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Thursday November 19, 2009

	Gizmodo: Everything You Need to Know About [Google's] Chrome OS Google had an event about their Google Chrome OS today.. Anyone read any good write-ups? Here's one from Gizmodo entitled "Everything You Need to Know About Chrome OS" Quote Google went to great pains to emphasize that today's event wasn't a launch—that'll come a year from now, apparently, with a public beta still well over the horizon. This is all about a seeing the OS for the first time; understanding in real terms how it's different from what's out there; figuring out why you might actually want to use it; etc. So! Here's what we knew going in.. http://gizmodo.com/540850...d-to-know-about-chrome-os I try to aviod commenting on google stuff as much as I can, because for whatever reason (maybe it's an unreasonable suspicion of giant corporations), i view most of what google does as a greedy and disguised attempt to lock down market share for their advertising; maybe that's unfair, I don't know. Technically though, they are usually up to something interesting. posted by mouser - November 19, 2009, 10:09:00 PM social bookmark this story (permalink) (read 2 comments)

	[rant] Seriously? Software pricing is officially nuts I've seen several shareware programs double and triple their prices recently and I'm shocked that they have the chutzpah. Here's the latest in my inbox: The guys at IDM want $280 for a lifetime license now, hey, but it's on sale for $180 if you hurry. All hail donationware, freeware, and a bunch of open source apps, otherwise, I'm saying a big "Hell naw" to these prices. Sorry folks, I have a limit, and lately I'd rather pay the bills.     Continue reading the rest of the entry and discuss.. posted by zridling - November 19, 2009, 10:13:00 AM social bookmark this story (permalink) (read 22 comments)

	Disks: Why size=performance - Interesting article on speeding up your computer I'm wondering if disk defragmentation programs like PerfectDisk, Diskkeeper etc takes the thoughts expressed in the articles below into consideration when defragging and deciding where to place files. "Big=fast Most people keep less than 80 GB of data, including the operating system and their applications, on their hard drive. So why should they buy a 500 MB, 1 or even 2 TB hard drive? One simple reason: speed. That big hard drive will give you this snappiest performance this side of a solid-state disk. For many applications, even faster than a costly SSD. For a lot less money. Why?" http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=686&tag=nl.e550 posted by patteo - November 19, 2009, 03:11:00 AM social bookmark this story (permalink) (read 9 comments)

Monday November 16, 2009

	Hound: a grep-alike that searches inside PDFs I'm a big fan of BareGrep Pro by Bare Metal Software, a truly excellent visual grep.  I didn't expect much when I downloaded the freeware Hound from Jimmy the Fork.  Indeed it won't replace BareGrep Pro.  But I was impressed when I turned it loose on a directory that happened to have some PDFs in it, and found Hound's status bar saying things like "Examining PDF", "Converting PDF to plain text," and giving a grep-like posting. I don't know how it does it, and didn't check for absolute accuracy, but the set of results it gave looked right. Nice bit of humour on that site, too.  E.g., his duplicate file finder is called Dolly, with a picture of a sheep   http://www.jimmythefork.com posted by rjbull - November 16, 2009, 07:23:00 PM social bookmark this story (permalink) (read 28 comments)

Sunday November 15, 2009

	Choosing a new PC package for a relative.. Post your recommendations I thought I might start a thread about choosing a complete pc package for a relative, or advising them on what to do. Actually I should say that there is no reason that the posts here wouldn't be suitable in advising anyone here on how to buy a complete system for themselves, it's just i thought it might be useful to start a thread specifically focused on figuring out a really simple one-stop-shop place to get a complete computer system with the least amount of confusion and risk. And I thought it would be useful to have a thread to talk about general issues of helping out a relative to pick a new computer setup.     Click here to continue reading.. posted by mouser - November 15, 2009, 09:09:00 PM social bookmark this story (permalink) (read 24 comments)

	Tech News Weekly: Edition 46-09 The latest edition of Ehtyar's Tech News Weekly has hit the stands! Table of Contents: 1. Truly Malicious IPhone Malware Now Out in the Wild 2. SPDY: Google Wants to Speed Up the Web by Ditching HTTP 3. Intel and AMD Bury the Hatchet Under $1.25 Billion in Cash 4. Wikipedia Sued for Publishing Convicted Murderer's Name 5. Attackers Conceal Exploit Sites With Twitter API 6. Microsoft Defends Hotmail's Cookie Requirement 7. MS Forensics Tool Leaks Onto the Web 8. Using Photosynthesis to Power Hydrogen Production 9. Christopher Walken Performs Lady Gaga's Poker Face     Click here to continue reading the full edition now.. posted by Ehtyar - November 15, 2009, 07:55:00 AM social bookmark this story (permalink) (read 14 comments)

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