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Friday - May 9, 2008
HP has unveiled an initiative allowing academic institutions to collaborate with HP Labs in joint research through an open and competitive process. The HP Labs Innovation Research Program invites colleges, universities and research institutions around the world to submit proposals related to current research. Areas include "information explosion," "dynamic cloud services," "content transformation," "intelligent infrastructure" and "sustainability." [More...]
Friday - May 9, 2008
Gas prices are setting record highs, homeowners are facing foreclosure, the dollar's slipping further down a black hole, and the credit industry is collapsing. These are frustrating times -- and perhaps that's partly why "Grand Theft Auto IV" just set some new records for video game sales. [More...]
Friday - May 9, 2008
Taking on the likes of Adobe and Microsoft, Sun Microsystems on Tuesday unveiled its new JavaFX family of products for building rich Internet applications. Based on Sun's longstanding Java platform, JavaFX includes a runtime and a tools suite that Web scripters, designers and developers can use to quickly build and deliver rich interactive applications for desktop, mobile devices, TV and other platforms. [More...]
Friday - May 9, 2008
Three interesting topics were kicked around in Apple-minded blogs this week. Entirely unsurprisingly, survey results show that Apple tech support kicks butt in the PC industry at large. Also, AT&T is forbidding vacation time to hapless iPhone salespeople, and it appears Macs have gotten a foot in the door at work. [More...]
Tuesday - May 6, 2008
Based on 10,099 notebook and desktop computer owners who contacted customer support between January 2006 and January 2006, Consumer Reports found Apple to be No. 1 in technical support. Lenovo came in second for notebook computers, and Dell was second for desktops. [More...]
Tuesday - May 6, 2008
Let's talk information-technology upgrades. Figuring out your company's IT system is one of life's great mysteries. It's an even greater source of frustration. However, local Las Vegas experts insist even the layest of laypeople can learn to determine when their systems require improvements, and more importantly, how to prioritize on those upgrades to avoid blowing out the company's budget. [More...]
Monday - May 5, 2008
Sun Microsystems and the OpenSolaris community it created a few years ago have officially released the Unix-based OpenSolaris operating system into the wild. The two organizations shared the news at the CommunityOne Developer Conference Monday in San Francisco. OpenSolaris is based on Sun's Solaris kernel, but it has since been transformed into a more open and developer-friendly OS. [More...]
Saturday - May 3, 2008
"Geeks making the world better one bit at a time." That's the playful slogan for the University of North Carolina's "Maze Day," during which scores of blind and visually impaired children from across the state came out Wednesday morning to test drive computer programs especially designed for them. [More...]
Friday - May 2, 2008
How can smaller employers contend in today's competitive hiring market? By offering employees what large organizations often can't: a say in how the business is run and the freedom to explore and take risks. The key is getting employees invested in the organization's success at a deep level -- creating a sense of ownership that isn't quickly forfeited when other offers come. This message couldn't be timelier. [More...]
Thursday - May 1, 2008
Adobe Systems has assembled a group of industry leaders in an effort to put its Flash-based rich Internet solutions and content on most every screen -- PCs, mobile phones, MP3 players, televisions and any other consumer electronic device that might have a screen worthy of delivering content. The effort is called the "Open Screen Project," and it's supported by a who's-who of players. [More...]
Wednesday - April 30, 2008
It is unusual, but not unheard of, for a murder case to go forward if a body has not been found. It is even rarer for the charge to be first-degree murder -- and less common still for the defendant to be found guilty. Those were the exact circumstances, though, under which Hans Reiser was convicted Tuesday of the murder of his estranged wife, Nina. [More...]

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