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- (1) Hardware Abstraction Layer An interface between the hardware and the software. An operating system is essentially a hardware abstraction layer; however, a HAL implies an additional layer...
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- Arthur C. Clarke: All These Worlds Are Yours
- Arthur C. Clarke: All These Worlds Are YoursArthur C. Clarke : The beacon to the human race is no moreLike the rest of the world I was also very saddened by his death. He lived a full life and was the same shining personality till the end.As a kid whose...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- HAL (EXE)
- HAL is an Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) program; he can speak in a normal voice and respond to over 45 voice commands from the user. HAL can perform many common computer tasks and read any text for the user. HAL can also start an e-mail message, display PC system information, create...
- Software downloads 2004-08-11
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- Google earnings fall short; Says it can thrive in weak economy
- Updated: Google's second quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates and executives moved to allay concerns about the company's ability to weather a dicey ad environment. The search giant on Thursday reported net income of $1.25 billion, or $3.92 a share, on revenue of $5.37 billion excluding...
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- User beware: Electronic documents can reveal far more than you want
- The WYSIWYG mentality can be dangerous when users fail to understand what underlies the visible presentation of electronic data. This chapter from Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion explores the premise that "What you see is not what the computer knows" -- focusing...
- Book chapters 2008-07-17
- SIMORE menu screen (SIMORE dual SIM converter smartchip)
- SIMORE menu screen SIMORE dual SIM converter smartchipBut , does it WORK?Great pictorial, but does it actually work for both accounts?RE: SIMORE menu screen SIMORE dual SIM converter smartchipok does it work on a HTC? were can I buy it in Portugal??????RE: SIMORE menu screen SIMORE dual SIM converter smartchipok...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- A look at how the digital explosion is affecting your world
- Digital technologies have already had a dramatic impact on how we create and share information -- and we're just getting started. This chapter from Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion offers a look at the risks and opportunities made possible by new technologies...
- Book chapters 2008-07-03
- Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer
- So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Of telescopes, patents and the death of discovery
- "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] It isn't really a surprise that I ended up...
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Patrick Brady dissects Android
- Patrick Brady of Google's partner group provided a detailed technical tour of the internals of the Android platform during his recent talk at Google I/O 2008 titled "Anatomy and Physiology of an Android". Topics included Linux kernel enhancements, the Bionic library (Google's slimmed down version of libc), Android functional and...
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Images: In 'Iron Man,' CGI is a major element
- Paramount's new film based on the popular comic book hero is heavy on the computer-generated imagery provided by Industrial Light & Magic.Iron Monger faces down Gwyneth Paltrow in a scene from Iron Man. :ILM visual effects supervisor Ben Snow, who led the visual effects team on Iron Man,...
- Image galleries 2008-05-01
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACEd, You RockExcellent article; thanks a bunch.RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACFinally! A journalist that spends time telling us how to make our vista experience better instead of endlessly trashing it.So many journalists think they are providing some "value" by telling...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- AMD launches 'business class' Phenom, Athlon chips
- AMD on Monday announced "business class" versions of its Phenom and Athlon processors for the commercial markets. The big pitch: PC manufacturers will maintain AMD's business class systems for 24 months to ensure that systems aren't phased out before they are deployed. The chipmaker all AMD resources...
- Blog posts 2008-04-27
- Holographic storage ships next month!
- Even since astronaut Dave Bowman disconnected the HAL 9000's holographic memory in 2001: A Space Odyssey techies have been wondering when we could buy real holographic storage. Now we know: May, 2008. Promising super-high density and excellent media flaw resistance, holographic storage has been an ever-receeding technology...
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- FCharts (exe)
- FCharts SE is a free stock charting program which will import price data from a wide range of sources, displaying it as OHLC, Candlestick and Line charts. It has a number of built-in indicators (MACD, RSI, Exponential and Standard Moving Averages). Free software from the author of the Hal Spacejock...
- Software downloads 2008-04-03
- Arthur C. Clarke: All These Worlds Are Yours
- For every person, there are personalities who's influence and life's work that can shape one's imagination and destiny. For some people, they are world leaders, musicians, poets, and philosophers. For me, the Grand Masters of Science Fiction float to the very top of that august group – and...
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- The tyranny of the majority
- The tyranny of the majorityHi Paul, too true.What OS you use should be driven by the requirements specification matched to the particular strengths and weaknesses of each potential solution... not dogma.All operating systems have differing capabilities, and until someone produces something akin to HAL-9000 or Star Trek's LCARS no one...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
- The Green Enterprise: PG&E
- On the next installment of The Green Enterprise, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das looks at how PG&E is working to deliver clean energy to its customers. Innovations include a unique solar installation at the company's headquarters, a hybrid-electric service truck, and emerging renewables from biogas to wave energy. Das also sits...
- Videos 2008-03-10
- Want a peek at a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft?
- Want a peek at a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft?What is it with peopleThat just can't seem to use a "Z" where required?Well done!nt9.8!! NTnt"fr0thy-OS - Your Thinking, My Poisson"Your thinking, my FISH?????LMAOOne of the funniest things I've read on this site.::snicker::Given how well it worked for Borg Gates and...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's out
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's outMaybe Microsoft should emulate Apple again...and concentrate on publicizing products, not org charts.But then, when you look at their products.......Not much importantThis is further indication of how a once might tree has fallen and is rotting further.All of the Ballmerian box shuffling cannot hide this...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition 'analog' hole
- Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition 'analog' holeWill this wake it if the machine is locked?Because if all it takes to stop this is have your machine drop to the login screen, then it's not much of an exploit.I do realize that many may not have their system go...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
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