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- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent
- My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Intel: 32nm is just the beginning
- Intel hasn't released its 32nm Westmere processors yet, but executives spent the first day of the Intel Developer Forum IDF talking about technology even farther down road. In his keynote, executive VP Sean Maloney gave a glimpse of a desktop running Sandy Bridge, the new microarchitecture that comes after Westmere,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation
- Thank You M.J.I just read this with extreme interest. Thank you for the post and sharing this information."My first thought..If you cannot beat them, join them"The power of Open SourceYears ago Bill Gates himself criticized Open Source and the GPL Gnu Public License. Yet, Microsoft has finally realized the...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Sprintometer 3.0 (Windows)
- Sprintometer is a simple tool with modern GUI for SCRUM and Extreme Programming projects' tracking. Enhanced Burn-down with 95% statistical sector. Support for variable team size. Prediction of deviation from sprint/iteration plan. Export to Microsoft Excel for all charts and spreadsheets. Data in local file or in shared DB on...
- Software downloads 2009-08-06
- News to know: Amazon; Yahoo-Microsoft; Wireless carrier exclusivity; YouTube; Oracle; HP-IBRIX
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles Dana Blankenhorn: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09Adrian:Use Intel much?I appreciated your lineup, but noticed one glaring fact: while I can agree that Intel offers the best extreme processor in the i7 965 EE (for $1000), I noticed the glaring omission of any AMD parts. I think that if...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- Homebrewing isn't dead yet
- Homebrewing isn't dead yetShould be programs for asset re-use by big vendors for K-12I don't see why IBM, HP, Dell and a few others can't take off-lease near-EOL equipment for enterprises and re-distribute it to K-12 with a limited warranty for reclamation costs and for re-use in educational environments. The...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-09
- News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- About the Return on Investment of Test-Driven Development
- Test-driven development is one of the central techniques of Extreme Programming. However, the impact of test-driven development on the business value of a project has not been studied so far. The paper presents an economic model for the return on investment when using test-driven development instead of the conventional development...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- LG 42LG60
- LG 42LG60LG 42LG60my scores are as follows (0-10, 10 being great):PictureQuality: 9.5Inputs: 10.0Outputs: 0.0setup: 3.0fine tuning: 1.5user friendly: 2.0screen sizing: 2.0stand: 7.0instructions: 0.5RemoteControl: 1.5---------------------Total 37 out of 100 (average3.7) --------------------------------------------Pros: The picture is excellent. The quantity of INPUTS is GREAT. Has speakers around the TV and can simulatestereo. Color and contract...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-27
- Extreme Programming With Intel vPro Technology: Pushing the Limits With Innovative Software
- Intel Active Management Technology Intel AMT provides a fixed set of out-of-band manageability features that work independently of the operating system OS and work even when the computer is sleeping. This paper takes a look at how to make use of Intel AMT well beyond its intended design, and it...
- White papers 2008-12-23
- Toshiba 46XV545U
- Toshiba is trying to corner the market on "turns your standard-def into high-def!" hype. One recent attempt was the XD-E500 DVD player, which trumpeted funky and ultimately disappointing "XDE" video processing in attempt to lure buyers. Now there's the more elaborate "SRT Super Upconversion" moniker, which promises that "all your...
- Product reviews 2008-12-16
- ScrumTools 1.1 (Mobile)
- ScrumTools is a collection of agile software development utilities. Version 1 contains a stand-up meeting timer and planning poker cards. The daily 15 minute stand-up meeting is a key part of agile software development methodologies such as Scrum and eXtreme Programming XP. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to keep them...
- Software downloads 2008-11-26
- AMD's Extreme Makeover: What the new roadmaps reveal
- AMD's Extreme Makeover: What the new roadmaps revealAMD's roadmap to recoveryWhile AMD's new roadmap may seem out of reach to some it looks more realistic to this reader. They have the right mindset, this time around and I hope they not only stay on target but surpass it.We all stand...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- SpiraPlan 2.0.1 (Windows)
- SpiraPlan provides a complete Agile Project Management System in one package, that can manage your project's requirements, releases, iterations, tasks and issues in one environment, fully synchronized.Designed specifically to support agile methodologies such as Extreme Programming XP, Scrum, DSDM and Agile Unified Process AUP it allows teams to manage all...
- Software downloads 2008-10-30
- Priority Grid 1.0.1 (Mobile)
- You have to make it a priority or it doesn't get done ! What's your priority ? Features: The Priority Grid uses a system that highlights your top 3 priorities and the top 3 tasks that you need to work on to achieve your priorities. By maintaining your focus you...
- Software downloads 2008-10-08
- Motorola Renegade V950 (Sprint)
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- Product reviews 2008-09-22
- Dish Network TR-40 CRA
- Editors' note: This review is nearly identical to our review of the Dish Network DTVPal, as both products offer exactly the same functionality. However, since the TR-40 CRA costs less, CNET advises all buyers to go with the cheaper TR-40 CRA.Back at CES 2008, Dish Network promised to deliver a...
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" Handheld
- The current rumor-mongering seems to indicate that HTC's "Dream" will soon be making landfall in the US. Based on the initially leaked specs of this device, it still sounds like it doesn't do what I really would want it to do in order to replace by Blackberry 8820. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-24
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