ZDNet | ou RSSen https://www.zdnet.com/ 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:57:12 +0000 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:57:12 +0000 ZDNet http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2 https://zdnet3.cbsistatic.com/fly/bundles/zdnetcore/images/logos/zdnet-144x144.png https://www.zdnet.com/ 144 144 Technology 0 20 664 446a95ba-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/saying-goodbye-to-zdnet/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 ZDNet blogs has been my online home since 2004.  With the help and a lot of guidance from David Berlind, Stephen Howard-Sarin, and David Grober, I was brought in to the world of blogging and journalism. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:16:48 +0000 George OuText 4479f7fb-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/55w-pc-power-supply-powering-the-dual-core-computer/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Most computer builders in the world think I'm nuts for endorsing the use of 330 watt power supplies for a high-end performance computer.  Conventional "wisdom" says that anything under 500 watts is inadequate for an enthusiast PC. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:35:55 +0000 George OuText 4489cb41-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/fixing-the-unfairness-of-tcp-congestion-control/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Bob Briscoe (Chief researcher at the BT Network Research Centre) is on a mission to tackle one of the biggest problems facing the Internet.  He wants the world to know that TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) congestion control is fundamentally broken and he has a proposal for the IETF to fix the root cause of the problem. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:05:30 +0000 George OuText 449f5da8-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/hdmi-survival-guide-for-home-theater/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 There's a lot of money to be made in the HDMI cabling and switch aftermarket and unfortunately that means a lot of consumers are getting tricked in to paying outrageous prices.  I've spent quite a bit of time helping my friends set up their home theaters recently and I thought I'd share that knowledge with my readers. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:59:17 +0000 George OuText 44b56979-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-cheapest-way-to-do-voip-is-still-analog/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 What happens when you want to just want a bunch of phones in your business, hotel, or organization and you don't need a bunch of fancy and complicated features on the phone?  It's simple, just get a bunch of cheap analog phones. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:36:01 +0000 George OuText 44c6a335-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/fraunhofer-iis-shows-audio-technology-at-von-x-2008/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 In the world where chip technology improves exponentially, acoustic engineering isn't so simple and it presents a huge hurdle to overcome to the world of telephony and video conferencing.  Fraunhofer IIS (inventors of MPEG-1 Layer 3 AKA MP3) seeks to tackle this challenge and showed off some of its research and upcoming products at VON. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:47:22 +0000 George OuText 44d5f4a4-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/japans-isps-agree-to-ban-p2p-pirates/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Four of Japan's largest Internet provider organizations have come to an agreement with copyright holders on how to tackle the illegal file trading on P2P (Peer to Peer) networks.  Comprised of about 1000 major and smaller Japanese Internet providers, the four organizations agreed to target flagrant copyright violators by first warning them and then banning them if their behavior doesn't change. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:59:33 +0000 George OuText 44ed22a1-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/amd-shanghai-wont-get-hypertransport-3/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 HyperTransport 3 which was once slated for AMD's Barcelona server processors seem to be delayed again on Shanghai until some time in 2009 when it finally arrives for the "Montreal" quad- and octal-core CPUs.  According to page 21 of Mario Rivas' slides, the roadmap clearly indicates AMD's first 45nm processor Shanghai won't get the newer inter-processor interconnect and it will instead use the older HyperTransport 1 interconnects. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:45:40 +0000 George OuText 44feade5-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/building-the-200-inch-1080p-hdtv/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Yesterday I helped my friend build his 200 inch 1080p HDTV for his entertainment room and it was a beast of a task. But when it was all said and done, I think he was quite happy. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:38:12 +0000 George OuText 450fc625-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/early-photos-of-amd-shanghai-cpu/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Credit: Fuad Abazovic, FudzillaPhotos of CPU-Z highlighting AMD's 45nm Shanghai quad-core processor appeared on Fudzilla last week.  It confirms that AMD's latest processor will have a total of 2 megabytes L2 cache (512 KB per core), and 6 megabytes of shared L3 cache. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:18:10 +0000 George OuText 4520a5e9-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/asus-8-9-eee-draws-crowds-at-cebit/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Here in CeBIT 2008, crowds descended on Hannover Germany to see the latest technologies. Germany is certainly a lovely country but there's nothing lovable about the 5. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:57:35 +0000 George OuText 45378ec3-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/at-ts-degrading-service-and-my-landlords-ban-on-comcast/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 With all the negative attention headed towards Comcast lately, AT&T's problems seem to be slipping below the radar.  Unfortunately for me, those problems are first hand for me as I'm personally suffering degradations in speed. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:14:03 +0000 George OuText 454ae6e7-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-geeks-trip-to-capitol-hill-on-network-management/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 I appeared before congressional and government staffers on Capitol Hill for a panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal.  This was my first time in Washington DC and while it was a little cold for my Californian bones, it was a beautiful city and seeing the capitol of the nation was certainly a worthwhile experience. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:17:55 +0000 George OuText 455d2360-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-christens-silverthorne-as-atom/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Intel has officially announced its new branding for the "Silverthorne" processor and the "Menlow" platform.  The Silverthorne processor will be called the "Intel Atom". Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:02:48 +0000 George OuText 45707980-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-free-enterprise-search-is-a-must-try/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 At the Heroes Happens {here} event in LA yesterday which saw the launch* of Windows Server 2008, one of the relatively hidden gems of the event in my opinion was Microsoft's free** Search Server 2008 Express.  It's is a streamline install of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with almost all the enterprise search features that most users would want and is a must download for any Windows Server shop. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:21:19 +0000 George OuText 45826b59-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/fcc-hearings-comcast-versus-vuze/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 The FCC held its hearing on Comcast's Network Management practices at Harvard University yesterday.  Vuze executive Gilles BianRosa whose company filed one of the two FCC complaints against Comcast reportedly told the FCC yesterday that BitTorrent does not hog bandwidth. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:56:36 +0000 George OuText 45956405-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/leaked-intel-nehalem-performance-projections-over-amd-shanghai/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 It appears that the rumors about Intel's next major microprocessor "Nehalem" being a huge juggernaut may be true according to leaked documents from Sun Microsystems (removed Sunday night).  The slides appear to be inadvertently placed on Sun's publicly accessible website and "jokerman" posted the link on Aceshardware (thanks to tip from ZDNet reader JumpingJack). Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:41:11 +0000 George OuText 45a5478b-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-satellite-internet-service-is-so-slow/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 I was reading in the news today about an experimental geosynchronous communications satellite being launched by Japan and I got to wondering about why Satellite Internet service has such horrendous latency and is so slow.  So I drew up a little diagram above (click to see full resolution) and did some calculations on the distance traveled and how long it takes for light to take the four-way journey. Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:07:44 +0000 George OuText 45b3e0fd-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/one-year-till-death-of-analog-tv-in-usa/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Analog TV will no longer be broadcast one year from today on February 19th 2009, are you ready for the conversion to digital TV?  This may or may not affect you so here's what you need to know to avoid losing TV reception! Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:16:21 +0000 George OuText 45c82589-3350-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a https://www.zdnet.com/article/cracking-open-a-toshiba-hd-a30-hd-dvd-player/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Updated 3:00AM - By now the news is out that the end of HD DVD might be near since Toshiba is considering its options that may include the possibility of stopped production on HD DVD products is confirmed dead.  There are more than a million HD DVD owners, two exclusive HD DVD studios, and the adult movie industry who are now left holding the bag on an optical disk format with no future. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:46:50 +0000 George OuText