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Digitaltrends.com

Intel, Micron Claim To Boost Solid-State Drive Speeds By 500%

InformationWeek - Feb 1, 2008The NAND flash memory chips can reach speeds of up to 200 MB per second for reading data and 100 MB per second for writing data, the partners said.Micron Offers Industry's First High Speed NAND Product FOXBusinessMicron, Intel speed up flash memory [...]

SlashGear

Further Reflections on the MacBook AirBusinessWeek - Feb 1, 2008I often have to review products after using them for a much shorter time than I would like and the was definitely true for my column on the MacBook Air.MacBook Wi-Fi Compatibility Up in Air PC WorldMacBook Air has issues, says Apple ComputerworldZDNet - CNN - Laptop Logic - TechNewsWorldall [...]

KIMA CBS 29

FCC Auction Opens Door to Open AccessBusinessWeek - Jan 31, 2008

by Olga Kharif A sudden spurt of bidding has turned what was shaping up as a bust into the most robust auction of wireless spectrum the federal government has ever conducted, salvaging hopes for a new generation of mobile networks that are open [...]

eFluxMedia

Intel To Sell Apple MacBook Air Chip To PC MakersInformationWeek - Jan 31, 2008Currently, the specialized 65-nm Core 2 Duo chip codenamed Merom is only available publicly in Apple's thinnest MacBook to date.Lenovo, Fujitsu planning to use Intel's MacBook Air chip CNET News.comLittle Laptop, Big Deal Washington PostArs Technica - eFluxMedia - NotebookReview.com - Sci-Tech Todayall 54 news articles

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ABC News

TSA Launches Blog, Gets An Earful From Weary TravelersInformationWeek - Jan 31, 2008Officials set up the site as an open a dialog with travelers and to reconcile the perceived need for security with the desire for unhindered transit.TSA starts airport-security blog CNN InternationalProblems with airport security? Tell TSA on its new blog ComputerworldArs Technica - DailyTech - [...]

Enews 2.0

Garmin Adds A Cell Phone To Its GPS DeviceInformationWeek - Jan 31, 2008The nuvifone's built-in camera takes pictures that are automatically tagged with latitude and longitude. By Elena Malykhina First Apple came out with the iPhone, then Google announced its mobile-phone software development platform, and now GPS maker …Garmin Steers Into Phones TheStreet.comGarmin to [...]

bit-tech.net

RealPlayer Labeled As 'Badware'InformationWeek - Jan 31, 2008StopBadware.org came to the designation after noting one version inadequately discloses advertising behaviors, while another installs additional applications without notifying the user.RealPlayer named by StopBadware.org CNET News.comRealPlayer Gets Tagged as 'Badware' PC MagazineWashington Post - PC World - Digitaltrends.com - International Business Timesall 22 news articles

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The Epoch Times Ireland

Study: Global Warming Responsible for Western DroughtsWashington Post - Jan 31, 2008By Marc Kaufman The persistent and dramatic decline in the snowpack of the mountains of the West is caused primarily by human-induced global warming and not the result of natural variability of weather patterns in the region, researchers reported today …Scientists see [...]

I found this code online. It allows a user to see their current meetings in their Outlook Calendar. The only two requirements is that the user has IE and Outlook on their machine.

<object classid=”clsid:0006F063-0000-0000-C000-000000000046″
id=”ViewCtlFolder”
width=”100%”
height=”400px”
codetype= “application/x-oleobject”
codebase=”http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/office/outlctlx.CAB#ver=9,0,0,3203″>
<param name=”Namespace” value=”MAPI”>
<param name=”Folder” value=”Calendar”>
<param name=”Restriction” value=””>
<param name=”DeferUpdate” value=”0″>
</object>

Demo Outlook Calendar

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jmmclaughlin.com%2F2007%2F09%2F16%2Faccess-outlook-calendar-from-ie%2F’;
addthis_title [...]

One day I’ll be able to program on a flat panel wall display or table top display like this.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid932579976/bclid932553050/bctid933742930

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jmmclaughlin.com%2F2007%2F08%2F21%2Fmicrosoft-surface-computing-platform%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘Microsoft+Surface+Computing+Platform’;
addthis_pub = ”;

  



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