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A blog to talk about new Technical developments is the Computer industry.

Monday, February 1, 2010

iPad vs. Rock

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Apple: “There’s an iPad for that!”

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Apple finally announced their tablet yesterday after months of speculation.  A lot of people are underwhelmed.

Let us see first of all what it is:

  • It is a touch-sensitive 9.7” tablet running at 1024x768 resolution.
  • It is a book and media reader.
  • It mostly runs the iPhone / iPod Touch apps.
  • It includes Wi-Fi.  A more expensive version will allow you to hook up with the AT&T network like the iPhone.

What it does not have:

  • Still no support for Flash.
  • No multitasking.
  • No USB.
  • No SD card slot.
  • In fact, no camera at all.
  • Does not run Mac OS X.
  • A user-changeable battery.
  • A CD drive.

10 Things Netbooks still do better than an iPad

David Pogue’s first impressions:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/technology/personaltech/28pogue-email.html?8cir&emc=cira1

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Still using Internet Explorer (IE)?

Well, first run all the Windows updates.  Make sure you are using Internet Explorer 8.

And finally, PC World has a host of suggestions – click this link below:
Protecting yourself

Note: Not all the suggestions work under Windows XP.  XP / IE makes a pretty vulnerable combo!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Dump Internet Explorer?!

No IE The German government told its citizens to switch from Internet Explorer recently.  Of course, we are in the USA – but the same major vulnerabilities apply.

Betanews has more here:
http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Should-you-dump-Internet-Explorer-NOW/1263750606?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bn+%28Betanews+Full+Content+Feed+-+BN%29

I think you all should try switching, and go to Firefox or Google’s Chrome.  The possible problems are really considerable.

Also:
France Tells Its Citizens To Abandon IE, Others Disagree

After Google hack, Microsoft asks users to abandon IE6, XP