| Latest Cool Tools column: Octiv Air an impressive iPod streamer
If being able to play music in one location and have the music emanate from another location appeals to you, Octiv Air is a very impressive system. Google Launches M-Lab Measurement Tools
Today Google launched a new public service aimed at testing your ISP's practices and performance. The Internet community has been struggling with the thorny topic of Net neutrality. What has been missing from the heated debate is hard data. Now you can get your own data and let your measurements be added to the common database in the cloud. The site called M-Lab hosts three cool test tools with more coming. It is also a repository of information and pointers to other performance measurement tools. Latest Cool Tool blogs: Hate your in-laws? Not if they have high-def
Apparently the lure of a high-definition television can mend the wounds of a dysfunctional family. According to a Samsung-sponsored survey, 43% of football fans say they would be more likely to visit their in-laws if they had an HDTV to watch "the big game" (aka Super Bowl). Among those respondents, men were more likely than women to visit their high-def-owning in-laws (50% of men vs. 34% of women). Songs I'd like to see available for Rock Band, Guitar Hero
Hoo boy: Activision today announced three new "Track Packs" for its Guitar Hero World Tour video game, which should be available next month. On Feb. 12, players can download songs from Incubus ("Drive"), The Shins ("New Slang") and Ryan Adams (his version of Oasis' "Wonderwall"). On Feb. 19, the Wings Track Pack is available, featuring the songs "Junior's Farm", "Hi Hi Hi" and "Jet" – the song "Band on the Run" is already available in the game. Then, on Feb. 26, Bob Seger fans get to finally sing "Old Time Rock and Roll", in addition to "Her Strut" and "Get Out of Denver" with the three-song Bob Seger Track Pack. Blogger back-pedals on Storm's "dominance"
I'm usually not the person who says, "I told you so", but in this case I couldn't resist at least granting myself some satisfaction points after reading that fellow Network World blogger Mitchell Ashley is disappointed in the BlackBerry Storm from Verizon Wireless. Video: MIT portable device gives sight, hope to visually impaired
Most of the time I'm commenting on consumer devices like digital cameras, smart phones and other gizmos that are aimed to entertain us or improve our productivity, but not necessarily will change the world. So it's cool when I find something that will change the lives of people, such as the video below. Latest from The video library: Bill Gates boosts polio fight
The fight to eradicate polio has been given a significant monetary boost through new funds pledged by the Bill Gates' charitable foundation. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $255 million to Rotary International, which will match it with $100 million to be raised over the next three years. (1:30) Robots go gaming
A Japanese company has a new idea for its robots - let users control them in a crane-game-like arcade machine. TV that watches you
New Sony TV includes a sensor that can tell if it's being watched -- if not, it powers down. Bicycle built for hills
Schwinn's new electric bicycle includes pedal-assist features to help you up those big hills. Latest Twisted Pair podcast: Obama: Yes He Can have a BlackBerry
Keith and Jason discuss yet another massive credit card data breach, layoff woes at Microsoft and of a major executive office that may be as technologically behind the times as they are. (44:22) Latest Newsmaker of the Week podcast: Heartland hit by massive data breach
Heartland Payment Systems, a New Jersey based provider of credit and debit card processing services this week said unknown intruders planted malicious software to steal card data on as many as 100 million accounts sometime last year. Derek Manky, who leads the global threat research team at Fortinet, shares his take on what may be the biggest data fraud scheme of all time. (11:15) Latest Network World Panorama podcast: Putting business intelligence tools to work
Don Campbell, CTO of for business intelligence and performance management at IBM, talks with Jason Meserve about how business intelligence (CI) tools can be used to dig deeper into organization's operations. Who is BI right for and could it have been used to help avert the current economic crisis? Campell explains. (15:19) Latest from Ron Nutter's Help Desk Tool Chest: Idiots guide to the perfect resume, rattoo removal and other job search skills
With the economy still in rough shape for the time being, I have wanted to bring some additional tools up for discussion. Our first conversation is with Susan Ireland, author of the Idiots Guide to the Perfect Resume. What you will find here is that there is no one resume format that will work for everyone. Next up is Dr. Mitchell Chasin, Director of the Center for Reflections discussing Tattoo Removal. With more companies starting to establish policies about the presence of tattoos, this is a conversation worth hearing. It seems like more resumes are starting to become works of fiction more than they are a record of your employment history. We talk with Josh Levy and Ross Cohen, co-founders of BeenVerified.com, a service that can help you and potential employers save time by having an independent source of employment verification. (63:40) January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
Up for grabs: Two Cisco training courses from Skyline-ATS worth up to $6,990, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500, 15 copies each of the hot book titles Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration, IPv6 Security and Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks. Get all the entry details here. | 
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