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Windows Tips: Spot PC Trouble Early With Windows' Event Viewer 2007-03-25 22:55:00 Make sense of Windows
' logs; view past chkdsk results; get more event information for free.Every time Windows XP or 2000 starts, it begins keeping a record of events that happen on your system. Not general events like "This user has started Solitaire ten times today," but highly specific details of Windows' startup, your log-in, the services that start and stop in the course of a session, system crashes, and much more. Windows even carries its own tool, called Event Viewer
, for perusing that log. This program is handy for diagnosing Windows problems, but it's also useful for learning about what's going on under the operating system's hood. In fact, it's one of the first places you should look for clues if an unexplained problem with your PC crops up.Get your logs rolling: To start Event Viewer (depending on how your system is configured), select either Start, All Programs (Programs In Windows 2000), Administrative Tools, Event Viewer or Start, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer. Read more:Early
, Trouble
Is Web 2.0 a Security Risk? 2007-03-25 22:53:00 British study finds increased interactivity boosts surfing at work and careless chats.British firms are at risk of data leakage through their employees' increasing use of Web 2.0 technologies and social networking websites, security experts have warned. A survey of more than 1000 office workers found that 42 percent of those aged between 18 and 29 discussed work-related issues on social networking sites and blogs. Blogging on the JobMore than a quarter of young workers spent three or more hours a week--during their office hours--surfing blogs and websites such as YouTube and MySpace, the research, carried out by polling firm YouGov for content security specialists Clearswift found. Nearly four in 10 admitted accessing such sites "several times a day." Younger employees are more likely to take access to such sites for granted, with 59 percent of office workers aged 18 to 29 believing that staff should be able to visit these sites for personal reasons, using their work computer, compare
High-End Digicams Shown 2007-03-25 22:51:00 Japanese vendors highlight high-megapixel single-lens reflex models at photo imaging show.TOKYO -- Makers of single lens reflex (SLR) digital camera are focusing on new models for professional and semi-professional users, and displaying prototypes at the Photo Imaging Expo 2007 being held in Tokyo. Sony, Pentax, and Olympus are among those highlighting new SLR models; Canon showed a new model ready for release. Sony Revamps AlphaSony unveiled its plans for releasing two high-end versions of its popular Alpha 100 digital camera. Released last year, the Alpha 100 is the first camera to be developed jointly with Konica Minolta's former camera division, which Sony bought in 2005. Sony is displaying a mock-up and the new models don't have product names yet. For now, one is being called the "high amateur user" model and the other, the "flagship model" for professionals. Both models are scheduled to have the image stabilization feature already in the Alpha 100. The new models will include a
IBM Keeps Chips Cooler 2007-03-25 22:38:00 New glue-application assembly technique said to dissipate heat more efficiently.Scientists at IBM
's Zurich Research Laboratory have developed a glue-application technique used to assemble chips that will keep them running cooler, the company has announced.Sticky TechniqueGlues are used to bind the semiconductor packages, such as microprocessors and chipsets, with cooling elements that disperse the heat generated by today's powerful chips. However, current glues, which are embedded with microscopic particles of metal or ceramics to help transfer heat, continue to be an obstacle to efficient heat dissipation, according to IBM.Scientists at IBM's Zurich lab discovered that the problem lies in how the glue is applied. They observed that when a chip is attached to the cooling element of a semiconductor package, a cross formed in the glue as the microscopic particles it contains piled up. This prevents the glue from spreading evenly. They overcame this problem by creating tiny channels in Read more:Chips
Startup Tests P-to-P Calendars 2007-03-25 22:33:00 Tungle launches beta test of calendar plug-in for sharing schedulesTungle is taking applications for beta users version of its plug-in application, which is designed to let users create a peer-to-peer network of people for the sole purpose of simplifying the process of scheduling meetings. Compatible AppsTungle, which plugs into calendar applications, allows users to view blocks of time their contacts are free in order to schedule meetings. That can help cut down on the back-and-forth that often happens when people try to coordinate meetings. Currently, Tungle supports only Microsoft Outlook 2003, but it will work with all Outlook versions by the end of April and with Google's Google Calendar in June, while support for IBM's Notes will come later, said Marc Gingras, Tungle's chief executive officer. Because Tungle is a PC application, Gingras foresees its adoption will be from the ground up, as opposed to prompted by IT departments. Also, initial users are likely to be individuals i Read more:Calendars
, Startup
Cops Nab Crooks Using YouTube 2007-03-06 19:07:00 Police trying to identify suspects in videotaped crimes are occasionally turning to a new tool: YouTube
. Depending on the nature of the crime, the videos can attract large numbers of viewers, leading to tips. Other times, perpetrators may feel compelled to turn themselves in once they realize the world has seen what they've done.For years, police departments have given video surveillance tapes to local television news channels in an effort to attract attention and fight crime. These days, a handful of police departments are turning to YouTube , according to a report from The Associated Press.One of the most sensational success stories came after Detective Sergeant Jorge Lasso of Hamilton, Ontario's Hamilton Police Service posted a video of a murder near a hip-hop concert late last year. The video racked up thousands of views and may have been the catalyst that pressured the alleged perpetrator into surrendering."This was a tool that members of the homicide team decided to utilize bec Read more:Crooks
Stormier Pacific Blamed on Asian Smog 2007-03-06 19:04:00 Asian-based pollution is contributing to stronger storms over the North Pacific
, according to new research published Tuesday. Satellite measurements have revealed an increase in particles generated by coal burning plants in China and India. The research team, led by Renyi Zhang of Texas A&M University, studied pollution and clouds between 1984 and 2005.Pollution from Asia is helping generate stronger storms over the North Pacific, according to new research. Changes in the North Pacific storm track could have an impact on weather across the Northern Hemisphere.Satellite measurements have shown an increase in tiny particles generated from coal burning in China and India in recent decades, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Pacific Storm Track The team, led by Renyi Zhang of Texas A&M University, studied pollution and clouds between 1984 and 2005, concluding that increasing particles enhanced the cloud updraft to generate more Read more:Asian
Wikipedia, Academia Have a Love-Hate Relationship 2007-03-06 18:54:00 University of Virginia English professor John Sullivan, who also teaches courses in mass media and American culture, is skeptical of Wikipedia
. Sullivan compared the encyclopedia to the underlined and highlighted sections of library books that students may flip to instead of reading the entire book. "Are we living in a world where we have intellectual fast food?" he asked.If Thomas Jefferson had a computer, would he have used Wikipedia to research John Locke?Local Virginia academics today have mixed feelings on the 6-year-old online encyclopedia that can be edited by any Web visitor at any time. Some see it as a fresh, more democratic way to collect information that Jefferson would champion, while others are more skeptical of the credibility of an everyman form of academia.Researching Seems 'Alive'"It makes researching and inquiry seem alive when something is always open to discussion," said David A. Golumbia, a media studies professor at the University of Virginia who himself cont Read more:Academia
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NASA Bemoans Lack of Funds for Asteroid Hunt 2007-03-06 18:41:00 Two years after Congress asked NASA
to invent a plan to track most killer asteroids and find ways to deflect them, NASA on Monday reported that there is not enough money to pay for it. The cost to target at least 90 percent of the 20,000 potentially hazardous asteroids and comets by 2020 would be about $1 billion.NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding nearly all the asteroids that might pose a devastating hit to Earth, but there isn't enough money to pay for the task so it won't get done.The cost to find at least 90 percent of the 20,000 potentially hazardous asteroids and comets by 2020 would be about US$1 billion, according to a report NASA will release later this week. The report was previewed Monday at a Planetary Defense Conference in Washington D.C.Expensive Space HuntCongress in 2005 asked NASA to come up with a plan to track most killer asteroids and propose how to deflect the potentially catastrophic ones."We know what to do, we just don't have the money, Read more:Funds
Microsoft Gives Xbox Gamers a Memory Boost 2007-03-06 18:16:00 Microsoft announced new hardware offerings for the Xbox
360 Monday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Microsoft will soon release 512 MB memory units for the gaming console, as well as lower the prices on smaller memory units. The larger memory devices will allow users to download content from Microsoft's network of Xbox 360 kiosks in retail stores.At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) on Monday announced the upcoming launch of a 512 MB memory unit for the Xbox 360 video game console.The company also said it will bump up the "official size limit" of games presented on its Xbox Live Arcade game site from 50 MB to 150 MB.The Redmond, Wash.-based console maker said the device will become available worldwide April 3. Xbox 360 gamers in North America can pick up the new memory unit for US$49.99. Microsoft also said it will include Bizarre Creations' "Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved" preloaded on the device. Prices of the 64 MB memory Read more:Boost
, Gamers
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RIM Chair Leaves Post Amid Earnings Flap 2007-03-06 18:06:00 To account for backdated stock options, Canadian wireless device maker Research In Motion will take a $250 charge to reduce its previously reported earnings. It is also reshuffling some top executives, with co-CEO Jim Balsillie stepping down from his role as chairman, but retaining his other corporate titles.Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) (RIM) will take a US$250 million charge to reduce previously reported GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) earnings going back to 2004 to account for backdated stock options.The Canadian wireless device maker is reshuffling management as a result of the restatement, with co-CEO Jim Balsillie stepping down from his role as chairman, but retaining his other corporate titles.RIM Chief Financial Officer Dennis Kavelman will become the company's chief operating officer, administration and operation. Brian Bidulka, who is currently vice president and corporate controller, has been appointed chief accounting officer and will serve as senior Read more:Amid Earnings
, Chair
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Mini-Microsoft, Steve Jobs' Secret Diary, and a Potential New YouTube 2007-03-06 17:59:00 To any executives who, rightly, are incredibly concerned about insider blogs: Having employees who care enough about a company to actually and consistently put their jobs at risk is incredibly rare, and having someone who appears to have the actual breadth of knowledge and capability to do this well is rarer still.There are two guilty pleasures I've developed of late.One is reading "Mini-Microsoft
," which is an unauthorized blog by a Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) employee that probably does more to provide a glimpse inside the company and humanize it than anything the firm is officially doing. Taking this beyond Microsoft, I wonder if there is a way to do this more effectively to help a floundering company from the inside.The other is "The Secret Diary
of Steve
Jobs." This is a brilliant piece of work, clearly not by Steve Jobs
himself, that seems to put Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) in perspective better than Apple itself does. Finally, last week, I saw what may be the first really credible alte Read more:Potential
, Secret Diary
, YouTube
Motorola Rebuffs Icahn Board Bid 2007-03-06 17:52:00 In an SEC filing released Friday, Motorola
's Board
of Directors urged shareholders to not support billionaire Carl Icahn
's bid for seat on the company's board. The notice was the first formal indication that the Motorola board does not support Icahn's efforts and, by extension, does not support his influence over the company's future.motorola's (NYSE: MOT) board of directors is urging shareholders to be wary of supporting an effort by billionaire investor Carl Icahn to secure a seat on the company's board.Motorola filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday setting the date for its annual shareholder meeting for May 7. In that notice, which was also distributed directly to shareholders, the board mentioned Icahn's interest in being elected.In January, Icahn notified Motorola that he would seek election to the board. He said that if elected he would push for a stronger turnaround plan for the firm, which has seen its market share and profits slip Read more:Rebuffs
Sony Plans Cheaper Blu-ray Disc Player 2007-02-27 09:54:00 Sony plans to launch a Blu-ray Disc
player this year that will cost $400 less than many current modelsSony plans to launch a Blu-ray Disc player in the middle of this year that's significantly cheaper than many current models on the market.The BDP-S300 will cost about $600--about $400 cheaper than Sony's current BDP-S1--even though the new player will offer superior capabilities, Sony said late today.Among these will be the ability to output a 1080P signal, which is the highest of several levels of video quality that fall under the high-definition banner. Many new televisions support 1080P, and it's likely that consumers will increasingly look for this function, which until now could only be found on the most expensive players.It will also upconvert lower quality signals to 1080P for output over the HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) connector and can send out video at 24 frames per second, which is the rate used for films. Doing so is said to provide an image closer to tha Read more:ray Disc Player
, Sony
News and Tips From the (Microsoft) Office 2007-02-27 09:47:00 Test driving Office 2007 for free, using macros in older versions of Word, iPhone without the phone.Tired of the old-fashioned toolbar menus in Microsoft
Word? I don't know, maybe you're feeling a need to face a whole new learning curve.Start by reading a roundup of what five of our top editors have to say in "Microsoft Office 2007: A Worthy Upgrade." It's a hefty article that gives you insight into what to expect in the new Office suite. After you read the article, knowing how most of you operate, I'm betting you'll want to try it yourself.A hands-on test drive is just the thing to help you decide whether it's worth the $239 upgrade. Go to the Test Drive Microsoft Office page--it's a virtual sandbox where you can play with any Office product for as long as you want. And that's without the hassle of downloading or installing any of them. All you need is a current version of Internet Explorer (6 or 7), a willingness to accept an ActiveX control, and a broadband connection. You a
HP Launches Small Business Storage Products 2007-02-27 09:35:00 HP launches new low-priced, disk-based backup and recovery systemCompeting with Dell Inc. for small business users who needs to back up their data, Hewlett-Packard Co. launched a low-priced, disk-based backup and recovery system on Monday. The HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System will automatically save the data from as many as four servers, with total capacity of either 750G bytes or 1.5T bytes. Users can restore lost files within minutes, compared to a process of several hours for a tape-based system, HP said. Most users say that tape-based systems are the most cost-effective method of backing up data, but as new accounting laws demand greater storage regulations, that could soon change, said Adam Thew, marketing director for HP's StorageWorks division. Compared to connecting a direct-attached tape storage device to every server in a business, HP's new disk-to-disk product can reduce the cost of ownership and chance of human error, Thew said during a webcast Monday. The D2D system Read more:Business
, Products
, Small
Study: Yahoo Benefits From New Search Ad System 2007-02-27 09:19:00 People click more often on ads served up by Yahoo
's search engine since the company switched to a new ad-ranking system, a study shows.People are clicking more often on ads served up by Yahoo Inc.'s search engine since the company switched to a new ad-ranking system earlier this month, according to comScore Networks Inc., a firm that measures Web usage and traffic. The click-through rate on Yahoo's search ads increased 5 percent in the week ending Feb. 11 and 9 percent in the week ending Feb. 18, both compared with the week ending Feb. 4, comScore said Monday. The new ranking system went live in the U.S. on Feb. 5. ComScore defines click-through rate as the total number of clicks people make on search-engine ads divided by total search queries. Yahoo's new system assigns rank to pay-per-click search ads by taking into consideration the advertisers' bid amounts plus the ads' relevance to the search query. Previously, Yahoo ranked ads solely based on the amount bid. The new ran Read more:Benefits
, Search
, Study
, System
Windows Tips: Spot PC Trouble Early With Windows' Event Viewer 2007-03-25 22:55:00 Make sense of Windows
' logs; view past chkdsk results; get more event information for free.Every time Windows XP or 2000 starts, it begins keeping a record of events that happen on your system. Not general events like "This user has started Solitaire ten times today," but highly specific details of Windows' startup, your log-in, the services that start and stop in the course of a session, system crashes, and much more. Windows even carries its own tool, called Event Viewer
, for perusing that log. This program is handy for diagnosing Windows problems, but it's also useful for learning about what's going on under the operating system's hood. In fact, it's one of the first places you should look for clues if an unexplained problem with your PC crops up.Get your logs rolling: To start Event Viewer (depending on how your system is configured), select either Start, All Programs (Programs In Windows 2000), Administrative Tools, Event Viewer or Start, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer. Read more:Early
, Trouble
Is Web 2.0 a Security Risk? 2007-03-25 22:53:00 British study finds increased interactivity boosts surfing at work and careless chats.British firms are at risk of data leakage through their employees' increasing use of Web 2.0 technologies and social networking websites, security experts have warned. A survey of more than 1000 office workers found that 42 percent of those aged between 18 and 29 discussed work-related issues on social networking sites and blogs. Blogging on the JobMore than a quarter of young workers spent three or more hours a week--during their office hours--surfing blogs and websites such as YouTube and MySpace, the research, carried out by polling firm YouGov for content security specialists Clearswift found. Nearly four in 10 admitted accessing such sites "several times a day." Younger employees are more likely to take access to such sites for granted, with 59 percent of office workers aged 18 to 29 believing that staff should be able to visit these sites for personal reasons, using their work computer, compare
High-End Digicams Shown 2007-03-25 22:51:00 Japanese vendors highlight high-megapixel single-lens reflex models at photo imaging show.TOKYO -- Makers of single lens reflex (SLR) digital camera are focusing on new models for professional and semi-professional users, and displaying prototypes at the Photo Imaging Expo 2007 being held in Tokyo. Sony, Pentax, and Olympus are among those highlighting new SLR models; Canon showed a new model ready for release. Sony Revamps AlphaSony unveiled its plans for releasing two high-end versions of its popular Alpha 100 digital camera. Released last year, the Alpha 100 is the first camera to be developed jointly with Konica Minolta's former camera division, which Sony bought in 2005. Sony is displaying a mock-up and the new models don't have product names yet. For now, one is being called the "high amateur user" model and the other, the "flagship model" for professionals. Both models are scheduled to have the image stabilization feature already in the Alpha 100. The new models will include a
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