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Livescribe digital pen is Mac ready

CEO Jim Marggraff shows off the latest improvements to the Livescribe digital pen. Mac fans, take note: the company is coming out with a Mac version of its desktop software.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Pen, Desktops, Hardware, News, livescribe, pen, digital, ina fried, college

Videos 2008-11-17

Livescribe digital pen gets student test

A UC Berkeley student has become such a devotee of the Livescribe digital pen that he's now one of three dozen "campus scribes" paid by Livescribe to evangelize the product at their school. He shares how the pen has improved his study habits.

Tags: Pen, News, livescribe, ina fried, digital pen, college, uc berkeley

Videos 2008-11-17

Photos: Searching for Zune-friendly Wi-Fi

Reporter Ina Fried scours the city of San Francisco to see how easy it is to find Wi-Fi networks Microsoft's Zune can access. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Ina Fried, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-09-22

A 'Social Silicon Valley'

Brazilian Journalist Gilberto Dilmenstein has transformed Sao Paulo's Villa Madelena neighborhood from one filled with crime to one filled with learning.

Tags: Sao Paulo, News, ina fried, microsoft, pc, south america, brazil, ibm, software, google, internet

Videos 2008-08-27

The real power of the PC

After selling his company, Brazilian entrepreneur Rodrigo Baggio turned his attention to using technology as a means of economic empowerment for the underprivileged.

Tags: Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Management, News, ina fried, south america, microsoft, google, pc, schools

Videos 2008-08-27

The Borders of Computing

Exploring the Borders of Computing CNET News' Ina Fried sits down with Kara Tsuboi to discuss her special report on computing in Latin America.

Tags: Borders Books & Music, Computing, News, kara tsuboi, ina fried, microsoft, brazil, columbia, south america, schools, art, civil war

Videos 2008-08-26

Microsoft launches 3-D photo viewer Photosynth

Microsoft Live Labs' latest project is actually an old one with a new twist. Photosynth lets you stitch together an entire roll of photos into dazzling 3-D environments. CNET.com's Ina Fried sits down with Microsoft's Gary William Flake to chat about what you can do with this new technology.

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Microsoft Live Labs, News, ina fried, microsoft, photosynth, gary william, pictures, albums

Videos 2008-08-21

Olympic online gold

Thanks to Microsoft's Silverlight streaming video software, more people than ever before are tuning in...err...logging on to watch the Olympics online. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports on the popularity of the free service and the technology involved in transmitting that gold-medal relay race from Beijing to your home computer.

Tags: Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Desktops, Productivity, Personal Technology, Hardware, News, kara tsuboi, ina fried, olympics, nbc, internet, microsoft, silverlight

Videos 2008-08-15

Apple to Psystar: See you in court

Fellow ZDNet blogger Adrian Kingsley-Hughes broke the story that Apple has finally had it up to here with the shenanigans of Mac cloner Psystar. By shenanigans I'm referring to the Florida company's practice of shipping its US$399 Intel clones with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard pre-installed in direct violation of Apple's...

Tags: 3G, Apple Inc., Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Desktops, Hardware, Ina Fried, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Psystar, Shenanigan, Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Gates and control-alt-delete

At a 2001 event celebrating the PC's 20th anniversary, IBM engineer Dave Bradley talks about how the control-alt-delete keystroke came to be, quipping that, though he invented it, Bill Gates made it famous.

Tags: Event, Desktops, Hardware, News, microsoft, bill gates, steve ballmer, windos, pc, ibm, control, alt, delete, ina fried

Videos 2008-06-27

Looking back at Gates

News.com's Ina Fried and Kara Tsuboi take a look back at Gates' career and serve up some highlights from his recent speeches.

Tags: Highlight, Professional Development, Career, News, kara tsuboi, ina fried, bill gates, microsoft, redmond, steve ballmer, windows

Videos 2008-06-25

Daily Debrief: Is Microhoo still a possibility?

In Wednesday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried discuss this latest round of talks between the two companies. Comparing them to a pair of teenagers trying to figure out if they like each other, Fried explains who's more desperate for the other's company.

Tags: Ina Fried, News, kara tsuboi, ina freid, microsoft, yahoo, bill gates

Videos 2008-06-25

Daily Debrief: Bill Gates prepares to say good-bye

CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi talks with senior writer Ina Fried about Bill Gates' imminent departure from Microsoft. He's technically leaving the company as a full-time employee, but Fried explains why Gates will still be involved with pet projects like search and the Tablet PC.

Tags: Bill Gates, Ina Fried, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, News

Videos 2008-06-24

Debrief: Windows XP era draws to a close

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Ina Fried discuss the impending departure of Bill Gates, and the company's announcement that it will cease selling Windows XP mostly.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, News, daily debrief, charlie cooper, ina fried, microsoft, windows XP, bill gates

Videos 2008-06-17

Moving beyond Microhoo

News.com's Dan Farber and Ina Fried discuss how the deal fell apart and where the two companies go from here.

Tags: News, ina fried, dan farber, microsoft, yahoo, merger, stock market

Videos 2008-05-05

Touring Microsoft's science fair

Walking around TechFest 2008, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie talks to News.com's Ina Fried about the latest from Redmond's labs and where the company is placing its bets these days.

Tags: microsoft techfest 2008, redmond, seattle, bill gates, steve ballmer, ina fried, research and development

Videos 2008-03-11

Steve Ballmer talks heroes and innovation

In an interview with News.com's Ina Fried the Microsoft chief executive talked about where Microsoft's new server products as well as relations with Brussels.

Tags: microsoft, heroes, steve ballmer, bill gates, ina fried, los angeles

Videos 2008-02-27

Gates on free tools, Yahoo, and more.

In an Interview with News.com's Ina Fried, Microsoft's Chairman explains why Microsoft is giving away it's developer tools to students and a glimpse at the rational behind the Yahoo bid.

Tags: bill gates, microsoft, stanford university, yahoo, ina fried

Videos 2008-02-19

A sneak peek at the Pulse smart pen

The digital pen company aims to succeed where others have failed. CNET News.com's Ina Fried gets a sneak peek at the Pulse smart pen from Livescribe CEO Jim Margraff.

Tags: Peek, News.com, ina fried, livescribe, computer, pen, ink, paper, notebook

Videos 2008-01-28

3DV's depth-sensing camera

Tomer Barel, vice president of 3DV Systems, shows CNET News.com's Ina Fried a 3D camera called ZCam. The camera mimics hand moments, enabling gamers to do away with their traditional game controllers.

Tags: Game, Camera, 3DV, Games, Personal Technology, Gaming, 3D, ZCAM, game controllers, motion sensors, Ina Fried

Videos 2007-12-10