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- First Core i7 desktops from Dell, Alienware and Gateway
- Now that Intel has officially released its Core i7 processor, fresh desktops are arriving daily. Dell has released four systems with Core i7 processors, including one mainstream Studio XPS desktop and three gaming rigs. Gateway also announced two FX-series gaming systems. Notably absent is HP, which has yet to announce...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Maxtor introduces Central Axis Business Edition 2TB network-attached-storage device
- Maxtor introduced the Central Axis as its flagship network-attached-storage NAS device a few months ago, and now it's trying to extend the brand to the small business segment with its Central Axis Business Edition, which will come packed with 2TB of storage and can automatically back up 20 computers on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- NextWorth offers special tech trade-in program for military personnel
- One of the tech recycling and trade-in organizations, NextWorth, has struck an electronics trade-in deal with the All Services Exchange Catalog & Online Store, which is a source of products for military personnel and their families. The relationship will allow armed services personnel to receive cash...
- Blog posts 2008-11-15
- Nostalgia: Steve Ballmer, why so serious?
- It's been a long road for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, he was just a business-savvy best bud of Bill Gates -- long before he spent his days explaining why Microsoft's stock was at risk. A friend of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Preparing for a Flickr Apocalypse (Updated, with Yahoo response)
- What would happen to my food blog and precious memories if suddenly all 12,000 of my photos were suddenly to disappear off Flickr? Tuesday's posts by ZDNet's Janice Chen and SAAS Blogger Phil Wainewright scared the living crap out of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Microsoft, Creative Financing, and the Bank of EAC
- Microsoft's announcement that it would offer 0% financing to new customers of its Dynamics product line is a welcome offering at a time when the credit crisis requires out-of-the-box solutions to the fact that a bunch of ungrateful banks are unwilling to loan the taxpayer those megabucks we lent them...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Fujitsu gets dense and secure with mobile hard drives
- Fujitsu's latest 2.5 inch 5400RPM 500GB hard disk, the MJA2 BH On Tuesday, storage manufacturer Fujitsu Computer Products of America announced their latest series of mobile hard disks, raising the capacity bar for laptops with their 2.5-inch MJA2 BH and MJA2 CH series...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Poll: Are smartphones worth it?
- The Dow dropped more than 400 points yesterday, again. 401ks are tanking. Corporations, big-box and small, are taking nosedives. Grocery store sales are up; restaurants are losing business and the Fed's freaking out. Oh, and that new smartphone is about to come out. Do you bite? ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Twitterank Creator Speaks
- After my post yesterday afternoon about Twitterank, its creator Ryo Chijiiwa contacted me by email to ask if I'd like to hear his side of the story: I offered him a guest post. Over to Ryo: I blame the Family Guy. There I was in my...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Google earnings estimates cut (again); Search budgets scrutinized; Shares fall
- Updated: Wall Street is busy cutting its estimates for Google's fourth quarter amid multiple signs of a slowdown. However, analysts note that Google is a black box and the company could still prove to be recession resistant. But investors aren't sticking around to find out. On Monday,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Vudu takes HD lead; enough to stay alive?
- Vudu, the product and service that brings downloadable movies to TV sets, is chugging full-speed-ahead when it comes to adding HD titles to its on-demand video service. This week, there were reports that Vudu's catalog now has more than 1,100 HD titles, leading a pack that includes AppleTV and Xbox....
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- iPhone firmware due on 21 November
- iPhone Hellas translated reports that iPhone Firmware 2.2 is going to be released on 21 November, much sooner than originally thought. Some features in developer builds of 2.2 include: Google search box moved next to the address bar in Safari (beta 1) Large category...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- TechRepublic Resource Guide: Data Storage for the Enterprise
- This TechRepublic Resource Guide is a great starting point if you're looking to expand your storage capacity but aren't sure how. It compares the pros and cons of various technologies and explores the types of decisions you'll need to make when traversing today's storage marketplace. Titled "Data Storage for the...
- White papers 2008-11-11
- Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience
- Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experienceProbably didn't want to distract testers...Microsoft probably didn't want to distract testers from focusing on more important items, so they left these trivial eye-candy features hidden.RE: Windows 7 - The"(for 32-bit Vista … no 64-bit version available yet)"Nice slip there ;)Underwhelmed...These features are profoundly...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- 'Memoryze' utility pinpoints malware code in live memory
- Jamie Butler, a Windows internals expert who co-wrote the definitive book on rootkits, has created a free forensics tool capable of finding malicious code in live memory. The utility, called Mandiant Memoryze, was released at this year's Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?
- Probably, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal detailing how cable customers are paying the same amount for fewer channels. The FCC has sent letters of inquiry to 11 cable companies asking why their customers are paying the same amount each month, even as the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- 10 candidates who could become Obama's CTO
- 10 candidates who could become Obama's CTOHow about John McCain?:-)RE: 10 candidates who could become Obama's CTOPersonally, I think Gates would be the best choice. He is a visionary. Had his vision years ago, managed to podge together ideas and technology from other sources, and create the Windows empire.The only...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- The Business Resource Planning Farm League
- The enterprise juggernauts in the Enterprise resource planning ERP space are duking it out in rapidly changing business conditions - SAP are offering packages of applications with zero percent financing, Oracle are on the acquisition trail, buying regulatory compliance rules company Haley, their tenth buy this...
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- DirecTV's HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?
- DirecTV's HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?Yes I have ....... Have you used a TiVo??I doubt since you actually think that MC has a better interface.TiVo is not perfect, but I had more problems getting MC to do what I actually want/need it to do that I ever...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-08
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