http://blog.techgalaxy.net Sat, 10 May 2008 21:12:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another fascinating research story from University of Washington. I saw this article on Washington Post's Web site that I had to share. "Move over, Bionic Man. Engineers at the University of Washington in Seattle have come up with a nanotech device that Steve Austin would have loved: a contact lens that ... http://blog.techgalaxy.net/archives/307 The research activities at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle are often fascinating. I just read the other day that the UW, along with researchers from Harvard and UMass Amherst showed how it is possible for someone to extract patients' private medical infromation from implantable devices. Not only that, ... http://blog.techgalaxy.net/archives/306 The power management settings in Windows Vista can be centrally managed via Group Policy. However, natively the power management settings (monitor power management, system standby, and hibernate) in Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 cannot be centrally managed through Group Policies. Energy Star offers a free tool to network administrators ... http://blog.techgalaxy.net/archives/305 Jason Hiner, the Executive Editor of TechRepublic has written an interesting article Prediction: Microsoft will leapfrog Vista, release Windows 7 early, and change its OS business in which he states that "Microsoft will ultimately try to quell the embarrassing Windows Vista debacle by making a bold move with Windows 7 ... http://blog.techgalaxy.net/archives/304 As you may know, Windows Server 2008 Server Core is a minimal operating system that uses relatively little disk space (1 GB) and can improve security because there are fewer files installed and it makes the management easier because there is less fluff added to the Server Core. Server Core ... http://blog.techgalaxy.net/archives/303