Computers-Plus

Google has responded to waves of criticism over its new Buzz service, the most prevalent of which focused on the feature that caused all mail contacts to be automatically followed, a potential privacy violation. The changes seem to have mollified most objectors, though some remain unconvinced.

If you’re like most of the 176 million Gmail users, last week on Tuesday you woke up and Buzz was just there. You didn’t sign up for it. You weren’t really prompted about it or directed to a page with much explanation or settings. Read more…

Nigeria’s AMB Multiserve to Install a Cisco Wireless Network at the University of Lagos for Mobility, Collaboration and Unified Communications

(L-R) Mr. Soji Romeo, CEO AMB Multiserve, Professor Tolu Odugbemi, Vice Chancellor University of Lagos and Mr. Richard Edet, General Manager, Cisco Nigeria at the launch ceremony to mark the implementation of the Wireless Network based on the Cisco Unified Wireless Network at the University of Lagos recently.

LAGOS, Nigeria, February 11, 2010 – Cisco announced today that AMB Multiserve in Nigeria is to deploy a Cisco® Unified Wireless Network that will connect more than 40,000 staff and students at the University of Lagos across its three campuses.

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Word has it that Palm has told Foxconn to stop all production of CDMA Pre and Pre Plus smartphones, which currently see action from Sprint and Verizon, respectively. This temporary suspension applies to the month of February only, and it seems that nobody else knows whether shipment will resume from March onwards. Other quarters claim that Palm has issued this directive not because it is in trouble, but due to the Chinese New Year holidays. Do you buy that story from Palm?

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Looking over all the chip announcements in the past week, I’m struck by the big differences in how AMD and Intel are approaching their upcoming chips, both for servers and for desktops.

Both companies want their chips to be faster and more power efficient, both will be creating six-core desktop chips this year, and both will be integrating graphics into their mainstream desktop and mobile processors. (Intel already has.) But AMD seems to be talking more about efficiencies within individual processor cores, while Intel is emphasizing multithreading and additional features built into the chips.

Of course, Intel has always emphasized its lead in process technology: the ability to produce transistors on ever-smaller nodes, such as its current shipment of 32nm processors.

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