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- Whither Blu-ray?
- Whither Blu-ray?It's the lack of HDTV ownersand the ignorance of those who do own that I think is the biggest issue. People who don't have HDTV would see no benefit to spending extra money on BluRay, and those who do own will never believe there is a difference unless you...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Pssst! ... wanna save up to 40 percent on a robotic massage chair?
- Okay, I know I'm going to get flamed for furthering ethnic stereotypes, but I have to admit, us Jews love a good bargain. So I'm going to risk getting my butt chewed because I feel compelled to play yiddische consumer advocate. As some of you may know,...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- First impressions of the HP iPAQ 910 Business Manager
- First impressions of the HP iPAQ 910 Business Managerquestions on the 910Look forward to your review of the 910.I have the ff questions. I asked HPsome of these questions and they haven'tgoten back to me.1. Does the Micro SD slot support SDHC?2. I have the prior version of this...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Are more companies refusing to pay more for green IT?
- There used to be a perception, not so many months ago, that your company would have to spend more to green-ify its IT infrastructure. But the flagging economy is apparently dashing any hopes that high-tech vendors might secretly have harbored that they could get customers to spend more dollars for...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Smartphone battle royale: The land grab is good for buyers
- Research in Motion misses its first quarter earnings target and cuts its outlook slightly. Palm has a hit with the Centro, but continues to disappoint. And Sony Ericsson sees a rough second quarter on "moderating demand of mid-to-high end mobile phones, in combination with a delay of new products shipped...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic
- Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logicFinally, The man gets a taste of his own chocolateThis has been one heck of a delightful tale, finally The Bill himself goes through the same hell the Windows users have to face every time that dreaded Update Icon enters the fray.Now let's see...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- How does Apple get away with this badware behavior?
- How does Apple get away with this badware behavior?Zombies?"Over the years Apple users are brainwashed into zombies that will take anything Apple give them."Hmmmm...Really? Just because they're using the best alternative OS available? I beg to differ. IMHO, there are far more 'Windows'-zombies out there , and just now (with...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- When thinking PaaS, think about it in terms of audience
- Software as a service has turned into platform as a service (as if we needed another "aaS") and as this application battle royale gets underway developers need to think about these efforts in terms of audience. For instance, Bill Appleton, CTO of DreamFactory, which makes cloudware--rich Internet...
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- iPhone 3G could flop in Japan
- iPhone 3G could flop in Japan10% marketshare is a flop?I'm not sure I agree with that. What I got from the article was that a year ago, 9.6% said they would buy one and 62.2% said they would consider buying one. In other words, 28% of people said they weren't...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Magnesium: RSS Ticker (zip)
- Magnesium RSS 2.0 Ticker provides a rich ticker environment to enable you to keep up to date with the latest news and information. The Ticker scrolls the RSS items across the screen as hyperlinks. The full story can be viewed in your Web Browser by clicking on the RSS item....
- Software downloads 2008-06-18
- Text Duplicates Remover Utility (bin)
- Text Duplicates Remover Utility removes duplicate text items from text data files. You can compare lines of text, use one of the pre-defined text item separators or supply a custom separator. The original file is backed up. Starting and ending spaces are removed from all items before comparison. Comparison can...
- Software downloads 2008-06-16
- Amazon Top Sellers (xpi)
- Amazon Top Sellers is an add-on that lists Amazon.com's top sellers along the bottom of your browser window. You choose the category you want (books, DVD, electronics), and a live, constantly refreshing feed provides a clickable list of titles that leads you directly to the item at Amazon. The links...
- Software downloads 2008-06-11
- Public vs. Private? Outspoken Congressman mulls government's investment role in green tech
- The kind souls at LimeLeap, a technology services company that has donned a green mantle as its new business mantra, have taken an item off my to-do list, which was to follow up on a green business roundtable that they hosted in Washington last month. As I...
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Dan Geer leaves Verdasys for In-Q-Tel
- Dan Geer leaves Verdasys for In-Q-TelFull Disclosure on the AuthorItem of note: Ryan Naraine is employed by Kaspersky Labs, which offers a product InfoWatch and Device Monitor, which is a competitor to a portion of the Verdasys product line.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Update that wishlist - I just tried a MacBook Air
- Update that wishlist - I just tried a MacBook AirFor that kind of moneyI want something that will do the work I need. For those times that I need the lite, I use a Dell M1330. It's light, is LED, runs rings around the Air, and fits neatly...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- AceErase (exe)
- An easy to use, secure digital file shredder with several powerful shredding algorithms to wipe & destroy your files, folders, recycle bin, free space, Internet browsing history, cookies, index.dat files, run history, file tips, and beyond recovery. With an easy drag & drop interface, comprehensive help, per-item/total progress bars, &...
- Software downloads 2008-06-10
- TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thusly
- TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thuslyHand Sanitizer Bombinterestingly enough, it's probably completely possible to build a bomb out of a can of hand sanitizer and a lighter. well... maybe not a bomb persee... but enough of a distraction i'm sure.i know i'm not giving away...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- HTC Touch Dual (Unlocked)
- When it comes to touch-screen phones, there are those who dig them and those who want to bury them. And when we say touch-screen phones, we mean the models that largely lack physical buttons, more specifically tactile dialpads and keyboards a la Apple iPhone, LG Prada, and Samsung Instinct. The...
- Product reviews 2008-06-09
- iPhone 3G: The official rates from AT&T
- Now that the iPhone 3G announcement has finally come and gone, turns out the most common rumors were right -- big price drop, GPS, slightly thicker, Exchange-friendly out of the box, not immediately available -- others not so much (nope, no Product RED version....
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- iPod touch 2.0 anyone?
- iPod touch 2.0 anyone?He's probably stressed it more than you haveI've crashed mine a few times, too doing stuff it was never intended for. Like using data URLs to create 4MB bookmarks. That will bring an iPod touch to its knees pretty quickly.NOT MOVIES??!!??!![i]I've thrown everything at it and have...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
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