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Nine-year-old whiz kid writes iPhone app

Nine-year-old whiz kid writes iPhone appwhiz kidAlthough this is impressive, child development studies show that when a child develops faculties such as these, there are other faculties such as social skills, empathy, fine/gross motor skills, etc. that languish. I hope this child has a chance to develop in a...

Tags: whiz, iPhone-App

Discussion threads 2009-02-06

Open source extremism lives

Open source extremism livesNot the same thingI admit there's a continuum of opinion. Those who are advocating ogg aren't advocating defiance of the law, but a format more in keeping with the ideals of FOSS, which is a different thing.Userama decided to laugh at Democrats, but he made an apt...

Tags: ZD Net, F/OSS, extremism, Open source extremism, extremist, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Best blogging moves of 2006

From Amazons AStore to MyBlogLogs community-building widgets, some things have worked very well for my personal blog and here at ZD Net. But there is also a trend toward hard-and-fast rules of blogging being declared that needs a firm rejection if the medium is going to continue to evolve. ...

Tags: blog, Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2006-12-11

$50 for news and entertainment: Ze Frank or NPR?

ZD Net has some nifty new polling features, so I am trying them out with a question I have been pondering. Ze Frank or NPR?If you had $50 for news and entertainment this month, would you send it to Ze Frank of the show with zefrank or to National Public...

Tags: Ze Frank

Blog posts 2006-10-24

TYS: Surveillanceworld

TYS = "Told You So." And this is not something I was looking forward to being right about, but the Bush Administration seems intent on driving toward a complete Orwellian world. According to CNET sister publication of ZD Net, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller met with...

Tags: SurveillanceWorld, ZD Net

Blog posts 2006-06-02

Additional Resources

Amazon's Kindle for PC app available; It's a handy download

Open formatYou say the Kindle is less open than the Sony or B&N readers. Are you saying that a Sony book can be read on the Nook? Or that a Nook book can be read on a Sony reader? I think you're pretty well mistaken on...

Tags: E-books, Cellular phones, iSlate, e-book, ebook reader, PC App, Amazon Kindle, handy download, Amazon.com Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)

Without demonstrated Linux or OSX support......what's the point? Who does video stuff on Windows?Plenty do.....You just don't get out much. My XP system with cakewalk software did me just fine and that was on a P4 system that couldn't keep itself cool, ever. But my audio quality...

Tags: Desktops, Maingear, personal supercomputer, supercomputer, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Microsoft: Human error caused critical SMB2 vulnerability

did not explain why the fix was not back-ported to Windows Vista and other That very bad. I was wondering this myself when news broke that Win 7 was not vulnerable.What were they thinking? Fixing a bug and "forgetting" that other versions may actually be vulnerable?Or had they actually recorded...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Hulu Desktop, Microsoft Corp., critical SMB2 vulnerability, SMB2, SMB2 vulnerability, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Governments: Listen to citizens on broadband action

What Rights are Next?If Broadband is a right gas and electricity too, I nominate the Mercedes S65 AMG as a right. Euro weenies.ZD Net, get some real tech people to write on this site.Well thanks for that...Transport is clearly something to be needed, as opposed to desired - which...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, broadband

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

AT&T: No Balls, Just Bull

Buy a phone without a trackballn/tI like the title......and is so true.My fix to this situation is simple.I just buy the cheapest cell and don't worry about waranties when it is dirt cheap.It is not just saving money, but it is even more reliable and smaller because it is not...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., Sprint Communications, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

For coal and cows we ignore the polluted water

And This has what to do.......with IT, Computer Tech, etc? Just another political screed by a Left Wing Nut Job who has no business with a blog on ZD Net.Maybe it was just...to get under your skin. If so, it succeeded beyond the authors wildest dreams. If...

Tags: Blogging, polluted water

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

Will Microsoft always be seen as open source Astroturf?

Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., publically-traded company, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Successfactors: Execute, Execute, Execute!

Successfactors SFSF the Strategic Human Capital Management/people performance software as a service company I last wrote about in June, today expanded their scope to embrace 'Business Execution Software', which is now the strap line under their company logo. As Larry Dignan covered here...

Tags: Talent, Performance, SuccessFactors Inc., Talent Management, Business Alignment Category, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-10

Strategic Thinking before Operational Actions: The Enterprise 2.0 Tool Cargo Cult Problem

Three posts about 'failure' in the 'Enterprise 2.0' space in the last few days from Sameer Patel ('Five ways to avoid Enterprise 2.0 failure' guest blogging on Michael Krigmans' 'IT Failure blog here on ZD Net), Dion Hinchcliffe (14 Reasons Why Enterprise 2.0 Projects Fail) and now Dennis Howlett (Enterprise...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Strategic Thinking, Dennis, Morten Hansen, Morten, Superstructure, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Sony's Reader: The road ahead

Sony's Reader: The road aheadDRMDRM and more DRM. Paper books are so much better. Sony's record on DRM is worst than terrible. How will I trade e books with my sister? How many e books will ever be sold in flea markets or secondhand book...

Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Sony Corp., Sony Reader, e-book, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Apple/AT&T/iPhone - Everything that's wrong with the cellphone industry wrapped up in a single package

Apple/AT&T/iPhone - Everything that's wrong with the cellphone industry wrapped up in a single packageWhy Adrian...apparently you aren't a glassy-eyed Apple fanboi Anytime you post anything even mildly critical of Windows, Bing, or anything MS the usual suspects come out in force and try to paint you as a rapid...

Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, cellphone industry, Apple iPhone, cell phone, handset, single package

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Apple and Google's native vs. Web app iPhone game: Get used to it

Apple and Google's native vs. Web app iPhone game: Get used to itUh, hello, Palm Pre's webOSThe article concludes "... it is becoming increasingly clear that Android may be the only real rival for the iPhone on the operating system and app front."For an article on ZD Net, that...

Tags: cloud computing, Channel management, Smart phones, game, Web application, Google Inc., Web, Apple Inc., Web app iPhone, Web app iPhone game, Get Used

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

TealScript Plus 3.94 (Mobile)

The Cure for Fat Thumbs: The cure for fat thumbs Frustrated by a tiny keyboard? Hate Graffiti-2? Text entry too painful? TealScript is the Handwriting Solution. TealScript adds Graffiti text input to Treo and Centro smart phones, freeing you from tiny keyboards. For devices that already support Graffiti, TealScript adds...

Tags: Mobile, Character, TealPoint Software, TealScript, Graffiti, Palm OS, Mobile Operating Systems, Handhelds, Mobile Applications, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-07-08

TealEcho Plus 3.03 (Mobile)

Write Better with Digital "Ink": Improve your Writing Improve your Graffiti text input speed and accuracy, seeing what you write with TealEcho digital "ink". An invaluable Graffiti enhancement, TealEcho lets you see your actual stroke on handhelds that have a permanent Graffiti writing area that is not part of the...

Tags: Mobile, TealPoint Software, Palm OS, Handhelds, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-08

TealGlance Plus 4.12 (Mobile)

Today View and Key Guard: Welcome Day View A pop-up key guard and appointment reminder, TealGlance shows a "quick view" window on power-up showing commonly-needed information such as date, time, day of the week, upcoming datebook appointments, unchecked tasks (to-do list items), and the current battery level. Special Functionality A...

Tags: Shareware, Mobile, TealPoint Software, Palm OS, Mobile Operating Systems, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-08