The free software foundations have now released GPL for various web services. The free software foundations have now published a new open source software license that is aimed at developers whose codes are used for softwares as service or the SaaS applications. This license is called the GNU afro general public license. Read the rest of this entry »
After much development mozilla finally has decided to release a bug fix for its browser that would repair a long standing security flaw in the software. Mike Schroepfer who is mozilla’s vice president of engineering has said that the current update that will be update 2.0.0.10 has undergoing through much testing and is now gong through the final development stages to make sure that there are no issues with this update.
This is a popular site that offers chat rooms services and other chat facilities to its many users on the net. The users can choose to make their own chat rooms to gather people of the same interest online or they can also look through the hundreds of chat rooms that are available and meet up with the people of similar interest.
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Sony will now shortly be opening up its Play station store which is an exclusive store to the owners of play station available online to download music and most importantly games to Pc users. This online store will also offer wallpapers, themes and other content also. This store was first planned to be exclusive to the playstation3 console owners.
Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme QX6700 processor plus an EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card the Alienware Area 51 7500 gaming system has impressive power and a set of rich features you have come to expect of gaming systems. But then it is one of the most expensive too at $4954( as of Dec 6,2006) that we have tested so far! The review system had 2 GB RAM on it and came out with WorldBench 5 benchmark of 162. That’s actually slightly better than some of quad core systems we’ve tested.
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Most current 30 inch displays offer anything more than the resolution and big display areas. Hardly any controls are available for adjustments. Not so with this gateway unit. It not only delivers on the high resolution and large display area it has lots of adjustments and works with many display adapters too. But then it is pricier too by a few hundred dollars at $1700. Read the rest of this entry »
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We tested the 24 inch iMac , the big boy of Apple’s all in one desktop line. It is sleek and offer great image quality. Resources include a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 processor, ATI Radeon 2600 Pro graphics card, 1 GB of main memory, a 320 GB HDD and a slot loading DVD burner. The bundle comes in at $1799. It is a modest update though the new design and upgraded specs might make you think otherwise.
Everything about computing, at home, at work or while on the road is all set to change drastically as a host of technological changes are taking place all round us. Blindingly fast chips or may be the flexible display or the way the electronics is cooled through nanotubes are the changes that are imminent. Changes in technology around us are happening at an increasing rate and is going to affect all aspects of our already hectic life.
Innovations are coming thick and fast. Tabletops charging up your laptop or a wall mounted Pc that recognizes not only your face but your hand gestures too is no more science fiction but technologies that are ready to break into real life products. Pockettable devices will emerge to miniaturize devices that could not fit into a briefcase earlier, a projector, a printer are close enough. Next generation internet technologies are going to change everything from the TV to the refrigerator is on the way. Ever faster processing building blocks happening is a phenomenon that is already upon us. Multiple cores, denser and denser hard drives, there’s already a terabyte drive on the market, is a trend that is so evident.
Google’s Android platform and the Open Handset Alliance promises to make the end customer truly free to choose a handset for his convenience and not be dictated by the convenience of the carrier company. Sprint and T-Mobile’s agreement with the OHA philosophy of free and open cell phone usage should bring us closer to that goal. What would be a perfect phone then! A compact unit-that goes without saying. But then I’ll need lots of pixels too, well as much as possible at least! A 3 MP camera and a functional keyboard or a QWERTY one would really be nice. But then these hardware resources are not dictated by the software platform even an open one. So let’s concentrate on the software features then. Read the rest of this entry »
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80GB Zune with its wireless syncing, good sound quality and a nice touch control is a good choice for the money. The old 30 GB Zune attempt by MS did not get the market in a frenzy exactly. Since then MS has produced couple of 2nd generation stuff that is almost there. The $250, 80 GB hardware that I tested would be respectable competitors to the iPod classic, particularly if you’d like wireless syncing and a built in radio. It is about the size of the 160 GB iPod classic, a bit thicker though than the 80GHz model. Read the rest of this entry »
