TechItOut's Digital Musings

Shopping for an HDTV? Read this, print it, and take it to Best Buy

Seeded on Fri Sep 7, 2007 12:25 PM EDT ()

This in-depth guide was written to prep people before hitting the sales floor looking for their next TV. Choices will most likely come down to Plasma or LCD; however, don't write off projection TVs. And then what about HDMI? CableCARD? Response time?...

technology, tv, plasma, lcd, reviews, hdtv

10 Greenest Tech Products

Seeded on Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:04 PM EDT (PC World)

PC World's roundup of PCs, peripherals, and services that are designed with the environment in mind -- a laptop casing made of bamboo?!?

technology, green, environment, computers, laptops

Farewell to Linksys

Seeded on Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:39 PM EDT (PC World)

Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers recently announced that the Linksys brand is being phased out -- I guess the cheaper, less functional sibling of Cisco networking products is officially getting the boot.

technology, cisco, networking, linksys

What will you sacrifice to get a "Green" hard drive?

Seeded on Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:09 PM EDT (PC World)

The question isn't really if you will sacrifice something to be more green-friendly; the question is what you will sacrifice, and how much? For example, reducing a drive's rotational speed will have the greatest direct impact on performance vs. energy consumption.

technology, green, drives, western-digital

Intel claims breakthrough with 40Gbps optical chips

Seeded on Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:55 PM EDT (PC World)

Intel researchers unveiled a laser modulator made of silicon that is capable of encoding data at speeds up to 40Gbps, that transmits data at such high speeds by using light instead of electrons.

technology, intel, chips, data, optical, silicon

HP rolls-out Thermal Zone Mapping for data centers

Seeded on Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:41 PM EDT (PC World)

Data centers in the U.S. use 59 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year, costing US$4.1 billion and generating 864 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

technology, green, hp, servers, data-centers

iTunes' Latest Victim: the Album

Seeded on Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:14 PM EDT (PC World)

DigitalWorld bloggers point out some bands that have given up on the album format and will just be releasing downloadable singles.

entertainment, music, itunes, downloads

25 Web Sites to Watch

Seeded on Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:52 PM EDT (PC World)

PC World guesses at tomorrow's YouTube -- what sites will change the way we use the Web? Some interesting sites include Yahoo Pipes, Microsoft's PopFly (both are DIY mashups), and Picnik (a slick online photo editor).

web2-0, technology, future, websites

Not Google? (alternative search engine reviews)

Seeded on Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:32 PM EDT (PC World)

PC World lists some useful search engines other than Google -- metasearch and human powered sites offer some alternatives to the search box we all know (and sometimes) love.

google, yahoo, technology, search, msn

The Best and Worst ISPs - Survey Showdown

Seeded on Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:10 PM EDT (PC World)

A PC World survey reveals which companies provide the best -- and worst -- internet service.

technology, internet, service, isps

Google's Solar Panels Go Live

Seeded on Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:55 PM EDT (PC World)

Google Inc. turned on the solar panels covering nearly all the roof space on its corporate campus. The panels make up the largest solar installation on a corporate campus in the U.S., and produce 1.6 megawatts of energy -- enough to supply 1/3 of Google's campus energy use.

google, green, hybrid, science, solar-power, solar-panels

Engineer Discovers 'Thermal Noise' Encryption Technology

Seeded on Thu May 31, 2007 1:52 PM EDT (PC World)

Laszlo Kish of Texas A&M University devised a way to encrypt messages using the natural noise caused by electrons flowing along a wire.

technology, security, encryption, engineering, electrons

Earthquake Warning System on Your Cell Phone

Seeded on Thu May 31, 2007 1:34 PM EDT ()

Japan's three largest cellular carriers (NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, and Softbank Mobile) are developing a system that sends government earthquake warnings to cell phones seconds ahead of a major earthquake.

earthquake, safety, science, mobile, cell-phones

15 Tech Myths -- Busted and Confirmed

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 2:14 PM EDT (PC World)

For example, Myth 13: Macs are safe from malware attacks.

google, technology, security, windows, macintosh

Get Your HD DVD and Blu-ray on the Cheap

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 2:01 PM EDT (PC World)

Since high-definition DVDs have been on the market, the cost of entry was at least $500 for some kind of playback device. If you've been holding out for something a bit more reasonable, your wait might be over.

technology, dvd, hd-dvd, blu-ray, high-definition

The 100 Best Products of 2007

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 1:48 PM EDT (PC World)

PC World editors rank the best PCs, HDTVs, components, sites, and services. There is a video too:

google, technology, best, hdtv, laptops

First Cell Phone Call from Mt. Everest

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 1:34 PM EDT ()

A little ridiculous? British climber Rod Baber, who had been climbing to the summit for seven days from a base camp, was using oxygen during the climb and "had to keep his voice calls short between taking oxygen."

technology, mobile-phones, motorola, cell-phones, climbing

Nuclear Plant Shut Down by Network Trouble

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 1:12 PM EDT (PC World)

Water pumps need firewalls too!

technology, security, nuclear, networking, firewalls

RSS Feed Server - Publishing, Search, and Discovery for Enterprise 2.0

Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:18 PM EDT ()

Attensa unveiled significant enhancements to their enterprise RSS Feed Server, a dedicated web feed server designed to manage business RSS, ATOM and XML feeds for users and groups behind the firewall.

rss, technology, server, feeds, enterprise

Enterprise Document Management For Everyone

Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:49 PM EDT ()

Newly released Document Locator version 5.0 is the latest generation of Enterprise Document Management designed to empower businesses of all sizes with integrated records management, document management, document imaging, document versioning, document workflow, and collaboration.

technology, enterprise, document-management, ecm, enterprise-document-management

Beatles go digital -- and lose their cool?

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:51 PM EDT (PC World)

Keeping products (relatively) scarce, avoiding obvious forms of brand exploitation, and keeping an eye on quality helped keep the Beatles brand cool.

entertainment, digital, music, beatles

Monitor Your Family with Google Web History (Creepy!)

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:55 PM EDT (PC World)

Google's new Web History tool shows you what sites you visit most often, what you most often search for, and even on what days you do most of your searching -- and when you stay logged in, that of your children and wife as well. A little creepy!

google, technology, family, monitoring, web

Google CRM Tool Released

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:16 PM EDT ()

A Google Apps customer relationship management (CRM) tool is finalized and available to the public -- produced by Etelos, the software integrates with your Google Personalized start page.

google, technology, enterprise, crm, apps

Internet Radio on Life Support -- Again

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:12 PM EDT ()

The Copyright Review Board dealt a serious blow to Internet Radio yesterday, when it denied a request to reconsider its March ruling that called for a serious escalation of fees, to the point where most small, medium, and even large Internet radio broadcasters would not be able t …

entertainment, music, copyright, internet-radio

Online Activitiy Foreshadows Major DNS Server Attack

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:45 PM EDT (PC World)

A major spike in activity targeting TCP Port 1025 on Windows systems may be a sign that attackers planning an upcoming assault against unpatched servers, Symantec warned.

technology, security, hackers, windows, servers

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