ShareBy Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Still hot on the topic of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 certified products, the Jabra GN9350 gets a workout at DigitalReviews.net.
To recap, Jabra is one of three vendors (including GN Netcom entity) who has Microsoft Office Communicator certified headsets.  Of these three vendors, Jabra has the most products certified for OCS.
Kevin [...]

Share
This week saw us yearning after some ‘appliance 2.0′ technology including ‘connected’ washers/dryers and a freezer failure sensor kit.
We reviewed a poster printing service which we thought was pretty good.
The Easy iPod Media Sharer’s name says it all – useful family gadget. We do love our Gmail; their new lab is cool – an Inbox [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
On Thursday, Microsoft unveiled Bing, which we all knew was coming and was the new name for its long-rumored Kumo search engine revamp. Moreover, it’s not just a search engine. Nope, it’s a decision engine, and Microsoft also states that Bing is a new brand, as well.
To me, Bing either [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Mac clone maker Psystar has filed for bankruptcy, perhaps bringing to an end the legal issues with Apple over it selling an unauthorized Mac clone, or, more likely, just stalling the process.
The bankruptcy documents were filed with the Federal Courts in Florida on Thursday. The declaration (.PDF) and the Ch. 11 [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
NVIDIA’s Ion is finally in an actual netbook, the (as we expected) Lenovo S12 netbook which will ship in August. The Ion chipset combines an Intel Atom CPU with NVIDIA’s GeForce 9400 GPU, creating a netbook that while still netbook-ish will provide enough CPU / GPU power to be reasonably [...]

Share
This past week on GfG, we featured FINIS’s new product – a heart rate monitor for swimmers. Palm have confirmed they will be rolling out the Palm Pre on June 6.
We took a look at the upcoming movie, Gamer, which has a different take on gaming in the future. Gmail has even more new features.
Coffee [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
The good news is that the percentage of drivers surveyed in this report who admit to texting (or emailing) while driving has dropped since last year. The bad news is that it’s still around 25%.
Last year, Vlingo, a firm specializing in voice recognition technology, specifically for the mobile market, released a [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Get ready for long lines and “out of stock” signs. It’s official, and Sprint surprised me, but only by one day. Sprint has announced the Palm Pre will be launching on June 6th for $199.99 after $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement.
Still more details: available at Sprint stores, [...]