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Skype Founders Drop Lawsuit

The battle over Skype has been resolved. "The founders of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, will drop their lawsuits against [eBay] and a consortium of buyers whose bid to purchase 65 percent of Skype was announced last month, according to an announcement released by eBay be...

Review Roundup: Motorola DROID

The reviews are already starting to pile up for the Motorola DROID , coming November 6th to Verizon Wireless -- and I've gotta admit, it's making me seriously consider getting rid of my iPhone... Wired's Priya Ganapati writes, "Overall, Droid makes the iPhone 3G look a little tire...

House Ethics Investigation Leaked via P2P

© cliff1066™ Details of an investigation into possible conduct violations by several members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been leaked via P2P. " Tiversa Inc. , a Cranberry Township, Penn.-based company that offers a P2P network monitoring service said that since news...

Review Roundup: Ubuntu 9.10

With this week's release of Ubuntu 9.10 , a.k.a. Karmic Koala , the reviews are pouring in -- and it sounds like there's a lot to like. "Without a doubt, one of my favorite features is the Ubuntu Software Center," notes PC Mag's Jim Lynch . "I like the layout, navigation a...

Iomega's StorCenter ix2-200 Loves Torrents

Iomega has announced the launch of its new Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 , a desktop network attached storage (NAS) appliance with built-in torrent support for file-sharing without a PC. "It comes with a torrent client pre-installed, and once the torrents are seeded it will pull data di...

Verizon Intros Online Backup for Macs

Verizon has introduced an online backup and security service for Macs. "Mac users are an important and growing segment of the broadband community, and Verizon is becoming more and more focused on providing them with services that enhance their online experiences," says company vic...

Introducing Opera Mini 5

Opera Software this week released the beta version of Opera Mini 5 . "The browser is available for a wide variety of devices including feature phones with Java ME, as well as Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones," writes InformationWeek's Marin Perez . "Opera Mini is...

Mininova Faces €5 Million Fine

A Dutch court has ordered Mininova to remove all copyright-infriginging files from its site or face fines of up to €5 million. "Dutch-based pro-copyright lobby group Stichting Brein , which recently took aim at The Pirate Bay's operations, brought the lawsuit against Mininova,&quo...

Apricorn Launches Aegis Padlock Secure Drive

Apricorn has introduced the Aegis Padlock Secure Drive , a keypad-protected portable USB drive. "The drive weighs six ounces and integrates a USB cable," writes Macworld's Peter Cohen . "It features a 16-point omnidirectional shock mounting system. The drive features bu...

DOJ Approves Oracle-Sun Deal

© Mark Coggins Oracle Corporation this week announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved its proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems . "Oracle announced its bid for Sun in April, after abandoning plans to combine businesses with IBM," writes PC Mag's Chloe...

Joel Tenenbaum Owes the RIAA $675,000

Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum has been ordered to pay $675,000 to four record labels after he admitted in federal court that he had downloaded and distributed more than 30 songs. "Unfortunately for Tenenbaum, the messages appears to be the same one sent by jurors...

The missing XP - 7 upgrade path

At first blush, the fact that Microsoft failed to provide direct upgrade options from Windows XP to Windows 7 didn't excite much comment; after all, the company has rarely stretched back two versions in upgrade support, the implicit message being "Stick with the program, kid, or get left be...

Intel Announces New SSDs

Intel has released a new range of faster and cheaper solid state drives (SSDs). "The X25-M SSDs for laptop and desktop PCs deliver close to double the write performance of Intel's earlier models... read speeds are similar to the 35,000 I/Os per second of Intel's prior technology...

Firefox 3.5.1 Patches JavaScript Vulnerability

Mozilla has fixed a severe JavaScript vulnerability in Firefox . " Firefox version 3.5.1 fixes the critical flaw, revealed... by vulnerability tracking firm Secunia and which arises when the browser processes JavaScript code to handle HTML font tags," writes SC Magazine's ...

T-Mobile USA Launches myTouch 3G Android Phone

T-Mobile USA today announced the start of the pre-sale period (from July 8-28, for current subscribers only) for the $200 myTouch 3G , the company's newest Android-based mobile device. Retail availability of the device will begin on August 5th. "The MyTouch 3G is very similar to ...

Introducing the Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive for the Mac

Iomega this week released the new Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive for the Mac , which boasts multiple interfaces and up to 500GB of capacity. "Featuring both flavors of FireWire and USB 2.0 connectivity, the new Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive is ideal for Mac fans that want to take th...

NewsCorp negotiates with "parasite" Google

Talk about putting their foot in it. Gawker has an interesting piece on how Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of "stealing" his copyright and of how his lieutenant at The Wall Street Journal Robert Thomson has compared Google to a "parasite or tech tape worm". That woul...

Are Apple and Verizon Sitting in a Tree?

© The Pug Father When you are Apple, how do you keep selling iPhones? Seriously, Apple has sold over 21 million iPhones . At some point, they are bound to reach market saturation. Sure, the Apple trick of annual updates will keep some people going back to the store, but honestly, the iPh...

The 10 Weirdest Products of CES

• The 10 Weirdest Products of CES • YouTube Nonprofit Raises $10,000 in One Day Using Overlay Ads • The Googleplex: Everything You've Heard Is True • 6 Twitter Games To Make Tweeting Fun • Palm Pre beta tester on Twitter, says release date is 4/30 • XWindows Dock. Simply the best appl...

The Ultimate Guide To Twitter

• The Ultimate Guide To Twitter • Broadcast your voice message to multiple contacts • scr.im « Share your email in a safe way. Get less spam. • 3 Buck Bites | Cheap Eats for Food Lovers! • MBAvid.com - Daily MBA Video Lectures for Free. Join the learning Community. • UTS Health: Ultimate ...

Symantec Launches Norton Online Backup

Symantec this week launched Norton Online Backup , a relatively straightforward automated consumer backup service designed to compete directly with Mozy , BackBlaze and others. "Norton Online Backup can protect up to five household computers and operates via a software agent in th...

HP Upline and Yahoo! Briefcase Shutting Down

Both HP and Yahoo! this week announced plans to shut down their online backup services. " HP's Upline service got off to a rocky start last year, suffering an outage soon after it launched in a blow for one of the cloud storage market's higher-profile entries," notes...

Microsoft Has a Big Year Ahead Of Them

© Mat Honan The rumor machine is running full bore over at Microsoft. There are three major software releases looming in the near future: Windows 7, Windows Mobile 7, and Microsoft Office 14; the cool thing is that it looks like all of three software releases might be hitting the streets with...

New Bill Requires All Wi-Fi Owners to Keep Log Files

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 4850739 Rep. Lamar Smith and Sen. John Cornyn this week introduced the Internet Safety Act , which creates sweeping requirements for data retention, not only for ISPs but for anyone managing a wireless router... "The Bill , as written, doe...

Nothing Says I Love Media Like the Sony Ericsson Idou

Wow, the new headsets are flying out of the woodwork over at the WMC (Mobile World Conference), and this week I will cover some of the cellular handsets that are sure to make a splash in the upcoming year. With so much new and exciting technology, it is hard to release a product that will stand...

Introducing the Verizon Hub

Verizon Wireless this week introduced the verizon Hub, a touchscreen VoIP system for the home, which costs $200 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a two-year agreement. "In an effort to rekindle some love for the old-school kitchen telephone, Verizon Wireless is getting set to roll o...

Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8 In Beta

The long awaited Internet Explorer Web Browser has been released in full function Beta form by Microsoft. This new web browser is said to be free of the problems experienced by users of the, less than popular, Internet Explorer 7 while introducing many new and desirable features. Here's what...

整治低俗之风　中国关闭91家违法违规网站

• 整治低俗之风　中国关闭91家违法违规网站 • 15家银行存量房贷优惠完全手册 • 俄罗斯乌克兰欧盟签署过境输气监测机构议定书 • 微软09年急需完成10件大事 • 2008年基金缩水近1.3万亿元"千亿级"基金公司仅剩3家 • 2008网络安全盘点 看网络犯罪大排名 • 浦东增6.5亿创投引导基金 • Mednar: Federated Search • JobeeHive: Read company reviews, salaries. Build your career network • RIP Good Times.. He...

"Palm Pre" Is Biggest Hit At Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show

The Consumer Electronics Show is the showcase for all the electronic gizmos and gadgets we all love to play with; but there's always one "must have" item that everyone wants. This year, with 2 days left to go the sweetheart of the CES is the " palm pre ", a touch screen ph...

SonicWALL Announces CDP Series for the SMB Market

SonicWALL today introduced its SonicWALL Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Series for small and medium sized businesses. "Though the trend at smaller companies tends to expect employees themselves to back up their data nightly to tape (when, in reality, they don't always follow t...

PC Magazine 将停止纸媒业务，专注网络发行

...uot;自 2000 年以来，高科技产品买主主要通过互联网获得相关信息，广告客户也利用互联网宣传品牌和提高产品销售。以全数字化方式发行《PC Magazine》是过去 7 年来我们一直在执行的一项计划的最后步骤，我们一直在进行着准备工作，所幸的是，我们的数字业务已经有了相当的规模，而且实现了盈利，有能力将《PC Magazine》品牌推向一个新的高峰。"...

Windows 7 vs. Linux

Computerworld's Preston Gralla has dedicated a series of recent blog posts to the question of whether Windows 7 could be "Microsoft's Linux killer." "At the recent PDC , where Windows 7 was unveiled, Windows and Windows Live senior vice president Steve Sinofsky cl...

Kodak Announces ESP 7 and ESP 9 Wireless Printers

Kodak today introduced two new Wi-Fi-enabled multifunction printers, the KODAK ESP 7 and ESP 9 All-in-One Printers. "The ESP 7 All-in-One Printer ($199.99) features a 3-inch color LCD display along with memory card and USB slots for viewing, editing, and printing without a computer,&q...

First Google Android Phone to Launch Tomorrow

© Leonard Low T-Mobile is expected to launch the first Google Android phone tomorrow at an event in New York. "The phone, a somewhat chunky model called Dream built by HTC , is expected to cost about $200 from T-Mobile and go on sale in October," writes CNET's Stephen Sha...

Alabama Woman Sues Apple over iPhone 3G Issues

iPhone 3G users have been facing a number of issues with their iPhone 3G devices since its launch such as slow 3G connections and frequent call drops. Well it seems that a woman named Jessica Alena Smith who is based in Birmigham, Alabama couldn't take it anymore and therefore decided to ...

The iPhone 3G Class Action Lawsuit

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, christine balderas An AT&T Wireless customer in Alabama is suing Apple over the iPhone 3G 's widespread connection problems, hoping to start a Class Action lawsuit in the process. "In a 10-page complaint, Jessica Smith alleges that Apple&...

Buy This Not That - Lenovo Ideapad S10 vs. Asus Eee PC 900

This is a tough competition. It isn't that the race between the Lenovo Ideapad S10 and Asus Eee PC 900 is close, it is because it is hard to decide which of the dozens of uninspiring Asus netbooks (or UMPC's) I wanted to compare it to. Asus has worked hard to dilute their bra...

comScore Releases June 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

• comScore Releases June 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings • Review: iPhone 3G • 仅仅是"女体盛"？ 走向堕落的Chinajoy 这编辑搞明白"女体盛"的意思了没有？ • 《Watchmen》首款电影预告片 • 北京网店新规 为了谁的利益？ • Twitter Chokes Unauthenticated API Requests By IP, Sites Gasp for Air • QQ号码申诉 保护用户还是保护盗号者？ • 海南裸体浴场纷争调...

Kodak Introduces Wireless Theatre HD Player

Kodak this week announced its entrance into the media player market with the Kodak Theatre HD Player , a wireless media hub that lets users view and edit photos in HD. "The box does other neat tricks including playing video in up to 720p format, music, podcasts, and also provides acc...

Dash Express Receives First Over-the-Air Wi-Fi Update

Just a few months after its initial launch , the Dash Express has received its first over-the-air update from manufacturer Dash Navigation . "Dash Navigation said owners of the Dash Express received an update via Wi-Fi to help drivers determine the best route option and to short...

Looking for a NAS deal?

... PCMAG.COM has found you some deals on NAS if you are in the market. Not just for small business anymore, network attached storage (NAS) is becoming somewhat of a staple to home network...

Vizio HDTV Manufacturer Sued by Samsung and others

vizio announced today that they're being sued by consumer-electronics companies; Mitsubishi, Samsung, Victor Co. of Japan, and others. The grounds for the suit are over MPEG 2 video patents. The suit alleges that Vizio is using the format illegally. According to a recent post at PC...

Get A Great Deal On A Slightly Old New Camera

New models of anything, cars, cameras, appliances, and computers, e.g. are always appealing and hold the promise of better performance. Usually that is the case, but sometimes the new isn't any better than the old, and many times the old is still able to hold its head up among the newest co...

Why You Should Know About The Latest Digital Cameras

Whether you're in the market for a new digital camera, or like me, just dreaming about one, you'll want to stay up on the latest offerings for a variety of reasons. When film reigned new cameras were introduced more or less every year. Photographers looked for better film emulsions and ...

Google Offers Tips on Fighting Spam

... and how satisfied others are with transactions with that person. For more tips, check out PCMag . ...

TapRoot Intros WalkingHotSpot Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot Software

TapRoot Systems this week introduced its WalkingHotSpot software, which turns a Wi-Fi enabled smartphone into a Wi-Fi hotspot that provides access to the phone's 3G data network connection. For now, it's limited to Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 phones, though the company says it...

Verizon Wireless Publishes Open Development Specs

As promised last month , Verizon Wireless today announced the specs under which it's opening its network to new devices and applications. "Verizon this morning laid out a parcel of standard CDMA features that vendors must conform to get on the Verizon network, as well as '...

Going... Going... Gone! for $19,592,420,000.00!

The FCC closed the 700 MHz auction this afternoon after 261 rounds of bidding. The total raised was more than $19.5 billion - which, as Wired's Bryan Gardiner notes, was "more money than any auction in the agency's history and almost double original congressional estimates.&quo...

What if Dilbert is right?

I was reminded during an exchange between another consultant and myself in comments over my recent entry on how to pick a CIO of how de rigeur it is for those of us in this profession, and indeed just about anyone in the lower rungs of the IT world, to regard upper management as a bunch of syc...

PC Magazine 推选出 157 款免费软件与在线工具

PC Magazine 的编辑们日前推选出 157 款免费软件给大家，其中包括 Adobe Reader、Audacity、Firefox、GIMP、OpenOffice.org、Skype 等，其中还包括了一些在线工具，适用于日常使用的方方面面，以及 Windows、Linux、Mac OS X 多个操作平台，甚至最后还 提供了一些廉价的硬件 供选择。如果你还在各个非正式的下载网站里寻找 keygen 的话，不妨先看看这些免费的软件中，有哪些可以满足你的需求的，并不是说，要钱买的软件才是一定最好的，不是么？

FCC Announces 214 Qualified Bidders for 700 MHz Auction

The FCC today released its final list of 214 qualified bidders for the upcoming 700 MHz auction, down from a list of 266 applicants announced last month. According to Reuters' Peter Kaplan , the auction aims to raise "at least $10 billion for the U.S. government from airwaves be...

Pocket-Sized Projector Set for Launch "This Year"

Microvision promises that a "fully functioning, self-contained prototype that should be available as a real product-possibly from Motorola-later this year." There are no specs out yet, but the publicity photos display a device apparently similar in size to the iPod. Such portability means ...

Brother Announces HL-2170W Wi-Fi Laser Printer for $150

Brother this week introduced the HL-2170W monochrome laser printer for $149.99, which offers built-in Wi-Fi connectivity at a pretty impressive price. "The company says that the compact HL-2170W can automatically configure itself to connect to your router - if the router suppo...

Intel推出最小的SSD固体硬盘

Intel推出了世界上最小的SSD固态硬盘Z-P140 PATA SSD。其尺寸仅为12mm x 8mm x 1,8mm，重量为0.6 克，和一分钱的硬币差不多大小。具有2GB和4GB大小的存储容量，支持读写速度分别达到40MB/s和30MB/s。此硬盘具有Parallel ATA(PATA)接口，可以支持标准操作系统。其将首先应用到Intel Menlow平台来当作UMPC或者MID(Mobile Internet Device)的存储设备。同时Intel将和各大移动设备公司合作来提供此硬盘到更多的移动设备之上。 via

Social Engineering und mit Sicherheit Werbung

...any's name 48 times in exactly as many mostly one-sentence paragraphs. Yes, I did count. PCMAG should disclose, did they ask that company for help in that report, or was it the other way aroun...

Picnic Plus Cooladio 3 Radio Cooler Backpack

...e really, but the backpack's 32 can capacity may just compensate for those autumn blues. (Via PCMag )...

I'm Just a (Cell Phone) Bill, Yes, I'm Only a (Cell Phone) Bill...

U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Jay Rockefeller today announced that they'll be introducing a bill on Friday called the Cellphone Consumer Empowerment Act, which aims to make it easier for consumers to manage their wireless services. "The bill has some ambitious goals," writ...

Downside to Software as a Service

While in this blog I am a strong supporter of Software as a Service, I think we need to consider the down side to Software as a Service, as well. Over the last weekend, Microsoft's own services hiccuped and many operating systems were rendered useless in teh fact that the Microsoft Windows ...

PC Magazine 编辑评出 IT 七大奇迹

前段时间，评选新的世界七大奇迹的新闻曾经轰动一时，这引发了 PC Magazine 编辑 Lance Ulanoff 的思考，他觉得，计算机世界一定也有称得上奇迹的 七大人造技术与概念 。下面就是 这七大 IT 界奇迹 ，肯定有读者不同意其中的一些，但值得注意的是，高科技世界当中的奇迹永远不会终止，奇迹清单也会不断变动： （以下均为 Lance Ulanoff 个人观点，仅作参考） 摩尔定律 这一定律似乎成为技术行业的永恒定律。年复一年，戈登摩尔的智慧，也就是处理器的速度每 24 个月就会增加 2 倍，一再被证明是正确的。这相当令人惊叹，它应该是每个男人，女人以及小孩应该知...

PC Magazine总编：厌倦了Vista

PC Magazine总编Jim Louderback今天表达了 对Windows Vista的不满 ，并表示受不了Vista了，将会转而使用Linux。很有趣，最近越来越多的人表达对Vista的失望之情： 微软在Windows Vista上的5大失误 。同时，我也表达了自己的看法，从评分和评论看很多人并不赞同我的观点。这次，PC Magazine的总编也表示对Vista"忍无可忍"了，不知道微软作何感想。Jim主要有以下三个方面抱怨（可以与之前的5大失误互为补充）：

PC Magazine评出07年最佳的100个网站

PC Magazine 今天评出 2007 最佳的 100 个网站，值得一提的是，其中相当一部分是 Blog Media 或者是 Web 2.0 网站（比如社会化应用等等），比起往年，在比重方面有明显的提高。 此外，几乎所有网站都是英文语言界面，其他的语种包括中文网站都没有收录和评选，从地域上来看，"亲美"很严重（笑）。PC Magazine 类似于这样的列表每年越来越缺乏一些生机了，仅作参考吧：  

Skype Update Adds Viral Videos

PC MAGAZINE - Aug 7 - Online VoIP application Skype released Skype 3.5 for Windows, which adds videos from popular social networking sites to the Skype experience. Previous versions let users talk via video. Now, Skype users can download videos from Metacafe and dailymotion and add the...

Dude, You're Getting a Zing!

Yesterday, Dell announced plans to buy wireless digital media software company Zing Systems , signaling a move into the MP3 player market... "The acquisition is the latest move in Dell 's ongoing campaign to revamp its consumer offerings after falling behind rival HP in the hom...

Logitech MX Air Mouse

For those of you who hate needing a certain amount of table space to get your mouse going, you might think the Logitech MX Air Mouse is the best thing to happen to mice since the scroller. I never really heard of an air mouse before, but it essentially works by waving it in the air so you can p...

Nintendo Wii - Best Product ever says PC Mag

PC Magazine's Lance Ulanoff has this to say about the Nintendo Wii: "Wii IS the best product ever". He writes that while the PS3 has been sputtering since launch day, Nintendo has been rolling and having problems fulfilling demand. He also ranks Nintendo almost up there with Apple in...

GSeeker Reading List（2007.05.27）

* Three Minutes With Google's Apps Manager 问：Google承诺Apps收费版的Gmail正常运行时间为99.9%，为什么今年Gmail多次长时间故障？ 答：这些都是"不寻常"的故障。 问：......=..= * Google Making $1 Per Internet User 一份非官方统计的推论是Google从每位互联网用户身上赚到1美元。

Microsoft Lawsuits: The Free Software Foundation Strikes Back

Following up on Microsoft's announcement the other day that they would be launching patent-infringement lawsuits against several open source projects, we have a new development: according to PC Magazine , the Free Software Foundation , the activist arm of the open source movement, has ...

PC Magazine 评选出 7 大 Web2.0 新特性

上周，《 PC Magazine 》杂志总编 Jim Louderback 发表分析文章，列出了他所看到的七大 Web2.0 新特性和新鲜事物： （以下为 Jim Louderback 个人观点） 良性循环 (The virtuous Circle) ：这是 Web 2.0 开发者的终极目标。它的运转方式可能与我下面举的例子类似：开发者开发工具帮助用户创建博客，他们在博客中讨论我们的工具，促使更多人的来购买工具，从而又创建了更多博客。 Twitter ：只需要点击一个按钮，你就可以向列表上的每一个人发送 140 个字符的信息。通过这一微博客平台，你的好友就可以随时了解你的一...

A laptop and a PDA in One

DualCor has just launched a new device called the CPC . It is the first of its kind to run both Windows Mobile 5.0 AND Windows XP. You now have the advantage of both a computer and a PDA in one device. With no keyboard attachment, you can either use the keyboards on-screen or enable the handwri...

HP L2045w LCD Monitor Review

... Once again the good folks of PCMag have made a cool review about the lcd monitor made by HP and named L2045w. It got a score of 3.5 out of 5 which is not bad, but at the same time could be...