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- Student indicted for Palin e-mail hackno luck for youseems your daddy wont be able bail you out of this one. Just remember to bring plenty of vaseline with you in prisonoh boy, is this kid in the crapperThis little jerky-boy is headed for a really miserable experience. Having a...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Open source in a time of recession
- Open source in a time of recessionWhen the water hole shrinks,the kangaroo mice flourish.HistoryYes, the end of the dot-com bubble killed a number of illusions. The most prominent lesson was, Don't give away your main product. So at that time pure Linux and other open source plays disappeared.What was...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- 2009 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:Mazda CX-7 Grand TouringEarlier this year, we tested a Mazda's CX-9. So when we heard that we were getting a CX-7 Grand Touring in the CNET garage, we braced for more of the same, only smaller. The tiny Mazda crossover didn't disappoint; the CX-7 has a lot in common...
- Product reviews 2008-10-07
- DVDO unleashes Edge high-definition video processor/input hub
- Home theater fans who aren't satisfied with their HDTVs' built-in video processing and/or just can't get enough HDMI ports into their setups may want to take a gander at DVDO's new Edge, which combines technology from Anchor Bay to improve video quality while also doubling as...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Using space robots to fix ailing satellites?
- According to Canadian engineers at Queen's University, there are now more than 8,000 satellites in orbit around the Earth. Of course, if they stop to work correctly, these satellites will not be able to be repaired from the ground and will become space junk. So these researchers have developed a...
- Blog posts 2008-10-04
- Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4
- Adobe's Creative Suite 4 has shown up on popular BitTorrent tracking sites in large numbers, little more than a week after its global launch Little more than a week after its global launch, Adobe's Creative Suite 4 has shown up on popular BitTorrent tracking sites in large numbers. ...
- News items 2008-10-02
- JVC KW-NX7000 navigation/DVD receiver
- The JVC KW-NX7000 isn't cleverly named like its sibling the El Kameleon, but it is just as cleverly designed. With its smart features, such as the proximity-based interface or the flash-memory-based navigation data, we found the KW-NX7000 extremely easy to use. However, it was the fun little touches, like the...
- Product reviews 2008-10-01
- Day 1 with my new Nokia E71
- Day 1 with my new Nokia E71Maybe it's your "bad karma". No problems here with WM.;-)Nokia/Symbian S60 phones are the bestMine: N95. Also have a Nokia Internet Tablet N800.I've written recently about why the N95/N96 is still the best smartphone [url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/2008/09/nokia-n95n96-still-the-best-smartphone-of-all.html]here[/url].And it's no small coincidence that Nokia acquired Symbian and...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Dell All-in-One Wireless Printer V305w - multifunction ( color )
- The Dell V305W is an inexpensive all-in-one AIO printer that also connects wirelessly to your home network. The $129 multifunctional solution does triple duty as a 1,200x2,400 dpi scanner and full range copier. Dell manages to keep the cost of the V305W low by omitting an autodocument feeder and fax...
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- WiMax service rolls out; Who's buying?
- Sprint and its Xohm unit have finally made WiMax a reality. Now it will be very interesting to see who buys the service. In a statement Techmeme, Xohm, soon to be a joint venture between Sprint and Clearwire, announced that its WiMax broadband service, also known as...
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Watch Out: Digital TV Transition Starts ... Now
- You thought you or your Mom didn't have to worry about whether your household was prepared for the transition to digital TV broadcasting until February of next year. Wrong. If, for instance, that household is in Austin, Green Bay, Indianapolis and eight other markets where LIN TV...
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- The productivity dilemma
- Jennifer Leggio asked the question 'Did Oracle burst the enterprise 2.0 startup bubble?' in her post here on ZDNet this week. I think Jennifer is absolutely right that inevitably many of the 'enterprise 2.0' experiments will burn off as they attempt to enter the real world business...
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- T-Mobile announces iPhone killer: G1 with Google
- T-Mobile announces iPhone killer: G1 with GoogleMore detailsIs it 3G? Does it support TMobile @Home service?Turn an average article into something differentby by simply attaching the often used, albeit over-used nomenclature: [i]iPhone Killer[/i]RE: T-Mobile announces iPhone killer: G1 with GoogleThe link gives a page not found???Do you know if...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- HP Pavilion Slimline s3500f - Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.8 GHz
- Similar to the New York Yankees, who will miss the playoffs this year after 13 straight October campaigns, the HP Pavilion Slimline s3500f snaps the Slimline's run of four consecutive Editors' Choice awards. But just as the 2008 Yankees are still an above .500 team, the Slimline s3500f is still...
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- uTorrent Mac client leaked
- As they say, live by the sword, die by the sword. BitTorrent Inc. acquired uTorrent in 2006 and promised a Mac client "soon." It took a while, but a build of the long-awaited uTorrent Mac is available. On BitTorrent. It's not an official release, most...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Logitech PlayGear Pocket Lite (DS)
- Back in 2005, Logitech released a carrying case for the Sony PSP called the PlayGear Pocket. The hard plastic clamshell provided protection for the PSP's big and beautiful screen, and even made that portable system a bit more comfortable to hold during long gaming sessions. Logitech has since reissued the...
- Product reviews 2008-09-22
- VMware vs Microsoft: Place your bets
- VMware vs Microsoft: Place your betsDoes History Not Repeat ItselfOver and over again, we have seen Microsoft saturate markets, working from the bottom rungs of those who can't afford, and raising the needed capital to choke those who are to superior for their own good. VMWare is no exception...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Are you suffering from information filter failure?
- Clay Shirky, an author and an instructor at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, says personal lives are a thing of the past, privacy is an information management problem and life is quickly becoming a systems design issue. Shirky, speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo in New...
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal Downloads
- Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal DownloadsBlackmailThis is blackmail by the richest companies in the world.RICH STEALING AGAIN FROM THE POOR.No doubt they won't use it against Third world countries where people can't afford to eat, or WILL THEY?Personally I like to listen to tracks for week or two before...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- In-flight Internet: Web sites, but not phone calls
- In-flight Internet: Web sites, but not phone callsSend MP3 or WAV filesI guess if you really needed a way around this you could do a CB (hello good buddie!) version of communications by creating & exchanging sound files (please use your headseats!) instead of direct 2 way communications. (email...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
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