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- Review: Jawbone 2 bluetooth headset
- Back in June 2007 I reviewed the original Jawbone bluetooth headset and despite its drawbacks I found it to be the standard by which I judge all other BT headsets. Its military grade noise cancellation is second to none and of dozens of Bluetooth headsets that...
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page
- Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Taking the digital billboard to the next level
- Do you think a 10-story building wrapped in your company's video would help get your message across? That's the goal of San Francisco-based marketing company Obscura Digital. Besides cool projection technology, the company is exploring touch and interactive tech to help advertise products with pop.
- Videos 2008-07-18
- Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon
- Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soonMedia Center may be best MS appMedia Center is by far the app I use most on my PC. When you're in MC, you don't even realize you're using a computer. Yes, there are some missing features, but it a joy to...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystar
- The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystaranticompetitive argumentThe problem with the anticompetitive argument is that the company engaging in the activity has to command a substantial share of the overall market. Apple doesn't even have 8% of the market. Also, Psystar never even tried to license Apple's intellectual...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice
- The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon
- Microsoft is done testing "Fiji," its update to Windows Media Center and is preparing to release the product -- officially known as "Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 -- via PC makers. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest
- Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- DirectDVD (exe)
- DirectDVD is a professional Hollywood DVD Player, includes 3D DVD Bookmarks, Xtract, SRS Circle Surround II, and WOWHD. Users can use powerful Audio 3D Environments and Digital Filters to customize their DVD Experience. Built in HD control panels. Users can control Surround Mix engine and 10 Band Surround EQ.Version 8.0...
- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- AD Stereo Changer (exe)
- AD Stereo Changer is a sound program for creating additional stereo effect and playing an audio file in real time. It can move the sound source that is equally presented in both stereo channels and situated just in the middle of acoustic space to the left or right enhancing perception...
- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- USB Digital Media Data Recovery (exe)
- Download Portable mp4 player songs recovery to undelete Mp3 photo songs, images, music, and digital snaps from thumb drive, pen drive, external hard disk, removable drive, compact flash memory card, multimedia card, memory stick, smart media, SD card or equivalent removable media. MP4 audio player files rescue software can restore...
- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- Top digital camera vendors partner to develop new wireless transfer technology
- Imagine being able to display photos on your TV screen just by touching your digital camera to the TV--no more card readers or cables to fuss with. Today, Sony along with the likes of Canon, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Samsung, and eight other big names in consumer electronics announced an...
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects
- Well, eight days, and a joint effort to help prevent phishing and two major arrests related to identity theft, and I feel like we've made a decent attack on the identity theft culture. Score one for the good guys for once. Just a day after reading...
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router
- Editor's note: Although our First Look video states that the WRT610N costs only $149, the street price may prove higher.The Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router is the first true dual-band wireless router we've reviewed, and one of only a few on the market. In our tests, it easily...
- Product reviews 2008-07-17
- Optimus Maximus
- Despite its innovative approach to keyboard design, the OLED-based Optimus Maximus keyboard is best considered an expensive novelty. Its $1,600 price tag keeps it out of the hands of the average consumer, and we also question the practical benefit of using 113 customizable OLED screens as an input device. There...
- Product reviews 2008-07-17
- Open source should support Apple over Psystar
- Open source should support Apple over PsystarYou're offBSD and GPL are licensesEULA is a contractRE: Open source should support Apple over PsystarDon't get into this argument. "License not Contract" is a magical phrase used by Open Source 'backers' who want to rationalize the idea that using someone's code without permission...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Rogue network admin still in jail on $5m bail
- This is crazy. Perhaps literally. Terry Childs, computer network administrator for the city of San Francisco, got mad, apparently because his supervisors were trying to fire him, and created a secret root password for himself, locking out the rest of the city. Reported the SF Chronicle: ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Are solar-energy materials in short supply?
- At the Intersolar and Greentech Media conferences, J. Michael Horowitz of the Stanford Group moderates a discussion on solar-thermal technologies and the challenges solar-energy companies face when acquiring materials. Panelists include Bob Cart of GreenVolts, Andrew McMahan of SkyFuel, Robert Morgan of Ausra, Suvi Sharma of Solaria, and...
- Videos 2008-07-17
- Top US Web sites in May 2008
- Brand Audience, 000 Time Per User 1. Google 121,991 1:15:27 2. Yahoo! 114,661 3:13:38 3. Microsoft 97,663 0:44:04 4. MSN/Windows Live 97,626 2:06:54 5. AOL Media Network 89,736 3:37:37 6. Fox Interactive Media 70,250 1:50:01 7....
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"
- Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"SilverliteSo... the point of this article is... ???Since Silverlight came from Microsoft...and Microsoft is the biggest name in software, it becomes way to easy for those jealous of Microsoft's success to tear down or discredit them with frivilous lawsuits. What if Silverlight came...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
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