Archive for March, 2008
IE8 balks at Windows Update
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by Gregg Keizer
Computerworld - Internet Explorer 8, the just-previewed browser from Microsoft Corp., blocks access to the company’s Windows Update service, company representatives have confirmed.
Users who try to reach Windows Update with Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta 1 are instead greeted with a message stating, “To use this site, […]
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Nerve-tapping Neckband Used in ‘Telepathic’ Chat
by Tom Simonite
NewScientist.com - A neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals has been used to demonstrate a “voiceless” phone call for the first time.
With careful training a person can send nerve signals to their vocal cords without making a sound. These signals are picked up by the neckband and relayed […]
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The Truth About Using Hands-Free Devices Behind the Wheel
By Gina Hughes
YahooTech - Many states (including California, New York, Washington, the District of Columbia, and Connecticut) have imposed laws requiring drivers to use hands-free devices to make phone calls. New Jersey even made violation of its law a first offense. But several studies over the years have found that talking on a hands-free […]
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AMD Lineup for GPU, CPU and Notebook Platforms Revealed
By Monica Chen, Joseph Tsai
DigiTimes.com - AMD has recently notified its partners that the company expects its share in the discrete graphics card market to rise after its next generation RV770 GPU shows up in the end of the second quarter, growing from the current 35% to reach 50% by the end of this year, […]
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Columnist’s MacBook Air Meets Its Demise In Trash Compactor
Gearlog.com - Keys, scarves, wallets–these are all common things to lose track of, but a $1,800 MacBook Air? Surely you would go to great lengths to keep tabs on such an investment.
Newsweek columnist Steven Levy was not so diligent. When his ultra-thin laptop recently disappeared, he combed his apartment, retraced his steps, and put in […]
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Origin of Birds Debated
By Clara Moskowitz - LiveScience
Birds are living dinosaurs, nearly all scientists agree, but a debate still continues about when that first early bird glided or flew into the Mesozoic scene.
Paleontologists who study fossils think the first modern birds evolved from dinosaurs about 60 million to 65 million years ago, right about the time most […]
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Microsoft will not rush Yahoo merger says exec: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp would not rush to merge its technology platform with Yahoo Inc’s after a takeover of the Internet company, according to the Financial Times, citing an interview with Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie.
Ozzie described technology companies that rush to merge things together as “reckless”, according to the paper.
The paper […]
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