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AMD/ATi Catalyst 8.3 display drivers released - Making a compelling case for Vista

AMD/ATi have released the Catalyst 8.3 display drivers pack - and this latest updates does more to encourage gamers onto Vista than Microsoft has managed so far. Catalyst 8.3 is no small update to the drivers.  There are a whole raft of new...

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Catalyst 8.3, Graphics, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Radeon, Software

Blog posts 2008-03-05

Catalyst 8.3 tomorrow - unlocks CrossfireX and Hybrid Graphics

Catalyst 8.3 tomorrow - unlocks CrossfireX and Hybrid GraphicsI have high interests in Hybrid CrossFire.This is great for me to get into gaming. I've already posted a thread over at 3DGameMan Kickass Forum:http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51068In the future, it'd be great for me to use an ATI Radeon HD 3850, so that it...

Tags: ATI Technologies Inc., Catalyst 8.3, Catalyst 8.3 tomorrow, CrossFireX, game, Hybrid Graphics

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

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Social Business in Action - Establishing Excellence

Human interaction is as old as humanity, and nothing beats personal contact. We can learn more from a few seconds of personal contact and get a 'gut feel' about someone or a situation experientially in person than we can from hours of research and remote contact....

Tags: Web, Team, Information Technology, Human Interaction, Cohen, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Team Management, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-21

News to know: MySpace-iLike; Gmail; Twitter; Sony Ericsson; Secure smartphones

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: MySpace to acquire social music service iLike for $20 million Matthew Miller: Push Gmail comes to the...

Tags: Google Gmail, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Dana Blankenhorn, Smart Phone, Andrew Nusca, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), E-mail Providers, E-mail, Research & Development, Cloud Computing, Smart Phones, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-18

SMN - Implementing Security Manager for Cisco Networks v1.1

View Available Dates and LocationsCisco Security Manager is an enterprise-class management application designed to configure firewall, VPN, and intrusion prevention IPS security services on Cisco network and security devices. Cisco Security Manager can be used in networks of all sizes-from small networks to large networks consisting of...

Tags: Policy, Cisco Systems Inc., Security Manager, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking

Training 2009-04-01

Microsoft: Economy putting a damper on migrations to and from open source

Microsoft: Economy putting a damper on migrations to and from open sourceWhat can they say?No doubt they are seeing very flat sales at best, and this is simply part of the "get wall street ready" series where they will purport that EVERYTHING is down. That said, their study is...

Tags: open source, Microsoft Corp., damper, migration, International Data Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Vista Capable suit no longer a class action

Vista Capable suit no longer a class actionInflation in computer prices?I seem to remember the computer prices never really changing when Vista came out. All that seemed to happen was you got more computer for the same price. Almost all the computers coming out had a built in video card...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., class action, Vista Capable, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

CIERS1 - CCIE 360 R&S Prep Boot Camp 1

View Available Dates and LocationsThis intensive Boot Camp-style course is designed to help the CCIE Routing & Switching candidate determine exactly where they are in their process of preparing for the CCIE R&S practical exam and to fill technology gaps through lecture and labs....

Tags: Lab, Lecture, Frame Relay, BGP, Networking, Network Technology, Portals, Internet

Training 2008-11-01

Women and leadership

Last week, my dead tree copy of McKinsey Quarterly arrived bearing the above title. This section caught my eye (p.45 and written by Joanne Barsch, Susie Cranston and Rebecca A. Craske): One surprising thing we learned as a result of talking with female leaders was that they often fail...

Tags: McKinsey & Co., Leadership, Men, Women, Leader, Personal Development, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-27

DVD Catalyst GT 1.8 (Windows)

DVD Catalyst GT, DVD Catalyst 3's little brother, is a less feature-rich version of DVD Catalyst 3. While it lacks some of it's features, the application is basically a WYSIWYG What you see is what you get It shows the video in a preview on top of an image of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, DVD Catalyst, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-10-24

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

News to know: Google; Typosquatting; Apple; IDF

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Garett Rogers: Google gains share again, should Microsoft give up? Christopher Dawson: Can Dell compete on cost anymore? Dancho Danchev: Typosquatting the U.S presidential...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Open Source, Security, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-22

News to know: Yang's runway; Apple patch; Google; Gates' last week

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yang's recovery runway: Months to days and board should go too. Techmeme Google's display ad gravy train rests with YouTube Richard Koman: Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say Ryan Naraine: Microsoft blames 'human issues' for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Data Center, Apple Inc., Data Centers, Web Browsers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-20

Netbooks - Too little, too late, and way too expensive

Netbooks - Too little, too late, and way too expensiveany performance benchmarks?may be the 'netbook' has better performance or is less power hungry.Or may be it is just a gimmick for the uninformed!You're missing the point.A $500 MSI Wind isn't competing with a $500 15" Dell - it's competing with...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Notebooks, Marketing research, Netbooks, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

Why Apple will blow past its 10 million iPhone target

Why Apple will blow past its 10 million iPhone target10 Million in 12 monthsAs I recall, Mr. Jobs' prediction was that they would sell 10 million in the first year - not 10 million by the end of 2008. Didn't they go on sale June 29, 2007? With...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, iPhone target, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

ATI Catalyst 8.5 brings improvements and performance boost for some games

ATI Catalyst 8.5 brings improvements and performance boost for some gamesOwners of All-In-Wonder cards still screwedNote: ATI All-in-Wonder™ boards operate with AMD's WindowsVista ready display and capture drivers under the Windows Vista operatingsystem. However, the Windows Vista Media Center application doesnot support TV/Capture functionality provided by the ATI All-in-Wonder™. TV/Capture...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), performance, game, ATI Technologies Inc., TV/capture, ATI All-in-Wonder

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

ATI Catalyst 8.5 brings improvements and performance boost for some games

AMD/ATI release new Catalyst drivers on pretty much a monthly schedule. The updates range from tiny tweaks to major improvements. Yesterday's release of Catalyst 8.5 brings with it some significant improvements. Here's a list of new features: Catalyst Control Center Component Video ATI...

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Game, Human Resources, Performance, Performance Management, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2008-05-22

More on the Vista DVD playback issue

More on the Vista DVD playback issueDid you tryreading your dvd with a software that does not support DRM of any form and does not rely on windows infrastructure, like VLC ?DId you try other DRM compatible software, like PowerDVD or the like ?To me this sound like a poor...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista, DVD, Vista DVD playback issue, playback issue, Vista DVD, digital-rights management, HDCP

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Effects of XP SP3 update on gaming

Does XP SP3 boost gaming performance? Let's find out! The tests The tests will be carried out on the AMD Spider platform that I have set up in the lab (Phenom 9700, Radeon 3850 graphics card, 2GB of RAM …). I’ve used this system...

Tags: Video Card, Graphics, Games, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Video Cards, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-28

AMD/ATi release Catalyst 8.4, adds support for new cards under Linux

For those of you running AMD/ATi graphics cards, you might be interested in knowing that Catalyst 8.4 driver suite has been released. For Windows users this is pretty much the usual fayre of bug fixes and performance improvements release notes here. Here are some of the highlights:...

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Card, Catalyst 8.4, Games, Linux, Personal Technology, Radeon, Topic Number

Blog posts 2008-04-17