![]() Red Hat to Host Second Life-like Virtual JBoss Trade Show (PC World) PC World - Red Hat is stealing a page from the Second Life playbook and will host an online conference for users and partners of its JBoss Java-based middleware products in which people will have their own avatars and can virtually attend a conference as if it was a live trade show. Publ.Date : Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:20:17 GMT Ballmer Releases Windows 7 Beta -- with Problems (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Now that the premature leak of Microsoft's Windows 7 beta is over, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the operating system officially available Wednesday -- but the release has a hitch. Ballmer announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that Microsoft was making the beta available immediately to MSDN, TechNet and TechBeta subscribers and to the rest of the world on Friday. Publ.Date : Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:26:54 GMT New Liquid Cools Hot Gaming PCs (PC World) PC World - Hardcore Computer has developed a new liquid to cool computer components inside a family of monstrous PCs it created for gamers, and the company hopes to attract interest for the coolant from other parts of the IT industry that grapple with heat, such as server makers. Publ.Date : Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:20:12 GMT |