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- Alpha
- A family of RISC-based, 64-bit CPUs and computer systems from HP. Originally developed by Digital, which was acquired by Compaq and then HP, the first model introduced in early...
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- Transitive virtual processing magic
- Transitive virtual processing magicMissed a coupleRight after the launch of Windows NT, Digital Equipment also came out with a program that would not only translate, but would also optimize and store that translated code on-the-fly, for 32-bit x86 apps to run on the Alpha platform. The award-winning program...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Processors, Alpha, virtual processing magic, processing magic, FX!32, Digital Equipment Corp., Transitive
- Discussion threads 2008-03-15
- RIA wars heat up with alpha versions of Adobe's AIR and Flex
- RIA wars heat up with alpha versions of Adobe's AIR and FlexAlpha?It is a production release for both products. Yeah, you know what you are talking about. Not.Forgot the part where...Flash is abysmal to develop for, and lacks a programmer-centric IDE.Flex 3 Builder is useless junkIt only runs on Windows,...
- Tags: Linux, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, beta, Flex Builder, XML, alpha, CSS, Adobe Systems Inc., rich Internet application, Adobe AIR
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Silverlight 1.0 going out as an optional Windows update today
- Silverlight 1.0 going out as an optional Windows update todaySome details about 1.1You mention issues installing both versions 1.0 Final and 1.1 Alpha on the same machine. That's unfortunate, but hey, that's what "Alpha version" means.This is the reason why you have to acknowledge a long disclaimer when you install...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Alpha, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows Update
- Discussion threads 2008-01-25
- Surprise--OpenSocial is alpha code
- Surprise--OpenSocial is alpha codeThat's okThis is Google we're talking about. Since most Google products remain in 'beta' for years on end, alpha = beta.RE: Surprise--OpenSocial is alpha code>>"...We didn't want to do a giant secret thing that would be revealed later." um, sorry... wasn't that *exactly* what they did?seems...
- Tags: Business structures, alpha, Google OpenSocial
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Jobs does Windows with open source
- Jobs does Windows with open sourceYeah, I just caught thatBut still, it would be more correct to say that the browser engine is open source(and I believe has been for a long time). Dana said Safari itself was open source, which is a subtle, yet very important difference. Having Safari...
- Tags: Alpha, job, Microsoft Windows, open source, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Apple Software, Open-Sourced Components
- Discussion threads 2007-06-16
- SCOOP: Apollo public alpha available later tonight
- SCOOP: Apollo public alpha available later tonightApollo is out for public downloadAdobe just made public the alpha of Apollo a few minutes ago, as I know you are on your way on the plane, just wanted to post back with info to it.Adobe updated their website with the following site...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, Apollo, alpha, public alpha
- Discussion threads 2007-03-18
- Microsoft's IE 8.0: More than just vaporware
- When I mentioned in a post yesterday that I had heard there was an alpha build of Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0 circulating inside Microsoft, some were skeptical. But over on Microsofts Channel 9 site, Bruce Morgan, a software development manager on the IE team, who describes his...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer, alpha
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- Wi-Fi Alliance to certify "pre-standard" 802.11n gear next year
- Wi-Fi Alliance to certify "pre-standard" 802.11n gear next yearThink we better skip "n" for now.By the sounds of it, the "n" standard is just an alpha test. Making an alpha a standard is just a recipe for disaster.So far, my wireless "G" card has been capable of handling our...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Network technology, IEEE 802.11n, Wi-Fi Alliance, alpha
- Discussion threads 2006-08-29
- PSB alpha Studio Theater System (2006)
- Canada's PSB Speakers offers a wide range of models, but it's the entry-level, hugely popular Alpha series that consistently makes the biggest splash with budget-minded audiophiles. The original Alpha series was introduced in 1991 and has been upgraded a couple of times over the years (most recently in 2002), but...
- Tags: Alpha, speaker, woofer
- Product reviews 2006-06-22
- Firefox 2.0 is in alpha
- New version of the Firefox browserCNET's Robert Vamosi takes you on a visual tour of the newestversion of Firefox. This is an alpha of 2.0, so this is a preview of abrowser you can use now. There's no guarantee of stability, and yourextensions may fail.
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, alpha
- Videos 2006-03-22
- Microsoft pushes ahead with mobile e-mail effort
- Microsoft pushes ahead with mobile e-mail effortOld hat for us here...I ripped out BlackBerry devices as soon as the product went alpha. My rep sent me alpha versions of Windows Mobile and I hired a Cingular phone guru to moonlight here and flash all of our phones with the latest...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, phone, mobile e-mail, Microsoft Corp., mobile, alpha, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2006-02-12
- Itanium: A cautionary tale
- Itanium: A cautionary talepoor performance per dollarunfortunately everyone has a budget, for the price of a single itanium cpu (1.5Ghz = $1900) you can have a complete entry level dual-core system.History lessonSun became the number one UNIX vendor when they came out with SPARC. One thing they did was to...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, EPIC architecture, Inhell, chip, Digital Equipment Corp., EPIC, Alpha, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP PA-RISC, Itanic, Intel Itanium
- Discussion threads 2005-12-07
- >Waiting for Steve's other shoe
- >Waiting for Steve's other shoeIn Steve's defenseHe NEVER SAID that Apple would use an x86 processor - only an InHell one. This leaves SOME wiggle room to backing away from x86, but the timing is critical - as developers are starting to want new Macs to develop on.Using a "straight"...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Alpha chip, Sun Sparc, Inhell, Alpha, Apple Inc., chip
- Discussion threads 2005-08-02
- HP set to debut last in-house chip
- HP set to debut last in-house chipAs with the Alphacide, they're likely to be sorry.The termination of Alpha was a bad decision and theexectution (sic) bungled at that; it's likely thatthe end of PA/RISC will be no better.Time will tell, ehh?Itanium ahead of its timeThe rest of the world will...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, Alpha, Intel Itanium, HP-Set, chip
- Discussion threads 2005-05-26
- Intel: x86 won't encroach on Itanium
- Intel: x86 won't encroach on ItaniumIntel's uncertain processor road-map (or the lack of a road...)``x86 in the driver's seatGartner's Reynolds believes that x86 servers have captured the attention and momentum of the server market. "The small servers have destroyed the growth opportunity for big iron," he said.''It is clear that...
- Tags: Processors, Servers, Intel x86, Intel Itanium, Intel Corp., processor, server, Alpha
- Discussion threads 2005-03-08
- Microsoft skips Itanium with new Windows
- Microsoft skips Itanium with new WindowsMS next hardware acquisition, AMD:) Just joshing.Shades of the Alphaanother one bites the dustA pity.Well, there's plenty of other Server OSs for Itanium2. Somehow I don't think this will really hurt Intel's sales of Itanium 2.MS incompetence?[Edited] "Years ago, Microsoft committed to produce Windows...
- Tags: Processors, Microsoft Windows, Intel Itanium, Microsoft Corp., incompetence, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Alpha
- Discussion threads 2004-11-10
- HP discontinues its Itanium workstations
- HP discontinues its Itanium workstationsItanium is doneBut its significance is more than that: it will forever be Intel's biggest mistake, the one that gave real birth to AMD's (Opteron's) existence.Not so fast, Jeff . . .. . . This may prove that any one company can no longer foist its...
- Tags: Processors, Network technology, workstation, Hewlett-Packard Co., EPIC architecture, Intel Itanium, Alpha, Itanic, 64-bit
- Discussion threads 2004-09-24
- End of the line for HP's alpha
- End of the line for HP's AlphaMS killed Alpha!!!!Hey, at least MS was mentioned in the story.No tears shed, get rid of themPlease, gid rid of these hardware junkers, we have been liquidating these ancient alphas and buying blades and clustering....They cost millions, run crappy Tru64 garbage.....Good bye and thank...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Processors, Itanic, Alpha Processor, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, alpha, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2004-08-18
- HP ponders a less-glorious Itanium future
- HP ponders a less-glorious Itanium futureShould have standardized on AlphaAlpha sales may have been disappointing, but it's still a very good chip, a known quantity, and owned by HP, instead of Intel. IA64 has been hyped for years, but it's still not widely available and may, in fact, end...
- Tags: Processors, Intel IA-64, Hewlett-Packard Co., Alpha, Intel Itanium
- Discussion threads 2004-06-28
- Storage giants tout new wares
- Storage giants tout new waresHP has good solutionsHP has excellent data center storage, dasd arrays and so on. We choose HP over IBM in the Enterprise.You can DEC for that...I guess we can be thankful that Carly et al at HP haven't axed that like they axed the Alpha.Pearls before...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP HAS, Alpha, storage
- Discussion threads 2004-02-05
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