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Larry Dignan

Larry Dignan

Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast news editor and finance editor at CNET News.com. Larry has covered the technology and financial services industry since 1995, publishing articles in WallStreetWeek.com, Inter@ctive Week, The New York Times, and Financial Planning magazine. He's a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and the University of Delaware.

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Sam Diaz

Sam Diaz

Sam Diaz is a senior editor at ZDNet. He has been a technology and business blogger, reporter and editor at the Washington Post, San Jose Mercury News and Fresno Bee for more than 18 years. He's a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and a graduate of California State University, Fresno.

Andrew Nusca

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Andrew Nusca

Andrew Nusca

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Andrew J. Nusca is an associate editor for ZDNet and SmartPlanet. As a journalist based in New York City, he has written for Popular Mechanics and Men's Vogue and his byline has appeared in New York magazine, The Huffington Post, New York Daily News, Editor & Publisher, New York Press and many others. He also writes The Editorialiste, a media criticism blog.

He is a New York University graduate and former news editor and columnist of the Washington Square News. He is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has been named "Howard Kurtz, Jr." by film critic John Lichman despite having no relation to him. A native of Philadelphia, he lives in New York with his fiancee and his cat, Spats.

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  • HP ups 3Par bid to $33 a share after Dell counters

    By Larry Dignan | September 2, 2010, 6:24am PDT

    3Par said Hewlett-Packard has raised its offer to $33 a share for the storage company, or $2.4 billion, after Dell countered with a $32 a share offer.

  • Google, AOL renew search deal, adds mobile, YouTube

    By Larry Dignan | September 2, 2010, 5:53am PDT

    Under the arrangement, Google provides search for AOL and the companies share revenue. The AOL-Google search pact now includes mobile search and YouTube.

  • Twitter's link logging, URL shortening should bolster its analytics

    By Larry Dignan | September 2, 2010, 5:10am PDT

    Twitter in an email said it would begin logging all URLs that pass through its service as it delves more into link tracking. Twitter is looking to collect more data to improve its analytics.

  • Ranking the digital living room barbarians: Netflix rules; Apple, Google others likely to struggle

    By Larry Dignan | September 2, 2010, 2:11am PDT

    Apple is trying again with Apple TV in an attempt to be the center of the digital living room. The concept isn’t new since Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon and others are also targeting...

  • Apple's music event: The videos

    By Sam Diaz | September 2, 2010, 2:00am PDT

    Windows users were left out in the cold when Apple streamed its annual September event to showcase its lineup of music products for the holiday season. In its place, we offer you a lineup of video...

  • Apple updates iOS [video]

    By Sam Diaz | September 1, 2010, 1:23pm PDT

    At Apple’s press event in San Francisco, CEO Steve Jobs announces updates to the mobile operating system. iOS 4.1 will bring new features starting this week, while version 4.2 will arrive...

  • iPod Shuffle: The buttons are back [video]

    By Sam Diaz | September 1, 2010, 1:22pm PDT

    Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off the latest redesign of the company’s smallest iPod line at its September 2010 music event Wednesday in San Francisco. Finger controls are back by popular...

  • FCC seeks comment on two key elements of Google-Verizon net neutrality proposal

    By Larry Dignan | September 1, 2010, 12:21pm PDT

    The Federal Communications Commission said it was seeking comment on two “under-developed issues” on net neutrality following the joint Google-Verizon policy proposal penned last month.

  • Is the new iPod Nano the smartwatch that Bill Gates envisioned?

    By Sam Diaz | September 1, 2010, 12:07pm PDT

    Bill Gates had a vision for a smartwatch nearly a decade ago. Will it be Apple, with the new iPod Nano and maybe a case with a strap, that brings the idea to life?

  • Ping: Apple should leave social to Facebook, Twitter

    By Sam Diaz | September 1, 2010, 11:39am PDT

    Ping, a social network described as Facebook and Twitter meeting iTunes, was launched today. But will people really go to iTunes to be social?

  • Cisco, Itron partner on smart grid networks

    By Larry Dignan | September 1, 2010, 7:32am PDT

    Cisco’s push to be a smart grid player continues via a partnership with Itron, a leading smart meter vendor.

  • Alcatel-Lucent continues mobile app development push, buys OpenPlug

    By Larry Dignan | September 1, 2010, 6:30am PDT

    Alcatel-Lucent is trying to buy its way into the mobile applications development market with the acquisition of OpenPlug, which makes mobile software development tools.

  • Target to offer Facebook Credits gift cards

    By Larry Dignan | September 1, 2010, 6:08am PDT

    Target is betting that Facebook Credits gift cards will be a holiday stocking stuffer. Will Facebook gift cards sell?

  • Salesforce.com integrates Jigsaw, aims for better data quality

    By Larry Dignan | September 1, 2010, 5:30am PDT

    Salesforce.com showed off the fruits of its Jigsaw acquisition with the integration of business data and customer relationship management tools. Will you pay for crowdsourced contact data?

  • HP grabs printer market share

    By Larry Dignan | September 1, 2010, 4:55am PDT

    The overall printer market saw revenue surge 14 percent in the second quarter to $13.3 billion, according to IDC. Hewlett-Packard continued to gain share.

  • How do I love my new Mac? Let me count the ways...

    By Christopher Dawson | September 1, 2010, 3:00am PDT

    Remember that old Joan Jett song, “I Hate Myself for Loving You”? That about sums up my relationship with my new Mac.

  • Sony's latest e-readers: Understanding the trade-offs and global strategy

    By Larry Dignan | August 31, 2010, 9:02pm PDT

    Why would Sony make such trade-offs between touch and connectivity for its e-readers? Sony is playing a global game and perhaps 3G and Wi-Fi just doesn’t matter as much to folks in China and...

  • Sony launches new e-readers; Will pricing matter?

    By Larry Dignan | August 31, 2010, 9:02pm PDT

    Sony will update its e-reader line with touch-screen navigation across all three devices—Reader Pocket, Touch and Daily Edition. The catch is that Sony’s line carries higher price...

  • Apple to stream its Sept. 1 powwow

    By Larry Dignan | August 31, 2010, 4:23pm PDT

    For the first time ever, Apple will stream one of its live events—as long as you own an Apple product.

  • Netflix isn't going to save Apple TV

    By Larry Dignan | August 31, 2010, 3:41pm PDT

    Apple reportedly will team up with Netflix to offer streaming videos to Steve Jobs’ ongoing hobby. Big deal. Netflix is already in your entertainment center.

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