Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Update on USB 3.0…and More

USB 3.0 will crush eSATA, FireWire

Intel demonstrated a working version of USB 3.0 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Here's why it will make eSATA and FireWire obsolete

Windows bit-rot - fact or fiction?

Ahhh, bit rot, or more specifically, software rot or code rot. This is a subject that I and TalkBack users have touched on many a time in this blog, but I don’t think I’ve ever written about it before in any detail. Time to rectify that.

16 E-Mail and Instant Messaging Boosters - PC World

We've rounded up 16 great downloads to help you communicate better through e-mail and instant messaging. They'll help enhance the way you use e-mail (whether it's Web-based or handled in software on your PC), and they'll power up instant messaging chats, too. So if you want to be known as the Great Communicator, read on.

Get Rid of 10 Microsoft Outlook Aggravations - PC World

Outlook has countless features, ranging from e-mail gathering to calendaring, contact tracking, to-do list creation and more -- yet its tendency toward bloat, sluggishness and unreliability can make it maddening to use. Here are some solutions

Google Earth brings masterpieces from Prado museum direct to armchair art lovers

Armchair tourists who are used to travelling the globe with Google Earth can now use the same technology to crawl all over the masterpieces in one of the world's most famous galleries: the Prado. The Madrid museum and the internet search giant today unveil the first use of Google's mapping program to allow art lovers to get so close to their favorite paintings that even the brush strokes are visible.

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