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- Microsoft Research and their secret projects
- Over the years, Microsoft has dominated the marketplace with some ground breaking products. Not just Windows or Office, but spreading to the web, communications, education and research. But most people will know they work behind the scenes on seemingly insignificant stuff, that may or may not end up being the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- SNRS - Securing Networks with Cisco Routers & Switches v3.0
- View Available Dates and LocationsDiscover advanced concepts in IOS router and switch security in this course that starts where IINS v1.0, core training for the CCNA Security Associate certification, stops. In SNRS v3.0, a component in the Cisco Certified Security Professional certification, you will take your IOS...
- Training 2008-11-01
- No FireWire over Ethernet; but maybe in Snow Leopard
- No FireWire over Ethernet; but maybe in Snow LeopardLicense fees???"Most believe that Apple doesn’t want to pay the FireWire licensing fees (believed to be around 25 cents a port)"Um, didn't Apple invent firewire? People pay *them*...RE: No FireWire over Ethernet; but maybe in Snow LeopardA few historical facts about FW:Firewire...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-20
- No FireWire over Ethernet; but maybe in Snow Leopard
- Since Apple announced the new MacBook last week sans FireWire, there's been a backlash from the Apple community about the omission. Users love the high-speed data protocol for things like Target Disk Mode TDM, transferring clips from digital video cameras and for connecting to external hard drives....
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Microsoft dances with open source businesses
- Microsoft dances with open source businessesAh, their illegal pre-installs you mean?;-)The harder they push, the harder we push back.Nobody is going to get into bed with these idiots, except for starry eyed little peasants with no eye on a better future, such as yourself ...Microsoft CAN teach them to beprofitable...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Plagiarism, gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business
- When the the prestigious IEEE Software publishes something that's obvious gibberish - and later turns out not to have been original work - as a peer reviewed contribution to IT knowledge, what are we to make of it? by Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Welcome to the Data Cloud ?
- 'The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)
- (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)$2000 build-it-yourself PCGreat article would do it if I didn't already have a pretty good PC. How about a build-it-yourself gaming laptop?RE: (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)I have a similar system with only 4Gb of cheaper ram , 2 Tb...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- How to archive on disk drives
- How to archive on disk drivesDo you have some references to backup your claim?I am curious, do you have any references to backup your claims? 12 months?I have never heard of this before and interested to see the research.RE: How to archive on disk driveswell it is known that...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployed
- UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployedIf you're any good, I wouldn't worry about itMy first question is whether that study takes into account whether people were employed in their actual field of study?Ie, does a job at McDonalds classify as being 'employed' or does every psychology major actually...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?
- FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?My choice: USB 3.0At least for mainstream computing.USB has used a single main interface since it was first introduced. Being able to use an old-but-still-functional USB device like a mouse, webcam, or cable to a digital camera in a USB 3.0...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?
- In today's news, the IEEE has approved the new FireWire 2008 specification, which will include the S1600 and S3200 standards, running at 1.6Gbps and 3.2Gbps each. The new IEEE 1394 standards will use the same connectors as FireWire 800 and will be fully compatible with the previous...
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Why Flash and Silverlight will save the web
- Why Flash and Silverlight will save the webnone issueI thought that parts of flash Flex were open source and parts of silverlight are too. as these platforms evolve, open standards will be tacked on them. SilverLight, my opinion, really needs HTML display support built in so W3 standards...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Sony unveils 'world's first 16.4-inch notebook'
- Sony unveiled what they're calling "the world's first 16.4-inch wide multimedia notebook" yesterday, a laptop packed with the promise to allow users to view HD movies "the way they were meant to be seen" -- which is a subtle hint that yes, this notebook comes with Blu-ray tech: Part...
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- High-tech trifecta dabbles in solar technology
- What is it with high-tech giants and solar energy research and development? Apparently, as it turns out, many of the same manufacturing and design ideas that people have been applying to computer systems and microprocessor technology matter in the world of solar. Intel is the third huge...
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Why does the new iPhone use old Wi-Fi technology?
- Why does the new iPhone use old Wi-Fi technology?they need to leave something for iPhone 3.0NTwhatwhat's the point of this article? LOLIts like you argue with your self, but in the end find the answer. Why you need N when G is fast enough? Plus not many phones have WIFI...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Robofish teams of underwater robots
- Many of today's underwater robots need to periodically come up to the surface to communicate with their human supervisors. But researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a new kind of underwater vehicle. The Robofish can work cooperatively with each other. 'The Robofish, which are roughly the size...
- Blog posts 2008-06-07
- A UMan robotic arm
- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a mobile robotic arm which can manipulate objects by 'seeing' its environment through a digital camera. This robotic arm, dubbed UMan, or UMass Mobile Manipulator, can 'approach unfamiliar objects, such as scissors, garden shears and jointed wooden toys -- and learn...
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
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