Tech Review: Wednesday, December 21, 2011

2012: 5 reasons it's not the end of the world (and 5 reasons to worry)

http://gcn.com/Articles/2011/12/20/2012-5-reasons-not-the-end-of-the-world.aspx?s=gcndaily_211211&Page=2

• Analytics 
• Watson
• the reasons to hope and worry were the same

NASA aims to let UAVs fly in civil airspace

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/12/20/nasa-works-on-data-link-to-permit-unmanned-aircraft-to-fly-in-civil-airspace.aspx?s=gcndaily_211211

• non-payload communications (CPNC) 
• Rockwell Collins
• communication data link
• five focus areas
• Separation assurance
• Communications
• Human System Integration
• Certification
• Integrated test and evaluation

Nabi Kids Tablet with Android $150

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12351154

• got some nice reviews
• http://techland.time.com/2011/12/07/nabi-review-a-kids-tablet-thats-not-a-toy/
• http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/11/nabi-tablet/all/1
• not sure what the target age is

App Internet and Mobile Devices to Drive Massive Technology Demands in 2012

http://www.pcworld.com/article/246512/app_internet_and_mobile_devices_to_drive_massive_technology_demands_in_2012.html

• Android and other apps are suppose to be one of the main forces pushing the Tech demands in 2012
• I think something is missing here.
• perhaps it would be more important to look at what the apps are doing

Tech Review: pre-Friday, December 16, 2011

Open-source webOS is dead on arrival

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/open-source-webos-is-dead-on-arrival/10003?alertspromo=&tag=nl.rSINGLE

• Not open source plan or support from HP will probably kill webOS

FBI goes international to fight cyber criminals on their home turf

http://gcn.com/Articles/2011/12/12/FBI-international-cyber-crime-partnerships.aspx?s=gcndaily_131211&Page=2

• basically much of the theft of data and money is overseas
• sometime the FBI know the company has been breached before the company
• companies should report the breaches quickly

A battery that lasts 10 times longer, charges 10 times faster?

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/11/17/experimental-batteries-last10-times-longer.aspx

• Northwestern University
• anode
• negative elctrode
• Lithium-ion batteries
• carbon-based material
• atom thick sheets of grahene
• no time frame given
• older article form November, but still found it very interesting

IBM's 'racetrack' could change the world of computer memory

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/12/08/ibm-racetrack-memory-data-in-nanosecond.aspx?s=gcndaily_131211

• nanowires of nickel-iron alloy
• 20 nanometers thick
• electronic "stripes" represent the data
• spin on way for + the other for -

Site for Cheap Android that Run Skype and Market

http://www.spemall.com

http://www.spemall.com/blog/?p=672

• They currently have 4 version that work
• 7 inch (KU:ATP1038)
• 7 inch (KU:ATP1048) sold out
• 8inch (SKU:ATP1040) 
• 10 inch (SKU:ATP1037).

Tech Review: Thursday, December 8, 2011

Setting up Subversion on Windows

Download SVN:

• http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html
• http://www.collab.net/downloads/subversion/

SVN is now under Apache

Turn on or off change tracking in Windows Word 2010

• done from the review tab
• change to final set the edits off
• I don't know how to get rid of them perminantly
• Copy to an entirely new document?

Mark Your Document As Final in Word 2007

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/microsoft-office/mark-your-document-as-final-in-word-2007/

• The article is old but the principles are the same
• In Word 2010
• File tab
• Info option
• Permissions
• However I see nothing here that would help make a 'clean' document

Finding Files Faster with Windows 7 Search

http://www.windows7news.com/2009/06/30/finding-files-faster-with-windows-7-search/

• I was hoping to find a way of searching for only file names
• this confirmed to me that the Win7 search doesn't support the simple clean options that where once available in XP

TouchFire keyboard for Apple iPad improves touch typing experience

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/touchfire-keyboard-for-apple-ipad-improves-touch-typing-experience/5328?alertspromo=&tag=nl.rSINGLE

 

Huawei-vodafone E220 Unlocked 3G HSDPA USB Modem for Android Tablet

http://www.shopitagain.com/huaweivodafone-e220-unlocked-3g-hsdpa-usb-modem-for-android-tablet-p773.html

• what is this?

Bodhi Linux On a Touchscreen Device

http://www.innovationsts.com/blog/?p=2959

Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive

http://www.buy.com/prod/western-digital-my-passport-essential-se-wdbacx0010bbk-1-tb-2-5/217278961.html?listingid=137524687

• I want to get one of these and install Ubuntu on it for my non-windows development machine.

Smartphone shake-out looms as hardware herd may thin

• Claims that company that depend totally on there hardware for profits are going to start hurting 
• HTC sales fell by 20%

Six Android issues that Google doesn't want to address

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/six-android-issues-that-google-doesnt-want-to-address/16950?tag=nl.e539

1. out of date Android devices 7/18
2. hardware failure
1. 14%
2. $2 Bill per year
3. Security?
4. no flash for Ice Cream Sandwich
5. patent problems
6. bloatware
1. CarrierIQ

AMD, Nvidia introduce "new" mobile graphics card lineups, but Radeon 7000M, GeForce 600M are just rebadges

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/amd-nvidia-introduce-new-mobile-graphics-card-lineups-but-radeon-7000m-geforce-600m-are-just-rebadges/7129?tag=nl.e539

• Only clock speed improvement
• Radeon 7400M => 6470
• Radeon 7500M => 6630
• Radeon 7600M => 6750
• GeForce 6xx same as 5xx with faster clock speed

Adobe gets creative: Touch Apps and the Creative Cloud

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/adobe-gets-creative-touch-apps-and-the-creative-cloud/4750?tag=nl.e623

• nice apps designed for touch
• Photoshop Touch
• Adobe Debut
• Proto
• Collage
• Ideas
• Kuler