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- The best digital camera for kids (or, how to keep grubby hands off your camera)
- All the inquiries I've gotten about a Canon EOS 5D replacement notwithstanding, one of the most frequent queries I've received of late has been regarding a good digital camera for kids. It may be the whole back-to-school thing, or maybe everyone's just getting tired of watching their own cameras get...
- Tags: Digital Camera, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Janice Chen, Fisher-Price, LCD, Kid, Vtech Kidizoom, Menu System
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
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- Video Game Systems Uncovered (exe)
- You're going to discover so many things on how to find the righ video game system with little effort. Not only will you learn all about the esrb ratings system and content description, but you'll also learn extra bonus tips to actually teach people.What you'll uncover with Video Game Systems...
- Tags: Video Game, Video, Phinikas, Video Game System, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-10-16
- T-Mobile @Home
- When T-Mobile introduced its HotSpot @Home service last year, we praised it for finally freeing us from the tyranny of the landline. The service lets you make and receive calls via Wi-Fi as long as you have a compatible cell phone in addition to the regular cell...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, NETWORKING, Cellular phones, phone, router, T-Mobile, SIM card, @Home
- Product reviews 2008-06-26
- Should Sugar be put out to pasture?
- A reader of the blog I posted yesterday ("Who decides which OS makes it onto an OLPC?") raised some interesting objections to the Sugar user interface originally developed for the OLPC XO laptop. While I'm not sure I entirely agree with him, it does give some food...
- Tags: Operating System, Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Who decides which OS makes it onto an OLPC?
- Who decides which OS makes it onto an OLPC?My replyAh, so you admit that Sugar is limiting because it's essentially for children. Perhaps third world countries want exactly what first world countries have and that is to be adults."Only on a limited basis because our district has invested a...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Sugar UI, Sugar, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2008-05-18
- PayPal: If a browser doesn't have anti-phishing technology (like Safari) ditch it
- PayPal: If a browser doesn't have anti-phishing technology like Safari ditch itFor me, they are just a nuisance.I mean, I check every link, and if the host doesnt end in "zdnet.com", I don't click it.Incidently, since the weekend, I been doing a lot more link checking. Maybe I need to...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, PayPal, phishing, anti-phishing technology, Web browser, Apple Safari
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Purchase, setup and initial usage of T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home Talk Forever home phone service
- I posted about the release of T-Mobile`s HotSpot @Home Talk Forever service yesterday and found the service quite compelling for my needs so I visited a local Seattle store and grilled the store manager with my list of questions. They did a great job in answering my questions and the...
- Tags: SIM Card, Phone, T-Mobile HotSpot, Router, T-Mobile, Voicemail, Service, Telecom & Utilities, Routers & Switches, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- T-Mobile Talk Forever VoIP? Too early to tell
- T-Mobile Talk Forever VoIP? Too early to tellYes to allI am completely and totally impressed with the Hotspot @ Home service. I had canceled T-Mobile about a year ago. When the WIFI equipped Blackberry 8320 came out I jumped on it right away. The connections are pretty flawless. A...
- Tags: Fax, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, T-Mobile, voicemail
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- SDI iHome iHC5S
- SDI Technologies' iHome iHC5S is one of those products that isn't easy to describe in a sentence. Sure, we could tell you that it's a clock radio that also doubles as a tabletop speaker--and enhanced speakerphone--for your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone. But some people aren't going to know what we're talking...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, SDI Technologies, iHome iHC5S, Bluetooth, phone, cell phone
- Product reviews 2007-10-29
- How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States (and why I really want a UMPC now)
- How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States and why I really want a UMPC nowNot to disagree...... but many apparently worthwhile changes await some proof that they are of benefit. You wrote that "our elementary and middle schools are badly in need of a complete tech overhaul", and...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, ultramobile PC, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- GE Cell Fusion
- While a lot of young people are said to be ditching their landlines, the vast majority of households continue to maintain some sort of wired line in addition to their cellular phones. As a result, people are often juggling both lines at home--fielding calls on the landline while opting to...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Processors, General Electric Co., Cell Fusion, handset, Cell, phone, cell phone, base station
- Product reviews 2007-10-17
- Skype issues 2.7 for Mac
- Skype issues 2.7 for MacOSX is the worst when it comes to skypeWant Skype on your smart phone? Look for it on the Nokia. Look for it on any of the Windows Mobile devices. Hmm, I wonder why it isn't available for the iPhone? Could it be that those "idiot...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Skype Technologies S.A., OSX
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- It's not our job ...
- It's not our job ...On LimewireHere's what I don't get about Limewire. My friends wife uses Limewire. She actually thinks its legal and nothin I say will change her mind. She figures that because she pays or paid for Limewire that it must be legit. I'm not sure what Limewire...
- Tags: E-mail, Peer to peer (P2P), job, LimeWire, HTTP
- Discussion threads 2007-04-24
- The future of toys is the Web
- As younger children spend more time in front of the computer and less time playing with GI Joe and Barbie, toymakers are adapting their products to the changing market, reports the Associated Press Nowhere was this more prevalent than this years annual American International Toy Fair, where one could...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- CES: Is Netgear's wireless Skype phone ready to dethrone your old cordless one?
- CES: Is Netgear's wireless Skype phone ready to dethrone your old cordless one?Needs a browser. :) Otherwise, it's good.David, I think that tinyurl got hijacked. It loaded some totally unrelated Reuters article for me.Anyway, the official Netgear Skype Wifi Phone URL is [url]http://www.netgear.com/Products/CommunicationsVoIP/Skype/SPH101.aspx[/url].Now, I've said this before: if I'm going...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, NetGear, wireless, Right Now IT, phone, Skype Technologies S.A., Skype phone
- Discussion threads 2007-01-07
- New York Times discovers mobile VoIP
- Now, now, let us not get too techno-elitist like some of us are prone to do.. For the mobile VoIP uninitiated, as well as those of you who want a quick briefing on what's out there VoIP handset wise, the New York Times' Roy Furtchgott's got (say that fast, five...
- Tags: VoIP
- Blog posts 2006-10-26
- VTech ip5825
- Except for a couple of annoying quirks, the two-handset expandable VTech ip5825 system is one of the great values in cordless phones. For $79, you get two 5.8GHz digital-spread-spectrum handsets with some handy features; in fact, what is missing may not matter to you.Let's dispose of the niggling negatives. Atop...
- Tags: VTech, handset, telephone, ip5825, battery
- Product reviews 2006-03-29
- Vonage files IPO: and I have their description of strategy going forward
- As widely anticipated, Vonage filed an Initial Public Offering today. The company appointed Mike Snyder as CEO. Founder Jeff Citron remains as chairman. Vonage says it hopes to raise some $250 million from the sale of its shares.Since we do VoIP here rather than concentrate on financial matters, I...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-02-08
- Skype announces WiFi and Internet phones at CES - more to come
- Skype is announcing a number of new Internet-connected mobile phone devices at CES this week. They are aggresively moving into the telecommunications hardware market, proving that hardware is sometimes as important an element in Web 2.0 businesses as the software and Web platform. We see this same trend with Apple's...
- Tags: telephone, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Blog posts 2006-01-04
- VoIP at CES: hardware is where the action is
- Well, after several flight delays, I arrived at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon.Based on my conversations and observations so far, the overarching VoIP-related theme seems to be one of hardware-driven partnerships to enhance existing VoIP services.Some of the announcements that are jumping out at me...
- Tags: VoIP
- Blog posts 2006-01-04
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