• Vote in TechRepublic's mock election for 'President of the Internet'

  As a bit of fun on U.S. Independence Day, TechRepublic is running a mock election for "President of the Internet." by Jason Hiner

  Tags: Jason Hiner, President, TechRepublic Inc., Election, Internet

  Jul 04, 2009 1:04 PM PDT

• Google Voice is now even better

  Google's coolest new product, called Google Voice, has just added a new feature that makes the service a lot less scary to jump into. If you haven't heard about this ...

  Tags: Phone, Garett Rogers, Voice, Telecom & Utilities, Google Inc.

  Jul 04, 2009 12:52 PM PDT

• Frugal Friday: Optimum Ultra and DOCSIS 3.0, Crapware, When to replace a PC, Engine Yard and Ruby on Rails

  Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss my adventures in Optimum Ultra 100Mbps cable broadband service (and experience the hilarity of early adoption when my VOIP cuts out 3 times ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, DOCSIS, Broadband Internet, Cable, PC, Small Business, Scripting Languages, Telecommunications, Web Development, Jason Perlow

  Jul 04, 2009 10:45 AM PDT

• Biofuel fraud exposes some big names

  A court has awarded over $10-million in damages for fraud perpetrated by Cello, a biofuel company. If you've read Anthony Trollope's THE WAY WE LIVE NOW you could have predicted ...

  Tags: Biofuel, Scams, Harry Fuller, Biofuel Fraud, Fraud

  Jul 04, 2009 10:35 AM PDT

• "Organic" Marketing melarky, not scientific term

  Think you know what "organic" means? Like "security" or "god," it means many different things to many different people, some of them slick marketers. Like the additives in organic baby ...

  Tags: Food & Beverage, Energy, Marketing, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

  Jul 04, 2009 10:15 AM PDT

• Hollywood celebrity explains her West Virginia expedition

  Here's Darryl Hannah's explanation of why she cares about West Virginia coal mining, even though she doesn't live there. I blogged about the protest and arrests there in June. Of ...

  Tags: Coal, West Virginia, Harry Fuller

  Jul 04, 2009 7:16 AM PDT

• 4th July fun: Cloud confusion

  Courtesy of the now unmasked Guhmshoo, his latest cartoon implies a question to which I'm sure many would like a coherent answer. Enjoy and happy 4th July to all my ...

  Tags: Dennis Howlett, Courtesy, Cartoon

  Jul 04, 2009 6:00 AM PDT

• Microsoft gets something right! Well, maybe.

  Google users generally learn to hate companies that pretend to offer information but really just act as redirectors for web hits - and when a bunch of recent searches showed ...

  Tags: Channel Management, Web, Microsoft Corp., Marketing, Paul Murphy

  Jul 04, 2009 12:15 AM PDT

• Sonos touchscreen remote on the way?

  With competition coming from the likes of Cisco/Linksys and Yamaha, Sonos looks to be making a bit of an upgrade to its multi-room audio solution. A new remote has been ...

  Tags: Components, Sean Portnoy, Peripherals, Monitors & Displays, CR200, Yamaha Corp., Sonos, Keyboards, Hardware, Touch Screen

  Jul 03, 2009 6:49 PM PDT

• EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites

  During the last couple of hours, visitors of popular and high trafficked web sites such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Gamespot, WorldOfWarcraft, Mashable, Chow.com, ITpro.co.uk, AndroidCommunity; Engadget and Chip.de, started ...

  Tags: Web Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web, Dancho Danchev, Viruses And Worms, Security, Malware, Cyberthreats, EyeWonder

  Jul 03, 2009 5:09 PM PDT

• Rural energy grant deadline approaches: Aids renewable energy technology investments

  I'm not sure how many farmers and ranchers read these posts, but certainly I can claim some rural business owners among my readers. So, if you are in a rural ...

  Tags: Turbine, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy, Renewable Energy

  Jul 03, 2009 12:43 PM PDT

• Gadget Gal's daily deals: 60 GB Apple iPod, 250 GB Archos 5, Logitech keyboard and mouse combo

  An Archos 5 media tablet, a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse combo, and a refurbished Apple iPod. Here are your daily deals for Friday, July 3, straight from the Gadget ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Peripherals, Mice, Archos, Hardware, Jennifer Bergen, Digital Media, Logitech, Consumer Electronics, Apple iPod

  Jul 03, 2009 9:47 AM PDT

• Oracle's FusionFest: BEA underneath, dogfood, Sun on the horizon

  BEA headlines Oracle FusionFest; Next year, Sun? by Joe McKendrick

  Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Joe McKendrick, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp.

  Jul 03, 2009 9:40 AM PDT

• Oracle Fusion 11g Middleware: Executed according to plan

  Oracle largely stuck to the previously announced roadmap for convergence of BEA products, with the only major surprises being in the details. by Dana Gardner

  Tags: Telecommunications, Middleware, VOIP, Networking, Dana Gardner, Software, Enterprise Software, Oracle Corp.

  Jul 03, 2009 8:23 AM PDT

• "Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu"

  Obviously, this isn't true. Their underlying architectures are quite a bit different, Gnome looks different than the 7 UI, etc., but to an average 17-year-old, there just wasn't any meaningful ...

  Tags: Ubuntu, Operating Systems, Christopher Dawson, Microsoft Windows 7, Software, Microsoft Windows

  Jul 03, 2009 8:11 AM PDT

• Cheaper ultraportables meet more powerful netbooks

  There are two ways to address the limitations of netbooks: 1.) offer less-costly notebooks, or 2.) give netbooks a little more muscle. Both are now happening. The ultra-thin laptops based ...

  Tags: Netbook, Vostro 1220, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, 6-cell Battery, John Morris

  Jul 03, 2009 5:08 AM PDT

• Five tips to better beach pictures

  When you hit the beach this summer, most likely you'll be bringing your camera. But beach photography doesn't have to be simply pointing your camera at some water and sand ...

  Tags: Photograph, Rachel King, Beach, Camera

  Jul 03, 2009 5:00 AM PDT

• Green IT tips for small businesses: Analysys moves data center offsite for big power savings

  Many of us who write about green technology issues often get dinged for focusing just on case studies that involve BIG companies. So, here's some information about a much more ...

  Tags: Green IT, Data Center, Servers, Small Business, Hardware, Heather Clancy, Data Management, Data Centers, Analysys, Storage

  Jul 03, 2009 4:05 AM PDT

• Android set to launch in Japan, 1.5 deployment "nearly complete"

  The first Android-powered phone will launch in Japan on July 10th. New Japanese customers will have immediate access to free applications in the Android Market, with paid apps following sometime ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Google Android, Publisher Website, Japan, Mobile Operating Systems, Ed Burnette, App, Consumer Electronics, Smart Phones

  Jul 03, 2009 12:10 AM PDT

• MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned

  It looks like Lori Drew - the too-involved-in-her-daughter's-social-problems mom whose MySpace fraud led 13-year-old Megan Meier to kill herself - will go free after all. A federal jury convicted Drew ...

  Tags: Richard Koman, MySpace, Productivity, Computer Fraud, Computer

  Jul 02, 2009 10:27 PM PDT

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