What advice would Andy Grove give Apple about the iPhone 4 flap?Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:58PMSILICON FOREST BLOG: The ongoing flap over Apple's iPhone 4 antenna issues is strongly reminiscent of the controversy Intel faced in the fall of 1994 when mathematicians discovered a bug in the Pentium processor that produced rare rounding errors.
Toshiba Libretto W100 in the flesh!Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 1:54AMAnnounced last month during the 25th anniversary of Toshiba, the Libretto W100 is coming to the Philippines next month. We got some time with the dual-screen mini-notebook yesterday. See photos and videos after the jump. The device is small but a little thick on the side, probably to accommodate more room for the dual LCD [...] Related posts: Toshiba Libretto W100 sports Dual Screen In ...
How An Old Pentium 4 System Runs With Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 9:09PMPhoronix: "Last October I wrote about running Ubuntu 9.10 with older PC hardware, but over this past weekend I restored an even older Phoronix test system to see how it runs with the most recent Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release and the very latest Ubuntu 10.10 development snapshot"
CBI to attach Ramalinga Raju's 425 assetsSaturday, July 10, 2010 @ 4:56PMIn yet another blow to the Rajus, the CBI is now gearing up to attach 425 properties spread over 1224 acres acquired by disgraced Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju through 31 front companies.
Old Tulare library closing down; New library will open July 27; history of city library spans 105 yearsSaturday, July 10, 2010 @ 1:00PMTulare takes another step in its public library history this weekend, as Saturday is the final day of service at its present location.
* What's Your AV Setup? *Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 8:43AMLet's do some blatant copy/paste from Ars Technica. A few days ago they ran a story called "What's in your home theatre system?". This poll wasn't so much about listing specific speaker types or amplifier models as it was about a number of more recognisable devices you could vote for. Let's copy their idea, but make it more open: what's in your home theatre setup - and list everything, from CD ...
Blur PC reviewThursday, July 1, 2010 @ 7:25AMPublisher: Activision Developer: Bizarre Creations System requirements: Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, 3.4 GHz Pentium D Dual Core/AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ or better CPU, 256 MB DirectX 9.0c-compatible NVidia GeForce 6600GT or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better graphics card with Shader 3.0 support, 1 GB of RAM (2 GB for Vista/Win 7), 14 GB of hard-drive [...]
A sun sets on teacher of starsWednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 12:57PMALLENTOWN, Pa.—Gary A. Becker stands in the semi-darkness of the 24-foot planetarium dome at Dieruff High School. Children wiggle on leather benches as they crane their necks to look at the sun on the dome's western horizon.
Sun sets on teacher of the starsTuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 10:24PMASD's Gary Becker retires after 38 years as planetarium director at Dieruff High School. Teacher Gary A. Becker stands in the semi-darkness of the 24-foot planetarium dome at Dieruff High School. Children wiggle on leather benches as they crane their necks to look at the sun on the dome's western horizon.