Has the WebOS Finally Arrived? 227

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 06, 2009 @02:54PM from the alien-craft-constructed-entirely-of-buzzwords dept.

SphereOfInfluence writes "Dion Hinchcliffe over on ZDNet declared in a new post that the Web OS has finally arrived and that businesses and IT departments must adjust to the fact that everything's starting to move to the cloud. He cites John Hagel's so-called big business shifts of the 21st century and claims cloud computing, crowdsourcing, open APIs, Software-as-a-Service are the future of the workplace. He goes on to present a compelling visual model of the Web OS circa 2009 and examples to back up some of the statements."

Intel's Roadmap Includes 4nm Fab in 2022 259

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 24, 2009 @01:11PM from the that's-a-bit-out-there dept.

Precision submits "Intel Corp., the largest maker of chips in the world, has outlined plans to make chips using 4nm process technology in about thirteen years. According to Intel, integration capacity of chips will increase much higher compared to fabrication process."

Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations? 688

Posted by kdawson on Monday August 17, 2009 @10:06PM from the tune's-my-own-invention dept.

spectre_240sx writes "We've discussed server naming a fair amount in the past, but I haven't seen much about workstations. Where I currently work, we embed a lot of information in our workstation names: site, warranty end date, machine type, etc. I'm of the opinion that this is too much information to overload in the machine name when it can more suitably be stored in the computer description. I'd love to hear how others are naming their workstations and some pros and cons for different naming schemes. Should computers be logically tied to the person that they're currently assigned to, or does that just cause unnecessary work when a machine changes hands? Do the management tools in use make a difference in how workstations are named?"

Opera Being Composed On Twitter 99

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 10, 2009 @03:21PM from the how-to-jump-the-shark dept.

musefrog writes "The BBC is reporting that the UK's Royal Opera House is to stage an opera created through social networking site Twitter. 'Members of the public have been invited to submit their 'tweets' online — messages of up to 140 characters — which will form the new libretto.The first scene of the as-yet-untitled work has already been completed and features a man who has been kidnapped by a group of birds. Excerpts will be performed at the Royal Opera House in September.' I'm personally looking forward to lots of idiotic net memes and inane emo ramblings being trilled out by aging sopranos."

Linus Calls Microsoft Hatred "a Disease" 634

Posted by kdawson on Saturday July 25, 2009 @04:49PM from the open-means-open dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "In the aftermath of Microsoft's recent decision to contribute 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community, Christopher Smart of Linux Magazine talked to Linus Torvalds and asked if the code was something he would be happy to include, even though it's from Microsoft. 'Oh, I'm a big believer in "technology over politics." I don't care who it comes from, as long as there are solid reasons for the code, and as long as we don't have to worry about licensing etc. issues,' says Torvalds. 'I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease. I believe in open development, and that very much involves not just making the source open, but also not shutting other people and companies out.' Smart asked Torvalds if Microsoft was contributing the code to benefit the Linux community or Microsoft. 'I agree that it's driven by selfish reasons, but that's how all open source code gets written! We all "scratch our own itches." It's why I started Linux, it's why I started git, and it's why I am still involved. It's the reason for everybody to end up in open source, to some degree,' says Torvalds. 'So complaining about the fact that Microsoft picked a selfish area to work on is just silly. Of course they picked an area that helps them. That's the point of open source — the ability to make the code better for your particular needs, whoever the "your" in question happens to be.'"

Comment Modern VCRs (Score 1) 1008

by marleythedog on Thursday May 24, 2007 @10:52PM (#19264447) Attached to: What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used?

I hate these new VCRs that require you to use the arrow buttons to navigate the menus. Ten years ago every VCR I had used the 'press x number for y submenu' approach, and it was a hell of a lot faster to type in the time and channel number when programming the VCR than it is to up/down through a long list of times/channels. I think it is all a scam to inconvenience people into getting DVD recorders/DVRs.