Month: October 2007

Would you pay for a Dual Quad Core gaming system, that also has support for 4 way SLI multi-GPU configuration? Well, if you would, then its almost near with the new platform from Intel called Skulltrail. Specifically for gaming, its also possible that this rig could used for other applications. I’m sure Intel will be releasing a server/enterprise version shortly after.

I would definitely want to have this laptop. Battery life is one of the key reasons why I like laptops, having to pull out the old charger and find a plug in a coffee shop or Bread Garden is not fun.

NEC’s VersaPro VY10A/C-4 laptop lasts 14.5-hours on a single charge NEC’s latest VersaPro UltraLite Type VCwon’t appeal to any hardcore gamers or mobile movie cutters, but the casual joe (or jane) will likely find its hardware plenty capable of handling those everyday tasks. What’s more is that this sucka claims a whopping 14.5-hours of life if you utilize the extended battery, which is pretty impressive for a 12.1-incher.

This is a disturbing as most white pages and manuals ranging from automobiles and computer motherboards are in PDF format. Even eBooks could be an easy way for a hacker to gain access to your machine, illegal books put online could be a trap for unsuspecting downloaders.

Adobe says Acrobat, Reader vulnerable to hacks – BOSTON (Reuters) – Adobe Systems Inc, whose software is used by millions of people to read documents sent over the Internet, said on Wednesday some of its programs contain yet-to-be-fixed flaws that make computers vulnerable to attack.

On October 5, Adobe posted a notice on its Web site that said it had unknowingly incorporated vulnerabilities into versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat software that could allow malicious programs to get on to a PC without the user’s knowledge.

A good read from Groklaw, it goes on about the the current filed Patent Infringement Claim put forth by IP Innovation LLC.

Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat & Novell – Just Like Ballmer Predicted
IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case no. 2:2007cv00447, IP Innovation, LLC et al v. Red Hat Inc. et al, in Texas. Where else? The patent troll magnet state.

The first ever patent infringement litigation involving Linux. Here’s the patent, for those who can look at it without risk. If in doubt, don’t. Here’s the complaint [PDF].

An interesting technology from Nissan. A car or van in this demonstration is outfitted with camera’s on the front, left side, right side and back of the vechile. The camera’s then provide video to a lcd screen on the vehicles dash, allowing you to see everything around your vehicle. The story includes a video demonstration of a vehicle parallel parking.

SkyDrive is an online storage service from Microsoft Windows Live. If you wish to sign up and use the SkyDrive service, you would need a Windows Live account as well as be within the United States to be able to use the service.

The review and pictures of Dell’s first Tablet. The author sum it up stating that the tablet looks like an IBM Thinkpad with its boxiness design.

This is what the cellphone industry needs, competitive! And you can thank Apple for this. More phones produced, with more functionality, and for a lower cost. This is what we need!

The iPhone team has just released a method to downgrade the baseband firmware on the v1.1.1 iPhones. Which means that if you disabled/bricked this portion previously using anySIM or iUnlock during the upgrade, then you can restore the functionality.