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Thursday, July 08, 2010

HP TouchSmart 600 Quad; Intel shows off HERB the Butler Robot

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HP TouchSmart 600 Quad
Competition is stiff in the category of big-screen all-in-one PCs. TV tuners and large hard drives are becoming standard features, as manufacturers attempt to displace televisions in dorm rooms and cramped bedrooms with high-definition-capable, multitouch displays. HP's TouchSmart line is an industry mainstay, using itsTouchSmart overlay to produce an array of touch-friendly widgets. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

Deploying a Secure WLAN
This paper walks through the steps to build a highly-secure wireless LAN and explains the technical considerations for: • Wireless privacy • Authentication • Client management and NAC • Network firewall and intrusion detection and protection • Identity-based access control • Rogue detection and WIDS • Compliance Read more!

WHITE PAPER: Qwest

The Three Ps of Evaluating Managed Network Services
To reduce costs and keep IT resources focused on the core business, more organizations are choosing to outsource network management. To deliver on this promise, it's essential to choose the right service provider. This in-depth report explores the key considerations, including solution portfolio, partnerships and processes. Read now!

Intel shows off HERB the Butler Robot
Intel shows off HERB the Butler Robot At research at Intel Day, HERB was assigned to hand bottles to people, then take them back and drop them in a recycling bin. But Herb is good for more than that. From: networkworld Views: 7 0 ratings Time: 02:27 More in Science & Technology Read More

Video: WiGig and 60GHz explained
Fellow NW blogger Craig Mathias from the Farpoint Group offers up an excellent whiteboard (Tech Update 2.0 series) video on the 60 GHz spectrum and the difference between WiGig and WiMedia. If you've been wondering about the implications of 60 GHz and how it will affect wireless LANs in the future, check out Craig's thoughts. document.write(''); brightcove.createExperiences(); Make... Read More


WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation

A New Look at Defragmenting
While advanced storage infrastructures add additional layers of abstraction between applications and devices, they do not eliminate the need to solve fragmentation. This paper reviews different strategies for eliminating fragmentation and details a new approach that prevents fragmentation from occurring in the first place. Read Now

Over-the-air iPhone 4 HD video? Ha.
Over at MacDaily News, they've posted an e-mail that "Chris" sent to "Steve Jobs" complaining about his inability to upload HD video from the iPhone 4 over-the-air to YouTube. While you can upload video over the air, compression takes over and causes the quality to go down pretty quickly. Chris, of course, would like to retain that 720p video quality when he uploads over the air. Read More

NASA's future Mars rover will be better equipped to find Martian life
NASA says its next generation Mars rover, Curiosity, will feature X-ray equipment that will let it more rapidly identify areas on the red planet that may have Read More


WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation

Reduce Disk Fragmentation by 85%
We depend upon fast data access and efficient data management but file fragmentation is a well-known barrier. HOW it is solved deeply impacts budget efficiency. This white paper details the only known maintenance practices that increase efficiency while lowering operating costs. Read Now!

Flash on your iPhone or iPad? Maybe soon thanks to open source
OK, you may have to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad (I nor Network World endorse jail breaking BTW), add some Android libraries and do a little more tweaking, but you could get Flash on your iDevice soon. At least according to some open source developers who are working on this very thing. Read More

Nuance intros MacSpeech Scribe International
Nuance Communications has released MacSpeech Scribe International 1.1, along with an updated version of MacSpeech Dictate International. Read More

Sony Is Latest to Cut E-Reader Prices
Faced with competition from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, Sony has slashed the prices of its U.S. Reader electronic e-book readers line. The move comes after Amazon and Barnes & Noble cut the price for the Kindle and Nook, and is the second price cut from Sony this year. Read More

 
 
 

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