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- OTOY's Jules Urbach: Cloud computing 'threatens' game consoles, Blu-ray, PCs [interview]
- Cloud computing can't possibly handle streaming a Blu-ray movie or Adobe Photoshop, can it? Jules Urbach says it's not only possible, but scalable as a business. Urbach, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based OTOY, is working with AMD to pair that company's supercomputers with...
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so far
- Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farInteresting...... since the amount of spam I've received today is much greater than it has been in the past. Somebody has ramped up the effort on the bad guys' side.RE: Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farHrmmm well no duh! Did you...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- News to know: Cisco, Windows 7, SAP, Google Latitude
- Sam Diaz: Cisco's Q2 sees weaker sales, profits; no widespread layoffs planned Tom Steiner-Threlkeld: Cisco May Cut 2,000 Jobs. But That's Not A Layoff. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's worst nightmare: Windows 7 deemed less secure than Vista Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is UAC...
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- Hologram technology: the sub-atomic future of storage?
- Hologram technology: the sub-atomic future of storage?How about redefining 'small ads'[B]Telescope for sale.[/B]
- Discussion threads 2009-02-04
- Hologram technology: the sub-atomic future of storage?
- I was recently talking to some folks at Google about storage, specifically the amount of data that's being stored on the cloud as users upload things like photos and YouTube video clips. Gigabytes. Terabytes. Petabytes. I couldn't help but wonder, as we talked about all of this...
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- Quantum holographic storage: it works!
- Researchers at Stanford University have demonstrated quantum holographic storage, shattering long-held assumptions about the information limits of matter. Moving into the sub-atomic realm, they permanently stored 35 bits in the quantum space surrounding a single electron. Moreover, the technique allows holograms to be "stacked" in 3 dimensions....
- Blog posts 2009-02-03
- Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year
- Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this yearBingo - ! ntntBotnets = WindowsXP machines used by inexperienced people are the main backbone of botnets.Call me a zealot, but if everyone was using Linux - as user - this simply wouldn't be happening. The Linux platform is hostile to both the...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
- Can you see yourself running Windows XP in 2014?
- Can you see yourself running Windows XP in 2014?By then, "Windows 7" will be released.By then, Windows 7 will be released, and we'll all be saying how great Vista was and whine to Microsoft to keep supporting it, saying it's their best OS ever, and how Windows 7 is a...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-26
- Holographic storage ships next month!
- Even since astronaut Dave Bowman disconnected the HAL 9000's holographic memory in 2001: A Space Odyssey techies have been wondering when we could buy real holographic storage. Now we know: May, 2008. Promising super-high density and excellent media flaw resistance, holographic storage has been an ever-receeding technology...
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- If you call someone a 'nerd' are you a moron? (Part 2)
- Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk continues his examination of what it means to be a nerd in part 2 of his review of David Anderegg’s new book, “Nerds.†Last week, I wrote about the concept of being a nerd. And about a book called “Nerds: Who They...
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
- Smart holograms to monitor our health?
- In a short news release, the Institute of Physics reports that smart holograms, which use materials called hydrogels that shrink or swell in response to local environmental conditions, can be used to monitor many physical conditions than three years ago. These smart holograms could soon be used 'by diabetics to...
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- High-end flash drive goes mainstream
- High-end flash drive goes mainstreamSorry, what mainstream are you referring to?We currently have both flash and DRAM SSDs in our storage architecture, they've been there for several years. They are in both HP and EMC arrays. We use DRAM SSDs for high-volume high-volatility data, and Flash SSDs for high-volume low-volatility...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- My most-read stories in 2007
- It's the end of the year, and it is a good idea to look at the 10 most popular posts of the year according to traffic. Before, let me wish you an excellent year 2008. Let's first look at my ZDNet blog. Exclusive images of Endeavour's damaged...
- Blog posts 2007-12-31
- Facebook, people search and privacy
- Facebook is now giving members the option to make their profiles searchable see Techmeme for the various viewpoints on the news. In effect, your Facebook profile can be injected into the Web at large and non-members can see portions of Facebook profiles. This news isn't surprising. Facebook is spreading...
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Holograms used to test your vision
- Australian researchers have developed a test that uses holograms to diagnose the astigmatic error of the human eye. 'In this new test, patients view a hologram consisting of sunburst patterns; by reporting which sunburst lines appear clearest, the eye doctor can obtain information he or she can use in determining...
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Shimmering holograms to check anticancer drugs
- Physicists at Purdue University have developed a new digital holographic imaging system. This device permits to watch in 3-D how anticancer drugs fight tumors. It uses a laser which does not harm living tissues and a common microchip used in your digital cameras to see inside tumor cells. The real...
- Blog posts 2007-03-07
- Vista, Office 2007 holiday coupons coming this week
- Vista, Office 2007 holiday coupons coming this weekAwesome!This is awsome! I want the latest coupon technology as soon as it's available. If there is a possibility of an embedded hologram or embossing, I am so there. There are so few great coupons out there and for those of us who...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-24
- RFID passports and VeriChip security podcast
- I had the opportunity to interview Kevin Mahaffey who is the Director of Development for Flexilis Inc. Kevin and his team of researchers presented a video at Black Hat 2006 illustrating improperly shielded RFID Radio Frequency Identifier passports that can potentially be used to trigger a bomb.It turns out...
- Blog posts 2006-08-21
- Time for a bite of Apple? Yes, analysts say
- Time for a bite of Apple? Yes, analysts sayIf Paris thinks they're hotthen they are a buy buy buy.Be very quietI'm waiting for no axe to chime in and bash Apple while touting the wonders that are M$ and Windows.Prescriptions from Dr ObviousClueless!The time to buy was at $14 when...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-21
- Google joins open document group
- Google joins open document groupI think this is misstated>"Although Microsoft Office document formats are the most widely used, the XML-based OpenDocument Format has emerged as an alternative with backing from IBM, Sun Microsystems and others, as well as high-profile government customers in Massachusetts and Belgium."
- Discussion threads 2006-07-12
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