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(Photos: At WinHEC, PCs now and beyond)

(Photos: At WinHEC, PCs now and beyond)It'd be cool as a wall-mountable computer.With a 7" touchscreen, it'd be nice for as a low-cost home automation computer, with Windows Vista, since I'd like to build my own home automation program involving WPF Windows Presentation Foundation.I like Samsung UMPC Q1, but I...

Tags: Desktops, Monitors & displays, system case, IMACS, desk lamp, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., PC, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-05-16

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Looking forward to 2018, let's hear your predictions

Google is now officially 10 years old, an impressive notion considering their rapid dominance over any and all things that get in their way. Even Microsoft is shaking in their boots, 10 years ago people would have laughed that off as mpossible. The fact that Google has risen...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Phone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Browser Landscape Google, Web Browsers, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-09-07

Review: Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop bag simplifies security process

If you read my post on "checkpoint friendly" bags back in July you may be wondering what is going on with this program. Starting on 16 August, the TSA announced they were ready allow compliant "checkpoint friendly" bags through the X-ray machines while remaining in the bags. The TSA always...

Tags: Security, Transportation Security Administration, Laptop Computer, X-ray, Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-07

What's up, what's down on our warming planet?

Glaciers are down, the ocean is up. Here are some details: Europe is losing its Alpine snowmass. Glaciers in Europe have lost 25% of their snowmass since 1980. It's more than agony for skiers. Huge sections of rock and rubble are leaving...

Tags: Meter, Glacier, Business Ethics, Government, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-06

Measuring the acceleration of the universe

According to Theodor Hänsch, director at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics MPQ in Germany and one of the winners of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics, a 'laser frequency comb' can now be used as a basis for new astronomical instruments. Telescopes using this method, which could 'answer...

Tags: Laser, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-06

Image Gallery: Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag speeds you through the X-ray system

The TSA has started a new program that allows compliant laptop bags to pass through the X-ray security system without being removed from the bag. These bags should be popular with frequent travelers and so far the TSA seems to be accepting of compliant bags. by Matthew Miller

Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller, product photos, laptop, notebook, air travel, security

Image galleries 2008-09-06

Google demos speed benchmarks for Chrome

Google demos speed benchmarks for ChromeGoogle Chrome - resource hog .....I know some one who has trialed "Chrome", and was taken initially by the speed, but in less than one day was back to using FireFox as Chrome became a resource hog! Once you have more than a few browser...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Judge finds Oracle's Ellison withheld evidence

According to Bloomberg, in a ruling that has important implications for Larry Ellison, Oracle's CEO and the company itself, district judge Susan Illston found that Ellison: ...deliberately destroyed or withheld e-mails and failed to preserve tape recordings that should have been turned over to lawyers for shareholders suing him......

Tags: Oracle Corp., Susan Illston, Larry Ellison, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-05

The Linux laptop goes to school

The Linux laptop goes to schoolOn the Mouse Buttons ...[i]Robin’s biggest complaint was the slow response of the mouse buttons. But it’s something you can get used to, she said.[/i]Don't use the mouse buttons they're too slow, instead use the tap, double tap and side scroll features on the touchpad....

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Mice, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, mouse, Linux laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Is Firefox faster than Chrome?

Is Firefox faster than Chrome?Is Firefox faster than Chrome?When is Firefox 3.1 with tracemonkey expected to be released?yepper, 1.26x in my test RE: Is Firefox faster than Chrome?my test show tracemonkey being 1.27x faster than v8 on win xp sp3. here is the link with screenshothttp://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=6157396&postcount=433I noticed no speed difference.Chrome...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-05

2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging

The crossover is close. The Internet is poised to overtake the newspaper industry in total size as an advertising medium. And the question is whether it can also overtake it as a news medium. Says here, the year will be 2011. That is likely to be when...

Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Internet Advertising, News, Governor, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Echelon wins smart meter project in Germany; plus insight on smart grid in Europe

A reseller for smart grid technology player Echelon announced a deal this week to deploy an advanced metering infrastructure system that will serve roughly 10,000 customers in Hassfurt, Germany. The contract, which will be rolled out over the next three years, is being handled by EVB Energie AG. The utility...

Tags: Germany, Green Technology, Echelon, Grid, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up

Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upGoogle Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upFile this in the "No Surprise" category. The shoddy programming at Google which has been reflected on many of their applications and services should come as no surprise to anyone on Chrome. Google is trying to live...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Chrome vulnerability, Google Inc., Google Chrome, vulnerability, Chrome, programming

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Enterprise password management really isn't a good idea

Being at a university and working for a government department allows me to understand this concept well. There are shared resources here, there and everywhere, provided by different people and providers, all open to a "certain type" of person - employees or students. By having a single sign-on SSO point...

Tags: Software, Password Management, Mozilla Firefox, Password, Single Sign-on, RoboForm Enterprise, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet

Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Seinfeld becomes McCain

Seinfeld becomes McCainMyth?So, is John McCain's patriotism a myth? Perhaps his leadership abilities? Or maybe it is a myth that John McCain is actually qualified for the job of Commander in Chief?The only myth here relates to you feeling somehow qualified to offer political commentary.dude you really need...

Tags: Taxes, RSS, John McCain, Obama

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has answered claims that the company's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Hardware, Liam Tung ZDNet Australia, rootkit, hypervisor, Joanna Rutkowska, security

News items 2008-09-05

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...

Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05