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- Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists
- A pair of physicists have shown that if processors continue to accelerate in accordance to Moore's Law, we'll hit the wall of faster processing in roughly 75 years. The curtain will eventually come down for silicon in today's manufacturing methods once engineers can no longer further shrink...
- Tags: Processor, Physicist, Speed, Computer, Moore, Productivity, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Netbook or a cheap Compaq for students?
- Re: Netbook or cheap CompaqThe problem I see at least in my organization it is never 1:1. Sometimes I wish we could get away with a netbook or using some of our older desktop hardware for lighter 1:1 usage. We bought a small cart of Netbooks...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Compaq Computer Corp., netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- The Windows 7 judge and jury: Your mom
- Win 7 and the below average userI have quite a change up ahead with my co workers. We are a small financial institution and run XP currently. I am sure some of my co workers have vista at home however they have no idea what they are doing if a...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, women, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)
- In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- Apple's not-so-secret tablet: Flawed from the start
- Apple's not-so-secret tablet: Flawed from the startMisconceived?I think your basic assumptions are wrong. The Tablet is likely to be a large format iPhone/iPod Touch rather than a small flat Mac.The two devices would be very different beasts!It might help if you knew something about what you were writing about.... Apple...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., not-so-secret tablet
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- ã10bn national ID card scheme vs. ã65m cuts in higher education
- Two very controversial topics met in the middle today, when one potentially pointless national identity card scheme which would cost the UK taxpayer between £10-20bn according to the London School of Economics, and a cut of £65m in higher education at university level would cut a further 1,500 full time...
- Tags: Education, Card, National ID Card, U.K., Identity Card, Government, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- HP's newest supercomputer geared for energy and environment
- The newest supercomputer in town isn't for simulating nuclear explosions or the human brain, but rather take on arguably more pressing problems in areas such as climate science, hydrogen storage and molecular chemistry. Built by HP, the $21.4 million Chinook is a custom-made machine specifically designed for...
- Tags: Researcher, Hewlett-Packard Co., Supercomputer, Environment, Chemistry, Chinook, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Laptop or desktop netbook for back to school?
- Laptop or desktop netbook for back to school?ExactlyPrecisely my opinion. This way, everyone benefits. The student, because he has more powerful hardware at his disposal, has some computing redundancy if one machine breaks down, and has to carry less weight around. The teachers, because they can make normal eye contact...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Desktops, netbook, laptop computer, desktop, back-to-school
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- Reconciling social computing with the enterprise
- Reconciling social computing with the enterpriseThe social aspect of Enterprise 2.0Dion,The tools themselves are just not enough - you are writing more and more about the social dimension to computing and the enterprise - this is even more powerful.Through the ages of IT user and social involvement has become...
- Tags: Social networking, PRODUCTIVITY, social computing, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- So how 'bout them universities?
- So how 'bout them universities?I'll just reply here . . . Not being the social networking nut that most ZDNet authors are, I'll just reply here, thanks. Don't have twitter, not interested.But I am a student, so I've got a few things to say . . ."Enhancing communication and collaboration...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Literacy, Universities, computer science
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- Forget the Kindle; University "requires" iPhone
- Forget the Kindle; University "requires" iPhoneWow..A runon sentence followed by a fragment followed by another GIANT runon. Granted I stopped, for the most part, when I came across "tho". If this is how college level students communicate these days - I think we have more to worry about than shelling...
- Tags: iPhone Applications, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- Advances in TREKnology
- In September of 1966, the NBC television network released an iconic but short lived series that would inspire generations of inventors and technologists to bring about changes in our daily lives in the use of technology that many of us take for granted but was once...
- Tags: Netscape Communicator, Star Trek, Technology, Information Technology Star Trek, McCoy, E-mail Clients, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-05-08
- Research gives clues for self-cleaning materials, water-striding robots
- Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, and even micro-robots that can walk on water may all be within reach thanks to the work of scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at Japan's RIKEN institute. If you ever looked in awe as insects like water striders are able...
- Tags: Robot, Droplet, RIKEN, UNL Article, Productivity, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Apple to developers: Conform or die
- Apple to developers: Conform or dieWhat if end users don't want 3.0?What if I'm an iPod Touch user and don't want to paid for the upgrade?I know a few friends still on iPod 1.0. They can make do with no AppStore. If Apple is forcing 3.0 down to developer's throat,...
- Tags: Apple Inc., developer, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- DoD Gates: We're always under cyberattack
- DoD Gates: We're always under cyberattackThis "private initiative" BS has gone too far!DoD contracts need security teeth in them tied to a cybernoose around the corporate CEO's necks. National security is too important to compromise.My God! We pay enough already so an isolated and secure network is not...
- Tags: Hacking, INTERNET, Vertical industries, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Defense, cyberattack, government
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston College
- Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeAre "they" sure it was Linux?It could have been DOS. ;-)RE: Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeChris writes another blog where he whines about how linux doesn't get any respect. And there is good reason why it doesn't....
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Boston College, illegal activity
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
- Addicted-to-games students "get worse grades"
- I've mentioned before my political stance on newspapers such as the Daily Mail, the written version of Fox News, but for once they shed light on something which is directly from the US Department of the Bleeding Obvious. From their news report: University student Daisy Jones,...
- Tags: Facebook, Essay, Student, Web Site Development, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Web Technology, Game Players, Social Networking, Internet, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- New Skype Vulnerability Discovered
- A new phishing attack demonstrated by the folks over at Secure Science allows hackers to gain access to a user's Skype client and then pose as a financial institution or proxy outbond calls. The technique is called "SkypeSkrayping†and is similar to a phishing attacking only a bit more interactive:...
- Tags: Attacker, Vulnerability, Skype Technologies S.A., Phishing, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?
- Updated: Spies have reportedly been probing the U.S. electrical grid for months and planting software that could be activated at a future date, according to a Wall Street Journal. The report highlights the latest vulnerabilities facing U.S. power infrastructure. The Journal notes that the spies are from China,...
- Tags: Security, SCADA, Grid, Master Station, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
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