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- Sennheiser HD 800
- Model changes at the upper end of Sennheiser's headphone line don't happen very often. The previous flagship--the still available HD 650s--were introduced in 2003, and remain in the line. Their predecessor, the HD 600s, came out more than a decade ago, and are still popular with audiophiles. I've reviewed both,...
- Tags: headphone
- Product reviews 2009-10-15
- Major antivirus engines failing to detect malware
- Major antivirus engines failing to detect malwareWhat an impossible jobI don't see any company stopping it allI'm not saying they should call it a day but anti-virus is mostly useless against the kind of attacks I've seen lately. It only gives the casual user a false sense of security. Tighten...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, White-List, Anti-Virus Software, malware, antivirus, antivirus engine
- Discussion threads 2009-07-15
- Scientists envision inflatable alternative to tethered space elevator
- An inflatable free standing tower could one day carry equipment and tourists 20 kilometers above Earth, and it could be completed much sooner than a cable-based space elevator, say researchers at York University in Toronto, Canada. They envision a giant tower assembled with a series of modules made up...
- Tags: Elevator, Kilometer, Team Management, Cable, Nanotechnology, Network Technology, Management, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Sager NP9280 has Core i7, triple SSDs; world's most powerful laptop
- Good grief, how much tech can you pack into a laptop? The superlative-laden Sager NP9280 is the world's first Core i7 laptop to ship and the world's most powerful laptop, apparently. Engadget details the sleeper system, which looks like a...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Innovation and competition
- The topic of how America competes economically in the present world has raised some crucial issues. Is there not a disconnect says one reader between innovation and competition? The best products and the best producers are NOT NECESSARILY THE SUCCESSFUL ONES. This talkback makes a solid point...
- Tags: Innovation, Pollution, Offshoring, Product Win, Leadership, Outsourcing, Strategy, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-01
- Microsoft trumps Apple in battle of the brands
- Microsoft trumps Apple in battle of the brandshow are they measuring this?I'm curious just what they are measuring when coke is number one and Microsoft is number three, but apple is forty-something on the list?It's certainly has nothing to do with quality, and appears to be entirely about quantity. http://www.learnucd.com/kevlar/why-is-the-iphone-popularRE:...
- Tags: Branding, brand, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- iPhone tethering rumored
- iPhone tethering rumoredWindows mobile makes it very easy.I use a windows mobile device and I just went out to the internet and found the app I needed to do it and off I went with Bluetooth connectivity to my laptop and the performance is great even with my vpn tunnels...
- Tags: 3G, Microsoft Windows, INTERNET, Operating systems, VPNs, Apple iPhone, Apple/AT&T
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- (Images: IE 8 rising to the competition)
- (Images: IE 8 rising to the competition)Google apps wont run? What a surpriseDoes anyone really believe Microsoft sees competition as anything other than something to be utterly destroyed though the use of their monopoly power?Microsoft is not to be trusted- they are souless bean-counters who care nothing for technology and...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Windows security rendered useless? Uh, not exactly
- Oh dear. The Chicken Little contingent is out in full force. Break out your Kevlar helmets, everyone, because the sky is falling on Windows! At last week’s Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, researchers Alexander Sotirov and Mark Dowd presented a paper that outlined some new attack vectors they had...
- Tags: Black Hat, Attacker, Windows Security, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Defense, Memory Protection, Vulnerability Disclosure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Online brand-jacking increasing
- Online brand-jacking increasingWear KevlarAnd hope somebody figures a way out of computer virus.
- Tags: Branding, brand
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- For sale on eBay: Nuclear biological protection gear and other cool stuff
- eBay auction. Item: F-14 Antenna. Winning bidder: Mahoud A. For sale: Nuclear biological chemical gear. Contact anon1234@craigslist.org eBay auction. Item: Small arms protective inserts. Winning bidder: Hu J. These are just a few of the items the Government Accountability Office discovered for sale on eBay...
- Tags: General Accounting Office, eBay Inc., Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Global Warming the Conspiracy: Conference Now, Baby!
- Global Warming the Conspiracy: Conference Now, Baby!We know some, don't know some . . .Well, we can have a good rough estimate of our planet's overall temperature and can see that it's going up slightly.Whether it's going to be a huge disaster or not, however, is debatable. In addition, placing...
- Tags: global warming
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- MacBook+Air+Diary-Day+7%3A+The+best+sleeve+case
- MacBook+Air+Diary-Day+7%3A+The+best+sleeve+caseThe MBA should never be mistaken for a Panasonic ToughBookYeah. The toughbook is a real notebook computer, and the macbook air is a rich person's toy.Maybe we'll have a cube redux in the lifespan of this product...RE: MacBook Air Diary-Day 7: The best sleeve caseHow do I read these articles...
- Tags: Notebooks, toughbook, MacBook Air, MBA, sleeve, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Repelling bullets with nanotube armors
- Australian engineers have found a way to use the elasticity of carbon nanotubes to not only stop bullets penetrating material but actually rebound their force. Their anti-ballistic carbon nanotubes are very different from the current materials used to design bullet-proof jackets, such as Kevlar, Twaron or Dyneema fibers. Current jackets...
- Tags: Nanotube, Bullet, Carbon Nanotube, Jacket, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Blogs and thick skin
- Kathy Sierras bad day is raining all over the Web. Theres a sickening lull in debate going on as people react with the kind of horror reserved for mock outrage similar to Casablancas Captain Renault: "Im shocked, shocked to find out theres gambling going on here!" Amazingly, there are jerks...
- Tags: Chris Locke, Kathy Sierra, blogging, Sierra, jerk, blog
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
- Air as a building material
- Air as a building materialSince you asked...An inflatable home is about as dumb as ideas get. An inflatable pavilion is maybe less so, for novelty's sake, but if it's going to be up for more than a few days I'd generally prefer a tent.Why? I have some experience with inflatable...
- Tags: Santa Claus, inflatable house
- Discussion threads 2006-08-19
- Fresh details: alleged NSA facility at AT&T NOC said able to intercept VoIP calls
- In a newly posted piece on Salon.com, two former AT&T network engineers state that an AT&T NOC Network Operations Center in Bridgeton, Mo. houses a 20 by 40 foot, secret room where...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., NSA
- Blog posts 2006-06-21
- Twinhead Durabook N15RI
- Editor's note: This story originally appeared in Computer Shopper magazine. (3/14/06)The $2,199 midsize Durabook N15RI comes ready to meet many hazards of travel, encased in extratough magnesium alloy and equipped with rubberized vibration protection for the hard drive and the LCD. Spill-resistant membranes shield the keyboard, the speakers, the touch...
- Tags: Performance management, Notebooks, Durabook N15RI
- Product reviews 2006-03-16
- NASA grounds shuttle fleet
- NASA grounds shuttle fleetfuel tankWhy don't the rocket scientists just put a mesh over the foam on the tank? A gillnet should take carre of the problem.Maybe even a simple canvas sheath?Canvas is pretty light. And cheap. Treated, it could withstand the initial temperatures I'm sure. Strap one on,...
- Tags: Shuttle, foam, NASA, HERE IS
- Discussion threads 2005-07-27
- Understanding the priorities in cryptography
- In recent news on Quantum cryptography, a company is pushing Quantum cryptography into the mainstream. Without judging the particular company, Cavium, or the merit of their products, I will say that people in general have huge misconceptions about cryptography and they need to be aware of them when theyevaluate security...
- Tags: cryptography, authentication protocol
- Blog posts 2005-02-08
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