Guys from G.Skill company that residents in Taipei have released today their latest effort in DDR3 memory sticks manufacturing. As the official press release indicates, they were thinking of all branches modern day computing could throw in. But these are just words. What they did exactly is compiled a number of memory kits all consisting entirely of DDR3 modules that one could own for a couple of years in advance without thinking of upgrading. Gaming, business applications or simply lots of running programs should really fit into 8GB capacity (2GB x 4) which is the smallest of what G.Skill has just rolled out.
This is a developing story just hitting the newswires. If you are flying today, be ready for delays or even cancellations if things escalate.
***UPDATE*** The FAA is claiming the problem has been remedied but delays may still be prevalent as Airlines try to play catch-up
A computer glitch is causing flights to be delayed nationwide Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.
The problems are with retrieving flight plans from FAA computer systems, a spokeswoman said.
“We are having a problem processing flight plan information,” the FAA's Kathleen Bergen explained in a prepared statement. “We are investigating the cause of the problem. We are processing flight plans manually and expect some delays.”
The technical difficulties weren't affecting air traffic control's systems, she said.
Controllers “have radio coverage and communications with planes,” according to Bergen.
The problems were first reported Thursday morning out of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta.
Basically, when you buy music from iTunes, it comes with a copyright protection called DRM. These DRM-protected songs are locked so that they only work with Apple MP3 players. That means that if you bought a Microsoft Zune, you cannot use iTunes music. So, what is the solution? You have to burn a CD. When [...]
digg_url =’http://digg.com/tech_news/AT_T_loses_first_round_of_Map_For_That_lawsuit’; Looks like AT&T’s not getting its holiday wish after all — a federal judge just ruled against Ma Bell’s request to have Verizon’s Map For That ads pulled off the air. That doesn’t mean that this whole thing is over, though: the judge called the ads “sneaky” and said that it was possible people might misunderstand them because “most people who are watching TV are semi-catatonic.” Whether or not that’s enough to support a legal conclusion that the ads are misleading is a fight for another day — specifically December 16th, when AT&T will have a second chance to argue its case. Still, this is a big win for Verizon — everyone ready to be inundated with these ads for the next month?
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AT&T loses request for injunction against Verizon’s Map for That ads originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
For the brave and adventurous, or maybe just Office junkies, Microsoft is offering the beta of Office 2010 for download. Get it while it's hot!
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the beta of Office 2010 is now publicly available from the company's Web site.
Among the features new to the beta is a social networking connector that allows users to bring in Windows Live and other social networking feeds into Outlook. LinkedIn is the first that will take advantage of it–early next year–but there is a software development kit for others to do so.
“I hope that you will all download it,” Microsoft senior vice president Kurt DelBene said at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference here.
Sony Ericsson has yet to make this public, but we’ve learned that the flagging handset maker has caved once more to the pressures of the modern phone market place. If you’ll recall, 450 employees were nixed from the company’s payrolls in September of last year, and now the entire Research Triangle Park facility is being shuttered. In an internal announcement made this morning, SE is fixing to close four total sites: RTP in North Carolina, a smaller Miami facility and operations in Kista (Sweden) and Chennai. All told, 2,000 employees will be trimmed, with severance packages being offered to those who qualify. As of now, the departing individuals have yet to be chosen, with employees in RTP given the opportunity to apply for jobs elsewhere (likely in Atlanta or California). We’re told that the cuts will happen “in stages,” with project teams being assembled as we speak to work out the logistics. Frankly, we aren’t as shocked as we are saddened to hear the news — SE has refused to keep pace with the other handset makers, and its decision to wait until next year to ship an Android device is indicative of the choices that have kept it in the shadows these past few years. Here’s hoping this restructuring effort actually gets things headed in the right direction.
Update: And it’s official. SE will also be shutting down small offices in Seattle and San Diego, with its North American headquarters shifting from RTP to Atlanta and its research and development operation transitioning from RTP to Redwood Shores, California.
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Sony Ericsson closing four facilities, laying off 2,000 employees worldwide originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
It’s been more than a year since the first release of Opera Mobile 9.5 beta was made available for Windows Mobile. In that time the mobile browser has been a favorite of many Windows smartphone users and has received several important updates.
But today there’s an entirely new version available.
The just-released Opera Mobile 10 [...]
