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- News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple
- 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. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps
- Looks like 'View and correct', rather than 'Create and maintain'Basically, it looks like Office Web Apps is for viewing and minor editing, but not risking breaking Office docs.Ok... So it's definitely a version 1.0 product. Meanwhile, Office 2007 is the 6th version since Windows 95. It's also still a BETA...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Virtualization, cloud computing, OPEN SOURCE, Office Web Apps, Microsoft Office, Office Web, VMware Inc., software, Web application, new Office Web App, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-20
- Will XP mode speed Windows 7 adoption in schools?
- Adoption of Windows Vista has been mixed in schools. Quite a few universities have made the move; we, like many K-12 groups have purchased new machines running Vista, while others have completed full-blown migrations. In academics, as in business, however, plenty of schools have simply stuck with XP,...
- Tags: School, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Haptic jacket lets you feel the movies
- Imagine watching Apocalypto and feeling the pounding heart of the escaping protagonist tribesman on your own chest? That's now possible with a haptic jacket lined with vibration motors that researchers demoed at last week’s IEEE-sponsored 2009 World Haptics Conference in Salt Lake City. The jacket, created by...
- Tags: Jacket, Actuator, Virtual Reality, Research & Development, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3
- Photos and image samples: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3While it might be overstating the case to say the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3's Wi-Fi implementation drove me to tears, I can state without hyperbole that it terribly disappointed me. When I was first briefed on the camera, I had high hopes that with...
- Tags: Keyboards, Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, Wi-Fi, Sony Corp., camera, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3, Sony Cyber-Shot
- Product reviews 2009-03-16
- Flash vs Cash
- Flash vs CashGlobal Marketing CTO = oxymoron?Technical marketing? Is that taught in schools?Having Dtrace being able to scan through the entire stack from OS to storage is the game changer. EVERYONE is interested in system performance, and to do an accurate assessment you need good tools. These do NOT exist...
- Tags: UNIX, Storage, Operating systems, IBM AIX, Oracle Corp., EMC Corp., I/O, file system, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-19
- Nokia N79 (unlocked)
- Photo gallery:Nokia N79Editors' note: Portions of the Features section were taken from our review of the Nokia N96, since both smartphones share a number of similar features. The Nokia N79 might get overshadowed by some of its flashier N series siblings like the Nokia N96 but it should not be...
- Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Nokia N79, Nokia Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-01-22
- Ballmer needn't fear the Mac...just yet
- Ballmer needn't fear the Mac...just yetThe most important statement...."I've not seen any recent comparative studies about Mac v PC TCO"So basically you're just spouting a load of subjective opinion.RE: Ballmer needn't fear the Mac...just yetEat moar Apples.TCO analysis would have been usefulYou state that productivity counts, yet discount a business...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Desktops, Apple Macintosh, TCO, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- News to know: 64-bit Windows; JavaFX; Net neutrality; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player? Larry Dignan: JavaFX SDK preview launches: Can Sun play the RIA game? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft launches new search...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Broadband, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Microsoft Windows, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- HTC Touch Dual (Unlocked)
- When it comes to touch-screen phones, there are those who dig them and those who want to bury them. And when we say touch-screen phones, we mean the models that largely lack physical buttons, more specifically tactile dialpads and keyboards a la Apple iPhone, LG Prada, and Samsung Instinct. The...
- Tags: Keyboards, Smart phones, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Cellular phones, Operating systems, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch, HTC Touch Dual, Touch DUAL
- Product reviews 2008-06-09
- Nikon Coolpix S600
- I admit to having mixed feelings about the Nikon Coolpix S600. On one hand, it's a very attractive-looking ultracompact capable of producing pretty 10-megapixel photos. But on the other, it's a tad slow and underfeatured with an occasionally annoying interface. Nor is it priced aggressively enough ($150 or less) to...
- Tags: Nikon Corp., camera, ISO, S600
- Product reviews 2008-05-23
- UTStarcom XV6800 (Verizon Wireless)
- We can't say for sure why Verizon Wireless chose to wait till the very last minute to release all its smartphones, but we know customers are excited to finally see the availability of the Verizon Wireless XV6800. As the successor to the aging UTStarcom XV6700, the XV6800 brings a much-needed...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, UTStarcom Inc., UTStarcom XV6800, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless XV6800
- Product reviews 2007-12-20
- Red Hat partners with Amazon for Enterprise Linux fabric in Elastic Compute Cloud
- Red Hat partners with Amazon for Enterprise Linux fabric in Elastic Compute Cloudnice, but expensive compared to base EC2For companies that really want paid support from Red Hat, this is a nice option, and it's great to see Amazon sign up a major partner like this. However, you can already...
- Tags: Business structures, OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Enterprise Linux fabric, Red Hat partner, Elastic Compute Cloud, EC2, Enterprise Linux, partnership
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- HTC Touch (Sprint)
- Editor's note: Portions of this review were taken from our review of the unlocked version of the HTC Touch.If you'll remember, we reviewed an unlocked version of the HTC Touch when it first debuted back in June, which made headlines for its all-touch-screen interface--pre-iPhone release. We thought the TouchFlo interface...
- Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Cellular phones, Handhelds, handset, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp., Sprint Communications, smart phone
- Product reviews 2007-10-22
- Samsung SCH-i760 (Verizon Wireless)
- It's been a long time coming, but it looks like the Samsung SCH-i760 for Verizon Wireless was worth the wait. This highly anticipated Windows Mobile 6 smartphone features a slider design that opens up to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, and yes, while we've seen these type of devices before...
- Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Operating systems, Verizon Wireless, Samsung SCH-i760, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., smart phone, i760
- Product reviews 2007-10-18
- Hollywood studios go after two piracy sites
- Hollywood studios go after two piracy sitesIdiotsHollywood lost more movie tickets sales due to the high price of popcorn at the cinemas than it ever lost due to downloads.Putting "might have beens" into your financial accounts is shear sophistry. They're counting chickens that were never even eggs.RE: Hollywood studios go...
- Tags: Strategy, piracy site, Hollywood Studios, piracy
- Discussion threads 2007-09-28
- Social computing and product lifecycle management
- The blogs are full of praise for soon to be minted Forrester analyst Jeremiah Owyang's thought piece about applying social computing to product lifecycle management. While I like the generality of Jeremiah's argument, I'm nervous about applying the ideas in a number of markets. At least...
- Tags: Dennis Howlett, Information Technology, Jeremiah, Product Lifecycle, Product Lifecycle Management, SAP AG, Social Computing
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- HTC Touch
- HTC, the company behind many of today's most popular Windows Mobile smart phones, is known for offering a broad range of devices. It has done petite, thin, and powerful, and it's even gone above and beyond traditional smart phones, as we saw at CTIA 2007 with the introduction of the...
- Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, smart phone
- Product reviews 2007-06-07
- Google Gears churn toward Microsoft
- Google Gears churn toward MicrosoftIE7 will be abandoned by MicrosoftThere are still a significant number of shops that have forbidden IE7 from the office environment. One of the advancements of IE7 are tabs like in FireFox but there is also RSS, which I do not understand how anyone can live...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Gears
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
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