Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
Desktops (Apple)

Submission + - 85% of Mac owners also own a PC (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by Barence
Barence writes: More than eight out of ten Mac owners also own a PC, according to a new piece of research. The NPD survey found that 12% of US computer-owning households have a Mac. However, 85% of those also own a Windows PC, suggesting that the Mac/PC divide is nowhere near as clear cut as both Apple and Microsoft suggest. Mac owners are also far more likely to have multiple computers in the house. Two thirds of Mac owners have three or more computers in the home, while only 29% of PC owners have two or more PCs.
Operating Systems

Submission + - Old operating systems don't die... (technologizer.com)

Submitted by
Harry
Harry writes: "Haiku, an open-source recreation of legendary 1990s operating system BeOS, was released in alpha form this week. The news made me happy and led me to check in on the status of other once-prominent OSes--CP/M, OS/2, OS/2, AmigaOS, and more. Remarkably, none of them are truly defunct: In one form or another, they or their descendants are still available, being used by real people to accomplish useful tasks. Has there ever been a major OS that simply went away, period?"
Space

Submission + - Gravitational Currents Could Slash Fuel Needed to 1

Submitted by pickens
pickens writes: Hugh Pickens writes

BBC reports that scientists are mapping the gravitational corridors created from the complex interplay of attractive forces between planets and moons that can be used to cut the cost of journeys in space. ''Basically the idea is there are low energy pathways winding between planets and moons that would slash the amount of fuel needed to explore the solar system," says Professor Shane Ross from Virginia Tech. "'These are freefall pathways in space around and between gravitational bodies. Instead of falling down, like you do on Earth, you fall along these tubes." The pathways connect Lagrange points where gravitational forces balance out. Depicted by computer graphics, the pathways look like strands of spaghetti that wrap around planetary bodies and snake between them. 'If you're in a parking orbit round the Earth, and one of them intersects your trajectory, you just need enough fuel to change your velocity and now you're on a new trajectory that is free," says Ross. ''You could travel between the moons of Jupiter essentially for free. All you need is a little bit of fuel to do course corrections.'' The Genesis spacecraft used gravitational pathways that allowed the amount of fuel carried by the probe to be cut 10-fold but the trade off is time. While it would take a few months to get round the Jovian moon system suing gravitational currents (PDF), attempting to get a free ride from Earth to Mars on the currents might take thousands of years.

Feed Engadget: Best Buy selling Xbox 360 HD DVD player for $149.99 (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed

Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment

It seems that Microsoft's new $179 price tag for its Xbox 360 HD DVD player just wasn't low enough for Best Buy, as the retailer is now offering the drive for the low, low price of $149.99. Of course, it's currently sold out, and it's not clear if this is a permanent price, a pricing mistake, or a one time sale (although it's not advertised as such). As far as we can tell, Best Buy appears to be the only retailer to the further discounted price, though we'll certainly keep an eye out to see if others follow suit.

[Thanks, Alex]

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Slashdot Top Deals

Innovation is hard to schedule. -- Dan Fylstra

Close