Dell bringing out new small laptop
The computer company Dell is looking at the small sized computer sector with a machine which has been initially named as the “Mini Inspiron” this small sized laptop will go head to head against the other small devices that are appear on the shelves.
With a price tag which is looking to be under £250 it [...]
The cost of computing
It is not the cost in money but the more like the cost to the environment, data centres are using up huge amounts of power, and companies which are building these massive buildings are the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo and Google.
Data centres are appearing almost everywhere in fact the growth of the server is expected [...]
Researchers looking for an 11 year old email
Some strange research is being carried out by a research team at the Cornell University in the US, they are looking into the emails of the past, and there is one particular email which they are interested in and would like to ask internet users if they have a copy of a certain email.
Problem is, [...]
Tell the boss if you use an Xbox as a server
IT departments will always make do and mend, it’s a natural thing to simply fix something and if it works ok, just leave it to run. But this is okay until the people in the department have left leaving a new team to fix any problems.
This particular organisation is a university and when all of [...]
The US lags behind in broadband subscribers
The US may be one of the top markets for IT and everything that surrounds it, they have Microsoft, Dell, Google and so on, but there is one segment of the market where the States falls behind, in fact they are falling well behind on the uptake of broadband.
The table looks like this:
South Korea
Japan
Finland
Netherlands
France
Sweden
Denmark
Iceland
Norway
Switzerland
Canada
Australia
UK
Luxembourg
USA
But as [...]
No feedback from eBay sellers
The online auction house eBay, has made good on some the changes that announced with regards to the feedback system earlier on in the year.
As from today or as soon as it can be established, sellers will no longer be able to leave feedback that is negative or to a lesser extent neutral, which kind [...]
Your computer and the law
The internet has been a place with no real rules and has grown on a global scale without the intervention of governments and other organisations. But this freedom has created a separate society from the rest of world.
But now there are moves to bring in laws to the internet and you could be breaking those [...]
Portable PC repair
Being a computer savvy type of person often means that you are going to be called upon to sort everyone’s computer when something goes wrong. But when you are away from home, this can be difficult because you do not have all of the equipment, but now you can and it can all be put [...]
May 15, 2008US Air Force wants access to all computers
The US Air Force are looking to either buy or build a suite of tools that will enable them to gain access to computers, they are not talking about any old computer though, they mean all computers everywhere, including yours!
In order to achieve their goals they have created an organisation which will become known as [...]
Speed help on Firefox
Anyone new to Firefox could be forgiven for not knowing about any of the super fast tools that they give you. These tools are there to make life easier and of course faster.
But these tools have designed to make working on the internet a simpler and faster way of working which will once these tools [...]