Archive for January, 2009
Build a self efficient house
Posted by The Right Guy in Uncategorized on January 18th, 2009
This video shows how you can build a self efficient house so you don’t need powerline anymore. With our lifestyle it’s not easy to do something like that but it worth a try…..
Apple Tells Dual-Link DVI Display Adapter Customers That Their Monitors Are Incompatible
Posted by The Right Guy in Uncategorized on January 17th, 2009
Users of Apple’s Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter are still experiencing the distortion issues, but now Apple Engineering is supposedly telling people this is only compatible with the Apple Cinema Display.
Reader Yoel reports that AppleCare has contacted him to say Engineering retroactively decided the adapters are ONLY compatible with the 30-inch Apple Cinema Display, and not with any other 30-inch displays on the market now. They are, you know, “technically” compatible, except for the distortion issues we outlined here.
One, that’s really strange, since we don’t usually see companies retroactively take back support after a product has been released. Two, users actually say that the distortion issue appears on Apple Cinema Displays too, which makes this whole thing sound kinda flimsy. We’re still hoping for a software fix. [Apple Discussions]
Apple: Apple Tells Dual-Link DVI Display Adapter Customers That Their Monitors Are Incompatible
Windows XP to live to 2010+
Posted by The Right Guy in Uncategorized on January 17th, 2009
Look like Windows XP will last longer than it was said… Seriously can we just move on???
Sources very close to Intel’s mobile group have confirmed that Microsoft has agreed to keep Windows XP alive at least until 2010 and probably beyond.
Microsoft was specific about its plans that after Windows XP for netbooks: Windows 7, probably some cut down version, will be the operating system for netbooks. Since this is a great market opportunity for Microsoft, they will simply go after it and release Windows 7 for netbooks. This might be some base version of the “normal” Windows 7, or a special OEM version, we still are not aware of these details.
Intel has already reached an agreement with Microsoft to keep Windows XP alive until 2010 and beyond, as Vista allegedly is not match made in heaven for Netbooks. Vista is too performance greedy, and since Atom is great on low power but has many normal features cut down, Vista doesn’t like it particularly well.
We are sure Windows 7 will like Atom better.
Intel profits down 90%
Posted by The Right Guy in Uncategorized on January 17th, 2009
Intel may be powering a new generation of netbooks with its low-cost, low-power Atom processor, but it’s not getting rich as a result.
The chip-making giant made just $234 million (£158 million) profit on sales of $8.2 billion (£5.5 billion) in the last quarter of 2008: that’s a tenth of the money it made the previous quarter, or the same time last year.
Part of that is down to a $1 billion (£675 million) investment in WiMax mobile broadband company Clearwire, but there’s no doubt the processor manufacturer has been hit by the economic downturn
Intel profits down 90% despite Atom boost | News | TechRadar UK