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HP develops new type of memory circuit

It took about 40 years to find it, but HP scientists said they discovered a fourth basic type of electrical circuit that could lead to a computer you never have to boot up. CHICAGO--It took about 40 years to find it, but scientists at Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday they...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Hose, Circuit, Computer, Electronics Theory, Productivity, Reuters, memory, chips, HP

News items 2008-05-01

Existing USB ports may face trouble powering new breed of peripherals

Contrary to popular belief, at least from a power perspective, not all USB ports are created equal. That's what I learned yesterday during an e-mail exchange with Buffalo Technology's Brian Verenkoff. Earlier this week, as a part of ZDNet's Deputy Tester of the Week program, I announced that...

Tags: David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-08-17

Additional Resources

Why do Macs need so much fixing?

Why do Macs need so much fixing?My point exactly ntntI guess we're both the luckiest people in the world.All of my systems (Windows, OS X, Linux, and Solaris) work fine. No muss, no fuss, no problems. It's good to be me.Come come nowRoss2000: [i]Am I the luckiest guy in the...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Macs need, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

IBM launches iDataPlex server; Eyes Web 2.0 customers

IBM launches iDataPlex server; Eyes Web 2.0 customersHeavy Computer - Heavy PictureThe image of the computer in this article is huge - 1375.77 KB. Someone's uploader is not doing a very good job. Regardless doing it without AC should be the mantra. Keep it up IBM.Air ConditioningThis system is NOT...

Tags: Data centers, Redundancy, Liquid Cooling, Condensation, iDataPlex, Eyes Web 2.0, Eyes Web 2.0 customer, IBM launches iDataPlex, IBM Corp., IBM Launches, A/C, server

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

5 tips to prevent IT extinction

Here are 5 tips to help IT avoid extinction. I pose this question to IT departments everywhere: "Is your department evolving upwards or fading away on a seemingly-inevitable tide of outsourcing?" If the latter, I suggest you study these points carefully. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Blogger Kate Carruthers, Commenter, Blogger Kelly Shaw, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Microsoft's biggest lemon - Windows Home Server

Microsoft's biggest lemon - Windows Home ServerI was thinking of buying this until this article.At home we have 2 PC's and 3 laptops. I have a NAS drive for common storage, and a tiny print server to share the printer.I was thinking of getting WHS purely because it is a...

Tags: Printers, Servers, Operating systems, data corruption bug, server, lemon, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, printer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

Microsoft's biggest lemon - Windows Home Server

I'm really surprised that Windows Vista gets as much bad press as it does when Microsoft has an operating system that's worse.  Much worse.  I am of course talking about Windows Home Server. Windows Home Server is bad in a way that you just don't want your...

Tags: Operating System, Conclusion, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, File Servers, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Getting ready for Vista SP1

I've now carried out well over a hundred Vista to Vista Service Pack 1 upgrades.  While many of the upgrades I carried out were experimental and done on test rigs which I considered to be sacrificial, quite a few have been key production machines which I cannot afford to have out...

Tags: Backup, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Image, SP1, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-04

Windows Vista (In)capable

What went wrong? I'll tell you what went wrong: Microsoft execs - starting with Steve Ballmer - don't care enough about their customers. Which is too bad for the thousands of smart, hard working 'softies who do. I went through the Vista Capable lawsuit Exhibit A emails....

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, News, Intel Corp., Development Team, Features, Allchin, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-03-02

Mozilla launches Mozilla Messaging unit; Can it fix email?

Mozilla launches Mozilla Messaging unit; Can it fix email?how abouta better default SPAM filter? The "junk" mail feature of T-Bird currently isn't as user-friendly nor a trainable as free plug-ins that can be found for Outlook.Windows live mail is my choiceIt is more nimble than thunderbird and has friendlier...

Tags: E-mail clients, Groupware, Microsoft Windows Live Mail, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Messaging unit, Mozilla Messaging, Mozilla Thunderbird, e-mail, Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

UPDATED: Hackers - 1 : SP1 - 0

[UPDATE 02/11/08 4:55pm - Further information has been posted about this hack here.]  [UPDATE 02/11/08 3:30am - Just to answer a few questions I've received with regards to this post: No, the hack is not complicated - download, run, wait a few seconds, reboot,...

Tags: Hack, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Hacker, SP1, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-02-10

Apple's Safari gets richer with HTML5 features

Apple's Safari gets richer with HTML5 featuresCan't waitI can't wait for the browser-side SQL storage. It would be a perfect match for some of the planned features of one of my sites.Firefox will roll this one out soon too.I just hope that Apple rolls it out in the Safari for...

Tags: Web browsers, Digital video, Cyberthreats, Apple Safari, Web browser, HTML5 feature, HTML5, WMV, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

Apple drops QuickTime patch

Apple drops QuickTime patchthanks for letting us knowI kind of thought Ryan would report this early, given his displeasure with the fault.But in any case, nice to have Quicktime, and safe again.so you stopped using ActiveXbecause of the endless security problemshttp://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=850but for some reason the endless patching of QT means...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

185Graph (exe)

185Graph was designed to be a 1.85 graph based fire sprinkler hydraulic calculation software program specifically designed to graph sprinkler demand vs. water supply. 185Graph calculates base of the riser demand with the Grid Calculator, Tree Calculator, or Head by Head Worksheet and will plot these demands against any water...

Tags: Supply, 185Graph

Software downloads 2008-01-23

About-face: Microsoft makes new Vista SP1 test build public

About-face: Microsoft makes new Vista SP1 test build publicBritain Doesn't Want Vista In Their Schoolshttp://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205602879Guess they are smarter than we are.Off Topic WARNINGI know its off topic but the word needs to get out.DO NOT use Network Soultions Verisign for Domain searchs.If you go to the site to check on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., SP1, Microsoft Office, new Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

Why Macworld will blow CES out of the water - again

Where is the creativity? CES is a fire hose in a parking lot. Macworld is a crystal-clear Martini in a jazz bar. Remember when the PC was exciting? Phonebook-thick PC magazines! "Man of the year" awards! Hot ideas coming from every direction! Only one company still...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Macworld, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-01-11

ZFS beta now on Mac OS X Leopard

For all you bleeding-edge OS X warriors Noel Dellofano, part of the ZFS development team at Apple, has posted ZFS binaries and source code on Mac OS Forge. ZFS looks to be the first 21st century file system to make it to a high-volume desktop. I've...

Tags: Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Microsoft Hoses user data - <i>mea culpa</i>

Microsoft hoses user data - mea culpaKudos for the admission and correction.I still think the titles were sensationalistic but I admire the way you handled the retraction. I would make the following suggestions to you.1) Make the title fit what happened. Don't sensationalize to ...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., user data

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

Hollywood unions and the digital revolution

Hollywood unions and the digital revolutionMovies by 12 year oldsSeveral years ago I had to to some final quick edits of a short movie.Nothing spectacular there - except for the fact that the movie had been made and edited by a bunch of 12 year old kids in an everyday...

Tags: industry, movie, job

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN, TechNet testers

Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN, TechNet testersHaven't even installed SP/2And wouldn't touch SP/3 with a flag pole.Plenty of spyware, rootkits, and DRM without their SP's to update it.Yeah your right.. no tin hatsYeah your right.. no tin hats ... just 5 times longer to figure out...

Tags: Operating systems, SP-3, TechNet tester, Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate, Windows XP SP3, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-12-03