We have recently reported about Dell and Apple Notebooks getting forbidden in some airlines companies, or at least forced to be directed powered and not running on batteries anymore; as it was the case for Virgin Atlantic
As this decision was not really specific to a notebook model but encompassing all Dell and Apple notebooks, The company has revised its rules, it is now possible to use a notebook after a crew has ensured that the battery is not part of the recalled serial numbers.
Recently, Toshiba has also launched a battery recall, and Lenovo will probably have to do it after a ThinkPad burst into fire in an
airport .
Lâm has sent us a photo of the rules applied by Korean Airlines and defining which models are eligible to be used in a plane:
We have been testing 2 WD Raptor 150GB in a RAID 0 Stripping setting to evaluate the performance level of the OSX-integrated software RAID feature in a Mac Pro.
Remember, that a RAID 0 is intended for providing maximal data transfer speed and should be regularly back-up (everyday) to avoid loosing data in case on the disk fails.
Hereafter are the read/write performances of the original reference SATA HD 160GB (to avoid the HD cache effect the test was conducted with series of large test files):
Software RAID 0 with 2x 150GB Raptor:
The difference is huge and impressive, the overall behavior of the computer, original very reactive, is even improved; during the booting procedure, once the RAM test is completed the finder is almost immediately accessible.
But there is a side effect... the noise. The WD 150GB Raptor is already a relatively noisy HD, with such setting in RAID 0 the Mac Pro, originally a silent computer, becomes a HD scratching machine, sounding a bit like some cheap PCs... quite annoying with time.
Philips is battling with Taiwan-based optical disc makers to push them accepting a new licensing agreement named,
Veeza.
SO far, Ritek, CMC, ProDisk and Lead Data have refused to sign up this new CD-R licence. While this new licensing program might include a reduction in Philips royalty charge, it includes an obligation for manufacturers to provide detailed information on all CD-R disc shipments.
Manufacturer not agreeing with Veeza will not be able to ship their production to EU and USA.
Ritek has announced today to have accepted the Veeza licensing, at the same time Philips has announced a 41% reduction of its royalties for recordable DVD discs from US$0.06 to US$0.035; some analysts think that it represents a step toward extending Veeza from CD-R to recordable DVD discs.
It is all about the money and better tracking of CD/DVD media production
CenterStage, the OpenSource Media Center project for Mac is recruiting motivated developers to help them to pursuit this adventure.
Hereafter is quick message from Neil Curry, the webmaster and founder of CenterStage:
We have launched a recruitment drive to help push the project along,
there is now a Developers wanted section on the main site - including
what we need and a contact form.
http://centerstageproject.com/index.php
