Hardware

Firms charge employees for Vista boot-up times

The Inquirer — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:32:03 GMT

the Inquirer , Wednesday 19 November 2008. 12:30:00 Getting themselves sued TIGHT ARSED employers are refusing to pay employees for the 20 or so minutes it takes for their computers to boot-up or shut down. Apparently it has become an issue since the...(read more)

OK, so who are the idiots that respond to email?

Hardware 2.0 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:52:56 GMT

OK, I've gotta ask the question. Who are the idiots that respond to email? Read More......(read more)

IBM powers up broadband grid

The Inquirer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:32:26 GMT

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer , Wednesday 12 November 2008. 12:00:00 Electric shocking HALLOWEEN MAY BE over, but IBM seems set on resurrecting ideas from the dead, this time putting its money on broadband Internet access via ordinary power lines. The computing...(read more)

Nanotechnology could be harmful

The Inquirer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:58:55 GMT

Emma Hughes the Inquirer , Wednesday 12 November 2008. 11:40:00 But you'll be exposed until we know for sure A REPORT PUBLISHED today warns that urgent action is needed on the testing and regulation of nanomaterials as they could be dangerous to both...(read more)

Dell Mini on steroids still lacks muscle

The Inquirer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:19:49 GMT

Paul Taylor the Inquirer , Wednesday 12 November 2008. 09:33:00 Daily Roundup Feeble specs baulk under Vista FIRST CAME the netbook concept, then came the Dell Mini. Now Laptop Mag has had access to the Mini 12. Unfortunately, this new XL netbook still...(read more)

Microsoft sued in China for patent infringement

The Inquirer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:19:49 GMT

Egan Orion the Inquirer , Wednesday 12 November 2008. 11:22:00 Wok calls kettle black A CHINESE Internet company has sued Microsoft for patent infringement over its use of RSS* in Windows Vista. Wang Jianbo, chairman of China E-commerce Info Tech Company...(read more)

Parallels releases Desktop for Mac 4.0

The Inquirer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:19:49 GMT

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer , Wednesday 12 November 2008. 12:00:00 Closing gap on Vmware THE LATEST VERSION of Parallels’ Desktop for Mac, version 4.0, a virtualisation platform for Intel-based Macs, has been released allowing punters to run Windows on...(read more)

Intel's Rattner says the machines will get us in the end

The Inquirer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:10:51 GMT

Wendy M Grossman the Inquirer , Wednesday 12 November 2008. 09:55:00 Speakers' Corner Yes, I hafnium no bananas PROBABLY the CTO of every large technology company has to be a futurist. But it's a rare CTO who speaks at the Singularity Summit to...(read more)

Talk Talk in battle against bullying

The Inquirer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:10:50 GMT

Emma Hughes the Inquirer , Wednesday 12 November 2008. 10:30:00 It's My Life BULLYING UK has won a Talk Talk Innovation in the Community award for its inventive poster project which has saved schools thousands of pounds. Bullying UK works hard to...(read more)

Texting keeps kids slim

The Inquirer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:57:10 GMT

the Inquirer , Wednesday 12 November 2008. 09:28:00 As part of a calorie controlled diet A NEW STUDY from the University of North Carolina shows if kids use SMS when they are younger they are less likely to become obese adults. The idea is that if you...(read more)

The Sounds of Failing Hard Drives

Slashdot: Hardware — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:28:00 GMT

zzptichka sends along a link to recordings of typical sounds from 35 different failing and dying hard drives. The host of these sounds, Datacent, is in the business of data recovery, so presumably they have heard it all. Read more of this story at Slashdot...(read more)

What do you use?

Hardware 2.0 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:54:29 GMT

What hardware and software do YOU use? Read More......(read more)

$350 barebones Vista/7 PC

Hardware 2.0 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:54:47 GMT

Prices of PC components are falling weekly, and $350 will buy you a lot more horsepower today that it would a few months ago. Let's look at what sort of all-purpose barebones PC system you can put together for around $350 - we want a system that'll...(read more)

Windows 7 - The “Blue Badge” experience

Hardware 2.0 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:09:04 GMT

When Microsoft shipped the 6801 build of Windows 7 some of the unfinished features were hidden from view using an elaborate protection mechanism. This mechanism has now been rendered useless thanks to the work of Rafael Rivera who developed a tool called...(read more)

VMware Promises Multiple OSs On One Cellphone

Slashdot: Hardware — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:28:00 GMT

superglaze writes to tell us that VMware has announced a large effort behind their Mobile Virtualization Platform, promising the possibility of multiple operating systems on mobile devices. "The company described MVP as a 'thin layer of software'...(read more)