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According to Microsoft, a release candidate of Internet Explorer 8 is just around the corner, and with it comes an urgent call to web designers to get their act together and tweak their sites so they'll render properly under the new browser. Back in August, I began...
Publ.Date : Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:01:56 -0800
Open source has swept away most gatekeepers in the software sphere, so that even Microsoft must dance to its tune. Enter the worlds of content and mobility, however, and gatekeepers still hold sway. Watching open source batter against these fortresses will be one of the great stories of 2009. by...
Publ.Date : Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:39:03 -0800
In the wake of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, it didn't take long before pro-Hamas supporters organized themselves and started to defacing thousands of pro-Israeli web sites in order to use them as vehicles for propaganda -- Israel is meanwhile hijacking TV signals. For the...
Publ.Date : Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:58:06 -0800
A petition, right from the heart of the University of Kent where I currently study, is attempting to persuade the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, away from new immigration laws targeting international students entering UK universities. Whilst the topic itself is a controversial one;...
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:51:37 -0800
The curtain has been officially raised on Facebook Connect, a feature that links partner Web sites with the profiles of Facebook members.Techmeme Everyday, Facebook looks more and more like a platform instead of just another social networking site. Now, using Facebook Connect, members can share information about...
Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:03:28 -0800
After seeing my buddy Rafe's OLED display on the new Samsung I7710 S60 device I pulled the trigger on a new Nokia N85 when the North American versions became available last week. I found a decent deal at Newegg and trust them so I placed my order and to my...
Publ.Date : Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:33:09 -0800
Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", but last week took half an hour out to record a podcast with his best friend, Elliot Harrison, who has stepped up to the firing squad to cover this week. Some notes for...
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:39:14 -0800
You all know that agricultural crop production relies on fertilizers, such as composted waste materials. But I bet you wouldn't have thought to add human hair to animal manure to produce better and greener fertilizers. Yet, a study done by Mississippi State University researchers has shown that human hair, 'combined...
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:46:18 -0800
University of Delaware UD scientists and engineers are currently working at South Pole under very harsh conditions. This research team is one of the many other ones working on the construction of IceCube, the world's largest neutrino telescope in the Antarctic ice, far beneath the continent's snow-covered surface. When it...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:29:13 -0800
This program has been in private beta for a while now -- but just recently it was opened up for everyone to use. Friend Connect is an extremely simple way to make any website you have a bit more social -- people that "join" your site (which I...
Publ.Date : Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:58:41 -0800
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In yet another indicator as to the progress of Windows 7, the Tech ARP site reported that Microsoft plans to allow PC makers to offer customers who buy Windows Vista machines as of July 1 free upgrades to Windows 7 once it ships. by Mary Jo Foley
Publ.Date : Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:05:45 -0800
In spite of predictions of mass firings, Microsoft is still hiring. IT market watcher Peter O'Kelly has joined a number of other former industry analysts who've taken the Red Pill and joined Microsoft over the past few years. by Mary Jo Foley
Publ.Date : Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:16:04 -0800
The core problem we've solved is the ability for our engine to redistribute the data and the computation on the fly, as these queries and analysis are being performed. ... The combination of the software-switch interconnect, which Greenplum built into the Greenplum product, and the underlying use of commodity parallel...
Publ.Date : Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:12:18 -0800
China has cracked down on a global software-counterfeiting syndicate, with 11 'ringleaders' each facing up to six-and-a-half years in jail. Eleven counterfeiters have been given jail sentences of between one-and-a-half and six-and-a-half years by a Chinese court after being found guilty of producing fake Microsoft software. ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:11:25 -0800
Behind the scenes at Macworld Expo, developers have mostly good things to say about OS X 10.6, called "Snow Leopard." While details may emerge during Tuesday's keynote presentation, the biggest question mark is the cost of the update. One developer wondered about Snow...
Publ.Date : Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:42:05 -0800
A year ago when I wrote that former Microsoft manager -- and current VMWare CEO -- Paul Maritz was getting the old band back together, I had no idea how many members would end up reuniting. by Mary Jo Foley
Publ.Date : Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:39:50 -0800
There are a couple of applications that I particularly enjoy using on my Windows Mobile devices that have actually been so compelling that they have kept me using Windows Mobile over other devices. Two of these applications are now being demoed for the iPhone and will be coming in the...
Publ.Date : Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:12:13 -0800
Okay, never mind that I'm a dinosaur with an affinity for 1990's era User Interfaces --Â I think even my best critics will very likely agree with me that Windows 7, for all of its performance improvements and bling, is essentially one big service deluxe pack...
Publ.Date : Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:53:56 -0800
Call me naive, but I've always thought that it should be possible for your average PC user to get themselves out of a PC jam without having to call on the Geek Squad (or their friendly neighborhood uber-geek). Windows 7 has in place mechanisms to help even the most basic...
Publ.Date : Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:05:56 -0800
Fellow bloggers Jason Perlow and Ed Bott have been wrangling recently over the Windows 7/Vista/XP user interfaces. While Jason takes a more traditional view (yes, I'm being diplomatic here), Ed welcomes the evolution of the GUI in Windows 7. At first blush, I reacted the same...
Publ.Date : Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:27:18 -0800
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