HP has launched an open-sourced initiative called the FOSSology Project. FOSSology is a software tool for tracking and monitoring the use of both free and open-source software in an organization, and stems from in-house work at HP. According to the official Web site: We needed…
Archive for January 18th, 2008
Jan18
Intuit To Rewrite Quicken, Demos TurboTax 2008
Financial software maker Intuit has been busy over the past year. Two of its major software titles for the Mac, Quicken and TurboTax, have seen or are in the process of being re-written from the ground up to make better use of modern technologies.
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan18
IBM to acquire SMB tool developer
IBM announces plan to acquire Net Integration Technologies, a software vendor based in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1997, Net Integration Technologies business model centers around delivering products that meet the specialized needs of small, medium and remote offices. Their products include…
Filed in: Software
Jan18
Knol not one of Google’s “urgent” projects?
The project we know as “Knol” (and according to some people, also known as Unipedia) is of relatively low priority. The “Knol” project is Google’s attempt at taking on Wikipedia by paying topic experts (who can be anyone, about anything) write authoritative articles, and get paid for them. According to “Sally” on the […]
Filed in: Google
Jan18
MacBook Air Battery Replacement Trivial?
Despite early concerns that the MacBook Air battery is unaccessible to end users, Appleinsider claims that there are no special tools or knowledge required to swap out the MacBook Air’s battery.
A standard size-0 type philips is all th…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan18
YouTube Sucking In More Viewers
Step aside, boob tube. Online videos are becoming the primary form of media entertainment for many people. Web surfers spent about an hour more per month watching videos in November compared with January, according to the latest comScore Video Metrix. Specifically, they watched an average of 3.25 hours, or 195 minutes, of online video during the month.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Jan18
Counting to (Windows) 7
I’ve gotten lots of questions from Windows users this week about TG Daily’s story that Microsoft is running early with Windows 7 and has delivered an early build to unnamed parties outside of the company. Here’s what I know and don’t.
Filed in: Microsoft
Jan18
MacBook Air: thinnest but not lightest (Updated 2x)
When Steve Jobs introduced the world to the new MacBook Air here on Tuesday he accurately referred to it as “the world’s thinnest notebook.” While that statement is true, it comes with a small caveat–it’s the world’s thinnest currently shipping notebook.
In his keynote address Jobs showed the graphic above comparing the MBA to the previously […]
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan18
White House Admits Recycling Tapes, Hedges on Missing E-Mail
There are conflicting reports coming out of Washington surrounding missing White House e-mails as well as conflicting statements coming from the White House press room. A hearing has been scheduled by Democratic Calif. Rep. Henry Waxman to investigate comments from White House spokesperson Tony Fratto asserting that he had no reason to believe any e-mails are missing.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Jan18
New preloaded Linux computers for sale now at Sears and Wal-Mart
The success of the $199 Everex gOS-based desktop at Wal-Mart has spurred two more releases of low-end, Linux-based computers at two retail giants. Wal-Mart’s follow-up to the Everex is the $399 gOS-based Cloudbook laptop — sporting Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google News, Google Maps, YouTube, Firefox, Skype, Facebook and…
Filed in: Software
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