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- Jaquar chases Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer
- Two systems, including one based on x86 chips, have become the first ever to break the petaflop/s barrier in the latest Top500 supercomputer list. Cray's XT5 Jaguar supercomputer has narrowly missed displacing IBM's Roadrunner system as the world's fastest supercomputer, according to the results of the bi-annual 'Top500' supercomputing...
- News items 2008-11-17
- Oh boy, what a toy!
- Oh boy, what a toy!Oh boy, what a toy!This is the future, nice to see some companies jumping the shark.Biggest complaint about these companies developing electric cars.... They slap a 6 figure price tag on it and expect people to buy it.If this car is cheaper than the jaguar parts...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-27
- 2009 Jaguar XF
- Photo gallery:2009 Jaguar XFOn first getting into the 2009 Jaguar XF, the car seems like the ultimate in automotive tech. A red backlight on the engine start button pulses with a heartbeat cadence. Push it, and panels over the air vents open up while the shift dial rises from the...
- Product reviews 2008-08-06
- Diane Greene out, Paul Maritz to lead VMware
- While working in San Francisco, I received quite a number of telephone calls from journalists around the world. Since I was "off the grid" for the project, I had no idea what was going on. I finally returned to my hotel room and could read my messages, I learned that...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Microsoft Releases Hyper-V
- I just received a message from Microsoft about the release of Hyper-V. It has some interesting details about platform support and availability. Here's what Microsoft had to say Tomorrow, June 26, Microsoft will reach a significant milestone for customers and partners with the release of...
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- IBM wins supercomputing bakeoff; Playstation chips rule; Intel dominates HPC
- Supercomputers are like muscle cars for IT: Few of us have one, but boy they are fun to look at. IBM on Tuesday touted that its supercomputer built for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Lab is the most powerful system in the world. It...
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Rumor: Tablet Mac coming this fall (updated 5x)
- I don't often publish first hand rumors, but today I've something special for you, if you like tablets that is. A little birdy tells me that Apple will announce a 12 or 13-inch tablet in the fall of this year. Most likely in the September...
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Why OS X costs twice as much as Windows
- Because people are happy to pay it. Microsoft's continuing Vista woes, including price cuts and a retreat to Windows XP on the low-end, obscures an important fact: Mac users pay more than double for Mac OS X than Windows. Are Mac users mindless robots, buying...
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- File systems of the Mac's past, present and maybe future
- Over the past couple of years, the usurpation of the current Mac's HFS+ file system by Sun's ZFS has been predicted. Sometimes that message has been delivered incorrectly by Sun top brass. While Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server supports ZFS, there's no expectation that it will...
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcut Fix (jsp)
- Beginning with Mac OS X v.10.2 Jaguar, Apple has reserved the keyboard shortcut Command+~ Tilde to cycle through an application's open document windows. This change conflicts with the behavior of the shortcut in Adobe Photoshop 7.x (selecting the image composite in the Channels palette or selecting the master channel in...
- Software downloads 2008-03-05
- Will the MacBook Air ruin the MacBook Pro?
- Will the MacBook Air ruin the MacBook Pro?Pricepoint is how Air ruins the ProThe biggest way that the Air affects the Macbook Pro and the entire portable lineup is it's pricepoint. The Pro has been overpriced for way too long and the Air just makes things worse. You are paying...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Peta-Scale I/O With the Lustre File System
- This paper describes low-level infrastructure in the Lustre file system that addresses scalability in very large clusters. The features described deal with I/O and networking, lock management, recovery after failure, and other scalability-related issues. The Lustre file system first went into production in Spring 2003 on the Multiprogrammatic Capability Resource...
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Could the MacBook Air's trackpad support pen input?
- As I played with the MacBook Air at the recent Macworld Expo and tried out its multitouch trackpad, my mind inexplicably went to pen input. What would it be like to write on the trackpad like a pen digitizer pad? Could it be done? Believe it or...
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Jaguar X-Type Screensaver 1 (zip)
- The X-TYPE is the smallest of the current Jaguar saloon sedan cars, and was designed to build on the success of the S-Type, although it takes many styling cues from the XJ series. An impressive car. The Jaguar X-Type Screensaver 1 contains over 20 high resolution photos, full screen wallpaper...
- Software downloads 2007-12-27
- Jaguar X-Type Screensaver 2 (zip)
- The Jaguar X-TYPE was designed as a direct competitor to the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the similar styled Rover 75. The X-TYPE is equipped with either a 192 hp (143 kW) 2.5 L or a 227 hp (169 kW) 3.0 L Jaguar AJ-V6 engine. This version is the...
- Software downloads 2007-12-27
- Jaguar Various Screensaver (zip)
- Jaguar Cars Limited is a luxury car manufacturer, originally based at Browns Lane, Coventry, England but now at Whitley, Coventry. The company has been owned by Ford since 1989 and currently forms a part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group with Volvo and Land Rover. It contains over 20 high-resolution photos,...
- Software downloads 2007-12-27
- Jaguar X-Type Screensaver 3 (zip)
- A great image slideshow for your desktop screen. All wheel drive (the patented Jaguar Traction 4 system) is standard on Jaguar X-Type 2.5L & 3.0L variants but the 2.0L petrol & all diesel models are 2 wheel drive. The four-wheel drive system is tuned to send 60% of engine power...
- Software downloads 2007-12-26
- Jaguar XJ Screensaver 1 (zip)
- A great image slideshow for your desktop screen. The Jaguar XJ is a luxury saloon sold under the British Jaguar luxury marquee. The XJ was launched in 1968 and has served as the Jaguar flagship model for most of its production span which continues through to today. The Jaguar XJ...
- Software downloads 2007-12-26
- Jaguar XJ Screensaver (zip)
- A great image slideshow for your desktop screen. Despite some critics' concerns that the XJ's styling is dated, the general consensus is that the X350 is an efficient car featuring sharp and agile handling, a smooth ride and powerful engines, particularly the V8 and diesel engines. The Jaguar XJ Screensaver...
- Software downloads 2007-12-26
- Vista and Leopard both make it onto PC World's "Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007"
- Vista and Leopard both make it onto PC World's "Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007"The reason - Multiple ProcessorsI can not speak of Leopard but Vista is a problem where the "Why and How" is well known. This time last year it was clear that the Vista team had built its...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
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