- ReadyBoost - Does anyone use it?
- ReadyBoost - Does anyone use it?ReadyBoost should not be a function used dailyIf you do use it daily, or even more than once a month, then get some real memory. ReadyBoost should be used only for those rare times when you need a speedy system while using a high memory...
- Tags: Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Real RAM, ReadyBoost, RAM, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- Dot Hill: A lesser known green storage option
- Because of our insatiable human tendency to create more and more information (like this very own blog), storage is one of the things I scrutinize most when people pitch me on all manner of green technology. Most of the products I hear about, mind you, aren't...
- Tags: Green Technology, Battery, Product, Dot Hill 2330, Dot Hill, Storage, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- System Analyser (zip)
- System Analyser gives comprehensive information about your system: Bios, Network, Dos, CPU/FPU, Cache, Memory, SPD, Video, AGP, Monitor, Drives, partitions, IDE, ATAPI, SATA, CD-Rom, DVD, Blue-ray Disk, RPC2, Lpt, Rs232, Mouse, Keyboard, IEEE 1284, Modem, Fax, ISDN, Sound, ASPI/CAM, SCSI, DMI, PCI, PCI Express, PCMCIA, Plug and Play, APM, ESCD,...
- Tags: PCI, Serial ATA, Y2K, BIOS, Modems, Storage, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2007-10-11
- MR Tech About:About (4-firefox+mz+tb+sb+ns+sm+fl)
- Adds the following "about:" options to the Help menu: about:config, about:plugins, about:about, about:, about:buildconfig, about:cache, about:cache (Disk), about:cache (Memory), about:credits, about:license, about:mozilla, about:kitchensink. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Mel Reyes
- Software downloads 2007-09-27
- Analysis of Sun's 'Niagara 2' UltraSPARC T2
- Sun Microsystems launched their brand new "Niagara 2" UltraSPARC T2 8-core CPU last Tuesday August 7th 2007 as the successor to the UltraSPARC T1 8-core CPU launched in November of 2005. During the launch Sun's executive VP David Yen took a few shots at big iron competitors IBM and Intel...
- Tags: T2, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Server, Analysis, Intel Corp., UltraSPARC T2, T2 CPU, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Beginning of the end for PATA
- Beginning of the end for PATAAlthough I want toI am one of those people who are still chomping at the bit to keep some older systems running. phasing out older tech only means I have to spend more time cobbling it together. Now is about time, but I...
- Tags: FireWire, Who-ever, PATA Drives, Serial ATA
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Intel Quad Core CPU drops below $280!
- Intel Quad Core CPU drops below $280!The sweetest spot in a whileThis article on AnandTechhttp://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2989&p=4highlights that the Q6600 will easily run at the new 1333 FSB on the P35 chipset easily outperforming the Extreme version QX6700 which is still $1000.AnandTech is of the opinion that once Intel figures this out,...
- Tags: Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, Anandtech, Q6600, E6600, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU
- Discussion threads 2007-07-23
- New Apple Patent app would improve iPhone, iPod video playback
- A newly published Apple Patent Application provides technology that could enhance the frames of a video fast forwarded on an iPhone or iPod.The goal, presumably, would be to facilitate viewer decisions on whether or not to play the video at normal speed based on the content in these sample frames.The...
- Tags: Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Clipdiary (4)
- Install our free Clipdiary utility and you will never lose data once copied. The utility, which runs on Windows startup, will record everything placed on the clipboard into the database. At any moment, you can view the clipboard history, copy the item back into the cache memory or paste it...
- Tags: Utility, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-06-06
- Intel's chipset road map lacks a driver
- Intel's chipset road map lacks a driverintel chipset driversIt seems to me that Intel should just quit pussy-footing around and implement side-port frame buffer/cache memory on the chipset just as ATI and NVIDIA have done for some time now. This should fascilitate easier and more timely implementation of the drivers....
- Tags: Chipsets, Corporate communications, Semiconductors, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), chipset, Intel Corp., video
- Discussion threads 2007-05-17
- Speed up your PC - Fit a 10,000 RPM system drive
- Speed up your PC - Fit a 10,000 RPM system driveWhere do you get your math?How do smaller drives at higher RPM compare to larger drives at lower RPM?Last I checked, overall performance of a 72 or 36 GB Raptor even in RAID 0 was nill compared to pulling from...
- Tags: Desktops, CPU, Memory Speed, RPM, Raptor, PC, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- Windows Vista: Top Ten Tips & Tricks
- This paper explains top ten tips & tricks for Windows Vista. Looking for specific applications, Web sites, and e-mails is faster than ever with the streamlined Windows Vista start menu. Windows Vista introduces a new concept for adding additional performance to a running system. Windows ReadyBoost lets people use flash...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-11-02
- FootprintEraser (zip)
- FootprintEraser is a plug-in for the Microsoft Internet Explorer, that enables you to prevent un-welcome eyes from tracing your browsing in specifics sites at the Internet. While browsing the Internet with the Microsoft Internet Explorer, the browser has a few mechanisms that leave traces of where and what you were...
- Tags: Problem, Trace, Web Browser, FootprintEraser, Internet, Web Browsers
- Software downloads 2006-08-28
- Dell, AMD expected to expand chip pact
- Dell, AMD expected to expand chip pactThe latest in over-cheap and over-hot systems ...[i]For higher-end systems with four processors, Intel has begun selling its dual-core "Tulsa" Xeon processor, which unlike Woodcrest [b]is based on the electricity-hungry and all-but-discontinued NetBurst architecture[/b]. Tulsa compensates by using a huge 16MB of on-board high-speed...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, Tulsa, michael_t, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chip, Dell Computer Corp., dell, processor, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-08-17
- Accelerating Security Applications With Intel Multi-Core Processors
- The transition to multi-core processors offers flexibility for development and optimization of higher performance applications. Multi-core architectures can significantly improve program flow so that cache memory associated with each execution core is used more effectively. With multiple caches, optimizing data locality is possible, driving higher cache-hit rates and improved overall...
- Tags: Multi-core Processor, Quad Processor, Performance, Security Application, Performance Improvement, Intel Corp., Performance Management, Processors, Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-07-01
- Intel: We're back
- Intel: We're backIntel should let the processors do the talking and stop bragging.AMD will be shipping things that leapfrog Intel.[b]Long live the Intel Market ![/b]Let's see what AMD's offerings are now ?Lets Go Intel!I personally can't wait to see what Inel has in store for us in the upcoming years....
- Tags: Performance management, Processors, Desktops, Network technology, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-26
- Deskcalc Pro (exe)
- DeskCalc is a full-featured adding machine with the functions you expect from a mechanical adding machine plus capabilities associated with a Windows environment. Features include a check-strip with comfortable text input per position, correction possibilities (rectifying, adding, and deleting values), a built-in formula interpreter, sales tax functions, cache (memory function),...
- Tags: DeskCalc, Sales Strategy, Taxes, Construction, Free Trade, Notebooks, Sales Force Management, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2006-06-26
- The Megahertz Myth and the UltraSPARC T1
- The Megahertz Myth and the UltraSPARC T1CISC vs. RISCand RISC winning every time! If this is the case then WHY are people so GA-GA over x86 servers? Seems a tad fishy to me.So if Xeon's are waiting for memory, then shouldn't the slower (in Ghz) Xeon chips = the performance...
- Tags: Processors, Performance management, Network technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., RISC, CPU Core, CPU, CISC, performance, EPIC, T1, Sun UltraSPARC
- Discussion threads 2006-02-07
- Sun Services CTO says utility computing acceptance is slow going
- I recently met with Daniel Berg Distinguished Engineer VP & CTO of Sun Services group, and we discussed some data center trends.Mr Berg gets to see how IT applications are being used, and how IT demands are changing in terms of systems design, and the different types of skills needed...
- Tags: data center, information technology
- Blog posts 2006-01-26
- Apple's x86 Move: reality and the party line
- An August 19th, 2005 Computerworld newsletter had an article by Michael de Agonia which caught my eye. Here's a bit from what I thought was an excellent expression of the official Apple line on this: While the timing of IBM's Power news raised some eyebrows,...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., IBM Corp., Agonia
- Blog posts 2005-08-22
White Papers and Webcasts
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Todd Glass of Heller Ehrman moderates a discussion, among tech execs, on the various solar technologies making a difference in the green movement.
"Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ Technology and the new 45nm Intel® Core™ Duo processor delivers greater than 2x the performance over older generation Intel® Centrino® components when your system is multitasking.
