Comment Re:Here we go (Score 0) 716
Well... since no one really knows what might happen they might not have even turned theirs on until tomorrow.
February 2008 Hardware Roundup 67
Tom's Hardware has a nice roundup of some of the new shiny hardware for February '08. Everything from a screaming fast 2 GHz DDR3 to liquid cooled cases and back again. "Unlike previous Zalman cases that used a heat pipe assembly, the LQ1000 has a traditional water pump and flexible hose for connecting the case's sinks to CPU and graphics coolers. A passively-cooled finned side panel and fan-assisted rear radiator remove heat, while a lighted flow indicator shows the bottom-mounted pump in action."
Submission + - Windows 2.0 era talk by Bill Gates with 640k
An anonymous reader writes: Back in 1989, Bill Gates came to talk to the students
of the University of Waterloo on the early days of Microsoft, and the future
of computing. It's an interesting blast to the past, as he touches on topics
such as the VGA graphics, OS/2 and software piracy, as well as the now
infamous 640K of memory. Lost for nearly two decades, the tape of the talk
recently surfaced and is now available in a number of audio formats from the
University of Waterloo Computer Science Club.
Submission + - F-22 Raptor Gets Zapped by International Date Line
Anonymous Coward writes: "Lockheed's F-22 Raptor is the most advanced fighter in the world with its stealth capabilities, advanced radar, state of the art weapons systems and ultra-efficient turbofans.
But while the simulated war games were a somewhat easy feat for the Raptor, something more mundane was able to cripple six aircraft on a 12 to 15 hours flight from Hawaii to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. The U.S. Air Force's mighty Raptor was felled by the International Date Line (IDL).
When the group of Raptors crossed over the IDL, multiple computer systems crashed on the planes. Everything from fuel subsystems, to navigation and partial communications were completely taken offline. Numerous attempts were made to "reboot" the systems to no avail.
http://www.dailytech.com/Lockheeds+F22+Raptor+Gets +Zapped+by+International+Date+Line/article6225.htm "
But while the simulated war games were a somewhat easy feat for the Raptor, something more mundane was able to cripple six aircraft on a 12 to 15 hours flight from Hawaii to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. The U.S. Air Force's mighty Raptor was felled by the International Date Line (IDL).
When the group of Raptors crossed over the IDL, multiple computer systems crashed on the planes. Everything from fuel subsystems, to navigation and partial communications were completely taken offline. Numerous attempts were made to "reboot" the systems to no avail.
http://www.dailytech.com/Lockheeds+F22+Raptor+Get
Submission + - FAA May Ditch Vista For Linux
An anonymous reader writes: In what could be the start of a government wave away from Microsoft, last week's news that the U.S. Department of Transportation is putting a halt on upgrades to Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Internet Explorer 7 is followed today by word that the Federal Aviation Administration may ditch Vista and Office in favor of Google's new online business applications running on Linux-based hardware. FAA chief information officer David Bowen told InformationWeek he's taking a close look at the Premier Edition of Google Apps as he mulls replacements for the agency's Windows XP-based desktop computers. Bowen cited several reasons why he finds Google Apps attractive. "From a security and management standpoint that would have some advantages," he said. Do you think that Vista's cost could finally put a crimp in what's been an automatic upgrade cycle to Microsoft and spur Linux adoption? Is this the start of some kind of anti-Vista groundswell?
Submission + - What's Bugging eBay?
Alex Dunlop writes: Ebay have been troubled by a series of security scares of late. First, a hacker called Vladuz creates havoc on Ebay's system. Some of his antics have included posing as an Ebay employee on their messageboards. Now it would seem a malicious trojan has been detected in Ebay Motors. Some are accusing Ebay of covering the story up and misleading their customers and the press.
www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2100931,00.asp
Journal Journal: Apple patches 8 bugs in Patch, Tuesday
Good to see Apple jumping on the Tuesday bug fix bandwagon! They just released 8 bugfixes affecting both their Windows and Mac OS X platforms in their Quicktime product.
Submission + - Microsoft Virtualisation BS marketing begins!
n00dles -[the indelible]- writes: "First it was VMware with their dummy spit pseudo-whitepaper, but have a look at some of the latest garbage from Microsoft on the virtualisaion front.
There is just something about making claims about a product that is 12 months away from RTM that really grates me. Like the line about having 8-way virtual machines, "a feature our competitor doesn't have yet". Oh, really? Well how about a *little* feature your competitor does have that you do not... A ROCK SOLID, WIDELY DEPLOYED ENTERPRISE VIRTUALISATION PLATFORM THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY RIGHT NOW!!! FFS Microsoft you idiots, what is the point in claiming a '1 up' over VMware with (1) a feature in a product that isn't even in public beta and (2) how many people do you think are going to virtualise an application that requires 8 CPU's!!! There are numerous other one liners throughout this video, like the one about interoperability. Look, you can certifiably run the ever so popular Novell Linux on the Microsoft virtualisation product! But we won't support you running NT 4. Or anything 16 bit. Legacy Novell, Solaris, Red Hat, BSD. Ummm, no, no, nope and no again. I also love the way it glosses over the VMotion feature. They state they have it, but rather than demo it... how about this demo showing a NIC being hot added! Seeesh, I am a Microsoft fanboy through and through, but stuff like this just makes me angry and embarrassed!"
Submission + - Scots sherrif gets medieval on spammers
David Off writes: "A
spammer has been ordered to pay £750 compensation and £616.66 in costs to the recipient of unsolicited commercial email. It is a landmark ruling as it is the first time a UK court has set a level of compensation for junk email. The private prosecution was brought by Gordon Dick under under European Union wide antispam law which makes it illegal to send junk electronic mail. Mr Dick told Edinburgh Sheriff Court that his email address had been "harvested" from a group where he was a member in contravention of the Data Protection Act and EU electronic privacy legislation. The spam mail had been sent to 72,000 recipients. Mr Dick is himself electronic marketing specialist has set up his own website ScotchSpam to highlight and help others with the problem of spam email."
Linux Systems and the New DST 304
An anonymous reader writes "The recent changes in the Daylight Saving Time will affect virtually all computer systems in the US one week from now. Microsoft has been busy preparing Windows users for 'Y2DST,' and all the major Linux distributions have also issued patches. How can you be sure your Linux systems are ready, and what can you do to get them ready if they're not? This how-to article at Linux-Watch answers both questions in simple language and with easy-to-follow instructions."
Submission + - Real life Fight Club opens in school
JayRott writes: "http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle &id=5083020
At Lee County High School, 15 students are in hot water after this bathroom fight hit the net. The group apparently made up their own fight club rules. In the video, you can see punches aren't thrown to the head. Still other students here know that body shots hurt too."
Submission + - Google rumoured to be making a cell phone
An anonymous reader writes: According to Cnet, rumours of a Google cell phone are starting to spread like wildfire. It questions, however, whether or not this is just "a case of mobile phone fanboys having a copy of Photoshop CS2 and too much time on their hands? Or worse still, is this a case of tech writers being so keen to see new and exciting products that any blurry image will get us hyping it up as if it were real?" I personally think it's definitely a case of tech writers getting over excited, it's extremely unlikely that Google will ever make a cell phone but as the article points out, you never know.
Submission + - Microsoft
Dekortage writes: "According to Microsoft, Google "takes a cavalier approach to copyright protection." As reported by the New York Times, Thomas Rubin (Microsoft's associate general counsel) gave a speech to the Association of American Publishers, saying "Companies that create no content of their own, and make money solely on the backs of other people's content, are raking in billions through advertising revenue and I.P.O.s... Google takes the position that everything may be freely copied unless the copyright owner notifies Google and tells it to stop." On the other hand, he says, Microsoft always asks for permission. Is this Microsoft's thinly veiled flirtation with the U.S. publishing industry? Can you say "digital book DRM"?"
Submission + - LiberTV has launched
Octavian writes: "LiberTV — the free video distribution platform launched
Bucharest, Romania, March 05, 2007 — - — LiberTV, a high quality video distribution platform has been launched
internationally, after 6 months of testing and huge success in
Romania.
The application includes a channel guide, a video collection manager
and a built-in video player, all combined in an easy to use interface,
which enables anyone to easily find, download and watch high quality
video content.
LiberTV supports all widely used video formats and implements a
peer-to-peer data distribution technology, similar to BitTorrent.
LiberTV was designed to be accessible to everyone — it's simple and
easy to use, requires no additional installations and is efficient in
terms of memory and CPU usage.
"We have designed LiberTV for my grandmother, who is 84. If she can
watch Internet video with LiberTV — everyone can", says Florin
Braghis, company founder and development lead, who is also a TV
producer and a comedian. "We wanted to create an alternative video
distribution technology, so that independent artists, like myself,
could share their work with the entire world and break the dependency
on corporate TV stations without spending a fortune on bandwidth bills
or having to sacrifice video quality", he adds.
Currently, LiberTV aggregates hundreds of free internet shows,
available as podcasts on the Internet. The company currently seeks
contracts with TV and film producers around the world in order to
expand their content.
You can check out the application (still in beta) at
http://www.libertv.tv/
Interview Contact
Florin Braghis,
Telephones:
+40 31 808 82 91
+40 788 328 308
+40 21 326 63 40
E-mail: contact@libertv.tv
http://www.libertv.tv/"
Submission + - Windows is now economic infrastructure
BenoitGirard writes: Windows is now obvisously an international economic infrastructure, like the road and electricity distribution systems. Therefore, it should be policed, regulated or else expropriated away from the whim of Microsoft.
What would be the chances such a notion snowball into a full-blown, unavoidable, worldsized issue?
What would be the chances such a notion snowball into a full-blown, unavoidable, worldsized issue?
