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|  | Where did all the paper go?
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
There is a video on YouTube that shows a PaceBlade EasyBook being used at a car damage company in Amsterdam. The PaceBlade EasyBook is a mobile thin client that looks and functions like a tablet PC. The employee is shown inspecting a car for damage and choosing, from a very detailed visual representation of the car parts, which parts are damaged. This information is transferred directly back to the office where an estimate and work list is produced. If your business involves collecting data manually and then re-typing the information on a desktop you might want to watch this and think about upgrading your system. |   |
| Gamers ready for Vista?
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Being an avid computer gamer, I have spent a lot of time speaking with other gamers and I must say that over the last few months I have heard nothing but bad reports when it comes to people;s experiences with Vista and gaming. The new generation of gamers are realizing that PCs are not consoles and you don't just plug them in and expect them to work when it comes to a new operating system. It took Windows XP a year to get up on its feat. Everybody seems to think that everything should just work but unfortunately a lot of the issue are not actually with Microsoft but with the hardware developers and their driver teams having to fine tune their products for Vista. Although I personally do not like Vista, mainly because I am so used to XP now, it doesn't mean it doesn't have potential. Those extra security features that everybody jokes about would have saved me a lot of time if some of my friends were using Vista. The amount of crap that they install on their PCs and they shouldn't and probably wouldn't if they had to confirm it a few times, astounds me. The reason I ponder on whether gamers are ready for Vista is because Halo 2 is coming soon to PC - supported on Vista ONLY. I appreciated Halo and I was even a beta tester back then but I don't think I'll be converting my main gaming rig over to Vista just to play Halo 2. Is the release of Halo 2 on Vista only purely a marketing gimmick or are there truly hardware support and technical reasons why it would not run on Windows XP? I still recommend that gamers steer clear of Vista at the moment - especially if you're not experienced with sorting out problems with PCs. Not that that is anyones fault per SE - the only way for a new operating system to be tested properly is out in the real world. | |
| | New V-RAID driver released
Monday, April 23, 2007
Some of you may remember that the previous version of the V-RAID driver caused some rather funky audio and video playback issues on some systems - mainly systems running Windows Vista. v5.40a was the culprit and it was also unfortunately included in the Hyperion Pro drivers. Well, v5.50b are now on VIA Arena and there should be no more problems. They will be included in a release of the Hyperion Pro driver shortly. Until then, use the latest Hyperion Pro drivers but then also install the latest V-RAID package. | |
| | How to Build a Web Server with PHP 5 and MySQL 5 Support
Monday, April 23, 2007
"Building a PHP 5 web server with MySQL 5 support isn’t as easy as it seems. We know this by heart: we spend literally a whole day last week trying to do this. The main problem is that PHP 5 doesn’t come with embedded support for MySQL and MySQL 5 does not provide a separated stand-alone client module ready for downloading and installing. In this step-by-step tutorial we will show you how to compile and install Apache 2, PHP 5 with MySQL 5 support and PHP optimization and caching system (Xcache) on Linux, so you will be able to build your own web server in a matter of minutes – and not hours like happened to us." Read on at HardwareSecrets.com. | |
| Truckies reading up on the weather with Mini-ITX
Monday, April 23, 2007
EPIACenter.com noticed a cool Mini-ITX story: "Every now and then I stumble across unique and cool products built around Mini-ITX motherboards. This time 'round it was this story on LinuxDevices about the so-called "ViziFrame" product by ItWorks. This digital signage system is meant to provide weather reports at truckstops, small airports, marinas and similar environments. The setups use Slackware 11 and C7 Mini-ITX motherboards to show a variety of weather data, radar maps and other relevant information." | |
| Pommies to have UMPCs for sale at supermarkets
Monday, April 23, 2007
Reghardware.co.uk reports: "The the UMPC RIM 1000 incorporates a VIA C7-M 770 ULV processor - chosen, we were told, over an an Intel processor to prolong battery life - 30GB HD, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and a 6.5in TFT colour touch screen. It will cost around £799 inc VAT and in addition to the usual retail suspects, it will also be made available in selected supermarkets in an experiment to gauge modern IT market preferences." Wow! Head down to Saliburys for pint of milk and end up carrying out a computer. It would probably be lighter than the milk! | |
| Internet radio - gone before it even really arrived?
Monday, April 23, 2007
Bit-tech.net explore it: "Internet radio is the latest technology to find itself in the crosshairs of the RIAA's money schemes, and it looks like it may be DOA in no time flat. But why would the RIAA kill it? Brett Thomas puts on his tin-foil hat to talk about pop-tarts and record sales, and how Internet radio just doesn't sell as well." | |
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