by Joseph Forbes | Apr 20, 2013 | DATA
from the projected-release-2047 dept. Java Development Kit 8, planned for September 2013, is being delayed until next year because of ‘a renewed focus on security.’ Java has been having security publicity problems recently, but Oracle now seems to be...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 20, 2013 | Blog Entry, NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the one-of-us-one-of-us dept. The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project. Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects are...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 20, 2013 | ENTERTIANMENT, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
Using two (or more) video cards in tandem—known as “SLI” for NVIDIA cards and “Crossfire” for AMD cards—can get you better performance, sometimes even for less money than you’d spend on a comparable single card solution. However, whether...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 20, 2013 | Blog Entry
Analysts urge company to recant design ideology as nod to customer complaints Microsoft may recant its Windows 8 design theology, bloggers reported Tuesday, by offering Windows 8 users an option to bypass the “Modern” UI and by restoring the Start button...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 20, 2013 | Blog Entry
from the everybody-has-the-same-idea-at-the-same-time dept. BoingBoing reports on why it’s ‘so hard to make a phone call in emergency situations.’ Quoting: ‘[The thing about] the radios is that they have different sizes of cells. You’ve...
