-=PCTechTalk=- Interesting articles
- From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx>
- To: "PCTT" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 09:19:19 -0500
Here are two URL's (1 and 2 LOLOL) They may be related
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7546554/
http://www.marketscore.com/Home.aspx
'Researchware' watches where you click
Is it spyware? Company says no; critics aren't so sure
By Bob Sullivan
Technology correspondent
MSNBC
Updated: 3:13 p.m. ET April 20, 2005
It's just a small download, promoted as a free antivirus program. But the
software is really designed to sit silently on consumers' computers, watch
everything they do online, and send the critical data back to the program's
creator. The program has swept the Internet in the last year, with millions of
people downloading it.
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http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=131&type=expert
Introduction and Dual Core Specifications
Introduction
The race to dual core technology in a desktop platform has seemingly gotten
more fierce than the race to the 1 GHz clock speed battle we saw years ago.
AMD was the first to disclose the idea of their upcoming dual core
technologies, and at this year's IDF conference, Intel disclosed their plans as
well. While AMD seemed to have the lead as far as planning and technology went,
Intel pushed up their release schedule quite a bit in order to be the first out
of the gate.
"While dual cores are just now starting to hit the scene
from processor vendors, PC Perspective has taken the first offering from
Intel, the Extreme Edition 840, [1]through the paces in single- and
multi-tasking environments. It seems that those two cores can make quite
a difference if you have as many applications open and working as the
author does in the test." It's worth noting that each scenario consists
of only desktop applications, and it'd still be interesting to see some
common server benchmarks, such as a database or web server.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39195957,00.htm
A lack of commitment to testing
Lack of testing 'threatening stability of Linux'
Angus Kidman
ZDNet Australia
April 22, 2005, 10:15 BST
One of the maintainers of the Linux kernel has said that a lack of 'credit or
money or anything' for those who test the open source OS could threaten its
long-term stability by the Linux community may ultimately threaten the
stability of the operating system, Linux kernel co-maintainer Andrew Morton has
warned.
Speaking at Linux.conf.au 2005 in Canberra, Morton said more attention needed
to be paid to testing to avoid bugs proliferating in the kernel, which forms
the basis for commercial Linux distributions as well as being used directly by
many open source enthusiasts. A key challenge is the lack of recognition for
people who spend hours testing new kernel releases. m"They get no thanks or
credit or money... or anything," he said.
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http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1114074313598
Chipmaker to Pay $185M for Criminal Antitrust Violations
Fine is largest ever obtained by San Francisco prosecutors and third-largest of
its type nationally
Jeff Chorney
The Recorder
04-22-2005
In the largest fine ever obtained by San Francisco antitrust prosecutors, a
Korean company has agreed to plead guilty and pay $185 million for its role in
a conspiracy to drive up the price of computer chips.
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. manufactures dynamic random access memory, which is
used in everything from desktop computers to MP3 players to digital cameras.
Hynix has a subsidiary in San Jose, Calif.
It's the third-largest fine of its kind in the United States, and it could be
just a preview of even bigger penalties. The far-reaching computer chip
investigation, which alleges wrongdoing from 1999 through 2002, affects
thousands of consumers.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/21/popcorn.secret.ap/index.html
Scientists solve unpopped popcorn
To pop or not to pop lies in the hull
Friday, April 22, 2005 Posted: 11:57 AM EDT (1557 GMT)
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) -- Eat your way to the bottom of almost any bag of
popcorn and there they are: the rock-hard, jaw-rattling unpopped kernels known
as old maids.
The nuisance kernels have kept many a dentist busy, but their days could be
numbered: Scientists say they now know why some popcorn kernels resist popping
into puffy white globes.
It's long been known that popcorn kernels must have a precise moisture level in
their starchy center -- about 15 percent -- to explode. But Purdue University
researchers found the key to a kernel's explosive success lies in the
composition of its hull.
Now Folks, it this one the most interesting one of them all??? Really
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