http://www.newstin.com/us/computer-hardware Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57476410 Burlingame, Calif. - Open-source advocates like saying Linux is free, as in free speech; not free, as in free beer. Well, for the price of a cold one, Microsoft (nasdaq: ) plans to make its software an option on laptops throughout the developing world. The software giant and the One Laptop Per... Fri, 16 May 2008 03:11:39 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57476410 2008-05-16T03:11:39Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57470546 After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child, have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization's computers. Microsoft long resisted joining the ambitious project because its laptops used the Linux operating system, a freely... Fri, 16 May 2008 01:57:49 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57470546 2008-05-16T01:57:49Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57445514 By Michael Hatamoto , BetaNews To help Dish Network customers seeking to store even more television content when they are unable to watch it live, Western Digital today introduced the My DVR Expander USB Edition 500 GB HDD designed specifically for DVRs. The HDD is able to store 60 hours of... Thu, 15 May 2008 21:00:31 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57445514 2008-05-15T21:00:31Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57466242 Software giant Microsoft has claimed user "complacency" is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. The claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000 was made last week by security vendor PC Tools, which said that over the... Fri, 16 May 2008 00:46:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57466242 2008-05-16T00:46:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57482799 Expands Line with Bus-Powered, Plug & Play Models with Just One Cable Other World Computing (OWC) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today the lowest cost line of OWC Mercury On-The-Go FireWire + USB 2.0 storage drives, with 500GB capacity priced at only... Fri, 16 May 2008 04:54:16 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57482799 2008-05-16T04:54:16Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57446061 Service Encrypts Laptop Data in a Virtual Drive IceLock is an encryption based service that enables select data on individual machines of an organization to be encrypted (AES 256) such that only the user can access the data. Along with the autonomous agent that is loaded onto the target laptops... Thu, 15 May 2008 21:36:31 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57446061 2008-05-15T21:36:31Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57491715 TOKYO, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida, Senior Vice President, US Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS), as President of SCE WWS, effective May 16, 2008. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:10 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57491715 2008-05-16T05:00:10Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57450384 NAMPA, Idaho, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MPC Corporation (Amex: MPZ) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. The results for the quarter reflect the combined operations of MPC Corporation and the Gateway Professional business, which was acquired in... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57450384 2008-05-15T22:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57479695 In the immortal words of Hogan's Heroes' Sergeant Schultz, Intel knows nothing-- nothing!--about Apple's future product plans. For a moment, it appeared as if Intel (nasdaq: ) Germany Chief Executive Hannes Schwaderer broke the strict code of silence enforced by Apple (nasdaq: ) this week when he... Thu, 15 May 2008 23:40:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57479695 2008-05-15T23:40:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57440590 NEW ORLEANS, BUSINESS WIRE — Ultra Wideband (UWB) semiconductor pioneer and performance leader, Pulse-LINK Inc., will demonstrate the unmatched advantages of its CWave(R) UWB Ethernet-Over-Coax solution for whole-home HD video distribution in booth #3605 at The Cable Show 2008, taking place in... Thu, 15 May 2008 20:43:53 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57440590 2008-05-15T20:43:53Z