Tuesday Tech News
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on March 30, 2005 at 4:25:11 PM
Longhorn a tough sell for Microsoft?
Offline rules do not apply, or do they?
Mac OS 10.4 Tiger nears shipping.
Discovery moves to the VAB.
Does yours last that long?
HP turns to Apple for color scheme.
This scale is very precise.
Dying stars hold promise of planetary life.
Is regulation needed for internet access?
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Even though its been five years since Windows XP's debut, Microsoft could still face a tough sell when it releases Longhorn next year. With past updates, users had clamored for more stability and security, but analysts say people are pretty happy with Windows XP.
Offline rules do not apply, or do they?
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Gordon may have been one of the first online consignment sellers to run afoul of auction commissions, but she won't be the last. A growing number of state legislatures are contemplating new laws that would target this popular auction technique, while regulators are weighing whether to invoke licensing laws already on the books.
Mac OS 10.4 Tiger nears shipping.
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Once a final candidate build of Tiger is selected to become gold master, its code will be frozen and sent to manufacturers for duplication on optical media. The software is then packed for retail and shipped to distributors and retail outlets.
Discovery moves to the VAB.
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Kennedy Space Center workers scrambled Monday to get shuttle Discovery ready for the overnight tow from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the mammoth VAB. A small crowd of reporters and space workers braved chilly gusts to watch the middle-of-the-night action.
Does yours last that long?
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GIPWoG is working with the DVD Association, an industry group, to nail down "a long-term, or archival, standard measurement for recordable CD and DVD media." The idea isn't to test how long discs will last, but to be able to establish whether or not a disc will last at least a certain number of years.
HP turns to Apple for color scheme.
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HP says it's doing away with the darker colors to appeal to consumers' tastes, which, these days, lean toward lighter shades. The changes also allow the PCs to better blend into the more visible areas of people's homes, such as living rooms, where televisions and other silvery electronics gear already exist.
This scale is very precise.
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The world’s most sensitive scales can now detect a cluster of xenon atoms a billion, trillion times lighter than a gram. A zeptogram (10^-21g) is roughly the mass of a single protein molecule and its detection has set a new record.
Dying stars hold promise of planetary life.
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"So planets that are currently very cold and icy can warm up and become potentially habitable," says William Danchi, a team member and astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "The analysis shows the time period over which these conditions change is very long - long enough for life to form."
Is regulation needed for internet access?
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The last thing the broadband world needs is more regulation. That could cast a pall over investment in all sorts of technologies, including wireless broadband and fiber to the home. But given the political context network owners are likely to face in the foreseeable future, they may discover that taking control of their openness destiny voluntarily is better than risking losing control if a mandate is imposed.