A circuit that performs some processing or controlling function. Contrast with memory.
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- Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie 'Morro'
- Microsoft today announced plans to kill its Windows Live OneCare PC care and security suite and replace it with a free anti-malware utility. The new product, code-named "Morro," will be designed for a smaller footprint that will use fewer computing resources, making it ideal for low-bandwidth scenarios...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- OS earns highest-ever gov't security rating. Does that make it "most secure?"
- I have to admit that I had never before heard of a certification called EAL6+ High Robustness until the folks at Green Hills Software reached out to tell me that they were about to get it for their operating system, formally called INTEGRITY 178B. EAL6+ High...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- News to know: Intel, Adobe; Kindle economics; OLPC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: New update of Microsoft codename tracker available now Larry Dignan: Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying? Paul Murphy: How Intel's Nehalem...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- $400 XOs and recessions
- The OLPC XO goes on sale through Amazon Monday via a redux of their Give One Get One (G1G1) program that turned into such a debacle last year. It's no secret that, despite my utter willingness to give props to OLPC for spurring an entire market of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Circuit City Black Friday ad finally leaks. More yawns.
- After Best Buy's Black Friday ad leaked online the other day, bargain hunters were waiting for someone at Circuit City to slip up and its ad to reach the Internet, which has finally happened. And as with other ads already unearthed, the deals aren't so hot considering the economy and—in...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Nostalgia: Steve Ballmer, why so serious?
- It's been a long road for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, he was just a business-savvy best bud of Bill Gates -- long before he spent his days explaining why Microsoft's stock was at risk. A friend of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks. Don't get too excited.
- While Circuit City has pretty much crashed and burned, Best Buy has chugged merrily along. But the electronics retailing giant has just made a pessimistic forecast of its year-end earnings, which led many to think its Black Friday special were going to be something special. Well, the Best Buy Black...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Best Buy cuts outlook; Sees 'most difficult climate ever seen'
- Best Buy said Wednesday that it is facing "rapid, seismic changes in consumer behavior have created the most difficult climate we've ever seen" and cut its earnings and revenue projections. Indeed, Best Buy's same store sales fell a whopping 7.6 percent for October. The company's outlook comes...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Is tech headed for a Bah Humbug holiday season?
- Sam Diaz and Sumi Das talk about what sort of forces - everything from Circuit City's Chapter 11 filing to news that Windows 7 will make its debut in time for next year's holiday season - will dictate the mood of this holiday season. by Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Circuit City files Chapter 11
- Circuit City files Chapter 11ConsolidationCircuit City's reduction decreases the number of stores in which to purchase electronics in many areas.There are now three super banks in the US after the mergers and bankruptcies.Most industries go through a period of consolidation when they mature. Software is a good example. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- 10 candidates who could become Obama's CTO
- 10 candidates who could become Obama's CTOHow about John McCain?:-)RE: 10 candidates who could become Obama's CTOPersonally, I think Gates would be the best choice. He is a visionary. Had his vision years ago, managed to podge together ideas and technology from other sources, and create the Windows empire.The only...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Circuit City files Chapter 11
- Circuit City said Monday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and that the company plans to operate its business without interruption. Circuit City, the second largest electronics retailer behind Best Buy, has been thumped by its bigger rival and stores such as Wal-Mart. The company...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Kmart Black Friday deal: $699.99 42-inch Samsung plasma
- Kmart Black Friday deal: $699.99 42-inch Samsung plasmaThis is a deal why?I can go buy the PN42A450 for $749 today at Best Buy or Circuit City.Samsung products...I used to own a Samsung VCR. It was a piece of crap. (Fooled me once. Shame on Samsung.)Foolishly, I thought...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-09
- Kmart Black Friday deal: $699.99 42-inch Samsung plasma
- It looks like Samsung plasmas are going to be one of the hot tickets this holiday season, as two leaked Black Friday ads are already listing these sets at sub-$1,000 prices. I posted a couple of weeks ago about Sears offering a 50-inch Samsung plasma for $899.99. Now, Kmart's Black...
- Blog posts 2008-11-09
- Intel preps launch for latest power-optimized chip family
- Just what I need, a breath of fresh air on the tech news front. With a matter of weeks until we start the last year of this decade (egad, how did THAT happen), Intel plans to spice things up by finally shipping its next-generation desktop microprocessor, which it has been...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Advanced Brain Trainer Edition 1 (zip)
- With Advanced Brain Trainer Edition 1, stimulate all aspects of your mind in a fun andrewarding form of entertainment. Various and fast-paced mental activities train differentaspects of your brain: memory, focus, reaction time, logic etc. 5 MODULES TO PRACTICE (Edition 1)- Speed count - Drawing over - Parking Check -...
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- My favorite Windows Vista gadgets
- When I first began using Windows Vista, I dismissed the Sidebar as a gimmick. It didn't help that the default gadgets Microsoft offered were of limited utility and that some early gadgets caused performance problems. Over time, though, I've become a Sidebar convert. I haven't encountered a...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Should the Mac Mini die?
- Should the Mac Mini die?Most everyone who owns one appears to really like it.Performance wise you're the first person I've seen who had anything less than favorable to say about it.RE: Should the Mac Mini die?I have a spare 19" LCD at home that is just waiting for the new...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Hexxagon Labs (Palm OS) (exe)
- Hexxagon Labs is the amazing logic game, which contains over a dozen arenas filled with intellectual challenges where you are able to compete with computer rivals or play with your friends. Funny chemistry, witty physics, exciting astronomy. Do you think that there are no such things on our planet? If...
- Software downloads 2008-11-06
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