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- TRS-80
- (Tandy RadioShack-80) An early line of personal computers from Tandy Corporation later renamed RadioShack Corporation. In 1977, the TRS-80, along with the Apple II and the Commodore PET,...
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- Echelon wins smart meter project in Germany; plus insight on smart grid in Europe
- A reseller for smart grid technology player Echelon announced a deal this week to deploy an advanced metering infrastructure system that will serve roughly 10,000 customers in Hassfurt, Germany. The contract, which will be rolled out over the next three years, is being handled by EVB Energie AG. The utility...
- Tags: Germany, Green Technology, Echelon, Grid, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- EA's 'Spore' aims to create new worlds, businesses
- Electronic Arts's creature-building game "Spore" offers players a chance to develop new worlds--and maybe even new lines of business for the video game maker. RALEIGH, North Carolina--Electronic Arts's creature-building game Spore offers players a chance to develop new worlds--and maybe even new lines of business for the video game...
- Tags: Electronic Arts Inc., Spore, Games, Personal Technology, Reuters, Electronic Arts, video games, Nintendo
- News items 2008-09-05
- Deploying and managing online communities: Who, how and why?
- Deploying and managing online communities: Who, how and why?Read the book Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh BernoffRead the book Groundswell if you want great insight into how to do this properly and there are also lots of case studies and stats in the book.In respect of the product ratings...
- Tags: Groundswell, Dell Computer Corp., Direct2Dell
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- 70% of DVR owners say they cannot live without DVR
- More than 70% of DVR owners say that they cannot live without their DVR, according to NDS. Asked to rank the relative importance of a variety of household appliances, DVR owners ranked the DVR as the third most indispensable item after the washing machine and the microwave oven. 89% of...
- Tags: Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AM
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- IE8's "best" feature broken: stick with Firefox
- The plug-ins, the add-ons, the "download and use with" programs. So many people have been on about the "porn mode" InPrivate feature, the coloured tabs and the accelerator features, but what seems to be missing from the blogosphere is the entire gallery of additional software for the product. ...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, IE8, Internet Explorer 8, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360
- Microsoft announced that it will cut the price of its Xbox 360 game console to $199, just in time for the holiday shopping season. SEATTLE--Microsoft said on Wednesday it plans to cut the U.S. prices of its Xbox 360 video game machine, lowering the price of its entry-level console...
- Tags: Console, Video, Microsoft Corp., Price, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Reuters, video consoles, video games, Xbox, Wii, Playstation 3. Microsoft
- News items 2008-09-04
- HP ditches the box for Walmart notebook promotion
- Which notebook would you rather buy as a consumer, one that comes home with oodles of styrofoam and cardboard and plastic. Or one that ditches the cardboard altogether and even comes with its own messenger bag for you to carry it home in? Both Hewlett-Packard and...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Linksys Inc., Notebooks, Home Networking, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Networking, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Handicapping Apple's September 9 event (updated)
- Now that it's official that Apple will be holding a special "Let's Rock" media event in San Francisco on Tuesday let's take a look under the curtain to see what announcements may be in store from Cupertino. It's pretty apparent that new iPods are in the offing,...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Kevin Rose, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Anyone bothering with client-side AV anymore?
- I got a call from a vendor yesterday offering me a full suite of client and server antivirus tools, for the low, low price of only $1.79 per client. I just couldn't get excited over it, though. Their services seemed robust, included regular updates, tech support, and slick...
- Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Client, Clamwin, Linux, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Firewalls, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Networking, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Attention Shoppers: Apple Worth More Than Google
- Attention Shoppers: Apple Worth More Than GoogleSo what?Honestly, I will suffer if Google is not here and Apple not affecting my life. I never use Apple products in years but I use Google search engine everyday. So, Google worth more for me.Steve Jobs and Apple"But, what's this? Who's now...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Apple Products, Apple QuickTime
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Solitaire Games of Skill Sampler (exe)
- Win difficult solitaire games more often and with up to 80% less effort. Cards in all rows are marked if they can change position allowing the player to see all possible moves at a single glance thus improving strategy. Some of the games that are unwinnable are thrown out so...
- Tags: Mouse, Mouse Click, Roger Waters, Mice, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-09-01
- Green habits are learned young: Universities aggressive with recycling, energy-saving habits
- Those of you with college-age children getting back to school this weekend will be happy to know that their schools is teaching them to turn out the lights, even if you haven't been successful. A full two-thirds of the member schools in the Association for Information...
- Tags: School, Recycling, E-learning, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-31
- Top video sites in the US in May 2008
- Rank Name Domain May-08 May-07 Growth 1 YouTube www.youtube.com 75.43% 59.95% 26% 2 MySpaceTV www.myspacetv.com 9.01% 16.06% -44% 3 Google Video video.google.com 3.73% 7.80% -52% 4 Yahoo! Video video.search.yahoo.com 1.92% 2.77% -31% 5 Veoh www.veoh.com 1.13% 0.86% 32% ...
- Tags: Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-31
- Map Suite Web Edition (zip)
- Map Suite Web Edition is an ASP.NET server control that you can use to develop Internet and Intranet GIS applications with rich, interactive maps. Designed as an easy-to-learn .NET native component, Map Suite Web Edition makes Web-based GIS accessible to beginning and veteran developers alike. Now even more simple to...
- Tags: Web, Tool, ThinkGeo, GIS, .Net, C#, Channel Management, Productivity, Programming Languages, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-08-29
- Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless Headset
- Wireless keyboards, mice, and printers have been around for years, but headphones and headsets are fairly new to the cordless party. Logitech's entry into the fray is the ClearChat PC Wireless Headset. Unlike the Creative Digital Wireless Gaming Headset HS-1200, which is targeted at gamers, Logitech sees the ClearChat as...
- Tags: Logitech, ClearChat PC Wireless Headset, headset, Creative HS-1200
- Product reviews 2008-08-28
- Smart grid player Trilliant closes $40 million in funding round
- Trilliant, a green tech company that's working with about 100 utilities on various smart grid deployments, has just closed a $40 million round of equity funding from a group of investors including affiliates of MissionPoint Capital Partners and zouk ventures. Trilliant CEO Bill Vogel characterizes the investment...
- Tags: Green Technology, Ontario, Trilliant, Vogel, Government, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Hero of the week: Mike McDerment
- It's rare for me to pick out individuals but Mike McDerment CEO of FreshBooks deserves attention by anyone in the startup game and especially those trying to develop business applications. I first came across Mike some two years ago when FreshBooks had about 70,000 registrants. That number is now over...
- Tags: Start-up, Hero, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Don't leave that fridge by the curb!
- I saw a television out on our street a couple of mornings ago when I left for my morning job/walk, waiting for pick-up by the garbage dudes. I resisted the urge to narc on my neighbors, since it's actually illegal to place said TVs curbside in New Jersey, but it...
- Tags: Southern California Edison, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
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