Tuesday 31 October 2006, 2:24 PM
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Tuesday 31 October 2006, 9:55 AM
Core 2 Duo notebooks on the way
Alienware informs us that its shiny new Area-51 m5550 Core 2 Duo notebook is even now winging its way -- DHL permitting -- from Ireland to take its place on the reviews testbench. Not the most pin-striped of systems, admittedly, but we're keen to poke and prod the latest mobile technology. Alienware, for its part, is also at pains to assure us that its systems really are bought by business folks. Whatever: it's big, hopefully fast and brand-new.
If you prefer your mobile technology a bit more down to earth, we'll cover plenty of the more soberly attired Core 2 Duo portables too.
Monday 30 October 2006, 8:10 PM
We launched!
In the reviews section we now have a great new design, much-improved interaction opportunities for members and a bunch of new ways of delivering product-related content. Look for eye-catching special reports, image galleries, videos and more, to complement the regular diet of reviews, previews, tech guides and buyer's guides.
So sign up and use the community section to track people, products and companies. Keep a blog of your technology-related experiences -- and if we like it a lot, we'll highlight your content elsewhere on the site.
ZDNet just became a lot more fun -- both for us to work on and, we are confident, for you use.
Thursday 26 October 2006, 3:27 PM
We aim to SiRF
So we were puzzled when a press release from QualComm popped up, trumpeting that 'more than 200 million mobile handsets have been shipped worldwide featuring the company’s gpsOne Assisted-GPS technology'. Since neither I nor my considerably more radio-friendly colleague Rupert Goodwins are aware of a mobile phone with an integrated GPS, we shall have to investigate this hybrid-sounding technology some more.
Wednesday 25 October 2006, 4:37 PM
Shaggy elephant story
Not only did Hwang Woo-Suk buy his frozen mammoth tissue from the Russian mafia, but -- the cad -- he falsified his expense claim, putting the Pleistocene pemmican down as 'money for cows for experiment'.


