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- Peek releases $99 gadget just for Twitter
- Dedicated Twitterers (Tweeters?) have a new option for posting their 140-character thoughts to the web: the TwitterPeek. Looking a tad like a very thin Blackberry, Peek's Twitter-friendly gadget features a QWERTY keyboard, color screen and click scroll wheel. Available only on Amazon.com for $99, users get...
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Photos: Emerging devices at AT&T Labs
- AT&T Labs in San Francisco opens its doors to show off its Emerging Devices division, as well as some research projects around location-based services, social networking, and medical devices of the future. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-11-05
- Samsung Messager II SCH-R560 (MetroPCS)
- why you should buy the samsung messanger?why would you want to buy the samsung messanger 2?Spread your social wings and fly with the new Samsung Messager? II. It?s sleeker, faster and cooler than the original and comes fully loaded with a full QWERTY slider keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera and video...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples
- RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- AVADirect Nano Cube
- AVADirect's $2,266 Nano Cube tries to take on Shuttle's XPC H7 5800 at its own small form factor game. Both systems come with smaller-than-normal SFF cases, and each requires sacrifices, even more than with a standard SFF PC, in exchange for its tiny dimensions. Therein lies our problem with this...
- Product reviews 2009-11-04
- Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980
- You can't argue with a large-screen, value-priced laptop when it delivers good performance, and looks nice to boot. We appreciated the Toshiba Satellite A505-S6960 when we reviewed it in our 2009 back-to-school retail roundup, liking its affordability, large screen, strong battery life, and excellent-sounding speakers. Just a few months later,...
- Product reviews 2009-11-04
- SAP internalizes social networking for business
- Corporate Social NetworkingOur business had found by having an internal network both the employees and the business at large stand to benefit. It fosters a true sense of teamwork and collaboration and increases productivity. Corporate Social Networking software can provide a way to reach out to all levels within...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Short clip: American Airlines social media experiment
- Monte Ford, CIO of American Airlines describes how the company is embracing Twitter and Facebook, and how these social networking tools are benefiting interactions with customers.
- Videos 2009-11-04
- U.S. Ethics Committee staffer file-shares sensitive document
- So the answer will be change the technology, right??...I certainly hope not. The person responsible should be fired immediately, if this group is supposed to be so secretive and protective of their data. Putting ANY work-related material on your personal computer is not only a bad idea, it may be...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson
- 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.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Thursby updates DAVE and ADmitMac solutions for Windows networking
- With recent changes coming to both Mac and Windows OSes, Thursby on Tuesday released new versions of ADmitMac, its Windows Active Directory client software for Macs, and DAVE, its file- and printer-sharing solution. The updates feature support for Mac OS X 10.6 Leopard and Windows 7. by David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- GOP will present a health care bill
- Good startGood work Dana. This blog is not biased to the left (we'll see how you fare in the talkbacks though).There's of course still the question why you put politics on this IT tech site."ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- DAVE 8.0 (Mac)
- Professional cross-platform file and printer sharing solution. DAVE is the first and only cross-platform networking solution of its kind. DAVE uses the fast, industry standard TCP/IP protocol instead of AppleTalk and is designed specifically for the Apple Macintosh. It is installed on the Macintosh and no additional hardware or software...
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Sony Vaio X (VPC-X115KX/N Signature Collection, gold)
- Sony has thus far taken a position just adjacent to Apple's when it comes to the question of Netbooks. Rather than embracing these low-cost, low-power systems that have become incredibly popular with bargain-hunting consumers, Sony stayed out of the market initially. Its subsequent entries have skirted the outer edges of...
- Product reviews 2009-11-02
- Toshiba Satellite L455-S5975
- We've said it before, and we'll say it again: especially in this economy, it's hard to hate a laptop that only costs $350. It's even harder to hate a Windows 7 laptop that costs that much. The Toshiba L455-S5975 is, by 50 dollars, the least expensive notebook computer in our...
- Product reviews 2009-11-02
- Palringo Instant Messenger for iPhone 2.1.1 (Mobile)
- With Palringo Instant Messenger for iPhone you can chat with all your buddies from just one contact list, no matter what IM or social networking service they use. With Palringo Instant Messenger for iPhone send voice messages to your friends, so they can hear your voice, just push to talk...
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Blu-ray Players/Home Theater Systems
- With prices for both players and discs plunging, this may be the holiday season for Blu-ray. Already online movie streaming is making inroadseven on Blu-ray players themselves. Some of these picks are integrating on-demand video services into their feature sets, hoping to keep themselves relevant in...
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- Nsauditor 1.9.6 (Windows)
- Nsauditor Network Security Auditor is a network security software and vulnerability scanner that allows auditing and monitoring network computers for possible vulnerabilities, checking network for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack it and create a report of potential problems that were found. Nsauditor is a complete...
- Software downloads 2009-11-01
- Averatec D1130 All-in-One
- The Averatec D1130 All-In-One is a stripped-down version of the D1133 we reviewed last month, and while this version cuts the price down to only $399, it also strips away many of the features that gave the higher-end model some value. With its puny 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip, 1GB of...
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H
- Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...
- Product reviews 2009-10-30







