One of the bigger announcements coming out of yesterday's session of Google I/O was a follow-up on the ChromeOS-wielding Chromebooks announced last December. For those of us not at the session, the updated details were published on the Google Blog (Chrome and Code blogs too). Samsung and Acer are the first partners to have Chromebooks ready to go this Summer. … [Read more...]
Google Updates: YouTube Movie Rentals, Google Goggles for Business Cards, and Image Search Sort
Yesterday was a busy day for Google going by their announcements and with Google I/O, a developer's conference, starting today there will probably be more announcements this week. Yesterday's announcements included YouTube is now renting movies, Google Goggles gets another update, and searching with Google Images now allows you to sort by subject. … [Read more...]
Tuning In To The Debate Of Mandating FM Radio In Your Phone
Last August, I read about a push from the National Association of Broadcasters and the RIAA to have Congress mandate FM radios in cell phones and other portable electronics. Earlier this week, I heard a radio spot promoting it again. You can hear that spot at the NAB website. The commercial promotes www.radiorocksmyphone.com, a site which has details of what is being requested … [Read more...]
Kingston Warns Certain Solid State Drives Need Firmware Update Or May Face Drive Failure
Kingston is warning customers of some of its Solid State Drives that a technical issue has been discovered that could lead to the drive failing in a small percentage of cases. To address the issue, Kingston recommends all customers of these hard drives upgrade the drive's firmware. The firmware correction is to correct the ssd hanging in the BIOS and boot failure. From … [Read more...]
Data Execution Prevention Keeps Stopping The Print Spooler
Starting off the work week with an odd error is always a guarantee of fun times. Things like the Print Spooler should just work and usually happily will unless something gets in the way. Today's error involved Windows XP's Data Execution Prevention, or DEP, stopping the Print Spooler service from running any time it started up. … [Read more...]