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Inside the new MBP: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Inside the new MBP: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GTThe ramifications of AMD buying ATI ...... continue to ripple through the industry. It is begining to look like if you want integrated ATI graphics then you will be running an AMD processor. With Intel you will get Intel Extreme or...

Tags: Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., battle line

Discussion threads 2007-06-06

FCC sets airport WiFi precedent. Battle lines drawn?

FCC sets airport WiFi precedent. Battle lines drawn?Preferred treatment at the airportPhilosophically, I agree with you wholeheartedly. But know that there is ample precedent for government agencies illogically granting preferential treatment to the airlines' best customers, and that predates the current security concerns.The one time I had occasion to...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Federal government, Battle Line, FCC, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2006-11-13

Google exec rebuffs Microsoft's claims

Google exec rebuffs Microsoft's claimsBully-boy tacticsSeems like Microsoft are really scared - could one person really de-rail their entire search strategy? What could Lee possibly know that could give Google such a leg-up that MS couldn't compete?Either there is a lot that isn't being said, or MS are just...

Tags: E-mail, Battle Line, MSN search engine, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Lee

Discussion threads 2005-08-20

Additional Resources

Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up

[ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser is beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...

Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

NetSuite moves early to support Chrome

NetSuite said Friday that it will offer native support for Google's Chrome browser, which is in beta and may not be enterprise strength yet. In a statement, NetSuite said its CRM, e-commerce, accounting and OpenAir unit will support Chrome in phases with support being complete in mid-October....

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...

Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Microsoft Student Technology Day UK

Note Wednesday 1st October 2008, a little over 3 weeks away from today in your diary. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and a whole load of influential partners and companies will be in London for the Microsoft Student Technology Day. It's a day about and for students,...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet

The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...

Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...

Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-04

EIC Podcast: Google Chrome; Apple; Dell and Salesforce.com

On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk Google's Chrome browser, Apple's iPod event next week and my theory that Dell and Salesforce.com should merge. On Google's Chrome browser we riffed on the importance of the launch, how it's really a battle over cookie files...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Sales Force Management, Web Browsers, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

The power of standard protocols

I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...

Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License

News items 2008-09-04

Dell repair adventure, day 5, with updates

Since our last episode, our hero has been communicating with Bob Pearson, Dell's VP of Communities & Conversations, and Bill Bivin, Dell's Community Liaison, about getting my Dell Lattitude D620 back up and running. Both Bob and Bill give every impression of trying very hard to deal not only with...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Sony announces three all-in-one desktops

At a home theater show this week Sony announced three new all-in-one desktops along with a slew A/V receivers, LCD TVs and projectors, and Blu-ray players. All three AIOs offer Blu-ray drives, and the higher-end models offer rewritable BD drives. The entry-level VAIO JS series has a...

Tags: Sony Corp., Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Memory, Intel Core 2 Duo, VAIO LV Series, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Financial Fate (exe)

Financial Fate projects all sources and uses of cash flows for the do-it-yourselfer. Detailed reports such as investment plans, balance sheets, tax plans, and cash flow projections are made available to the user with year-by-year and line-item-detail visibility. For example, when forecasting health-care expenses Financial Fate will automatically adjust these...

Tags: Financial, Cash Flow, Financial Modeling Solutions, Financial Fate, Financial Accounting, Taxes, Finance, Financial Planning

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Universal Viewer Pro (exe)

Universal Viewer is an advanced file viewer that supports a wide range of formats. Implemented view modes and corresponding file formats are: Text, Binary, Hex, Unicode: any files, of unlimited size (even 4Gb+ sizes are allowed); RTF/UTF-8: RTF and UTF-8 encoded texts; Image: all general graphics formats: BMP, JPG, GIF,...

Tags: Format, UVViewSoft

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'Very strong words...RE: Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'how did this music get to the web? everything that gets to the web should be free! go after the persons who do the uploading not the down loaders. it got there some how. how...

Tags: Piracy, album poster, Rot, RIAA, Cogill

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid

Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidGo on Google, kill them off once and for alllet's rid the world of these sloppy fat liars and have technology once again !!!!RE: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidThe browser came about because IE 8 really scared the...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Canon, Epson add Wi-Fi to new multifunction printers

Built-in wireless networking capability is slowly infiltrating the home printer market. At the end of last year, we highlighted a dirt-cheap monochrome laser, the Brother HL-2170W, and both Canon and Epson have recently announced a handful of new all-in-one inkjet printers that also feature built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. These four multifunction...

Tags: Network, Epson, Wi-Fi, Canon Inc., Printing, Built-in Wireless Networking Capability, MP980, Printers, Document Management, Wireless, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Would you abort George Clooney

Would you abort George ClooneyWowNot willing to take on controversial topics, are you? Good luck with this one. :)Here's my two cents: Genetic research and the possibility of using it to "purify" the gene pool using whatever criteria can be justified reminds me of an episode of the old Muppet...

Tags: George Clooney, gene

Discussion threads 2008-09-03