news goes from top down.
Microsoft announced Vista is last 32-bit OS
Hitachi to offer 4TB drives by 2011
USB 3.0 is coming - 10x faster but wait until about 2010...
802.11n signals the end of wired ethernet?
windows updates even with the updates turned off
wireless USB 1.1 and USB 3.0 coming
gadgets blamed for teens lack of sleep [as a side note, I can't sleep with the fan noise of the computer if it's turned on in my bedroom - I prefer not to have the computer in my bedroom for that reason]
worm circulating through skype
Sony caught playing with rootkits again
Microsoft needs to abandon Vista [some people like it, some don't]
both developers of Thunderbird email client quit after spinoff started
Nanotech will replace disk drives in 10 years, researcher says
Opinion: Leopard Server vs. Windows Server
The verdict: Leopard spanks Vista, continues OS X's reign of excellence [however, Leopard's wireless is broken]
Leopard and Vista - More alike than you might think - ZDNet [Leopard and Vista both have feet of clay]
Leopard's Time Machine should have been better tested, drive maker says
Big Blue [ODF] Joins Forces with OpenOffice - NewsFactor Network
ODF group abandons file format in favor of W3C alternative - Computerworld
Whois Studies Approved, Privacy Deferred - FOX News
Western Digital rolls out 320GB notebook hard drives - Computerworld
The Eee PC is here - CNET News.com [small laptop for children]
HP mediasmart Home Server Available This Month - InformationWeek
Marvell chip puts more power into your PC[laptop] - CNET News.com
Firmware offers alternative to Windows headache - DailyTech [System BIOS, virtualization]
The Secret World of Bandwidth - Yahoo! News
Hitachi says new drive cuts power needs by 40% - Computerworld
Hitachi Breaks Through Terabyte Barrier - Sci-Tech Today [this has big implications for Windows - XP's NTFS as it stands can't handle volume sizes over 2TB! No documents about vista's limitations exist yet.]
Photoshop Elements [version 6] Helps Hobbyists Produce Pro-Quality Pics - Wired News
Scotch Tape-peeling x-ray machine for 3rd world countries [not computer news, but WOW! scotch tape does that?]
ipod touch can become wifi-only iphone (good for corporate phone?) nice service available too!
drive imaging for backup inexpensively and conveniently
apple snow leopard update expanded features
in Windows 7, IE8 can be disabled and also other applications like fax and scan
writing software for multicore processors a new challenge for the industry
mac users get firewire 800: don't worry, it's compatible with 400
skype offers high-quality audio codec
magnetic-field RuBee to replace RFID?
"obama's head" worm not detected by AV packages yet
1/11/2010 i4i fielding questions, concerns about Microsoft Word injunction
1/19/2010 Open-Source JavaScript Flash Player (HTML5/SVG)
1/21/2010 Oracle approval from EU to buy Sun (big implications for everybody designing for the internet!)
1/27/2010 Oracle will boost MySQL, release Cloud Office suite (Sun MySQL developers jump ship)
2/5/2010 Analysis: T-Mobile USA has done right but may be sold by parent wanting more
//2010 7 secrets of windows 7
//2010 windows 7 tweaks
8/6/2010 intel's superchilled phase-change 5GHz test rig
12/23/2011 amd radeon hd 7970 launched fastest gpu tested
12/23/2011 mozilla's 3 big bets to keep the web open
12/23/2011 mozillas 3 big bets to keep the web open
12/23/2011 fcc approves at&t's 19 billion qualcomm spectrum purchase
12/23/2011 microsoft silent IE upgrades
12/23/2011 microsoft IE silent upgrade FAQ
12/23/2011 Seagate acquires Samsung HDD unit
12/23/2011 FCC approves whitespace technology
12/23/2011 802.11ac 1.3Gbps net wifi (7Gbps gross), 802.11ac, wikipedia
12/23/2011 new tiny circuit may lead to smaller more powerful devices
12/23/2011 server downtime is good