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- A quick lesson for your comp sci students
- A quick lesson for your comp sci studentsDefragmentationDespite great advancements on the hardware front, the magnetic hard drive is still the performance bottleneck and fragmentation can slow down the system. So, with windows server products, defragmenting is still important to keep the servers running smoothly. Incidentally, automatic defragmenters seem to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, quick lesson, Linux, rear
- Discussion threads 2008-03-27
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- Dropping the iPhone NDA is good for security
- Last week Apple lifted their NDA on iPhone developers, freeing them to discuss amongst themselves how to properly build applications. This decision is a "good thing" for not just applications but also application security on the iPhone. The iPhone NDA was antithetical to how developers work....
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Flaw, Programming, Development Tools, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
- Panasonic Viera TH-58PZ800U
- The big-screen HDTV arena is still owned by rear-projection models, but with every passing year flat-panel versions, especially plasmas, fall in price and become attractive targets for folks seeking massive home theater pictures. But prices haven't fallen far enough yet for most people, so for the foreseeable future big-screen plasmas...
- Tags: Quality, TV & Home Theater, TVs, plasma, Panasonic, Panasonic TH-58PZ800U, THX Display Certification
- Product reviews 2008-10-03
- Texting? Pull Over ...
- Texting? Pull Over ...re: Texting? Pull Over ...It's scary. I went through line in a grocery store, everytime the cashier had two seconds between ringing up customers her head was down texting. I can't imagine that kind of person on the road.RE: Texting? Pull Over ...TST: None of...
- Tags: Cellular phones, stat, headset, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Dell All-in-One Wireless Printer V305w - multifunction ( color )
- The Dell V305W is an inexpensive all-in-one AIO printer that also connects wirelessly to your home network. The $129 multifunctional solution does triple duty as a 1,200x2,400 dpi scanner and full range copier. Dell manages to keep the cost of the V305W low by omitting an autodocument feeder and fax...
- Tags: Printers, Dell V305W, printer, Dell Computer Corp., cartridge
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- Vizio VO32L
- Vizio made its name by charging less than all the big brands, but savvy buyers may have noticed that Vizio doesn't really have the price advantage that it used to. While the 32-inch Vizio VO32L sells for a reasonable $650 as of press time, other entry-level competitors like the Panasonic...
- Tags: Vizio VO32L, Vizio, picture mode
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- 2009 Mazda MAZDA5 Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:2009 Mazda5 Grand TouringIt seemed like everyone who we spoke to about Mazda's Mazda5 said the same thing: "It's a mini-minivan." As cheesy as that sounds, there isn't really a better way to describe what Mazda has created with the Mazda5. As fuel prices soar and its full-size MPV...
- Tags: GPS, Mazda5 Grand Touring, Mazda Motor Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-09-29
- Polk Audio DSW Pro 400 - subwoofer
- When it comes to subwoofers, Polk Audio has at least four product lines with models in the sub-$600 price range (including some below just $200). After reviewing 8-inch models in the Monitor and PSW Series--the PSW10 and PSW111, respectively--we decided to check out the equivalent model in the DSW Pro...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DSW, DSW Pro 400
- Product reviews 2008-09-26
- Sling Media Slingbox Pro-HD
- When Sling Media released a trio of second-generation models in the fall of 2006, the Slingbox Pro was at the top of the line. Unlike the entry-level Slingbox AV, the Pro had pass-through outputs, an analog tuner, multisource capability, and the capability to accept high-definition video sources. Unfortunately, it also...
- Tags: 3G, TV & Home Theater, Smart phones, TVs, Home entertainment, Corporate communications, Slingbox, Sling Media
- Product reviews 2008-09-25
- Sony releases wireless streaming, DVD, and input modules for Bravia HDTVs
- Figuring that people would rather hide home theater components in the back of their TVs than somewhere else, or, God forbid, actually display them out in the open, Sony built into its recent Bravia LCD HDTVs the ability to accept modules that could bring additional functionality...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Home Theater, HDMI, Module, DVD, Wireless, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Thoughts on Microsoft Response Point
- Thoughts on Microsoft Response PointPolitics of ProgrammingWhat has been so hard about being articulate and clear to the end user? Why, to this day, are arcane and obtuse references constantly popping up on Windows machines? It's a legacy of obfuscation that has come from a programming culture. This culture has...
- Tags: Development tools, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., programmer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- CODi Phantom CT3 laptop bag
- The CODi Phantom CT3 is one of a handful of laptop bags we've seen recently that comply with recently released official guidelines from the TSA for creating laptop cases that can go through an X-ray machine with a laptop still inside. It's a potential win for any harried traveler who...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, compartment, CODi Phantom CT3
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- Targus Zip-Thru laptop bag
- Air travel--while a requirement of modern life for many--has become, at best, a barely tolerable experience that tests the patience of even the zen-like commuter. The chokepoint most likely to raise one's blood pressure is the infamous security checkpoint, with its required shedding of shoes and belts, and, of course,...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Targus, Targus Zip-Thru, Transportation Security Administration, x-ray machine
- Product reviews 2008-09-22
- Are you suffering from information filter failure?
- Clay Shirky, an author and an instructor at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, says personal lives are a thing of the past, privacy is an information management problem and life is quickly becoming a systems design issue. Shirky, speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo in New...
- Tags: Information, RSS, Web 2.0, Strategy, Security, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Samsung HT-TZ512T
- In terms of value, it's hard to beat a home-theater-in-a-box HTIB system. While these systems have long bundled the home theater basics--DVD player, amplifier, and surround-sound speakers--into one package, manufacturers have continually upped the ante in recent years with more and more features. Samsung's HT-TZ512T is an excellent case in...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Home entertainment, Corporate communications, TV & Home Theater, Media players, TVs, Digital music, Samsung HT-TZ512T, TZ512T, DVD, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Apple iPod, iPod Dock
- Product reviews 2008-09-17
- Did McCain invent the BlackBerry?
- Did McCain invent the BlackBerry?Obama's childish attack????Kinda like the one where McCain says Obama wants to teach sex education to kindergartners, when in fact, what he wanted was to teach them how to recognize inappropriate touching to protect them from child predators? Ridiculous, childish attack INDEED!Um ridiculous and childishlike...
- Tags: INTERNET, RIM BlackBerry, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- LG 50PG30
- As LG's least-expensive 1080p resolution plasma, the LG50PG30 competes squarely against models such as the Samsung PN50A550 and the Panasonic TH-50PZ85U. Its specification sheet matches up well against those models, and its many picture controls, understated styling and generally solid feature set all point in the right direction. It...
- Tags: LG Electronics Inc., LG 50PG30, 1080p
- Product reviews 2008-09-16
- 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR
- Photo gallery:2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MREver since we saw the Mitsubishi Prototype-X at the 2007 Detroit auto show, the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution has been at the top of our wish list. Well, near the top, right under the Nissan GT-R. Our desires for the car weren't diminished when we...
- Tags: Compaq Evo, car, Mitsubishi Corp., STI
- Product reviews 2008-09-16
- Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flaw
- Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flawGreatAnother company that doesn't understand blended threats when it's pointed out to them. Even worse with them responsible for Web 2.0 stuff that's a great set of vectors for attacks.RE: Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flawOh the ignorance at Google never fails to amaze me. They...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Google Inc., Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, carpet-bombing flaw, Microsoft Internet, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging
- Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text MessagingNot usually.[i]Do you allow phone calls to interrupt:- a current live conversation?- your dinner?- sitting on the toilet?[/i]Only if the call is from my wife. She gets furious if I don't answer. At the least I will answer, tell her I'm...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, text messaging, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-14
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