http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/computer-blog.html Breaking news in the field of computers and technologies Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:06:09 GMT en-us http://www.technology-blog.com/images/blogs/computer-blog.jpg http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/computer-blog.html 100 75 http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/back-to-the-future-for-computers.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/back-to-the-future-for-computers.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:06:09 GMT A presentation at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) in San Diego on March 24 will examine the technologies that will emerge in the next three to four years to power warehouse-scale computing data centers, upon which companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, and a number of more are increasingly relying........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/worlds-first-multitouch-gaming-laptop.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/worlds-first-multitouch-gaming-laptop.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:06:09 GMT The Battalion Touch Notebook is apparently the world’s first multi-touch gaming laptop computer. The rest of the spec seems fairly standard for a 15.6 inch laptop, so we’re wondering exactly what market really wants to swap the lean back ease of use you get with a mouse and keyboard for the hunched over finger stretching hassle that comes with multi-touch screen technology? ......... ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/moving-video-to-captcha-robot-hackers.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/moving-video-to-captcha-robot-hackers.html Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:14:04 GMT We see the popular "captcha" security mechanism often - wavy letters websites ask us to type into a box. It's used by web pages and newsletter sign-up forms to prevent computer robots from hacking into servers and databases. But these codes, which are becoming increasingly complicated for an average person to use, are not immune to security holes........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/do-computers-understand-art.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/do-computers-understand-art.html Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:14:04 GMT A team of scientists from the University of Girona and the Max Planck Institute in Gera number of has shown that some mathematical algorithms provide clues about the artistic style of a painting. The composition of colours or certain aesthetic measurements can already be quantified by a computer, but machines are still far from being able to interpret art in the way that people do........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/how-to-make-your-computer-live-longer.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/how-to-make-your-computer-live-longer.html Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:14:04 GMT © psd


Sometime I think losing a laptop is almost as traumatic as losing a pet. You spend so much time and effort getting to know what it, trying new things. You waste hours of your life playing with it. It even follows you around.

Okay, so I might be pushing the analogy, but the truth is, most of us don"t have the money to get a new laptop every 6 months. We"d like to keep the one we have alive and running for as long as possible.

So here are a few useful little tips that might extend the ......... ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/how-to-get-a-cool-laptop.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/how-to-get-a-cool-laptop.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT Does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs? New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist, says Jairo Sinova, a Texas AandM University physics professor. Sinova and his colleagues from Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory, Institute of Physics ASCR, University of Cambridge and University of Nottingham have had their research reported in the renowned journal Nature Physics........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/use-computer-security-guide-to-protect.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/use-computer-security-guide-to-protect.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT Just in time for October's Cyber Security Awareness Month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a guide to help small businesses and organizations understand how to provide basic security for their information, systems and networks. NIST has also created a video that explores the reasons small businesses need to secure their data (at right)........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/ants-vs.-worms.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/ants-vs.-worms.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT In the never-ending battle to protect computer networks from intruders, security experts are deploying a new defense modeled after one of nature's hardiest creatures - the ant. Unlike traditional security devices, which are static, these "digital ants" wander through computer networks looking for threats, such as "computer worms" - self-replicating programs designed to steal information or facilitate unauthorized use of machines. When a digital ant detects a threat, it doesn't take long for an army of ants to converge at that location, drawing the attention of human operators who step in to investigate........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/rome-was-built-in-a-day.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/rome-was-built-in-a-day.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day. It took nearly a decade to build the Colosseum, and almost a century to construct St. Peter's Basilica. But now the city, including these landmarks, can be digitized in just a matter of hours. A new computer algorithm developed at the University of Washington uses hundreds of thousands of tourist photos to automatically reconstruct an entire city in about a day........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/trash-or-treasure.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2009/trash-or-treasure.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT More computers discarded by consumers in the United States are getting a second life in developing countries than previously believed, as per a newly released study the most comprehensive ever done on the topic reported in ACS' semi-monthly journal Environmental Science and Technology The findings may ease growing concerns about environmental pollution with toxic metals that can result from dismantling and recycling computer components in developing countries........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2009/this-article-will-self-destruct.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2009/this-article-will-self-destruct.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT Computers have made it virtually impossible to leave the past behind. College Facebook posts or pictures can resurface during a job interview. A lost cell phone can expose personal photos or text messages. A legal investigation can subpoena the entire contents of a home or work computer, uncovering incriminating, inconvenient or just embarrassing details from the past........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2009/computer-related-injuries.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2009/computer-related-injuries.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT While back pain, blurred vision and mouse-related injuries are now well-documented hazards of long-term computer use, the number of acute injuries connected to computers is rising rapidly. According to a study published in the July 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital; and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus have found a more-than-sevenfold increase in computer-related injuries due to tripping over computer equipment, head injuries due to computer monitor falls and other physical incidents........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2009/sounds-of-water.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2009/sounds-of-water.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT Splash, splatter, babble, sploosh, drip, drop, bloop and ploop! Those are some of the sounds that have been missing from computer graphic simulations of water and other fluids, as per scientists in Cornell's Department of Computer Science, who have come up with new algorithms to simulate such sounds to go with the images........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2009/lab-on-a-tube-monitoring-device.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2009/lab-on-a-tube-monitoring-device.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT The need for improved monitoring of neurotrauma patients has resulted in the development of a prototype of a novel, multitasking "lab on a tube" at the University of Cincinnati (UC). UC engineers, working to fill a need expressed by physicians at the Neurotrauma Center at the UC Neuroscience Institute, have developed a preliminary working model of the multimodal tube, or "smart sensor," which is capable of continuously monitoring multiple physiological parameters in patients. The tube also is capable of draining excess cerebrospinal fluid from the injured brain and could be used to deliver medications to the patient........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2009/ebay-and-looting-of-antiquities.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2009/ebay-and-looting-of-antiquities.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT Having worked for 25 years at fragile archaeological sites in Peru, UCLA archaeologist Charles "Chip" Stanish held his breath when the online auction house eBay launched more than a decade ago. "My greatest fear was that the Internet would democratize antiquities trafficking, which previously had been a wealthy person's vice, and lead to widespread looting," said the UCLA professor of anthropology, who directs the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2009/shift-in-simulation-superiority.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2009/shift-in-simulation-superiority.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT Science and engineering are advancing rapidly in part due to ever more powerful computer simulations, yet the most advanced supercomputers require programming skills that all too few U.S. scientists possess. At the same time, affordable computers and committed national programs outside the U.S. are eroding American competitiveness in number of simulation-driven fields........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/make-brighter-full-color-electronic-readers.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/make-brighter-full-color-electronic-readers.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT Thinking about getting an e-reader but not sure if you like reading the dim screen? An international collaboration of the University of Cincinnati, Sun Chemical, Polymer Vision and Gamma Dynamics has announced Electrofluidic Display Technology (EFD), the first technology to electrically switch the appearance of pigments in a manner that provides visual brilliance equal to conventional printed media........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/google-phone-book-results.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/google-phone-book-results.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:31 GMT Google Inside's author noticed recently that you can now do a reverse phone book look up straight from the front page of Google. He says he got a hang up call, typed the number into Google's search window, hit enter, and got the name and address of the Phone's owner.Am I the only one that is slightly creeped out by how much information Google actually has access to?Well, probably ......... ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/instant-on-computing.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/instant-on-computing.html Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:33:27 GMT The ferroelectric materials found in today's "smart cards" used in subway, ATM and fuel cards soon may eliminate the time-consuming booting and rebooting of computer operating systems by providing an "instant-on" capability as well as preventing losses from power outages. Scientists supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF) nanoscale interdisciplinary research team award and three Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers at Cornell University, Penn State University and Northwestern University recently added ferroelectric capability to material used in common computer transistors, a feat researchers tried to achieve for more than half a century. They reported their findings in the April 17 journal Science........ ]]> http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/relief-for-overheating-laptops.html http://www.technology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/relief-for-overheating-laptops.html Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:33:27 GMT Our modern age has become accustomed to regular improvements in information technology, says Slava Rotkin, but these advances do not come without a cost. Take the laptop, for example. Its components, particularly its billions of semiconductor electronic circuits, are growing ever tinier while the instrument's power and capacity increase. But heat generated by electric current can cause the circuits to melt and the laptop hardware to fail........ ]]>