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With the recession in full swing, industries across the charts have been laying off hundreds of employees — making the job market increasingly competitive. So what’s a freshly unemployed tech professional to do? Hit the streets and start networking. As the hordes of job-seekers descend upon trade shows...
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It’s here: the Google Phone. After years of speculation and months of waiting, the first Google Android OS-based smart phone has finally been released by T-Mobile USA. The device formally called as G-1 is made by HTC has started to ship and will be made available to those who have pre-ordered the phone...
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Filed under: google phone, Google, Mobile, T-Mobile, AAPL, Apple iPhone, GOOG, T-Mobile USA, Hardware, Hitlines, World News, G-1
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Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum company, this week slashed its growth forecast and suspended its stock repurchasing program, battening down the hatches as the global credit crunch continues to hurt demand. My feeling is that aluminum is the canary in the coal mine and is foretelling tough times...
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Filed under: Apple, Nokia, Mobile, Featured, Web, aluminum, Hardware, STMicroelectronics, Freescale, Infineon, Semiconductors, credit crunch, canary in the coal mine, Alcoa
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Asus Eee PC
ABI Research put out a report this morning saying by 2013 there will be 200 million ultramobile devices, an emerging class of gadgets that includes netbooks, ultramobile PCs and mobile Internet devices. The report says today there are about 10 million such devices, about 90 percent of which...
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Nokia launches Nokia n96. VoIP still not working, but 550 Euro devices does everything else. Like a blunt swiss army knife.
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What a difference a year makes. It was only 10 months ago when the first true netbook, the original Asus Eee PC 701, hit the market. The Eee was a ground-breaking little computer but had a few flaws, the biggest being the limited 800×480 display. Today there’s an overwhelming array of low...
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Filed under: Mobile, ASUS, HP, lenovo, Hardware, netbooks, msi wind, acer aspire one, Hitlines, hp mininote, CNN Big Tech, ASUS EEE
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If you live in a big city, then you probably know all about the perils of trying to park your car. It’s flat-out difficult. San Francisco, being the tech-savvy city that it is, has come up with a potential solution. Beginning this fall, the city will begin testing a system that allows drivers to...
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Recently there have been ongoing concerns over the shipments of lithium-ion batteries typically used in laptops. The concern stemmed from demand outstripping supply and predictions that only the biggest vendors would be receiving their quotas in the next few months.
The main reason for the shortage was...
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If you’re looking for a comfortable, wireless headset that integrates seamlessly with just about any office phone, then the Plantronics CS70N might be just what you’re looking for. The CS70N labels itself as a Wireless Office Headset System and comes with a headset, base, and an assortment...
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In the annual British New Year Honors List, Steve Furber has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to computer science.
Furber should be known to most people for his work as principal designer on the BBC Micro.at Acorn Computers Ltd in the 1980s. He is also well...
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It’s that time of year again. The time that I begin prepping for the period of the year where I leave my office and theatre and go on the road for both work and relaxation. Between Christmas and May, I will take several extended trips including the annual family pilgrimage to Chicago, CES, two...
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In a week that saw a legal settlement shut down one Apple rumor site , AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is going to adopt Intel’s Ultra-Mobile PC platform for future devices. The Menlow platform (by the way if you’re looking for a great discussion of the Menlow platform listen to Sierra’s...