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Draft Bittman for Windows Development VP

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:23:45 -0400

Draft Bittman for Windows Development VP:

Today I am talking about food and operating systems and pose the question: Why Can’t Microsoft Windows Operating Systems be like a Bittman Recipe? This may sound odd, but humor…

Fujitsu Ruby Red M2010 Mini-Notebook

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:27 -0400

Fujitsu Ruby Red M2010 Mini-Notebook:

One of the hottest products right now is the netbook. It’s not just a smaller notebook/laptop. Computer manufacturers in cooperation with Intel had to re-engineer the mini-notebook, or it just…

AMD Intros Sub-$100 Quad-Core CPU

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:27 -0400

AMD Intros Sub-$100 Quad-Core CPU:

Advanced Micro Devices , also known as AMD , reportedly announced the introduction of its latest innovation - an industrial first - a quad-core central processing unit for less than the $100…

CyberPower Announces Three Desktop PCs Featuring ATI's 5800 Series GPU

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:26 -0400

CyberPower Announces Three Desktop PCs Featuring ATI's 5800 Series GPU:

CyberPower, Inc. www.cyberpowerpc.com wants you to stay ahead of the game with a trio of custom-built CyberPower Gaming PCs based on AMD’s just released 5800 series of video cards featuring DirectX…

Acer Aspire 15.6a Notebook

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:26 -0400

Acer Aspire 15.6a Notebook:

You have to look at it from a certain point of view. If we were offering a 5-in-1 card reader for this price, you’d be pretty demanding.

Windows XP Registry Scan - the Way to Save Your Old Computer

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:25 -0400

Windows XP Registry Scan - the Way to Save Your Old Computer:

It always seem to happen, every time you have an important deadline, your old Windows XP computer starts to act up.

Google Chrome set to take on Windows

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:25 -0400

Google Chrome set to take on Windows:

Last week’s unveiling of a new browser is the latest in a series of moves by Google Inc.

Lenovo Debuts Enhanced Experience for Windows 7

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:24 -0400

Lenovo Debuts Enhanced Experience for Windows 7:

Lenovo Enhanced Experience is the result of joint engineering between Lenovo and Microsoft designed to provide PCs that will not only run Windows 7, but will also help consumers and small business…

Get your new Windows 7 PC a few days early...maybe

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:24 -0400

Get your new Windows 7 PC a few days early...maybe:

Dying for a new desktop or laptop with a fresh, factory-installed copy of Windows 7 on it? We all know the official start date for the Win 7 era is October 22 , but some small custom PC makers are…

Zune HD: The best portable media player you may never buy

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:10:21 -0400

Zune HD: The best portable media player you may never buy:

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews

On Friday, I bought a Zune HD 32, so that you wouldn’t have to.

On Monday, I may return it.

The Zune HD is perhaps the best portable media player released by any…

Dell's laptops with Intel Core i7

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:35:46 -0400

Dell's laptops with Intel Core i7:

Even though consumers are flocking toward low-price Netbooks and other budget-friendly laptops, there’s still room for the latest and greatest technology in Dell’s lineup.

Good hackers meet to seek ways to stop the bad hackers: Ethical...

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:35:45 -0400

Good hackers meet to seek ways to stop the bad hackers: Ethical...:

The world of hackers is kind of like the Star Wars universe: There’s a light side and a dark side of cracking computers.

Bugs and Fixes: File-Sharing Vulnerability Hits Vista

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:35:45 -0400

Bugs and Fixes: File-Sharing Vulnerability Hits Vista:

Plus: Pick up patches for ActiveX controls, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, as well as Mac OS X 10.5.8 security fixes.

Is Microsoft a tax dodger?

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:35:45 -0400

Is Microsoft a tax dodger?:

Where is Microsoft based? Redmond in Washington State, you might say. Except that when it comes to licensing its software , apparently that all happens from an office in Reno, Nevada .

IDF Day 3 - 32nm Westmere Performance

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:35:45 -0400

IDF Day 3 - 32nm Westmere Performance:

Manufacturer: Intel Intel will launch its first 32nm processors later this year and, to break tradition, the first CPUs based on the new process won’t be a new flagship chip in Extreme Edition…

MMS for iPhone goes live, thousands stop complaining

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:43:13 -0400

MMS for iPhone goes live, thousands stop complaining:

By Tim Conneally, Betanews

As AT&T promised, iPhone 3G and 3G S users today gained the ability to send Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messages.

To enable MMS, users must first have iPhone…

Top 10 Windows Server 2008 R2 Features #9: Processor core parking

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:43:13 -0400

Top 10 Windows Server 2008 R2 Features #9: Processor core parking:

By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews

When you think of kids on the playground playing Star Trek make-believe, you see the guy who plays Scotty inevitably being shouted at to…

Is the Palm Pre still coming to Verizon?

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:43:13 -0400

Is the Palm Pre still coming to Verizon?:

By Tim Conneally, Betanews

A report from an unnamed source published on TheStreet.com last night claimed that the Palm Pre, despite all reports to the contrary, would not be coming to…

Inside Office Web Apps: Is it good enough to be called 'Excel?'

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:43:12 -0400

Inside Office Web Apps: Is it good enough to be called 'Excel?':

By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews

Most businesses I know stopped calling the class of documents that Excel produces a “spreadsheet” long ago, and have deferred to the phrase “Excel…

What Windows 8 perhaps should be: Microsoft's multi-kernel OS project

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:43:12 -0400

What Windows 8 perhaps should be: Microsoft's multi-kernel OS project:

By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews

Perhaps you’ve read an article this week purporting to offer new details on “Windows 8,” or whatever Microsoft’s next client operating system will be called,…