Processing process processor Revelation.

[herosrest]

During deep sleep IT came to me and the future of processing is clear. Some will consider this a message from on high, others will be strapping rubber to walls, the informed will be adjusting stock portfolios, the technical will be agog, warfare will transform and technology in general - progress through the greatest leap ever. l can advise you of the matter but must then kill you. So... consider yourself deceased. rip. Ahem. Future processors will primarily be digital tuning radios acting as grid computing nodes. Voila. See ya in hell.

[herosrest]

Lunar-Resonant Streetlights respond to ambient moonlight, dimming and brightening as the moon cycles through its phases each month — and can result in a potential 90-95 percent energy savings over standard streetlights, which account for 38 percent of all electricity used for lighting in the United States. Pilot installations are on the near horizon, and the Civil Twilight crew is also working on an off-grid variation that’s solar-powered and WiFi equipped; it will be presented at a World Bank conference on Lighting Africa.

[herosrest]

How Twitter makes it real Unlike many of my friends and colleagues I wasn't able to make it to Austin, Texas for this year's SXSW interactive, the four-day technology conference and festival that is currently firing the imagination of the technology world. So I wasn't in the ballroom when the keynote address by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg went awry under the less-than-forensic questioning of technology journalist Sarah Lacy. I didn't see the crowd start to get restless and heckle Zuckerberg about the deeply-unpopular Beacon advertising system, or get a chance to grab the microphone and ask questions when Lacy threw the conversation open to the floor. And yet I was there in another way, listening to and even interacting with some of my friends in the audience, picking up on the vibe in the room and even tuning in later as Sarah Lacy loudly defended herself.
I was there because I was plugged into Twitter, the instant messaging service that lets users send short text messages to anyone who cares to tune in, online or on their mobile phone.

As I sat at my desk a constant stream of 'tweets', as they are called, was....

[herosrest]

Yahoo reports a jump in profits Yahoo, fending off a takeover bid from software giant Microsoft, said its profits tripled in the first three months of 2008. The internet firm reported income of $542.2m (£271.5m) compared with $142.4m in the same period a year earlier. Yahoo is seeking to prove it is worth more than Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6bn (£22.3bn) offer.

[herosrest]

CEO Says Microsoft Could Forgo Yahoo Steve Ballmer says Microsoft Corp. is willing to go it alone rather than buy Yahoo Inc. And he has a reason besides opposition from the Internet company: skepticism among his own employees. Since Microsoft made its bid in late January, Microsoft's chief executive and other executives have circled the ranks of Yahoo shareholders and held informal talks with Yahoo executives in the hope that friendly talks can coax Yahoo into their arms. But the longer that process takes, the more Microsoft's rank-and-file workers and executives weigh the consequences of what would be Microsoft's largest acquisition ever -- and many are ...

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Microsoft unveils its web vision Microsoft has lifted the lid on a new web service called Live Mesh, designed to connect a multiplicity of devices and applications online. The service is seen by many as a key plank in the company's vision for the future of the web. Live Mesh is designed to blur the lines between running software and storing data on a desktop and "in the cloud". Microsoft's Amit Mital said Live Mesh would "connect and bring devices together... to work in concert". Live Mesh pits Microsoft against companies like Amazon, Google and Salesforce.com which are already offering different varieties of so-called software-as-a-service systems. It comes as Microsoft is engaged in a bid to buy rival Yahoo and emphasises just how important the web has become to the firm.

[herosrest]

Oceans Google.

M$, Opera, Firefox, etc let Google freeride to billions a year on the back of browser technology they developed.

lt's gotta be the scam of the century by Google.

What was Internet Explorer 7's development cost

[herosrest]

"Active Desktop" powering up Less than a year after giving its operating system a radical face-lift with Windows 95, Microsoft is once again set to make over the user interface, this time as a Web browser. While business users are eager to try out the new version, analysts are predicting that users will resist actually upgrading their desktops, saying the change comes too closely on the heels of Windows 95.

At its Intranet Strategy Day briefing yesterday in San Jose, California, Microsoft introduced the concept of its Active Desktop, a new look and feel that will turn the Windows desktop and files into Web pages, complete with hyperlinks, Java applets, and ActiveX controls. Yesterday, for example, Microsoft demonstrated an Active Desktop that includes a real-time stock display designed for financial analysts. The Active Desktop, which will first be introduced as part of a Windows 95 update code-named Nashville entering beta testing this summer, according to company officials. The technology will also surface in Windows NT.

"The Windows desktop is a page," Gates said yesterday. "It's just the page you see when you start up. All of the pages that you look at will have links [in Windows]. [They'll] be used for everything." The Nashville OS update will also include Internet Explorer 4.0, a version of the browser that merges the existing Windows Explorer desktop manager and Internet Explorer. The new Explorer will use a browser interface not only for accessing the Net, but local, intranet, and Internet documents. ....

[herosrest]

Gates preaches PC's staying power PC software can scale up and down to run on handhelds, like the upcoming Windows CE devices announced Monday, as well as more powerful systems. Network computer interfaces are intentionally stripped down to support only the bare essentials of computing; everything else runs on the server.

The PC is the only kind of client powerful enough to deliver the interface that will really make computers useful to the average Joe. Gates said he is looking forward to the development of a "personal" interactive user experience that is largely devoid of clicking, standard interfaces, and esoteric commands. For example, Gates foresees a day when a computer will be able to recognize a user's voice and respond to verbal commands and sense movements or problems using "whisper technology," an internal name for research and development efforts.

"People are doing more and more with the PC and users are still grappling with the complexity," Gates told the audience packed into the Aladdin Theater, and the overflow crowds which funneled into adjacent rooms equipped with video monitors.

Gates said that this is the year that Microsoft and its allies also prove that desktop applications, the operating system, and the Internet really do go together to deliver the "information at your fingertips" vision that he's been pushing....

[herosrest]

"The Web the Way You Want It" REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 1, 1997 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the immediate worldwide availability of the eagerly awaited Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0, the only Internet client to deliver "the Web the way you want it" to millions of users worldwide.

Unveiled at a launch event Tuesday evening in San Francisco, Internet Explorer 4.0 combines the premier Internet browser, communication and collaboration tools, innovative Active Channel ™ "push" content and true Web integration to offer users an unparalleled Internet client solution. Microsoft today is also announcing the Subscribe to Win sweepstakes, introducing users to some of the newest and most exciting content available on the Web.

Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft, spoke at the launch event about the emergence of "Web lifestyles" - how the Internet will play a key role in many aspects of people's everyday lives, from planning a weekend getaway to buying a car. Gates demonstrated how Internet Explorer 4.0 propels Web browsing forward, helping Web lifestyles become a reality today. "The Internet offers unparalleled power to enhance people's lives, from providing new ways to communicate to offering vast amounts of information," Gates said. "Internet Explorer 4.0 breaks new ground in achieving true Web to PC integration, making it easier than ever before to access and use information."

[herosrest]

You want it when?..........

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Description of the Wireless Client Update for Windows XP with Service Pack 2

This update enhances support for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) options in Wireless Group Policy. This update helps prevent a Windows wireless client from advertising the wireless networks in its preferred networks list.

.... Changes in parking behavior
On a computer that is running Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Wireless Auto Configuration may create a random wireless network name and put the wireless network adapter in infrastructure mode. This operation is known as parking the wireless network adapter. In this situation, the wireless adapter is not connected to any wireless network. However, the wireless adapter continues to scan for preferred wireless networks every 60 seconds.

Some wireless network adapter drivers may interpret this parking operation as a request to connect to a wireless network. Therefore, these drivers may send probe requests in search of a network that has the random name. Because the parking operation passes no security configuration the driver, the random wireless network might be an open system-authenticated wireless network that uses no encryption. An observer could monitor these probe requests and establish a connection with a parked Windows XP wireless client.

On a computer that has the Wireless Client Update installed....

[herosrest]

Intel stretches rural Wi-Fi links to 100km

Wi-Fi is relatively easy to access in urban areas, but not nearly as ubiquitous in more rural parts of the world. Recognising the problem, Intel has announced its Rural Connectivity Program (RCP) - a new way to receive wireless signals outside of cities. Intel's new initiative utilises a processor, software radios and an antenna to connect remote areas up to 60 miles (96km) away that otherwise would go without internet access. According to Intel, the equipment also enables a relatively high throughput and could conceivably reach up to 6.5Mbps to facilitate video conferencing and telemedicine.

Intel Rural Connectivity Platform becomes a reality.

[Steve R Jones]

I'm going to close this in hopes that herosrest builds his own web site.

Then once a month he can beg us to go get bored there