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Dear
readers,
Some people have all the
luck. Take Senior Editor Joni Blecher, CNET's cell
phone diva. Joni got to spend last week in Orlando,
Florida--and CNET picked up the tab. Though it was spring
break (a notoriously riotous time in Florida), Joni insists
that she wasn't out carousing and beachcombing. She was
covering CTIA
2002, the wireless industry's preeminent trade show. Joni
was equipped with a bagful of cell phones that would work on
just about every network, as well as the much-sought-after
Nokia 9290 Communicator, which is due out shortly. The
Communicator--part phone, part wireless color PDA--proved to
be a godsend. Joni was able to access her e-mail, make phone
calls, take notes, and send in updates for posting to our
site, even from within the cavernous halls of the Orange
County Convention Center. At least that's what Joni says. She
does seem to have a bit of a suntan, and we hear that wireless
reception is great from the beach.
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Easter eggs all over the Web
Now that
software developers have ruined all our fun--Microsoft and Apple
have forbidden developers from including "undocumented features"
(otherwise known as Easter eggs) in their software--where can we
turn? The Web, of course. We uncovered secret tricks on Web sites,
search sites, and Internet apps, plus we came up with a few goodies
of our own. In
Software
Dude,
you're gettin' a Dell (SmartStep 100N)
If
your notebook priorities are a large screen, a low price, and speed,
consider the SmartStep 100N. Check the review here. In
Hardware
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CNET
evaluates your PC calling options
We admit
it: the audio quality of most Net phones sucks. But should you
dismiss them altogether? This week, we put the top phones on the
market through the ringer. Think they're too much of a hassle? We'll
fill you in on the calling prowess of your favorite instant
messenger, too. In
Software
CTIA
2002: the cell phones in your future
The wireless industry's premier trade show kicked off this
month in Orlando, Florida. CNET Wireless senior editor Joni Blecher
scoured the CTIA Wireless 2002 show floor for the latest and
greatest cell phones, wireless devices, and more. In
Wireless
Atlantic
Technology System T90: sweet-sounding set
Discerning listeners will appreciate Atlantic Technology's
System T90. Its ability to stretch the sound field out into our
listening room impressed us. Find out what else we like about this
speaker set in our hands-on review. In
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trade show, is taking its lumps. Attendance at the Hanover, Germany,
extravaganza this year is down, and the talk is all gloom and doom.
But that hasn't stopped the innovation. Witness the cigar-style pen
from Sony Ericsson that sports a digital camera and a radio
transmitter, the grapefruit-shaped mobile device from Hitachi that
you tilt to access e-mail and movie clips, and the tiny phone from
Nokia that comes with a color screen and an AM/FM radio. Still, we
may need more than flashy gizmos to light a spark under the tech
sector.
(Based on
search data from March 12 to March 19)
--Steve Fox, editorial director,
CNET.com
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CeBit:
The
largest technology and communications trade show on Earth is
looking like a bust. Amid foundering attendance and downbeat
sales reports from powerhouses Nokia and Lucent, this German
trade fair proves that the tech slump is truly global.
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Mozilla:
The
open-source browser project that props up Netscape made news
with the release of Mozilla 0.9.9. At this rate, we can expect
version 1.0 in 2006. |
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Cheating-Death:
Death
and taxes are supposed to be inevitable. But gamers who like
to swindle their way through first-person shooter Half-Life
gained a reprieve last week when the Cheating-Death site,
which renders cheats ineffective, went down for a few days.
Wonder if anyone's working on a Cheating-IRS site?
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Mira:
Microsoft
has signed up a gaggle of consumer electronics powerhouses to
build the Mira, its wireless Web tablet. Microsoft brags that
Mira will do for the PC what cordless did for the telephone.
Great: that means they've designed a Web tablet guaranteed to
get lost under the sofa cushions. |
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Linux:
A
just-discovered bug leaves Linux (and other operating systems
that make use of some open-source code) vulnerable to hack
attacks. Could be open season on open source. |
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