We have to say that while we weren’t a all that surprised to see these digital photo frame-printers at Computex (come on, someone was bound to come up with that idea eventually), we were a little surprised to see that they came from Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer, Abit.
The FunFab frames are digital frames boasting built-in 6 [...]
The new class of materials discovered may eliminate one of the traditional weaknesses of superconductors.
DailyTech has been extensively covering the breakthroughs in superconductors over the last couple years. The class of materials is very promising in that if someday it could replace conductors, it would mean that electricity could travel at virtually no losses [...]
Smartphones are seen as a more of a security risk than laptops and mobile storage devices, according to new research. Some 94 percent of senior IT staff fear PDAs present a security risk, just above the 88 percent who highlighted mobile storage devices as a worry. Nearly eight in 10 said laptops were an issue. [...]
NEW YORK - Apple’s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for smart-phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC’s vendor survey.
That was down from 26.7 percent of smart-phones sold in the fourth quarter of last year, which included the [...]
Mobile phone chip giant Qualcomm on Monday showed off a mini-laptop that could cost around US$299 and offer quick wireless access to the Internet via 3G (third generation) mobile telecommunications networks.
The laptop, made by Taiwan’s Inventec, is small and streamlined because the low-power chips inside don’t need much space to disperse heat. But it runs [...]
The latest version of Microsoft’s ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for upper-midmarket customers is now generally available, Microsoft announced Monday.
Major new components of Dynamics AX 2009 include a centralized “compliance center” that Microsoft has characterized as a “one-stop shop” for compliance-related information, and “self-service” BI (business intelligence), which enables users to access KPIs (key performance [...]
Some people say that Windows XP doesn’t look too great and use all kinds of applications to change the way it does, customizing the window interface, the interface, the start menu or any other element of the operating system.
Here’s how the modified Ubuntu desktop looked like and the let’s see what we can do about [...]
Google is apparently allowing third-party advertisers to track consumers using the company’s ad network, a practice that raised concerns from one privacy advocate.
Some of the third-party ad servers and ad agencies that Google has approved to deliver ads through its network engage in behavioral advertising practices that require tracking consumers, said Jeffrey Chester, a privacy [...]
As part of Microsoft’s Windows 7 announcements yesterday the company has revealed that their professional developers conference is scheduled this year and the company is ready to reveal more about Windows 7.
Looking at the sessions agenda you can see the following:
* Windows 7: Graphics Advances
* Windows 7: Optimizing for Energy Efficiency and Battery Life
* Windows [...]
GameStop will no longer sell Microsoft’s Zune digital media players in its stores once it runs out of its current inventory, the company said.
The game retailer, which started selling Zune when the player was released in November 2006, found Zune was not “working with our product mix,” said GameStop Vice President of Corporate Communications Chris [...]