Program empowers women in work force

Program empowers women in work force
Quincy Herald-Whig - Women in the YWCA's supportive housing program already face plenty of hurdles in rebuilding a life for themselves and their children. Doing so without the computer skills often required in today's workplaces only adds to the challenge. But a new

Linux coders tackle power efficiency
CNET News - New versions of Linux are being endowed with a "tickless" kernel that forsakes traditional computer time-keeping in an effort to keep the processor in a somnolent, low-power state. Power efficiency is something every operating system could use. For

New Era of 'Desktop Supercomputing' Made Possible with Parallel
Forbes - Parallel processing is an approach that allows the computer to perform many different tasks simultaneously, a sharp contrast to the serial approach employed by conventional desktop computers. The prototype developed by Uzi Vishkin and his Clark

Update to make Plaxo 'Switzerland of personal information'?
ZDNet - Now Plaxo is going head to head with social networks, which, rather than forming links between computer address books, link people online through their shared media interests--based on what they write or the photos and video they choose to share.

Disney's 'Magic Gourd' is Chinese take on universal tale of wanting
International Herald Tribune - The film, a combination of live action and computer animation, is the first-ever Disney-branded movie made outside of Hollywood. The Chinese-language film is currently slated for release only in China and other parts of Asia, but could be shown

GenevaLogic Unveils On-Sight, Software for Providing a Safe Computer
Forbes - Today at the 2007 National Educational Computing Conference, GenevaLogic unveiled On-Sight, an innovative new tool that helps educators keep students safe when they use computers and the Internet during the school day. On-Sight monitors and records