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Comment Windows 7 is faster than XP for me (Score 1) 821

by TheDrewbert on Thursday May 07, 2009 @11:10AM (#27860429) Attached to: Windows 7 "Not Much Faster" Than Vista

Windows 7 is faster on the same machine than XP for me. The hardware was not changed at all. I'm running on a Pentium 4HT with 4 gigs of PC5300. I did a fresh install of XP a month ago and did a fresh install of Win7 64bit this week. Boot time is faster and the machine over all seems snappier. I ran Windows 7 in a virtual machine on an XP host ( different machine, Core2Duo with 2 gigs ram) and Windows 7 booted faster than the host XP OS.

Comment not news? (Score 1) 220

by TheDrewbert on Wednesday January 28, 2009 @10:44AM (#26638501) Attached to: Offline Gmail Launched

Favorite email client + IMAP = done Favorite email client + POP3 = done

Comment No good deed (Score 2, Insightful) 62

by TheDrewbert on Tuesday February 26, 2008 @05:09PM (#22564026) Attached to: Cisco Lawyer Outs Self As "Patent Troll Tracker"

goes unpunished...

Submission + - Domains May Disappear After Search 1

Submitted by

Ponca City, We Love You

on Thursday December 27, 2007 @07:47PM

Ponca City, We Love You writes: "A perfect domain name pops into your mind, a quick check at your registrar reveals that the domain is available, you put off the registration a few minutes and when you come back to register the domain, it's taken by someone else. How much time has elapsed between the search and the attempted registration — in one case, less than 90 seconds. Daily Domainer has an interesting story alleging that there may be a leak that allows domain tasters to intercept, analyze and register your domain ideas in minutes. "Every time you do a whois search with any service, you run a risk of losing your domain," says one industry insider. ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC ) has not been able to find hard evidence of Domain Name Front Running but they have issued an advisory (pdf) for people to come forward with hard evidence it is happening. Here is how domain name research theft crimes can occur and some tips to avoiding being a victim."

Google's Android Cellphone SDK Released 283

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 12, 2007 @02:23PM from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.

AchiIIe writes "The android SDK has been released to the wild. As expected it features the Linux Kernel, low level libraries such as FreeType, OpenGL, SQL Lite, WebKit (as a web browser), a custom Java Bytecode interpreter that is highly specialized for the CPU. A common java API is provided. A video has been posted with an the overview of the API." SM: Several readers have also written to mention the Android Developer Challenge offering $10 million in prizes for cool mobile apps.

Single Nanotube Becomes World's Smallest Radio 152

Posted by kdawson on Thursday November 01, 2007 @01:13PM from the play-misty-for-me dept.

Invisible Pink Unicorn writes "Researchers at the National Science Foundation have utilized a single carbon nanotube to perform all the functions of a standard radio, acting as an antenna, tunable filter, amplifier, and demodulator. They were then able to tune in a radio signal generated in the room and play it back through an attached speaker. The device is functional across a bandwidth widely used for commercial radio. From the NSF: 'The source content for the first laboratory test of the radio was "Layla," by Derek and the Dominos, followed soon after by "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys.'"

Ubuntu May Be Killing Your Laptop's Hard Drive 419

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @02:19PM from the saving-power-at-what-cost dept.

wwrmn writes "There's a debate going on over at bugs.launchpad.net on whether it's the Ubuntu, BIOS, hard-drive manufacturer, or pick-any-player's fault, but Ubuntu (and perhaps any OS) may be dramatically shortening the life of your laptop's hard drive due to an aggressive power-saving feature / acpi bug / OS configuration. Regardless of where the fault lies or how it's fixed, you might want to take some actions now to try to prevent the damage."

Submission + - The real Mother Of All Bombs - 46 years ago today (wikipedia.org)

Submitted by

vaporland

on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @01:58PM

vaporland writes: "Tsar Bomba is the Western name for the RDS-220, the largest, most powerful weapon ever detonated.

The bomb was tested on October 30, 1961, in an archipelago in the Arctic Sea. Developed by the Soviet Union, the bomb had a yield of about 50 megatons. Its detonation released energy equivalent to approximately 1% of the power output of the Sun. The device was scaled down from its original design of 100 megatons to reduce the resulting nuclear fallout.

The detonation of Tsar Bomba qualifies as being the single most powerful device ever utilized throughout the history of humanity."

Submission + - Recycle Waste CPU Wafers into Solar Panels (statesman.com)

Submitted by

Luyseyal

on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @12:16PM

Luyseyal writes: "IBM has developed a process for scrubbing the data clean from waste silicon wafers, allowing the otherwise highly secret waste to be sold. The silicon quality usually necessary for solar production is very high and the cost of solar panels reflects it. Recycling this waste should help bring down the cost in the long run and add a new profit vector for chip manufacturers."

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