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From Inforworld.com

These seven computing pitfalls aren’t going away any time soon. The solutions must come from hardware manufacturers, software vendors, and IT managers alike. Still, with luck, by recognizing the problems, we can avoid the most serious traps — while doing what we can to steer the industry toward a more efficient, enjoyable computing experience for all.

Culprit No. 1: Chip advances leave developers in the dust
Culprit No. 2: Code bloat abounds
Culprit No. 3: Usability remains an afterthought
Culprit No. 4: Security saps system performance
Culprit No. 5: Lack of standards stifles agility
Culprit No. 6: Centralizing IT gives rise to bureaucracy
Culprit No. 7: Computing trends overburden the network

 Read more at 7 reasons for sloooow software

Researchers at Microsoft and Mitsubishi are developing a new touch-screen system that lets people type text, click hyperlinks, and navigate maps from both the front and back of a portable device. A semitransparent image of the fingers touching the back of the device is superimposed on the front so that users can see what they’re touching.

Learn more about this at Two-sided Touchscreen

Comment: Never thought this could happen! Cool…

A genetically engineered microbial protein could mean better data storage.

By Amitabh Avasthi

By using lasers to etch data onto microbial proteins, researchers at the University of Connecticut may have demonstrated a way to produce rewritable holographic memory. Holographic memory stores data in three dimensions instead of two and could make data retrieval hundreds of times faster. The first holographic-memory systems have recently come to market, but they do not yet feature discs rewritable in real time.

Learn more about this at Rewritable Holographic Memory

The X5365 and L5335 processors are designed for companies running high-performance server and workstation applications, with a particular focus on the financial sector.

Read more about this at Intel’s new Xeon

Here are five ways to avoid PC disasters. If you do only four of them, you’re courting danger. Security Step One is a Full Backup.

1. Back Up Your Software
2. Make an Emergency Disk
3. Defrag Your Hard Drive
4. Block the Bad Guys
5. Another Networking Fix

Learn more at Five Steps to Protecting Your System

The cost of upgrading to Windows Vista is forcing more organizations to evaluate alternatives including Apple Macs and Linux for the desktop.

Half of silicon.com’s 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said the Vista factor is likely to lead to an increase in Macs on the desktop in the corporate computing environment.

Read more at Will Vista cause a switch to Macs, Linux?

Wed Jul 4, 2007 10:28PM EDT

By Baker Li and Rhee So-eui

TAIPEI/SEOUL (Reuters) - A new generation of super-thin, power-sipping displays is making its way to the market, stretching battery lives to new limits and perhaps one day posing a challenge to heavier, energy-gobbling LCDs.

Read more about this at New generation of lighter displays

By Lynn Tan, ZDNet AsiaFriday , June 29 2007 03:04 PM

Mobile device users will have to wait at least another five years before they can hope to cut the electricity power cord and have their laptops or cell phones charged wirelessly, says an IDC analyst.

Read more at Want wireless power? Not so fast.

From a weblog by Tom Coates

 Comments: For Mac newbies, and long-time Mac users who aren’t exactly the techie sort.

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From Indiana University, University Information Technology Services 

Comments: You’ll need a bit of know to understand everything, but if you’re gonna be using a mac for life, it’s probably good to get down to knowing.

In Mac OS X, repeated crashes in a particular application could have several possible causes, such as corrupted files or corrupted applications.

Learn the whole lot at What can I do if my application keeps crashing