Good Question Archive

  • The sad tale of Nokia’s sinking market cap, where I come over all nostalgic

    The sad tale of Nokia’s sinking market cap, where I come over all nostalgic

    Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Bloomberg today pumped out a chart that shows the erosion of Nokia's market cap over the last 10 years. Moreso, it also shows how Apple has seemingly switched places with the Finnish phone maker. 10 years ago (back when screens were greyscale, ringtones were beepy, batteries lasted over a week, and I rocked a Nokia 8210), Nokia's market cap was somewhere around a staggering $245 billion, which is -- strangely enough -- where Apple sits now.

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  • Security expert: Flash is horrible

    Security expert: Flash is horrible

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    An Italian security site ran an interview with Pwn2Own contest winner Charlie Miller about secure systems. He said Windows 7 was pretty darn secure but that - get this - Flash eats it big time when paired with an insecure browser.

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  • Microsoft releases Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool: Lets you install Windows 7 without an optical drive

    Microsoft releases Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool: Lets you install Windows 7 without an optical drive

    Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Would you run Windows 7 on a netbook? It's a good question, especially when you look at some of the benchmarks vis-à-vis battery life and past versions of Windows, namely XP. But let's put that aside for a moment. Let's say you do, in fact, want Windows 7 on that shiny new netbook of yours. Problem: your netbook doesn't have an optical drive, which makes installing Windows 7, oh, impossible. Until now! Microsoft has released the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool that let's users create a bootable Windows 7 USB drive or DVD ISO.

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  • CrunchGear’s Uberprize: A SMART Board 685ix interactive white board

    CrunchGear’s Uberprize: A SMART Board 685ix interactive white board

    Posted on December 7, 2009 | No Comments
    This week we're going to go a little crazy. We'll have daily giveaways but we're going to offer you the chance to totally go nuts and win a SMART Board 685ix short throw magical whiteboard with installation included. What's that you say? What will I do with a whiteboard? Good question!

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  • TXTBlocker allows parents to block kids from texting while driving

    TXTBlocker allows parents to block kids from texting while driving

    Posted on October 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Texting while driving is incredibly unsafe (and making calls, for that matter). Even more so than drinking and driving, which YOU SHOULD NEVER DO, EVER. California knows it. The Obama Administration knows it. And apparently, the folks responsible for TXTBlocker know it. What is TXTBlocker, you ask? It is a new service that “lets parents [...]

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  • CrunchGear Interview: Ben Heckendorn

    CrunchGear Interview: Ben Heckendorn

    Posted on June 12, 2009 | No Comments
    I recently sat down with the king of gadget modders, Benjamin J. Heckendorn. Ben recently spoke at the Games for Health conference here in Boston, where he talked a bit about his Access Controller, which was born from a request for a controller that could be used with one hand by a soldier who had lost [...]

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