BEIJING - Chinese ace gymnast Li Xiaopeng won the parallel bars gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, proving his strong comeback to the podium at the highest level.
It was the eighth Olympic title claimed by the Chinese gymantic team in the close contests in Beijing.
For Li, it was his second Olympic gold in parallel bars following the glory in the Sydney Games eight years ago.
BEIJING - China lifted the men’s Olympic team table tennis crown Monday after dowing European powerhouse Germany 3-0 in the final.
It was the second team title China claimed at Beijing table tennis tournament, 24 hours after the host’s women stood atop of the poduim. The gold medal was also the 18th China won since its national sport was introduced a medal sport at the 1988 Seoul Games.
Ubuntu is well known in user circles as the cool kids’ Linux. It’s available preinstalled on PCs and laptops from Dell Inc. and from numerous smaller computer vendors. What Ubuntu hasn’t been known as is a Linux distribution that matters to CIOs and IT managers. Things are changing.
Canonical Ltd., Ubuntu’s parent company, is finally taking serious action on its long-announced plans to become a serious enterprise Linux player. The Isle of Man-based Linux distributor isn’t just targeting data center servers, although that’s on its list.
Intel Corp. plans to extend the frequency ranges supported by its WiMax chipset next year beyond the 2.5GHz profile, according to a company executive.
WiMax support currently is an option with Intel’s Centrino 2 chip package for laptops, but Intel’s WiMax chipset only supports the version of the technology that uses 2.5GHz spectrum. This version of WiMax is being rolled out in the U.S., where operator Clearwire Inc. plans to launch services in three cities before the end of this year.
Apple Inc. updated the iPhone’s software Monday afternoon, but according to first reports posted to the company’s support forum, the new 2.0.2 firmware has not fixed users’ 3G reception problems.
As it did two weeks ago when it released iPhone 2.0.1, Apple gave no details of today’s update contents, stating only that it included “bug fixes.”
The story of Apple Inc.’s strong management may begin with CEO Steve Jobs, but it certainly doesn’t end there. Apple enjoys a deep bench of executive talent — one of the reasons the company has thrived in recent years. A complete list of the people critical to Apple’s success would fill page after page. Instead, Macworld focused on just a half-dozen executives. If you don’t already know their names, you probably should learn them now if you want to know how Apple got to where it is.
Intel has announced the Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification, revision 0.9, is now available for review, making USB 3.0 one step closer to reality. The news comes just ahead of the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco next week.
The price tag for IT and communications at the world’s biggest sporting event will run to around $400 million and use the expertise of thousands of IT managers and engineers.
Live testing has already started on systems for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, which officially run from Aug. 8-24.
The world just got a bit riskier for us “road warriors.” You see, there’s this perfect storm of risks lined up to make our lives a little more dangerous. Here’s why, and here’s what we can do to fight back.
In the last couple years, a new breed of mobile user has sprung up. Thanks in large part to the iPhone (and the iPhone-wannabees), the world now has a lot more mobile devices hungry for a live (and free) Wi-Fi connection. Sure, we’ve been using Wi-Fi for years, but at least for many of us, what was once the casual and even occasional laptop login has become a more convenient and far more frequent quick check for email, stock reports, headlines, etc.
1. Install Once and Forget It
Assuming you choose a stable release of your selected Linux distribution, you can, in all reality, install it and forget it. While I am not suggesting that you forget critical security updates by any means, the fact that Linux is just not on the radar for those with a malicious intent means that you can lock down a system for much longer with a lot more safety. You can go without running security updates as long as the PC in question is not connected to the Internet. For those PCs installed on the Internet, you will find that you will want to make sure that you keep those patches coming. It’s better to be safe than sorry.
