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Netbooks worth the upgrade to Windows 7? Heck yes!

my thoughts"As I wrote the day that 7 launched, 'Windows 7 is just another OS.'"An article sitting at a -1 rating (out of 33 people) as I type this, and with quite a bit of Talkback discussion. Not exactly a shining pillar of truth."Most netbooks ship with Windows XP Home...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Boot-time, Waking Up, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks worth, Heck Yes

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Waking up, calming down

Waking up, calming downActually...Some insurance companies wanted some of these driving characteristics sensors installed in all cars with semi-real time reporting. That way if you drive a certain way they can tell you to go to hell... I mean drivers ed. or they raise your rates. Go figure. It never...

Tags: Insurance, Waking Up

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Additional Resources

GV Connect 1.8.1 (Mac)

Are you looking for an easy way to call or send SMS messages to your contacts using your Google Voice number right from your fingertips? GV Connect is your answer: Call or send SMS messages to anyone from your computer's Address Book database or your Google Contacts (or by...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Phone, SMS, Andreas Amann, GV Connect, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Alarm Clock Pro 9.2.1 (Mac)

Waking up to headache-inducing buzzers and static-plagued radio stations can now be confined to your past. Alarm Clock Pro enables you to design your daily routine and perform various tasks automatically, such as starting your favorite iTunes playlist. With the sheer amount of functionality Alarm Clock Pro offers, it can...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Koingo Software, Alarm Clock Pro

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Alarm Clock Pro 9.2.1 (Windows)

Waking up to headache-inducing buzzers and static-plagued radio stations can now be confined to your past. Alarm Clock Pro enables you to design your daily routine and perform various tasks automatically, such as starting your favorite iTunes playlist. With the sheer amount of functionality Alarm Clock Pro offers, it can...

Tags: Koingo Software, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Kerry-Boxer bill gets out of the (first) box

Another day...Another train wreck of enviro-ignorance and puffery from Harry. Happy Friday!MeshIt's called reconciliation. When Differing House and Senate bills are passed and a single bill must be decided on.Thankfully many Americans are waking up and the majority now oppose destructive and foolish "cap and trade" legislation. Many House Democrats...

Tags: Kerry-Boxer

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Wii sales take a 43% tumble ... why?

Can no longer competeNintendo has dug itself in a hole this time it probably can't get out of. If they have a hardware update to improve graphics to the level of the 360 or PS3 they will not be able to compete on price which was their main selling...

Tags: Games, Sales strategy, game, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Co. Ltd., sales, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Digital Sentry 1.1.2 (Mac)

Digital Sentry monitors your system for specific events, and then can perform a vast array of unique actions in response. Use it to automate certain redundant computer tasks, perform covert surveillance, or even protect your sensitive data during unauthorized access or theft! Watch for such system events as waking from...

Tags: Shell Script, Web, Apple Macintosh, Password, Computer, Koingo Software, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Healthy Wakeup Alarm Clock 2.3 (Windows)

Research shows waking up with an alarm clock can be really stressful. There are even reports of people dying because of that. As we all know stress is the major ager. In the long run it can affect your health. Also a bad start may leave you tired and stressed...

Tags: Volume, GimmeGoody Software, Microsoft Windows, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-10-08

Does social media reward whining?

The worm is turningIt's taken a while, but it's clear the social media world is waking up to the fact that companies using Twitter as a back-door customer service channel staffed by PR personnel isn't a sustainable practice.I think it's great that PR people I am one are using social...

Tags: Public relations, Twitter Inc., social media

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Dashboard KickStart 3.1 (Mac)

With Dashboard KickStart, you'll always have the Dashboard ready to use the first time you want. Without it you'll have to wait for a complete Dashboard start-up sequence as soon as you are ready use it for a first time, making its quick accessibility rather useless. This application runs...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Dashboard, Alwin Troost

Software downloads 2009-09-17

Cliq builds on iPhone idea, pushes away from smart"phone" category

How about 'commer'?(A shortened version of communicator.) Moto gets points for coming up with the idea of making a specific function social easier with the Cliq. But putting all their eggs in the "social" basket seems risky. Isn't the appeal for this kind of limited in the overall market? We'll...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cliq, iPhone idea, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Catch some Zs with the Zeo personal sleep coach

Labor Day is over, which means the end of long weekends. If the thought of being back to the 9-to-5 grind is making it hard to sleep at night, then maybe the Zeo personal sleep coach can whip you back into snooze-shape, and help you get...

Tags: Sleep, Zeo, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Sleep Blaster 1.1 (Mac)

Ever wished you could just yell at your alarm clock, and it would turn off? Does reaching across the bed use too much energy in the morning? We hear you. Waking up should be an easier process, right? Now it is. Sleep Blaster is the alarm clock of the future....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Blaster Worm, Alarm Clock, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-09-05

Is lower power consumption Windows 7's killer feature?

what killer feature?I don't know about OSX but Linux is more energy efficient than windoze.FYIsold by M$ under the namne of 'Windows' something.What is this "Windoze" you speak of?Never heard about it before....Anyway, can Linux run my programs? (Office, Photoshop, the latest games, Windows Live Essentials?) No? Oh.... Thats some...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, killer feature

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

News to know: Bing; Windows; HP; RIM; ZuiTUbe; CD sales; Wimax

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. Larry Dignan: Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google Ed Bott: XP, Vista, or Windows 7: Which OS is...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., CD, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, E-mail, WiMAX, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Waking up to the full extent of virtualization options

I think the title of the post is interesting. I commonly see among the technical community (vendors, media etc) that there is a significant disconnect related to the functionality of a given product and what is actually viable and cost effective to implement in a business computing infrastructure. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, software, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Waking up to the full extent of virtualization options

While doing my morning expedition through the wilds of news sites, blogs and, of course, comic strip sites, I came across something by Laura McCabe, a partner at Hurwitz and Associates, titled "What is Virtualization, and Why Should You Care?" While Laura's comments are useful, she didn't try to present...

Tags: Software Technology, Environment, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-18

GV Connect 1.1.2 (Mac)

Are you looking for an easy way to call or send SMS messages to your contacts using your Google Voice number right from your fingertips? GV Connect is your answer: Call or send SMS messages to anyone from your computer's Address Book database or your Google Contacts (or by...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Phone, Andreas Amann, GV Connect, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-08-18

Why you should care about Apple's Snow Leopard

How about security?Update: I have answered my own questions with the precious few details found here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/Are there any security improvements in Snow Leopard? yes, a fewWill the NX/DEP finally be switched on in Safari and all other internet facing programs?Presumably it will be switched on for 64bit programs. All...

Tags: OSX, Apple Inc., Snow Leopard, security

Discussion threads 2009-08-17