:: Emerging Tech ::

The big news this week – so far – is Microsoft’s recent virtualization announcement. According to this article, Microsoft’s vision is to provide for a virtual environment from the data center to the desktop, according to internetnews.com.
Globe and Mail technology journalist and blogger Jack Kapica called this approach to virtualization “yet another revival of the […]

I don’t give stock advice because, duh, I’m not Warren Buffett. In fact, my key financial qualifications are an ability to use Quicken and a monthly contribution to two savings funds.
But if I did have spare cash — beyond the video arcade tokens in my junk drawer — I’d pay careful attention to any news […]

There’s been a USB 3.0 port sighting, according to Register Hardware, where a reporter noticed the ports when Asus demonstrated a new 15-inch laptop, the M50.
The USB 3.0 standard will add fiber-optic links to the traditional copper wires, according to this CNET News blog post from September. That will mean the redesigned USB 3.0 will […]

If you read about technology on a regular basis – and if you’re on this site, I’m guessing you do – then you would probably say Web 3.0 will be all about semantic technology. Essentially, we’re talking a context-smarter, integrated new frontier.
But as with Web 2.0 a year ago, it turns out the term “Web […]

Researchers have found a way to extend laptop battery time to 40 hours – literally, a full, legal work week – by using silicon nanowires for battery anodes, according to an article in Sci-Tech Today.
ZDNet quotes researcher Yi Cui as saying, “It’s not a small improvement. It’s a revolutionary development.”
Boy, is it! I know lots of […]