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Saturday 10 February 2007
B.C. company's 'quantum computer' has techies abuzz
A Canadian company that claims to have built the world's first marketable "quantum computer" - a hyper-fast data processor touted by the firm's founder as potentially "the most significant invention of our generation" - has the global high-tech community buzzing ahead of the machine's scheduled unveiling next week in California.
Friday Feb 2, 2007 Videotron to boost Net speed
Expected to be fastest in canada. Firm has been testing service with Cisco ... fast enough to download a DVD-
quality movie in eight minutes or an album of MP3 songs in five seconds. ...Until now, Calgary-based Shaw Communications has offered the fastest service in Canada, with an advertised speed of 25 Mbps.
In Quebec, Videotron's main competitor, Bell Sympatico, peaks at 16 Mbps. ...Other countries have already broken the triple megabit barrier, like South Korea.
Second Life
01/30 - University is about to get a lot more interesting for those who pursue their studies online. While traditional correspodence courses offer students little interaction, a program being offered at Loyalist College in Ontario promises to make that virtually different.
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Talks David Pogue: When it comes to tech, simplicity sells video
New York Times technology columnist David Pogue opens his talk with a rousing musical number about the trials of customer support, then launches into some sharp commentary on "The Software Upgrade Paradox" ("Improve a piece of software enough times, you eventually ruin it"). Next he takes on the worst interface design offenders, the causes of "Software Rage." After a couple of trips back to the piano, Pogue moves to the success stories, offering examples of products that celebrate the power of simplicity.
Sunday 03 June 2007 Sweden opens embassy in Second Life
Created to promote The Nordic state's image and culture
Sunday 28 January 2007 Intel Says Chips Will Run Faster, Using Less Power
Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, has overhauled the basic building block of the information age, paving the way for a new generation of faster and more energy-efficient processors.
2006
Monday 25 December 2006 Flaws Are Detected in Microsoft’s Vista
....notified Microsoft that it had also found that flaw, as well as five other vulnerabilities, including one serious error in the software code underlying the company’s new Internet Explorer 7 browser. .... it would make it possible to alter files and potentially permanently infect a target computer
Thursday 19 October 2006 A Virtual World but Real Money
It has a population of a million. The “people” there make friends, build homes and run businesses. They also play sports, watch movies and do a lot of other familiar things. They even have their own currency, convertible into American dollars.
Thursday Feb 9, 2006 What's the Best Browser for You?
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 globe Search engines going far beyond maps
Never before have searchable databases of detailed pictures covering wide swaths of urban areas been readily available like this to the public
2005
Monday Nov 28, 2005 ew Mozilla Uncages Latest Firefox Beta
The third release candidate for the upcoming Firefox 1.5 browser
has been posted for download as the open-source Mozilla
Foundation strives to attract new users. more
4/12/05 Hard drive failure troubleshooting checklist
Having a reliable set of troubleshooting guidelines can increase your odds of recovering from a hard drive failure. This checklist walks you through a proven hard drive troubleshooting process that covers physical connections, BIOS settings, viruses, partitions, formatting, physical and logical errors, and Windows 2000 and XP Disk Management.
Saturday Sep 24, 2005 By GRANT BUCKLER
Even as recent computer security breaches underline the importance of protecting sensitive data, efforts to develop more powerful computers also threaten to render today's best encryption technologies useless.
.....This principle is being applied to cryptography. Encryption relies on a secret "key" -- usually a string of letters and numbers -- known to both parties. In quantum cryptography, this key is transmitted over optical fibre -- or potentially as a beam of light through the air -- with each bit in the key represented by one photon. An eavesdropper could still intercept this key, but anyone who does so cannot avoid altering its properties in the process. That means eavesdropping can be detected and compensated for by dropping bits that may have been intercepted, or by discarding the compromised key and starting over.
Friday Sep 23, 2005 ec Michael Dell's money-making machine has further scope for growth
Friday Sep 9, 2005 ew Firefox 1.5 Beta Looks Better than Ever
The latest beta of the popular alternative Web browser is
looking great, although it does break Firefox extensions.
One of my colleagues found that five out of seven of her extensions, including several that were indispensable to her daily work, no longer functioned.
Friday Sep 9, 2005 ew Advances in Web Browsers
Tuesday Aug 23, 2005 nyt Once a Booming Market, Educational Software for the PC Takes a Nose Dive
By MATT RICHTEL
In 2000, sales of educational software for home computers reached $498 million. Yet in less than five years, that entire market has come undone.
Friday Aug 19, 2005 nyt A New Arms Race to Build the World's Mightiest Computer
By JOHN MARKOFF
A global race is under way to reach the next milestone in supercomputer performance, and the customary rivalry between the U.S. and Japan now includes China.
Tuesday Jun 28, 2005 cc Napster (NAPS : NASDAQ : US$4.17)
Net Change: 0.27, % Change: 6.92%, Volume: 4,693,200
Share and share not alike. The U.S. Supreme Court perplexed thousands
yesterday when they ruled in favour of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) in
a case based on the illegal file sharing of digital music, movies and
software through peer-to-peer networking. MGM sued Internet file sharing
networks Grokster and Stream Cast, attesting that the primary use of the
networks is to distribute illegal copy written materials. The vote was a
unanimous decision. Former Grokster CEO, who appeared on CNBC, said the
ruling will likely shut down Grokster and that 100 other companies would be
open for litigation. He believes the only way to keep peer-to-peer
networking alive is some sort of payment system per trade. This is exactly
what Napster creator, and now head of Snocap, Shawn Fanning intends to do.
The benefit of a peer-to-peer system is the massive number of tracks
available, where as current applications like Napster and RealNetworks
(RNWK) can offer only a limited number. Analysts are expecting Napster and
RealNetworks shares to benefit as a result of the ruling, but in the long
run technological advances, such as Apple's (AAPL) ipod may be hampered.
Monday Jun 27, 2005 Supreme Court rules against file swapping
August 19, 2004 Judges rule file-sharing software legal
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