Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Firefox 3 Beta version is now available for download for testing purpose.
These beta releases are targeted to Web developers and our testing community to gain feedback before advancing to the next stage in the release process. The ...
Posted in Software, Open Source, Internet, Computers | No Comments »
Friday, November 9th, 2007
Mass production of the so-called $100 laptop has begun, five years after the concept was first proposed. The laptop, which was originally promoted as a $100 computer that would change education in the developing world, now costs around $188.
Computer manufacturer Quanta has started building the low-cost laptops at a factory ...
Posted in Ideas, Innovative, Internet, Gadgets, Computers, Technology | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced the opening of the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass.
Announced last fall as part of Microsoft and Novell’s groundbreaking collaboration agreement, the opening of the lab delivers on a promise the two companies made to work together to create ...
Posted in Software, Microsoft, Windows, Linux, Computers | No Comments »
Friday, August 24th, 2007
Japan is planning to start research and development on technology for a new generation of network that would replace the Internet, eyeing bringing the technology into commercial use in 2020.
Japanese Communications Minister Yoshihide Suga said an organization will be set up as early as this fall with ...
Posted in Research, Internet, Computers | No Comments »
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
The technological marvel of the recent past, Compact Disc (CD) turns 25 tomorrow. Exactly 25 years ago tomorrow, on August 17, 1982, Royal Philips Electronics manufactured the world’s first compact disc at a Philips factory in Langenhagen, just outside of Hanover, Germany.
The invention of the CD ushered in ...
Posted in Music, Storage, Computers | 4 Comments »
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Super Computer, the name itself reminds huge room full of equipment and scientists around it. But it may not take much time for individuals to own computing power comparable to that of super computers.
A prototype of what may be the next generation of personal computers has been developed by researchers ...
Posted in Super Computing, Trends, Computers | 2 Comments »
