I STILL like TIGER...
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
Dell to introduce PCs with Windows Vista
Global PC maker Dell said it has started shipping its desktop and notebook computers with Microsoft's new operating system Windows Vista, which is being launched in India tomorrow.
The initial rollout of Windows Vista installed Dell systems would be in five languages - English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese, a company release said.
With the new system, users would be able to quickly search data, record high definition video, organise digital photo and music libraries and browse the Internet with protection from spyware, the release added.
The initial rollout of Windows Vista installed Dell systems would be in five languages - English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese, a company release said.
With the new system, users would be able to quickly search data, record high definition video, organise digital photo and music libraries and browse the Internet with protection from spyware, the release added.
BEWARE !!! Many older PCs can't take Vista
Question:I need to know if it is possible to upgrade my Dell Dimension computer to use the new Windows Vista operating system. It has a Pentium III microprocessor. The memory is 384 megabytes, SDRAM. It has a 32-meg Nvidia TNT2 M64 graphics card and a 20.4-gigabyte Ultra ATA hard drive. The operating system is Windows 98.- Florence Faraone, verizon.net
A: No. I know that was pretty curt, but it's best to take the bad news up front. As Microsoft Corp. pulls out the stops for its marketing to sell upgrades to the coming Vista operating system, millions of people with computers will share your curiosity about whether their machines have the horsepower to run the enticing new software.
Your Windows 98 machine fails to meet even Microsoft's notoriously overoptimistic stated minimum requirements. At prices starting about $150, the company hates to tell possible customers that they should not buy in.
The biggest visible features that Vista adds to the well-known Windows display deal with viewing photos, playing videos, recording and downloading music, and, of course, running the new memory-gobbling programs like Office Live that will be available along with Vista when it arrives Tuesday.
Microsoft says all these bells and whistles can be had with a machine endowed with at least a microprocessor with 800-megahertz speed, while your dated Dell languishes at 600 mHz. I'd suggest that 1 gHz be considered the bare minimum.
Speed and memory are the biggest issues with things like highly animated displays, memory-hungry transparent overlaying of individual windows, and heavy use of software running in the background.
Again, your 384 megs of RAM are below the minimum of 512 megs stated by the company. I do agree that 512 megs of memory will be pretty much sufficient, but it should be noted that Vista tends to run a lot of stuff in the background, and this can deplete 512 megs when running more than a couple of programs.
I find it bizarre, but the 20.4-gig hard drive in your clunker does meet the Microsoft minimum of 20 gigs for computers to run Windows Vista, which all by itself eats up, maybe, 8 gigs. It wouldn't take long for a Vista-enabled PC to clog the remaining 12 gigs with temporary Web files, photos and music.
Worst of all is your old-fashioned video card with 32 megs of memory on board. While the official Microsoft specifications say any SVGA card will do, testers have found that it is all but hopeless without a separate video card with its own memory and the ability to run the DirectX 9 graphics software built into Windows. As to video memory, consider 128 megs or even 256.
To summarize: Windows Vista needs a PC with a 1-gHz chip or better, and a 60- to 80-gig hard drive is all but essential. Be particularly sure that the video card has a stiff amount of memory of 128 megs or more, and I'll wager that those who try to get by with 512 megs of RAM soon will find themselves at Best Buy's memory counter for an upgrade to 1 gig or more.
A: No. I know that was pretty curt, but it's best to take the bad news up front. As Microsoft Corp. pulls out the stops for its marketing to sell upgrades to the coming Vista operating system, millions of people with computers will share your curiosity about whether their machines have the horsepower to run the enticing new software.
Your Windows 98 machine fails to meet even Microsoft's notoriously overoptimistic stated minimum requirements. At prices starting about $150, the company hates to tell possible customers that they should not buy in.
The biggest visible features that Vista adds to the well-known Windows display deal with viewing photos, playing videos, recording and downloading music, and, of course, running the new memory-gobbling programs like Office Live that will be available along with Vista when it arrives Tuesday.
Microsoft says all these bells and whistles can be had with a machine endowed with at least a microprocessor with 800-megahertz speed, while your dated Dell languishes at 600 mHz. I'd suggest that 1 gHz be considered the bare minimum.
Speed and memory are the biggest issues with things like highly animated displays, memory-hungry transparent overlaying of individual windows, and heavy use of software running in the background.
Again, your 384 megs of RAM are below the minimum of 512 megs stated by the company. I do agree that 512 megs of memory will be pretty much sufficient, but it should be noted that Vista tends to run a lot of stuff in the background, and this can deplete 512 megs when running more than a couple of programs.
I find it bizarre, but the 20.4-gig hard drive in your clunker does meet the Microsoft minimum of 20 gigs for computers to run Windows Vista, which all by itself eats up, maybe, 8 gigs. It wouldn't take long for a Vista-enabled PC to clog the remaining 12 gigs with temporary Web files, photos and music.
Worst of all is your old-fashioned video card with 32 megs of memory on board. While the official Microsoft specifications say any SVGA card will do, testers have found that it is all but hopeless without a separate video card with its own memory and the ability to run the DirectX 9 graphics software built into Windows. As to video memory, consider 128 megs or even 256.
To summarize: Windows Vista needs a PC with a 1-gHz chip or better, and a 60- to 80-gig hard drive is all but essential. Be particularly sure that the video card has a stiff amount of memory of 128 megs or more, and I'll wager that those who try to get by with 512 megs of RAM soon will find themselves at Best Buy's memory counter for an upgrade to 1 gig or more.
Report: China's 4G wireless launch leapfrogs 3G
Data-rich 3G telephony--which allows high-speed transmission of data and images--is not yet available in mainland China.
Now on News.com:
but a group of 10 "leading domestic institutions" called the "FuTURE Project" on Sunday rolled out 4G in Shanghai, the official China Daily reported.
China aims to hold field tests for the 4G system--whose rollout has cost 150 million yuan ($19.3 million) and will allow data transmission at up to 100 megabytes per second, several times faster than current technology--and put it into trial commercial use up until 2010, the paper added.
Most analysts expect China's long-anticipated issue of third-generation licenses to begin later this year.
Now on News.com:
but a group of 10 "leading domestic institutions" called the "FuTURE Project" on Sunday rolled out 4G in Shanghai, the official China Daily reported.
China aims to hold field tests for the 4G system--whose rollout has cost 150 million yuan ($19.3 million) and will allow data transmission at up to 100 megabytes per second, several times faster than current technology--and put it into trial commercial use up until 2010, the paper added.
Most analysts expect China's long-anticipated issue of third-generation licenses to begin later this year.
Study: More Single Women than Men in NYC
NEW YORK -- OK, guys, hunting for a Valentine this year? You're in luck. According to National Geographic magazine, there are 185,000 more single women in the New York metro area than men!
The magazine analyzed data from the Census Bureau and discovered the Big Apple favors the single male. On the flip side of the country, the "City of Angels" favors the opposite sex. Los Angeles offers 40,000 more single men than women.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
MARIA'S CITI FLIGHTS ADDING UP
"MONEYHONEY"
NOT even CNBC anchorbabe Maria Bartiromo's bosses can say for sure how many flights she took on the Citigroup corporate jet with the bank's wealth-management chief, Todd Thomson, who was jettisoned last week over his lavish spending.
Bartiromo logged tens of thousands of miles on at least "six trips" on the plane, two sources at the bank told The Post.
A CNBC spokesman denied that Bartiromo took six rides on the Citigroup jet but declined to say exactly how many she did take. The rep also said that Bartiromo made 47 appearances last year for the network and that each was approved.
But every day the number of flights Bartiromo is said to have taken on the Citi jet seems to grow. Previously, she was believed to have taken just one - a 16-hour jaunt back from Beijing in late November with Thomson, who reportedly kicked three other bank executives off the plane for her.
One CNBC exec was quoted this week as saying Bartiromo made "no more than two" trips on Citigroup jets last year. One was a trip back from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which Bartiromo was covering again last week.
The Post reported Wednesday that the Beijing flight alone set Citi back at least $50,000, based on executive jet operating costs. A CNBC rep said that Citi was reimbursing the bank and that Bartiromo had full approval to fly, but the network paid only about the standard commercial fare, $4,000.
Bartiromo and Thomson have a history of making fawning public statements about each other and have been seen by Citi execs dining together at Restaurant Daniel. They were involved in so many projects that Citi CEO Chuck Prince had to tell Thomson to stop spending the firm's cash on her.
The Wall Street Journal reported that when Thomson's plan to sponsor a Bartiromo-hosted show on the Sundance Channel for $5 million got out, he set off a minirevolt at the bank, which led to his dismissal.
Bartiromo, meanwhile, wants to take her "Money Honey" nickname to the bank. She's trying to trademark her pet name for potential uses ranging from stuffed animals to coloring books. Her lawyer filed on Jan. 16 at least eight applications for use of the moniker, TVNewser reported.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Plans for third Manhattan Apple store nixed (again)
Its first two flagship shops in Manhattan have been a resounding success, but Apple's pursuit of a third outfit has reportedly turned sour for a second straight year.
According to the Forbes/Slatin Real Estate Report, the Cupertino-based Mac maker is backing away from a luxuriant plan to build a multi-level store on 34th St. between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
Citing unnamed sources, the publication said the image-conscious Apple, which leased the space from a joint venture between SL Green Realty Trust and developer Jeff Sutton last fall, is having second thoughts about the location's "coolness" and plans to put the site up for sublease.
From the start, "Apple had doubts about the compatibility of its leading-edge image with that of middle-America 34th St., at least as it currently stands," the report states. It notes that while retailers like Gap, American Eagle Outfitters and Forever 21 are happily situated along the row, "unfortunately, a lot of the old 34th St.--third-rate tourist merchants and rip-off artists--still remain."
For Apple, the reversal marks its second on a third Manhattan location in less than two years. In the fall of 2005, it abandoned plans for a glass enclosed two-story shop in Manhattan's Flatiron District after a tiresome battle with a local landmarks preservation commission.
The company's second go on 34th street would have been for a 30,000-square-foot, four-story store with about 75 feet of frontage. The lease on the site, according to Forbes, runs about $5.5 million a year.
According to the Forbes/Slatin Real Estate Report, the Cupertino-based Mac maker is backing away from a luxuriant plan to build a multi-level store on 34th St. between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
Citing unnamed sources, the publication said the image-conscious Apple, which leased the space from a joint venture between SL Green Realty Trust and developer Jeff Sutton last fall, is having second thoughts about the location's "coolness" and plans to put the site up for sublease.
From the start, "Apple had doubts about the compatibility of its leading-edge image with that of middle-America 34th St., at least as it currently stands," the report states. It notes that while retailers like Gap, American Eagle Outfitters and Forever 21 are happily situated along the row, "unfortunately, a lot of the old 34th St.--third-rate tourist merchants and rip-off artists--still remain."
For Apple, the reversal marks its second on a third Manhattan location in less than two years. In the fall of 2005, it abandoned plans for a glass enclosed two-story shop in Manhattan's Flatiron District after a tiresome battle with a local landmarks preservation commission.
The company's second go on 34th street would have been for a 30,000-square-foot, four-story store with about 75 feet of frontage. The lease on the site, according to Forbes, runs about $5.5 million a year.
LEO LaPORTE Predicts: New Beatles Widescreen iPOD to be unveiled during Super Bowl
Leo Laporte thinks so…
On this week’s Macbreak Weekly Merlin Mann suggested that there may be a new Beatles edition iPod similar to the U2 iPod…but with a widescreen and touch features like the iPhone.
Leo Laporte “predicted” this same idea again on the latest edition of Geekbrief TV.
I would have to agree that The Beatles being on iTunes doesn’t seem like a big enough announcement for a SuperBowl Commercial…but something like this makes a lot more sense.
Will we see a new Video iPod during the Superbowl? At the rumored Feb 20. event? At all?
Speculators keep on speculating…we’ll know for sure soon enough.
On this week’s Macbreak Weekly Merlin Mann suggested that there may be a new Beatles edition iPod similar to the U2 iPod…but with a widescreen and touch features like the iPhone.
Leo Laporte “predicted” this same idea again on the latest edition of Geekbrief TV.
I would have to agree that The Beatles being on iTunes doesn’t seem like a big enough announcement for a SuperBowl Commercial…but something like this makes a lot more sense.
Will we see a new Video iPod during the Superbowl? At the rumored Feb 20. event? At all?
Speculators keep on speculating…we’ll know for sure soon enough.
Apple Has Released the MacBook 802.11n Update for Freet
After first saying they'll charge $4.99 for the 802.11n update to Core 2 Duo MacBook and MacBook Pros and then changing that to $1.99 it is now the best price you can get -- FREE! The firmware download patch is available today.
The update comes in the form of firmware update 2007-001 and is recommended for all Intel Macs, the download link is here:http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/airportextremeupdate2007001.html
Former drug addict puts his face behind campaign
A FORMER heroin addict had a 10ft image of his face displayed in a North-East town centre yesterday in an attempt to help save other people's lives.
The man, who asked to be known only as Jonathan, is a 38-year-old reformed heroin addict, who contracted the potentially life-threatening hepatitis C virus through sharing drug equipment.
He said he wanted to alert other people to the dangers posed by an illness that is usually treatable.
Health experts in Middlesbrough estimate that there may be more than 500 people in the borough who are unknowingly infected with hepatitis.
Most of these people will have acquired the virus by sharing contaminated needles or through other drug equipment.
The photograph is part of a Government-backed travelling exhibition by photographer Michele Martinoli.
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The aim of the exhibition - which was in Captain Cook Square Shopping Centre, in Middlesbrough, yesterday - is to encourage people at risk of infection to come forward for treatment.
It is thought there may be up to 200,000 people in England with hepatitis C, which can cause serious liver damage and shorten life expectancy.
Because it is symptomless until later stages, few people know they have it.
Speaking to The Northern Echo, Jonathan said: "I was diagnosed with hepatitis C about five years ago. I am about to start on a course of treatment which will mean injecting myself in my stomach once a week and taking tablets.
"I am absolutely behind this campaign. I just hope it will save lives."
Dr Brendan McCarron, a consultant in infectious diseases at The James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, said there were about 2,000 people injecting drugs in the town and about 25 per cent showed signs of being infected with hepatitis C.
* The Hepatitis C information line is 0800-451-451 and is open between 10am and 10pm every day.
Moving It All to Vista
When the time comes, how can I move all of my bookmarks, music and other files from my old computer to a new Windows Vista PC?
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Rudy Giuliani and his eyes ????
WHATS UP WITH HIS EYES ?Has anyone notice in the last 6 months about Rudy's eyes when he is getting interviewed on TV. Every 10 seconds or so his eyes pop out of his head.Like he being possessed or something. Buts its the funniest thing to watch.
anyone like to comment ?
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Macau gambling revenue jumps
Chinese territory's intake may outstrip Las Vegas
MACAU - Macau may have dethroned the Las Vegas Strip as the world's biggest casino center, according to figures available Wednesday that show the Chinese territory's gambling revenue jumped 22 percent to US$6.95 billion last year.
The former Portuguese enclave has been booming since the government busted up a casino monopoly three years ago and began welcoming U.S. gaming powerhouses like Las Vegas Sands Corp., MGM Mirage Inc. and Wynn Resorts Ltd.
The American companies have been furiously building mega casino and resort projects in the tiny city _ less than one-sixth the size of Washington, D.C. _ on China's southeastern coast. They say they'll do what they did to Las Vegas: transform a seedy, worn-out, crime-ridden town into one of the world's best spots for gambling as well as conventions, glitzy shows, dining and other family entertainment.
Man Trying to Impress Date Jumps Off Bridge
SEA BRIGHT, N.J. -- Love is patient; love is kind. And sometimes, love causes people to do strange things.
Four police officers, a bridge tender and two good Samaritans had to rescue a man who jumped off the Sea Bright-Rumson Bridge to impress a woman on their second date.
Police say Adam Koppel fell 20 to 30 feet into the frigid Shrewsbury River early Saturday.
The 25-year-old clung to the base of the bridge while police mobilized a rescue effort. They finally needed a rope and ladder to haul him in.
Police charged the Atlantic Highlands resident with disorderly conduct. But that wasn't the worst of it.
Sea Bright Police Chief William Moore tells the Asbury Park Press the woman said there wouldn't be a third date.
Four police officers, a bridge tender and two good Samaritans had to rescue a man who jumped off the Sea Bright-Rumson Bridge to impress a woman on their second date.
Police say Adam Koppel fell 20 to 30 feet into the frigid Shrewsbury River early Saturday.
The 25-year-old clung to the base of the bridge while police mobilized a rescue effort. They finally needed a rope and ladder to haul him in.
Police charged the Atlantic Highlands resident with disorderly conduct. But that wasn't the worst of it.
Sea Bright Police Chief William Moore tells the Asbury Park Press the woman said there wouldn't be a third date.
Beatles iTunes?
(FMQB) The music industry has been waiting for The Beatles' camp to enter the 21st century with the Fab Four's catalog, which is unavailable digitally. While the Beatles' Apple Corp. has famously feuded in court on-and-off over the years with Apple Computers (now Apple Inc.), last year it was rumored that the entire Beatles catalog was being remastered for a re-release in 2007. Now the rumor mill is turning again, with release dates being thrown around this time.
The Toronto Sun is reporting that the entire remastered Beatles catalog could be in stores by this June, and that their music could make its way onto the iTunes Music Store as early as February.
The Toronto Sun is reporting that the entire remastered Beatles catalog could be in stores by this June, and that their music could make its way onto the iTunes Music Store as early as February.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
'Dreamgirls' Picks Up Most Oscar Nods
The peppy musical "Dreamgirls" led Academy Awards contenders Tuesday with eight nominations, but surprisingly was shut out in the best picture category for which it had been considered a potential front-runner.
The sweeping ensemble drama "Babel" was close behind with seven, including best picture and acting honors for two newcomers to U.S. audiences, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi.
Other best-picture nominees were the bloody crime saga "The Departed," the World War II spectacle "Letters From Iwo Jima," the road-trip comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and the monarchy-in-crisis chronicle "The Queen."
Going into nominations day, the best-picture competition looks unusually wide open, with no consensus on a favorite. With "Dreamgirls," a Golden Globe winner out of the race, the best picture competition was even more up for grabs.
But front-runners in all four categories nabbed nominations and seem poised to come home with Oscars on Feb. 25: Helen Mirren for best actress as British monarch Elizabeth II in "The Queen"; Forest Whitaker for best actor as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland"; and Eddie Murphy and former "American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson as soulful singers in "Dreamgirls."
The other nominees for best actor are Leonardo DiCaprio for "Blood Diamond," "Ryan Gosling" for "Half Nelson," Peter O'Toole for "Venus," and Will Smith for "The Pursuit of Happyness."
The sweeping ensemble drama "Babel" was close behind with seven, including best picture and acting honors for two newcomers to U.S. audiences, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi.
Other best-picture nominees were the bloody crime saga "The Departed," the World War II spectacle "Letters From Iwo Jima," the road-trip comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and the monarchy-in-crisis chronicle "The Queen."
Going into nominations day, the best-picture competition looks unusually wide open, with no consensus on a favorite. With "Dreamgirls," a Golden Globe winner out of the race, the best picture competition was even more up for grabs.
But front-runners in all four categories nabbed nominations and seem poised to come home with Oscars on Feb. 25: Helen Mirren for best actress as British monarch Elizabeth II in "The Queen"; Forest Whitaker for best actor as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland"; and Eddie Murphy and former "American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson as soulful singers in "Dreamgirls."
The other nominees for best actor are Leonardo DiCaprio for "Blood Diamond," "Ryan Gosling" for "Half Nelson," Peter O'Toole for "Venus," and Will Smith for "The Pursuit of Happyness."
Just a Movie Shoot
NEW YORK -- It's going to look like the end of the world at the Brooklyn Bridge tonight and for most of this week -- but don't worry -- it's just a movie shoot.
There will be Army and Coast Guard helicopters, as well as police and military vehicles at the bridge tonight and for most of this week.
The movie being shot is "I Am Legend'' starring Will Smith -- about the last human in New York.
The film is planning to stage the evacuation of Manhattan by barge this week. Police and Coast Guard members will be providing security for the scene, which may involve about one thousand extras and a large crew.
Intermittent traffic delays on South Street in the afternoons before 7 p.m. are expected to take place through next Tuesday.
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