Luckily for me, there isn't much in between monitors and displays. Luckily for you (I hope), I'll be answering any and all questions pertaining to computer monitors on Thursday, September 17, from 11 a.m. to noon PDT (2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern). Here is the link in advance.
Show up early or late, whichever floats your boat, and I'll see ya there.
There's really nothing worse than sending out an important e-mail with mention of an attachment then forgetting to actually attach the file that goes with it. To that end, a brilliant new Gmail labs feature is an opt-in nagger that will give you a warning pop-up if you try to send without a file and have used the word "attached" somewhere in the message.
It's not a perfect system. For example, if you say, "I've put the files in this e-mail" or "included in this message" it won't warn you. … Read more
Once upon a time a cottage industry of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) vendors emerged to proclaim the next generation of application development. Bungee Labs (which I advise), Coghead, 3tera, and a range of others each stepped up to provide cloud-based platforms for developing cloud-based applications.
This week, however, each of these independent efforts was put on notice by industry heavyweights VMware, Citrix, and Virtual Iron: We're joining the fray.
James Urquhart calls out the significance of of their entries into the cloud platform market:
The long and the short of it is that we have entered into a new era, in … Read more
Finally! Inside CNET Labs has come back to New York!
Well, half of us at least. This week, Dong and I team up with most of CNET's N.Y. Labs crew. Or maybe more accurately, the N.Y. Labs crew and I team up on Dong.
Either way, it's an episode that begins as an exercise in immature inappropriateness, but I think we redeem ourselves as human beings by the end. At least I hope.
Note: Please forgive the fact that some of the voices were recorded at a low volume. You may have to turn yer headphones … Read more
Texas Instruments commemorated the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit with the opening Friday of Kilby Labs, honoring Jack Kilby, the Nobel-prize-winning inventor of the seminal electronic device.
As a new TI employee in 1958, Kilby was forced to work during the traditional company summer vacation. During that time, he built the first integrated circuit, now the basic building block of everything from 3G cell phones to supercomputers.
The first IC was crude: a sliver of germanium with protruding wires glued to a glass slide (see image below). When Kilby applied electricity to the circuit, "an unending sine wave … Read more
Is it the size of your TV that matters or the quality of its picture? Dong and I discuss TV size and quality, both in the euphemistic sense and the literal. Yes, this is part two of my increasingly tumultuous TV story. Unfortunately for me, there will be a part three.
We also delve, quite deeply, into that dirty "P" word again since Dong cannot keep his head out of the gutter when discussing a certain "hockey mom."
Finally, Dong tells a story of mistaken identity, sort of. And, the installation is free.
To subscribe to … Read more
Dong and I get a bit off-topic to briefly discuss...dumm dumm DUMMM!! Politics. You've been warned. We also take you a bit more behind the scenes of testing printers and monitors. Really, really exciting stuff...
Last, but not least, we make some dreams come true by answering a few e-mails. And, our very first voicemail! Although we don't actually answer it (blame Dong for that).
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What if your desktop security application could detect and remove a new threat that was only minutes old? That's the impetus behind McAfee Artemis Technology, announced on Monday.
Artemis, which McAfee plans to market within its 2009 consumer products as "Active Protection," is not focused on hourly updates, or even 15-minute updates, as rival Symantec has. It means instant detection, said Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications for McAfee Avert Labs.
McAfee's use of Artemis is similar to Trend Micro's use of cloud-based computing to analyze and produce new signature files within 15 … Read more
As noted by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft is launching yet another "Labs" effort.
This one is called Startup Labs, and according to a job posting Friday, it's part of Ray Ozzie's group. The posting didn't reveal much else, saying that the effort "will consist of multiple product development projects at varying stages of lifecycle."
Startup Labs joins other, seemingly similar projects, housed within specific business units, including Live Labs, adCenter Labs and Office Labs.
I've asked Microsoft for more info and will update if I learn more.
First, we answer an e-mail sent by a very concerned listener of our language and subject matter. Then Dong tells a story of misunderstandings and mistaken identity...sort of.
Eric briefly talks about Nvidia CUDA and the headaches he had last week when trying to upgrade his video card. Dong gives advice on how to speed up your Windows PC. Finally, Eric has a run-in with a business owner involving quarters that goes to ridiculous levels.
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