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This Week In Tech; 5-19-08
Topic Started: May 19 2008, 03:27 PM (82 Views)
Speedy	May 19 2008, 03:27 PM Post #1
Google Whore Posts: 2,767 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: January 27, 2007	This Week In Tech Brought to you by Boeing Internet iPass users will be able to use Aircell wireless Internet access on airplanes when Aircell service starts in the U.S. later this year. Airlines include American and Virgin America. Cost will be about $10 for short trips and $13 for longer trips. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085218 Google is the most visited Web site, passing Yahoo. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9086259 18% of U.S. households do not have access to the Internet. Almost 1/3 have never used a computer to create a document. 1/2 of the households that have not used the Internet are over 65. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085420 This summer, Blackberry users will be able to synchronize their Hotmail e-mail with their device. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wirele...ith-BlackBerry/ http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobili...cleID=207602771 Comcast and Cox communications have been accused of blocking BitTorrent file sharing traffic throughout the day, not just during peak network usage hours. It appears that only cable companies in the U.S. and Singapore are blocking the traffic. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government/Cox-Co...rrent-Blocking/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_...iscrimination_9 http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080516/tc_cmp/207800375 http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085998 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government/Cox-Co...rrent-Blocking/ http://www.informationweek.com/news/intern...cleID=207800375 Software Microsoft released fixes for 6 security bugs in the monthly patch release. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085239 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsof...atabase-Engine/ http://www.informationweek.com/news/securi...cleID=207603294 Mozilla made Firefox 3 release candidate 1 available; it was expected to be available late this month. Firefox 3 is expected to be released in June. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9086458 http://www.informationweek.com/news/intern...cleID=207800771 OpenOffice 3.0 is available for beta testing, but this is an early beta, so bugs are common. Production release is scheduled for Sept. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085920 Moonlight is an implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Linux. Silverlight is Microsoft's competitor to Adobe Flash for multi-media applications. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Devel...s-Moonlight-10/ Microsoft will include Visual Basic for Applications in the next version of Office for the Macintosh. VBA was removed from Office 2008 for the Mac; VBA was tied to the PowerPC processor, and had to be redesigned to work on Intel processors. The next version of Office is expected before 2012. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Devel...A-Back-for-Mac/ http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardwa...cleID=207603284 http://www.appscout.com/2008/05/microsoft_...for_mac_sp1.php Next month, Microsoft plans to release the Office 2007 file converters for Office 2004 for Macintosh. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085539 Microsoft will provide Windows on the XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project, with trials starting next month. The Sugar user interface of the XO can now run on either Linux or Windows. An XO with Windows will cost $18-$20 more than with Linux, to provide additional memory and $3 for Windows. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080516/tc_nm/...osoft_olpc_dc_1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_...top_microsoft_6 http://www.informationweek.com/news/window...cleID=207800623 http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9086218 Hardware Dell is working on reducing power consumption of its PCs by 25% by 2010. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085898 http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardwa...cleID=207800109 RIM is working on a touch screen Blackberry to be available in the third quarter. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wirele...ackBerry-in-Q3/ http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9086419 Business Microsoft is talking to Yahoo about buying part of Yahoo after they failed to reach an agreement on price for the whole company. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9086518 http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9086578 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Apps/M...-Deal-to-Yahoo/ http://www.informationweek.com/news/window...cleID=207800856 HP is buying Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for $13.9 billion. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085200 http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085219 http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085198 http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9085078 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/HPE...in-IT-Services/ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/HP-to-Buy-EDS/ http://www.informationweek.com/news/servic...cleID=207603255 http://www.informationweek.com/news/teleco...cleID=207800426 http://www.informationweek.com/news/servic...cleID=207800401 Reviews A look at 3 ruggedized laptops. The Panasonic Toughbook is the best selling rugged laptop, gets 7 hours of battery life, is slower than the others, and is the most expensive of the 3. All have magnesium-aluminum cases, hard drives in shock absorbers, and sealed openings. Rugged laptops are more expensive than mainstream laptops, and account for 1% of laptop sales. http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9082398 The Asus EeePC 900 has a 8.9" display in the same size case as the Eee with a 7" display. The 900 also has 1GB RAM and adds a 16GB SSD to the original 4GB SSD, increasing the weight to 2.2 pounds. Linux and Windows are available, although the 900MHz CPU is a little slow for Windows. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2306000,00.asp
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