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DIBS: Distributed Backup for Local Area Networks

DIBS Distributed Intranet Backup System is a distributed file backup system for computers in local area networks that lack dedicated or secondary data storage. DIBS exploits the unused disk space among a set of connected machines and the high speed of local area networks to provide a transparent peer-to-peer backup...

Tags: Network, DIBS, Backups, LANs, Networking

White papers 2007-01-01

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Apple's MacBook flop - fixed!

Apple's MacBook flop - fixed!Alert for Mac fanboy outragedHaving USB 3.0 is quite important when Apple claims to be the 'latest and greatest'.It would be a long time untill you'll see USB 3.0 ports on any Mac.For PCs, you just have a PCI card and a driver to install because...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., USB 3.0, rich people, Linux, Apple Macintosh, laptop computer, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

$99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience

Selling the iPhone at $99 is simply an opiate for the masses. But like any addictive drug, it doesn't fix the real miseries plaguing wireless service carriers. This week, Apple did the unthinkable -- it lowered the price of the existing 8GB iPhone...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Transceiver, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Wireless, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Palm Treo Pro available from Sprint

Palm Treo Pro available from SprintNot to mention Sprint gets the Palm Pre first tooGood for Sprint. I'm glad to see them get first dibs on some nice devices for a change.

Tags: Sprint Communications, Palm Inc., Palm Treo Pro, Palm Treo

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

Netbooks, mini-notebooks, ultraportables and semantic fun with AMD

AMD is targeting what Intel calls the netbook market, but not completely. Here's a tale of semantic fun on Friday night. When I read Brooke Crothers report on how AMD wasn't entering the netbook market I was shocked. After all, I was one of those people that...

Tags: Mini-notebook, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-14

How do you get rid of tech junk?

How do you get rid of tech junk?Hehehe:-)dibs on your next future systemyeah!Donate itThere a number of websites if you do a quick Google search on where you can donate your old PC's to various charities and schools. You can also take it to a local Goodwill or Salvation...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, auction

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Will Apple offer Me.com email accounts?

Now that Apple has re-branded Mac.com to MobileMe (Me.com) would you prefer your email address to remain as @mac.com or become @me.com or even @mobileme.com? Apple mostly like horded a bunch of ".me" domains too, but they're outside the scope of this post. Here's hoping that Apple doesn't change everyone's...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., E-mail, E-mail Address, e-Mail Account, Online Communications

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over name

Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over nameAnd what exactly makes Man and Machines an interested party in this?Do they own a piece of the trademark or do they simply want to use the name for one of their products?RE: Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over nameA chance for millions from Apple? That...

Tags: Mice, Apple Inc., mouse, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Apple Mighty Mouse, M&M, Mighty Mouse

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

What do you do with your old PCs?

What do you do with your old PCs?RE: What do you do with your old PCs?My 1.8GHz P4 with 1GB RAM is functioning quite nicely as a Windows Home Server box. So far it's the best backup solution I've come across. Now if only I could access the shared printers...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Linux, computer, PC, old PC, old computer, electronics, RAM

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

GLlib DLL for EasyBit Sample 1 (Windows)

OpenGL VI: Rendering on DIBs with PFD_DRAW_TO_BITMAP. The PFD_DRAW_TO_BITMAP pixel format descriptor flag allows OpenGL applications to render on a Microsoft Windows device-independent bitmap DIB. The resulting DIB can be manipulated to the full extent using the commands in the Windows graphics device interface GDI. This article explains how...

Tags: OpenGL, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-09-14

EastBit Sample 1 (Windows)

The PFD_DRAW_TO_BITMAP pixel format descriptor flag allows OpenGL applications to render on a Microsoft Windows device-independent bitmap DIB. The resulting DIB can be manipulated to the full extent using the commands in the Windows graphics device interface GDI. It explains how you can render OpenGL scenes on DIBs with PFD_DRAW_TO_BITMAP....

Tags: OpenGL, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-09-14

GLlibDLL Sample 1 (Windows)

OpenGL is a portable language for rendering three-dimensional (3-D) graphics. OpenGL does not understand Microsoft Windows device-independent bitmaps DIBs; instead, it has its own format for representing images. It explains how to translate a Windows DIB into a format usable with OpenGL. Some knowledge of the Windows DIB format and...

Tags: OpenGL, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-09-14

BlackBerry 8820 announced

As had been widely expected, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion announced the BlackBerry 8820 today.RIM points out that the BlackBerry 8820 is the first dual-mode BlackBerry handset, combining EDGE/GPRS/GSM cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity for data access and voice support through UMA unlicensed mobile access for fixed-mobile convergence FMC...

Tags: Carriers, BlackBerry 8800

Blog posts 2007-07-17

Google Desktop for Linux

Google Desktop for LinuxSweet!I was hoping that this would be coming soon! Just left Windows a few months back, and I was getting along fine without it, but I look forward to being reunite with my old friend!So much for Yahoo Widgets on LinuxGoogle beats Yahoo, yet again.Yahoo should have...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Google Desktop, privacy concern, Google Text Ads, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Linux, desktop, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2007-06-27

Do we really hate Apple and the iPhone?

Two A Day says ZDNet just hates the iPhone--before it's even out. And in a nice display of doing homework the author cites more than 50 negative articles about iPhone in a week.What Two A Day calls negative, I'd call perspective. The iPhone is getting attention because it's merely the...

Tags: iPhone, General, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-20

High school partners with Virtual High School to offer 200 online electives

High schools looking to attract new students by beefing up their course offerings have a new resource — virtual electives, the Arizona Daily Star reports. DNA technology, screenwriting fundamentals and criminology are some of the online courses being offered at Immaculate Heart High School in Oro Valley, AZ. These...

Tags: partnership, online course

Blog posts 2007-03-16

Adobe branching out into online software, plans online version of Photoshop

Adobe branching out into online software, plans online version of PhotoshopSurvivalThey have to do something or they lose mindshare to lower-priced competition. There just aren't that many people who are willing to pay Photoshop prices for the branding, and once tools like the [url=http://www.gimp.org]GIMP [/url]get people used to them...

Tags: software, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, GIMP

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

Google due for a fall? Donna Bogatin debates Danny Sullivan

IS GOOGLE OVERRATED? TAPPED OUT? DUE FOR A FALL?Fast Company Magazine invited "two experts" to take sides:Donna Bogatin and Danny Sullivan HIGHLIGHTSBogatin: Googles search stallion has driven GOOG to a 400%-plus appreciation in just two years. Googles stock price is not sustainable long term, and neither is its domination in...

Tags: Advertising, Blogs, Brands, CEO Interviews, Content, Copyright, Culture, ecommerce, Enterprise, Google, Google Software Applications, Government, Internet Data, Legal, Local, Marketing, Media, Metrics, ROI, Search, Search Advertising, Self-Promotion, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-02-16

Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on users

Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on usersThis is BSI'm supposed to believe that the government is doing this to protect children? That's a convenient excuse to take more of our privacy rights.The Evil Dr. Cocteau reborn...Someone wake up Sylvester!Welcome to the futurewhere innocent people will be persecuted while the "bad"...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Gonzales, Internet, U.S. Government, hero

Discussion threads 2006-09-20

To save Net Neutrality, here's why The Torrents must die- and then be reborn

To save Net Neutrality, here's why The Torrents must die- and then be rebornCompletely missing the pointBitTorrent itself isn't really germane to the network saturation issue. What you're really describing is a direct function of having leaf nodes (such as I'm posting from) being able to [i]source[/i] as...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Peer to peer (P2P), VoIP, Torrents, Internet, Torrent, Net Neutrality, network, accident

Discussion threads 2006-06-24