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This Week In Tech; 11-03-08
Topic Started: Nov 3 2008, 02:54 PM (62 Views)
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Google Whore Posts: 2,767 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: January 27, 2007	Brought to you by Boeing Internet Google is now indexing scanned PDF documents using optical character recognition software. Scanned documents are stored as images, so they have not been searchable. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118683 http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211800564 AT&T is giving iPhone users free access to wireless Internet access at AT&T hot spots like Starbucks and McDonalds. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118598 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/ATT-Finally-Opens-Up-WiFi-Network-For-iPhone-Users http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211800536 Google Earth is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and uses the multi-touch user interface to manipulate the image. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Google-Earth-Now-on-iPhone-iPod-Touch http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211600816 Google is guaranteeing 99.9% uptime in a new service level agreement for users of the Premium Edition of Google Apps. Users will be compensated if the service is down for more than 45 minutes a month, but outages of less than 10 minutes won't count. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118679 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Google-Brings-Premier-Edition-SLA-to-Calendar-Docs-Sites-Talk-Apps http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211800372 Software Microsoft is pushing out an update to Windows Update that allows more than 80 updates to be installed in one session - the current version errors if there are 80 updates that need to be installed. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118744 The next version of Microsoft Silverlight will include richer graphics and data support. A software development kit includes charting controls. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118358 Windows 7 will be faster and easier to use than Windows Vista. User Account Control will be tuned to make it less annoying to the user. A touch-screen interface will be supported. "Jump Lists" provide lists of recently accessed documents and Web sites. Minimum hardware is expected to be the same as for Vista. BitLocker will encrypt USB drives. PowerShell has a graphical interface. A public beta test is due to start early next year, and will be available for anyone to download. http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081028/tc_nm/us_microsoft_windows_4 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118322 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118345 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118301 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118323 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118484 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118440 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118423 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118482 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Demos-Delivers-PreBeta-of-Windows-7 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Windows-7-a-Big-Improvement-Over-Vista http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211800387 http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211601289 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081028-first-look-at-windows-7.html http://gizmodo.com/5070219/giz-explains-why-windows-7-will-smash-vista http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39935/140/ http://www.tgdaily.com/slideshows/index.php?s=200810281&p=1 http://gizmodo.com/5069661/windows-7-walkthrough-boot-video-and-impressions The next version of Office will include lightweight browser-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for hosting on the Web and for Windows Mobile smart phones. The applications will be available on Office Live. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118258 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Microsoft-to-Deliver-Office-Web-Applications http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_office_comes_to_browser.php Microsoft introduced Windows Azure, a Web application and database hosting service based on Windows servers. Developers will be able to use the development tools they are familiar with, such as Visual Studio. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Microsoft-Unveils-Cloud-Platform-Windows-Azure http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081028/tc_nm/us_microsoft_3 http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081027/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_ozzie_1 http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081027/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_web_computing_1 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118360 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=329192 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118681 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Microsofts-Azure-Could-Usher-in-The-Cloud-as-Commodity http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/saas/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211800375 http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211600867 Hardware The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 is a small notebook with a 12.1" widescreen display, so it is larger than mini-notebooks. It weighs 2.72 pounds, is less than 1" thick, has a 1.33GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB RAM, 60GB or 80GB hard drive, and comes with Windows Vista Home Basic. Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux will be offered later. It will sell for about $600 when it is available next month. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Dell-Inspiron-Mini-12-Notebook-Takes-Advantage-of-Intels-Atom-Processor http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211600830 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118318 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Dell-Looks-to-the-Ultraportable-Market-with-the-Inspiron-Mini-12 HP introduced 3 mini-notebooks. All 3 weigh less than 2 pounds. The HP Mini 1000 runs Windows XP and sells for $399; the Mini 1000 with MIE runs an HP version of Ubuntu Linux for $379. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118459 http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-10877_11-244765.htm http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/HP-Dell-Lenovo-Offering-New-Crop-of-LowCost-Notebooks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/HP-Launches-400-MiniLaptop-PC-As-it-Chases-Acer-Dell-and-Apple-iPhone http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211800077 Verizon submitted a femtocell device to the FCC to provide cell service to homes and offices that don't have cell service. Femtocell acts as a min-cell tower, using a high-speed Internet connection to connect to the carrier. Other cell carriers are also interested in these devices. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Verizon-Wireless-Ponders-Femtocells Business AT&T is looking at subsidizing the purchase of a laptop with a cell modem for users who sign up for a 2 year cell service contract. A Lenovo Thinkpad would be $150 less with a contract. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Lenovo-ATandT-Look-to-Expand-3G-Service-with-ThinkPad-Notebook-Discounts http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/3G/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211800321
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