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Canon DC230

Were you to set the Canon DC230 right next to its little brother, the DC220, you would be hard-pressed to tell them apart. Besides slightly darker accents, the DC230 looks identical to its little brother. Both DVD camcorders sport the same size, shape, and design, measuring 2.1 inches thick and...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Very Little, Canon Inc., Canon DC230, camcorder, sensor, DC220

Product reviews 2007-11-12

Got a new computer desk? Don't inhale

Got a new computer desk? Don't inhaleformaldehyded also from 11% methanol part of aspartame"Of course, everyone chooses, as a natural priority, to enjoy peace, joy, and love by helping to find, quickly share, and positively act upon evidence about healthy and safe food, drink, and environment."Rich Murray, MA Room...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Very Little, computer, methanol, Formaldehyde, computer desk

Discussion threads 2007-11-09

Apple closes another Wi-Fi hole

Apple closes another Wi-Fi holeLooks like PowerPC Macs are excludedaccording to the info put out in the security bulletin. Works for me.Why do you hate Apple so much?Shame on you, posting something that isn't full of praise for Apple! Why do you hate Apple so much?[i]Vulnerabilities in the Mac OS...

Tags: Desktops, software, Intel Core 2 Duo, Very Little, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, PC, Wi-Fi hole, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2007-01-25

Windows Vista RC1 is complete

Windows Vista RC1 is complete......I can't let this thread dieI'm doing CPR here, ED..... :)I dunno, but it don't look goodEd, have you noticed how your last few threads about Vista have generated so much negative response?...And how this one generated none?The 1000 buck Vista PC, The hardware hog, The...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Very Little, Sensible people, Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista RC1, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista RC1

Discussion threads 2006-09-02

IBM appears close to PC deal

IBM appears close to PC dealCase of the Disappearing DiscussionWhere have the prior posts gone?There is a strong circumstantial case against ZDNet.What say you all?This is great for LinuxWhy you ask? Because now they can concentrate getting Desktop Linux on the P5 (Power 5) chip. This will be...

Tags: Processors, Desktops, Very Little, IBM Corp., Intel x86, Lenovo Group Ltd., Linux, PC

Discussion threads 2004-12-07

Additional Resources

Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980

Do Not Buy!!!I am on my fourth Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980 in 5 weeks and now this one's hard drive has crashed. The first one had no sound at all. The second one had very little sound. The third one could not read the disc drive and now...

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Apple Store fails the Nordstrom test

Yet another Apple horror storyOnce again, an Apple horror story, trouble straight out of the box (forget "it just works").Most of the Apple afficionados I know have such horror stories. There's a massive one right now with the new iMacs. On the other hand, I know very little such stories...

Tags: Desktops, UNIX, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Nordstrom Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Apple Black Friday prices fizzle

What's up with Harry Fuller? 8 out of the 20 blogs right now?I count 20 blogs on this screen, and 8 of them are eco-farts from Harry Fuller. Non IT.Can someone remove his gaia-pollution from ZDNet please?(and my apologies for this off-topic post).Maybe he's taking advantage of everyone's 4 day...

Tags: Blogging, Black Friday, Apple Inc., massive price cut, rumour

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

India goes to Copenhagen

See, it's all about wealth transfers.Now under the guise of 'climate debt'.Climate debt my ass. Nonsense.If countries want more wealth, here's the recipe:- get off your ass, and work;- good governance, no corruption.And stop blaming everything on the west.Of courseHumans seem incapable of any measure more sophisticated than money. We...

Tags: Co2-emission

Discussion threads 2009-11-26

Sony Vaio FW560F/T (brown)

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. Several months ago, one of our favorite retail laptops was the Sony Vaio FW480J/T. Besides offering no-hassle Blu-ray playback and a large...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, game, Intel Core 2 Duo, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-25

East Anglia: some new angles, but no arrests for hacking

Investigation..."If the Republicans regain control of the Senate any time soon, you can expect a full-blown Inhofe-fuelled investigation."Horrors! Imagine that, someone actually wants to INVESTIGATE to see if the "science" of global warming holds water pardon the pun? You mean people actually want to KNOW if these drastic changes to...

Tags: Blogging, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Junkscience, East Anglia, e-mail, hacking

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

iPhone replacements

washed out row of pixelsI had a washed out row of pixels on my screen and they just gave me a brand new one. Took about 5 minutes, and when I hooked it up to iTunes, everything I had synced: contacts, songs, movies, text messages, alarm clocks, notes, etc. was...

Tags: Sales strategy, Smart phones, Sales force management, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, sales

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Online retailers, marketing firms scam consumers for $1.4 billion

Hopefully the Obama admin will curb this rackett...The Bush admin sure didn't care about the general public --- and let this stuff get out of control. Asleep at the switch.WTF......does the garbage you wrote have to do with the article?Nothing? Yeah, that's what I thought.online crooksnothing new here.he...

Tags: Retail, marketing, Dell Computer Corp., retail company, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Falling behind in science? No kidding!

ScienceHow many people really know that you don?t throw up with the flu...Actually, according to Merck, nausea and vomiting are flu symptoms, particularly in children. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch198/ch198d.html How many people realize that H1N1 vaccines are prepared in the same way as we always prepare flu vaccine?Actually this vaccine was...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine, evolutionary theory, theory

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Falling behind in science? No kidding!

Our school district is providing H1N1 shots to any students whose parents request it. It's an easy way to build some so-called "herd immunity" in the age group most vulnerable to this particular flu strain. In fact, my 7-year old was the very first in the district to...

Tags: Vaccine, Flu, H1N1 Flu, Science Education, Healthcare, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...

Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency

Businesses should use caution when procuring cloud services, according to the European agency charged with promoting IT security good practice. Businesses should use caution when procuring cloud services, according to the European agency charged with promoting IT security good practice. The European Network and Information Security...

Tags: Agency, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Strategy, Networking, Marketing, Management, cloud, business, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-23

A Chrome OS Video Tour

Microsoft: Watch Out, We're Coming to Getcha!Open Source is like water, you can't stop it.Bwahahahahahhhhhhhhhh................Man this OS is a POS.There is nothing this OS can do that I can't do already with Windows 7. It looks like a piece of crap and I really wanted to give Google the...

Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, NaCl, Chrome, Chrome OS, Chrome OS Video Tour, operating system, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23