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Fly on the Convention Center Wall

BY Heath RowMon Feb 14, 2005 at 4:47 PM

Couldn't make it to Demo@15 for Feb. 13-15? The contributors to Blogging Demo went so you don't have to. And they're doing a great job documenting the sessions so far. Some highlights from their reports: introNetworks conference ...READ»

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A Cool New "Magazine"

Mon Feb 14, 2005 at 10:16 AM

O'Reilly, a publishing company that's beloved by techno-wizards for its books on software hacking and all things digital, has just turned its sights to the world of atoms, not bits, with Make: -- a print magazine/book. Or a quarterly ...READ»

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Chips Ahoy

BY Kevin OhannessianWed Feb 9, 2005 at 10:38 AM

Yesterday, Intel announced it has produced a batch of their new processor featuring two processor cores on a single chip. This Pentium Extreme Edition will support four "threads" using Intel's Hyper-Threading. The chip is still not ...READ»

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Sony's Next Big Thing

BY Kevin OhannessianFri Feb 4, 2005 at 12:15 PM

Sony announced yesterday that their new PlayStation Portable would launch March 24 at a retail price of $249. To offset the high price point, it will ship with a 32MB memory stick, headphones, AC adaptor and other accessories. The ...READ»

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Welcome to the iHousehold

Fri Jan 7, 2005 at 12:25 PM

My husband and I finally -- belatedly -- joined the iPod nation over the holidays. I received one for my birthday in December; he got one from my parents for Christmas. As a result, I'm fast becoming one of those white ear-bud ...READ»

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iPod and the Spoken Word II

BY Heath RowWed Dec 8, 2004 at 12:45 PM

Based on Scott's recent entry, he may be interested in Simply Audiobooks, an online service that would like to do for audio books what Netflix has done for DVDs. While the audio books appear to be on CD rather than in MP3 format -- ...READ»

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Google's Back End

BY Heath RowThu Dec 2, 2004 at 3:15 PM

ZDNet UK recently detailed the sheer technological might behind the world's leading search engine. The machines and memory behind Google are as impressive as -- if not more than -- what I already knew about the company. [via ...READ»

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The Geeky Oscars

BY Scott KirsnerFri Nov 19, 2004 at 9:53 AM

I had the chance, earlier this week, to attend an event called "The 8th Annual Industry Hall of Fame" dinner at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. This is an event that used to be held at COMDEX, the Vegas tech tradeshow ...READ»

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Wireless Networks to Go: Useful or No?

BY Alison OverholtFri Nov 12, 2004 at 10:11 AM

This week I tried a nifty new gadget from Netgear -- the Wireless Travel Router WGR101. It's an 802.11g wireless router that's about the size of an iPod; add it to the power adapter and ethernet cable inside a slim black case, and ...READ»

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The Wal-Mart of High Tech?

BY Bill BreenThu Nov 11, 2004 at 12:15 PM

As I mentioned previously, while reporting our recent feature, "Living in Dell Time," I spent 45 minutes with the company's CEO, Kevin Rollins. Out of that conversation came a Web-only Q&A, which we just published for our readers on ...READ»

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Misty Water-Colored Memories

BY Jennifer ReingoldWed Nov 10, 2004 at 11:33 AM

The other day, my father sent me pictures from a recent visit to New York. 98% of them are pictures of my 8-month-old daughter, Sabrina (Mom and Dad are now officially chopped liver: it's all about the grandkids, folks). No ...READ»

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The Fine Art of the Dope Slap

BY David LidskyWed Oct 27, 2004 at 6:55 PM

So Blockbuster announced today that it would use its stores, of which there are thousands, as mini-distribution centers for its video rental service that competes with Netflix. All together now: Duh! Has this not been obvious to ...READ»

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Every Work Day Is Halloween

BY Heath RowTue Oct 26, 2004 at 5:32 PM

Enterprise resource planning, or ERP, is one of those new-economy phrases that are easy to poke fun at. Now there's more fuel for the fire: ERP Horror Stories, a Web site that offers "terrible tales of troubled implementation." While ...READ»

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Serve, Server, Serving

Fri Sep 10, 2004 at 6:57 PM

Beneath Arthur Ashe Stadium, sealed under soaring concrete stands and guarded by a small army of US Open personnel, Kathleen McGraw is guiding me through a series of bunker-like war rooms, where ThinkPads outnumber human beings. As ...READ»

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Top 10 Most Effective Cybercrime Policies

Fri Aug 13, 2004 at 4:30 PM

CSO magazine recently surveyed the cybercrime landscape with the help of Carnegie Mellon's CERT Coordination Center and the U.S. Secret Service to identify the most effective methods used to fight e-crime. Here's what they came up ...READ»

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Are We Deaf to Technology?

BY Will PateFri Aug 13, 2004 at 12:53 AM

There is a distinct relationship between the growth of technology and computers and the amount of information we're taking in every year. Both jacked up exponentially over the last 5 years and show no signs of slowing. When did it ...READ»

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The Myth of Sysadmins

BY Heath RowFri Jul 30, 2004 at 10:34 AM

Speaking of the IT team, today of days is the fifth annual System Administrator Appreciation Day . Set aside to recognize computer, network, Web, PBX, voice mail, and database administrators, today's the perfect day to express your ...READ»

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(Don't) Call Me

BY Heath RowFri Jul 30, 2004 at 10:08 AM

IT Facts remarks on a recent Siemens Business Systems survey that found that 36% of white-collar workers spend 30-plus minutes a week talking on the phone with their companies' IT support staff. 20% spend an hour a week. And 5% spend ...READ»

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Apple: the "Microsoft of Music?"

Wed Jul 28, 2004 at 12:23 PM

Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich was quoted as saying that the recent alliance between Apple and Motorola could turn Apple into the "Microsoft of music" and make the iPod the "defacto standard in digital music." Milunovich ...READ»

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Retrograde: Scanners at School

Tue Jul 6, 2004 at 9:07 PM

Fingerprint scanners: They've been sprouting up everywhere from computers to time clocks, even purses. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the news that this fall a middle school in Florida will be rolling them out in classrooms ...READ»

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Scan 'Em, Danno

Thu Jun 24, 2004 at 12:43 PM

In the our July issue (on sale now!) Michael Prospero reports on the Biopod, a fingerprint scanner that hooks up to your computer and remembers all your email passwords. [Subscribers click here.] Now, an innovative young woman in ...READ»

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The Call of the Mall

Mon Jun 14, 2004 at 6:36 PM

Dell said today in a conference call that it is planning a significant expansion of its retail sales kiosks. By the end of the year, the company plans to open 20 more kiosks--bringing the total to 85--to give consumers a chance to ...READ»

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A Structural Approach to Chaos

BY Magnus HoijThu Jun 10, 2004 at 1:58 PM

Most business people are all too familiar with the not-so-humble spreadsheet - which actually turns 25 years old this year. Perhaps we should be using other, more suitable tools for budgeting, financial predictions, and sales ...READ»

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Wireless City, Redux

BY Alison OverholtTue Jun 1, 2004 at 5:24 PM

Last January I wrote about San Diego's move to become the most wireless city in the USA -- based on the city's history of playing host to a number of telecommunications pioneers, and on the unique and creative applications for ...READ»

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For the Truly Addicted...

BY Alison OverholtTue Jun 1, 2004 at 3:34 PM

Recently a whole pile of us here at FC Now got fired up about the fall television line-ups at the five broadcast networks. And last winter, Ryan Underwood and I didn't even try to hide our fascination with all things Apprentice (it's ...READ»

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