Linux Headed For More PCs Than Windows
So you think Windows is the master of the PC? The man in the penguin suit would like to formally disagree with that statement.
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Archive for October, 2008
Inside Washington: Senate sticks with paper
Senate candidates are plodding through another election with paper campaign finance reports, possibly depriving voters of discovering last-minute details about fundraising and spending that could prove embarrassing.
It was electronic records, for example, that allowed reporters to find out quickly that the Republican National Committee had paid for a $150,000 shopping spree for vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and that the McCain campaign paid $13,200 in September to a celebrity makeup artist.
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Logitech to acquire net video communications services provider SightSpeed
Swiss personal peripheral products maker Logitech International has announced that it will acquire privately-held provider of internet video communications services, SightSpeed Inc, based in Berkeley, …
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Obama is routing McCain in student election
Because of high interest among schools, and some problems with computers crashing (sound familiar?), votes will continue to be accepted through Nov. 4. The leader so far in each state: Alabama: McCain, 51.4% Alaska: Obama, 50.9 Arizona: Obama, 48.7 …
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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PC makers recall 100,000 Sony battery packs
In this batch of problematic laptops, the bulk of the 35,000 affected computers in the U.S. were sold by HP between December 2004 and June 2006, according to the safety commission, including HP Pavilion, HP Compaq and Compaq Presario models. Some Dell …
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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PC makers recall 100,000 Sony laptop battery packs
Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp. after 40 reports of overheating, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notice Thursday.
The voluntary recall applies to certain Sony 2.15Ah lithium-ion cell batteries made in Japan and sold around the world in laptops made by Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and Toshiba Corp.
Some incidents involved smoke or flames, according to Sony. Twenty-one of the reports claimed minor property damage, and small burns were reported in four cases.
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Intel to establish software center in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan : Intel Corp. announced Thursday it will join the Taiwanese government in setting up a Linux software center in Taiwan to help better market locally produced laptops and mobile Internet devices …
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Gary Glitter Payout Sparks Outrage
Shamed pop star Gary Glitter is to receive a $156,000 pay cheque from computer giant Hewlett Packard after bosses chose to use his song Do You Wanna Touch Me in a new Tv advertising campaign.
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Who would you vote for — Mario or Luigi?
First it was porn. Now it’s politics. When the epic life-simulation game “Spore” first made its way onto home computers this year, players promptly got busy using the game’s Creature Creator to design a startling variety of anatomically …
Posted: October 30th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Invest Like a Master
In 1988, Acorn invested in International Game Technology , a downstream play on the emerging trend of modern-day computers. IGT took a simple microprocessor, combined it with an existing coin slot, called it a slot machine, and sold it to casinos for …
Posted: October 30th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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