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Vox BlackBox (1TB): The Vox BlackBox offers 1TB of storage and can be found online from roughly $310 to $340. Aside from its low cost per gigabyte, there's unfortunately little to recommend about this dual-drive Network Attached Storage NAS device. From the desktop application to the Web-based interface, the device is consistently confusing....; Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, NETWORKING, BlackBox, VoX; Product reviews 2008-07-11
Sun's data center in a box: Sun announced its data center in a box today. Stephen Shankland (news.com) and John Markoff NYT were given the scoop by Sun. "Project Blackbox" stuff racks of servers, power and cooling equipment into a standard shipping container 8x8 wide and tall and 20 feet long pictured below. One Blackbox can...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Suns, BlackBox, data center; Blog posts 2006-10-17

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Photobucket's DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking group: Photobucket's DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking groupJust wait until Paypal gets hijackedSo far this has just been child's play. Sooner or later there's going to be some serious financial consequences, and not just for the site owners.RE: Photobucket's DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking groupThat's all very well... but...; Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Photobucket, Turkish, hacking group, DNS Records, DNS, hacking; Discussion threads 2008-06-18
IBM is latest to ask: Why not take that data center to go?: IBM is latest to ask: Why not take that data center to go?Google has a Patent on this...http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071010-google-patents-datacenter-in-a-shipping-container-ignores-suns-blackbox.htmlI for one really dig this drop-ship approach to a modular data-center.(;||; Tags: Data centers, Storage, data center, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-16
IBM is latest to ask: Why not take that data center to go?: Is it really a whole year since IBM unleashed its Project Big Green brainchild on the IT industry, triggering a barrage of like-minded efforts across the high-tech industry? Well, apparently it is, and the company is using the anniversary to make a push for some of its...; Tags: Data Center, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-15

Can I interest you in a glass of Berry Blue Kool-Aid?: A recap of Microsoft Blue Hat v7: Can I interest you in a glass of Berry Blue Kool-Aid?: A recap of Microsoft Blue Hat v7How does Caballero's ghost work?Nate, can you or someone else give more technical details about Manuel Caballero's talk?Did he explain how his "ghost" works, or was it just a blackbox demo?Well...Unfortunately, I can't...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Manuel Caballero, Berry Blue Kool-Aid?, Microsoft Blue Hat v7, Microsoft Blue Hat; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
News to know: Yahoo; Microsoft; Windows worm hole; Demo 08: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Vista and Windows Server 2008--an unbreakable couple? Microsoft seeks new Windows Media Center testers Microsoft makes Visual Studio 2008 more broadly available Larry Dignan: Yahoo lowers its outlook for 2008; Sees 'headwinds'; Restructuring in Feb. Techmeme eBay outlines...; Tags: Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mesh Networking, Software, Networking; Blog posts 2008-01-30
Sun Blackbox gets new name and customers: Sun Blackbox gets new name and customersActually, the idea is neat: extremely quick deployment of an HPC or datacenter. SUN puts it together and ships it as a container where-ever one is needed.As long as nobody hitches it up to a truck and takes it away, it should work fine...; Tags: Sun Blackbox, new name, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-29
Sun Blackbox gets new name and customers: Sun's Blackbox, the data center in a shipping container, has gained customers and earned a less compelling new name, the Sun Modular Datacenter S20 or Sun MD. Starting at $559,000, the container can be deployed in about three weeks and can hit 18 TFlops and provide up to 3 petabytes...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Blackbox, Data Centers, Storage, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-29
Brief: 3: Brief: 3GoodDon't use the term "no brainer." It seems like a nitpick, but it's jarring when the rest of the writing is up to higher professional standards.Footnotes/endnotes for sources? For instance, I would be curious to know the basis for the assertion that"Almost everything known about information integrity...; Tags: Construction, Defenestration; Discussion threads 2008-01-25
Sun Microsystems: Can it grow?: Sun Microsystems has made a lot of progress in recent quarters: It has become more efficient, stabilized spending, transitioned to new products and made smart acquisitions like MySQL in a quest to offer a complete software stack. But there is one lingering question: Can the company grow? ...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Growth, Sun Microsystems Inc., Construction, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-01-25
The Big Switch: The network becomes the data center: The Big Switch: The network becomes the data centerSounds like McNealy's Big Friggin Webtone Switch 2.0Sounds like McNealy's Big Friggin Webtone Switch 2.0. Only this time, there won't even be ANY servers. It will be in the magical cloud. The network is the computer, who needs computers....; Tags: Data centers, Servers, Reading, data center, server, consolidation, Big Switch, network; Discussion threads 2008-01-13
(Images: Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac): (Images: Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac)A taste of Windows and Mac?KDE has been around for long time you know.RE: (Images: Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac)[B]Kickoff[/B] – Been available in KDE 3.4 so basically for about two years now. OpenSuSE and I believe PCLinuxOS use...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, Beryl, virtualization, Apple Macintosh, KDE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-01-11
Denial and the coming "data meltdown": Denial and the coming "data meltdown"I'm surprised...That he didn't bring up project Blackbox. A lot of catastrophic failures are geographically localized.http://erikengbrecht.blogspot.com/2007/12/data-center-meltdown.htmlRE: Denial and the comingI'm sure what we're talking about is putting all our eggs in one basket.One economical(read cheap, insecure, and ill managed) basket.RE: Denial and the comingThis...; Tags: Data centers, Storage, SUN Now, data center, denial; Discussion threads 2007-12-11
BlackBox Password Manager (exe): BlackBox Password Manager is a free lightweight and easy-to-use password manager for Windows which will remember all your passwords. Yes, all of them. The application stores your passwords in a highly encrypted local database. This database consists of only one file, so it can be easily transferred from one computer...; Tags: Password, BlackBox Password Manager; Software downloads 2007-12-07
How Rackable saves power with impeller fans: How Rackable saves power with impeller fansHow can Google hold a patent on somethingthat was being used during WWII when containers containing radio and tracking equipment were being distributed in this way, as well as the current military having mobile datacenters of thier own for some time now?Everyone has some...; Tags: Data centers, Servers, Advertising & Promotion, Branding, Rackable, Sun Microsystems Inc., proprietary hardware, hardware, server; Discussion threads 2007-11-16
News to know: Outlook flaw; Ending spam; Windows to Mac; Gamemaster: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: MS Outlook flaw adds new twist to URI handling saga. David Berlind: After authentication of senders, ending spam requires a relationship managment protocol. Tech Shakedown #10: Windows Media Player's error dialog road to nowhere. Podcast: Google's search appliance 5.0 mines...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Lawmaker, ComScore Networks Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Flaw, Shrep, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Media Players, Microsoft Outlook, Cyberthreats, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Security; Blog posts 2007-10-11
LinuxWorld 2007 goes green with Green Grid consortium: Fred Stack - Emerson Network Power, David Douglas - Sun Microsystems, Rich Lechner - IBM, Colette LaForce - Rackable, Andrew Kutz - Burton GroupNext generation data center and green computing were common themes at LinuxWorld 2007 and the Green Grid panel brought many of these issues to light.Â Pictured above...; Tags: Information Technology, Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Mainframe, Server, Hardware, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-08-10
News to know: Apple developers stiffed; Safari review; Botnets: Notable headlines:WWDC coverage:Jason O'Grady says developers stiffed: Apple lulls developers to sleep at hardware-less WWDC. Beta Nazi: No Leopard for you.Ed Burnette: Dumb move: iPhone's "sweet, innovative" dev solution is neither.Larry Dignan: Review: Safari for Windows (what took so long?). Gallery right. Analysis: Safari on Windows, Leopard gets 64 bits.Ryan...; Tags: News to know, General; Blog posts 2007-06-12
Sun's Blackbox shakes and bakes: Sun has been earthquake testing its datacenter housed in a shipping container--Project Blackbox at the University of San Diego UCSD, which has a "shake table," more formally known as a Seismic Response Modification Device.The video shows Project Blackbox shocked by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake. It survived with some detached...; Tags: Sun, Hardware Infrastructure, Datacenter; Blog posts 2007-06-11