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InFocus IN36
Reviews Although you donÂ’t get fancy extras like auto-focus, auto-keystone or motorised zoom and elevation controls, this is one of the best-looking and most compact projectors in its class with enough brightness to present in larger rooms without dimming the lights.
Bill Gates offers the world a physics lesson
Insight newsmaker In an interview, the Microsoft chairman talks about why he spent his own money to make a series of classic physics lectures available free on the Web, and shares on Project Natal, Google's Chrome OS and more.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business applications, Consumer Technology, Battery, Bill Gates, Science, Video, biology, teacher, CNET Networks Inc.
Microsoft exec: Windows 7 is no service pack
News In a speech to investors, Windows business unit head Bill Veghte says there will be plenty to make the upcoming operating system a major release.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web sites, Search, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack, Positioning, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Implementing multithreading in .NET: Two major factors to consider
Techguide Justin James responds to an interesting question about multithreading in .NET from a reader, and includes downloadable sample code.
Tags: .NET, Processors, Protocols and platforms, Thread, CPU, C#, ThreadPool, Semaphore, Thread B, X
Al Gore: It's not just about the planet
News In talk promoting his book, Al Gore looks for fixes beyond renewable energy and draws link between environment, energy, and U.S. economy.
Tags: Green IT, Al Gore, Copenhagen, Oil, geothermal energy, plug-in electric car, electric car, wind energy, economic crisis, Middle East
Will consumers plug into home energy displays?
News Dozens of companies are developing tools to ratchet down home energy use as part of utility smart grid programs, but nobody is sure which approach will stick with consumers.
Tags: Green IT, Google Inc., Energy Management Company, Home Energy Management Company, Security, software, U.S., network, Energy, Green IT
Gmail gets one-button dump option
News Created by Jeremie LE & David K, the new feature, when activated, allows you turn the contents of an email into a Google doc at the click of a button.
Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, Browser, Email marketing, Document, Google Inc., Email marketing, e-mail, News.com, blog
Second Firefox 3.1 beta due 'very shortly'
News One big change in the 3.1b2 is the addition of Web workers that lets the browser process tasks in the background, thus enabling multicore computers a better way to use their processors' abilities.
Tags: Web browsers, Domain names, Web sites, Apple Inc., Multi-core, Web Browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Firefox
'PS3 Slim' rumor fervor hard to fathom
News commentary Given that Sony's flagship video game console has lagged badly behind its Nintendo and Microsoft rivals, it's hard to see why people are so worked up over a device that might not even exist.
Tags: Game players, Product marketing, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Corp.
Gmail's iPhone, Android labels come with a catch
News Google's mobile team adds color-coded labels for iPhone and Android users. And yes, there's one very large catch.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile, Google Inc., phone, e-Mail Message, e-mail, Apple iPhone, desktop, Google Gmail, Smart phones
Next Exchange features e-mail 'mute' button
News Microsoft has started beta testing of Exchange 2010, which includes conversation threading as well as the ability to ignore a particular discussion.
Tags: Web services, Services, E-mail servers, Microsoft Corp., Archiving, Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Server, e-mail, software, public beta
Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip power
News Snow Leopard features tech called Grand Central Dispatch to better tap into multicore chip power. Also: OpenCL for doing calculations on a graphics chip.
Tags: Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Apple Inc., Chip, Graphics, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, graphics chip, processor
Google networking error caused outage
News An effort to update networking addresses in its IPv6 shift didn't work out as planned Thursday, causing widespread service outages for about an hour.
Tags: Search, Web services, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Outage, accident, McAfee Inc., network, Internet Service Provider, Internet
New beta paves way for Firefox 3.5
News Mozilla says the third beta has better JavaScript, better page-display speed, and better private browsing. The final Firefox 3.1 now will be called 3.5.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Firefox, performance, Apple Safari, JavaScript
Evaluate volatile keyword and synchronization in Java
Techguide If you need to control access to certain pieces of data in a class when writing multithreaded applications, see how you can use the volatile keyword to get a similar effect as using the synchronized keyword.
Tags: Software, Protocols and platforms, Programming languages, Java, Mobile platforms
