Hot Technologies for 2008

Posted on January 10th, 2008 webmaster No comments          Print

Computerworld published this article a couple of weeks ago about the 8 technologies that experts think will be very hot this year. Here’s the list:

1. Virtualization
2. Automation
3. Integration
4. Real-time Collaboration (tools such as Google Docs)
5. Web 2.0 (blogs, wikis)
6. Ideation (I honestly have never heard of this term used in technology before, but it sounds like it’s basically just a tool where people post ideas and work on them)
7. Consumer-oriented devices
8. Unified Communications

We’re actually working on Unified Communications right now, it’s a pretty big project, so it’s good to know it made it in the list. Good stuff.

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Connectors Unveiled

Posted on January 9th, 2008 webmaster No comments          Print

Reg Hardware posted some pictures and diagrams of the connectors for the upcoming version of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) shown at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2008) in Las Vegas. USB 3.0, also known as ‘SuperSpeed’ USB, will be able to transfer data at speeds of up 4.8Gb/s, ten times faster than the current Hi-Speed USB 2.0 standard (480Mb/s).

USB 3.0 will be backwards-compatible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0. It is expected to be released later this year.

Open Command Window Here

Posted on January 8th, 2008 webmaster No comments          Print

This small program from Microsoft lets you open a command window (cmd.exe) by right-clicking on a folder or a shortcut to a folder.  When you right-click on a folder, you will see an additional option  named ‘Open Command Window Here’ and that would open a command window with the path already set to that folder.

Download it here (515KB)