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WebOS Market Review 173

Posted by Hemos on Monday April 24, 2006 @08:19AM from the anything-good-out-there dept.

ReadWriteWeb writes "A number of small startups are trying their luck building a WebOS, which is a software platform that interacts with the user through a web browser and does not depend on any particular local operating system. Current WebOS contenders include XIN, YouOS, EyeOS, Orca, Goowy and Fold. There's also a bit of crossover with Ajax homepages like Netvibes, Pageflakes, Microsoft's Live.com and Google's start page. The key difference from Ajax homepages is that a WebOS is a full-on development platform. Indeed for developers, a big benefit is that a WebOS theoretically makes it easier to develop apps that work cross-platform. DHTML and Javascript are the main tools to do that, but not all developers think they are suitable."

Leaving Early May Cost You Time 678

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday April 23, 2006 @07:29PM from the time-for-a-telecommute dept.

markmcb writes "OmniNerd has an interesting traffic article demonstrating how leaving early for work may cost you time. Brandon Hansen uses a year's worth of data collected on his urban drive to and from work along with statistical analysis to show the effects of varying departure times and considering external factors like nearby school districts' schedules. In the end, a minor shift in his departure time results in saving driving hours equivalent to over a third of the vacation time given annually by his employer."

Sun's Scott McNealy's Days are Numbered? 104

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 20, 2006 @11:19AM from the dibs-on-his-parking-spot dept.

alek writes "The Wall Street Journal writes 'Dusk could be near for Sun's McNealy' where they conjecture that the founder and and CEO of Sun Microsystems might be leaving soon. They suggest that the return of former CFO Michael Lehman and and a more active Board pressing for improved performance could result in COO Jonathan Schwartz taking over the top job. We've heard stories like this for years but Scott has hung in there for a long time - his response to the WSJ was 'That rumor is about 22 years old and still chuggin.'"

Microsoft Admits to Hiding Flaw Details 147

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 20, 2006 @07:57AM from the on-a-need-to-know-basis dept.

Spongeform writes "eWeek has an interview with a Microsoft security official admitting to hiding details on software vulnerabilities that are discovered internally. The reason? Microsoft believes that full disclosure of every security-related product change only serves to aid attackers. However, companies using host-based IPS that rely on flaw information to build signatures are basically left at risk because of Microsoft's silent fixes."

Comment Uh...wait a second... (Score 1) 476

by hadj on Monday April 03, 2006 @10:30AM (#15049827) Attached to: Interview With Leader of Sweden's Pirate Party

Are you suggesting (pure) democracy does not work? Are the Arab countries informed about this issue? I think they should know this before bombs start dropping demanding democracy.

IBM Creates Ring Oscillator on a Single Nanotube 159

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday March 24, 2006 @12:23AM from the mini-milestones dept.

deeptrace writes "IBM has combined CMOS circuitry and a single carbon nanotube to implement a 5 stage ring oscillator. Even though the oscillator runs at just 52 MHz, they expect that it could reach the GHz range with improvements. The frequency of the current oscillator was higher than previous circuits using multiple nanotubes. IBM describes the achievement in the paper "Integrated Logic Circuit Assembled on a Single Carbon Nanotube" to be published this week in the journal Science."

Babies Can Learn Words as Early as 10 Months 152

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 23, 2006 @11:12AM from the babytalk dept.

linguizic writes "According to Scientific American Online: '10 month olds can learn to associate words with objects in their environment when given interesting enough stimuli. A two-year-old can quickly link an object--whether a flashy rattle or a boring latch--to a word. Even a one-year-old can follow a parent's gaze to an object and match it with a word being spoken. But although anecdotal evidence seems to show that babies younger than one year can learn words, it remains unclear whether they are in fact mastering language. Now a new study reveals that 10-month-old infants can link words and objects, but only if the object is already interesting to them.'"

Microsoft Goes Head-to-Head With IBM 274

Posted by Zonk on Friday March 17, 2006 @02:01PM from the cue-gunfight-music dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has a piece on Microsoft's latest announcements that it is going after large-business computing, a realm that IBM currently has a stronghold on." From the article: "In both cases, the company has fashioned 'enterprise' versions of the products with additional security and collaboration-enabling features for sale to large businesses. Microsoft has spent $20 billion over the past three years on these upgrades, and Ballmer says it will spend $500 million over the next year marketing them to corporations. 'We're unlocking the next wave of growth for Microsoft,' Ballmer predicted during a press conference after his speech." We've previously discussed Microsoft's plans for IBM.

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