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- Microsoft Xbox 360 (60GB, HDMI)
- Microsoft's Xbox 360 was the first "next-generation" game console to hit the market in November 2005, and consequently has had a year over its competitors to improve upon its faults. Now with the upcoming fall "New Xbox Experience" update on the horizon, the 360 is further positioning itself to become...
- Tags: Game players, Games, HDMI, Anecdotal Evidence, Microsoft Corp., console, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox
- Product reviews 2008-10-15
- Improving Rack Cooling Performance Using Airflow Management Blanking Panels
- Unused vertical space in open frame racks and rack enclosures creates an unrestricted recycling of hot air that causes equipment to heat up unnecessarily. The use of airflow management blanking panels can reduce this problem. This paper explains and quantifies the effects of airflow management blanking panels on cooling system...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Performance, Airflow Management, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2008-10-15
- PLX Kiwi
- Among the many new devices promising to boost fuel economy during these times of high gas prices, the PLX Kiwi tries to improve the driver rather than the car. The PLX Kiwi is a training device that monitors driving habits and assigns the driver a rating based on how "green"...
- Tags: Workforce management, PLX Kiwi
- Product reviews 2008-08-18
- NVIDIA: Let's spread the blame far and wide
- NVIDIA: Let's spread the blame far and widePublically?"Well, since then the company’s stock has taken a serious battering, and the company doesn’t seem to be willing to talk about the problems with its GPUs publically."Publically is not a word. Publicly is.That aside, Nvidea is playing the blame game and not...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., GPU, blame, supplier
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Gateway FX541XT
- Gateway's FX541XT occupies a strange gaming PC middle ground. At $3,500, it's not in the same price category as high-end PCs such as Dell's XPS 730 H2C, but it's also about $2,000 more than the emergent $1,500 gaming desktop we've seen this year, most recently in the Maingear Prelude....
- Tags: Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Network technology, Gateway FX541XT, Gateway Inc., PC
- Product reviews 2008-06-18
- How 'warm' is your MacBook operating temperature?
- How 'warm' is your MacBook operating temperature?global macbook warmingYes my Macbook Pro gets pretty hot at times. Even the top metal part where screen and the keyboard meet. This has always been an issue with apple's portables. I hope technology will allow for these temperatures to go away. On the...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- Blade's "rackonomics" approach to data center cooling
- I love it when companies pitch me because they've been reading this blog and have something that they think one-ups something I've already written about. Thus was the case with Blade Network Technologies, an upstart in the blade networking space working closely with blade giants IBM, NEC and Hewlett-Packard. (Others...
- Tags: Data Center, Network, Blade, Switch, Blade Networks, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Some brief info about Sun's latest shade of green blades and servers
- Sun is using 55-watt Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors to help amp down not a typo its latest Sun Fire and Sun Blade systems. The new models include the Sun Fire X4140 and Sun Fire X4240 (which are being positioned as storage solutions for things like database applications, high-performance computing or...
- Tags: Blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Lapworks Futura Laptop Desk
- Laptops are designed, theoretically, to sit comfortably on a lap, a desk, a coffee table, or any place we need easy access to a computer. In reality, we're often at the mercy of overheated systems, non-ergonomic angles, and wobbly knees. This leads people to use a variety of methods to...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop desk, laptop computer, LapWorks, Futura
- Product reviews 2008-05-06
- Apple's 5 worst hardware flaws - and how to fix them
- Apple's 5 worst hardware flaws - and how to fix themWorseYou can't replace the hard drive on the new imacs without going through a ridiculous dance involving removing the screen. The old ones allowed you to undo a few screws in the bottom and lift off the back. ...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Notebooks, MacBook Air, iPhone flaw, hardware, Apple Inc., mouse, keyboard, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- GizMac updates small Xserve enclosures with air filtration system
- To little surprise given its company name, GizMac has targeted Mac-centric applications such as digital video production for its line of XRackPro2 rackmount server cabinets with noise dampening capabilities. Now, its smaller 4U and 6U come with air filtration, previously available as options on its larger 12U and 25U server...
- Tags: Apple Xserve, Enclosure, XRackPro2, XRackPro2 Price Tag, Servers, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Sun revs its data center efficiency message
- Sun Microsystems, which was the first major server company to qualify for utility company rebates for the energy efficiency of its technology, has upped the data center server ante with two new models in its CMT SPARC Enterprise server line. The two new systems, the T5140 and...
- Tags: Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., Material, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-12
- The Planet's tips for cutting data center power use
- Hosting company The Planet is doing its part to save, er, the planet. The company earlier this year revealed the results of a six-month trial to cut its power consumption, while increasing efficiency -- two goals that might seem diametrically opposed. The experiment was conducted in one...
- Tags: The Planet.com Internet Services Inc., Data Center, Computer, Data Centers, Productivity, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- Not just hot air: Some details on Dell's server thermal design
- It takes a whole lot more than just a new multi-core microprocessor or even whiz-bang virtualization technology to create a greener server. A few weeks back, I wondered out loud exactly why Dell's latest PowerEdge M-Series blades were getting so much notice as a green option -- after having several...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerEdge, PowerEdge R300, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- MacBook Air Diary-Day 15: Temperature benchmarks
- A big concern for anyone using a notebook computer for any length of time is the heat it generates. It actually came to a head a few years ago when the lawyers at most notebook computer manufacturers replaced the term "laptop" with "notebook" for fear of litigation. ...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Temperature, Apple MacBook, Degree, MBA, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- HP introduces its next-generation, liquid cooling system
- Attention shoppers, er, data center managers! For a mere $24,499, you can invest in the latest modular cooling technology from Hewlett-Packard. (Keep in mind at the price doesn't include a hook-up kit, which costs another $2,499.) The company has introduced its second-generation liquid cooling rack, the HP...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Unit, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Simulating planes flying at Mach 6
- Scramjets, or supersonic combustion ramjets, such as the X-51A aircraft being built by Pratt & Whitney and Boeing, should start to fly in 2009. And if everything goes according to plan, missiles flying at Mach 6 could be deployed by 2015. But designing such planes is not so easy. This...
- Tags: Purdue University, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Just what's so special about Apple RAM to justify the crazy price?
- Just what's so special about Apple RAM to justify the crazy price?lol, I like that you included the "yet" NT.The way things are going.......they might just do that :pAlways been the caseSometimes I get the idea that Apple really doesn't want to seel the extra installed RAM. It's the only...
- Tags: Memory, way thing, RAM, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-31
- Forrester's prescription for green IT
- There's a new report out of Forrester Research with some practical tips for CIOs who have been drafted with crafting a green IT agenda (or, who want to get a jump on this proactively). Forrester suggests there are four overriding goals that IT organizations should consider in...
- Tags: Information Technology, Green IT, Bottom Line, Forrester Research Inc., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
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