Active Media Products Debuts 16/32GB eSATA USB SSD Drive
It's a USB flash drive, or is it? Active Media Products, which is a mainstay in the flash memory and storage industries, has just released a unique new take on the typical flash drive, and rather than usign the new USB 3.0 standard, they're choosing to use something else entirely: eSATA.eSATA is an underutilized port that transfers data far quicker than USB, but early models required an accompanying USB port for power, so many people just overlooked it. Now, many eSATA ports have USB capabilities built in so
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Internet Explorer's Market Share Slips in Europe
According to the latest stats from web tracking firm Statcounter, Internet Explorer has been losing ground in Europe, including big markets like France, Britain, and Italy. Hardly surprising given the sanctions imposed on Redmond by the European Union to include a so-called browser ballot with Windows.So far in March, IE's web surfing share is down in France by 2.5 percent from one month prior, while shares are down 1.3 percentage points and 1 point in Italy and Britain, respectively."We have seen significant
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BlueAnt T1 Headset Is Super Rugged, Super Smart
Bluetooth headset usage has been declining for some time now, and for good reason. They often don't work well, and they always make the user look goofy. But a few companies have managed to stay afloat as the others have died off, with Jabra and BlueAnt being at the top of the heap.The latter company has just introduced a new Bluetooth headset today, and unlike most of the others, this one actually has something to differentiate it. The T1 is actually "rugged," boasting "groundbreaking durability and wind noise
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HP Slate Reportedly Shipping "by September"
If the latest reports turn out to be true, then Hewlett Packard might be doing a huge favor for Apple. According to Spanish paper Clipset, worst case scenario is that HP won't be shipping its Slate tablet until September, by which time Apple's iPad would have about a 5 month head start.We probably won't have to wait quite that long, but whether or not the Slate ships before the tail-end of summer remains to be seen. Loosely translated, Clipset claims the official launch is scheduled for June and that units will
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One Year Later, GlobalFoundries Rapidly Ramping New Technologies
It's been just over a year since AMD completed its spinoff of GlobalFoundries in an attempt to radically change its own financial trajectory. The gamble appears to have paid off for both companies; we recently sat down with GlobalFoundries executives to talk about the company's first year and plans for the future. GlobalFoundries current roadmap is as follows: The company will ship 40nm LP (low power) silicon starting this quarter and 32nm SOI in the back half of 2010. The left edge of each box denotes
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LG Remarq Cellphone Brings Eco-Friendly Texting To Sprint
In case you've been living under a rock, the "green" movement is out in full force. Companies have falling over themselves in order to push out "eco-friendly" products, and while some of this stuff is just marketing fluff, Sprint has made a solid effort to actually offer phones that are somewhat less damaging to our Earth. Just a few months after the Reclaim hit the company as one of the greenest phones to ever ship without a solar panel on the rear, the LG Remarq has shipped in order to give environmentally-minded
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Dell To Ship Their First Smartphone: Android-Based Aero On AT&T
Dell, in the smartphone world? Believe it or not, it's true! Dell got out of the handheld game when they killed the Axim PDA line a few years back, but with smartphones becoming more and more popular (not to mention profitable), Dell found it hard to resist. After well over a year of rumors of a "Mini 3," the Dell Aero has just surfaced on AT&T.It's an Android-based device, but the interface has been heavily modified from what we can say. It'll be Dell's first smartphone in the United States, and the form
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AT&T Gains Pre Plus And Pixi Plus: Most Smartphones OSes Of Any U.S. Carrier
Wow. There had been rumors that webOS would be coming to AT&T, but just a few weeks after the carrier grabbed their first Android phone (Motorola's Backflip), Palm has announced that the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will soon be on sale at AT&T. That leaves just T-Mobile USA out in America when looking at operators with webOS, but since AT&T and T-Mobile both use GSM technology, we would guess that T-Mobile will be getting this duo as well soon.Now, AT&T really does have the widest range of smartphone
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Microsoft Confirms SP1 Development For Windows 7, Server 2008 R2
Microsoft has confirmed that there's a service pack in the works for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 but the company isn't saying when it plans to release the updates—at least not yet. The fact that Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 are built on the same code base should simplify SP1's development. Thus far, Server 2008 R2 seems to be getting most of the goodies; Microsoft will introduce two new features for the business OS dubbed Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX. Dynamic Memory is a virtualization technology
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Neofonie WePad Is An 11.6", Android-Based iPad Killer
It's a tablet-eat-tablet world out there, and with Apple's iPad starting a trend that isn't likely to die throughout 2010, you can imagine that all sorts of lesser-known contenders will be popping up with tablets and slates of their own in order to strike while the iron is hot. Today, Neofonie is introducing the WePad, a German-made unit that promises "fast Internet connectivity, a complete world of ready-to-use applications and easy access to books and photos, as well as magazines and newspapers from various
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Lenovo Ships ThinkPad Edge 14 And 15 Notebooks To Style-Minded Business Users
Earlier in the year, we had the opportunity to review Lenovo's ThinkPad Edge 13, a 13" ultraportable that was an affordable version of the classic ThinkPad that has been around for so many years in the business world. We didn't find that machine perfect for everyone, but there's a good chance that the 14" and 15" versions of the same rig might just step things up to a point where we'd consider recommending an Edge over a standard ThinkPad. Both the ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15 boast the company's new layout and design,
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Bit Offender: Latest Antivirus Update Kills Systems
Customers of the antivirus/antimalware company BitDefender ran headfirst into a major problem over the weekend, courtesy of a (very) faulty virus definition update for systems using 64-bit flavors of Windows. After installation, users flooded the company's forums complaining that BD was now identifying every executable on the system as being infected. To its credit, Bit Defender responded quickly to the situation; the update was apparently yanked less than a day after it was made available. The following is
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Internet Addiction Clinic Opens In London: "Screenagers" Urged To Attend
The Internet can be a pretty scary place, and apparently it can be pretty addicting too. Not that we're too worried about you checking back here for the 40th time today, but if you've found yourself having a tough time disconnecting in London, there might be some help just around the block. If you're willing to shuttle over and accept it. A new Internet addiction clinic has opened up in England's most famous city, as a private London hospital has launched what is said to be the nation's first dedicated technology
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BlueAnt T1 Headset Is Super Rugged, Super Smart
Bluetooth headset usage has been declining for some time now, and for good reason. They often don't work well, and they always make the user look goofy. But a few companies have managed to stay afloat as the others have died off, with Jabra and BlueAnt being at the top of the heap.The latter company has just introduced a new Bluetooth headset today, and unlike most of the others, this one actually has something to differentiate it. The T1 is actually "rugged," boasting "groundbreaking durability and wind noise reduction" that isn't found on most "normal' headsets. It's the first headset the company has shipped with Wind Armour Technology, which is described as the following: this solution combines patent-pending design features with BlueAnt’s proprietary noise cancellation software to deliver clear audio in wind speeds up to 22 mph—the best wind noise reduction of any Bluetooth headset on the market.
As for durability, the T1 features removable and interchangeable patent-pending, soft-touch silicon covers that protect and cushion the headset from minor bumps and accidental impact. The smarts continue on as well, as the T1 is also the first and only Bluetooth headset to offer caller name announce, so you will always know who is calling because the T1 will read out the name of the incoming caller. Responding to the call is as easy as saying the words “Answer†or “Ignore,†leaving the user hands free to focus on their task at hand. The Text To Speech engine will store up to 2,000 phone book entries per paired device for caller name announce. The T1 also offers A2DP for streaming audio of podcasts and turn-by-turn directions from GPS applications on your mobile phone.
No price has been listed, but given just how robust this is, we doubt it will be cheap.
T1 Feature Summary:
- Superior wind noise performance: clear calls in winds up to 22 mph
- Durable exterior and soft touch silicon covers protect the headset from accidental impact, dust and moisture
- Use your voice to make calls with quick access to phone voice dialing
- Answer calls with your voice just by saying “Answer†or “Ignoreâ€
- Stores up to 2,000 phone book entries for each paired device and uses text to speech technology to read out the name of the incoming caller
- Multipoint: connect to two phones at the same time and answer whichever one rings
- True multipoint: both phones remain connected even during a call, so you can switch between multiple simultaneous calls on both phones without disconnecting from the T1
- Simply Connect technology and embedded audio guides talk you through setup and pairing
- A2DP streaming for playback of music, podcasts and turn-by-turn direction information from a phone GPS application
- Free firmware upgrades available online
- Hardware on/off switch
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Internet Explorer's Market Share Slips in Europe
According to the latest stats from web tracking firm Statcounter, Internet Explorer has been losing ground in Europe, including big markets like France, Britain, and Italy. Hardly surprising given the sanctions imposed on Redmond by the European Union to include a so-called browser ballot with Windows.So far in March, IE's web surfing share is down in France by 2.5 percent from one month prior, while shares are down 1.3 percentage points and 1 point in Italy and Britain, respectively.
"We have seen significant growth in the number of new Firefox users as a result of the Ballot Choice screen," Mozilla recently stated. "We expect these numbers to increase as the Ballot Choice screen fully rolls out across all countries."
Opera Software, currently the fourth largest browser firm, has also benefited from the browser ballot. The company claims Opera downloads have more than doubled in Europe, noting particularly strong results in Italy, Spain, and Poland, where downloads have reportedly tripled.
What browser are you rocking? Tell us in the comments section below.
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Dell To Ship Their First Smartphone: Android-Based Aero On AT&T
Dell, in the smartphone world? Believe it or not, it's true! Dell got out of the handheld game when they killed the Axim PDA line a few years back, but with smartphones becoming more and more popular (not to mention profitable), Dell found it hard to resist. After well over a year of rumors of a "Mini 3," the Dell Aero has just surfaced on AT&T.It's an Android-based device, but the interface has been heavily modified from what we can say. It'll be Dell's first smartphone in the United States, and the form factor shouldn't surprise you. It's a typical touch panel-based phone with limited hard buttons, but aside from that, specifications are hard to find. Dell promises that more details will be shown in due time, and even AT&T has confirmed that the interface will be all-new and developed jointly by the carrier and Dell.
Pricing and release details are also expected to be released soon.
AT&T also will soon unveil an Android-based smartphone the DellAero. This will be Dell’s first smartphone available in the U.S., andwill feature a new, beautiful custom user interface developed by Delland AT&T. To learn more about the Dell Aero, visit www.att.com/aero.
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Active Media Products Debuts 16/32GB eSATA USB SSD Drive
It's a USB flash drive, or is it? Active Media Products, which is a mainstay in the flash memory and storage industries, has just released a unique new take on the typical flash drive, and rather than usign the new USB 3.0 standard, they're choosing to use something else entirely: eSATA.eSATA is an underutilized port that transfers data far quicker than USB, but early models required an accompanying USB port for power, so many people just overlooked it. Now, many eSATA ports have USB capabilities built in so that power can also be ported through, and if you need a new flash drive with USB 3.0-like speed (but don't have a USB 3.0 card), this might do the trick.
The new eSATA Flash Drive promises transfer speeds of 100MB/sec and comes in both 16GB and 32GB sizes. Both devices are stuffed with MLC NAND flash memory, and they come in a gloss black polymer case that measures only 3.1 x 1.1 x 0.4 inches. They are available now worldwide through Amazon for $69.95 (16GB) and $109.95 (32GB).
eSATA USB SSD Drive
This new hybrid drive brings the speed of an SSD to a convenient eSATA flash storage device. By combining both eSATA and mini USB 2.0 ports into the same device it offers compatibility with virtually any computer. Take advantage of the lightning fast read speeds up to 100MB/sec in an eSATA port, or make avail of the USB interface in computers that lack an eSATA port. Pack 16GB or 32GB of data onto this drive and slip it into your pocket to take with you anywhere.
Features
- eSATA and Mini USB 2.0 ports
- USB cable included
- Eyehole for attaching to a keychain or lanyard
Specifications
- Read speeds up to 100MB/sec
- Write speeds up to 55MB/sec
- Both eSATA and Mini USB 2.0 ports
- USB cable included
. (USB cable is required in eSATA port, for power source)
- Fully compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1; both Mac and PC
- Supports Windows® 7 / Vista / XP / 98, Linux
- Hot plug-and-play
- No driver required for most operating systems
- Data retention: 10 years
- Dimensions: 3.1 x 1.1 x 0.4 inches (80 x 29 x 11 mm)
- Capacities: 16GB - 32GB
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Neofonie WePad Is An 11.6", Android-Based iPad Killer
It's a tablet-eat-tablet world out there, and with Apple's iPadstarting a trend that isn't likely to die throughout 2010, you canimagine that all sorts of lesser-known contenders will be popping up withtablets and slates of their own in order to strike while the iron ishot. Today, Neofonie is introducing the WePad, a German-made unit thatpromises "fast Internet connectivity, a complete world of ready-to-useapplications and easy access to books and photos, as well as magazinesand newspapers from various publishers via the WeMagazine ePublishingEco System."At its heart, this is a fairly robust machine with an 11.6" display (1366x768),a rather quick 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, a webcam (for videochats, we imagine), two USB sockets, a flash card reader, integratedWWAN modem, GMA3150 graphics (far better than on most e-readers) and abattery that is said to last six hours, though that claim doesn't come with a pre-qualification of under what sort of workloads you could expect that sort of performance.
On paper, this certainly looks like a legitimate iPad contender.Android is a robust OS, and this expansive display will allow a lotmore action to be shown on-screen. Unfortunately, there's no solidmention of a price or release date, so it's still stuck in vaporware statusfor now. We're guessing it'll be out in a few months, but who knows howmany people will hold off from Apple's offering for that long. Let the games begin...
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AT&T Gains Pre Plus And Pixi Plus: Most Smartphones OSes Of Any U.S. Carrier
Wow. There had been rumors that webOS would be coming to AT&T, but just a few weeks after the carrier grabbed their first Android phone (Motorola's Backflip), Palm has announced that the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will soon be on sale at AT&T. That leaves just T-Mobile USA out in America when looking at operators with webOS, but since AT&T and T-Mobile both use GSM technology, we would guess that T-Mobile will be getting this duo as well soon.Now, AT&T really does have the widest range of smartphone options, primarily because they're the only carrier with iPhone OS as well. AT&T is quick to point out that their Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will be the "only Palm webOS devices in the U.S. to support simultaneous voice and data while running multiple applications at once." It's also notable that both of these phones will feature Wi-Fi (even the Pixi Plus), and they'll be able to get free AT&T Wi-Fi access at all U.S. hotspots that are a part of their network.
As for pricing, the Pre Plus will be $149.99 and the Pixi Plus will be $49.99, both after rebates and on a 2-year contract.
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HotHardware's Summer Sweepstakes! Win a new Rig!
It's that time again folks!  In conjunction with our friends at Intel, AMD, Kingston, WD, and Thermaltake we have assembled one hot rig to give away this month! We're announcing yet another new sweepstakes where you could win a full Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650-based system, complete with a pair of screaming fast Radeon HD 4870 graphics cards, some super fast DDR3 RAM, and a beefy Western Digital hard drive. With that kind of power at the heart of this rig, in a windowed Thermaltake case, this machine will definitely be a head turner, and it could be all yours! As usual, we’ll be giving away this rig away to a randomly selected contributor to our on-line forum and discussion systems. The complete break-down of components in the system includes:
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To be entered into the sweepstakes, you’ve got to be a registered, active member of our forum and a resident of the United States. If you’re not already a member, you can sign up quickly and easily (and for free), right here.
From this point forward, we’ll be monitoring discussions on the site and will be randomly selecting a winner based on community involvement and contribution. To increase your chances of being a winner, sign up for our HotHardware RSS News Alerts as well, and we'll toss your name into the mix for double credit! The sweepstakes will run through August 31, 2008.
This is a great opportunity for to you to win a custom, powerful new system. Now go make some new friends in the forum and get in the running! Good Luck!
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HP Slate Reportedly Shipping "by September"
If the latest reports turn out to be true, then Hewlett Packard might be doing a huge favor for Apple. According to Spanish paper Clipset, worst case scenario is that HP won't be shipping its Slate tablet until September, by which time Apple's iPad would have about a 5 month head start.We probably won't have to wait quite that long, but whether or not the Slate ships before the tail-end of summer remains to be seen. Loosely translated, Clipset claims the official launch is scheduled for June and that units will arrive in Europe "before September." What that means for the U.S. market isn't yet known.
We'd be a little surprised if the Slate slipped that long, especially with the way HP has been promoting its upcoming tablet. The OEM recently posted a video touting its tablet while taking subtle jabs at Apple's iPad.
The other big question is how much HP's Slate will cost. According to Clipset, the Slate will run about €400, which works out to about $540 in American greenbacks.
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One Year Later, GlobalFoundries Rapidly Ramping New Technologies
It's been just over a year since AMD completed its spinoff of GlobalFoundries in an attempt to radically change its own financial trajectory. The gamble appears to have paid off for both companies; we recently sat down with GlobalFoundries executives to talk about the company's first year and plans for the future. GlobalFoundries current roadmap is as follows:
The company will ship 40nm LP (low power) silicon starting this quarter and 32nm SOI in the back half of 2010. The left edge of each box denotes 'risk production,' aka early commercial production. One of the reasons we originally contacted GF was to clear up some confusion around the 32nm/28nm process nodes. When GlobalFoundries first launched, the company claimed to be working on 32nm bulk silicon technology which has since vanished off the roadmap. We were also curious how the company realistically expected to ship 28nm bulk silicon just one quarter after it began volume production of 32nm SOI products.
GlobalFoundries is targeting a wide range of devices in both consumer and commercial space.
It turns out that when GlobalFoundries started meeting with potential customers, a significant number of them were more interested in 40nm than 32nm. GF company reps weren't able to officially comment on why so many companies were interested in 40nm, but we'd guess the reason starts with "T" and ends in "SMC yield problems." AMD and NVIDIA have been the two high-profile companies most hurt by the Taiwanese foundry's inability to ship functional 40nm products in sufficient volumes, but they're far from the only ones affected. TSMC claimed last month that they've resolved their 40nm problems. Of course, they've said that before. This time, we're dubious.
TSMC's roadmap for comparison. TSMC's decision to build transistors using SiOn at 28nm has been openly challenged by IBM.
The reason TSMC's yield problems became everyone's yield problems is because the company has had no competition at the 45/40nm process nodes. Once GF's 40nm process is ramped the world+dog will have access to multiple leading-edge fabrication facilities. GF plans to ramp its 28nm production just behind TSMC and it's already working on 22nm technology.
Peeking In on AMD:
GlobalFoundries will still be handling AMD's CPU manufacturing going forward, but the company wasn't able to tell us much in the way of new information. The company's 32nm production ramp is rumored to be going quite well; 32nm processors should ship in volume by the end of 2010. We've discussed Llano before—as AMD's first Fusion part, it bears the weight of justifying the original purchase of ATI and AMD's commitment to "Fusion" products to begin with.
We've mentioned that Llano will combine a CPU and GPU in a single die (Intel's approach with Westmere is to use two discrete packages on one substrate). One point we haven't discussed, however, is that this means Llano's GPU—presumably an integrated Radeon derivative—will be built on 32nm SOI. We don't know if AMD will shift from 40nm to 32nm at TSMC or jump straight from 40nm to 28nm, but Llano's GPU is probably unique. With Bulldozer and Bobcat chips launching on 32nm later in 2011, we're betting the GPU half of Llano ends up being a core AMD can easily bolt on to multiple processors without needing to reinvent the wheel.
Bulldozer and Bobcat, like Llano, will be built on 32nm SOI through 2011. GlobalFoundries is not planning a 28nm SOI process; AMD may or may not choose to use SOI at the 22nm node.
Conclusion:
One year after spinoff, GlobalFoundries has an array of customers, an aggressive roadmap, new foundries under construction in New York State, and the additional foundry assets it gained from its purchase of Chartered. Thus far, the AMD split appears to have been genuinely beneficial to both companies and the semiconductor industry as a whole should benefit from increased competition.
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Devs Race To Get iPad Apps Ready For Release, Amazon Included
We're just around two weeks out from seeing a deluge of iPad news (given that it ships on April 3rd), and already companies are racing one another to get iPad-specific apps out on the App Store. A New York Ties report on the sprint has a few notable entries, and if companies really do put in the time and effort needed to create iPad apps that are more than just pixel-doubled versions of the same apps already on the iPhone, the product might just have a chance at being more "than just a big iPod touch."Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble have both announced that they'll be working on apps for buying and reading e-books, which is certainly interesting considering that Apple will also be installed an iBookstore app on the iPad right out of the box. Will Apple allow competing apps in this space? They certainly have canned e-mail and web browsing clients, but it sounds like they won't be as harsh when it comes to books. That's probably to avoid the horrible PR; can you imagine the backlash if Apple's e-reader (yes, the iPad) were only able to buy books from Apple's store, even with other companies having apps at the ready?
Ian Freed, vice president for Kindle at Amazon, had this to say about the future application: “We have actually developed a tablet-based interface that redesigns the core screen and the reading experience. Our team had some fun with it."
We've been told that the Kindle app for the iPad allows readers to turn pages by swiping their finger across the display, and it even brings a pair of new ways for users to view their entire e-book collection--user interface options that won't be foreign to existing Apple users. If you don't think that book sellers are taking the iPad seriously, check this out: the B&N offices in New York have housed 14 developers since the start of 2010, all hoping to punch out a killer iPad app by the time it launches. And this is coming from a company that already sells their very own e-reader (the Nook)!
Needless to say, it looks like competition is heating up in the iPad app market, and we can't say that we were entirely confident that would happen when the device was launched. Does Apple have the momentum to pull off yet another A-list product? If the early app buzz is any indication, it just might. If only the device could multi-task, though.
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Microsoft Confirms SP1 Development For Windows 7, Server 2008 R2
Microsoft has confirmed that there's a service pack in the works for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 but the company isn't saying when it plans to release the updates—at least not yet. The fact that Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 are built on the same code base should simplify SP1's development. Thus far, Server 2008 R2 seems to be getting most of the goodies; Microsoft will introduce two new features for the business OS dubbed Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX. Dynamic Memory is a virtualization technology that allows sysadmins to customize the physical RAM allocated to specific virtual systems while RemoteFX will allow remote users to view rich content (think Silverlight, Flash, etc) running on a local system.When it comes to Windows 7, Microsoft has said only that the service pack will contain "minor updates, among which are previous updates that are already delivered through Windows update." Microsoft always insists that customers don't need to wait for a service pack to take advantage of a new operating system and Windows 7 is no exception to this trend, but this time around companies might actually be listening.
According to an IT survey performed by Dimensional Research, 46 percent of IT admins are planning to deploy Windows 7 before SP1 is released. While that's still a minority of IT administrators, it's quite a high number for a deeply conservative group of respondents. The survey results imply that system admins feel much more comfortable with Windows 7, with 87 percent of respondants planning to deploy it at some point. When Dimensional Research asked the same question several years ago, when Vista had been out for an equivalent time period, just 47 percent of IT administrators were planning a rollout around the new OS.
These trends reinforce the argument that Windows 7 is generally perceived as "Vista Done Right," but that's not a bad thing from Microsoft's perspective (at least not anymore). Barring any disasterous discoveries or incompatibilities, Windows 7 looks as though it'll need a service pack less than any Microsoft OS in over a decade.
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LG Remarq Cellphone Brings Eco-Friendly Texting To Sprint
In case you've been living under a rock, the "green" movement is out in full force. Companies have falling over themselves in order to push out "eco-friendly" products, and while some of this stuff is just marketing fluff, Sprint has made a solid effort to actually offer phones that are somewhat less damaging to our Earth. Just a few months after the Reclaim hit the company as one of the greenest phones to ever ship without a solar panel on the rear, the LG Remarq has shipped in order to give environmentally-minded shoppers another option.The Remarq is one of the most unique looking phones we have seen in a long while. That's an impressive feat given the copycat world that we live in, and while it's no smartphone, it's a texters dream come true. The highly compact (but a bit chubby) phone is packaged in materials that are 100% recycable, and the full QWERTY keyboard should make SMS, Facebook updates and sending mobile e-mail a breeze. It will ship in both Turqouise and Dark Silver, and it will be one of the cheapest phones on Sprint's network. It will be available on May 9 in all Sprint retail channels for $0.00 after rebates and a 2-year contract; when we said "cheap," we meant "cheap!"
Earth-friendly engineering
Available in either dark silver or turquoise, LG Remarq and its packaging are designed with environmentally responsible components including:
- The outer casing is made from 19 percent post-consumer recycled plastic and the handset as a whole is 87 percent recyclable. The device meets strict RoHS standards for restriction of hazardous materials such as lead, mercury and cadmium.
- Remarq contains low levels of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFR): two materials commonly targeted on green electronics guidelines.
- Powered by an Energy Star-qualified charger which meets the energy-efficiency standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- The packaging is fully recyclable packaging featuring a brown craft paper exterior and made from 87 percent post consumer material (PCM). The phone tray inside the box is made from 100 percent PCM. The images and text on the box, as well as all in-box materials, are printed with soy ink.
- The paper manual has been replaced with an online user manual that users can access beginning May 9.
In addition, LG Remarq comes pre-loaded with an innovative Eco Calculator application that allows customers to calculate C02 reduction savings by walking or cycling as opposed to driving their car. The reduction is calculated in pounds of C02 or trees planted
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Remote access
Right now I use crossloop to help friends and family, but I would like to also sign in to my PC from work and such. Also from home on my netbook grabbing files from my desktop. I was just wondering what programs you all use. I don't mind paying for good software.
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Web Design Question
hey all, I was wondering if anyone knew how to design a forum with drop down boxes or radio boxes, then it can be submited and stored w/ mysql or converted to an e-mail. Thanks, - Peter.
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