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- LG adds Vudu HD service to NetCast service for its Web-enabled TVs
- Unlike a global competitor like Philips, LG Electronics is still trying to make an impact in the North American TV market. It unveiled its version of Internet-enabled TV, called NetCast, last month with four new sets. Among other services, NetCast offers Netflix's on-demand movie service, and today it's added another...
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Citrix and Fujitsu cuddle closer together
- Citrix and Fujitsu recently announced that they were taking their long-standing relationship to another level. Fujitisu has signed an OEM agreement with Citrix and will incorporate Citrix technology at a deeper level than ever before. The key questions are where these two companies think that they're going to get more...
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Citrix dazzles market -- and Microsoft -- with new Xen products
- Citrix is putting some dazzle into its expanding virtualization and application delivery software portfolio -- and its relationship with Microsoft. At its annual conference known as Synergy 2009, the Ft Lauderdale, Fl company launched a series of new products and upgrades of its Xen virtualization software and...
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- HP ships new Ecolabel-certified batteries from Boston-Power
- Looking to keep fewer rechargeable notebook batteries out of landfills? Hewlett-Packard has started shipping batteries that use Li-ion battery cells developed by Boston-Power and that carry the Ecolabel designation that helps consumers select more environmentally responsible products. The batteries are designed to last effectively for three years, and HP is...
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- News to know: Goldman's IT; Kindle 2; Google; Microsoft
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Calculating Risk: Panning for gold in Goldman's 'gut' Whitepaper: How IT helped Goldman Sachs step back...
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- Citrix brings high definition to virtual desktops with XenDesktop 3 and HDX
- Citrix Systems last week delivered a one-two punch in the battle for virtual desktop infrastructure VDI differentiation with the introduction of XenDesktop 3 and Citrix HDX high-definition technology, promising to lower costs associated with servers and storage in the data center. XenDesktop 3, a key component of...
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Studio + XPS looks like a winner for Dell
- Dell hopes the stylish Studio XPS laptops, announced at CES a few weeks back, will help shake up its image, and it may be working. CNET, Laptop Magazine and PC Magazine have all posted reviews of the 16-inch entertainment notebook, and the latter two awarded it an Editors' Choice. ...
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- Lenovo's latest laptops and first all-in-one desktop
- Getting a jump on the Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks-off Wednesday, Lenovo announced today several new laptops and its first all-in-one desktop. The ThinkPad W700ds, which Lenovo claims is the first mobile workstation with two displays, has already received a lot of coverage on gadget blogs because...
- Blog posts 2009-01-05
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Laptop picks by the inch
- There has never been more choice in notebooks. The standard 12-inch ultraportables, 14-inch thin-and-lights, 15-inch mainstream laptops and 17-inch desktop replacements are still commonplace. But there are new shapes and sizes filling in the gaps ranging from 11 inches all the way up to 18 inches....
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.
- If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Gateway MC series: The best deal on a 16-inch notebook?
- Gateway announced its MC series notebook in late October, but so far it has received little coverage aside from Laptop Magazine's review. The MC series is one of several recent laptops with 16-inch widescreen displays geared toward entertainment. Like other Gateway notebooks and desktops, the MC series...
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- 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
- Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 player
- As I mentioned in my post yesterday about Netflix, one of the obstacles video-streaming services are going to have to overcome is the quality of the files they're sending to big HDTVs. Apple has recently introduced 720p HD files on iTunes to download to its Apple TV device, but lesser-known...
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- HP HDX18
- For several months after they became a buzzed-about topic, the only 18-inch laptop we had actually seen in person was Acer's inventive Aspire 8920. Now we're seeing a mini-flood of them, with new models arriving from HP, Sony, and Toshiba. These new 18-inch displays--and a handful of new 16-inch displays--differ...
- Product reviews 2008-09-19
- News to know: Windows 7; Tech economy; Samsung eyes SanDisk; NetSuite
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 hits Milestone 3 Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputer VMware’s Datacenter OS: Windows isn’t the competition ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- First reviews of HP's HDX 16- and 18.4-inch laptops
- No sooner had I completed a post on new desktop replacements with 18.4-inch displays then HP introduced its own version. The HDX18 is one of two new laptops HP announced today. The other, the HDX16, has a 16-inch display. Both are geared toward digital entertainment with high-resolution displays, TV tuners...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- InterCall Video Conferencing: Polycom HDX
- This paper is a starter guide for Polycom HDX. The paper provides steps to make a InterCall video reservation, how to start using the Polycom HDX equipment, how to place a call, how to adjust the volume, camera, screen layout. The paper also explains how to show content from a...
- White papers 2008-09-12
- The 31 Days of the Dragon contest continues at Geek.com
- My online writing about PDAs started with Geek.com back in 2001 and I wanted to let you all know you should visit Geek.com right now and fill out their quick survey for a chance to win on the the 31 amazing HP HDX Dragon notebooks. I can't enter since I...
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- The 31 Days of the Dragon contest starts today, win an HP laptop valued at over $5,000
- While the giveaway I am going to talk about doesn't relate to a mobile device, my fellow MobileTechRoundup podcast co-hosts are a part of the contest and I think it is such a MAJOR contest that my readers here would enjoy entering for a chance to win. Today is the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- MacBook Pro Penryn update imminent (updated)
- MacBook Pro Penryn update imminent updatedReason for not using PenrynAccording to Anandtech, a small form factor package is the reason for using Merom instead of Penryn:"The CPU used in the MacBook Air isn't your run of the mill mobile Core 2, instead it uses a new small form factor packaging...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
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