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Could the MacBook Air's trackpad support pen input?

As I played with the MacBook Air at the recent Macworld Expo and tried out its multitouch trackpad, my mind inexplicably went to pen input. What would it be like to write on the trackpad like a pen digitizer pad? Could it be done? Believe it or...

Tags: Capacitance, Handwriting Recognition, Problem, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Pen, Trackpad Control Panel, Tablets, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-01-31

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Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched

Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...

Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Talent development

Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...

Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Weak US dollar starts to drive up mobile software prices

Weak US dollar starts to drive up mobile software pricesAnd this is news . . .why?Seriously, one software company in Europe (hmm, you know all that Euro software you buy, you know!) raises it's prices and we get that headline?ZDNet needs quality control!Oh Well, it can wait. ntno text

Tags: Tools & Techniques, mobile software, software, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Rumor Mill: iPhone to get copy, paste and better navi in firmware 2.1

The most exciting thing around the watercooler today is the rumor that Apple has seeded iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers. MacNN sources tell them that they've found references to cut, copy and paste in the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj. Woot! According to the story the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Apple Inc., Firmware, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops

Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptopsjust thinknow instead of being stuck in a little puddle they can go out there and swim in the ocean of windows applications like the rest of us - a zillion kids just smiledlinuxhelp.net:~# apt-get install mozilla-firefoxReading Package Lists... DoneBuilding Dependency Tree... DoneThe following...

Tags: Operating systems, Vista-64, Microsoft Windows XP, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., OLPC Laptop, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awards

Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awardsRE:Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awards"their motivation is to take money out of the system,..."is this a good thing?Hmmm...kinda wrong..."...their motivation is to take money out of the system, to take down the old Microsoft monopoly. They lack compelling business models of their own."If the only biz...

Tags: Leadership, Web browsers, OpenOffice, motivation, old-Microsoft monopoly, old-Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., SourceForge

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Microsoft to show off spherical Surface next week

Microsoft to show off spherical Surface next weekMoixa - US20070247439 - Spherical Display and Control DeviceThose designers over at Moixa Design who created the eco-friendly USBCELL batteries (http://www.moixa.com http://www.usbcell.com) seem to be a few steps ahead of this with their 'Spherical Display and Control Device' patents US20070247439, that also covers...

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

2008 Audi A8 L W12

Photo gallery:2008 Audi A8 L W12The 2008 Audi A8 L W12 rests in a premier echelon of cars that combine extreme luxury with exceptional driving performance, cars that make it difficult to decide whether you'd rather be reclining in the back seat while a chauffeur drives or up there where...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, subwoofer, Audi A8, Audi AG, Bang & Olufsen, car, MP3

Product reviews 2008-07-24

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...

Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending

Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...

Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker

Apple looking to hire iPhone hackerIt's about revenue , not securitySo Apple is looking for someone who can prevent their phones from being jailbroken, so they have total control over what is on an iPhone, and can realize a revenue stream from every possible use of the device.Good luck to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, iPhone Hacker, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Childs rigged crazyquilt private network

Childs rigged crazyquilt private networkBut who is monitoring the monitor?Gartner's statement not worth quoting. They are the most worthless thing to hit IT.Was Childs the only IT person on staff that knew anything about computers? That's what it sounds like. But this isn't that hard to believe. Most IT...

Tags: NETWORKING, Most IT department, private network, network, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Students: the broadband troubleshooter

Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...

Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines

In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO--Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a...

Tags: Google Inc., DuPont Co., Web Site, Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Reuters, Google, encyclopedia

News items 2008-07-24

Gateway FX4710 desktop computer

Gateway's last $1,000-ish desktop came out earlier this year with an aggressive 4GB of RAM and 64-bit Windows Vista. The resulting performance impressed us greatly. Perhaps working under the assumption that more is always better, Gateway's new $1,150 FX4170 comes with 64-bit Vista and 6GB of RAM. Surprisingly, we saw...

Tags: 64-bit, Desktops, Memory, Network technology, Flash memory, desktop computer, desktop, computer, Gateway Inc., Gateway FX4710

Product reviews 2008-07-23

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit

[Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...

Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Joichi Ito - from venture capitalist to venture communist?

I've become a big fan of Joichi Ito CEO Creative Commons, Chairman of Six Apart after seeing him speak on a panel at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference. In a room full of many smart people, Mr Ito is one of the smartest. Here is a clip...

Tags: Mr., Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distributionSimple? Compared to what?[i]The procedure works like this: a developer will request your iPhone’s unique identifier. The Identifier is 40-character string that can be found in iTunes by clicking on the word "Serial Number" under the Summary tab when your iPhone is connected. You can...

Tags: Digital media, Apple iPhone, App Store Ad Hoc distribution, App Store Ad Hoc, App Store, Hands-On, Identifier

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Identifier, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-23