Today's Netbook Market: Current Trends and Our TakeMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:17PMThe market for netbook computers (you know, those low-priced, miniature laptops) has exploded since their inception in late 2007. Today we take a look at current and future netbook market trends, netbooks themselves, and the pros/cons of netbook ownership.
Prepare for pastaSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:04AMLAKEPORT -- This year's 19th annual Friends of Mike Thompson Ravioli Dinner in Lakeport will feature wine tasting from the Lake County Winegrape Growers.
Monitor display needs latest graphics driverFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:40PMQ: I have a Pentium 4 computer running Windows 2000 Professional. I recently upgraded my monitor to a widescreen LCD from an old CRT.
Rugged railroad computer runs LinuxFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:20PMLinuxDevices: "Kontron is readying an Intel Atom Z530-based box computer designed for rugged railway applications. The MicroSpace MPCX28R Railway Box PC is protected for railway use with EN50155 certification, TX compliance, extended temperature support, 1.5kV isolated power, and M12 connectors for Fast Ethernet, USB, and power..."
Rambus gets partial win in patent fight with NVIDIAFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:26AMRambus late Thursday achieved a partial win in its ongoing patent dispute with NVIDIA. While an International Trade Commission decision in January found that NVIDIA had infringed on three of Rambus' patents for memory technology, a US Patent & Trademark Office verdict this week said that one of the Rambus patents was invalid and partially invalidated a second patent. NVIDIA plans to appeal the ...
Toyota's crisis puts spotlight on auto electronicsThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:17PMInvestigations into whatever is lurking behind Toyota's crisis of quality have put a spotlight on all that can go wrong with auto electronics _ the growing number of wires, sensors and computer chips that have profoundly changed the automobile in the last decade.
Drop-in for coffee and conversationWednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 4:18AMStudents in the four-year-old class at Har Shalom Early Childhood Education Center in Potomac get a look at the inside of a car engine during a class trip to the Gudelsky Institute of Automotive Technology at Montgomery College in Rockville.
Engineering: The Mac is coming backFriday, February 12, 2010 @ 8:12PMEngineering, which was often lumped into the beat called "SciTech," once was strong segment for the Macintosh. Then in the early 1990s, the platform's position was weakened and then lost. But now the Mac appears poised for a strong return. by David Morgenstern
Change of monitor takes some adaptingFriday, February 5, 2010 @ 2:06PMQ: I have a Pentium 4 computer running Windows 2000 Professional. I recently upgraded my monitor to a widescreen LCD from an old CRT.
Are indie games reviving Britsoft spirit?Saturday, January 30, 2010 @ 5:51AMBritain used to produce some of the most entertaining and idiosyncratic videogames in the world. Then the eighties ended. But are the glory days returning? PlayStation killed Britsoft. We didn't realise it at the time, but it took a cold, technological scythe to the British development community. And Lara Croft, that gloating figurehead of the PlayStation Generation, once viewed as a symbol of ...
Zeichick's Take: The resiliency of old computersFriday, January 29, 2010 @ 10:21AMAlan looks at four old computers of his that are not only still kicking, they can also handle some of today's programs Visit website for full story...
Should I just build my own systems?Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 2:44PMLast week I built myself a web server from parts. It's nothing fancy (anyone remember the Pentium 4?), but it was completely free and is quite happily hosting my new website. It sits in my basement running Ubuntu Server 9.10 and, because I'm pretty softcore, even has a snappy GUI (I'm partial to Gnome these days). My point? Although this particular machine was cobbled together, highly functional ...
Pentagon Searches for 'Digital DNA' to Identify HackersTuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 6:26PMOne of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure who’s really behind an attack. Darpa, the Pentagon agency that created the Internet, is trying to fix that, with a new effort to develop the 'cyber equivalent of fingerprints or DNA' that can identify even the best-cloaked hackers.
Round up your old computersMonday, January 25, 2010 @ 2:37PMOld computers, printers and monitors can be put to better use than being dumped in some landfill.[...]
Round-up those unwanted computersSunday, January 24, 2010 @ 6:22PMWELLAND — Old computers, printers and monitors can be put to better use than being dumped in some landfill.[...]
ReadWriteStart Weekly WrapupSunday, January 24, 2010 @ 2:39PMIn this week's installment of the ReadWriteStart Weekly Wrapup, we analyze some industry predictions on social media and provide entrepreneurs with some stock tips to bring to the negotiating table. We also look into a man in Australia looking to turn some heads by launching a web startup in just 7 days on a $500 budget, and we run down the top 10 tools to help small business collaborate online ...
Global View November 2005Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 5:45PMStanley, the robotic Volkswagen Touareg from Stanford University, won the 2005 Grand Challenge mounted by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA). With no one at the wheel, Stanley covered the 131-mile Mojave Desert course in 6 hours, 53 minutes, 8 seconds, at an average speed of 19.1 miles per hour — good enough for $2 million.
Our community for 1/22/2010Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 10:07AMNIXON PARK Art classes Budding artists can practice their skills during two wildlife art classes at Richard M.
Intel makes a bombFriday, January 15, 2010 @ 6:57AMNick Farrell THE INQUIRER Profits even after paying off AMD
Old Laptops Become Usable Again With SSDsWednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 3:06PMBreathe some new life into your notebook with an SSD. Solid-state drive - Hardware - Notebooks and Laptops - Vendors - Laptop
Firefox 3.6 RC gives new life to an old browserWednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 2:50PMCyber Cynic: "Firefox 3.6 is almost here, and if the release candidate is any indication, it's looking mighty good."
For Bankers, Saying ‘Sorry' Has Its PerilsWednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 10:59AMANDREW MARTIN and MICHELINE MAYNARD The art of admitting mistakes without accepting blame will be on display at a Congressional hearing Wednesday.
For Bankers, Saying ‘Sorry’ Has Its PerilsWednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 9:27AMThe art of admitting mistakes without accepting blame will be on display at a Congressional hearing Wednesday.
SCHOOL NEWS AND NOTESWednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 4:53AMMONTROSE — The Montrose High School Future Business Leaders of America is collecting used cell phones and laptop computers (Pentium III or newer; no desktop computers). The items are recycled and the money received is donated to the March of Dimes, the group's national primary donor.
For Bankers, Saying ‘Sorry’ Has Its PerilsWednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 1:30AMAs America recovers from the worst financial crisis since the Depression, some of the nation’s chief executives are offering that rarest of statements — an apology.
East India Company: Privateer PC reviewTuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 10:35AMPublisher: Paradox Interactive Developer: Nitro Games System requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP; 800 MHz Pentium III or better CPU; 128 MB RAM; 4 MB DirectX-compatible video card; DirectX-compatible sound card; DirectX 9.0c or higher; 1 GB hard-drive space Genre: Real-time strategy Release date: Available now If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Words to live by. Words that Paradox and [...]
Iolo System Mechanic 9.5 ReviewTuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 7:27AMIolo System Mechanic 9.5 bills itself as the ultimate all-in-one tune-up utility for your PC. Can it really squeeze more performance out of your system, or is it just another glorified defrag app? We check it out in this review.
Age of Decadence PC previewThursday, January 7, 2010 @ 4:00PMPublisher: Iron Tower Studio Developer: Iron Tower Studio System requirements: Pentium III 1000; 512 MB RAM; GeForce4 MX440 with 64MB onboard Genre: RPG Release date: TBA As some of you may have heard me mention, I’ve been following the progress of a game called Age of Decadence for quite some time now. It is an [...]
Laptops In The Year 2000 Were The Smartphones Of TodayFriday, January 1, 2010 @ 4:56PMNow I want you to close your eyes and squint really hard. Because I’m going to tell you about a time that feels ancient, a time when Sony made some of the baddest laptops around. (more…)
The Best Tech-Nostalgia Stories of 2009Thursday, December 31, 2009 @ 8:00PMRemember, back in the day, when cell phones had the same dimensions as bricks, laptops were unheard of, and Windows 95 introduced that newfangled Start menu? Back when parents got mad at their teenagers for tying up the phone line ("landlines," I believe they were called), people bought music on CDs, and "Google" was a misspelling of 10 to the power of 100? Ah, yes, the good ol' days.
Laptops in the Year 2000 Were the Smartphones of Today [Decades]Thursday, December 31, 2009 @ 3:04PMNow I want you to close your eyes and squint really hard. Because I'm going to tell you about a time that feels ancient, a time when Sony made some of the baddest laptops around. Way before the...
Opinion: The 99 Best Free Games Of 2009Thursday, December 31, 2009 @ 10:30AM[Gamasutra is teaming up with game criticism weblog Critical Distance to present Christopher Hyde's round-up of the wealth of excellent games being produced outside the realm of 'AAA' titles in 2009, compiling his take on the best 99 free to download video games released this year.] This past year will go down for me personally as the year in which my spending on video games plummeted, due to ...
Monday Deals: Post Christmas Haze Back to WorkMonday, December 28, 2009 @ 2:00PMHow was everyone's Christmas break? If you've got money left over, you should check out these deals! Christmas - Holidays - Kids and Teens - People and Society - Holidays and Special Days
Parvus Supplies Payload Interface Computers for MQ-5B Hunter Unmanned Aircraft SystemMonday, December 28, 2009 @ 11:33AMSALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwire - 12/28/09) - Parvus announced that its DuraCOR 810 mission computers have been integrated into Northrop Grumman's (NYSE: NOC - News ) MQ-5B Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). More than 40 DuraCOR 810 subsystems have been delivered to sub-contractor Melhcorp and configured to operate as the Payload Interface Unit (PIU) for the Hunter UAV. These DuraCOR 810 ...
* Your KDE4 Experiences *Sunday, December 27, 2009 @ 8:23AMSince the stream of news is still pretty much dry, I figured I'd throw in something I've been meaning to talk about for a while now, but really didn't dare to: KDE4's performance. Since experiences with KDE4 seem to widely differ between people, it might be a good idea if we, together, can find a common cause among those of us having problems. Read more on this exclusive OSNews article...
Product Spotlight: Altaro Oops!BackupWednesday, December 23, 2009 @ 8:13AMDerek Schauland looks at the features of Altaro's Oops!Backup product that seeks to take the oops out of performing proper backups for SOHO users.