several minor gaffes and omissions...

Tags: Wall Street Journal, Plasma, Knowledge, HDTV, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-30