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- Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.
- The blogosphere was abuzz this morning with news of a sub-$1,000 Mac notebook - based on a price list that was given to retail storesĀ and subsequently leaked to bloggers. But where's the confirmation from Apple? The company wouldn't announce some sort of milestone - and a sub-$1,000 notebook is...
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- 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
- Zune 3.0
- Photo gallery:Zune 3.0 softwareIn order for Microsoft's Zune MP3 player to compete against Apple's iPod, Microsoft not only had to create a great MP3 player; it also had to create a solid software client to compete against iTunes. In doing so,it's created an attractive, full-featured digital-media jukebox that some users...
- Product reviews 2008-10-07
- Samsung SCH-U430 (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:Samsung SCH-U430If you're looking for a basic flip phone with a VGA camera, you can always count on Samsung to deliver. Indeed, the company pumps them out by the dozen and the Samsung SCH-U430 is the latest of the batch. Sporting a simple, compact design and minimal features, the...
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link - digital AV player
- There's little doubt that TV is moving more toward an on-demand model powered by content that's pulled from the Internet rather than traditional broadcast sources. But products that pull in video from networked PCs and various online sources--everything from the Roku Netflix Player to Apple TV to the Xbox 360--still...
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- Canon EF 70-200mm f4 IS USM L
- You want a medium telephoto lens for your Canon dSLR, something with a constant aperture, solidly built with pro quality, yet light enough to carry on adventure to some far away part of the world. You have looked at the f2.8 models but didn't think you could afford them or...
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- Microsoft Xbox 360 Messenger Kit
- When the Xbox 360 was released in November 2005, owners of the previous console were delighted to see that the online element would not only be preserved, but it would also be vastly improved. Xbox Live on the 360 not only provided updated features across the board, but it also...
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- Enterprise 2.0 and business collaboration
- Update: I hit "publish" before the article was completely finished, so I've added some images and updated some links. I can't pull the post without it leaving a trail behind it, so I may as well just own up now and say, "whoops, sorry". GroupSwim Collaboration, in...
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Apple wins royalty rate showdown
- Apple wins royalty rate showdownhigher Rate?the Real price for a song should about 25 cents (this will make it more competive agains "free") but guess the RIAA's members just want more money no matter what. that is why the RIAA must be shutdown as it is the most anti-consumer criminal...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Tagg (txt)
- Tagg is a file utility which helps you organize your files through the use of tags. Use it to catalog your personal files as well as your media assets such as clip art,sound files or video clips. Add tags to ANY file, super fast searching and integrated tag cloud display...
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Dell Inspiron 1525-139B
- Note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.Dell's Inspiron 1525 is an excellent mainstream choice for basic computing, especially because the direct-from-Dell version is highly flexible, offering extensive configuration options. For those...
- Product reviews 2008-10-02
- Windows ID3 Editor (exe)
- Windows ID3 Editor is a small and simple MP3 tag editor, which offers the ability to edit the most wanted attributes of the ID3 tags in one window. Although iTunes offers a good interface for editing tags, it does have a few important attributes missing, copyright and encoded by which...
- Software downloads 2008-10-02
- Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accounts
- Somehow I'm not surprised to read that Gov. Sarah Palin has more email accounts. It's now very well known, of course, that her office operated Yahoo accounts. Someone breached one of the Yahoo accounts, prompting an Internet manhunt. Now the Washington Post reports (yeah, I...
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Eee PC's 7" version: A hot toy this year
- Toys R Us released a list of what it sees as the hottest toys this holiday season and the usual suspects were there: Hannah Montana, Legos, Star Wars figures and the Wii. And then there's the 7-inch Asus Eee PC. I heard a few folks refer to...
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Samsung Omnia
- Photo gallery:Samsung OmniaAlong with the RIM BlackBerry Bold and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the Samsung Omnia is one of the most requested and sought after smartphones of 2008. Why all the buzz? It's not so much the Omnia's touch screen that's drawing attention (after all, we've seen it in the...
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- 2009 Range Rover Sport HSE
- Photo gallery:Range Rover Sport HSETerrain crawling tech lets the 2009 Range Rover Sport HSE maintain its rugged reputation, but an upscale price means luxury elements, such as real wood trim and a refrigerator in the console. Off-road enthusiasts may think the lack of a fold-down windshield keeps the Range Rover...
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- Thanks, but no thanks, SAS
- Thanks, but no thanks, SASSome good R linkshttp://www.johnmwillis.com/r/are-you-using-r/openIntelTry openIntel, a free data model offered by OSEd ( http://osed.com ). IT is free and it includes documentation explaining it, the tables and the relations. It was designed by Maurice Frank, the original creator of the IBM Insight at...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- MP4 MP3 Converter (exe)
- MP4 MP3 Converter converts MP4 to MP3, MP4 to WAV, and supports more than 30 audio and video file formats. MP4 MP3 Converter encodes MP3 or WAV with different encoding parameters such as sample frequency, bit rate, and channels. This means it can convert a large-size file to a smaller...
- Software downloads 2008-09-30
- 2009 Mazda MAZDA5 Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:2009 Mazda5 Grand TouringIt seemed like everyone who we spoke to about Mazda's Mazda5 said the same thing: "It's a mini-minivan." As cheesy as that sounds, there isn't really a better way to describe what Mazda has created with the Mazda5. As fuel prices soar and its full-size MPV...
- Product reviews 2008-09-29
- Sony Handycam DCR-SR85
- The Sony Handycam DCR-SR85 offers almost everything the company claims. It's very easy to use, goes from off to recording in seconds, is small enough to throw in a bag, and its 60GB hard drive delivers anywhere from 14 to 41 hours of recording time depending on the quality settings....
- Product reviews 2008-09-29
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