The MIT Kerberos Consortium, a security authentication and authorization group, announced Monday that Microsoft has joined its shindig.
The consortium, which launched in September with Google, Apple, Sun Microsystems and a collection of universities, noted Microsoft is coming aboard as a founding sponsor.
Kerberos aims to offer consumers the same …
Nowadays, it seems like if there’s a big scientific problem, like how to send explorers back to the moon or build a robotic vehicle, organizations put several million dollars on the line and wait for private industry to invent the solution.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is taking …
(Credit: DTV2009.gov)The DTV transition is less than a year away and as of January 1, 2008, Americans have been eligible to sign up for a $40 coupon to help purchase DTV converter boxes needed to receive new digital TV signals. While your instincts may tell you to sign up as quickly as possible, there’s a strong argument to be made to hold off for a little while. Here’s why:
1. The coupon expires in three months
If you carefully read you the FAQ on the government’s Web site, the program clearly states that the $40 coupons expire three months after they’re shipped. That’s unfortunate because we’re guessing many people don’t think much of it, and are just trying to sign up before they forget. Now you’re forced into getting whatever DTV boxes that are currently on the market, even though…
2. Better, cheaper boxes are coming
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The following is a partial list of the sessions at this week’s Intel Developer Forum in China, which runs April 2 to 3. Topics set to be covered at IDF Shanghai include Netbook, Nettop, Bloomfield (Nehalem), solid-state drives, QuickAssist (accelerators), system-on-chip (Tolapai), and USB 3.0.
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The link between online mapping services and global positioning devices is growing stronger.
Starting Tuesday, people using Google Maps to plan trips will be able to send location data to their Garmin GPS systems, the companies announced on Monday. The feature, called “Send-to-Garmin”, will eliminate the need to re-key route …
U2, one of the world’s biggest music draws, has signed a 12-year deal with Live Nation.
(Credit: PRNewsFoto/Live Nation)Live Nation, a concert promotion company that has already inked a so-called 360 deal with Madonna, announced Monday that it will oversee the Irish music group’s touring, merchandise, …
Plat’Home, a very early Linux provider in Japan, is bringing back a small, easy-to-use, easy-to-configure solution for growing companies to North America.
Part of the first ecology-friendly line of Linux servers ever shipped in the United States, Plat’Home’s OpenBlockS …
For the last four months, Howard Chau has been developing a mobile application that’s designed to alert people to their next calendar appointment, factoring in data like the person’s physical location and traffic conditions en route to a meeting.
In the next two weeks, Chau plans to submit …
(Credit: SpiralFrog.com)Updated 6:20 AM PDT to reflect the official announcement from SpiralFrog.
On its face, the signing of a deal with Warner/Chappell Music, the publishing arm of music label Warner Music Group, would appear to be a breakthrough for SpiralFrog.
Warner Music is one of the …
There’s simply no reason for any computer user to lose important data.
My hat is off to the tech companies that provide the hardware, software, and services we rely on every day. From Microsoft’s Shadow Copy feature in Windows Vista (though only partially implemented in the Home Edition), …
