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- Yahoo: TV widgets and pondering a Disney takeover
- If Yahoo's battle with Google has taught us anything it's that the company isn't run by engineers. Sure, Yahoo is tech savvy. Sure it has an open platform. And sure it'll do things like plan a Widget Channel with Intel and tout it at a developers conference. But Yahoo is...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- NVIDIA launches the 'best performing GPU on the planet'
- (At least that's what Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan says.) Accordingly, NVIDIA announced the release of their latest line of graphics cards this morning. The GTX 260 and GTX 280 mark the debut of the upcoming 200 series GPUs. The GTX 280 counts 240 processing cores and 1GB of...
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Remote execution DoS exploits iPhone by simply loading a Web page
- Remote execution DoS exploits iPhone by simply loading a Web pageThe more you use it....The more hackers and maleware pusher will find ways to exploit it. Apple product are in no way better then anythign else, the only thing different with apple products is the prices. And the iPhone is...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-18
- Fun facts about Mac OS X Leopard's icons
- Computer users on Mac, Windows or Linux must take icons for granted. But the standards for these interface elements keep changing. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard offers new challenges for icon designers. Leopard supports 512-by-512-pixel icons, which are much larger than the previous 128-x-128 standard. However,...
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- March 13: D-day for Microsoft's Yahoo intentions
- March 13: D-day for Microsoft's Yahoo intentionsYa gotta know when to hold 'em... when to fold 'emRather than make them look silly, it makes them look shrewd. CEOs that stay the course when headed toward an iceberg seem stupid. If Ballmer knows how to work the system and...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Why+a+Yahoo-News+Corp.+deal+makes+sense
- Why+a+Yahoo-News+Corp.+deal+makes+senseSounds good, but, if MS is persistent, 60B trumps everything.Having these talks IS a great strategy to make MS pay more, but, MS could still do a hostile takeover after the News Corp deal, it would just be a lot harder and more expensive with Rupert Murdoch owning 20%, and...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Gizmodo is about to learn the meaning of karma
- Gizmodo is about to learn the meaning of karmaGizmodoYeah, Gizmodo was out of line, after I read about their "antics" I unsubscribed from their RSS feed. I see no reason to give my eyeball time to a bunch of idiot juvenile punks.What's worse it Gizmodo trashed the TVBgone in...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- Before buying an HD display, read this lowdown on 720p vs. 1080i vs 1080p
- Before buying an HD display, read this lowdown on 720p vs. 1080i vs 1080pSecond Rule: Beware the Ringers[B]Speaking of shopping in superstores for these bad boys, one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t want to eyeball the image quality of these displays in a typical showroom setting where florescent...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
- Before buying an HD display, read this lowdown on 720p vs. 1080i vs 1080p
- Last week and just in time for any big holiday buying you plan on doing, David Carnoy who works over at one of ZDNet's sister organizations within CNET published what he's calling the final word on 720p vs. 1080p: the two "competing" resolutions for high definition HD television. Carnoy's...
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- As the ham to spam ratio continues to plummet, what are your plans for 2008?
- Here's a question to ponder as 2007 draws to a close ... The volume of spam hitting inboxes doesn't seem to be showing any signs of slowing down, and this is making it increasingly difficult to sort out genuine email from all the junk spam. With this...
- Blog posts 2007-12-06
- Asus G2S
- Asus regularly wows us with innovative products such as the ultraportable $399 Eee PC and experiments with secondary Sideshow displays, but how does the company fare building a typical 17-inch gaming system? While high-end gaming rigs from Alienware can run more than $3,000, the Asus G1 gives you a decent...
- Product reviews 2007-11-14
- The Halo 3 effect and its impact on Blackwater's future
- Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk ruminates on the arrival of Halo 3 and finds connections between the video game, lattes, aspiring snipers, Blackwater and Britney. A couple of weeks ago, Wolf, the innocent-looking boy who makes my latte extra hot, seemed a little extra hot himself. Even...
- Blog posts 2007-10-07
- Why McLuhan was right when it comes to attention
- Through his always enriching podcast, I've heard Cory Doctorow give variations on his privacy talk at least five or six times over the last year. The most current iteration is available at Intel's/Josh Bancroft's BitStories. In responding to an audience question, Cory explains exactly why, when it comes...
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- More on the Windows work process
- More on the Windows work processAgain I'm forced to disagree[i]And no, I’m not saying that the point click and wait approach isn’t useful - it’s great where the user isn’t knowledgeable about the application. [/i]You're right the wintel concept is to reduce the barrier to entry for new users and...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-12
- More on the Windows work process
- About a decade ago I wanted to compare OCR error rates for various packages and in the process of doing that got an abject lesson in both PC work process productivity and the reasons people prefer it.What happened was that a client was setting up a Sun based Resumix system...
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Squish (widget)
- Squish is a simulation of a wonderfully grotesque and visceral diversion from a bygone era, it's your very own a Gurglin Gutz. Included flavors are brain, stomach, heart, and of course, eyeball. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2007-06-18
- Google trumps Microsoft IE7 in search war?
- Google trumps Microsoft IE7 in search war?why IE7Don't know why they doesn't promote firefox.Different results, and please re-word last paragraph?I get different results when searching IE7 in google and I don't understand the last paragraph: "Google is spreading the IE7, but Googley better, gospel in prime Google.com AdWords territory, above...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-20
- Did you hear the one about how Google Apps doesn't compete with Microsoft (from Google's CEO)? Guffaw.
- Did you hear the one about how Google Apps doesn't compete with Microsoft (from Google's CEO)? Guffaw.And OpenOffice is going to rule...Ummm, not in this life time...I was going to read this article,I was going to read this article, but then I noticed at the bottom: "Pages: 1 2 3...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- Google rises at Yahoo's expense
- Google rises at Yahoo's expenseIt's really pretty simple...Yahoo has to provide customer service (which it does poorly - Ever tried to get help with your Yahoo Music Subscription?) and Google does not.Not having to provide customer service is a huge benefit for Google.Branding and advertising software, not search quality.I think...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- Penfield-Jackson's revenge? For Silverlight (and Microsoft) to succeed, must Microsoft break itself up?
- Penfield-Jackson's revenge? For Silverlight and Microsoft to succeed, must Microsoft break itself up?Correction on ZuneThe main diffrence between Zune DRM and PlaysForSure is that Microsoft paid for the licenses needed for wireless use, as I recall from an interview with Mr. Ballmer. The same agreements were not available to...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-17
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