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HiWEB-Interactive – Show #31 – From October 2nd 2008
Airing weekly Thursdays at 9p (PST) – And available on LIVE.HIWEB.NET as well as archived
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-Hot News Topics this week
(*Prepped 24 Hours Prior)
1 -
Microsoft will soon release 'Windows Cloud' OS
2 -
Scientists succeed in spoofing GPS signals
3 -
Adobe begs Apple to allow Flash on iPhone, again
4 -
SanDisk feeds mobile phones 16GB of tasty storage
5 -
Windows 7 Arriving Early, Microsoft to Show Off New OS
6 -
Hoping Apple’s ‘Brick’ Is First All-Screen Laptop
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Ballmer says Microsoft will soon release 'Windows Cloud' OS –
Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer revealed a few details on Wednesday of a forthcoming operating
system that will help developers write Internet-based applications.
Within a month, Microsoft will unveil what Ballmer called "Windows Cloud." The
operating system, which will likely have a different name, is intended for
developers writing cloud-computing applications, said Ballmer, speaking in
London to an auditorium of IT managers at a Microsoft-sponsored conference.
Cloud computing
is a term often applied to programs that are presented in a Web browser, but the
actual computing is performed at a distant
data center.
Ballmer was short on details, saying more information would spoil the
announcement. Windows Cloud is a separate project from Windows 7, the operating
system Microsoft is developing to succeed Windows Vista.
Companies such as Google and Salesforce.com have embraced the concept of
delivering software over the Internet, as it can mean lower costs and less
maintenance for those who use the applications.
Microsoft, which has built its fortunes on desktop-based software, has been
anxious to show it also has plans for adapting its software for the Internet.
Ballmer was quick to point out that Microsoft doesn't envision products such as
the Office productivity suite to move entirely off desktop PCs and onto the
Internet.
But Microsoft is working on a service that would let people do "light editing"
of Office documents at places such as a public Internet kiosk, Ballmer said.
"That's all I can say on that," Ballmer said. "Otherwise, we have no drum-roll
announcement in a month."
Microsoft is developing online components for many of its products such as its
SharePoint collaboration software; the Exchange e-mail server and its Dynamics
Customer Relationship Management software, Ballmer said.
Microsoft calls its strategy "software plus services," where its core
applications
are augmented by Web-based functionality.
Microsoft has been facing increasing pressure from
Google,
which offers a Web-based productivity suite called Google Docs and Spreadsheets.
Ballmer was dismissive of Google, saying Docs and Spreadsheets has "relatively
low usage" and that users want richer features in an office software package.
"We want software more powerful than software that runs in a browser," Ballmer
said.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/100108-ballmer-microsoft-will-soon-release.html?hpg1=bn
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2
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Scientists succeed in spoofing GPS signals –
Here's a story to send a shiver down the spine of anyone who relies on their GPS
sat nav or mobile. Scientists at Cornell University have managed to trick a GPS
receiver into accepting signals from rogue transmitters instead of the genuine
orbiting satellites.
It took a year of electronic tinkering, but boffins today demonstrated how a
phony receiver could be placed near a navigation device, where it would track,
modify, and retransmit the signals from the GPS satellite constellation.
Gradually, the victim navigation device would accept the counterfeit navigation
signals.
Burn your sat nav immediately
"GPS is woven into our technology infrastructure, just like the power grid or
the water system," said Professor Kintner, director of the Cornell GPS
Laboratory. "If it were attacked, there would be a serious impact." Mums lost on
the way to Iceland, salesmen slightly late for meetings, geeks disorientated in
PC World, that kind of thing.
The US government has been worried about GPS spoofing since at least 2003, when
it published seven possible counter-measures against such attacks. "We're fairly
certain we could spoof all of these, and that's the value of our work," said one
of the Cornell researchers.
If my pizza delivery guy is late again, I'm blaming these guys. But I still want
my free garlic bread.
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3
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Adobe begs Apple to allow Flash on iPhone, again -
Oh, wouldn't it be splendid to live in a world where we could have the entire
Internet in our pockets, as well as all the rollerskating dogs and
seizure-inducing banner ads that come along with it? Adobe sure thinks so, as
its Senior Director of Engineering, Paul Betlem, made another pass at
practically begging Apple to come over to the dark side.
At the
Flash on the Beach 08 conference
in Brighton, UK, Betlem took another public shot at sinking Adobe's claws
further into Apple's mobile OS. "My team is working on Flash on the iPhone,"
Betlem reminded attendees. He also restated that "it's a closed platform."
Thanks, Captain Obvious.
Betlem told those listening that Apple makes all the decisions, but apparently
didn't say much about whether any performance progress had been made since Steve
Jobs
slammed both Flash and Flash Lite
at a shareholder's meeting in March. Jobs says Flash runs too slowly on the
iPhone, and Flash Lite is simply "not capable of being used with the web."
These comments haven't deterred Adobe from pushing the matter, however, as it
claimed back in June that it
has a version of Flash running
in Apple's iPhone Simulator. Adobe hasn't commented on how well that
version runs, but if Flash's persistently dreadful performance on Mac OS X is
any indication, my personal money is on a performance rating of "Martha, get mah
shotgun." But hey, at least Adobe is ready with a proprietary Internet
technology for a (admittedly proprietary) device that focuses on web standards.
The Flash on iPhone "thing" has been a
constant
thread
since the original iPhone landed. At least, like, a hundred guys weren't able to
use one to play that one awesome Flash game
Albino Blacksheep.
Talk picked up in recent months, however, after Microsoft announced that
it licensed both Flash Lite and Reader LE
for the Windows Mobile OS and all OEMs. Microsoft's Silverlight, it seems,
remains to be the poor freshman who couldn't score a date for the prom.
Joking aside, we are, of course, aware of the fact that far more than 100 guys
want Flash on the iPhone, and for a bit more than silly games. However, there is
ultimately the matter of the iPhone SDK rules to contend with. Apple has yet to
show a sliver of mercy in its ban of application runtime environments from the
iPhone OS. If Apple conceded to a company even as large as Adobe, the company
would have to open a virtual Pandora's box to other platforms that would
undoubtedly vie for the same opportunity. Call us crazy, but at the very least,
we figure Apple has
plenty
of
other
problems
to deal with right now.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/30/adobe-begs-apple-to-allow-flash-on-iphone-again
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4
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SanDisk feeds mobile phones 16GB of tasty storage -
SanDisk announced its latest storage products for mobile phones and MP3 players.
The new microSD and M2 cards are now available in 16GB capacity. At 16GB, the
microSDHC and M2 cards are the world's largest capacity removable storage for
mobile phones.
The new cards will fit into the company's line of M2 and microSDHC products that
offers 4GB, 8GB, and now 16GB capacities. The cards will also work inside any
MP3 player that supports the formats, like SanDisk's own Sansa players.
According to the company, the 16GB cards will be available starting in November
exclusively at Best Buy Mobile and Verizon Wireless. Retail prices will be
$99.99 for the microSDHC card and $129.99 for the M2 card.
It's nice to see SanDisk is still bringing new products to market with all the
buyout drama that has been circling the firm. Failed talks with Samsung over
acquisition have been widely reported. It's also interesting to note that Best
Buy Mobile is one of the new services that Best Buy rolled out over the year,
despite the company's weakening financial status. Best Buy announced that it had
completed rolling Best Buy Mobile out to all of its stores across the country
during the last quarter. The rollout, however, hasn't yet made a major
difference in the company's situation, as the retail giant missed
earnings
projections for the quarter.
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5
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Windows 7 Arriving Early, Microsoft to Show Off New OS on October 28
-
As
the rumors predicted,
Microsoft is indeed planning to debut Windows 7 ahead of schedule. The company
will take the wraps off Windows 7 on October 28, when Senior Vice President of
Windows Steven Sinofsky will
show off the next-generation OS
during a keynote at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference in Los
Angeles.
Developers attending the conference will go home with a pre-beta copy of Windows
7, which means you can expect to find the OS burning up a torrent tracker near
you about ten minutes later.
As for what you can expect, look for evolutionary, not revolutionary changes.
Leaked screenshots posted earlier this month showed an interface that looks much
like Vista, and official previews from the
Windows 7 blog
confirm those suspicions.
Windows 7 will be based on the same kernel that’s in Vista, though Microsoft has
promised the usual “enhancements” as well as possible speed bumps. While the OS
may not have too much to offer in the way of exciting new features, there is one
upside — Windows 7 probably won’t require you to pony up for new hardware.
The recycled kernel also means your external devices should remain compatible
(provided, of course, Vista drivers are already there).
So far we really know more about what won’t be in Vista’s successor than what
will. For instance Microsoft has already said that that many of its baked-in
software offerings — Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker
—
won’t be part of Windows 7.
Instead, the company plans to push the
Windows Live equivalents
as downloadable add-ons.
If you’re dying to know what the Windows 7 desktop looks like, Microsoft’s
corporate blog has some previews in a post that covers what Starting, Launching
and Switching will look like in the new system (hint: a lot like Vista).
While we’ll have to wait until Sinofsky shows it in action next month, at least
for now, our suspicion is that Microsoft is following the lead of Apple and many
Linux distros, which have also shifted focus lately from new features to making
sure that existing features “just work.” While it may not make for tons of
excitement, it just might make for a better operating system.
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Windows_7_Arriving_Early__Microsoft_to_Show_Off_New_OS_on_October_28
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6
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Hoping Apple’s ‘Brick’ Is First All-Screen Laptop -
Here’s hoping that Apple’s feverishly-anticipated “Brick” project is the world’s
first all-screen laptop — like this
mockup of the OLPC version 2
by designer Yves Behar.
There’s slim chance, of course, but I for one would love a computing device like
this: A hybrid iPhone-meets-Macbook-Air that would put hot netbooks like the
EeePC to shame.
Apple’s “Brick” would be a hybrid laptop/tablet/ebook that dispenses with a
physical keyboard and trackpad in favor of a virtual, adaptive UI that blends
multitouch, gestures and its own orientation to switch between different modes:
Laptop
— When the Brick is held horizontally with the two screens at an angle, the
bottom screen turns into a virtual keyboard and touchpad. There’s no tactile
feedback for touch typists, but never mind, corrective text handily makes up for
the myriad errors. The top screen acts like a regular laptop screen, except that
it also is touch sensitive, and is responsive to multitouch gestures like
double-tap to zoom, pinching and scrolling.
Tablet
— When the two halves are opened fully they snap together in the middle to make
a tablet with a continuous touch-sensitive screen. This mode is best for surfing
the web, browsing and editing photos, and displaying mind-altering music
visualizers.
eBook
— Like laptop mode but held vertically. Each screen transforms into an
electronic page for easy reading. Displays eBooks, eMags or specially laid out
websites. Readers navigate by swiping the screen to turn the pages.
Tabletop
— Like tablet mode but for two people. When an onscreen button is pushed, the
screens are oriented for two users sitting opposite each other. Great for
collaborative tasks and especially games.
And why’s it called “Brick”? Because it smashes Windows!
http://cultofmac.com/hoping-apples-brick-is-first-all-screen-laptop/3230
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- Viewer Questions
(*Troubleshooting,
New Tech, Etc.)
How can I lookup my current IP address on my Windows Mobile Device?
vxUtil (Personal) is a suite of network/internet utilities
Windows CE, Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2002 and Windows Mobile 2003 / 5.0 / 6
Network/Internet Utilities
The Product =
vxUtil (Personal) for Windows CE
Utilities include:
DNS Audit
DNS Lookup
Finger
Get HTML
Info
IP Subnet Calculator
Password Generator
Ping
Ping Sweep
Port Scanner
Quote
Time Service
Trace Route
Wake On LAN
Whois
vxUtil (Personal) operates on all Windows CE-based Handheld, Handheld Pro,
Palm-size and Pocket PCs and requires Windows CE 2.0 (or later).
How much is vxUtil (Personal) ?
vxUtil (Personal) is FREE for personal use.
http://www.cam.com/vxutil_pers.html
Or Product =
vxIPConfig for Windows Mobile
vxIPConfig is an IP configuration tool for the Pocket PC 2002 and Windows Mobile
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Features include:
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-View IP, ICMP, TCP and UDP statistics
-Release/Renew the adapter's DHCP lease
http://www.cam.com/vxipconfig.html
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-New Technology to keep an
Eye On
(Auto
Tech, Alt. Fuel, Environment, Hacking, High Tech, etc…)
1
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Slimming Down Flat-Screen TV Power Use -
LCD and plasma TVs are actually more efficient per square inch than those
old-fashioned CRT screens. But that doesn't mean they consume less electricity.
In fact, simply because they are, on average, so much more gigantic than old
CRTs, they consume far more electricity.
Your average 42 inch plasma TV will probably be eating up more power than your
refrigerator over the course of a year's use. And that's just the use, nevermind
all of the mining, packaging, processing and shipping that go into them before
they arrive.
But while manufacturers once competed only on price, size and contrast ratio, a
fourth important factor is finally emerging among television purchase points:
efficiency.
GreenTechMedia
was in Japan this week covering the Ceatec conference, where efficiency is being
touted left and right.
Sony had a 42-inch LCD TV from 2005 sitting next to a 42-inch LCD TV from 2008.
The only difference: the 2005 one consumed 131 watts while the 2008 consumed 57
watts. And that's just the beginning. Manufacturers across the board are
planning on slashing power consumption by their televisions.
Sanyo hopes to reduce power consumption in their televisions by two thirds by
2011, and Sharp has a 26 inch LCD TV that consumes only 40 watts of power.
All of this is great news for the environment, but also great news for me. I
haven't yet bought an LCD TV. Though I've wanted one for some time, the
power requirements have been a complete deal-breaker for me. But now that
they're getting into the range of your average light bulb (and reducing the
vampire load) I'm getting pretty excited about my next upgrade.
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2169/74/
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2
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Self-Powered Light Switch Has No Wires -
There's a new way of wiring your lights...and it doesn't involve wires. Pretty
freakin' cool actually. Right now, your light switch has a physical connection
to your light. When you flip the switch, a circuit is completed and the light
turns on.
But connecting every light to every light switch basically requires twice as
much wiring for a house's lighting system. That's just dumb.
Since the advent of remote control, people have been trying to figure out a way
to have a light switch turn a light on and off without having to be physically
connected to the light. Unfortunately, this has always required some kind of
battery (to power the remote) and that battery would invariably die.
But now, EnOcean (a company that specializes in
pulling power from ambient sources)
has figured out a way to have the light switch be powered by you.
Every time you flip the switch, a tiny generator creates a tiny charge. That
tiny charge powers a tiny remote control that sends out a tiny signal that can
be received by the light. All from the "power" of your flipping. Pretty cool.
The first adopters of the technology will be folks looking to retrofit old
(possibly historically significant) buildings. But peel-and-stick,
no-wiring-needed electronics are needed everywhere...and having them be
self-powering is a true green innovation.
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2170/77/
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3
– Honda Planning Hybrid Motorcycle -
Can a hybrid engine be shrunk small enough to fit within the very narrow
confines of a motorcycle? Honda thinks it can do it and if I was going to bet
$700 billion of taxpayers' money on that gamble, I would place the bet on Honda.
The Japanese automaker says it is working on hybrid motorcycles and the first
models could be on the market within two years.
By 2011, Honda plans to take it even one step smaller and introduce scooters
with hybrid engines.
The problem with making hybrid motorcycles have been compacting all the
components of a hybrid engine and making it efficient enough in such a small
surface area that the vehicle can actually travel a decent distance.
The first roll out with the motorcycle will be for engine displacements between
200 and 1,000 cc and Honda claims the hybrid motorcycles will be 50 per cent
more fuel efficient. The automaker thinks production costs could be kept
reasonable by using common components in its current lines of hybrid cars and
motorcycles.
Next will be the electric scooters ranging from 50 to 125 cc.
The smaller electric motorcycles will only be able to run about 18 miles, or 30
kilometers, on one charge.
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2167/69/
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-Weekly
Picture
Int'l Space Sta. Astronauts w/Earth Backdrop [NASA]
STS-116 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first of three planned
sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction continues on the
International Space Station. Cook Strait divides New Zealand's North and South
Islands.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/165304main_image_feature_719_ys_full.jpg
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-116/html/s116e05983.html
-Tech Tip / Demo
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