http://www.intelmirc.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:36:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The update for the Fast Ethernet version of Airport Extreme and the Gigabit Ethernet editions is available on from Apple support. Earlier this week Apple released an update for its Safari browser, along with an ominbus security update for Mac OS X. Apple credits Alex deVries for reporting the AFP vulnerability. ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/09/04/security-fix-released-for-apple-airport-extreme-ba/ The pair also developed a less sophisticated, less expensive gizmo--a $4 strip that fits onto a suitcase and flashes LEDS in four different colors once it hits the carousel. The owner of the baggage sets the light combination. (Credit: Israel21C) (Via Israel 21C) The gadget comes courtesy of ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/09/04/device-could-prevent-baggage-carousel-hell/ commentary Sun is directly competing with Red Hat to become the heart of the open-source business community. I've written before that either Red Hat with its operating system or MySQL with its database could become the center of an alternative ecosystem to the Proprietary Bloc (Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM). With Sun ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/08/30/what-suns-acquisition-of-mysql-means-for-the-soft/ Canon builds its own CMOS sensor. Shown here is a silicon wafer with high-end "full-frame" image sensors CMOS's reputation in digital imaging has suffered from inflated expectations. Phase One, which uses Kodak CCD sensors, agrees. "For the 50- to 80-megapixel sensors on the horizon, we still feel the CCD will be the ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/08/29/new-cmos-sensors-catching-on-in-cameras/ Most new Apple products already come with remote-control devices that perform the same functions, but using the iPhone download conveniently renders them vestigial--if you have an iPhone, that is. As expected, iPhone and iPod Touch owners can now use their devices as remote controls for their iTunes libraries and Apple TV boxes. You can ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/08/24/iphone-remote-control-app-goes-live/ The iPod's 2001 introduction also earned top honors in a readers' poll on the top pop culture moment of the last 25 years. It managed to knock out Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, Kurt Cobain's suicide and Ellen DeGeneres' "Coming Out" episode. Both Cobain and Jackson made it to the semifinals before ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/08/24/top-tech-and-no-cell-phone/ Is all of this really necessary? Or is it just a PR stunt with only a few hardened gamers snapping up the limited supply of Skulltrails. Apparently it's more than PR because Skulltrail reviews, driven by popular demand, are everywhere. TechRadar has one, [H]Enthusiast has one, Anandtech has one...and the list ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/08/23/intels-power-guzzling-v8/ One of vPro's marquee features is the ability to access a computer even if it has been turned off. This can be done on either a wired or a secure wireless network. And laptops outside the company firewall can be accessed with the newest versions of software and hardware, according ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/08/23/what-is-intel-vpro-exactly/ The letter follows earlier discussions between Atmel and Microchip. Atmel also said that if the deal goes through, it intends to dispose of Atmel's ASIC business upon completing the acquisition or shortly thereafter, and has spoken to an interested third party about the sale. Microchip Technology and On Semiconductor have made a ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/08/23/microchip-on-propose-23-billion-deal-for-atmel/ I've embedded a sample video below. To see the video page, click here. Wildscreen TV is quite file friendly, which I'm a fan of. It'll take any length and any size of video that you can throw at it with ease. The uploader supports multiple files at once and gives you ... http://www.intelmirc.com/2010/08/23/wildscreen-tv-lets-video-creators-cash-in-not-sel/