technology - "computers"

Getting rid of the tiny wires inside computers would greatly improve performance. Sun Microsystems wants to do that with proximity communication, but it will take time.

Possessed PCs can cripple the nation's infrastructure, say officials.

PassagePoint Mobile allows security staff to complete identification, authentication, and badging process in single step. Based on Symbol hardware platform running windows Mobile OS®, ruggedized unit includes barcode scanner and magnetic swipe reader. Data is uploaded via 802.11 wireless connection to PassagePoint Server and badges can be printed locally on Zebra wireless printer, utilizing Bluetooth technology.This story is related to the following:Computer Hardware and PeripheralsSafety and Security EquipmentSearch for suppliers of: Wireless computers | Ruggedized computers | Hand-Held computers | Security Equipment & Supplies

ROBOBAK v8 enables companies with multiple sites to defend their data throughout its lifecycle. While Agentless CDP (continuous data protection) lets administrators schedule repeated backup operations, auto-deployment senses computers added to network and adds them to scheduled data backups. Remote bare metal recovery, also included, enables administrators to restore image of crashed computer to another machine. Software also supports simultaneous file replication to multiple sites.This story is related to the following:SoftwareComputer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Data Security Software | Data Storage Products

An anonymous reader writes to mention that New Scientist has a quick round-up of what they consider to be the ten weirdest types of computers. The list includes everything from quantum computers, to slime molds, to pails of water. 'Perhaps the most unlikely place to see computing power is in the ripples in a tank of water. Using a ripple tank and an overhead camera, Chrisantha Fernando and Sampsa Sojakka at the University of Sussex, used wave patterns to make a type of logic gate called an 'exclusive OR gate', or XOR gate.' of this story at Slashdot.

museumpeace writes 'This community constantly chews on stories like the first sale doctrine and the endless maneuvering of RIAA, MPAA, follies of DMCA and DRM in general. I think of each of those stories as like trying to make sense of a particular earthquake. In the Huffington Post, blogger Jonathan Handel succinctly lays out six tectonic market and technology forces that provide a map for all of this. Sample his point #5, the media is the money: 'Fifth is market forces in the technology industry. computers, web services, and consumer electronic devices are more valuable when more content is available. In turn, these products make content more usable by providing new distribution channels. Traditional media companies are slow to adopt these new technologies, for fear of cannibalizing revenue...'' of this story at Slashdot.

News.com's Ina Fried takes a look at the mechanics and the politics of a Colombian program that refurbishes thousands of computers each year to donate to the country's schools.

San Francisco - IBM announced a new kind of computer memory on Friday that could increase storage capacity 100-fold. Called racetrack memory the new storage devices would replace flash memory and hard disk drives in computers. The devices are based...