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Jason Perlow is becoming a corporate Mac user. What does he need to get started?
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3D print these 12 designs for a very special Saint Patrick's Day
If you have a 3D printer and some green filament, now is the time to get printing. Here is a series of great (and wacky) 3D prints you can download and produce. Just follow the rainbow.
My first laser cutter project: Saint Patrick's Day coasters
In less than two hours, David Gewirtz designed and produced a set of four wooden Saint Patrick's Day coasters using the Dremel Laser Cutter. Here's how.
Quitting the five tech giants: Could you abstain from Apple?
This is it. Our fifth and final day looking at quitting the tech giants. So how did you do? Are you sticking it out with the Big Five, or will you dump any and go it on your own?
Quitting the five tech giants: Could you manage without Microsoft?
Even though Microsoft is no longer as ubiquitous in our computing lives as it once was, it could be argued the company is stronger than ever before. We're at the penultimate point in our quitting project: can you live without Redmond?
Quitting the five tech giants: Could you say goodbye to Google?
Google touches all aspects of our lives, from the videos we watch to the information we seek. Could you live without Google? In our five day series, this is hump day, the day we look at Google.
Quitting the five tech giants: Could you really flee Facebook?
Facebook. These days, all you ever see is bad news. But even though Facebook is almost as much societal disease as social network, could you let go? Today, we find out.
Quitting the five tech giants: Could you abandon Amazon?
Imagine your life without Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, or Microsoft. David Gewirtz begins his five-day look at quitting the Big Five tech giants with Amazon. Sure, he can quit. He can quit anytime he wants...
Alexa takes control of Roku boxes and TVs
Alexa keeps getting better and better. Now, she can control Roku set top boxes and TVs.
Storage, servers and more: We found 24 cloud services for your business
When it comes to cloud services and software-as-a-service (SaaS), we're all familiar with the usual players. But there's a huge world of opportunity and available resources beyond Google, Dropbox, Salesforce, Amazon, Microsoft and even beyond storage and server services.
Cloud cost control also a challenge for small businesses and freelancers
Cloud services can save small businesses from having to invest and manage their own infrastructure. But there's a cost: lock-in. As cloud vendors increase their prices, businesses may well be trapped into paying more and more.
Features we initially mocked, but then came to love
Many tech products are introduced with great fanfare and excitement. Customers flock to buy them, even sometimes standing in line for hours. But some products, and in particular, features, just don't inspire the same kind of buzz. In this gallery, we'll look at a bunch of features that inspired more "why" than "wow," but proved to be beloved by ZDNet's contributors and editors.
On the eve of Samsung's Galaxy S10: Is there any innovation left in the smartphone market?
In this video roundtable, ZDNet’s David Gewirtz, Jason Perlow, and Adrian Kingsley-Hughes discuss the future of the smartphone. It’s not what you think.
Why I replaced Google Wifi with Synology's mesh networking gear (and why you might, too)
Google Wifi is a great offering, but it has its limits. In this article, we'll look at how we slammed hard into those limits and how the Synology mesh might make for a viable alternative.
Getting started with the Dremel Laser Cutter: Before the beam
While we don't have sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads, we do have a laser cutter. Welcome to the first article in our new series.
