I recently purchased the thermaltake notebook cooling pad. When searching for a notebook cooler portability was the main deciding factor. I needed something i could throw into my notebook bag and use whenever and where ever. I stumbled onto the the Thermaltake iXoft notebook pad. I have been using this pad for about a month and absolutly love it. Here is a quick run down of the good and the bad.

Green computing, the study and practice of efficient and eco-friendly computing resources, is now under the attention of not only environmental organizations, but also businesses from other industries. In recent years, companies in the computer industry have come to realize that going green is in their best interest, both in terms of public relations and reduced costs. This article will take a look at several green initiatives currently under way in the computer industry, as well as issues that have been raised regarding these initiatives. We will also have a talk with VIA to learn more about the future of green computing.

Microsoft has been told to fork over $140m because Windows XP and certain versions of Microsoft Office require more than one activation code.

You see, there are patents on the use of more than one activation code, and they're held by a clever company in Michigan that has successfully sued the bejesus out of the Redmond software giant.

On November 16, The Associated Press reports, a federal appeals court ordered Microsoft to unload $140m on the tiny z4 Technologies, upholding the decision of a lower court.

Currently, Microsoft penalizes Windows Vista users who fail to activate their operating system software within 30 days.

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) on Tuesday said it will cease hobbling Windows Vista installations that fail the company's validation processes in its forthcoming Service Pack 1 update, scheduled for next year.

The standby and hibernate modes in Microsoft's Windows XP and the sleep mode in Vista are meant to be great time-savers. But too often a sleeping PC wakes up on its own--or doesn't awaken when you want it to.

Comcast lowered its 2008 revenue perspectus by 12%.  This change comes from economic and competitive pressures.  Decline in the housing market as hurt Comcast in finding new customers.  Competition from Verizon communications has hurt Comcast as well, also from ongoing efforts from dish network companies.   This outlook sent comcast's stocks down by %10.  In the third quarter, Comcast posted a 54 percent drop in quarterly profit as it lost more basic video subscribers than expected. 

 "We believe the vast majority of the reductions are due to competition," said Richard Greenfield, an analyst at Pali Research. "Comcast simply did not expect the level of competitive marketing spend that has occurred this year."

 priovided via Reuters 

    A lot of people get out of college with a computer science degree and don't want to be a systems admin or a programmer, they ask themselves did i just waste 4 or 8 years and piled on enough debt that my grandkids will be paying it off?  What do you do then, here are 10 hot jobs right now that aren't the traditional computer career. 

1. Environmental Simulations Developer

2. Video Game Developer.

3. Bioinformatics Simulations Modeling.

4. 3D Animation Technician.

5. Internet Entrepreneur.

6. Medical Modeling Systems Developer and Technician.

8. Website Network Manager / Administrator.

9. Training Software Developer.

10. Visual and Audio Content Producers.

Check out http://www.computermajors.com/10-hot-computer-jobs for the complete article 

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