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- Gallery: Motorola unwraps double touch flip phone
- Motorola claims the Krave ZN4 is the first touch phone to feature an interactive clear flip with touch--along with a regular screen that works with its own touch. by Andy Smith
- Image galleries 2008-10-15
- More on Apple's new Mini DisplayPort
- More on Apple's new Mini DisplayPortDisplayPort is fine...but include the VGA port too so we don't have to carry around an extra cord....duh. It doesn't take up much space and EVERY windows laptop has a VGA port.30"!It's nice that it finally works with 30" even on MacBook (non-Pro).I just...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- 'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)
- 'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)MS will have nothing exciting on the OS front for Christmas this year.If you want to do something exciting, you will have to buy a Mac. And, it only gets worse for MS on the MID/NetBook front. That...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?
- Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?What are the specsI haven't seen the specs yet (are they published?) but I don't think it's going to be enough. They either need to compete with Windows PC's or not. Don't half ass it. My guess is the lower price will still not match...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Yahoo, Google, DOJ play let's make a deal; Google could walk
- Yahoo, Google, DOJ play let's make a deal; Google could walkSo Google succeeded how?You state the Yahoo deal was a success because MS didn't buy Yahoo. In retrospect that was actually bad for Google since Yahoo would have done nothing but weigh MS down. If anything it would...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Highlights from the Apple notebook event
- Highlights from the Apple notebook eventLOL @ BluRaySteve called BluRay a big bag o' hurt!I agree with Steve on this... however for those BluRay lovers/Vista haters you should know that the reason BluRay@full resolution works on Vista is because MS's integrated DRM.RE: Highlights from the Apple notebook eventThe lack of...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- LiveBlog: Apple's notebook event
- LiveBlog: Apple's notebook eventThat Jobs fellow always looking out for us![i]Jobs said the licensing for Blu-Ray technology is still too complex to burden customers with the costs associated with it.[/i]Thanks Jobs! I'll be thinking of you while watching Blu-Ray movies on my HTPC Vista machine that cost me ~$60...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- What OpenOffice site crash means
- What OpenOffice site crash meansSo, I should pay for free software so I don't pay Microsoft?It's not for everyone. However, the reason Microsoft has more robust features is because they spend more money on it. That money is funded by higher prices for their software. If you or your company...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Lessig: Five proposals for ending copyright wars
- Lessig: Five proposals for ending copyright warsThis article is right on track...Now if we can just get the lobbyists to leave Washington and get the Congress to repeal all the copyright acts passed since 1975.Never Going To HappenThe recent meltdown of Wall Street and the financial markets world wide pretty...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Microsoft pushes idea of "Apple tax"
- Microsoft pushes idea of "Apple tax"upgrade tax?all the mac laptops are upgradable in terms of ram and hard disk. what else do you need to upgrade on a laptop?I think MS should push for Apple salesThe first piece of software that gets installed on a Mac is Windows and at...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Starcraft II splits into trilogy
- Starcraft II splits into trilogyWell that's not goodI was looking to play some Star Craft 2 over the holidays. Now may be not so muchRE: Starcraft II splits into trilogyGreat..... now I get to spend $150 for Starcraft2 instead of $50. Well no thanks I'll pass and pick...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcement
- Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcementEclipseRyan - I guess the point with the Eclipse stuff is to appeal to Java developers who don't want to step out of Eclipse to do RIA development, much the same approach Adobe took with Flex.RE: Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcementHey Ryan,I totally agree...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Still pushing the obvious: Sun Ray
- Still pushing the obvious: Sun RayGreat for the environment to!Lasting up to 20 years and pulling 8-10 watts ( inc. network overhead ) reduces materials energy and waste... And once you buy more than IRO 50, cheaper purchase price, running costs, support maintenance updates and no upgrades...So why would any...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- A new virtual desktop tool from Microsoft's Windows Sysinternals team
- Microsoft's Windows Sysinternals team has developed a lightweight and very dependable virtual desktop manager called Desktops that allows you to create up to four virtual desktops on your computer. This allows you to spread out your applications on the various desktops. In this edition of the Windows Vista Report, Greg...
- Download resources 2008-10-14
- OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough
- OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enoughSadly, it falls short of my needsI have a spreadsheet that works beautifully in Excel. It's unbelievably slow for OpenOffice Calc. 12 minutes to open, each drop down takes 2 minutes to register.No scripts, just formulas.RE: OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Hoping for AppleTV update at Apple's notebook event
- Hoping for AppleTV update at Apple's notebook eventyou CAN listen to streaming radio...in iTunes create a playlist for your favorite radio stations... can call it "Radio"... go to "Radio" and find your favourite radio stations that you like to listen to.... drag these station into your "Radio" playlist... sync your...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough
- There is a reason that the OpenOffice.org 3.0 servers are struggling to keep up with demand. OO.org 3.0 really is a serious upgrade over version 2.4 and makes NeoOffice irrelevant for Mac OS X users (previously, OpenOffice only worked within X11; While NeoOffice did a great job porting OO.org...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Psystar OpenPro
- Psystar OpenProCommending Illegal Behavior?I must say, I didn't expect to see this kind of response from a legitimate, mainstream blog and review site like ZDNet. Pystar is openly breaking the OS X User license by installing it on non-Apple hardware. It's rather disappointing that this organization would "commend" Pystar's illegal...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- And Windows 7 is to be called ... Windows 7
- And Windows 7 is to be called ... Windows 7And this new naming scheme will last.......until next time, when they'll abandon yet another naming scheme and decide to call the new version something stupid, like "Windows Supercalafragalisticexpialodocius", or "Windows ∞"So, it's official....Vista II will be called Windows 7. Hmmmmmm....That's...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Hoping for AppleTV update at Apple's notebook event
- The clock is ticking toward the big Apple event - you know, the one where the company is expected to announce the sub-$1,000 notebook and/or a new design to the MacBook line and/or the move into Nvidia's graphics chipset and/or something altogether different. (Dontcha just love the Apple rumor mill?)...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
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