on Life and Livingness - by Tom » Computers

98% of Email is Now Spam

Tom — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:05:13 +0000

If you think you are getting a lot of spam, it’s official, you are correct! More…

Strangest Beep Code – Possibly Ever

Tom — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:03:11 +0000

A PC Mechanic article on computer beep codes here…

Surface Computing Has Arrived

Tom — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:01:02 +0000

A fascinating audio-visual look at the latest technology here…

Faster Chips Are Leaving Programmers in Their Dust

Tom — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:55:16 +0000

When he was chief executive of Intel in the 1990s, Andrew S. Grove would often talk about the “software spiral” — the interplay between ever-faster microprocessor chips and software that required ever more computing power. The potential speed of chips is still climbing, but now the software they run is having trouble keeping up. More…