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CES Tidbits

Posted by michael on from the like-being-there-minus-the-swag dept.

Various newsbits from the Consumer Electronics Show: Verizon promises cell phone TV; USB flash drives get more useful; Transmeta promises a fanless media center device, sometime; things you can stick on your iPod; and a tech site offers a photographic overview of day 0 of the convention.

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  1. Top 10 Reasons to Move to Windows 2000 Professiona by Stop+the+war+now! · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Top 10 Reasons to Move to Windows 2000 Professional
    1. Value. The number one reason to move to Windows 2000 Professional is the overall value it offers your business. As this list proves, Windows 2000 Professional can help you reduce costs through improved management and increase productivity through improved reliability and ease of use. For example, analysis conducted at Credit Suisse First Boston predicted that using Windows® 2000 Professional could reduce the firm's directly related IT costs by 15 percent, as well as improve employee productivity by cutting computer-related unproductive time by as much as 41 percent. For more about return on investment, see these reports from Giga Information Group, Inc. and Arthur Andersen.
    2. Reliability. An essential requirement for business users is a personal computer they can count on. That's why Windows 2000 Professional includes fundamental improvements--such as modifications to the operating system core to prevent crashes and the ability for the operating system to repair itself--that make it the most reliable desktop operating system Microsoft has ever produced. On comparative reliability tests conducted by ZD Labs, the average system uptime of Windows 2000 Professional was over 50 times that of Windows 98 and 17 times that of Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
    3. Mobility. Mobile computing is simpler and more efficient with Windows 2000 Professional. This means you can work anywhere, anytime while also saving time and increasing productivity. As described in these news articles, Finally, a Notebook OS and Mobile Users In Love with Win2K, Windows 2000 Professional offers mobile users key productivity and time-saving features, including the ability to hibernate and restart the system without a reboot and the ability to easily take files and folders offline.
    4. Manageability. Windows 2000 Professional is easier to deploy, manage, and support. Centralized management utilities, troubleshooting tools, and support for self-healing applications all make it simpler for administrators and users to deploy and manage desktop and laptop computers. These improvements pay off in reduced costs, as illustrated by this Eastman Chemical total cost of ownership analysis.
    5. Performance. The advancements made throughout Windows 2000 Professional are accentuated by the operating system's speed. As shown in ZD Labs tests running the most popular business applications, with 64 MB of RAM, Windows 2000 was 32 percent faster than Windows 95 and 27 percent faster than Windows 98. It is also significantly faster than Windows NT 4.0 on configurations with 32 MB of RAM.
    6. Security. Windows 2000 Professional provides comprehensive security features to protect your sensitive business data, both locally on your desktop computer and as it is transmitted over your local area network, phone lines, or the Internet. With its support for Internet-standard security features such as IP Security, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, and Virtual Private Networking, Windows 2000 is so secure that banks, such as Credit Suisse First Boston, use it. For some organizations, such as the law firm Dorsey & Whi
  2. Windows 2000 by Stop+the+war+now! · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating system is the ideal platform for the next generation of business computing and addresses the full range of customers' computing needs, from laptops and desktops to high-end clustered servers. The operating system helps organizations Internet-enable their business with a reliable, manageable infrastructure that is optimized for existing and emerging hardware.

    Windows 2000 Professional is the operating system for desktops and notebooks for all sizes of business. Windows 2000 Server is an entry-level solution for running more reliable and manageable file, print, intranet, communications and infrastructure services. Windows 2000 Advanced Server includes additional functionality to enhance availability and scalability of e-commerce and line-of-business applications.

  3. corepirate nazi execrable felons still at it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what a surprise?

    lookout bullow.

    all is not lost.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators, making things wwwork since/until forever. see you there?

  4. Huzzah for CES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm there as I write this...
    No, no... not There...
    Now I'm there, oh yeah

  5. They should have sent a photographer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just once I wish the people that put up these "Look at me I'm at Trade Show(n)" websites would actually know how to use a camera.

    Really. There are digital camera guides everywhere. Read one before you go, hell read one when you're on the plane, because really, your photography SUCKS.

  6. Re:Nyko's iPod movie player by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Dude, I don't want to second guess you and I really don't mean to be a dick here but I honestly believe that you should consider making some changes when you comes to your parenting.

    You are - in all seriousness - suggesting that your five-year-old needs an iPod with a video attachement. I do concurr with you that it's a cool gadget (and it attests to the expandability of the iPod). But for a five-year-old kid? Come on.

    A small child doesn't need ~$600 or so worth of electronic equipment. All a child of that age needs is it's imagination. Motivate your kids to do something besides watching DVDs and playing games. You need to show them that there's cool stuff out there, that there's an alternative to just staring at a screen.

    Trust me, it's harder than using a DVD player as a fallback babysitter but it pays off over time. Twenty years later, your kids will be very thankful for showing them an alternative to watching DVDs for hours on end (not flaming, just saying).

    Besides, should you choose that watching DVDs is right for your kids (hey, who am I to tell you what to do with your offspring), do yourself a favor and buy a cheap DVD viewer. You can get them at Walmart for at lot less than this device (let alone, an iPod plus this device) and they play DVD+/-Rs.