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- DJ your Independence Day party with your Mac
- If you're having people over to your house this weekend to celebrate Independence day (04 July, here in the U.S.) – a few tunes are probably in order. Luckily the Mac is one of the best platforms for creating a great party environment thanks to its vast music playback options,...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency
- They're even talking about it on the radio now--can Detroit automakers survive? If you listened to this show on NPR the future of Chrysler is south of bleak. Ford and GM may just be bigger and have more blood to lose. The local Detroit paper's headline: auto sales...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Dishing It Out
- There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- 2008 Volvo S80 T6 AWD
- Photo gallery:2008 Volvo S80When we took delivery of the 2008 Volvo S80, we immediately opened the boxes, pulled the various panels out, and tried to match up the bag of fasteners with the pictures in the assembly directions. Actually, new Volvos look nothing like flat-pack Ikea furniture, trading in their...
- Product reviews 2008-07-01
- AMD Phenom gets (a little) faster
- AMD has rounded out both the high and low ends of its desktop processor line with three new Phenoms. Though the chips have the same basic design, they are targeted at very different audiences by virtue of frequency, power consumption and price. The Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition--now AMD's fastest...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Latest iPhone details from AT
- Latest iPhone details from ATSick of America...Thats right, I said it. I'm over this BS country and all its red tape. When did we become so concerned with corporations an forget about the little guy? The iPhone is being sold unlocked everywhere but the US-lame. Then, on top of being...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- About that cellular interference...
- About that cellular interference...Fire:Fire: ie://malicious_mpack.site.com/Or something like that. :-DVery Cool AND...I very much think this can be done but also if you can focus enough high frequency energy at a device you will cause a parasitic SCR effect (by the effect of raising a CMOS chip signal input level...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- About that cellular interference...
- So... maybe it is a real problem. Pedram Amini top picture on the right, noted researcher and reverse engineer, posted an article to the Tipping Point DVLabs blog on some interesting observations he made on cellular interference. From the article, Pedram comments on the discovery: "I had...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- What is a company blogger good for?
- What is a company blogger good for?Seems obvious but often overlookedMitch,Thanks for the post on developing a clearly defined set of goals and objectives prior to launching a company blog. As a provider of corporate blogging software (www.compendiumblogware.com), we all to often encounter this challenge and attempt to take...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Radio & MP3 Player (exe)
- Listen to Internet radio streams and at the same time make recordings of your favorite songs & radio shows, listen to music stored on your PC now even faster thanks to cool "drag & drop" function and create your own playlists.You can use also a free customizable Crawler Toolbar. Crawler...
- Software downloads 2008-07-01
- Lame hands-free law goes into effect in WA State on 1 July 2008
- Lame hands-free law goes into effect in WA State on 1 July 2008Stats prove itFrom http://www.jmu.edu/safetyplan/vehicle/generaldriver/safetybelt.shtml* Approximately 35,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes each year. About 50 percent (17,000) of these people could be saved if they wore their safety belts.* For every one percent increase in safety belt...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- The Steve Jobs Premium
- The Steve Jobs PremiumWhat was so thoughtfull about ....... the Apple store's answer? They sold yopu a Belkin Cable that didn't work, recommended a cable they didn't have and then sent you off to radioshack to buy the cable you already looked at. it seems the RDF is...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- The Steve Jobs Premium
- This is a sidebar to The Steve Jobs Standard. It was about the simplest shopping list one could imagine: an audio cable to connect my iPod to the Bose stereo in the family room. My search on the online Apple Store yielded only...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- MP3 Videoraptor (exe)
- Imagine: Every music title you've ever wanted as an MP3 file on your hard disk instantly. Tens of thousands of MP3 files on-demand automatically. Be greedy! You can even get the corresponding music videos to boot! MP3 Videoraptor enables you to automatically tune and simultaneously record from many Web 2.0...
- Software downloads 2008-06-30
- Fastest-growing Web categories in Canada in March 2008
- Feb-2008 Mar-2008 Growth, % Total Internet 23,814 23,879 0 Online Trading 1,024 1,384 35 Taxes 3,041 3,839 26 Hobbies/Lifestyle - Home 4,890 5,509 13 Incentives 2,525 2,826 12 Lotto/Sweepstakes 5,725 6,402 12 Radio 7,875 8,618 9...
- Blog posts 2008-06-28
- Nokia 6301 (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Nokia 6301T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home is a unique and convenient service that allows T-Mobile customers to ditch their landline service completely. The premise is so simple that we're surprised more carriers haven't adopted it. With just a Wi-Fi-enabled phone you can use most hot spots to make VOIP calls that...
- Product reviews 2008-06-27
- Lasonic i931 High Performance Portable Music System
- The Lasonic i931 ($199) is a novelty iPod speaker system with a retro look inspired by the ghetto-blaster craze of the 1980s. Constructed mostly of air and cheap plastic, the Lasonic i931 is packed with features that are mostly wasted on its wholly impractical design. DesignAs a fashion statement, there...
- Product reviews 2008-06-27
- iHome ZN9 Clock Radio for Zune
- The iHome ZN9 ($99) is a welcome addition to the short list of Zune MP3 player accessories. With dual alarms, battery backup, AM/FM radio, and a time zone indicator, it's also simply one of the best clock radios we've come across at this price. DesignThe iHome ZN9 is created for...
- Product reviews 2008-06-27
- Would Microsoft ever split itself up?
- Would Microsoft ever split itself up?they couldThey could, but they'll never do that. Micro$oft is too greedy. In my perfect world I want to see Microsoft as a software company and another branch as a hardware company for actual computers, Phones and other devices, like Music Players, GPS, and Car-Support.The...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude
- Next week a California law will require the use of hands-free phones and ban cell phones entirely for drivers under 18--but there's a loophole that allows texting while driving. LOS ANGELES--Next week California will try to wrest cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from movie starlets...
- News items 2008-06-27
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- Marc Canter: The master of multimedia speaks
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In this Super Techies interview, larger-than-life techie Marc Canter talks with ZDNet's Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a multimedia pioneer.
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