World's smallest industry standard motherboard from Via

Posted Thu, 06/07/2007 - 22:22 by editor

Wenchi Chen, the CEO of VIA revealed the prototype of the smallest computer motherboard developed till date. This motherboard was introduced as the 'world's first industry-standard form-factor for PC/phone convergence,' at Computex this week. The "mobile-ITX" board measures 3 x 1.8 inches which is half the size of Via's "pico-ITX" form-factor, and will be available with 256MB or 512MB of RAM soldered on-board, and will run Linux or Windows XP Embedded.


Open Source Community challenges Microsoft

Posted Thu, 06/07/2007 - 21:17 by editor

The Open Source Community, particularly some die-hard Linux fans have openly challenged Microsoft.
Microsoft has been claiming for quite a few years now, that Open Source Software especially GNU Linux infringes several of their copyrights. Though this information is quite believable, what is not quite understandable is Microsoft's reluctance to divulge exactly which copyrights are being infringed. The latest claim made by Brad Smith (who is general counsel to Microsoft), during an interview with Fortune Magazine is that Linux infringes no less than 235 patents of Microsoft. To many this seems nothing more than a ploy to scare people into buying Microsoft's Operating Systems, over rival Open Source Linux Operating Systems which have been consistently growing in acceptance reducing Microsoft's share of the Operating System market.


Microsoft Windows Kitchen Client

Posted Thu, 06/07/2007 - 05:41 by editor

If an article on ZDNET is to be believed, "Microsoft is beginning work on the first of what it plans to make a family of customized Windows platforms designed for specific rooms around the home". According to the article, the 'Kitchen Client' will be an additional layer on the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and integrate with Windows Live services.


Reliance WiMax in Pune, India

Posted Fri, 05/25/2007 - 14:23 by editor

Reliance Communications is currently in the test mode for their newest offering on Internet Services; WiMAX. Being offered as part of a pilot project, we were amongst the first few to opt for this technology. The service is being offered through several Direct Sales Associates (DSAs).
One of the major among them is Balasai Net Pvt. Ltd. in Pune, which performs the entire range of services including installation and customer support, through whom we got our connection.


International Conference on Web Engineering and Applications

Posted Wed, 05/02/2007 - 09:37 by editor

The College of Enginnering & Technology, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa in India is hosting the Second International Conference on Web Engineering and Applications. The main event is to be held during 14 - 16 December 2007, and is aimed "at bringing together the international community of researchers and developers from academia and industry in the field of Web Engineering research, practice and education, to share their experiences and to discuss recent and innovative results that may help them". Those wishing to submit papers for the conference are encouraged to submit their paper extracts latest by July 1, 2007, and the papers by July 7, 2007. View the complete set of important dates.


Getting Back at Spammers

Posted Wed, 05/02/2007 - 04:53 by editor

Here's some good news for those who wish to get rid of SPAM. According to an article on InternetNews, a company called Unspam Technologies, along with help from ISPs in the US is taking the steps to track down and take legal action against spammers. The company has already filed its first lawsuit in the Eastern District of Virginia, seeking damages that could potentially reach $1 billion, but Unspam Technologies will be willing to settle for putting the spammers out of business.


Processors prototype to perform One Trillion Calculations Per Second unveiled soon

Posted Wed, 04/25/2007 - 12:30 by cgyanadmin

According to an article on SoftPedia, a revolutionary microprocessor is in the making. The prototype of this processor will be shown on April 30, 2007.


Hard Disks - More Important than you thought

Posted Wed, 04/25/2007 - 11:14 by cgyanadmin

One of the major components of a computer today is the Hard Disk. Not so long ago, the Hard Disk as we know it today; didn’t even exist. Though we know Hard Disks to be a necessary part of a computer, many of us do not bother to select one even half as carefully as the processor or even the RAM. Not many of us know that the Hard Disk (HDD) is the slowest part of the computer. Choosing the Hard Disk and Disk technology carefully can probably speed up your computer considerably. Capacity isn't the only thing you need to choose about your hard disk.


Fighting Spam - Part 2

Posted Thu, 04/19/2007 - 06:38 by cgyanadmin

Read Part 1 of Fighting Spam

According to the MX Logic Threat Center almost 80% of the emails on the internet is SPAM. Some of it undoubtedly will find its way to your mailbox. Your ISP / Email provider may put in several measures to reduce this spam, but you may still find yourself fighting spam!

Note: Most of the items below are meant for those who have POP / IMAP access to their mailboxes. Wherever applicable, I have mentioned the equivalent if you're using a web based email service such as Hotmail / Yahoo / GMail / AOL / any other paid / free web based mail service.

 


Fighting Spam

Posted Thu, 04/19/2007 - 06:12 by cgyanadmin

Almost each and every one of us at some point or the other has received unwanted email advertising, offering or selling some product service or website. We receive emails of all sorts of colors, fonts, images, decorations and intentions. Most of us simply delete such emails. Some of us unfortunately get trapped in the lure of such devious emails.
Let us discuss some issues regarding SPAM and ways to avoid falling in traps, blocking spam, and getting back at spammers.


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