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Microsoft Big Brains: Chuck Thacker

Microsoft Big Brains: Chuck ThackerOne of the creators and influencers of the modern computerI read "Bottlers of Lightning", the book about Xerox Palo Alto Research Center PARC where so much of the current computer landscape originated: Ethernet, Windows with Mouse control, WYSIWIG, Laser Printers, etc. etc. and where Thacker contributed...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Chuck Thacker, Microsoft Big Brains

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Microsoft Big Brains: Chuck Thacker

In the latest installment of my "Microsoft Big Brains" series focusing on the company's technical fellows, I profile someone who is focused as much, if not more, on hardware than software: Systems architecture pioneer Chuck Thacker. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: PC, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Chuck Thacker, BEE3, Productivity, Game Players, Desktops, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-16

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News to know: Obama's inauguration streaming; Windows 7; Google; RIM

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: Where to watch Obama's presidential inauguration online Jennifer Leggio: Inauguration 2009: Can social networks handle it? ...

Tags: Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Obama, Dan Lyons, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-20

Hybrid drives: not so fast!

Vendors are pimping hybrid drives of flash memory and rotating disks. Disk drives and flash memory have very specific performance profiles. And they don't match up that well. Here's the scoop. The disk problem Disks are great for capacity and for reading and writing large chunks...

Tags: Disk, Performance, Problem, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-09-04

The end of applications?

Sometimes someone says something at a conference that really knocks me for a loop. Such was the case at the High Performance Computer Architecture Conference last year. In typical panel fashion, a group of us were each given a few minutes to state our position on the future of computer...

Tags: computer

Blog posts 2006-08-10

Reverse engineering the meaning of Google's 'Beta'

Reverse engineering the meaning of Google's 'Beta'Every company does it...Google is just more honest about it. Windows 1.0 and 2.0 were Microsoft betas that customers paid full price for. It was only with Windows 3.0 that the OS moved out of beta. Google has a lot more latitude because their...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Tablets, Notebooks, tablet PC, Google Inc., women, beta, reverse engineering

Discussion threads 2006-01-23