Physical media may be on the way out, but for now everyone still needs a good disc-authoring utility. StarBurn v.10 can rip, burn, and author just about any kind of optical media, from CD-R to DVD-RW to Blu-ray. It normally sells for $495(!), but today only...
Motorola's handset division badly needs some ray of light to eke into its darkest hour -- and employees might just see that today. The company hired well-regarded Sanjay Jha, who had been Qualcomm's chief operating officer, to be the company's co-CEO with current CEO Greg Brown. Yes, it's...
Kickback. Carrot. Sweetener. Inducement. Backhander. They're all synonyms for "bribe." Whatever you call it, bribery's just a normal part of doing business in certain corners of the world. China, for example. For all its pre-Olympics tightening-up, business in China is still fueled by bribery. At least that's...
Looking for a good Web-based task-management app ? You might want to check out Remember the Milk RTM. The folks at Black Belt Productivity rave: "Remember the Milk is an excellent task management app that excels with its use of tagging and smart lists through the use of its...
Willie Brown was once dubbed "the Best Dressed Man in California" by Esquire magazine. Who? If you're not from California, it's forgivable if you've never heard of him. Simply put, Willie Brown, 74, is one of the most powerful people in California politics. An attorney by trade...
Kindle, schmindle. The best e-book reader money can buy is the iPhone ditto the iPod touch. Don't believe me? Consider: Amazon's Kindle sells for $349 and has a grayscale screen. It's way too big to fit in a pocket. It's good only for reading. And, let's face it: It's kinda ugly. ...
All of you Lou Dobbs fans out there might be curious about what happened to one of the greatest travesties in American economic history -- a proxy fight by an English hedge fund over board seats on CSX, an American railroad. Apparently, The Children's Investment Fund, the...
If you don't mind breaking the rules, you can use your iPhone 3G as a wireless broadband modem for your notebook. Lifehacker explains how: It starts by "jailbreaking" your phone, meaning hacking it a bit so it can run software from sources other than the App Store. This is a...
The FOZI Tripod is a polypropylene plastic stand suitable for digital cameras, iPhones, and other small gadgets that benefit from being propped up. When not in use, the credit card-size tripod folds flat for easy carrying in a pocket, bag, or wherever. The two...
How can you condemn cheating in a game where the players are expected to "steal" bases? David Jacobson has done a remarkable job in researching and writing this week's business of baseball feature package, talking about salaries, the revenue sharing model and the MLB's legally sanctioned monopoly...
If your iPhone service plan doesn't include text messages or you routinely burn through your monthly allotment, here's a trick for getting unlimited SMS without spending a penny. In a nutshell, you install the iPhone AIM client iTunes link, then add new AIM contacts in your desktop instant-messaging program (iChat, AIM,...
If you'll tear yourself away from Bejeweled 2 for just a minute, you can actually put your new or updated iPhone to productive use. Here are five App Store gems -- four of which are free -- you'll definitely want to check out. (Note that all links require iTunes.) ...
In honor of today's iPhone 3G launch, here's a clever new app that taps the new model's GPS capabilities: G-Park, which helps you navigate back to where you parked your car. All you do is tap the Park Me button optionally adding details about where you parked. Later, when you...
Planning to take the iPhone 3G plunge tomorrow? One thing you'll soon discover is that there's no comfortable way to watch videos, as the iPhone comes without a stand. You'll either have to hold it for the duration of your show or try in vain to prop it upright at...
Let's just cut to the chase, shall we? Business travel sucks. It's always been difficult. Today it's horrendous. In the next few years it could be unbearable as airlines consolidate routes and pile on fees. So veteran business traveler Marshall Goldsmith checks in to Harvard Business with...
Okay, so I probably don't need this gadget, as I spend almost all of my days within a few feet of a power outlet. But maybe the fact that I don't own this gadget is the reason I'm so sedentary. If I owned the Powermonkey eXplorer with solar charger, I'd...
BlackBerry users can quickly look up businesses and get directions using Poynt, a free service that's currently in beta. Optimized for GPS-enabled BlackBerry models but compatible with other models as well, Poynt aims to simplify business-listing lookups. Here's the feature rundown: Set your location by GPS, IP...
Last week I wrote about brain maintenance, and it seems like I'm not the only one with gray matter on my mind. An Associated Press article about the growing market for "brain fitness" revealed that software to train your brain resulted in $225 million in revenues in 2007. That's a...
Julie continues her visit to Menlo Park and has a conversation with Daniel James, founder of Three Rings. James explains the idea behind the online game, Puzzle Pirates, and how some fans have taken it too far -- aarrggh!
The mobile version of Google Maps has been "location aware" since last November, meaning it could pinpoint your location using either your phone's built-in GPS or cell-tower triangulation. Alas, Palm Centro users couldn't enjoy the location love; they had to input their positions manually (the horror!). As...
