javipas writes The Compact Disc was created 26 years ago, but apparently it is as healthy as 15 years ago, when computing versions of this format (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW) made the market explode. Nowadays CD has been replaced in some
An anonymous reader writes DevX interviewed Bjarne Stroustrup about C++0x, the new C++ standard that is due in 2009. Bjarne Stroustrup has classified the new features into three categories: Concurrency, Libraries and Language. The changes introduced in Concurrency makes C++
snydeq writes Fatal Exceptions Neil McAllister questions the wisdom of standardizing on a single language in the wake of the ECMA Committees decision to abandon ECMAScript 4 in favor of the much less ambitious ECMAScript 3.1, stunting the future of
An anonymous reader writes Weve been on the edge of our seats cheering on the athletes at the Beijing Olympic games — but so often do athletes victories and defeats rely on accurate timing. As the athletes compete on the
PhilDEE writes Microsoft is in the process of applying for two patents for a private browsing mode in their next version of Internet Explorer, a feature already present in Safari, among other browsers.Read more of this story at
purplehayes writes A hacker broke into a Homeland Security Department telephone system over the weekend and racked up about $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia. The hacker made more than 400 calls on a Federal Emergency Management
stylemessiah writes The winner of several Eureka Science Awards in Australia is a crafty chick who devised a way to create solar cells cheaply using a pizza oven, nail polish and an inkjet printer. This was developed to address the
I Dont Believe in Imaginary Property writes According to a new ruling, those put on the No-Fly List can challenge their inclusion in federal court. Previously, they had to go directly to an appellate court, which would deprive them of
longacre writes Following in the footsteps of DARPAs Urban Challenge, in which robotic vehicles had to navigate a complex obstacle course without human intervention, the UK upped the ante with its own Ministry of Defence Grand Challenge: within a mock
An anonymous reader writes The web is evil and must be stopped — because it makes public information too public. So says Canadas Privacy Commissioner. She wants to anonymize court records by substituting initials for names. The Toronto Star quotes
An anonymous reader writes In an online survey, 42 percent of Internet users admitted to logging into other peoples email and social networking accounts without their knowledge. The poll doesnt ask if passwords were found, granted, or stolen — which
Lucas123 writes With gas prices 30% higher this summer over last, telecommuting is back on everyones radar. According to a Computerworld story, however, IT and telecommuting dont have a great record of success. For example, citing negative impacts on productivity,
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a Maryland start-up company has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nintendo, alleging four patent violations — three in the Wiimote alone. The start-up, Hillcrest Laboratories Inc. of Rockville, MD, filed a complaint
Ragnar Tornquist is respected as one of the best storytellers in todays game industry. Hes done work on Anarchy: Online, Dreamfall, and upcoming MMO The Secret World. Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a lengthy three-part interview with Tornquist about how good
least_weasel writes An article on Ars Technica reveals Mozillas intention to create and release a plugin for Internet Explorer that would allow the often-criticized IE to utilize some of the cooler code rendering developed for Firefox. The current WIP focuses
DragonTHC writes Im thinking about hosting a lan party open to the public. Im aiming for approximately 60 people to attend. I can handle all the logistics of operation. The only thing I cant wrap my head around is: how
Calopteryx writes Want to live a little longer? Get a second wife. A study reported in New Scientist suggests that men from polygamous cultures outlive those from monogamous ones. After accounting for socioeconomic differences, men aged over 60 from 140
jdb2 writes with the (honestly labeled) rumor from the Inquirer that Nvidia is preparing to release an x86 microprocessor with its guns targeted directly at its two major rivals — Intel and AMD/ATI, and excerpts from the just-linked Inquirer article:
An anonymous reader writes News from Free Tibet 2008 that internationally known artist, technologist and co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab, James Powderly, was detained in Beijing early on August 19th while preparing to debut a new work and technology
CWmike writes Microsoft will buy and resell up to another $100 million worth of enterprise support subscriptions for Novells SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system. Two years ago, Microsoft agreed to buy and resell $240 million worth of the vouchers.
Surrender, Comcast! declares the FCC in its Order on P2P blocking. The agency also calls on the public to stay vigilant on the issue and aligns itself more closely with the net neutrality movement.
Ever had a really cool idea for something you wanted to build, but you had no way to actually build it? Ever designed a toy or a piece of art that you thought would be a neat thing to have,
Administrators can use various methods to block access to websites that are pornographic in nature, like URL Filter, URL Blacklist, Keyword Filter, etc.Follow the procedure below to install Pornographic Image Filter and use it with SafeSquid:
The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated by researchers at University of Michigan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the University of California at San Diego.
Those Apple Get a Mac ads have long been an annoyance to Microsoft and to Bill Gates in particular. No surprise as an emboldened Apple with rising market share has continued to ratchet up the venomous quips like, fear of
Summers ending, and with it goes a certain sense of taking it easier, relaxing a bit at the office—you know, caching up on all that YouTube browsing you skip when theres real work to be done.
The Pirate Bay has decided to fight the decision of an Italian judge after it ordered ISPs to block access to the popular tracker. The blocks didn’t prove particularly effective as traffic from Italy only increased but nevertheless, The Pirate
The video below shows a scenario that is likely to become real as industrial robots improve: a human and a robot work together to assemble an object from its parts. But in the clip from the University of Minho, Portugal,
Earlier this year, someone at the US Department of Justice smuggled sensitive financial data out of the agency by embedding the data in several image files. Defeating this exfiltration method, called steganography, has proved particularly tricky, but one engineering student
Amarok, Rhythmbox and Banshee are a few of the popular music players in Linux. They are great in features and have received plenty of good reviews. But what is unknown to many is that there are a lot of other
Columnist John Dvorak thinks that Adobe Systems has a Microsoft problem and that Linux provides a clear solution: Adobe could port its Creative Suite...to Linux as a shot across Redmonds bow. Then the company should race Linux in-house and develop
We all knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time. A lawsuit has been filed against Apple over what the plaintiff is referring to as the Defective iPhone 3G, which she hopes will become a class-action complaint.
AppleInsider is reporting that one of its readers has received one of Steve Jobss legendary one-line e-mails in response to his complaints of third-party iPhone app crashes.
Weve seen pictures from the factory coming loaded on new iPhones before, but this is the first time weve seen what appear to be intentional snapshots loaded on a new iPhone. Surprise: the person who put your iPhone together is
According to a tip received by MacDailyNews, Apples considering an iTunes all-you-can-eat subscription for $129.99 a year--thats cheaper than all other subscription services, and would cement iTunes absolute dominance.
The software maker will build its fourth U.S. data center in West Des Moines, which is also the hometown of Olympic gold-medal winning gymnast Shawn Johnson.
Ad technologies are a hot commodity for investors, given that most of the Internets early ad companies (e.g., DoubleClick) are now owned by one of the Webs search giants. Turn aims to make display ads more measurable and effective.
Red Hats JBoss business spent two years in the doldrums, but has recently hit an inflection point that is driving it to grow at twice the rate of Red Hats operating system business.
Featured links from the CNET Blog NetworkPalm Treo Pro: Not digging it--Underwhelming. Thats the word that comes to mind when Adam Richardson looks at the new Palm Treo Pro.EA hires engineer who had brain rewired and became an artist--A stroke
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to throw out a case against Universal Music for allegedly abusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, ruling that copyright holders must consider fair use before issuing DMCA takedown notices.
In order to combat disappointing click-through rates, Facebook is encouraging its members to interact with advertisements more and even share them with their friends.
For legal and licensing reasons--think liquor companies--the social networks application programming interface now allows developers to factor these things in.
I tracked the stock performance of companies whose CEOs had the highest approval ratings versus those with the lowest. Know what I found? Youre all greedy.
Shai Agassis Project Better Place sees the future in electric cars; shareholder resolutions related to climate change grow; Masdar opens solar plant in Germany; Coskata goes through the ringer; John McCain casts doubt on clean tech; Clean Energy Summit i
In the SaaS model, the power is with the customer and vendors need to take a very different approach to both sales and service, heres how to do it says Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. Commentary--Software-as-a-Service SaaS
At IDF, the chipmaker announced a power-control feature in its new micro architecture, claiming it is pretty compelling for enterprises. Intel unveiled on Tuesday a new aspect of its upcoming microprocessor architecture, which promises better power management and efficiency. Speaking
The worlds largest airline said its passengers on Boeing 767-200 aircraft can get Internet access on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami. CHICAGO--American Airlines began offering Internet access on long-haul domestic flights on Wednesday,
The security team for Googles nascent open-source mobile platform, Android, has attempted to raise its profile with the security community The security team behind Googles mobile platform, Android, has tried to raise its profile among security researchers by appealing for
Japans trade ministry said on Tuesday that three fires had been caused by overheating Apple iPod nanos, which it said could be due to a battery defect. TOKYO--Japans trade ministry said on Tuesday that three fires had been caused by
The company claims the mainframe is finding its way into emerging markets and holding strong globally, despite a shortage of related skills among IT workers The mainframe is finding its way into emerging markets and is still holding strong globally,
The Linux project lead has said new contributors should start small to avoid becoming frustrated with the Linux kernel development process Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux
For the past few months, writers have been churning out rumors about several new flavors of Blackberry. Is RIM using careful leaks to beat Apple at its own rumor-fueling game? If you thought iPhone nano rumors were hard to avoid,
A section of under 100 employees who work in the Flightdeck at Baulkam Hills, Australia want a collective agreement granting them better pay and work conditions. IBMs Australian operation is facing the possibility of strike action among its workforce after
Customers of Live Autographs get not just a signed photograph, book or napkin; they receive a customized video clip with a short personal message from the star. LOS ANGELES--William Shatner sat in a drab office staring at a TV monitor
The law-enforcement bodies have cracked a major botnet, asking antivirus company Kaspersky to help victims clean up the malware on their PCs. In a joint operation, the FBI and the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit have cracked the Shadow botnet--thought
A researcher claims to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java and Nokia Series 40 handsets, and wants Sun or Nokia to pay him almost $30,000 for the details. A Polish security researcher has claimed to have found multiple flaws
Bill Gates told a Hong Kong gathering that society will need more explicit rules governing privacy boundaries around software as the mobile/PC line blurs. As software gets more powerful, privacy issues pose an interesting software challenge, said Microsoft Chairman Bill
VMware virtual machines on all hosts with the companys latest hypervisor, ESX 3.5 Update 2, in enterprise configurations have found that it will not power on after being turned off. Update at 8:35 a.m. PT on Wednesday: Since ZDNet UK
Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apples iPhone as its standard staff mobile device. Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apples iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move
The prototype Firefox extension will bring unified messaging to the open-source browser, if early experiments are promising. Mozilla has launched a prototype messaging Firefox extension that it says could eventually enable users to keep track of all of their electronic
Japanese scientists said they have developed a rubbery material that conducts electricity, a finding that could be used to make devices that bend and stretch. CHICAGO--In the latest twist on electronics, Japanese scientists said on Thursday they have developed a
As data governance becomes a key benchmark of a companys responsibility to enhance and protect data, here are six simple steps that start to develop a program based on individual needs. In the past few years, dozens of high-profile incidents
Nissan previewed new safety technology that goes beyond a warning beep if drivers veer into the path of danger, and actively tries to pull the car in the direction of safety. YOKOSUKA, Japan--Nissan previewed on Wednesday new safety technology that
Google said it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government organizations for Google-style Web search of office documents. SAN FRANCISCO--Google said on Tuesday it is an offering an upgraded version of
A U.S company has filed a number of patent suits against Nintendo, accusing the Japanese gamers hit Wii of infringing on its technology for a handheld three-dimensional pointing device and a display interface system for organizing graphic content on a
1986: A deadly cloud of carbon dioxide sweeps down the slopes of an African volcano, smothering more than 1,700 people.Volcanoes can kill in many ways, but this one is pretty weird. A volcanic lake in the West African nation of
In eerily similar cases in the Netherlands and the United States, courts have recently grappled with the computer-security norm of full disclosure, asking whether researchers should be permitted to disclose details of a fare-card vulnerability that allows people to ride
: Photo: Austin Post/USGSVolcanoes inspire awe and terror because they can kill in so many ways -- flowing lava, suffocating ash, flood from a released lake, landslides, mudslides, burning gas, shockwaves, earthquakes and tsunamis. A volcano can kill
The latest book from OReilly and Make Magazine explores the fertile intersection of crafting and hardware hacking: Think knitting, plus circuit boards and LEDs.
Greenbox, a startup founded by the creators of Flash, announce the roll-out of its power-consumption-monitoring application. Installed along with networked electrical meters to a limited number of homes by Oklahoma Gas and Electric, the new trial is Greenboxs first move
The worst time to find out youre highly allergic to something is when your throat suddenly starts to swell shut. Slow the onset of anaphylactic shock by delivering a quick injection of epinephrine as a first aid measure. Modern devices
Palms just-announced Treo Pro is an attractive device -- but its just a stopgap measure; Palm is placing its big bet on a revolutionary product still to come. It better work: The company is running out of chances, an analyst
Satellite-TV providers are in a sticky position. At a time when pay-TV services are supposed to be growing, Dish Network is losing subscribers. The company faces several industry-wide challenges, including heightened competition from cable operators.
Zero Motorcycles has built an all-electric motocrosser that looks and rides like a real bike, even if it costs a whole lot more. Next up? A street version.
The CSS 3 specification is not yet complete, but todays browsers arent waiting by the sidelines to embed its rich features. Safari, Opera and Firefox are on board, so why arent you? Start using the cool new CSS 3 features,
A federal judge rules that copyright owners must first consider fair use before sending takedown notices to online video-sharing sites like YouTube requiring removal of clips. Universal Music argued it could send a takedown notice even if a posting qualified
Open source is coming to a fantasy football field near you. A slew of tech veterans think fantasy sports could be the next killer app for sports online, driven by open APIs.
The Federal Communications Commission officially sanctions Comcast for throttling BitTorrent traffick, which the internet service provider denies. The 67-page order, however, is a clear endorsement of internet filtering so long as it is does not single out a user protocols.
Dont recognize the URL you just pasted? Dont follow it. It might have been inserted into your clipboard via a Flash vulnerability. Adobe says theyre on it, but so should you.
Scientists discovered two different genes that can turn white fat into brown fat, which helps burn calories. The discovery could lead to a new way to stay thin.
According to the gripes of iPhone users, if theres anything missing from the basic functionality of Apples mobile OS, its the lack of copy and paste. Luckily, developer Zac White has programmed around Apple restrictions and provided a technically legal
American Airlines breaches the last refuge from your boss by bringing in-flight wi-fi access to 15 nonstop flights. Dont forget a cover sheet on that TPS report he wants sent from 36,000 feet.
USB drives can be critical when it comes to data security for companies. The Defender from Kanguru only saves data in encrypted form, and enables the remote deletion of content over the Internet in case of theft.
Home theater PCs should be as quiet as possible. Since most of the noise is caused by the fans on the CPU and power supply, we tested two passive power supplies that use no fans.
Unless something goes horribly wrong, you only see your motherboard in its final form, decked out with copper cooling and flashing LEDs. Gigabyte showed us how much work goes into getting a board from blank PCB to action-ready.
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Founded in 1993, Nvidia has had plenty of time to enjoy the ups and downs of our tumultuous business. Learn about everything from NV1 to the companys latest unified shader architecture in our pictorial trip down memory lane.
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AMD and Intel are both pushing their quad-core offerings as the key to better system performance, but do you really need to spend the money on four cores when two will do?
Having found a number of SSDs that dont deliver on their efficiency promises, we decided to put 14 different drives to the test. Here is the latest roundup--dominated by a single product.
Our German lab recently bought itself an AMD Athlon 64 2000+ processor, which only consumes 8 W of power. Clearly, this would make for a good face-off against Intels energy-efficient Atom.
For as much as we love Blu-ray, its totally unsuited for full hard drive backups. Well, what could be easier than saving your data by simply copying the contents of an internal drive to an external one?
Earlier this year, AMD launched the Radeon HD 3870 X2, which was fast, but not fast enough. Now R700 is upon us and AMD shows its new RV770 architecture has what it takes to power the fastest graphics card on
With HSDPA speeds, a brilliant display and video capture, you?ll find features on BlackBerry smartphones you won?t find on iPhone.www.blackberry.comAds by Pheedo
The latest external 2.5 drives by Buffalo and Toshiba come with easy-to-use backup software, but they lack features. More interesting is their capacities of 500 GB and 320 GB.
Last year we tested a pair of gaming notebooks from Dell and its subsidiary, Alienware. Since then Dell has updated its part, while Alienware introduced a new, more portable model. Now its time to find out: does the new middleweight
When pushed to extreme limits, overclocking can become a sport in its own right, and the team that set the world overclocking record last February is particularly adept at it. We went along with them to the MSI European Overclocking
Comcast is offering more details about the protocol agnostic throttling solution that will replace its current, FCC-denounced approach to network management. Heavy users will be deprioritized for 10 to 20 minutes at a time.Read More...
New search tools are making it easier to get to the content and communities you need, and theyre presenting results as more than just boring lists of links. Ars Technica goes hands on with two search aggregators with the hope
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Universal for its DMCA takedown notice involving video of a dancing toddler. The judge held that copyright holders must take fair use into account before demanding the removal of online
Microsoft and Novell have extended their controversial interoperability agreement. Microsoft still espouses unsubstantiated patent rhetoric, but nobody seems to be listening.Read More...
Verizons Chief Technical Officer talks about his philosophy of network management and why building a network that delivers every bit without delay is, in his view, impractical.Read More...
Larrabee in the Playstation 4? Nehalem copying Barcelona? Today I had a one-on-one with Pat Gelsinger, Senior Vice President of Intels Digital Enterprise Group, where we touched on these topics and more.Read More...
A federal appeals court has ruled that individuals on the governments no-fly list can challenge their detention in federal court. But the fact that a Malaysian woman who was detained in 2005 can go forward with her lawsuit doesnt mean
eBay announced a number of changes today that will change how both buyers and sellers use the site from here on out. The site is beginning to look less like an auction house and more like an online flea market.Read
Intel has announced it will follow the current Atom 230 with a dual-core, HyperThreading-enabled Atom 330. The new processor should drop in September, and is expected to run at the same 1.6GHz clockspeed while offering a few additional platform features
Its hard to read about the iPhone 3G these days without reading about its unreliability on the 3G network. Now, a lawsuit has been filed against Apple over the issue, which may eventually be approved as a class-action. Read More...
Surrender, Comcast! declares the FCC in its Order on P2P blocking. The agency also calls on the public to stay vigilant on the issue and aligns itself more closely with the net neutrality movement.Read More...
Gumshoe hackers have found cached data in Chinese search engine Baidu that supports charges that some of their medal-winning gymnasts are under the IOC-mandated age of 16.Read More...
Microsoft hopes that focusing on users search intent when using Live Search will lead tailored results to that users specific needs—and more search market share.Read More...
Sony gets ready for the holidays with a new PS3 bundle featuring an even-large 160GB hard drive, and a series of PSP bundles featuring a better screen and out-of-the-box Skype support with built-in microphone. Read More...
A band of game publishers in the United Kingdom, including the likes of Atari and Codemasters, have begun a large-scale offensive against piracy. 25,000 UK citizens will be receiving letters that read pay now or well see you in court.Read
Yahoo!s Brickhouse has launched a geospatial web service called Fire Eagle that helps individuals and software share data about their location and hopefully enrich your online experience. Read More...
Nokias recent involvement in a port of Firefox to Qt has some wondering why Nokia is committing to both Firefox and WebKit. A close look at the two browsing platforms reveals that both offer unique advantages.Read More...
Intels Pat Gelsinger took the stage to talk about Intels plans for x86-everywhere. At the center of those plans is the upcoming Nehalem microarchitecture, which sports some dramatic changes in the name of saving power.Read More...
Spiraling textbook costs are yet another thing for students and professors to worry about. Will open access, open source publishing and social media tools come to the rescue?Read More...
Who didn’t see this coming? A lawsuit has been filed in Birmingham, AL over dropped calls and download speeds that didn’t meet the advertised rates. The plaintiff is seeking class-action status so that it can represent all consumers who agree
Comcast just loves to be in the news and piss off consumers. Earlier this month, we reported that the FCC forced Comcast to open up their network and play nice with P2P. Comcast has complied but plans on managing heavy
A US company, Hillcrest Laboratories, is suing Nintendo for patent infringement around the Wiimote, the wandlike remote controller packaged with the Wii. Nintendo has not commented on this suit yet. Hillcrest is accusing Nintendo of infringement in four patents dealing
American Airlines has won the race to offer WiFi on flights by adding the service on 15 of its jets flying transcontinental routes. The service was developed by Aircell and will cost $12.95 for access. AA is evaluating the service
It’s pretty sad when people have to create protection around pacemakers to prevent a hacker attack. In theory, the hacker could use a radio signal shut the pacemaker down or deliver a potentially lethal shock. The cloaking device, which has
What do you get when you take 18 European overclockers, a big bottle of liquid Nitrogen, a handful of Core 2 Extreme QX9770 processors, and Radeon 4870x2 CrossFireX? You will have to read up at OC3D to find out. Basically
Just as a black hole pulls everything toward it, the NVISION® 08 event in San Jose next week is pulling in experts and practitioners in the field from all over the world. The NVISION 08 visual computing conference, being held
Look out GeekSquad and FireDog. AT&T is throwing their hat into the crowded home services ring with their own service, ConnecTech. According to the news release, they’re going to offer TV and home theater installation, computer and home network setup,
Hexus has the full price list of all the new mobile CPUs that Intel is releasing. There’s a total of ten new additions to the Centrino 2 line, including a pair of quad cores. Check it out and start saving
ATI just released Catalyst v8.8 drivers. Here are the release notes (PDF). Hybrid Graphics support is introduced for XP in these drivers. This release of Catalyst™ introduces Hybrid Graphics support. Hybrid Graphics delivers a significant 3D performance boost for systems
Intel Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. today previewed plans for the Widget Channel, a television (TV) application framework optimized for TV and related consumer electronics (CE) devices that use the Intel Architecture. The Widget Channel will allow consumers to enjoy rich
When the source is “Willy Deeplung” you have to have reservations, but this is very interesting nonetheless. Hexus tells us that Nehalem gaming is nothing special, and given the current GPU-limited nature of gaming this should not surprise you. Where
We have done a LOT of bench testing with our BFGTech ES-800 lately and I have to say that even under a 4870x2 CrossFireX load with a 3.2GHz Core 2 Quad pushing it, the PSU does just fine. Virtual Hideout
Hot on the heals of missile destroying lasers, we have Killer Bot from Killer Brits. Can’t wait to see Jeremy tell us how these babies corner! Bring on The Stig! Now, the United Kingdoms Ministry of Defence (MoD) has held
We have touched on these units in the past, namely the Thermaltake BlacX, and the only gripe back then was that the product did not utilize a faster bus technology, namely SATA. Vantec has had a product out for a
Benchmark monkeys unite! New record 3DMar....er, um TPC. Seriously though, Intel and IBM pull off a big one with XEON 7400-series processors achieving a milestone with the industrys first 1M+ TPC-C result. Thats Transaction Processing to you and me. Hopefully
I dont know about you guys, but I will kick in an extra $20 for the winner if it has anything to do with boobs.Calling all Game Developer Athletes! -- HavokTM and the Intel(R) Software Network welcome you to the
I have updated our Nehalem coverage to include the entire Nehalem presentation by Rajesh Kumar. You dont want to miss this if you are a CPU fan.Ongoing Discussion
Since most of the hardware website world is out at IDF, (No, I never go.) tech content is moving fairly slow, except for all of the Nehalem coverage we have gleaned from the comfort of our office chairs. Anyway, it
PC Per Live Blogger, Ryan Opie Shrout, posted this picture from an otherwise boring IDF presentation. Looks like X86 is getting closer to being a day to day reality in our handsets. And yes the horrid chipset that we all
Woz and Ratner are speaking today, and we should get some good R&D info later in the keynote. This should last from 11am EST to 12:45pm EST, so not quite as long as yesterday, but hopefully even cooler....
In one of the more surprising demos of IDF a small company called Lucid demonstrated its hardware which allows multiple GPUs to be used in tandem without silly driver/platform restrictions or the use of software profiles. It just...works. ...
Intel had a number of Nehalem systems up and running at IDF. Clock speeds are unknown but there are tons of threads being spawned. The desktop platforms feature X58 motherboards with 6 DDR3 DIMM slots for Nehalems 3 channels. Also
Intel unveiled its plans for SSDs in 2008 at IDF. It also made some pretty lofty performance claims for how its SSDs will stack up against the competition. Could this be *the* SSD to buy this year?...
As IDF has started, the first benchmarks of Nehalem will probably pop up. It is without a doubt an impressive architecture that gets a much better platform to run on, but this CPU is not about giving you better frames
Its finally here, a GPU accelerated H.264 transcoder that promises to speed up one of the most time intensive things you can do on your desktop. Unfortunately the first incarnation of Elementals Badaboom media converter is hardly a replacement for
Marketing and benchmarking can lead to some pretty smart, but very misleading results. As promised, I shall give you a very good example of it. One promoted by some of the smartest people industry in fact. But first, a bit
How do you follow one of our favorite gaming laptops ever? Simple: stir in a few welcome upgrades, pop it in the oven, and let it bake. Read on for our first look at the sequel to the Gateway P-6831
Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2008, scheduled this year for August 18 – 21 in beautiful San Francisco, CA is shaping up to be an exciting event for those that have been patiently awaiting full disclosure of Intel’s existing 45nm processor
Dont mention performance in a conversation about virtualization. It is not trendy, it is archaic, it is part of the folkore. At least if you believe the gullible press and Analysts. They seem to be all in a hurry to
AMD officially unveils its highest performing single-card to date: the Radeon HD 4870 X2. How will the first multi-GPU R7xx series card fare against the price reduced GeForce GTX 280 and 260 from NVIDIA?...
Intel has been on a roll these past few weeks with future product announcements ranging from Larrabee to System on Chips. They announced today that desktop processors based on the company’s upcoming new micro-architecture, the processor family formerly known as
Hey folks! Ya know, I never really got a chance to introduce myself, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to do so and share with you my top ten favorite games. To begin, my name’s Eddie. I am 35 years old and
When I first used Mono, shortly after its first appearance in 2004, one of my most important requirements was to get connected to a MySQL back end. This was quickly achieved at the time with the ByteFX data connector. Following
If youve ever worked with and manipulated MySQL databases, chances are youve used phpMyAdmin to manage your databases from a Web interface. But phpMyAdmin can be a little complex; if you want a lightweight alternative, try phpMinAdmin. Its easier to
Nominations are now open for the Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. The winner could be someone you know, or someone whose work you admire, but dont mull over your recommendation too long -- entries must be
There are numerous documents, tutorials and guides detailing the workings and usage of cron, the de facto tool for scheduling jobs on Linux. While traditional cron jobs are executed at set times, inotify cron, or incron, is a cron clone
According to its past and present marketing, Foresight Linux has three claims to fame: Its user-friendliness, its use of the Conary package management system, and its role as a showcase for the latest in GNOME. In practice, its latest 2.0.4
The Virtual Volumes View (VVV) project lets you index your data DVDs and perform searches to figure out whether a given file is backed up and what disc contains it. If you routinely back up a large amount of data
Some cloud computing vendors, such as 3tera and Nirvani, push their own proprietary platforms and tools, which forces adopters to limit their options and work in a restricted or closed architecture. When these established vendors say cloud, they mean their
Linux has no shortage of audio and video players, but if you want to devote you whole system to multimedia use, you need the Xbox Media Center (XBMC). Although initially designed for the Xbox gaming console, XBMC has been ported
Scalix collaboration platform, with its latest release version 11.4, aims to be a good alternative to Microsoft Exchange. Based on the HP OpenMail platform, discontinued by Hewlett-Packard in 2001, it has been further developed by Scalix and now acts as
A shift from multi-core power-gobbling monsters toward whisper-quiet systems with single-digit power consumption is rippling through the desktop market. This trend plays right into the hands of a Paris-based company called Linutop, which offers a miniature Linux-based desktop system. The
Linux.com correspondent R. Scott Belford caught up with Open Invention Network CEO Keith Bergelt at the 2008 LinuxWorld Expo and had a pleasant (on-camera) conversation with him.
Cluster computing has played a pivotal role in the way research is conducted in educational environments. Because the amount of available money and hardware varies between university researchers, often its necessary to find a clustering solution that can work well
NimbleX, a Slackware-based distribution, advertises itself as "the new wave of Linux." However, what is appealing in NimbleX -- its speed and small footprint and the resulting selection of alternative software choices -- will likely strike veteran GNU/Linux users as
Gmail, Googles popular Web mail application, is already full of useful features all on its own. But Firefox users can further customize Gmail with a variety of add-ons. Some only change the appearance, while others add functionality that makes Gmail
This week in our parade through the wide world of the Linux.com forums, what to do with a stolen-then-recovered laptop, how to rescue an Eee PC netbook stuck in an endless boot loop, and how make Likewise Open and /etc/skel
We have written about the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project many times, but we have yet to explain how to get started with it as a contributor. Since it is the vacation high season in the Northern Hemisphere and many more people
Since the Chinese government began supporting domestic open source communities in 2005, hundreds of thousands of young people in the worlds most populous country have become a part of the open source world.
Digital video recorders (DVR) are becoming more and more mainstream. TiVo, in fact, has passed the truest test of any popular technology -- having its name transformed into a verb. MythTV, a free and open source application that lets you
gOS is an interesting Ubuntu GNU/Linux offshoot. Weve reviewed it and interviewed gOS founder Daniel Liu. Now, in this video, you can see the distro in action before you decide whether it is something you want to download and play
I first heard of gOS when it was chosen to power the $199 Wal-Mart gPC. The third iteration of the OS, gOS 3.0 "Gadgets" Beta, was released last week. Its a great Web-focused desktop, but it doesnt offer much to
Veteran travel photographer Rick Sammon shares his tips for shooting memorable images when on the road. One of the cool things about digital SLR cameras (and top of the line cameras) is that you can control the shutter speed to
ETech veteran Cory Doctorows kind words on this years conference and the Call for Proposals: The call for proposals for OReilly Emerging Tech 2009 has just gone up: Living, Reinvented. I was involved in every ETech from the first P2PCon
In this video interview, DHH discusses the current state of Ruby on Rails adoption. Who is using Rails? How was the culture changed over the past five years? Hansson also comments on the technologies that are catching his attention and
I vaguely remember hearing/reading something about the MySQL Drizzle project among the news emerging from OSCON last month. But, it didnt grab my attention enough at the time (I thought it was just something compete with SQLite), so I didnt
Have you ever wanted to stretch a photos background but leave the foreground unchanged? Or turn a horizontal photo into a vertical one without making a mess of it? You
I wanted to install a free (Open Source if possible) image editor on my MacBook. After looking around, I returned to look at GIMP whose multi-window interface always bothered me. Heres what I found about GIMP for Mac OS X
While editing a podcast in BIAS Peak 6 recently, I was disturbed to hear the audio distorting even though the peak levels were below 100%. Turns out the culprit was a stealthy slider.
Katherine McAlpine spends her days putting together the online newsletter for the ATLAS project at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. But at night, she dawns her white labcoat and geek bling, and becomes AlpineKat, rapping about the world of
There was one thing missing from XForms 1.0 that would have made all the difference when trying to access RESTful Web Services - the ability to control HTTP headers when making instance data requests and submissions. What compounded the problem
A long and contentious struggle came to an end this week as ECMA Technical Committee 39, responsible for the development and maintenance of ECMAScript (known universally everywhere else as JavaScript), voted to establish ECMAScript 3.1 as the next trunk branch
But the bottom line for foreign elements as wrappers in ODF and OOXML is that ODF allows them to be stripped out by the application while OOXML doesnt allow that; neither of course require that any particular application understands them.
Wow, apparently Blackbox has been available for Windows for a while now, but I didn’t know it. If you aren’t familiar with Blackbox, it’s a Window Manager (WM) for X. You can compare an X Window Manager to the Windows
Apertures previews are an important link to sharing your images with the outside world. Previews are JPEG renderings of your processed Raw files and, once generated, are easily accessible via
Last week I was in Copenhagen for YAPC::Europe. One of the announcements at the conference was the location of next years conference which will be in Lisbon. The theme of next years conference will be Corporate Perl. And that (along
Over at Deke.com, Ive written about how we use anchored notes to communicate between the team members who work on our bestselling One-on-One series. As much as I like having graphically oriented authors work directly with the layout, it certainly
Lawrence Lessig discusses Change-Congress.org, a online tool for users to tag congressional candidates as supporting or opposing reforms such as public financing, earmark reform, and congressional transparency. Lessig also responds to a few questions about InternetForEveryone.org, a coalition of public
If the do-it-yourself trend is a revolution, then Dale Dougherty and Tim OReilly are its Tom Paines, writes reporter Elizabeth Corcoran in a recent Forbes.com story, Making Future Headlines.Thomas Paine, if you recall, was Americas cerebral, revolutionary activist and the
Microsoft is set to release Windows HPC Server 2008. According to people in the know, it’s supposed to be “a real milestone product for Microsoft”. Hmm, I’m curious. Read this blog on MSDN to learn more. An interesting paragraph: Windows
I visit SourceForge.net and Microsofts CodePlex.com once or twice a month to see whats new and the most downloaded projects lists. The different natures of the top 10 most downloaded projects on each site always struck me as interesting. Lets
Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 08:41:00 Green groups push for Pika to be included on Endangered Species List as falling snow levels impact its native environment Two lawsuits filed this week to protect a simple mountain rabbit
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 09:18:00 Mayor Bloomberg invites proposals for New York renewable energy projects New Yorks Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week unveiled an ambitious renewable energy strategy that could
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 21:08:00 MIT students allowed to share research on card system flaws A US judge has lifted the restraining order on a group of
AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 07:50:00 APCIMS calls on the government to simplify CGT rules which penalise long term shareholders The Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS) has urged the government to simplify capital
AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 08:01:00 There are fresh warnings from the City of government finances facing deeper than forecast slide into the red Concerns over the precarious state of the
AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 07:53:00 The latest KPMG report warns tax authorities are preparing to enforce transfer pricing regulations A newly released KPMG report warns tax authorities are seeking to enforce transfer pricing regulations and are
AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 07:45:00 Deloitte & Touche in Canada and Ottowa-based Scott Rankin & Gardener are merging Deloitte & Touche in Canada has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ottawa-based Scott Rankin & Gardiner to
Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 06:30:00 Councils across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to join an open-source software movement The Northern Ireland Department of the Environment has advised the province’s 26 councils to
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 01:25:00 New service would put mini-apps on TV Yahoo is gearing up to launch a new service which will allow users to run
Sam Trendall, CRN, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 12:33:00 Vendor reports growth across the board and predicts $30bn turnover in Q4 Industry bellwether HP enjoyed a solid third quarter, posting double digit growth in
Phil Muncaster, vnunet.com, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 12:44:00 Global facilities to support customers disaster recovery needs IBM is to splash out $300m on 13 new facilities designed to support customers disaster recovery requirements.
BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 12:50:00 Court of Appeal blocks Environmental Protection Agency attempt to limit individual states ability to set air pollution rules Already under fire from green groups over
BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 12:50:00 Court of Appeal blocks Environmental Protection Agency attempt to limit individual states ability to set air pollution rules Already under fire from green groups over
Rosalie Marshall, vnunet.com, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 12:54:00 SaaS firm acquires InStranet for $31.3m Software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm Salesforce.com is enhancing its customer relationship management (CRM) offering with the purchase of knowledge management provider
Judith Tydd, Accountancy Age, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 14:21:00 Global accountancy association appoints Rowleys MD to represent the UK on its board MGI has appointed Robert Radford as its UK director, responsible for representing and promoting the association nationally
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 14:44:00 Companies advised that they can cut down brand and operational risks by understanding how much water their products use Businesses are being urged to measure
Daniel Robinson, vnunet.com, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 15:53:00 New handset takes on Nokia E71 and BlackBerry Bold Palm has announced a new Windows Mobile smartphone aimed at business professionals, designed to give users
Daniel Griffin, Information World Review, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 16:08:00 Nature Climate Change will combine physical science research with socio-economic findings The Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is set to release a new journal solely dedicated to climate change. Nature
Judith Tydd, Accountancy Age, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 16:22:00 Larger firm extends presence across Midlands Smith Cooper has announced it has acquired Andersons KBS Ltd, a Birmingham-based accountancy practice. Andersons KBS Ltd was previously run by Mike Green and
Rosalie Marshall, vnunet.com, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 16:44:00 Green and sturdy products should be cheaper, says committee The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has asked the UK government to consider introducing
Announcing: WakeRiteTM Alarm Clock by MichaelCrawford in MichaelCrawfords Diary Sun 08, 2008 at 07:16 PM EST Tags: MichaelCrawford, WakeRiteTM, Sleep, Alarm Clocks, Geometric Visions, Ogg Frog, GoingWare, Schizoaffective Disorder (all tags) Good news everybody! In my ongoing quest to manage
We look like them, but theres a difference... Kuro5hin.org looks like a lot of other weblogs you see in your everyday clicking. But there is one important difference in how we operate here, that you may not be familiar with,
So the first analyses of the Russia-Georgia tussle over South Ossetia are being published. Dont be fooled by the Western - especially French and German - media consensus (for example, this article on the ever dumb Times screaming OMG Russian
Its late at night and the apartment is silent. Outside, a light rain falls, easily mistaken for fog. You set down your voice recorder, clicking it on, a slight raise of the left eyebrow the only sign of asking for
I had to run down a bottle of one step sanitizer for my pilsner I had fermented at 90F. Rather than let it go to waste, when I took the lid off the fermenter there were really neat apple, fruit,
It is little wonder that The Dark Knight has done so well in modern America, generating huge returns for its investors, and spurring talk even before its release of potential Academy Awards. This is not because the dark setting and
This story has got it all. The executive summary: An illegal alien is involved in an auto accident with a severe injury requiring over two years of hospitalization. After he has somewhat recovered, he is shipped back to Guatemala where
The FBI is set to officially end its seven-year investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks after a prime suspect apparently committed suicide. No, it wasnt Steven Hatfill, the FBIs number one patsy, but rather Bruce Ivins, a former government anthrax
Kuron newb4b0s latest diary is an open invitation for all other members to engage in a bit of troll-sodomy just for the kicks-da-shit fun which can be derived from sledge-hammering the ignoranus that passes for his brain. Have a Free-Troll-Fest
OK I am bored this weekend and decided to update THE NOW FOREVER DEAD KO4TING WEBSITE. Weekends @ Kuro5hin are almost as dead as Ko4ting. If you are bored this weekend too and care to do some Summer reading, go
Over 100 million DVD players have shipped in the US, and 100s of millions of mp3 players have shipped, yet Linux distributions like Fedora, Ubuntu and Opensuse dont include software to create files that these devices can play. The reason
We join with Catholics and countless others throughout our Diocese and world in giving thanks for the extraordinary life and ministry of Pope John Paul II George Carlin, and in praying for the repose of his noble soul body. It
I send this message out to all AMERICANS who are concerned about the dire choice we face in this election. I dont think I need to explain to all of you what the stakes are. We are currently locked in
A notice posted on the door to my local McDonalds announced that it, as a corporation, supports the FDAs latest contamination scare regarding tomatoes and salmonella, and as a result they have voluntarily and temporarily stopped serving tomatoes on sandwiches
A friend sent out the latest clip for Ghost Humpers, our episodic mockumentary. Downloading the quicktime movie from Gmail gave me a compressed version. I thought that was odd. After a little searching, I found an option to download attachments
The recently-deployed Twat-o-Tron, a nifty little script that regurgitates pieces of the incoherent xenophobic rants that usually infest the BBCs Have Your Say website, is increasing in popularity after a report on The Register brought wider exposure of the tool
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