Tag: Computers

Computers that work like the brain?

The BBC reports that IBM and five US universities will receive a grant from DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. IBM will join five US universities in an ambitious effort to integrate what is known from real biological systems with the results of supercomputer simulations of neurons. The team will then aim to produce… Continue reading Computers that work like the brain?

China’s software piracy catches up with users

I’m happy to see that Microsoft’s efforts to counter piracy of its software are now causing much heartburn in China, which is probably the leading source of pirated software in the world. Chinese internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft’s launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting Chinese computer users to ensure they buy genuine software.… Continue reading China’s software piracy catches up with users

Another update about The High Road

Readers will be familiar with the shenanigans surrounding The High Road forum. I’ve written about the matter on three previous occasions. Matters are moving ahead. I had my scheduled meeting with the office of the local US Attorney, whose staff proved to be most interested in the matter. Things are progressing in that area, and… Continue reading Another update about The High Road

Older technology becomes an identity-theft nightmare

It seems that identity thieves are reaping a rich harvest from older electronic equipment dumped by consumers. A report from Australia says: Mobile phones are changed nearly as often as underwear these days, so it’s not unusual that older handsets are passed on to friends or sent for recycling. But what about all the personal… Continue reading Older technology becomes an identity-theft nightmare

Another update on The High Road

Readers are doubtless familiar with my first and second posts on the situation at The High Road (THR) forum. Briefly, the tech support administrator, Mr. Derek Zeanah, has misappropriated the domain name; locked all others except himself and his cronies out of high-level access to the board; and is insisting he shares ownership of the… Continue reading Another update on The High Road

How many Google engineers does it take to tell the time?

A few days ago I blogged about Microsoft’s advertising campaign for Windows Vista being embarrassed by the revelation that some of the images were produced on Apple computers. Now, according to Gizmodo, it looks like Google is joining Microsoft in the “embarrassment corner”. So here I was, all excited about Android. Not because the G1’s… Continue reading How many Google engineers does it take to tell the time?

Microsoft has egg Apple on its face

It is to laugh . . . Microsoft recently launched a major advertising campaign to promote Windows Vista. However, the advertisements themselves weren’t exactly on-theme . . . some of them were created using Apple computers! Flickr user LuisDS found that metadata on the creative copy of the “stereotyped PC user” and other photos appearing… Continue reading Microsoft has egg Apple on its face