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- Case Study: SaaS IT Asset Management Solution Saves School District Time & Money
- The Portales Municipal School District (Portales, NM) needed a more efficient way to manage and track its many hardware and software assets. The district's Director of Technology was determined to save time, eliminate IT headaches, and increase efficiency. Read this case study to learn which SaaS solution...
- Case studies 2008-10-23
- MacBook Air gets Penryn and MBP17 gets minor bump
- Although they didn't get fancy glass trackpads (like Apple's other new notebooks) the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 17-inch received minor speed-bumps when Apple announced its new MacBooks yesterday. The MacBook Air went from: 1.6 GHz...
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- More on Apple's new Mini DisplayPort
- More on Apple's new Mini DisplayPortDisplayPort is fine...but include the VGA port too so we don't have to carry around an extra cord....duh. It doesn't take up much space and EVERY windows laptop has a VGA port.30"!It's nice that it finally works with 30" even on MacBook (non-Pro).I just...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Intel rolls out low power server chips
- Intel rolls out low power server chipsIntel's processorsI don't see why Intel never did this when they rolled out it's first line of processors starting with the Intel Pentium II processors. If they did, maybe we would all have power consuming chips. Maybe Intel's worst processors, the Pentium 4 wouldn't...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia
- According to IDC, over 70% of respondents in markets such as Australia, China, and India indicated that solutions pertaining to the network were either important or very important. Total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management NM) will grow from $4.7 bln...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia
- According to IDC, over 70% of respondents in markets such as Australia, China, and India indicated that solutions pertaining to the network were either important or very important. Total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management NM) will grow from $4.7 bln...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- HGST demos 600Gbit/in² disk density
- Disk vendors have a rough idea of how other to reach 10 TB drives within 10 years. But what about 2 years? Hitachi global storage technologies has announced that they have achieved 2 1/2 times the current commercial recording density in a laboratory demonstration. What does that...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Going to the Beijing Olympics? Leave your gadgets at home or take steps to protect your privacy!
- Going to the Beijing Olympics? Leave your gadgets at home or take steps to protect your privacy!RE: Going to the Beijing Olympics? Leave your gadgets at home or take steps to protect your privacy!I'd rather not go then do any of the tedious steps mentioned. Not that they weren't useful...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Facebook teams with Intel to set stage for Web 2.0 growth
- Facebook teams with Intel to set stage for Web 2.0 growthIt's its.nm
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Android losing it's mojo fast
- Android losing it's mojo fastForcing GTalk != do no evilYou can't get more lame than that...A note on iPhone apps.Apple would do well to remove the restriction where any non Apple application must exit not stay resident when another function is used like answering an incoming call. This will...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-19
- Sun releases JRE Version 6 Update 7, 90ò0of desktops currently at risk*
- Sun releases JRE Version 6 Update 7, 90ò0of desktops currently at risk*RE: Sun releases JRE Version 6 Update 7, 90�0of desktops currently at risk*I have been trying to d/l the upgrade all morning & get error 1101. I followed all the steps outlined in the error, but still can't upgrade...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Updated my iPhone to firmware 2.0 and setup hosted Exchange account
- Updated my iPhone to firmware 2.0 and setup hosted Exchange accountUpdating Orig. iPhone to 2.0 ROMMatt,One of the guys here in the office did the same thing you did, but did NOT have his jailbroken. It took just as long to update his as it did yours. I think that's...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft
- Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to MicrosoftHe didn't dieYou guys make it sound like he died. As much as I bash MS, I do admire what Bill did by founding this company and guiding it to do what it's done for the world. I hope the company well in...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Rumor Mill: iSight HD, new Intel chips, iPod touch 2G, patents (updated)
- Happy Friday! Let's take a look at some of the latest Apple rumors floating around. A MacRumors reader found references to an unreleased High Definition USB iSight in Apple's QuickTime system files. The line says "Next Generation USB iSight" in QuickTime's localizable.strings and also carries a reference...
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Asus ENGTX280
- Editor's note: After retesting their initial findings, our colleagues at GameSpot found that the GeForce 9800 GX 2 had better scores on "Call of Duty 4" and "Crysis" than was first reported. With that new information, we have found that the GTX280 has a smaller performance advantage over Nvidia's previous...
- Product reviews 2008-06-16
- Coherent Optical Frequency Transfer Via 110-Km Urban Fiber Network
- Optical frequency at 1542 nm was coherently transferred over a 110-km optical fiber using an urban fiber network (JGN2) between Tsukuba and Kashiwa cities. The phase fluctuation induced by the fiber length fluctuation was actively reduced by stabilizing the fiber length using a fiber stretcher and an acousto-optic frequency shifter....
- White papers 2008-06-10
- Adobe's Acrobat.com could be an Office killer; Will interface matter?
- Adobe's Acrobat.com could be an Office killer; Will interface matter?Good Luck to AdobeI can't see switching to this from another office suite, if you can even call this an "office suite". It takes enough time and effort to learn and keep up with what you have. There really...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Intel & Micron intro 34nm flash chip
- Driving fast on the cost curve. Flash prices need to drop about 50% a year to keep volumes growing. Putting more flash on a wafer helps do that. The new process produces 1.6 TB of NAND flash on a 300 mm (12 inch) wafer. ...
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Satellites seeing clearly despite clouds
- Two researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL have developed a mathematical tweak which dramatically improves air pollution detection on cloudy days. They've found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by as much as ten-fold in some cases. 'Because clouds represent one...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company
- Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech companywhat about other uses e.g. Space Shuttle, airplanes, etc?If this stuff is so good NASA should be buying it by the bucket to insulate their flight vehicles including the Back To The Moon Lander.What about Boeing using it for airplanes instead of whatever they...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
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