Xgrid -- A first look at Apple's new cluster software. Columnist Yuval Kossovsky takes Apple's new Xgrid cluster software out for a spin -- and sees it as a boon to the scientific community and other fields where wasted CPU cycles can be harvested. [Computerworld News] 11:15:25 AM ![]() |
Orange punts mobile walkie talkie service. Talk Now [The Register] 11:15:02 AM ![]() |
Simple Computers for Hard Lives. The Indian-designed Simputer handheld was hailed as the computer that anyone could afford when it first appeared in 2001. It took a few years, but the price has finally dropped low enough that it might prove useful in the developing world. [Wired News] 11:14:32 AM ![]() |
Gadget Jacket Charged by the Sun. The latest in high-tech fashion is a jacket that not only cloaks and carries every gadget imaginable, but also uses the sun to recharge them all. By Kari L. Dean. [Wired News] 11:14:07 AM ![]() |
Sidebar: Display Technology Resource List. A list of manufacturers, product vendors and researchers involved with emerging display technologies. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News] 11:13:38 AM ![]() |
Sidebar: Virtual Desktops Get Bigger. Expanded display systems may soon put more work on your screen and less paper on your desk. But a Palo Alto Research Center researcher says paper will never go away entirely. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News] 11:13:18 AM ![]() |
Former Covad execs plan nationwide Wi-Fi broadband network. MetroFi, a start-up founded by former Covad executives, plans to build a nationwide broadband access network based on Wi-Fi technology. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News] 11:12:51 AM ![]() |
SAP unveils RFID middleware. SAP Monday launched infrastructure software designed to help companies manage and communicate data captured by wireless inventory tags based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. [InfoWorld: Top News] 11:12:23 AM ![]() |
Vendors embrace RFID at retail show. NEW YORK -- RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging was the theme of the day in software news here Monday as vendors unloaded product and partnership announcements timed for the start of the National Retail Federation's annual trade show in New York. [InfoWorld: Top News] 11:12:00 AM ![]() |
WLANs drive productivity growth. Let's go to work [The Register] 11:11:14 AM ![]() |
Tiny new camcorder from Philips. From Philips, a new lipstick-sized camcorder. The KEY019 can record up to 24 minutes of MPEG4 video, and can also play MP3s and take two... [Gizmodo] 11:08:45 AM ![]() |