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Boeing Presents: This Week In Tech; 07/30/07
Topic Started: Jul 30 2007, 01:29 PM (68 Views)
Speedy	Jul 30 2007, 01:29 PM Post #1
Google Whore Posts: 2,767 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: January 27, 2007	Internet Qantas will offer wireless Internet access on its new A380s in 2008. http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070726/tc_cmp/201201158 http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...ticleID=2012011 58 To address concerns over user privacy Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft have changed their data retention policies to make the search data they keep anonymous. Yahoo will throw away user-specific search information after 13 months; Google and Microsoft will do the same after 18 months. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9027924> &articleId=9027924 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2161969,00.asp 19% of adult Internet users in the U.S. watch video online on a typical day. 25% of users with a high-speed Internet connection watch video online, but only 9% of dial-up users. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_..._online_video_4 VideoJug is a new online video sharing site that wants to be the site to go to for how-to videos. http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/a.../videojug_video .html Questions for the Democratic presidential candidate debate were submitted via YouTube videos. Videos asked more pointed questions than have been seen in debates in the past. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9027799> &articleId=9027799 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6198405.html http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/a.../youtubes_reign .html http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...ticleID=2012006 26 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/tc_nm/debate_dc_1 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2161968,00.asp http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...ticleID=2012009 89 Security Hackers have figured out how to remotely steal information off an iPhone through a bug in the Safari Web browser. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...ticleID=2012005 68 http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9027858> &articleId=9027858 Software Microsoft is trying to gets the licenses for source code it shares certified as open source. However, some of the licenses only allow the code to be used on Windows, and open source does not allow such a restriction. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9028242> &articleId=9028242 http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9028318> &articleId=9028318 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2162940,00.asp Microsoft released a Web form where users can request hot fixes that are referenced in Knowledge Base articles, rather than having to call the support line. Hot fixes are only available on request. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9028080> &articleId=9028080 Microsoft released the second beta test version of Visual Studio 2008 with an improved HTML designer and better CSS support. Visual Studio is expected to ship by the end of the year. The second beta of .Net Framework 3.5 was also released. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9028103> &articleId=9028103 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2163002,00.asp With Microsoft's poor record shipping new operating systems on time, Gartner is cautioning businesses that it is risky to skip Windows Vista and stay with Windows XP until Windows 7 (the next version of Windows) is released. Support for Windows XP may go away before Windows 7 is available. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...ticleID=2012017 34 Hardware Western Digital introduced the GreenPower line of hard drives that use less power than previous drives. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...ticleID=2012005 77 Trulite is working on a portable generator that runs on hydrogen and produces 150 watts. A fuel cell splits water into hydrogen and oxygen, and the generator uses the hydrogen to generate electricity. Because there is no motor, the generator is silent. The generator will sell for about $2,000 in the second quarter 2008. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6199245.html The One Laptop Per Child project started volume production of laptops for sale in developing countries. 3 million laptops will be available in October for $176. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9027679> &articleId=9027679 http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...ticleID=2012005 01 The One Laptop Per Child project may sell laptops commercially for $350 by the end of the year, using the profits to reduce the cost of laptops sold in developing countries. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2161893,00.asp Next month, TiVo is coming out with an HD Digital Video Recorder with 2 tuners and 160GB hard drive for $300. Their current HD DVR sells for $800 with a 250GB hard drive. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070724/ap_on_...o_new_product_1 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2161653,00.asp http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...ticleID=2012008 24 270,000 iPhones were sold in the first 30 hours it was available, but AT&T only activated 146,000 in the same time frame. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6198884.html Some iPhone buyers are complaining about the displays, with a visible dot grid that makes the display blurry and dark. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9027978> &articleId=9027978 Business Netflix had its first drop in subscriptions, from 6.8 million to 6.74 million. Netflix recently dropped prices, to be in line with Blockbuster. The Netflix Web site was down for 18 hours due to database problems; the site is the 74th most visited site in the U.S. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2161866,00.asp http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...ticleID=2012006 27 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_.../netflix_woes_5 Reviews VMWare Workstation 6 includes support for Windows Vista, USB 2.0, and multiple monitors. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2158154,00.asp In a survey of users of high-speed Internet in the U.S., 73% rated satisfaction with their Internet Service Provider as good or excellent. 73% rated their satisfaction with download speed as good or excellent, and 59% rated their satisfaction with upload speed as good or excellent. Users were more satisfied with cable speed and reliability than DSL. Verizon FiOS was rated highest; Verizon DSL was rated lowest. Comcast was next lowest. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9027230> &articleId=9027230 A look at 9 office application suites that are lower cost or no cost alternatives to Microsoft Office for the PC and Macintosh. Only applications that install on the PC or Mac were included, not online applications. Most of the applications have significantly less features than Office; OpenOffice has most of the functionality of Office. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9028180> &articleId=9028180 The Planon Universal Mobile Charger (UMC) can charge the batteries in many portable devices, including the iPod and other audio players, several makes of digital cameras, and some cell phones. You plug in the UMC to charge it, then use the UMC to charge the portable devices. It comes with power connectors for a variety of devices, which means it will not work with all devices, and it won't charge a laptop. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...iewArticleBasic <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9028180> &articleId=9028180
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