Bill Gates' College Tour
Bill Gates will be heading back to school next week to meet with students and teachers. So far there are dates listed for UC Berkeley, Stanford, University of Chicago, Harvard and MIT. At Microsoft, Bill periodically visited college campuses to talk with students about applying science and technology to drive new waves of innovation. Next week he is headed back to school for a booster shot of youthful energy and ideas, this time as part of his work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Comments
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Files Installed On Wrong Hard Drive At CompUSA
This would funny is it wasn't so serious. Thankfully everything turned out okay this time but, as the lady in the article said, she has no idea how many computers her information was loaded onto. Yikes. When Davis got home with her computer, she discovered Mulford's personal files installed on her hard drive. "It was everything, pictures of her kids, notes and e-mails," Davis said. "Even what meds her kids were taking, just very personal stuff." Comments
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PC Shipments Back on Track in First Quarter
A new report says that PC shipments have grown 24 percent compared to the same time last year. Let's just hope this is a trend that continues. PC shipments rose 24 percent from the same quarter a year ago to 79.1 million units worldwide, according to IDC's Quarterly PC Tracker report, issued Wednesday. It's the second straight quarter of double-digit growth, and indicates the industry is on its way to recovery after a disastrous late 2008 and most of 2009. Comments
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Caller ID Spoofing Gets Outlawed
Caller ID spoofing will soon be against the law. I'm not sure if that will be enough to stop the scumbag scammers but it is a move in the right direction. It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, in connection with any real time voice communications service, regard- less of the technology or network utilized, to cause any caller ID service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller ID information, with the intent to defraud or deceive. Comments
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H-P Executives Face Bribery Probes
Hewlett-Packard Co. executives stand accused of paying almost $11M in bribes to win a lucrative contract in Russia. The kicker? The people accused of taking the bribe handle criminal prosecutions in Russia…including corruption cases. German prosecutors are looking into the possibility that H-P executives paid about €8 million ($10.9 million) in bribes to win a €35 million contract under which the U.S. company sold computer gear, through a German subsidiary, to the office of the prosecutor general of the Russian Federation. The office handles criminal prosecutions in Russia, including many corruption cases. Comments
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OCZ Sponsors AMD's ATI Eyefinity Systems For European Tour
OCZ is a proud sponsor of ATI's Eyefinity Systems for their European tour events by supplying high-performance solid state drives (SSDs), power supplies, and AMD-certified memory for the demo systems to be viewed by the millions of show goers throughout the year. Together, OCZ and AMD make for a world-class computing experience of cutting edge graphics and top of the line hardware for a total gaming and multimedia immersion. Comments
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Microsoft Showcases Silverlight Rough Cut Editor
The Winter Olympic Games are watched by hundreds of millions of people, tuning in around the world to see their countrymen compete for a chance at history. However, up until now viewers couldn't always get event results or see video highlights until long after the glory had passed. This year was different. At the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games in February, NBC Sports took advantage of Microsoft technology, using the new Silverlight Rough Cut Editor (RCE) to deliver a wealth of content to viewers nearly instantaneously. At the MIX10 conference in March, Microsoft made the RCE publicly available through a free download. Comments
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Chinese CE Factories Treat Workers Like Prisoners
A new report from the National Labor Committee says that (brace yourselves) Chinese workers are treated horribly, are overworked and paid a few dollars a day to assemble popular consumer electronics devices. Last month it was horror stories about Apple / Foxconn. This month it is Microsoft, Best Buy, Acer, HP, Samsung, Logitech and others. Unfortunately, this is China we are talking aboutÂ…all the reports in the world won't make them change. What's most worrying isn't just that one factory is treating its workers this way, it's that in all likelihood, there are many factories treating their workers this way, which won't end up the subject of an extensive report by a human rights organization. Comments
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Java Zero-Day Flaw Under Active Attack
Today might be a good day to avoid websites with song lyrics. According to this article, people using Firefox or IE with the Java plug-in run the risk of being compromised thanks to an unpatched hole in Java. Chrome users seem to be safe for now. Malicious hackers have pounced and are exploiting the flaw in the wild to launch drive-by download attacks. Virus hunters have spotted the attacks on a popular song lyrics Web site. Any visitor to that Web site with the Java Plugin for Browsers installed (Internet Explorer or Firefox) will get infected with malware. Comments
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Corsair SSD in Real World Applications
I was having a talk with Robert Pearce over at Corsair yesterday about putting together a video review that would show our readers exactly what there is to be gained by moving to a Solid State Drive. Corsair is a couple of steps ahead of me, at least on the mobile front. Robert pinged me with this video that pits two identical against each other in a boot up bake off. Discussion.
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COMPUTEX Bringing Back The Hot Chicks!
You have to laugh when the promoters behind COMPUTEX send out a press release like this. It is comforting to know that the powers that be haven't forgotten what was once great about trade shows...boobies. In order to help the participating exhibitors to enhance potential sell, a group of 30 COMPUTEX Sweeties with youthful spirits that will stir-up the atmosphere ardently while roaming around the COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2010 in celebration of 30th anniversary. Once the "COMPUTEX Sweeties" activity was announced, there were at least 200 gorgeous applicants have registered, hoping to be selected as COMPUTEX Sweetie. Majority of applicants came from university graduates, advertising models, leading actress from movies and soap operas, contestants from local matinee idol shows and so forth. The COMPUTEX Sweetie is attracting international media attention as the new topic for exhibition. Comments
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ATI Catalyst 10.4 Hotfix Information and Download
AMD has released the ATI Catalyst 10.4 hotfix for those of you that own a Radeon HD 5xxx series video card and are having problems with long load times in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Hit the link for detailed installation instructions and download links for Windows XP Pro and XP Pro x64, Windows Vista / Windows 7 in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. The ATI Catalyst 10.4 Hotfix provides resolution for the following issue: Long load times for new maps in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 when using an ATI Radeon HD 5xxx series graphics card. This driver is provided as is and is not supported by AMD. It has not completed full AMD testing, and is only recommended for users experiencing the particular issue described above. This release is not supported by ATI Radeon™ HD5800 Eyefinity 6 series of products. Comments
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ASUS Launches the Rampage III Extreme and Maximus III Extreme
ASUS, the leading provider of high performance motherboards, launches the highly anticipated Republic of Gamers (ROG) Rampage III Extreme and Maximus III Extreme motherboards in North America today. Featuring class leading designs and innovative features, the ROG Rampage III Extreme and Maximus III Extreme set a new standard for world class enthusiast motherboards. Rigorously tested and approved by leading enthusiasts, the Extreme series is engineered from the ground up for exceptional performance, stability, overclocking prowess, and most of all, reliability under extreme conditions. Comments
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Spy Pics: Gigabyte X58A-UD9 has 7 PCI-E x16 Slots
Whoa, now this is a motherboard! I am not even sure what I would do with the Gigabyte X58A-UD9 and all seven of those PCI-E x16 slots but I am sure I can come up with something! Hit the link for more info. Comments
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