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- News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm
- 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. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- News to know: Adobe; Sergey Brin; Apps.gov; Oracle; Facebook
- 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: Adobe to acquire Ominture; CEO calls move a 'game-changer' Larry Dignan: Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players...
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for others
- Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for othersPrices went back to normalIt looks to me that apple just reset their prices to what they were a little over a year ago... aka, still too pricy... they may be a hundred dollars cheaper here or there, but the 17"...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Is Psystar planning a netbook?
- Is Psystar planning a netbook?P-pod MP3 playerWhatever happened to the P-pod MP3 player that Psystar was going to come out with? :-)RE: Is Psystar planning a netbook?If Apple blocks this attempt, they'd better hurry to fill this gap in the tiny-and-less-than-$600 space in the market themselves. My kids both have...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- HP files appeal in Cornell patent dispute case
- Hewlett Packard said today that it has filed an appeal in a patent dispute case with Cornell University and the Cornell Research Foundation. Statement Last month, the U.S. District Court reduced the amount that an earlier jury imposed from $184 million to $53 million in favor of...
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- HP LP2275w
- Thanks in part to its accurate color reproduction, the 22-inch HP LP2275w achieved the highest marks in our performance tests we've seen yet, beating out the $799 Dell Crystal and trouncing the $239 Gateway HD2201. The monitor includes a full host of ergonomic features, including screen rotation, pivoting, and...
- Product reviews 2008-12-18
- SOA Software acquires respository and governance vendor LogicLibrary
- SOA Software, a provider of governance solutions for services-oriented architecture SOA, has acquired LogicLibrary, a leading SOA repository and governance vendor. The acquisition of the Pittsburgh, Pa.-based LogicLibrary by Los Angeles-based SOA Software creates a more comprehensive SOA governance and automation solution, said the companies. The goal...
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- News to know: Ubuntu; Microhoo; IT scapegoats; XP; Google
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo Microsoft should walk away from Yahoo WSJ: Ballmer's big choice Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04 Gallery: A peek at Ubuntu 8.4 Jason Perlow: Ubuntu: I'm...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- SportsNetwork CEO: Site back up; A look at the recovery plan
- Sports Network, victim of a Chinese hacker drive-by, is back online as it recovers and revamps security following a Sunday attack. In an interview, Sports Network CEO Mickey Charles detailed some preliminary parts of its recovery plan and a few more details of the attack, which began...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- The day my iPhone touch screen died
- The day my iPhone touch screen diedParts is Parts[url=http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/10/analyst-apple-iphone-screen-problems-may-get-worse-the-dreaded-dead-strip.html]FYI[/url]The linked article speaks for itself.Touch Screen Gotcha. It can be argued......whether touch screens are great technology advancement.But, when it comes to failure, well you are dead in the water. I've had a couple of issues with my Nokia N95...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-24
- Testers get Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate build
- Testers get Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate buildMixed resultsI'm running RC of the SP for both Vista and XP on systems here (not any critical systems thought ...) and what I'm seeing is that XP SP3 looks like mostly bug fixes and the impact of performance isn't really...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- Consultants hold an influential SOA role, and the vendors are a courtin' it
- It's hard to find a software vendor that aligns to services oriented architectures SOAs that isn't in full seduction mode right now when it comes to enterprise consultants and integrators.Whether you're a best of breeder, open source supporter, or a stack master, the role of professional services for ushering SOAs...
- Blog posts 2007-06-09
- Can Linux save Palm?
- Can Linux save Palm?Which OSPalm OS or Windows CE?As for reliability, my unscientific survey shows most like Palm OS, so if Palm can emulate those features in Linux there is no reason why they can't be successful.They are sufficiently differentiated to be able to have loyal Palm converts.The difficulty they...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-11
- HP 9000 Midrange Servers From HP - The HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers
- The HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers and the PA-8900 processor bring to a person all the computing power he needs to operate in the most demanding IT environments. Leading performance and compute density, coupled with the flexibility and scalability of the HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers, allow the...
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Now, about that G5
- Now, about that G5Selective comparisonOK, I'll give you that Xeon Mac pros are not that big advantage to G5 PowerMacs today but with time Apple will optimize both OS X and it's software better for the x86 architechture and expecially x86-64 architechture, which will give gains compared to x86 by...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-29
- Gelsinger: Moving on with Montecito
- Gelsinger: Moving on with MontecitoItanium on track to break the vertical modelCongrats to Gelsinger and team. The end of the proprietary, must buy everything in one place model will soon be over.The path towards horizonal and standard building blocks is unstoppable. IBM - you're a services company, Sun - you're...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-19
- HP lays pre-announcement ambush on Sun
- HP lays pre-announcement ambush on SunSounds like HP is worried that Sun has some compelling products.They can only dream about having a chip line like Sparc. Actually, they had one in Alpha, but they were stupid enough to drop that and PA risk in favor of Itanic. Wrong move.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-10
- Microsoft fixes Windows security patch
- Microsoft fixes Windows security patchSo theyPatched the patch that patched the patch that patched the patch right?Crimeny this is getting ridiculous! I get that everything has patches. I also understand that everything will ave flaws, nothing is perfect. But I am wondering if they ever even test...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-28
- HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7360n
- If you want to turn your den, home office, or dorm room into a home theater without making the move to an A/V-style form factor, the HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7360n offers the same media-friendly features we saw in the previous model, the HP Media Center m7260n Photosmart PC;...
- Product reviews 2006-03-02
- Migrating Sybase
- Last week I talked about configuring a Sun "Pod" consisting of a T2000 computer in a rack with a JBOD, a UPS, and some network gear. I'm still looking for help on picking and costing the rack and other non computing components - please: most of you must know more...
- Blog posts 2006-01-09
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