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- Machine
- Any electronic or electromechanical unit of equipment. A machine is always hardware; however, "engine" refers to hardware or software.
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- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- Although Windows technologies haven't really evolved since the introduction of Windows NT, Windows management methods have - mostly through the development of methods aimed at coping with server and staffer sprawl and the gradual adoption of ideas from the predecessor data processing culture. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Application, Disk, PC, PC Server, Machine, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Hacking the vote
- If you're out to commit election fraud the vulnerabiity of present evoting machines makes that route look attractive, but in reality success will only get you a few votes. To really cheat effectively, you need to after the opportunities the use of client-server technologies creates in the voting process...
- Tags: Client-server, Hacking, E-voting, Servers, Government, Hardware, Paul Murphy, Fraud, Computer, Machine
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- The windows culture, although now merging with data processing, started out to be something else: a user driven movement celebrating personal productivity. So what happened? financial opportunity, corporate resistance, quite a lot of thing go into the making of IT history. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Culture, Financial, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy, Application, PC, Operating System, Machine, Servers, Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- Report: NJ voting machines easily hacked
- A New Jersey judge ordered the release of a report highly critical of the security or lack thereof in 10,000 voting machines that will be used Nov. 4 and ordered increased security at polling places. The report says the machines can be hacked in seven minutes and are susceptible...
- Tags: Machine, Security, Richard Koman, New Jersey, Sequoia Voting Systems, Firmware, Litigation, Business Operations
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Grid Computing meets ET
- Could you run your nightly batch cycle on your employees' PCs? Maybe save a bundle on hardware? Probably not. The technique is best for compute-intensive tasks--tasks that require lots of calculation and little data. by Ed Gottsman
- Tags: Grid Computing, Productivity, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Ed Gottsman, PC, Rich Internet Application, Machine
- Blog posts 2008-10-19
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- The strangest thing about the IBM System 38, now sold as the i5, is that IBM has consistently under-sold and under rated what has been, since the beginning, its best technical product. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: IBM iSeries, Theory, RDBMS, Digital Equipment Corp., Unix, Machine, IBM Corp., VMS, Phone Book, Databases, Storage, Operating Systems, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- Resurrecting E-voting
- To make e-voting work you need a voting machine that can't be corrupted without setting off alarms - Sun Rays fit that requirement, are cheap, and allow for easy central auditing. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Audit, Sun Ray, Machine, E-voting, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Using mind control to talk to machines
- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company's Justin Rattner talks to Emotiv Systems President Tan Le about new interface technologies that are making humans more like machines. In a demo for conference attendees, Le shows a headset Emotiv developed that can track electrical signals in the brain...
- Tags: Machine, Intel Developer Forum
- Videos 2008-08-21
- Do it Yourself Mojave
- Yup. I'm now a Vista user. As I mentioned in a previous post, circumstances have recently required that I buy a new desktop PC. It's not that I wasn't happy with my old PC -- it was a generic ASUS M2N32 Athlon...
- Tags: desktop, microsoft windows xp, operating system, microsoft windows vista, ram, machine, rachel, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, microsoft windows, software, jason perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- The Ultimate Geek Vending Machine
- Imagine my surprise when I spotted this vending machine on a recent trip to Minneapolis. Stationed in Concourse E of the Lindbergh terminal of Minneapolis-St. Paul International, this machine has been in operation at least since late 2007. Although this machine is missing the essentials such...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Machine, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- WinRemotePC (exe)
- WinRemotePC is a program that allows you to work on a remote PC as on your local computer. With WinRemotePC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that...
- Tags: Machine, WinSoftMagic, WinRemotePC, WinRemotePC Video Driver Technology, Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Berlin subway ticket machines go down
- Another travel related failure... Ticket dispensers in the Berlin subway system stopped working on July 1 after a faulty update from central HQ. From Berliner Morgenpost (German translation by Debora Weber-Wulff in Risks Digest): More than 600 of the 700 ticket machines...
- Tags: Subway, Machine, Berlin, Servers, Security, Hardware, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- MSI Wind notebook hits stores, promptly sells out?
- The much-delayed MSI Wind has finally started to ship -- well, sort of. Pre-orders for the mini machine have started to ship, supposedly. Newegg, Fry's, Buy.com and others are supposed to stock the 10-inch device, but they have either already sold out or are keeping mum...
- Tags: Notebook, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Machine, MSI Wind, Microsoft Windows XP, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- The nature of data processing is to be long winded, boring, and dominated by acronyms derived from long gone technologies and business practices. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Program, Job, IBM Mainframe, Operating System, Environment, Mainframe, Instruction Set, Memory, Data-processing, Hardware, CPU, Unix, Computer, COBOL, Machine, IBM Corp., System 360, APL, JCL, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Photos: Pinball wizard offers look at machines' innards
- Museum houses scores of vintage pinball machines and has a unique way of teaching visitors a thing or two about how they work. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Machine, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-06-07
- Psystar offers 10.5.3 update for Open Computers
- In an email to owners last night, Mac cloner Psystar announced that they've made available a version of Mac OS 10.5.3 that's safe to install on their Open Computer Mac clones. The update must be downloaded from Psystar's Web site and is not available via Software Update. ...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Update, Machine, Productivity, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Computer, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Hardware, Internet, Marketing, Online Communications, Software
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- BotMatch - Secondary Protocol (exe)
- BotMatch - Secondary Protocol is a retro arcade style 2.5D shooting game where you pilot a hovering combat machine, and battle it out in a variety of arenas in intense rounds of one-on-one combat. Earn credits to buy new weapons and armor, level up to increase your machine's hit-points. Play...
- Tags: Machine, Yar Interactive, BMSP, Microsoft Windows, Games, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-05-26
- Geek Sheet: Bare-metal backup and recovery
- Tired of the same old punditry and OS wars? Want to read something practical you can actually use and apply to your real job? Or perhaps you need some light reading material to help you get some sleep on the plane between consulting engagements – either way, welcome to the...
- Tags: Recovery, Network File System, File System, Photovoltaics, Backup, Volume, Partition, Machine, System Rescue CD, LVM, Volume Group, Linux, Manufacturing, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Free Time Machine SpX (exe)
- Our free Time Machine is very useful. With our time machine you don't need installation. All is very easy to use and very helpful, at the present you can use our software in many ways. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Machine, Best-web-sites, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-05-05
- Photos: The Victorian engine that could
- Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2, one of the great achievements of the 19th century, comes to life 150 years later at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Productivity, CNET News.com, Machine, Babbage, Document Management, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Image galleries 2008-05-04
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