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Shanghai Synchrotron jostles Australian storage ring out of youngest spot
Published on May 22nd, 2009.
HTML clipboardThe world's newest synchrotron has opened in Shanghai, but even though it is now only the second-youngest the Australian Synchrotron powers on with fantastic research.Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
WAT’s happening to Windows 7
Published on May 10th, 2009.
Microsoft has announced that Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) will be replacing the rather unpopular Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) for activation and validation in Windows 7.Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
IBM demonstrates ultra-high resolution MRI microscope
Published on January 14th, 2009.
Scientists at IBM Research in collaboration with Stanford University have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging with volume resolution 100 million times finer than conventional MRI.Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
Skype to support Android, Java-enabled mobile phones, Intel mobile Internet devices
Published on January 9th, 2009.
HTML clipboard Skype has released a 'lite' or 'thin client' for Skype for Android-powered devices as well as more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones, plus a beta version of Skype...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
SanDisk unveils superfast solid-state drive family
Published on January 9th, 2009.
HTML clipboardSanDisk Corporation has announced its latest G3 family of solid-state drives, using multi-level cell flash memory technology to establish new benchmarks in performance in the SSD industry.Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
SanDisk and Sony set to vastly expand memory stick formats
Published on January 7th, 2009.
SanDisk Corporation and Sony Corporation have just announced the joint development of two expanded formats that will shape the flash memory landscape for years to come.Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
My Christmas present to Skype yet another geography lesson!
Published on December 21st, 2008.
HTML clipboardNo wonder Skype has trouble providing accurate call rates for Australia. They seem to think it's in Europe!Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
PDF-XChange Viewer the best free PDF viewer yet?
Published on December 21st, 2008.
HTML clipboardPDF-XChange viewer should get an Oscar for having the best PDF viewer usability features yet.Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
Fashion Your Firefox released, streamlining browser customization
Published on December 7th, 2008.
HTML clipboardMozilla has released Fashion Your Firefox, giving Firefox users an easy way to discover and install add-ons and customize the browser based on their interests and online activities.Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
Secunia Personal Software Inspector version 1.0 released
Published on December 4th, 2008.
HTML clipboardThe first official version of the Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) , a software vulnerability scanner has just been released. This is a top-rating Windows security tool that's free...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
Foxit Reader 3.0 released, now it’s even easier to read PDF documents
Published on December 2nd, 2008.
HTML clipboardAs an alternative to Adobe Reader 9, which is extremely feature-rich but very bloated, the latest version 3.0 of Foxit Reader maintains is zippiness but adds some excellent new...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
Corporate governance of IT - for all organizations, large or small (iTWire podcast)
Published on December 1st, 2008.
HTML clipboardIn this iTWire podcast interview, Mark Toomey of Infonomics explains why IT governance is so critical to organizations of any size, and how it is non-IT executives and directors...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
You and your job — is IT killing you?
Published on November 27th, 2008.
HTML clipboardIs your sedentary job in the IT industry, or spending too much time in front of your PC at home, making you ill or even leading you to an...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
AMD goes to Shanghai, searching for Dragons!
Published on November 17th, 2008.
AMD has announced widespread availability of its 45 nanometre Quad-Core AMD Opteron server processor codenamed Shanghai . The chipmaker has also given details on its second generation enthusiast-class desktop...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
AMD sets ATI Radeon owners on the fast track
Published on November 16th, 2008.
AMD has announced that it plans to release a free ATI Catalyst driver update that instantly unlocks new ATI Stream acceleration capabilities already built into millions of Radeon graphics cards,...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
A pragmatic European approach to open standards (a must-read)
Published on November 9th, 2008.
The European Journal of ePractice has just published a research report showing that the achievement of wide-scale implementation depends not only on the openness of the process, but also on...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
HP outdoes MythBusters with a spectacular disaster recovery test explosion
Published on October 31st, 2008.
Is it possible to have fun while you're working? It sure is, as HP proved by destroying a datacenter full of their enterprise server and storage products in an explosion...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
Sun releases a major Java runtime and SDK update - Java SE Update 10
Published on October 29th, 2008.
After extensive beta testing, Sun Microsystems has released update 10 of its Java Platform Standard Edition 6, with many significant enhancements. Will this lead to a resurgence of Java applications...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
Sun releases a major Java runtime and SDK update - Java SE 6 Update 10
Published on October 29th, 2008.
After extensive beta testing, Sun Microsystems has released update 10 of its Java Platform Standard Edition 6, with many significant enhancements. Will this lead to a resurgence of Java applications...Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.
Journalists becoming comfortable in 2008 with Internet media tools: survey
Published on October 28th, 2008.
A survey a study by Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup International, Inc. shows how journalists are increasing their usage of Web 2.0 technologies to research, follow and report news and features.Filled under A Meaningful Look - Personal and Enterprise Computing, latest news. No Comments.