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The great server-centric personal computing experiment begins

The great server-centric personal computing experiment beginsSounds good! One tip...I'd consider Ubuntu 8.04.1 server edition, instead of 8.10. Nothing like a rock-steady LTS for a server...If you need support for very new hardware: on January 22, version 8.04.2 will be released. Not only will this point release contain all accumulated...

Tags: Servers, Desktops, server, LTS, personal computing experiment, centric personal computing experiment, hardware, computing experiment, great Server, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

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Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server

What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Workload, Virtual Server, Server, Strategy, Management, virtualization, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29

ARIN CEO reminds: be prepared for Internet numbering expansion

Thank youAppreciate it, Joe. Will new routers work?I have a fairly new router, but in all of the screens it only shows IPv4 addresses :(. Any idea what the state of home routers is?I imagine mixed systems will still be possible - as long as your router is capable of...

Tags: NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Routers & switches, Network technology, IPv6, IPv4, router, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Snow Leopard upgrade: what's in it for me?

RE: Snow Leopard upgrade: what's in it for me?How does "the 32-bit OS X kernel can run 64-bit apps" work? Is it a hack, or could Microsoft have implemented this in Windows too?Talk about a "Snow Leopard Capable" fiasco!!!Wow, that's [b]brutal[/b]! None of the new features that Apple is touting...

Tags: 64-bit, Desktops, Operating systems, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

ERP sales are falling: here's one reason

I'm on a small project that is typical of many: "I have a modest sized business but our complexities are no different to the Big Boys. Help." So off we trot so see if there's a solution that comes vaguely close to an 80% fit. As a 'day job sometimes'...

Tags: Solution, Oracle Corp., ERP, Microsoft Corp., ERP Sale, Sales Strategy, Social Networking, Outsourcing, Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Netbooks vs. Notebooks - Consumers are confused

Netbooks vs. Notebooks - Consumers are confusedI coulda told you that with no survey needed.I understand the portability aspect of the netbook but the performance hit is terrible. If they are used for simple interNET tasks like the name suggests they are fine. I cannot tell you how...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, netbook, notebook

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"

Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"Not that big an issue....Not that big an issue since the defalt in Windows 7 RC is to allways notify... so as long as you don't tamper with the default you should be ok. And hopefully 90% of users will leave it...

Tags: SECURITY, Operating systems, Adrian, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, flaw, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Why Windows 7's netbook success isn't a slam-dunk

Why Windows 7's netbook success isn't a slam-dunkMy prediction is that Linux will gain a critical mass in netbooks, forcing MS to keep prices at or below the $15 range, and also eventually increase acceptable screen sizes and other restricted features. The Google brand could be something that will finally...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

News to know: Bing, Twitter, Kindle, E3, Red Hat, Istanbul

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. Larry Dignan: Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback? Bing's real return: A catalyst to a...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Red Hat Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Engineering, Game Players, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Networking

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Eating my own dogfood?

So I love Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the Classmate. Not really a surprise since regular readers will know that I really like the Classmate PC, I really like Ubuntu, and I'm not wedded to any particular interface, be it Apple, Windows, Linux, or otherwise. However, if...

Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Microsoft exec outlines Windows 7 security [video]

Mobile-device security, two factor log-ins, and AppLocker, a code-signing feature for applications, are just a few of the security advancements Microsoft is rolling out with its Windows 7 operating system. Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division, explains at the RSA Conference in San Francisco how it...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Video, Microsoft Corp., Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Yahoo as desktop application: The next frontier?

Yahoo has launched a project called Sideline, a Twitter monitoring tool built on Adobe's AIR platform. The effort is notable for three primary reasons: Sideline shows how Yahoo can meld user interface and programming to create a multiplatform application.  This approach could be a way to...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Twitter, Desktop Application, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-01

News to know: Exectweet, Twitter, Intel options, iPhone 3.0, Vista share

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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft + Federated Media + Twitter = ExecTweets Exectweets: Nice, but not the revenue plan for...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Accounting, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely great

Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely greatThere's interest from SMEsWe've had a few of our customers (all SME's) asking about this. One customer uses a hosting providing to run their public facing web site, which is mainly static content, but they also upload order tracking data on a daily basis, for...

Tags: SMB/SME, local storage, small and medium enterprise, storage

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

What Cisco learned from open source

An open source company, Vyatta, has taught Cisco and the market that a networking box is really nothing but a computer with software. Now Cisco is returning the favor, with boxes that combine the functions of networking, computing and storage. (The picture is from...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Margin, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Linux, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Would you run a server using Intel's Atom processor?

Intel desperately wants its Atom netbook processor inside almost every computing device on the market -- smartphones, automobiles, robots, regular desktops and laptops and of course, netbooks. But would you run an Intel Atom server? In a PC World article, Intel reveals that it...

Tags: Processor, Intel Atom, Intel Corp., Servers, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Intel Xeon Processors Help Capture and Analyze Massive Amounts of Scientific Data From the World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator

Several hundred feet beneath the French-Swiss border lies the world's largest, most powerful particle accelerator - the Large Hadron Collider. More than 2,200 researchers from around the globe work at the CERN the European Organization for Nuclear Research laboratory on ATLAS, a large-scale particle physics experiment that studies the forces...

Tags: Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies 2009-03-01

News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption

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. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...

Tags: Google Gmail, Software-as-a-service, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Internet

Blog posts 2009-02-25

News to know: More Kindle, Intel, IT Talent, Google energy

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 Christopher Dawson: Kindle 2.0: Give me a Classmate instead Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Kindle 2 - It is what it...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Smart Phones, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-02-11

OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design

OLPC to laptop makers: Use our designRE: Hey Open Source come back -- Use our design"Bill Gates told CNET News that the "OLPC hasn't done that well" ..."Hence no ROI."... --the group said that it would be working with Microsoft to make a Windows variety of its XO laptop, ..."Anticipation...

Tags: laptop computer, Third World, One Laptop Per Child project, third world country

Discussion threads 2009-02-09