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- Samsung UN46B8000
- Photo gallery: Samsung UNB8000 series As the most expensive horse in Samsung's stable of edge-lit LED-based LCD TVs, which the company calls "LED TVs" in most of its marketing materials, the UNB8000 series is differentiated from its cheaper herd mates by the addition of 240Hz processing. If you're...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung UNB8000, TV
- Product reviews 2009-09-25
- Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel
- You have got to be kidding me?Now we have Twitter being used to command botnets? When is this going to end? Actually, I've already answered my own question: never!Not until PC's are built from the ground up to NEVER EVER automatically run something until they are given permission by the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Web site development, Brazilian ID, Brazilian ID thieve, Twitter, click ok
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- Is it "Windows" or "Vista" that's dragging Microsoft down?
- Is it "Windows" or "Vista" that's dragging Microsoft down?I think it is simply "Microsoft"ntI think it is the economy & VistaBusiness just are not buying new computers.Look at Dell's sales.Look at worldwide PC sales.Every (and, I am exaggerating) business is delaying the purchase of new computers.Now, on to Vista.Many (most?)...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IS IT, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- Is Windows 7 E just a gimmick?
- Is Windows 7 E just a gimmick?How is this Microsoft's fault?They removed IE just like Opera was crying about. If OEM's will install it anyway, then how is this Microsoft's fault?Again, the solution to this is not to complain. It's Microsoft's OS, they should be allowed to include what they...
- Tags: gimmick, IS Windows, Is Windows 7, Is Windows 7 E, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, OEM, Opera Software ASA, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-07-17
- Excerpt #2: Customer Experience - Chap 21 from CRM @ The Speed of Light, 4th ed.
- I have to be straight with you. I'm entering the head down, grind it, drive to the goal line when it comes to CRM at the Speed of Light's 4th edition. Which means that in other areas that I'm writing, I'm treading water. So there is a dual purpose to...
- Tags: Expectation, Interaction, Customer, Customer Experience, CRM, Strategy, Management, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Bring on Android for Ed Tech!
- Bring on Android for Ed Tech!"but everybody uses Google."Sorry, Chris, but not everyone uses Google. From their very well documented spying, to their resource hogging desktop software, to their search engine that steers you to paid links and even malware infested sites, I have found Google to be a...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., netbook, Ed Tech, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- Twitter improves SEO; may become your top hit on Google
- An eagle-eyed Robin Wauters over at TechCrunch points out that Twitter subtly optimized its title tags yesterday for an SEO solution that may just put your Twitter page at the top of your Google results. Wauters: Notice that title tag for my Twitter profile page? ...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Google Inc., Twitter, Robin Wauters, Marketing Research, Internet, Search, Blogging, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Safari dominates browser benchmarks
- Safari dominates browser benchmarksSo then the increased speedwill help download malware faster to OS X?How is that a good thing?RE: Safari dominates browser benchmarkswait....your running mac os 10.6?And this is a good thing? seriouslyI confess I honestly don't know if Javascript render speed is an important issue these days. ...
- Tags: Web browsers, Apple Safari, browser benchmark, Web browser, Safari 4, JavaScript
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- Open letter failed; Microsoft screws over students again
- Open letter failed; Microsoft screws over students againAm I missing something?[i]The Enterprise edition has [b]the same features as Ultimate[/b], except Enterprise only comes with a volume licence. That, in essence, means [b]you won?t[/b] be able to buy it and [b]allows universities to buy it in bulk for a cheaper price[/b][/i].So...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., Open Letter, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- HP ditches Linux netbooks in Europe
- HP ditches Linux netbooks in EuropeSo wait...Are you saying that this is [b]not[/b] going to be The Year Of Linux after all? *sniff*The good part is that we get to listen to the Linux Fanboys making idiots of themselves all over again next year. I have never seen one...
- Tags: UNIX, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, netbook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Linux netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open source
- Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open sourceRed Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open sourceNotice how he says open source but never uses the term linux. He know's that his company is dying because their one product is dying. Its almost laughable that he would openly...
- Tags: future gain, Red Hat Inc., open source, Linux, open-source software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Apple vs. Dell: Battle of the 13-inch notebooks
- Apple vs. Dell: Battle of the 13-inch notebooksWhere are the Apple zealots ?What lies are they going to spread now?RE: Apple vs. Dell: Battle of the 13-inch notebooksThe longer you work with both notebooks, the more you realize that the MacBook is simply better.And the MacBook will run Windows too...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, Dell Computer Corp., notebook, lid, USB Devices, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
- Episode 61 - The Smelly Laptop
- If you haven't heard the news, Jerry Seinfeld has recently been hired to do an entire campaign of advertisements for Microsoft. When I learned of this, I thought of a classic Seinfeld episode that could be re-enacted, with only a few minor dialogue changes to bring it up to date....
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Computer, Elaine, GEORGE, Susan, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Productivity, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Is Wintel IT Expense a Giffen good?
- Is Wintel IT Expense a Giffen good?Theoretically, Murph should be rightLinux should be the cheaper. That is simply based on product cost. It's hard to compete with free. Google exemplifies the best use of Linux."Theoretically", if all OSs had equal pools of equally smart and well...
- Tags: Linux, Branding, Operating systems, Strategy, Giffen, operating system, brand, Wintel
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., GNOME
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenager
- Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenagerInteresting...I find this experiment very interesting. However, there are a couple observations here:1) This wouldn't really be a typical experience for a typical user. Ubuntu has to be installed and configured; would he have done this or been able to do this without...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, VISTA IS, GUI, Ubuntu, typical user, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic
- Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logicFinally, The man gets a taste of his own chocolateThis has been one heck of a delightful tale, finally The Bill himself goes through the same hell the Windows users have to face every time that dreaded Update Icon enters the fray.Now let's see...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Channel management, Operating systems, Strategy, Now Let, Bible Story, Babel, Bill Gates, idiotic logic, web experience, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Preliminary autopsy results on Mozilla's Download Day ...
- Preliminary autopsy results on Mozilla's Download Day ...It was even betterThis morning it appeared in the repository and my machine just downloaded it automatically, no need to go to the Firefox website whatsoever....RE: Preliminary autopsy results on Mozilla's Download Day ..."Why is Firefox "so good""well its sleek and its got...
- Tags: Web browsers, download counter, Download Day, Preliminary autopsy, autopsy, Mozilla Firefox, address bar, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox 3.0
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Photos: Where the building is the network
- The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...
- Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-14
- The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers
- The greatest advantage of the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. The biggest problem with the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. Ironic, isn't it? The sheer number of choices means you can almost certainly...
- Tags: Problem, Driver, OEM, Graphics Subsystem, Vista/Server 2008/Win7 Ecosystem, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
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