|
Verizon stays in the game, thanks to wireless
NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications' second-quarter earnings rose 12 percent, the company said yesterday, while revenue was slightly shy of expectations and customers disconnected their landlines faster than expected.
The Star-Ledger |
|
Burning Questions
John Kerrigan is associate director of bioinformatics at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. With colleagues at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, he is using an IBM supercomputer for advanced disease research.
The Star-Ledger |
|
BigFix Signs NCS Singapore, TechLab Malaysia and PT Harrisma Indonesia to Drive Growth in Southeast Asia
Top executives from BigFix, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance enterprise systems and security management solutions, say that Southeast Asia's growing integration with the global economy is driving a leapfrog move to next-generation IT infrastructure compliance, security and systems management solutions.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
|
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 21st Jun 2007 19:37 UTC
Microsoft is using the multi-touch technology that they implemented into their Surface Table and porting it to normal computers. Check out the video of a demo of a Vista laptop modified to use multi-touch.
OS News |
|
Professor whose 'last lecture' became best-seller, dies (+video)
PITTSBURGH - Randy Pausch, a computer science professor whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an internet sensation and a best-selling book, died on Friday. He was 47.
The New Zealand Herald |
|
Taiwan market: PChome Online to operate online DVD movie rental service
PChome Online, a web portal and operator of online shopping service in Taiwan, on July 25 announced its cooperation with HowGoing, an operator of an online rental service of DVD movie discs in Taiwan, to immediately launch such service on the Movie Channel of its web portal, with DVD movie discs to be delivered by express to customers in three days following online ordering.
Digi Times |
|
Goodwill VP Honored for Successful Electronic Waste Efforts
Goodwill official wins award for computer recycling firm
Austin American-Statesman |
|
Taiwan market: Sony performance stands out in LCD TV market in July
The local Taiwan LCD TV market has remained sluggish in July, despite a series of promotions from channel players, and sales of LCD TVs have not met expectations from vendors, said market sources.
Digi Times |
|
WHO HAS THE BEST PCs?
Personal computers have reached a mature stage in their product life cycle. As innovations wane, products become similar, approaching a commodity. Price becomes a bigger player in the market. But as prices have come down on computers, so have the profit margins.
Pocono Record |
|
30,000 Child Porn Images Found on Man's Computer
Gilbert detectives have arrested a man who they say was taking pictures and videotaping underage girls at several valley stores. Even more disturbing was what police found at Bradley Allen Trotter's home. Over 30,000 images of child pornography were discovered on his computer and detectives are worried that there may be more victims out there.
FOX 10 Phoenix |
|
Interns helping Kauai County set up computers
Twenty-three college and high school students have been working as interns for six weeks in various Kaua'i County departments and private businesses as part of the Summer Youth Employment Program.
Honolulu Advertiser |
|
Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search
SAN FRANCISCO -- Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.
The Union |
|
Strong mindshare of platform players as BI innovators
SINGAPORE & HONG KONG: A new survey-based IDC report finds that platform vendors such as IBM and Microsoft are dominating the ranking for both product and process innovation in business intelligence software across the four key Asia/Pacific countries: Australia, Korea, India, and the People's Republic of China (PRC).
CIOL |
|
Federal raids target Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo
Latest headlines • Corruption probe profiles: The people and places involved• Federal raids shut down Cuyahoga County offices, rattle workers• A tangled web of friendships and favors• Authorities use U-Haul to take away files from Russo's office• Agents search...
The Plain Dealer |
|
Former Googlers fail to win over Google
Bangalore: There has been much hype about the yesterday's launch of Search engine Cuil, as the master minds behind it-three ex-senior Googlers- claimed a bigger index size (120 billion web pages) for Cuil than Google or any other search engine.
SiliconIndia |
|
Adobe hopes Lightroom intercepts photo trends
Lightroom 2.0 is better at editing just a portion of an image, and it plays more nicely with Photoshop. More broadly, it's designed for digital-era photography challenges.
CNET |
|
How Secure Is Your Network? New Program Points Out Vulnerabilities, Calculates Risk Of Attack
To help IT managers safeguard valuable information most efficiently, computer scientists are applying security metrics to computer network pathways to assign a probable risk of attack, calculating the most vulnerable points of attack.
Science Daily |
|
Dell's new Inspiron 13 and Inspiron 518 are after your back to school dollar
Filed under: Desktops , Laptops Dell has never failed to provide compelling reasons -- particularly pricetags -- for students and / or their cash-strapped parents to pick up a Dell desktop or laptop on the way back to school. This year seems no exception, with Dell adding some special Inspiron configurations to its already beefy budget lineups. The Inspiron 13 laptop (pictured) is ...
Engadget |
|
Camera to trace osprey's flight
An osprey born on the Catawba River this spring will soon be migrating to South America and taking schoolchildren along for the ride - via their computers.
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
|
Dell debuts Studio Hybrid line of "petite" desktop PCs
Filed under: Desktops Like most product from Dell these days, there's little surprise left in Dell's Studio Hybrid desktop lineup of eco-friendly little PCs. First unveiled as a bamboo-clad concept in April, the computer is finally being released by the hardware giant with a starting price of $499, with interchangeable sleeves of Bamboo, Emerald, Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Slate and ...
Engadget |
|
Recent Original Stories
This article is about KDE's memory usage, but there are comparisons with other solutions for your desktop. Lubos Lunak concludes there is still work to do and there is some lowhanging fruit, but KDE does already a nice job on keeping its memory usage low.
New Mobile Computing |
|
Recent Original Stories
OSNews regular Kaiwai takes a superficial look at Vista and MacOS 10.4/10.5 , and concludes: "To say that the changes in Windows Vista are only skin deep is missinformed to say the least; spend some time reading those sources I have listed, and even if you don't have a desire to run Windows Vista or particular interested in Windows based technology, it does provide some good resources explaining ...
New Mobile Computing |
|
For your eyes only: Custom interfaces make computer clicking faster, easier
Insert your key in the ignition of a luxury car and the seat and steering wheel will automatically adjust to preprogrammed body proportions. Stroll through the rooms of Bill Gates' mansion and each room will adjust its lighting, temperature and music to accommodate your personal preference.
EurekAlert! |
|
Computers Lead To Safer Blood Transfusions, Chemotherapy
Computer scientists are analyzing medical procedures, including blood transfusions and chemotherapy treatments, with the goal of improving patient safety. The team is also analyzing the flow of patients in emergency rooms to reduce waiting time.
Science Daily |
|
Popular business directory searches
Applebee’s Bar & Grill Now Hiring!! Cooks and Wait Staff Flexible hours. Please apply between 2-4 at 3616 W. Garriott. No phone calls. ... >MORE
The Enid News & Eagle |
|
|