December 06, 2007
Music to our little ears – Vista SP1 released
According to Microsoft’s Vista Blog, they have just rolled out Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC). This release is now available to all of its SP1 beta release testers, subscribers to TechNet and the Microsoft Developer Network. The plan is to make the test software available to the public next week. So what changes are included…
December 05, 2007
Stealth’s LPC-350PCI LittlePC Nominated for Product of the Year
NASA Tech Briefs had recently chosen Stealth’s LPC-350PCI LittlePC as the October product of the month. Today we were notified that we have been selected as a product of the year finalist. Each winner of the monthly award is automatically in the running for the overall annual award. We are honored to be up against…
December 04, 2007
What is a Windows operating system downgrade?
Did you know that Microsoft Windows Vista can be downgraded to XP or even W2K? Depending on the type of license you own you may have the rights to user older versions of the operating systems. What is a downgrade? To Microsoft, “downgrade” explains the licensing rights it grants to older operating systems. Downgrade does…
November 29, 2007
Google talks with Stealth CEO Ed Boutilier
Recently the folks at Google interviewed Stealths CEO, Ed Boutilier about the benefits of using search on the stealth.com web portal. Stealths website features Googles latest search technology – coined Custom Search Business Edition (CSBE) 1) Why did you need Google Custom Search Business Edition (CSBE)?We needed a highly effective way of providing detailed search…
November 28, 2007
Where is Linux headed in 2008? – ask Linus
In an interview at Information Week Linus Torvalds the creator of Linux spills out his current excitement about the future of Linux Torvalds: “So a lot of the effort ends up being hardware-related. Both in terms of peripheral drivers and simply in platform changes. The bulk of the kernel really is about hardware support, and…
November 26, 2007
Will 2008 be the year of the SSD (Solid State Drive)?
SSD Technology is hot. Not to mean they run hot. Solid state hard drives have been around for years but only used in specialized applications where traditional storage media would not fly. With the diminishing prices of flash memory these hard drives are finding their way into many applications where in the past the cost…