HP's first 13.3-inch Pavilion vs. the competition
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:34:18 -0700
HP is shipping its first laptop with a 13.3-inch widescreen display. The HP Pavilion dv3500t series is already available on HP's site starting at $1,000, and a slightly higher-end configuration, the dv3520nr, is available for pre-order at Best Buy for $1,200. Other sites have reported that this model will be...
A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve?
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:22:06 -0700
It sounds like Microsoft has yet another Professional Developers Conference PDC announcement percolating -- beyond the Windows 7, Oslo, cloud OS (Red Dog/Zurich) and Mesh Platform stuff about which the company already has been dropping hints. by Mary Jo Foley
Google talks efficient data centers
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:18:32 -0700
Google is known as a search titan, but its real business is running data centers. On Wednesday, Google handed out a few key tips as it touted its data center efficiency and sustainability efforts. In a blog post, Google's senior vice president of operations Urs Hölzle outlined...
Apple strikes back against Psystar, asks for counterclaim to be dismissed
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:17:23 -0700
Apple has hit back against claims made by Mac-clone maker Psystar that the company is operating in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act and will be asking the U.S. District Court judge to dismiss to dismiss the counterclaim. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
Microsoft HealthVault offers the nickel tour
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:08:55 -0700
Nolan insists that "third party applications" will be what get HealthVault over the top, and it's in making those available that he hopes the system will prove its value. by Dana Blankenhorn
Student Technology Day: "Windows Cloud" revealed
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:47:18 -0700
Steve Ballmer was next door in the Queen Elizabeth Hall talking to the TechNet/TechEd people about Office Live, and mentioning that there would be a major announcement at the PDC on the 27th October. Once he finished there, he popped next door and told us a similar thing. ...
Local TeX User Groups - List of Local TeX User Groups (LUGs) at TUG.
Meta Description: [ Nederlandstalige TeX Gebruikersgroep ]
TUG - The North American (and international) TeX user group. Publishes TUGboat.
AsTEX - Association for the distribution of scientific software related to TeX. Information about the association, distributions, documentation and meetings. Site in English and French.
ÍsTeX - Icelandic TeX User Group. Information about typesetting Icelandic material.
CyrTUG - Cyrillic TeX group. Information about the group, CyrTUG-emTeX Package and BaKoMa TeX.
Greek TeX Friends Group - The official Greek Local Users Group committed to the promotion of Greek document typesetting by TeX. Information about the group. Site in Greek and English.
Meta Description: [ GTF is the local TeX Users Group in Greece, The Greek TeX Friends Group is the local TeX Users Group (TeX LUG) in Greece. ]
GUST - Polish TEX Users Group. In English and Polish. Fonts, archives,meetings.
Meta Description: [ Witaj w naszym Serwisie! ]
HunTeX - The Hungarian TeX Users Group. Site in English and Hungarian. Held at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Debrecen.
Indian TeX Users Group (TUGIndia) - Information about the group, events and projects.
Meta Description: [ The TeX Users Group (TUG) was
founded in 1980 to provide leadership for users of TeX, Donald Knuth's
revolutionary typesetting system.
It represents the interests of TeX users worldwide. ]
Nordic TeX User Group - Information about the user group, adaption of (La)TeX to the Nordic languages and shortly about TeX and LaTeX in general.
NTG - Nederlandse TeX Gebruikersgroep - Dutch language oriented TeX Users Group. Meetings, 4tex distribution, publications.
Meta Description: [ Dutch language Oriented TeX Users Group ]
TeXCeH - Slovenian TeX User Group. Site mainly in Slovenian, some English.
UK TeX Users' Group - Information about the group, membership and an occasional newsletter, Baskerville.
We get asked about wig styling a lot, so here is the first part of hopefully several instructional videos our fine group...