In multi-core era, per-socket pricing faces challenges
The traditional Microsoft per-socket sever pricing scheme will likely be changed as chip makers add more cores to processors.
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Top 10 Smartphone Easter Eggs
For the un-initiated, the term Easter eggs is geek parlance for secret gags and goofs buried deep inside software. Google's been laying Easter eggs for years. Now as cell phones have hit mass appeal, perhaps it's no surprise that Easter eggs have snuck into our handhelds.
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Turing machines, CAs and the universe
This week Mark Gibbs follows a rabbit hole into a cellular automaton riddled Wonderland. The universe may never look the same to you ….
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10 years after Microsoft vs. DOJ
Ten years after losing its antitrust browser battle against the U.S. Department of Justice, Microsoft continues to dominate some markets, swings and misses in others, and serves as an example of what not to do for competitor Google.
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SkyGrabber
The air is alive with information, beaming down from space. You need only the right tools to retrieve it. SkyGrabber is a low-cost application ($41, 15-day free trial) that can help you tune a satellite dish for the best reception of satellite internet service or television programming--but is capable of far more than just that. The program, used in conjunction with a satellite receiver card and a dish, can save television shows and/or any files transmitted from the satellite, in a kind of continuous data-slurping mode.
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Altair 8800 inventor Ed Roberts dies at 68
Henry Edward Roberts, designer of the Altair 8800 personal computer that inspired Bill Gates and Paul Allen to enter the software business, has died at age 68.
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The iPad's here, now what?
The iPad is nearly here. It goes on sale Saturday and arrives at the doors of the hundreds of thousands of customers who pre-ordered the tablet. Here are answers to opening day questions about Apple's new tablet.
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Google, not blocked in China, still faces risks
Ten days after Google snubbed Chinese government censors by moving its search engine there to Hong Kong, its Web search service remains unblocked in China. But the move could yet cost Google substantial business, and already offering services to Chinese users from outside of the country has proved an imperfect counter to government censorship.
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Hands on: ZumoDrive lets you access your files easily, from anywhere
ZumoDrive lets users store music, image and other files in the cloud, and then stream them onto netbooks, laptops and smartphones.
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Sharp develops 3D LCD screen for mobile gadgets
Sharp will launch an LCD panel for mobile devices this year that can show images with the illusion of 3D without requiring viewers to wear special glasses.
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