Q&A With Scott Berkun: Good Managers Vs. Bad Managers Scratch the surface of any successful company and you'll find a good manager who knows how to inspire employees to reach their full potential. Management guru Scott Berkun explains how self-awareness and treating employees like people separates good managers from bad.
HP EliteBook 2530p The 12-inch EliteBook 2530p is HP's lightest notebook at slightly more than 3 pounds. Hewlett-Packard on Monday introduced three ultraportable computers, comprising a highly durable notebook, a tablet PC, and a "value-priced" machine. Two of the computers fall under HP's EliteBook business brand and the other is a Compaq notebook.
October 28, 2008 04:59 PM Lenovo on Tuesday introduced a mini-notebook for the education market and a business desktop with power management features. The IdeaPad S10e netbook weighs less three pounds and sports a 10-inch display. Designed as an introductory mobile PC for students in grades K-12, the ultra-portable offers basic functions, such as e-mail and Web browsing...
Nintendo has introduced the highly anticipated DSi, a revamped version of the popular DS portable gaming device that features a built-in Web browser, larger screen, and two integrated cameras.
Eastman Kodak on Wednesday introduced an ultra-thin wireless digital photo frame with an organic light emitting diode screen that the company claims has greater color depth and saturation than the more common liquid crystal displays. The frame, which will be shown next week at the Photokina trade show in Cologne, Germany, has a 7.6-inch screen and built-in Wi-Fi support.
Batch It! Ultra is an automated batch imaging editor which, that allows you to resize, rename, rotate, slice your images and more. You can also create thumbnail galleries, add captions and acquire images from a scanner. The interface displays a before and after version of the image...
By Antone GonsalvesOctober 30, 2008 Tibco has introduced a Network Analytics add-on that presents a visual representation of interactions among people, business processes or other entities within Spotfire, the company's in-memory database/analytics software for business activity monitoring. Tibco this week also released version 2.2 of Spotfire...
Ultra DVD Creator is a powerful and handy tool to create DVD VCD SVCD Video Disc from almost all formats of video files including AVI DivX XVid MPEG WMV ASF MOV RM MP4 FLV, So you can play movies on your home DVD Player. It is a revolutionary and versatile DVD creator. With this software...
October 2, 2008 03:55 AM NEC on Wednesday introduced a 24-inch, high-definition, wide-screen monitor, the latest in the company's energy-efficient series of business displays. Along with the MultiSync EA241WM LCD monitor, the company also unveiled a 19-inch, standard-format LCC, the EA191M. The latest bring the number of energy-efficient EA monitors to four.
The presidential candidate outlined his vision for tax breaks and incentives for research, workforce training, open trade, a reduction in business regulations...
They may not yet know it, but gamers will soon be quitting their living rooms and heading outdoors. Handheld consoles and laptops made gaming portable, while the Nintendo Wii made gaming active. Now active, portable gaming is possible thanks to GPS and improved graphics becoming standard in cellphones. By 2013, the world's largest handset manufacturer, Nokia...
Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies introduces water-powered fuel cells that can generate enough power to recharge cell phones, music players, and even laptop computers. LogMeIn Ignition is in limited beta, and iPhone and iPod Touch users must apply online to participate. The new product is expected to be generally available through Apple's App Store during the holiday season.
September 29, 2008 06:03 PM Nintendo is ready to launch by the end of the year a new version of the DS portable video-game player that would take on a challenge by Apple's iPod and iPhone. The next version of the DS handheld device would be able to take pictures and play music, the Reuters news agency said, quoting The Nikkei Business Daily in Tokyo. The system...
In the face of financial turmoil, business owners are scouring their budgets for places to reduce spending, but Jeff Cornwall, the author, academic, and leading blogger, says there are places where you shouldn't cut back, especially during a recession. On top of Windows Azure...
October 31, 2008 03:19 PM Market researcher iSuppli on Friday drastically lowered its 2008 worldwide revenue forecast for the NAND flash memory market, which is expected to see its first year-to-year revenue decline. The revised forecast has revenues from the chips that provide system memory in computers and portable devices falling 14% this year to $12 billion from $13.9 billion in 2007...
Lenovo on Thursday introduced two ThinkPad computers, including a business notebook that's less than 2-1/2 pounds and boasts 13 hours of battery life. The ThinkPad X200s notebook and the X200 Tablet PC are lighter and have longer battery life than previous generations, the Chinese computer maker said. The X200s is the lightest of Lenovo's business notebooks and has the longest battery life.