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What Is Virtual Memory? 2007-08-07 10:42:00 Question:
What Is Virtual Memory
?
Answer:
Virtual memory can refer to two things - using the hard drive of your computer to expand the amount of memory available, or it can refer to how the operating system's core, the kernel, lays out where programs can read or write to memory.
Now NBC Broke Up With Apple? 2007-09-01 16:28:00 Yesterday I mentioned that NBC was no longer doing to offer their shows on iTunes due to a disagreement with Apple
, who pulled their shows from the iTunes. Well, today NBC claims that they were the ones that wanted to get off iTunes, but not because of money. They even disagree with Apple to the point of claiming their shows won't be pulled early, despite what Apple said.
Dell Is Back! 2007-08-31 17:53:00 Dell has finally had an excellent quarter, earning $733 million, up 46 percent from the year ago quarter. For about two years now Dell has been plagued by falling sales and failed products (Dell MP3 Player - what a joke).
This amazing turnaround demonstrates just how effective their corporate restructuring and the return of Michael Dell as CEO has been. Perhaps Mr. Dell is the next Steve Jobs?
No More NBC On iTunes 2007-08-31 17:49:00 Apple has decided pull all NBC programming from iTunes
. For quite a while now they and NBC have been working on coming to a new agreement for their pricing. NBC wanted $4.99 per episode and Apple only wanted to charge the normal $1.99. The end result? No more NBC.
It should be noted that they mutually agreed to end the current contract early, in the middle of the current season.
Want A Flying Saucer? 2007-08-31 16:28:00 A "flying saucer" for the masses is nearing its long-awaited debut. The car uses eight engines, which can run on petroleum-based fuel, diesel, or ethanol and can go at speeds as high as 400 mpg. The price tag? $500,000 to $1,000,000.
Whether or not it gets released is still up in the air, so, don't hold your breath.
The real question is will it have auto pilot? Read more:Flying
iPhone Hardware Unlock Blows The Device Up 2007-08-31 16:25:00 According to one iPhone
owner his phone went "poof" while attempting to perform a hardware unlock. Surely he did something seriously wrong to cause this problem, but it still serves as a warning. If you don't know what you're doing then don't do it. Read more:Hardware
, Device
Sony Rootkit Epidemic Again? 2007-08-31 16:21:00 According to security researchers a possible new rootkit has been found on drives sold by Sony
. On some USB MicroVault USM-F flash drives, which first contained this code, were discontinued. But soon after a new drive came out that does the same exact thing.
The software ("rootkit") is used to hide sensitive data like your fingerprint, since the flash drives have a fingerprint reader. Read more:Again
Researchers Develop 360-Degree 3D Display 2007-08-31 13:36:00 Researchers from USC have successfully developed a 360 degree holographic display. It works by spinning a mirror incredibly fast, thus tricking your eye into thinking it is a 3d object regardless of where you are located. Read more:Display
How To Make Ubuntu Boot In 19 Seconds 2007-08-30 18:00:00 Tired of having a slow boot time with Ubuntu
? Well, someone went through the trouble of writing an excellent guide on how to speed it up dramatically. Read more:Seconds
Hackers Using Blogger Blogs To Launch Attacks 2007-08-30 17:57:00 According to this report malicious users have been using Blogger
blogs (like this one) to spread malicious software. Apparently they are using the e-mail to blog feature to submit fake posts with malicious software linked to from them.
As far as I know this blog has no been compromised, hopefully it stays that way. Read more:Hackers
, Blogs
, Launch
News Corp And NBC Pick Name For Their YouTube Killer 2007-08-30 17:54:00 News Corp and NBC have officially named their YouTube
killer - Hulu. Ironically this name means "Cease" and "desist" in Swahili. Because of that 5 minutes after it was announced bloggers were already bashing it.
YouTube killer? I think not. Read more:Killer
, News Corp
Apple Laptop Marketshare Quickly Rising 2007-08-30 17:50:00 Apple's laptop marketshare (not to be confused with the overall marketshare) has risen 3% in only a month, from 14% in May to 17% in June. The July numbers are unknown, but one can imagine the trend is still continuing.
These numbers show 2 important things - consumers are buying more laptops and Apple is getting more popular. Read more:Apple
, Laptop
, Rising
Quechup Is A Scam? 2007-09-07 16:45:00 According to Boing Boing, a new social networking service (like MySpace andFacebook) called Quechup was busy sending out invites to users. Problem is the invites were created to get user's contacts and spam them.
I haven't a clue if this is true, but it wouldn't surprise me. With every new thing created on the Internet, spammers and scammers always try to rip people off and steal their
Is It Illegal To Make Your Own Ringtones? 2007-09-07 15:40:00 Engadget just posted a nice little article on whether or not it is illegal to make your own ringtones - with a bit of a twist. Apparently due to something the RIAA did, you can make ringtones without getting permission because they are not viewed as derivative works (and thus aren't copyright infringement). However, iTunes won't let you do that - it only lets you do it with certain songs you've Read more:Ringtones
$200M Ad Campaign To Reassure Cable Customers 2007-09-07 15:28:00 The cable television industry has launched a $200 million ad campaign to reassure all cable customers that their favorite shows will still be available after the switch to digital broadcasting.
Unlike analog transmissions, digital TV means all signals are broken down into a series of 1s and 0s (instead of pulses like analog transmissions), which makes the signals much more robust. When a device Read more:Campaign
, Cable
Free Custom Ringtones In iTunes 7.4 2007-09-07 15:20:00 Another day, another hack. This time it is for free ringtones.
According to this guide, the only difference between ringtone files and regular song files in iTunes
7.4 is the extension. Ringtones
are .m4r (guessing it means MPEG 4 Ringtone) files.
From what I can tell, all you have to do is change the file extension in the Finder or the Windows Explorer to .m4r, and it should show up in iTunes
Intel Releases New Quad Core Processors 2007-09-06 22:24:00 In an attempt to beat AMD to the battlefield, Intel
has released brand new Quad
Core processors. The Quad-Core Xeon 7300 series can deliver up to twice the performance and three times the performance per Watt of its predecessor.
It is expected that computer manufacturers will soon start shipping new products based on it. 16 Core Mac Pro anyone? Read more:Processors
DoJ Says No To Network Regulation 2007-09-06 22:20:00 In a filing the DoJ said no to network regulation. According to the report they feel government intervention in how the Internet is built could hamper development of it.
Proponents of net neutrality say regulation is needed to keep ISPs from blocking access to sites like YouTube, but opponents believe regulation could force consumers to pay even more for access. Read more:Regulation
Steve Jobs Tries To Set Things Right 2007-09-06 22:17:00 Yesterday Apple released a whole slew of products, but controversy arose when they announced a $200 price drop on the iPhone. After thousands of complaints, Steve
Jobs announced that Apple will be reimbursing the iPhone owners with a $100 gift certificate.
For those of you who suck at math, that means they are giving out around $100,000,00 dollars just to please their customers. Read more:Right
, Steve Jobs
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