IBM to double computing keep energy use same
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- IBM to double computing keep energy use same
- PC World readers share their point of view on today’s tech news
- PC security-software bundles can’t block them all
- Saving Power Can Help the Environment and Save Money
- Tools can help you pinpoint why computer runs so slowly
- UW helped nurture computing ideas Gates says
IBM to double computing keep energy use same
Economic Times – Apr 26, 2008
This doesn’tmake sense. The technology we’re developing instead is that of a self-coolingcomputer”. Now that IBM had gotout of the personal computer (PC) business how long would it take for thistechnology to be transferred to the average PC? “Three to five years” saidValocchi. IBM Is now spending$1 billion a year on developing responses to the climate change crisis Valocchisaid. “That is 20 per cent of our total R&D (research and development)budget. “That is the firstpiece in our response. In the second piece we are talking to manufacturers ofour facilities to bring down energycosts.
PC World readers share their point of view on today’s tech news
pcworld.com – Apr 26, 2008
As I was unable to attend the 2007 event I swore to attend this one and so I did. Let me tell you I did not regret it… As I was unable to attend the 2007 event I swore to attend this one and so I did. Let me tell you I did not regret it. The 2008 Trenton Computer Festival which took place at The College of New Jersey was divided into several sections including a large fleamarket a recreation center with tons of vendors and two buildings packed with people eager to speak on the subject of computers. Although I arrived later than I expected (at around 11:00) I was able to experience a bit of how much TCF (Trenton Computer Festival) had to offer. And so I give you my journey around the campus of The College of New Jersey. The line of cars was moving extremely slowly as I pulled into the campus and searched for a parking spot. The first area I saw was the fleamarket and eager to find something valuable I quickly ran for the entrance.
PC security-software bundles can’t block them all
Seattle Times – Apr 26, 2008
Norton 360 and McAfee Total Protection cost $80 a year to run on three computers (McAfee has a $20 rebate) while neCare runs $50 a year for three PCs. Norton 360 and neCare run on Windows XP and Vista; McAfee Total Protection also runs on Win 2000. For this kind of program “success” means keeping the PC safe then keeping out of your way. To test that fairly I created a test XP system with all of Microsoft’s patches and a grab bag of other programs then cloned three copies of it one for each suite using the Parallels Desktop “virtual machine” program on a Mac… That brings up a bigger security issue one ignored by all three suites: the Internet-connected programs on a PC besides your browser and mail software each of which can be attacked separately. None of these programs warned that the test copies of XP lacked important security fixes for Adobe’s Flash plug-in leaving them open to hijacking by hostile Web sites. Should that happen causing your computer to get infected and your data to disappear McAfee might offer the least security of all. Its clumsy ugly backup tool’s default settings left almost all my data unprotected. Microsoft and Symantec provided simpler more capable backup programs. But if you run a non-Microsoft Web browser photo album or music player you may need to tinker with their settings. Is the picture clearing up? None of these “do it all” programs does it all sufficiently well.
Saving Power Can Help the Environment and Save Money
RisMedia.com – RisMedia.com (press release) – Apr 26, 2008
Mygreenelectronics. org also has a list of green products. If you need help choosing a green computer check out PC Magazine’s recent rating of eco-friendly PCs at snipurl. © 2008 The rlando Sentinel (Fla. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
Tools can help you pinpoint why computer runs so slowly
Seattle Times – Apr 26, 2008
By slow I mean that it takes about a half-hour after you turn it on to settle down so that it is usable. nce it does get “warmed up” the response is very slow and it frequently hangs up for a minute or more. If you try to do two things at once that generally causes a five-minute freeze accompanied by furious clicking but no action. I have done the obvious things like defrag and disk cleanup and there isn’t an excessive number of files (large or otherwise) stored in memory… I have done the obvious things like defrag and disk cleanup and there isn’t an excessive number of files (large or otherwise) stored in memory. The operating system is XP Home and security is McAfee with firewall. I scan the computer regularly with McAfee and with a program that detects adware so I don’t think I have been hacked. Not that my friends are really all that tech-savvy but one suggested that the hard drive is about to pack it in. What do you think? If you agree do you think it is worth fixing or should I get a new box?Jim KingA: You’ve raised two of the most frequently asked questions I get: Why is my computer slowing down? Should I upgrade or buy a new computer?The most common causes of sudden slowdowns in performance are (1) insufficient memory for the applications you’re running (2) an overfull or fragmentated hard drive (3) a misbehaving application or (4) a virus or hacker. If you have too little system memory for the applications you’re running Windows will save data to your hard drive.
UW helped nurture computing ideas Gates says
Seattle Times – Apr 26, 2008
Gates in the final stop of his last university-speaking circuit as a full-time Microsoft employee told students and faculty at the UW on Friday about what they imagined then and how much of what they dreamed of is becoming reality. While much remains to be done Gates said exponential improvements at the microchip level have made possible speech recognition computer vision and natural user interfaces such as the iPhone and Nintendo Wii and Microsoft’s Surface tabletop computer. “We actually think it’s time to amend our slogan of a computer on every desk because with this kind of technology we want to put a computer in every desk” Gates said. “We want the desktop or tabletop we want the white board to be something that’s completely intelligent… Gates acknowledged the important relationship he Microsoft and the foundation have with the university. It starts with his parents who met there as students he said. He took an algebra class there but the main benefit was finding time to practice his skills on unused mainframe and minicomputers around the campus — before the PC era he helped create. “The best one was one that was in the physics building” Gates recalled. “They ran particle analysis runs most of the day but they always had three or four hours at the end just in case things ran long. We’d go up there as soon as it was done.
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