http://www.technewsworld.com TechNewsWorld -- "All Tech, All the Time" en-us Copyright 2009 2010-02-09T13:11:36-08:00 ECT News Network ECT News Network TechNewsWorld -- "All Tech, All the Time" hourly 1 2010-02-09T13:11:36-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/images/rss/tnw_100x36.jpg http://www.technewsworld.com http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69306.html Google has certainly generated more than its share of buzz regarding its plans to get deeper into social media. On Tuesday, the search giant revealed those plans: Google Buzz, which takes a big step into Facebook and Twitter territory while keeping one foot firmly planted on its Gmail foundation. Renay San Miguel 2010-02-09T12:30:50-08:00 Social Networking Google has certainly generated more than its share of buzz regarding its plans to get deeper into social media. On Tuesday, the search giant revealed those plans: Google Buzz, which takes a big step into Facebook and Twitter territory while keeping one foot firmly planted on its Gmail foundation. While the initial version of Buzz released during a press conference and demonstration at the company's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters focused on consumer-friendly uses, Google made it clear that there will also be a future place for Buzz in its enterprise goals. ]]> 2010-02-09T12:30:50-08:00 2010-02-09T12:33:05-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69304.html Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled Optimus, a technology that automatically chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application, thus lengthening a laptop computer's battery life. Based on the application's needs, Optimus will route the workload to either an Nvidia discrete graphics processing unit or graphics processors integrated into Intel chips. Richard Adhikari 2010-02-09T11:17:53-08:00 Chips Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled Optimus, a technology that automatically chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application, thus lengthening a laptop computer's battery life. Based on the application's needs, Optimus will route the workload to either an Nvidia discrete graphics processing unit or graphics processors integrated into Intel chips. Asus will release a netbook with Optimus technology later this week. Optimus technology automatically detects most types of applications such as Cuda, Compute, and many video applications. ]]> 2010-02-09T11:17:53-08:00 2010-02-09T11:26:02-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69299.html Cisco looks to be gearing up to take advantage of the Obama administration's emphasis on cybersecurity and cooperation between the public and private sectors. It has appointed former White House cybersecurity adviser Melissa Hathaway as consultant. She will help liaise with the federal government. Richard Adhikari 2010-02-09T05:00:00-08:00 Cyberattacks Cisco looks to be gearing up to take advantage of the Obama administration's emphasis on cybersecurity and cooperation between the public and private sectors. It has appointed former White House cybersecurity adviser Melissa Hathaway as consultant. She will help liaise with the federal government. "We have the opportunity in Cisco to transform how we do defense, build up critical private and public networks, and improve information sharing among government and private networks," said John Stewart, the networking giant's chief security officer. ]]> 2010-02-09T05:00:00-08:00 2010-02-08T16:00:05-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69298.html When I first noticed the Retrevo Pulse headline for its study that examines consumer interest in buying the Apple iPad, my first reaction was eerily in line with the traffic-grabbing headline, "Apple iPad Hoopla Fails to Convince Buyers." I'm an unabashed fan of almost every Apple product the company in Cupertino produces, and yet I'm still not convinced the iPad is a worthy addition to my personal Apple lineup. Chris Maxcer 2010-02-09T05:00:00-08:00 Computers When I first noticed the Retrevo Pulse headline for its study that examines consumer interest in buying the Apple iPad, my first reaction was eerily in line with the traffic-grabbing headline, "Apple iPad Hoopla Fails to Convince Buyers." I'm an unabashed fan of almost every Apple product the company in Cupertino produces, and yet I'm still not convinced the iPad is a worthy addition to my personal Apple lineup. Sure, I love the idea of kicking back on the couch and browsing the Web with flicks and pinches. ]]> 2010-02-09T05:00:00-08:00 2010-02-09T08:52:32-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69297.html Google's Nexus One phone is a winner, according to Linus Torvalds, founder of the operating system it's based on. "I generally hate phones," explained Torvalds, who is known as "the father of Linux," in a blog post on Saturday. "At the same time I love the <i>concept</i> of having a phone that runs Linux, and I've had a number of them over the years," he wrote. Katherine Noyes 2010-02-09T05:00:00-08:00 Mobile Google's Nexus One phone is a winner, according to Linus Torvalds, founder of the operating system it's based on. "I generally hate phones," explained Torvalds, who is known as "the father of Linux," in a blog post on Saturday. "At the same time I love the concept of having a phone that runs Linux, and I've had a number of them over the years," he wrote. Torvalds has rarely used the phones he has had, including Google's original G1, he said. However, he's been a happy camper since he bought the Nexus One last week. ]]> 2010-02-09T05:00:00-08:00 2010-02-09T09:13:32-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69294.html Following a day's delay due to cloudy weather, space shuttle Endeavour launched successfully early Monday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle, which launched at 4:14 a.m. EST, is carrying a new module and an attached cupola for the International Space Station. Katherine Noyes 2010-02-08T12:54:45-08:00 Space Following a day's delay due to cloudy weather, space shuttle Endeavour launched successfully early Monday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle, which launched at 4:14 a.m. EST, is carrying a new module and an attached cupola for the International Space Station. "What a beautiful launch we had this morning... the orbiter performed extremely well," said Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for space operations, during the postlaunch news conference. "This is a great start to a very complicated mission." ]]> 2010-02-08T12:54:45-08:00 2010-02-08T17:18:33-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69292.html IBM on Monday launched a one-two punch with its new Power7 processors, which the company claims have twice the performance of the Power6 line but consume less power. These processors power IBM's Unix servers, four new models of which were also unveiled Monday in a move that might strengthen IBM's position in the Unix server market. The Power7 uses a 45 nanometer process. Richard Adhikari 2010-02-08T12:36:57-08:00 Chips IBM on Monday launched a one-two punch with its new Power7 processors, which the company claims have twice the performance of the Power6 line but consume less power. These processors power IBM's Unix servers, four new models of which were also unveiled Monday in a move that might strengthen IBM's position in the Unix server market. The Power7 uses a 45 nanometer process. Each Power7 processor has up to eight cores and four threads per core. That's four times the maximum number of cores and eight times the number of threads per chip as the Power6. ]]> 2010-02-08T12:36:57-08:00 2010-02-08T12:36:32-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69288.html Trend Micro on Monday announced a new and completely overhauled version of its Software as a Service for small and medium-sized businesses. The new version, named "Worry-Free Business Security Services," replaces "Worry-Free Business Security Hosted," which was launched only 10 months ago. Richard Adhikari 2010-02-08T06:00:00-08:00 Security Trend Micro on Monday announced a new and completely overhauled version of its Software as a Service for small and medium-sized businesses. The new version, named "Worry-Free Business Security Services," replaces "Worry-Free Business Security Hosted," which was launched only 10 months ago. "This is a new solution built from the ground up," Dal Gemmell, senior manager for product marketing at Trend Micro, told TechNewsWorld. Trend Micro also introduced several new features to the SaaS product that were initially available only in its enterprise solution. ]]> 2010-02-08T06:00:00-08:00 2010-02-05T17:12:05-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69277.html The iPad has captured much of the technology coverage so far this year. It is a poorly named copy of a product that Microsoft launched nearly a decade ago, based on a concept Steve Jobs personally thought was stupid: the tablet computer. Yet Apple has effectively convinced the market that its device is new, different and desirable. Rob Enderle 2010-02-08T05:00:00-08:00 Tech Buzz The iPad has captured much of the technology coverage so far this year. It is a poorly named copy of a product that Microsoft launched nearly a decade ago, based on a concept Steve Jobs personally thought was stupid: the tablet computer. Yet Apple has effectively convinced the market that its device is new, different and desirable. Microsoft had Flash before Adobe; it had a touchscreen phone before the iPhone; and it effectively had an iPod touch before there even was an iPod. In all cases, the problem to overcome wasn't competitive -- it was institutional stupidity. ]]> 2010-02-08T05:00:00-08:00 2010-02-08T05:52:20-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69290.html It's not every day that a major operating system gets opened up, never mind one that leads the global market in its category. So, when the news came out last week that that's just what the Symbian Foundation had done -- and four months ahead of schedule, no less! -- it was hard not to get excited. Katherine Noyes 2010-02-08T05:00:00-08:00 Community It's not every day that a major operating system gets opened up, never mind one that leads the global market in its category. So, when the news came out last week that that's just what the Symbian Foundation had done -- and four months ahead of schedule, no less! -- it was hard not to get excited. Android is no longer the only big kid on the open source mobile block, it seems, and the scales are now tipped considerably more in FOSS' direction. ]]> 2010-02-08T05:00:00-08:00 2010-02-08T07:15:22-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69285.html It's been both a boon and bane for the Mac that it has some characteristics of an appliance. For some users, "it just works" is what makes Apple computers so much more attractive than their competitors. Others, though, just feel incomplete unless they can get under the hood of their byte box. For them, there are programs like MacTuneUp. John P. Mello Jr. 2010-02-08T05:00:00-08:00 Mac Apps It's been both a boon and bane for the Mac that it has some characteristics of an appliance. For some users, "it just works" is what makes Apple computers so much more attractive than their competitors. Others, though, just feel incomplete unless they can get under the hood of their byte box. For them, there are programs like MacTuneUp. MacTuneUp, which was recently updated to version 3.6, is a suite of utilities for improving system stability and the performance of a Mac. ]]> 2010-02-08T05:00:00-08:00 2010-02-08T14:44:46-08:00 http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69270.html Henio Zytomirski's Facebook profile picture stands out from most. The grinning 6-year-old is captured in black and white and poses in an old-fashioned buttoned-up shirt and shorts. The photograph, shot in 1939, is probably the last taken of him before he was murdered in the Holocaust. Monika Scislowska 2010-02-07T05:00:00-08:00 Social Networking Henio Zytomirski's Facebook profile picture stands out from most. The grinning 6-year-old is captured in black and white and poses in an old-fashioned buttoned-up shirt and shorts. The photograph, shot in 1939, is probably the last taken of him before he was murdered in the Holocaust. A group in the boy's hometown of Lublin is using the social networking site to breathe virtual life into Henio's stolen childhood and give people around the world the chance to get to know him -- as well as mourn the millions of others killed by Nazi Germany. ]]> 2010-02-07T05:00:00-08:00 2010-02-07T16:43:00-08:00