Topic: PC Magazine

Rating the Raters

These three sites are full of reviews and recommendations. This guide will help you decide where to go for guidance.READ»

One Minute Search Engine Search

So many search engines to choose from, and so little time.READ»

Going Mobile

Having only recently signed an 18-month contract on a Sony Ericsson P990i smartphone, I spent much of last week kicking myself. I wanted a slim black Apple iPhone, not the silver brick weighing down my jacket pocket. But this week, ...READ»

Garmin Introduces Ad-Supported Traffic Updates

When Garmin [NASDAQ:GRMN] introduced their latest batch of Nuvi GPS units, they came with one transcendent feature: free traffic alerts for the lifetime of the product. But now that review models have gone out to the tech media, ...READ»

Why Ugly Sells

Designing universally attractive products sometimes means eschewing beauty.READ»

• John Edson's Powers of Design blog

Twitter's New Retweet Feature Is Not the Apocalypse

Hey, have you heard? Twitter is changing its Retweet feature, and everyone is complaining about it. Hubspot's Dan Zarella says the feature "could completely eviscerate most of the value out of Retweets." PC Mag's Lance Ulanoff calls ...READ»

Toothbrushes, TiVo, and Twitter: Designing Great Relationships

If a company can't replicate the traditional exchange between maker and consumer, the relationship is destined to fail.READ»

• John Edson's Powers of Design blog

Designing Business; Businessing Design

Before I used computer-aided design to create products, I had pencils. Before I had pencils, I had Legos. Before Legos, crayons. Before crayons, blocks. And with these tools, I have always been a designer. The act of exploring ...READ»

Creating Cults and Cultures With Design

Building enthusiastic, obsessive love for your company's products begins with enthusiastic, obsessive love for design.READ»

• John Edson's Powers of Design blog

The Simple, Secret iPhone Tethering Fix

As Apple's music event draws closer, there's plenty of speculation that a new version of iTunes might be nigh--and with it, a pwn-resistant version of iPhone OS 3.1. So with a healthy fear of Apple's anti-hacker scheming, it bears ...READ»

Design Thursday: HP's Design Strategy for the Blackbird 002

PC Magazine called it "the most compelling gaming system" in the past three years. Wired pronounced it "a force of nature." The influential AnandTech put it on "the cutting edge of design and technology." While the newly released ...READ»

Barnes & Noble's Nook: Beautiful but Plagiarized?

A competing firm cries foul over the Nook's color touchscreen. Did Barnes & Noble steal their idea?READ»

Patterns of Emotional Connection

Why would someone buy a computer because of its exterior graphics? The answer is more than skin deep.READ»

The Power of Public Relations

In an economy where every company wants to be recognized as a thought leader, Pam Alexander and Andy Cunningham are reinventing how you get your message out.READ»

Beginner's Luck

In the Internet casino, the name of the game is IPO, and the players are looking to improve their odds. Meet five high rollers who think that their systems will help them hit the jackpot.READ»

The Art of Smart

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