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Making Man As Super As His Computer

Worst case, Steve Wallach figures it costs $10,000 to buy a blade server that can execute 50 billion floating point operations in a second. By that measure, it would take $200,000 to buy 20 of the blades, to handle a trillion operations a second in a heavy-duty scientific or financial...

Tags: Programmer, Computer, Steve Wallach, Convey Computer, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-17

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CES 2009: D-Link combines router, NAS device, and photo frame in one device. Also releases 450Mbps 802.11n router.

D-Link jumps into the CES fray with two new routers that definitely stand out, one for its versatility and the other for its potential speed. The Xtreme N DIR-685 is a 802.11n router at its heart, but it also comes with an undisclosed capacity for network...

Tags: D-Link Systems, NAS, Router, IEEE 802.11n, Photograph, Xtreme N DIR-685, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Routers & Switches, Home Networking, Network Technology, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-01-07

CES 2009: Summing up Ballmer's first keynote [day 2]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just wrapped up his first CES keynote, and I left feeling...vaguely satisfied. Not excited, or bored, but mildly hopeful. Clad in a burgundy v-neck sweater, a sprightly Ballmer kicked his speech off with gusto, proclaiming, "I'm ready to go and I'm here," and...

Tags: Phone, Partnership, Microsoft Windows 7, PC, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Business Structures, Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Missing $1 Billion In Cash? Get In Line. The Phone Line.

So we're shocked. Satyam Computer Services is missing $1 billion of cash and bank loans. Chairman Ramalinga Raju says he falsified accounts. Raju just wanted to maintain operating margins. Which does not quite explain why cash is missing. You don't need to make up cash or...

Tags: Bank, Phone, Satyam, Phone Line, Satyam Computer Services, Parmalat, Financial Services, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-01-07

CES 2009: Don't count out those Millennials or Online Media, Cell Phone on the rise as entertainment device, says Deloitte

 The idiot box is still king, but don't count out online advertising. (Source: Deloitte LLP) At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Deloitte LLP revealed the results of its 3rd State of the Media Democracy Survey, which are likely to be...

Tags: Social Networking, Deloitte LLP, Advertisement, Phone, Japan, Cell Phone, Online Media, TV, Survey, Entertainment, Millennials, Entertainment Device, Idiot Box, Early-adopter Millennials, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Satyam fallout: Should customers stick? Full text of chairman's stunning letter

Indian outsourcing company Satyam has cooked books, a $1 billion cash sink hole and its chairman and founder B Ramalinga Raju has fabricated figures. Meanwhile, Merrill Lynch has bailed on being an adviser to the company and shares of the firm were down 90 percent or so in premarket trading...

Tags: Board, Satyam, Maytas, Task Force, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-07

If iRecord can rip DVDs, why can't Real?

If I were one of the lawyers for Real Networks, I'd be looking a bit closer at a device called iRecord, which is being showcased this week at Macworld. iRecord basically allows you to take video and audio clips from any source - cable/satellite, DVR, Video game...

Tags: Lawsuit, Lawyer, Video, iRecord, RealDVD, Corporate Communications, Productivity, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Satyam chairman resigns amid accounting scandal

Indian outsourcing company Satyam Computer Services announced Wednesday its founder and chairman, B. Ramalinga Raju, has resigned, following an admission that he inflated its financial performance. Satyam Computer Services announced Wednesday its founder and chairman, B. Ramalinga Raju, has resigned, following an admission that he inflated its financial performance....

Tags: Accounting, Satyam, Balance Sheets, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Outsourcing, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Ramalinga Raju, SEC, Dawn Kawamoto CNET News

News items 2009-01-07

MacHeads: The movie

Review: MacHeads is a superb film that will give Apple haters a few cheap laughs, and Apple fans a few cheap thrills. But it'll entertain both equally, while educating everybody else. Prominent sex blogger and renowned Apple fangirl Violet Blue declares passionately that she'd never sleep with a Windows...

Tags: Movie, Apple Inc., MacHeads, Desktops, Hardware, Macworld, Nate Lanxon CNET UK Crave

News items 2009-01-07

Some like it hot: Why waste dough cooling down a data center?

It is conventional wisdom that computer innards don't like excessive heat, which is why most data centers are conservatively cooled with powerful air-conditioners to a temperature range of between 68 degrees and 81 degrees Fahrenheit. This theory has even got its very own law explaining it, called the Arrhenius Equation....

Tags: Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-06

MacBook Pro 17 (Early 2009) observations

For me the new, unibody MacBook Pro 17-inch (PN MB604LL/A) is probably the most exciting thing announced here at Macworld Expo. Not only because I'm more of a hardware guy but also because I'm a MacBook freak. So, where to start? The MBP has three compelling new features. ...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, MBP, MBP17, Screen Option, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Forget MacWorld and the keynote. Jobs as Obama's CTO? No.

So Mike Contaxis at MacSoda had the "real reason" why Steve Jobs was not going to give the keynote today at MacWorld. This was before Jobs' disclosure of the "hormonal imbalance" that his medical team has determined is leading him to lose weight. Jobs is set to...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, CTO, Macworld, Obama, Internet, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Windows 7 - Heal thyself!

Windows 7 - Heal thyself!I would be happier if the OS was perfect[url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1851228&tstart=15] Like [/url][url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1848781&tstart=15] OS [/url][url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1853856&tstart=30] X [/url]:)RE: Windows 7 - Heal thyself!Vista apparently has this feature also. Try to hit F8 during booup.If ZDNet needs to implement layoffs...Mr. Jason Perlow should be the first out the door!His blogs...

Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Boot Failure, Microsoft Windows 7, Heal Thyself, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Windows 7 Should be a Fixta Free For All

Windows 7 Should be a Fixta Free For AllI agreeJason,I totally agree. I am no vista fan. However if i am a dinosaur like you ( I am in my early 30's) well so be it. Vista is a complete J.O.K.E slow,UI is hard to use etc etc. These are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Fixta Free-For-All, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Is the PlayStation Doomed?

Sony, putting aside the human toll of massive restructuring, is a fascinating example of the carnage happening in the business world today, and the stifling of innovation in large companies. Today's multinational conglomerate had humble origins in post WWII Japan: Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Playstation, Game Players, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteries

Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteriesIn "theory" I don't see a problem with it.8 hours use on battery along a theoretical 5 years of use out of a mobil computer. Imagine the wear and tear after a full 5 years on a mobile device like a...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, battery, laptop computer, Apple Inc., MacBook Pro Batteries, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Apple iTunes goes all DRM free, with three price tiers

Apple iTunes goes all DRM free, with three price tiersSo it'll be a net price increaseseeing as most downloads are of newer songs.Not that I mind a fair increase every once and a while. But I wish I had known that before I had purchased some iTune gift cards for...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, tier, price tier, Apple Inc., DRM-free

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009

Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009no, actually....A) The battery is supposed to last the usual lifetime of the laptop. They are rated for 1000 charges. If it goes bad prematurely, then you would be covered by the warranty. Since the details have not been posted yet,...

Tags: Engineering, Philip Schiller, battery, Macworld 2009

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Apple iTunes goes all DRM free, with three price tiers

Apple announced today that effective immediately 8 million songs on iTunes would be DRM free, and that by the end of the quarter all 10 million songs on the popular music site would be DRM free. DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, otherwise known as copy protection. DRM-free music can...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-01-06

News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...

Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06