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- Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OS
- Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OSPerhapsbecause I said best bitsThe next OS from Microsoftshould employ the best bits of what is available, whether they are Microsoft ideas or not - most of the best ones have not been. For example, it should at the very least...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses
- Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy lossesHolding our breathThe auto-owning public is holding their collective breath to see what comes next. You don't want to be the person that paid an arm and a leg for a Prius then found out a year later there were...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- VivaKi, dude, where is my code?
- VivaKi, dude, where is my code?Geesh!Do you think it's possible that an ad company might use the term "open source" in a different sense than the coding community? Consider that "open source" was used in the intelligence community PRIOR to being used in the coding community and it does...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Mobile phone battery dead? Try dancing
- What if you're stuck in the middle of nowhere and your mobile phone's battery is about to run out? Thanks to a new gizmo, you now just need to face the music and dance. LONDON--What do you do if you are stuck in a field at a pop festival...
- News items 2008-06-24
- Geek Squad: Best Buy's secret sauce?
- Geek Squad: Best Buy's secret sauce?Watts a Geek urn ?How much do they pay those Geek Squad guys and gals ?Are these 10 bucks an hour college kids with a lust for 'puters or real trained techs ?Re: Watts a Geek urn ?Although they are a high-powered arm of the...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Cell phone as desktop computer
- Cell phone as desktop computerGood stuffThat is a really good idea and if Microsoft doesn't implement it, someone will like meS. Jobs said something similar not too long agoIn a WSJ interview he said that he thought we'd see most big advances come from "devices" rather than normal computers.The conversation...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Windows Mobile 7 phones coming in Q1 2009?
- Windows Mobile 7 phones coming in Q1 2009?Again, just in time to miss the holidays.Note to MS, Timing is everything...Yes,Windows Mobile 7 devices will be out in Q1 2009 and a beta in Nov-Dec 2008.3D chip by NVidia to power Windows Mobile and ZuneNVidia announced a new mobile 3D chip...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- RCA Small Wonder EZ210
- Of all the budget minicamcorders released in 2008, RCA's Small Wonder Traveler EZ210 may be the oddest duck of the bunch. It has some things going for it: SD card support up to 8GB; a large, sharp 2.5-inch LCD display; and a "rugged" exterior that can presumably help the Traveler--now...
- Product reviews 2008-06-19
- Evoluent VerticalMouse 2 (left-handed)
- As left-handed mousers who spend a lot of time at the computer, we really wanted to love the Evoluent Left-Handed Vertical Mouse. And there's a lot we do like: the mouse's orientation does seem to hold our arm in a more neutral position; the mouse includes a PS/2 adapter so...
- Product reviews 2008-06-13
- Bobabo Audio Converter (exe)
- Bobabo Audio Converter is an utility to convert audios. It allows you to convert audios to any format for any device. With Bobabo Audio Converter, you can easily convert audios from one format to another, you can also extract audios from your video files, and save audios to your iPod,...
- Software downloads 2008-06-13
- Microsoft in The House for diabetes
- The House is the nickname of Morehouse College in Atlanta. You may think of it as a Black Harvard, although its 2008 valedictorian was a white guy. Whatever, a very classy institution. The House now has a friend in Redmond. It's Microsoft's HealthVault unit,...
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Photos: Mars Lander scoops up soil samples
- A robotic arm placed Martian soil above a laboratory on the Phoenix Mars Lander where it will be tested--after NASA performs a "shake and bake" maneuver. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-06-09
- News to know: Jobs speaks; Microsoft; Healthline; Enterprise 2.0; HTC
- Notable headlines: WWDC kick-off: Larry Dignan: Jobs' Apple as a platform mantra to accelerate PGP rolls out Whole Disk Encryption for Mac Matthew Miller: SlingPlayer Mobile on the iPhone will be demoed at Apple's WWDC this week News.com live...
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Leaked: iPhone firmware confirms GPS
- Don't you just love the weekend before a Stevenote? It's the time when the finger comes out of the dyke and leaks become a flood, then a monsoon. This time Engadget has the skinny. They got a peek inside the iPhone 3G firmware and it shares a...
- Blog posts 2008-06-07
- A UMan robotic arm
- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a mobile robotic arm which can manipulate objects by 'seeing' its environment through a digital camera. This robotic arm, dubbed UMan, or UMass Mobile Manipulator, can 'approach unfamiliar objects, such as scissors, garden shears and jointed wooden toys -- and learn...
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Devil May Cry 4 demo (zip)
- Devil May Cry 4 immerses gamers in a gothic supernatural world, where a new protagonist clashes with a familiar hero. As the new leading man, Nero, players will unleash incredible attacks and non-stop combos using a unique new gameplay mechanic, his powerful "Devil Bringer" arm.This playable demo lets you choose...
- Software downloads 2008-06-06
- Ubuntu netbook remix gets me closer to that netbook I've been wanting
- Ubuntu netbook remix gets me closer to that netbook I've been wantingAwful default wallpaper, but otherwise....Good news for me too, because I plan to buy a cheap netbook as well. And Ubuntu suits me fine.A pity though, that this fine piece of software is apparently "adorned" by what's surely the...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- Review: The sleek black Nokia N82 with Xenon lens lights up the night
- I was quite happy to upgrade my Nokia N95-3 with the firmware update that made my device a much better performer. A couple of days before I was able to upgrade my N95-3, I was sent a Nokia N82 to evaluate through the Nseries Blogger Relations program. After opening up...
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Do U.S. carriers get a bum rap for their wireless networks?
- We often read stories about the evil U.S. wireless carriers and I have to admit that I sometimes rant about some of the frustrations I experience with the carriers. However, I have to say that I am currently paying for service with both AT&T and T-Mobile and have been very...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?
- The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?Netbooks and SmartphonesThose keyboards on the smartphones are just too small for me to use effectively. I'll take a netbook and a cheap cellphone.RE: The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tI still see netbooks and smartphones as...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
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