Those of us who have ever traveled with laptops will be familiar with this problem: The cost of Wi-Fi or wired Internet access at hotels is typically exorbitant, and gives you only a single user login that doesn’t facilitate any sharing
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Continue reading → by ZDNet‘s Mary Jo Foley Microsoft has some big plans for the small-sized storage devices. Microsoft is working on turning USB-based flash drives into a “Windows companion” — a new product known as “StartKey” — that will allow users to carry their Windows and Windows Live settings with them.
Continue reading → Make the most of your computer without spending a dime. These dozen must-have applications for Windows are all free. View them here Provided by ZDNet photo galleries
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The $363 19-inch dual-core all-in-one LCD PC by ZDNet‘s George Ou This is the new all-in-one Intel dual-core 2.0 GHz E2180 19″ LCD PC computer I built for the family. The shocker is that I did it for less than $363 in parts (not including keyboard and mouse). The 19″ LCD (1440×900 resolution) was on [...]
Continue reading → by ZDNet‘s Christopher Dawson My oldest son hopped in the car today after school and said, “Guess what we’re doing in Biology? We’re blogging. I’m not complaining, but this sure sounds like your doing, Dad.” Not surprisingly, I ran a day of professional development last Friday where we specifically looked at MassOne, a system created [...]
Continue reading → Must employers really pay to play? By Tod Loofbourrow, News.com Published on ZDNet News: Oct 25, 2007 4:00:00 AM While there is truth to the old adage that “you’ve gotta pay to play,” many companies are building compensation packages in a vacuum, with little, or no connection to actual business goals.
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Microsoft addresses new reports of forced Windows updates and reboots by ZDNet‘s Mary Jo Foley Microsoft has posted a long and complex explanation to its Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) blog, explaining the latest case of why software updates are being pushed to users who believe they’ve turned automatic updating off. Here’s the abridged version [...]
Continue reading → Build the $340 NAS for half the price but double the speed by ZDNet‘s George Ou The thing that has always bothered me with the NAS (Network Attached Storage) market for consumers is that it’s very high margin yet the products deliver very poorly on performance. While that might be great for the product manufacturers [...]
Continue reading → When is it OK to copy digital media? by ZDNet‘s Ed Bott The response to the digital media ethics poll I posted earlier this week has been overwhelming. Based on these results, thne RIAA and its allies are clearly losing the battle of ideas. Here’s a summary of the voting so far, along with links [...]
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