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Intel: Programmable matter takes shape
News Shape-shifting technology will evolve within the next five to 10 years, the chip giant's chief technology officer Justin Rattner says.
Tags: Programming languages, Processors, Intel Corp., Matter, Mobile, 3D, phone, San Francisco, vice president, California
Data Robotics DroboPro
Reviews DroboPro is a business-class RAID storage array that accepts virtually any SATA disk on the market, supports iSCSI and pretty much looks after itself. What more could you want?
Tags: Robotics, Storage, USB, RAID, NAS, storage array, disk, Ethernet, Serial ATA, iSCSI
HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless
Reviews HP's Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless is a suitable inkjet for offices with high-volume print requirements. With a touch-screen, multiple networking options and very fast print speeds, this workhorse gets an Editors' Choice award.
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Scanner, Wireless, Optical Character Recognition, photograph, printer, fax, built-In
Motorola dragged into Tcard case
News The NSW Government has decided to take Motorola to court in addition to the ERG Group for the failure of its electronic ticketing system, the Tcard.
Tags: Regulations, ERG Ltd., Public Transport Ticketing Corp., Motorola Inc., Supplier, Sydney, NSW Government, Regulations
How to protect yourself from RAID-related UREs
Techguide An Unrecoverable Read Error during a RAID rebuild can ruin an entire day. Scott Lowe talks about UREs and how you can avoid falling victim to this silent threat.
Tags: RAID, Data centers, Data backup, disaster recovery, bit error rate, RAID array, RAID, Microsoft Corp., Scott Lowe, Backup, RAID 5
Sources: Apple wants technology from struggling Lala
News Apple could offer some kind of "cloud" or streaming service but as company mulls an acquisition of a streaming-music service, its goals may be less ambitious.
Tags: Music, Web sites, Apple Inc., MySpace, SpiralFrog, MP3.com Inc., Lala, Web sites, digital music, New York Times Co.
The Intel Reader: As big a boon as Braille?
News Intel's device for the blind or visually impaired combines a digital camera, OCR, and speech synthesis, with impressive results.
Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, People With Disability, Intel Corp., Intel Reader, software, Web sites, Optical Character Recognition, Braille, vision
A recessionary sense of deja vu
Blogs Depending on which camps you speak to, the U.S. credit meltdown could either spell bad news for IT wages or have little ...
Will the OS not matter in time?
Blogs It was late Wednesday afternoon here when news of Google's plans to unveil a desktop operating system (OS) first broke, ...
Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal
News Schedule is laid out for second round of final approval process as preliminary approval is given to revised deal submitted last Friday.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, researcher, U.S. District Court, agreement, Benefit
IBM takes on Google with LotusLive iNotes
News IBM's cloud-based email and calendar service is more than 10 percent cheaper than the rival Google Apps Premier.
Tags: Cloud computing, IBM Corp., Google Inc., Online Collaboration, contact management, Cloud computing, ZDNet, vice president, Google Apps, Google Gmail
Google hosts energy experts amid climate talks
News Next week, the international community plans to discuss climate change and green energy, and U.S. energy experts kicked things off at Google's offices.
Tags: Green IT, Google Inc., Energy, Conference, climate change, Green IT, Copenhagen, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, China, agreement
Hollywood hunts The Pirate Bay; site down again
News Sources say lawyers in Sweden working for copyright owners are tracking down whoever provides bandwidth to The Pirate Bay and then forcing them to cut off service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital rights management (DRM), Site, BitTorrent, Blackout, Web 2.0, Web sites, attorney, Ukraine
Europe getting 'Internet freedom' law
News Major overhaul of telecommunications regulations tackles issues ranging from data-breach notification to faster number porting to Internet access.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Piracy, negotiator, Telecoms Reform Package, European Commission, European Parliament, Web sites, Telecommunications, European Union
Could Microsoft fix Windows Mobile by buying Palm?
News commentary Microsoft is floundering in the mobile market while Palm has made bold strides but remains vulnerable. These two could make a love match.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Google Android, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Smart phones
