Microsoft losing out to Corel
Hard on the heels of a similar announcement from Dell, HP has just stated that it intends to cease delivering Microsoft Works on its consumer PCs in favour of Corel’s products. This will make a pretty hefty hole in Microsoft’s revenues and may start to kill off the myth that Microsoft is the only supplier [...]
Mandrake Linux 9.0 DVD Edition — Special Offer
Mandrake http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3102
Netscape 7.0 is Back!!
Netscape http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3103
P4 2.80GHz Overclocked to 3.917GHz
Overclocked http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/29/0556251.shtml?tid=137
New Hard-Drive Tech Overcomes Magnetic Memory Problems
Hard-drive maker Seagate said it has overcome a significant challenge in magnetic memory with a new technology capable of achieving far beyond today’s storage densities — up to as great as 50 terabits per square inch. Currently, the highest storage densities hover around 50 gigabits per square inch, but Seagate said its heat-assisted magnetic recording [...]
Burn a DVD-AC3 Compatible CD-R
Here’s your chance to experiment with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround . You can download a 3 minute song I mixed in 5.1 surround that’s already been encoded as an Dolby Digital WAV file at 256 kilobits per second, then compressed using PKZIP. Yes, we all know that PKZIP won’t work to compress a PCM audio [...]
Cape Clear permite consultar Google gratuitamente por correo
La empresa estadounidense Cape Clear Software, especializada en servicios para Internet, ha creado una aplicación gratuita que permite hacer consultas al buscador Google a través del correo electrónico. http://www.elpais.es/articulo.html?anchor=elpcibenr&xref=20020829elpcibenr_9&type=Tes&date
La ESA lanza el Meteosat de segunda generación para obtener información meteorológica más exacta
La Agencia Europea del Espacio (ESA) y la Organización Europea para la Explotación de Satélites Meteorológicos (EUMETSAT) han desarrollado un satélite Meteosat de segunda generación, que se denominará MSG, y que ofrecerá servicio durante los próximos 12 años. El MSG se lanzó esta noche desde la base de Kuru (Guayana francesa) a las 00:46 horas [...]
Sony se despide del formato Betamax
La gigante de electrónica japonesa Sony anunció en Tokio el martes que dejarÃa de producir las grabadoras caseras Betamax, casi 20 años después de que perdiera la batalla por dominar el mercado de videograbadoras caseras. http://www.cnnenespanol.com/2002/tec/08/28/betamax/index.html
Palm sued over color handheld claims
Hardware maker Palm Inc. is the target of a class action lawsuit filed last week by two customers after the company revealed that one of its handheld devices couldn’t display as many colors as advertised. http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/handhelds/story/0,10801,73831,00.html