Fujitsu ships most frugal thin client

Fujitsu’s Futro S100 is a thin client and monitor combination that uses less power than a standard desktop model and in standby mode uses a scant 0.96 watts.

Posted on: August 24, 2009 9:00 am

New article: VMWare Fusion makes your Mac one machine to rule them all

One area where the use of virtual machines has taken off is giving Macintosh users the ability to run Windows software on their machines without dual-booting — and that’s what we’re going to discuss in this article.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Posted on: August 23, 2009 9:00 am

US magazine to display Harry Potter-style moving images

When Harry and his friends read a magazine, the pictures move and, sometimes, even talk back. Now Entertainment Weekly has plans to include Video-in-Print (ViP) LCD screens in its publications.

Posted on: August 21, 2009 9:00 am

Disable the Dell Latitude 2100’s Wi-fi Light

Dell built a “parental control” into its 2100 netbook, a little light that glows when the machine is connected to a network. If that really bothers you, this article shows how to unhook the light.

Posted on: August 21, 2009 9:00 am

Tech Rivals Team Against Google Over E-Books

Google came to an agreement with the publishing industry over the book-search feature in 2008. Now Microsoft, Amazon, and Yahoo have formed the Open Book Alliance to oppose the settlement.

Posted on: August 21, 2009 9:00 am

Platformic Adds Mobile Blogging Tool to Online Web Development Environment

Platformic’s new Mobile Blogging Tool lets businesses keep content fresh by adding video, photos and text to websites from a mobile device with an Internet connection.

Posted on: August 21, 2009 9:00 am

Apple’s 99-Cent Apps Are Too Cheap, Microsoft Says

Offering a clue as to their expected prices, Microsoft is telling developers that their programs are worth more than 99. Of course, BlackBerry, Palm, and Android stores are also planning to charge more than 99 cents for their apps.

Posted on: August 20, 2009 9:00 am

Laptop Computer Repair Company Ranks Top 10 Laptop-related Disasters

There are many ways to kill, or otherwise maim, your computer. MicroReplay has compiled a list of the ten most common problems they saw over the last year.

Posted on: August 20, 2009 9:00 am

TJX Suspect Was Near Plea Agreement Until New Charges Halted Talks

Albert Gonzalez, charged with hacking into networks to gain access to some 130 million credit cards, almost had a deal worked out with federal prosecutors. Then some additional charges were filed against him.

Posted on: August 20, 2009 9:00 am

Open Source Textbook Company Now BMOC at 400 Colleges

Flat World Knowledge now offers low-cost digital textbooks to college students at 400 colleges. An on-line version is free, while a PDF of a text might cost $20 and the printed version could sell for $60.

Posted on: August 20, 2009 9:00 am