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- NSA and phone sex: Eavesdroppers listened to intimate conversations
- Military linguists have come forward to say that the intelligence services routinely listened in on Americans overseas calling home and on the communications of non-suspect groups like the Red Cross. And, they say, they listened in and even transcribed couples' phone sex, The New York Times reports. ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- RIM's Storm: Why it matters
- Research in Motion launched its Storm touch handheld and it is critical to the company's long-term plans. RIM, along with Vodafone and Verizon Wireless, launched the Storm on Wednesday (Techmeme, statement, Crave review, gallery). The phone, a rival to the iPhone 3G, signals a product barrage for...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Shuttle KPC K-4800
- We liked Shuttle's $230 KPC K-4500 PC mostly because it was one of the cheapest complete desktops around. This higher-end model is a different story. We should qualify "higher end," because the Shuttle KPC K-4800 still starts at $299. But at that price, it's closing in on standard Windows PC...
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- Sony AW series: The best laptop display?
- With expansive 16:9 displays and Blu-ray drives, the new crop of desktop replacements with 18.4-inch displays are geared toward mobile entertainment. Though its design is nothing special, the Sony VAIO AW series stands out from this group, according to reviews at PCMag.com and LaptopMag.com, thanks to its high-quality, LED-backlit 1,920-by-1,080...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Welcome to the Data Cloud ?
- 'The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Lenovo ThinkPad SL400
- Take the ThinkPad R series, remove the internal roll cage and the TPM chip, add dedicated GeForce graphics, an HDMI port, and a glossy lid, and you get the ThinkPad SL400. This 14-inch laptop is Lenovo's play for small business buyers, trading in enterprise features such as the aforementioned security...
- Product reviews 2008-10-03
- Valleywag, Consumerist sites announce layoffs
- A source close to Gawker Media informed me a moment ago that popular sites Consumerist, Valleywag and NSFW Fleshbot will may be shuttered will lose most of their editorial talent. "Nineteen jobs will be cut," my source says, with a formal announcement from Gawker Media coming later...
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Microsoft Money Essentials (002)
- Note: The Download Now link will take you to the Microsoft Web site, where you must enter a valid e-mail address and retrieve instructions via email for downloading the 60-day trial.Microsoft Money Essentials is the perfect complement to your current online banking efforts. With Money Essentials, you can: see a...
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Video: Earnings preview: Will Apple deliver?
- Video: Earnings preview: Will Apple deliver?Cool FactorWhy is it that 90% of the computers in movies are Macs when then reality says that macs have single digit market share. I use a mac mini in my entertainment center. I'm very happy with it, but the vista gaming rig...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Is Apple out of ideas?
- In an interesting BusinessWeek story, Arik Hesseldahl asks: "Where does Apple go from here?" For a company who has made a reputation of surprising consumers and resetting the bar, it's a good question. Of course, this question is asked on the heels of a...
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- 14 ways IT screws up projects
- 14 ways IT screws up projects128k image?The image is 128k in size with 100dpi resolution. Why is that too big even on a dial-up connection? Thanks for your thoughts.# 15 - Play loose and fast with bandwidthAttach needlessly large images to blog posts. Make sure image's size is inversely...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Studio, Real trade lawsuits over RealDVD
- Studio, Real trade lawsuits over RealDVDI don't get itRealDVD does what a number of other programs do, but with a nicer GUI.It doesn't do Blu-ray.My Sony notebook came with software to download, copy DVD's.But Sony is one of the companies suing RealNetwork.Should Sony Entertainment sue Sony Electronics ?"our right to...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Who got traffic from Google and other search engines in August 2008
- Category Percent of Category Traffic from Search Engines, Aug-08 Percent Change in Share of Traffic From Search Engines, Aug-08 - Aug-07 Percent of Category Traffic from Google, Aug-08 Percent Change in Share of Traffic From Google, Aug-08 - Aug-07 Health and Medical 44.24% 3% 31.07% 12% ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Studio, Real trade lawsuits over RealDVD
- U.S. movie studios sued Real Networks in federal court today, alleging that Real's RealDVD product violates the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and breaches Real's contract with the DVD Copy Control Association. Read the MPAA's complaint. The move follows Real's release of the software today,...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- First reviews of Toshiba Qosmio with SpursEngine
- More than three months after Toshiba launched its first desktop replacement that makes use of the Cell processor in Japan, the Toshiba Qosmio G55-Q802 has reached U.S. shores and received its first hands-on reviews from PCMag.com and ComputerShopper.com. The Qosmio G55 series is part of a new...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Top media sites in Brazil in July 2008
- Sites Audience, 000 Minutes per Visit Visits per Visitor Total Brazilian Internet Audience 25,288 34.9 49.3 Multimedia 16,720 7.9 9.3 YOUTUBE.COM 11,549 12.9 6.5 Globo Videos 8,293 2.5 6.2 WindowsMedia 3,580 2.3 2.8 MSN Music 2,053 3.6 1.8...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- RealDVD officially launches, so do lawsuits; Is it 'StealDVD'?
- Update: RealNetworks announced Tuesday that its RealDVD software, which allows you to rip and burn DVDs easily, officially launched. And the lawsuits weren't far behind. In a statement Techmeme, RealNetworks billed RealDVD as a "watershed" product. The software, which goes for $29.99 on sale, allows you to...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Apple: Is it really recession proof?
- Apple: Is it really recession proof?One thing to keep in mindThe analyst's employer, Morgan Stanley, just had to sell 21% of itself to get needed cash. In other words, they f--ked up bigtime.Other Wall Street "genius" firms include bankrupt Lehman and forced sale Merrill Lynch.Back in the days of...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Apple TV: End of an error?
- Apple TV: End of an error?Microsoft crushed Apple in the living room.First off, AppleTV was only called a hobby by Jobs AFTER it was clear that it was going to be an unmitigated disaster. Has he EVER released any sales figures on this thing? Second, the combination of Windows Media...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayRE: House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayThank God. I know I called and wrote my congresspeoples.RE: House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayever since the napster ruling in 2000, the music industry record companies have gotten greedier. I agree...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
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