Article archive for 2010 – Page 4

Thursday, April 1, 2010

HP buys Palm, a Palm retrospective

We’ve been covering Palm since Computing Unplugged was PalmPower Magazine and it’s been a strange and wild ride.

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Remembering Stephen Amontis

Steve worked for us when we started ZATZ, so I know many of you probably remember him as well.

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Why green matters

The weak economy has given green a whole new meaning.

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

SOCOM Fireteam Bravo three-peats on the PSP

Editor-at-Large James Booth has been a fan of the SOCOM franchise ever since he saw a commercial featuring US Navy SEALS playing against gamers online, and smoking them. SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 brings the familiar squad-level shooter action back to the PSP, along with the ad hoc and Internet multiplayer of its predecessors, while adding co-op play and custom missions. Does Fireteam Bravo’s three-peat repeat the success of its siblings, or does it fall flat?

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Battle of the Bluetooth headsets

Originally the realm of the uber-geek, a good wireless headset is becoming a requirement as more states enact hands-free laws for driving. But what model? Are they all the same, or do some bring more to the table than others? In this product shootout, Editor-at-Large James Booth examines five premium headsets in the Battle of the Bluetooth headsets.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Online safety for virtual learning

Online learning has revolutionized the way we gather and share knowledge, but it is not without its share of risks.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

The iPad defenders have spoken

Jorge Sosa touched a nerve with his recent dismissal of the iPad as a costly Etch-a-Sketch alternative, and received more reader responses to that article than anything else he’s ever written for this publication.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Make Mafia Wars an offer it can’t refuse

Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz tells a reader Penman how to turn Mafia Wars back on. Yes, he does feel the shame.

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Yet another toaster oven not to buy: Cuisinart TOB-50

What happens with public relations people are either too afraid or too important to speak to the press?

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Heather in Kuwait: what gadgets to bring on a long trip

Intrepid Computing Unplugged Contributing Editor Heather Wardell is in Kuwait. As she soon found out, there’s more to traveling with electronics than figuring out how to stuff them all into your luggage.

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