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US Report: Cache to boost performance of Celeron
News The company on Monday will introduce a new 300MHz Celeron processor, called the 300A, and a 333MHz Celeron, both of which have 128KB of integrated Level 2 cache. Still, PC makers say they may have a tough time dodging the Celeron's poor reputation...
[August 21, 1998, 9:06]
Linux on Netbooks - Hope for the Future
Blog Comment They have been contemplating which features to strip away from Windows in their "Starter Edition". I use Fedora Linux which gives me the freedom to do what I want with my PC, without somebody else telling me what I can and cannot do.
[October 28, 2009, 10:27]
Linux on Netbooks - Hope for the Future
Blog Comment It is only the Windows 7 'Starter Edition' which will come installed on Netbooks with a heavy upgrade price to a fuller featured version. Of course, one still needs all the security software which extends the startup and shutdown times, and how...
[October 28, 2009, 10:25]
BBC threatens iPlayer hackers with mild annoyance
Blog Comment Ask yourself a question; 'which one would you rather get caught with'? An iPhone emulator is a computer program for which there are perfectly legal purposes, such as product testing. For example, web developers, instead of running every single web...
[June 10, 2008, 9:10]
WorldWide Telescope puts the universe on your PC
News Microsoft has released a free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is software that lets both amateur and professional stargazers explore the universe from their PCs. Somewhere near the Martian North Pole is the proposed destination for...
[May 20, 2008, 12:54]
UK researchers shortlisted for €1m award
News According to Stroud, IBM's Zurich Research Labs, which was one of the project's original partners, has developed a set of protocols to replicate services over the Internet -- a difficult problem, as the Net is inherently unstable.
[July 26, 2004, 12:25]
Microsoft acknowledges Vista OEM hack
News According to a post by Microsoft senior product manager Alex Kochis on the Windows Genuine Advantage developers' blog, Microsoft has identified two ways in which hackers have broken the product activation security feature on original equipment...
[April 13, 2007, 9:38]
Notebook fuel cell a reality this year?
News The prototype, which is the size of a CD-ROM disk and is pictured below, was demonstrated at CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, on Thursday. Devices such as mobile phones, notebook computers, cameras, PDAs and MP3 players tend to use Lithium...
[March 10, 2005, 17:00]
Using Technology to Create an Effective Pay-for-Performance Culture
White Papers Harbor Group Management Company is a private real estate investment and property management firm which controls a portfolio of worldwide assets valued in excess of two billion dollars. Harbor Group wanted to foster a performance-oriented culture...
[March 8, 2009, 23:00]
VNUNet - Value Based SLAs
White Papers A low priority application which uses little resource might end up running on a physical server with little power until there is a sudden unexpected peak requirement. The group dependent on this application finds that the peak is successfully...
[February 27, 2009, 0:23]
Opera releases latest browser
News Opera has added a "speed dial" feature to the latest version of its popular web browser, which it launched on Wednesday. Opera has ironed out weaknesses in 9.2 which were reported by vulnerability alert firm Secunia, and it currently has an average...
[April 13, 2007, 10:41]
Bright sparks offer broadband over power lines
Talkback I am currently using the Southern Electric broadband in Winchester for my Design and Print business which is great when it is working. However this year we have experienced more than 8 days downtime (Two seperate occasions) which makes me think...
[February 18, 2005, 16:39]
Preview: Windows XP Service Pack 1 review
Reviews Service Pack 1 for Windows XP, which will be available publicly as a release candidate this summer and completed later this year, won't contain many surprises, according to Microsoft. We can expect a bevy of security updates, many of which will...
[May 30, 2002, 9:47]
Lindows reawakens network computer
News Lindows, which distributes LindowsOS -- a consumer-oriented version of the Linux operating system -- launched on Tuesday a $169 (£105) desktop machine. Hewlett-Packard, for one, is working on a so-called blade PC, which it says will help companies...
[July 23, 2003, 8:15]
Dell servers aim to save power
News Dell has launched two servers, one of which, the company claims, will offer substantial power saving. The PowerEdge 2970 server comes in a standard version and the second is manufactured with Dell's EnergySmart option, which the company claims will...
[April 13, 2007, 11:31]
A fantastic and extremely effective working tool
Member Review In a nutshell, it's an awesome product, but there are 3 key things which need to be improved: HOWEVER, its one downfall, which is huge, is the lack of a CD/DVD drive. CD/DVD drive is necessary Longer battery life
[February 2, 2005, 13:40]
Microsoft's security strategy pilloried
Talkback If you can't trust Microsoft to produce an operating system which is secure, are you really going to trust their security products? The default operating environment of having the default user as a System Owner or Administrator is fool-hardy in the...
[February 18, 2005, 8:43]
HP teams up for Linux supercomputers
News Hewlett-Packard has signed a partnership with Linux NetworX under which each company will use technology from the other for lower-cost supercomputers, the companies plan to announce on Wednesday. Supercomputing is a good market for Intel to try to...
[December 11, 2002, 10:23]
Bank's smartcard trial for business only
News Lloyds TSB's smartcard banking trial, which will enable much greater security for Internet transactions than is possible for conventional Internet banking, will initially be for businesses only, the bank said today.
[February 23, 2001, 13:14]
Intel announces mobile WiMax chip
News Intel's Rosedale II mobile WiMax chip was announced on Monday, which the company hopes will help further popularise the high-speed mobile technology. Rosedale II is our first silicon that supports [mobile Wimax]… which gives us a migration story...
[July 24, 2006, 10:10]
