ComputerWorld Mirror

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Taiwan relaxes rules on chip and LCD investments in China

Taiwan moved forward with new guidelines on technology investments in China on Wednesday, announcing an easing of rules that could help its chip and LCD panel makers compete in China. http://digg.com/u1Mwav

InfoWorld review: Dell, HP, and Lenovo rack servers

Dual-processor Nehalem Xeon rack servers sport sizzling performance, excellent serviceability, and variations in price and power efficiency http://digg.com/u1MwOp

Panasonic takes swing at rugged rivals as it launches latest Toughbook tablet

Panasonic released the latest model in its 13-year-old Toughbook line, a rugged Windows tablet with a power-sipping Intel Atom processor. http://digg.com/u1MwCF

Appeals court to review standards for cellphone data requests by government

In a case with broad privacy implications, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday will hear arguments on the minimum legal standards that prosecutors need to meet when requesting cell phone location data for law enforcement purposes. http://digg.com/u1MwCC

Chinese artist-dissident lauds Google plan to stop censoring

A well-known Chinese artist and activist voiced strong support late Tuesday for Google's plan to stop censoring results on its China-based search engine. http://digg.com/u1MvQA

Micron acquires flash memory maker Numonyx

Micron Technology has agreed to acquire flash memory maker Numonyx, adding NOR flash chips -- a memory type commonly found in mobile phones and MP3 players -- to its product lineup and expanding its manufacturing capacity http://digg.com/u1Mu7z

New Russian botnet tries to kill rival

An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the malicious program from infected computers. http://digg.com/u1MttL

MS Word Tip: Print Multiple Copies of Individual Pages

Most Word users know how to print multiple copies of a document: Just change the Number of copies setting to the number you need, then click OK. http://digg.com/u1MtXR

Google Buzz: A visual tour

Google Buzz is part Facebook and Twitter, allowing you to share links and images and keep your friends informed as to where you are and what you're doing. We take you on a visual tour. http://digg.com/u1MtGm

Update: Gmail gets social with Google Buzz

Google has given Gmail a social networking component with its introduction of Buzz, a service built inside of the Web mail product that lets users post and share content in similar ways as they do in sites like Facebook and Twitter. http://digg.com/u1MtGk

Cut in Line for Google Buzz

So you're pining for Google Buzz, the social-feed addition to Gmail, but you're tired of hitting F5 every 30 seconds to see if it's on your Gmail. Here's how you can try out Google Buzz, get a head start on all your similarly Buzz-less buddies, and, of course, take one more step to Internet infamy by beating the Twitter mob to the punch. http://digg.com/u1Mt0Y

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

IBM, HP servers won't stop x86 onslaught on Unix

The announcement of high-end servers by IBM and Hewlett-Packard this week won't halt declining Unix server sales as the onslaught of x86 servers continues, analysts said on Tuesday. http://digg.com/u1Mssm

Aliph Jawbone Icon, a new kind of headset

Mark Gibbs ponders what matters, other than software, in the world of personal connectivity and concludes that cell phones are the most important. And that means you need a great headset … http://digg.com/u1Mspg

Google Buzz takes the fight to Facebook

Today's leading social networks -- Facebook and Twitter -- now face a very formidable foe with search giant Google's unveiling of social upgrades to its Gmail e-mail service. http://digg.com/u1Mspf

Researchers warn of likely attacks against Windows, PowerPoint

Some of the bugs Microsoft patched today will be exploited by hackers almost immediately, security researchers predicted. http://digg.com/u1Msaz

Opinion: iPhone and Android market share on the rise

New statistics from comScore show that Apple and Google are both gaining ground in the battle for smartphone market share in the U.S. http://digg.com/u1Msaw

Gmail gets social with Google Buzz

Enable some missing Snow Leopard Services

When Snow Leopard first came out, I wrote about the new-and-improved Services feature, including what seemed to be a bug regarding which Services do and do not show up in the contextual menu. For example, try this experiment on your 10.6 machine. Select some text in TextEdit, then Control-click on the selection. In the contextual menu that appears, you should see three entries at the bottom of the menu: New Note With Selection, New Email With Selection, and Make New Sticky Note. http://digg.com/u1Mryu

LinkedIn Quick Tip: How to Reorder Profile Sections

This new LinkedIn feature allows you to customize the display of your profile, enabling you to prioritize certain sections over others. http://digg.com/u1Mryt