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Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business

This crappy photo-edit of a fairly standard netbook design illustrates the power of Apple branding. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu Netbook and pinged me for tech support questions regarding his new toy --...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple iPod, Operating System, Apple Inc., Wireless, Android, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-22

We Got GMail Themes!

Oh Joyous day! COLOR!!!!! Click on the photo to enlarge. Just a few hours ago, Google rolled out its Themes feature to my personal GMail account. I have to say, this is a really cool addition -- while GMail's spartan look...

Tags: Google Gmail, Theme, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Sex, Rock and Roll, and Open Source Reporting Frameworks

Actuate 10 and the Eclipse-based Open Source BIRT framework allows you to build rich reporting applications for your enterprise. Click on the photo to watch a video of the software in action. The title got your attention, didn't it? ...

Tags: Reporting Tool, Actuate Corp., Open Source BIRT, Business Intelligence, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-20

UPS saves $30M and goes Green with new HP printing and scanning handheld

UPS partnered with Hewlett-Packard on the new sp400 All-in-One wireless handheld laser barcode scanner combo that can print directly onto packages, which saves paper and streamlines UPS's shipping processes. With all of the news of major corporations losing vast amounts of money...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Package, Handheld, Worker, Printing, Scanners, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Kindle Economics

A few weeks ago I evaluated Amazon's Kindle. While I really liked the device, the big problem I had with it was that at its current price of $359.00 it was too expensive at this point for mass consumer adoption. I also had a number of...

Tags: Cost, Semester, Amazon.com Inc., Textbook, Amazon Kindle, E-books, Microsoft Excel, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-16

Preparing for a Flickr Apocalypse (Updated, with Yahoo response)

What would happen to my food blog and precious memories if suddenly all 12,000 of my photos were suddenly to disappear off Flickr? Tuesday's posts by ZDNet's Janice Chen and SAAS Blogger Phil Wainewright scared the living crap out of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Blog, Flickr, Photograph, Flickredit, Blogging, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Fujitsu gets dense and secure with mobile hard drives

Fujitsu's latest 2.5 inch 5400RPM 500GB hard disk, the MJA2 BH On Tuesday, storage manufacturer Fujitsu Computer Products of America announced their latest series of mobile hard disks, raising the capacity bar for laptops with their 2.5-inch MJA2 BH and MJA2 CH series...

Tags: Hard Drive, Mobile, Fujitsu Ltd., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Storage, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-13

AT&T and RIM: Alienate your repeat customers with "Early Upgrades" and overpriced devices

$399.00 PLUS an "Early Upgrade" charge? WTH? As some of you are aware, I am a BlackBerry user. For the most part, this is not by choice -- I could certainly get by with another mobile device such as an iPhone 3G or...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., AT&T Corp., RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, 3G, Handhelds, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?

The Dynabook. Source: A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages, Alan Kay, XEROX PARC 1968. November 5th, 2008 was the 40th anniversary since computer scientist Alan Kay devised the "Dynabook", a theoretical computing device which was aimed toward higher education and...

Tags: Device, Student, Alan Kay, Dynabook, E-books, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Personal Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-09

America loses its moral technologist: Michael Crichton

Author, Producer and Director Michael Crichton, 1942-2008. Photo: Associated Press With election week and coverage of other events such as the Microsoft PDC and the latest Windows 7 builds, many of ZDNet's readers may be unaware that one of America's most...

Tags: America, Fiction, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Emerging Technologies, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-06

Google: it's time to get Real

In my previous post, I alluded to some of the issues that might prevent an average consumer -- "Joe Sixpack", John Q. Public, or Jane Doe from migrating to Linux on the desktop. One of them, without any doubt, is the lack of a way to...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Linux, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy

On the surface, it would appear that a slowing economy might pave the way for increased Linux and Open Source software adoption by the unwashed masses, those who may want newer software than what their current XP system provides but don't want to pay the high...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., PC, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Kill the data loss monster once and for all

What's scary this Halloween - or anytime? Putting your personal and business computing continuity at risk. With the inexpensive data resiliency and backup solutions available, you don't need to be the victim of a bad horror movie. by Jason Perlow

Tags: Data Loss, Business Computing, Backups, Jason Perlow, Hard Drive, Solution, Data, Mirroring

Blog posts 2008-10-29

Taking Ubuntu Ibex on vacation

Humacao, Puerto Rico. Where Ubuntu Ibex will be put to the test. Well, it's time for little rest and relaxation. As of Saturday, I'm officially on vacation for a week -- the Gantt charts, the Visios, the component models, the time sheets,...

Tags: Ubuntu, Vacation, Linux, E-mail, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Kindroid: Two great tastes that would taste great together

Yesterday Google released the source code to their Linux-based Android operating system for mobile devices, which currently powers the T-Mobile G1 Dream smart phone. To date, no other consumer Android-based device has been released, and no new Android-based device has been pre-announced, but there is currently...

Tags: Software, Google Inc., Mobile, Network, Amazon.com Inc., Hardware, Amazon Kindle, Android, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Amazon Kindle at the Continental President's Club Lounge

Jason Perlow takes the Amazon Kindle for a spin with a glass of Jack Daniels. by Jason Perlow

Tags: Jason Perlow, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, kindle, amazon, consumer electronics, gadgets

Image galleries 2008-10-21

Amazon Kindle: It's not for us, Jack

My grubby hands on the Amazon Kindle at Continental Airlines' Presidents Club Lounge at  Newark Liberty International Airport. See Jason's Amazon Kindle Gallery. As I've discussed in this column before, I spend about 4 days a week away from home and about 8...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Arthur C. Clarke, E-books, Wireless LANs, Personal Technology, Wireless, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Is CompUSA.com poised to become the Crazy Eddie of Linux?

CompUSA used to be my favorite brick and mortar place to buy computers. But when they closed half of their stores in 2007, the company switched gears and moved to an Internet-sales model. The CompUSA stores in Northern New Jersey all were shut down, which pretty...

Tags: CompUSA Inc., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-19

Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hot

My "Free Enterprise OSes" post got a lot of attention and a lot of positive feedback, particularly from those who are now actually considering using some of these in order to reduce license costs. Still, while I am glad people are now considering...

Tags: Novell Inc., openSUSE, Sun Solaris, Servers, Operating Systems, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-17

Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)

In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession,  as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...

Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-14