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For Vista Testers, It’s All in the Family
LAS VEGAS—Millions of computer users participate in software beta programs every year, usually toiling away in anonymity, never quite sure if whatever they find or report will matter in the final product. Others find the experience a lot more fulfilling, such as the families that participated in Microsoft’s Life with Windows Vista program. In addition…
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APA Ups Bandwidth Access for Local Telcos
APA Cables and Networks, a maker of fiber management equipment for some 1100 local independent telephone companies, has announced a new fiber management upgrade kit that will allow local fiber distribution networks to meet their full potential. The new product, called the Cross-Connect Upgrade Kit, allows local phone companies to upgrade their APACN Fiber Scalability…
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Ford Runs Microsoft Sync
The Ford Motor Co. is introducing the first vehicles with Microsoft’s Sync software, which allows a car to connect to a variety of Bluetooth and USB devices, including PDAs, smart phones, music players and cell phones. Sync, which is based on the automotive version of Windows Mobile, can work with voice recognition or steering-wheel-based controls.…
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AMD Looks to Be ‘Better’
Advance Micro Devices is looking to make PCs “better.” The Sunnyvale, Calif. company is launching its “Better by Design” program at the CES expo in Las Vegas on Jan. 9. The program, according to AMD officials, will allow users to take full advantage of the features and applications that come with the new Microsoft Windows…
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Dell Shows Spirit of Giving at CES
Michael Dell was in a giving mood Jan. 9 in his keynote at International CES. The Dell founder and chairman announced several new initiatives to encourage support of green computing and other charities, and challenged the rest of the industry to follow Dell’s lead. Dell announced the Plant a Tree for Me campaign, which will…
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IT Pros Advised to Address Information Overload
In an effort to combat attention fatigue and information overload, the Burton Group, a Salt Lake City-based IT research firm, released a research report Jan. 8 introducing the concept of an Enterprise Attention Management system. According to the report, in the current information economy, knowledge is everything but can be also stress-inducing, from e-mail overload,…
