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Posted on 06.30.06 by templeton @ 7:37 pm
Toms Hardware covers Seagate’s new 750GB 3.5” Desktop hard disk based on the new Perpendicular storage technology. Quote, “delivering the best transfer performance this side of the Raptor, but with five times the size” Filed under: General Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 06.30.06 by templeton @ 7:25 pm
There has a series of patches proposed in Linux kernel mailing list earlier by a team of engineers from Red Hat, ClusterFS, IBM and Bull to extend the Ext3 filesystem to add support for very large filesystems. After a longwinded discussion, the developers come forward with a plan to roll this changes into a new version – Ext4.
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Posted on 06.29.06 by templeton @ 11:08 pm
Imagine a world where the next generation of computers isn’t a hundred times faster and a lot more expensive than the one you just bought. What if they were designed without all the bells and whistles to be just a little more practical at a fraction of the price? Filed under: General Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 06.29.06 by templeton @ 11:07 pm
Can a keyboard create its own mood lighting? Respond to you? Enlighten you? Move with you? Microsoft say their ultimate desktop keyboard can with ambient backlighting, proximity sensing and 30-feet of range. Filed under: General Comments: None
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Posted on 06.29.06 by templeton @ 11:07 pm
[H] Consumer shows a couple of different groups of thought about the recent Windows Vista Beta then puts a finger on just what everyone is missing. You can’t even use the OS today and expose its true talents outside of the eye candy. Filed under: General Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 06.29.06 by templeton @ 11:05 pm
Intel Corp this week quietly began shipping a new version of its Core Duo microprocessor that runs at a speed of 2.33 GHz. The 65-nanometer chip lands atop the company’s line of Core Duo “Yonah” processors, which have found their way into Apple Computer’s iMac, Mac mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro line computers. Filed under: General Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 06.29.06 by templeton @ 4:43 pm
“Software engineers at Apple Computer have been toiling away on a new set of features that will allow users of its next-generation Mac OS X operating system to place phone calls over their Internet connection” Filed under: General Comments: None
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Posted on 06.29.06 by templeton @ 4:42 pm
Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are reinventing the look and feel of skylines, bridges, facades and other architectural surfaces around the globe. The light bulb is being unscrewed by energy-efficient LEDs that are both environmentally friendly and cost-effective. The $10.2 billion industry is growing to provide new design options for architects. Filed under: General Comments: None
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Posted on 06.29.06 by templeton @ 3:32 pm
The same lawyers who sued Sony BMG over Rootkits on music CDs, and Ubisoft for Starforce on its game disks are now taking on Microsoft. A quote from the Complaint: â��Microsoft effectively installed the WGA software on consumers’ systems without providing consumers any opportunity to make an informed choice about that software.” Filed under: General Comments: None
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Posted on 06.26.06 by templeton @ 10:59 am
Apple on Monday formally announced that CEO Steve Jobs will headline a team of Apple executives that kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next month with a keynote preview of Mac OS X “Leopard.” Filed under: General Comments: 1 Comment
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