technology - "computers"

NewsFactor - Are Apple sales in trouble? Two research analysts have reported in recent days that Apple is aggressively cutting back production on iPods and iPhones, while increasing production on Mac computers.

Digital photos linked to mementoes an example of making computers easier to use

Available with compact design and low voltage processor to achieve fanless design, Model TPC-30T 3.5 in. QVGA TFT LCD XScale PXA270 touch panel computer has NEMA4/IP65 front panel to withstand harsh conditions of industrial environments. Other features include one SD card slot, RS-485 automatic data flow control, built-in flash memory, multiple standard communication ports, and support for microsoft windows CE OS.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsControls and ControllersSearch for suppliers of: Industrial computers | Touch Panels

'The Register has unearthed a research paper that shows IBM working on a computing system capable 'of hosting the entire internet as an application'. This mega system relies on a re-tooled version of IBM's Blue Gene supercomputers so loved by the high performance computing crowd. IBM's researchers have proposed tweaking the Blue Gene systems to run today's most popular web applications such as Linux, Apache, MySQL and Ruby on Rails.'

PizzaFace writes 'U.S. Customs agents have long had broad authority to examine the things a person tries to bring into the country, to prevent the importation of contraband. The agents can conduct their searches without a warrant or probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. In recent years, Customs agents have begun using their authority to insist on copying data brought to the border on laptop computers, cell phones and other devices. The government claims that this intelligence-gathering by Customs is the same as looking in a suitcase. In response the EFF is filing a lawsuit attempting to force the government to reveal its policies on border searches. 'The question of whether border agents have a right to search electronic devices at all without suspicion of a crime is already under review in the federal courts. The lawsuit was inspired by some two dozen cases, 15 of which involved searches of cellphones, laptops, MP3 players and other electronics.'' of this stor

You don't need to rely on Apple to improve iTunes, the market-leading music-management software. I've been using two services that have made iTunes more useful and, when buying music, more affordable. First, let's take an overdue spin through Amazon.com's MP3 store before I tell you about a nifty way to replicate your iTunes library among multiple computers.

An anonymous reader writes 'IBM has published a research paper describing an initiative called Project Kittyhawk, aimed at building 'a global-scale shared computer capable of hosting the entire Internet as an application.' Nicholas Carr describes the paper with the words 'Forget Thomas Watson's apocryphal remark that the world may need only five computers. Maybe it needs just one.' Here is the original paper.' of this story at Slashdot.

In order to turn bigger profits from their armies of compromised computers, hackers this year will use a new tactic in targeting master boot records with viruses that plant rootkits on computers' hard drives, security experts warn. These infections activate during the boot sequence before the operating system starts.

Singapore - Sales of personal computers (PCs) in the Asia-Pacific region were up 20.9 per cent last year from 2006 with notebooks a key growth driver, the high-tech research firm IDC said in a report Thursday. Excluding Japan, sales during the fourth...