Date: 07/21/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: technology, yahoo

Yahoo for the first time is offering a popular song for sale unprotected by any anti-copying technology. It’s a one-time deal with record label Epic that Yahoo mentioned as significant progress toward its goal of eventually selling all music downloads with no restrictions. On Wednesday, Yahoo Music announced it is selling Jessica Simpson’s latest single, “A [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/drm-free-mp3-from-yahoo/

Date: 07/24/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: technology, java

Indian government had ordered blocking of some blogspot.com blogs and few other sites which are supposedly derogatory to Islam, including Hindu human rights site (makes you wonder if we live in Islamic country, doesn’t it?). Our ISP’s decided to block all blogspot domains including millions of totally unrelated blog sites like my old java technology [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/indian-blogspot-blog-blockade-lifted/

Date: 07/24/06 (Security)    Keywords: technology

Hackers are using increasingly more sophisticated technology to seize companies' data and hold it for ransom.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6097741.html

Date: 07/27/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: technology

Hey everyone. I'm new to the commmunity.  I am a transfer student from CC in michigan. Now attending the University of Central Florida. My major is Information Technology.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/955730.html

Date: 07/28/06 (Security)    Keywords: technology

Instead of locking out specific users, sites using Iovation's technology can nail suspected fraudsters' hardware.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6099850.html

Date: 08/01/06 (Security)    Keywords: software, technology, security, microsoft

Updated security products based on Falcon technology are designed to rival Symantec and Microsoft software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101020.html

Date: 08/02/06 (Security)    Keywords: software, technology, security

Flaws in Centrino device drivers and ProSet management software compromise security of the wireless technology.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101488.html

Date: 08/04/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: technology

(crossposted everywhere. sorry in advance.)

I'm going to overhaul my desktop computer.

Current specs:
Athlon XP 2600+
2x 512MB DDR 333 SDRAM
GeForce4 MX 4000
80GB 7200RPM ATA
250GB 7200RPM ATA
DVD-RW ATA

As you can see, I'm running on old technology. Socket A, DDR, IDE ATA, AGP... all of these have gone out the door. But I'm thinking that I want my hard drives, memory, and optical drive to stick around, if possible.

So since I'd like to keep the hard drives, memory, and optical drive, and since I already own a new GeForce 7800 GT, I think all I'm left to decide is what processor (and, as a result, motherboard) I'd like.

Socket AM2 is not an option, because it uses DDR2 RAM. I'd like to keep my 1GB sticks as they seem to suit me just fine. So if I go with AMD, I'm getting a Socket 939. I hope that's a wise choice - if someone wants to persuade me otherwise, do tell me why you think I should get an AM2 motherboard and processor, and upgrade my RAM.

And the Intel Core 2 Duos look especially delicious, but I'm not really sure how they compare to similarly-priced Athlon 64's, or 64 X2's. I'm aiming to spend about $200 on a processor, maybe a little more if necessary.

All right, that's it! Gimme some advice!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/960642.html

Date: 08/10/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: technology

MyTobii P10 is a portable computer that does not require any form of tactile input; instead, it relies on precise eye-tracking technology. Everything, including a15” screen, eye control device and computer, is integrated into one unit. Just connect to a power source, such as a wall socket, power wheelchair or separate battery. The device can [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eye-tracking-pc-for-als-multiple-sclerosis-or-cerebral-palsy-patients/

Date: 08/11/06 (Security)    Keywords: technology

Yes, some experts predict. Latest terrorism threats highlight need for better bag-scanning technology.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6104702.html

Date: 08/13/06 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: technology

I bought an Epson Perfection 4180 scanner a long while ago but (life getting in the way) didn't unpack it until last week. I find that when I look at the glass plate, I see a strip of cyan light in the upper left corner. There's no streak on the glass, no dirt. It's just light. And after I scan, there is a pink-hued strip down that side of the item scanned.

This scanner uses CCD technology. Is repairing this problem a simple replacement of a chip? An expensive chip? Something I can do? Or is fixing this going to be more expensive than replacing the whole scanner?

The chance of it being under warranty is pretty much zero, even if I could find the paperwork after moving. If there's no easy fix, I guess I'll stick to scanning small things. Sigh. Thanks for helping on this.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/964810.html

Date: 08/18/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: technology

The ambitious One Laptop Per Child program, which began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, to provide low-cost laptop computers to poor children around the world is about to take a big step forward. More than 500 children in Thailand are expected to receive the machines in October and November for quality testing and [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/100-linux-laptop-to-debut-with-500-thai-children-1-million-in-thailand-only-by-2007/

Date: 08/30/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: technology, google

Apple Computer said that Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, was joining its board. Eric was elected to the board at a meeting yesterday, Apple said. He came to Google from Novell in 2001. Before that he was chief technology office at Sun Microsystems, in its glorious days. Apple and Google are beginning to compete in markets [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eric-schmidt-googles-ceo-joins-apples-board/

Date: 09/06/06 (Web Technology)    Keywords: technology

Technology activist Paul Lamb says concept should embrace a much larger group than teens and twentysomethings.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6112550.html

Date: 09/07/06 (Open Source)    Keywords: technology

But in a way, an Electronic Patient Record is a Big Bang. With EPR technology in place, every department in a hospital suddenly has access to accurate patient records, and in time so do pharmacies and physicians serving that hospital. Money is saved, accuracy is assured, and (yes) lives are saved as well.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=779

Date: 09/12/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: software, technology

The DTrace trouble-shooting software from Sun Microsystems was chosen as the Gold winner in The Wall Street Journal’s 2006 Technology Innovation Awards contest, the second time in three years that a Sun entry has won the top award. Bryan Cantrill and a team of engineers at Sun Microsystems Inc. created DTrace which allows you to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-wins-top-technology-innovation-award-2006-for-dtrace-software/

Date: 09/12/06 (Security)    Keywords: technology, security

Symantec moves beyond storage security, includes more of its technology in Juniper networking devices.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6114758.html

Date: 09/14/06 (Security)    Keywords: technology, microsoft

New technology in Windows Vista can bring down access management barriers, according to Microsoft.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115527.html

Date: 09/25/06 (Application Development)    Keywords: technology

Adobe Lightroom beta 4 for processing "raw" camera images will get its first technology from Pixmantec acquisition.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-6118887.html

Date: 09/26/06 (Open Source)    Keywords: technology

By its nature, the Internet and open source challenge the economic assumptions behind this regime, namely that in its present extreme form (math patented, business methods patented, copyrights extending 100 years, technology controlled by lawyers) it is good for the economy as a whole.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=797