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- Intel demos 48-core chip
- If we can get more applications to use them . . .Cool, but it turns out not all applications will be able to use all cores. The only things that can really use them are entertainment applications and heavy duty scientific applications.. . . and in those spaces, nVidia and...
- Tags: Intel Corp., chip
- Discussion threads 2009-12-02
- MSI A6000-029US (Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)
- Very Bad Experience with MSILet me try to summarize the situation. Last month I was considering purchasing a new computer. I looked at Apple's and Dell's websites, but I also decided to go to the local Office Depot and look at the computers they had. I spent about...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel Core 2 Duo, MSI, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, computer, Microsoft Windows XP, recovery disk, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Intel vs. AMD still isn't a fair fight
- I only use AMD products Intel can play hardballIt will only hurt them in the long run.This is probably one of AMD's last problemsThe first problem is to field a competitive product in the first place. When it takes more than twice the core count to compete with Intel...
- Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., fair fight, processor
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Apple's Black Friday sales under analysts' microscope
- A 36% decrease is considered slightly?[i]On Average, the stores were selling 8.3 Macs per hour, down from 13 on Black Friday last year according to similar checks we performed.[/i]I'd consider that significant not slight.Wait for a real report.Wow! Ambiguous reporting based on some guys going to am Apple Store and...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, My-Comments, Apple Inc., Munster, advertisement, sales
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Reinvigorating Microsoft's mobile strategy
- MS should give up and go homeNobody wants Windows Mobile. It's declining share and the increasing share of competitors makes it also-ran.Many are not wanting Windows at all as evidenced by its declining market share.There is no reason for Windows on the mobile device given reliability and performance are...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, strategy, Microsoft Corp., phone, mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- SAP Users start to flex their muscles
- Ray WangStill wondering if Ray Wang has ever said anything positive about SAP. I am sure he has at one point in his career. Based on his comments, SAP should probably close up shop. Dennis, thanks for providing some balance. RE: SAP Users start to flex...
- Tags: Web services, Enterprise software, Middleware, Strategy, BS7, SAP AG, Ray
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Large Hadron Collider sees first collisions
- its work and we are not dead yet damn it .... not end of the world party Won't go full power until 2012...Abotu the 21st of December. ;-)Give It Time!!It takes awhile for the microscopic Black hole to consume enough matter to destroy the planet. Let's see the mass...
- Tags: black hole, magma, Large Hadron Collider
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser
- It is a dumb idea.WAIT! Firefox and Chrome teams are looking to do the same?What a brilliant idea!I smell a large scale patent war brewingThis will be one that catches everybody's attention, not just the people who work in the industry.I'd bet that Office goes hardware-rendered, tooI'd bet that Office...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, IE9, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, hardware, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I
- Sorry Paul, but you're wrong about knowledge basesGreetings Paul:Very good overall post!However, considering our core competency in knowledge bases, I have to take exception to your conclusions on KBs.Consumers certainly will and shouldturn to other consumers when looking for input on product and service selection because it is not motivated...
- Tags: Strategy, knowledge, Salesforce.com Inc., knowledge base, Chattering, Paul
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Dell Inspiron i1470-3282CRD
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.At what cost to battery life? That's the question we're left asking Dell after testing its Inspiron 1470-3282, a $729 laptop sold at Best...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron, laptop computer, processor, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-11-21
- Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploit
- Ummm interesting....so just block 139 and 445...445? great that port aggain.Is SMB blocked to/from internet by th firewall by default?RE: Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploitPorts 139 and 445 are blocked by default for Internet access by Windows firewall in Windows 7 and any commerical hardware firewall. They are enabled...
- Tags: Firewalls, SMB/SME, SMB protocol, Microsoft Windows 7, firewall, Windows 7 exploit, Microsoft Windows, small and medium business, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Cray's Jaguar tops IBM's Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer
- I think.....they yanked the quad cores and put in six core CPUs. The real question is: What happened to all those quads?Yes....It plays Crysis90% Linux, where all the Windose Fanbois now!Doh! Bunch of Homers.Yes, but can it play Crysis ;)?I wanna play Crysis, I think I'll need at least...
- Tags: Linux, IBM Corp., Cray Inc., supercomputer, Crysis
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Google hopes to remake programming with Go
- Could be a really cool programming for old C/C programmers!!I will definitely try it out.No. No pointers.Umm, no. No pointers, no "*" symbols littered in my code anymore, thanks.. . . and, frankly, it pushes typing from bad to worse. No OOP, and no replacement, other than what...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Development tools, Programming languages, cloud computing, large project, object-oriented programming, Google Inc., programming
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298
- hmmfor once, i agree with you. why are they still making the celeron...? shouldn't the atom replace that?Intel Celeron?is Inhel still making this 10 year old crap?surplus maybe? ntnti feel 298 is bad for celron processor..but still good option for ppl who r new to these creepy labtops..RE: Walmart unveils...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, HP Pavilion, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Figuring the value of software
- Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., SAP AG, Phil Wainewright, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- uCertify 70-433 MCTS: SQL Server 2008, D 8.02.05 (Windows)
- PrepKit 70-433, MCTS: SQL Server 2008, Database Development is an interactive software application that helps you learn, tracks your progress, identifies areas for improvements and simulates the actual exam. This PrepKit contains 4 interactive practice tests with over 294 challenging questions guaranteed to comprehensively cover all the objectives for the...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, uCertify, Microsoft Windows, PrepKit, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-11-01
- A visit to Microsoft's first store
- I missed an explanation as to why...I should shop there."Three rows of tables displayed hardware from Dell, HP, Sony and Lenovo."The big chains sell those already. Why would I go to a Windows store to buy Dells, HPs, Sonys and Lenovos, when there are several sources for those same computers...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., 64-bit, Microsoft Windows, computer, GPU, Microsoft Windows 7, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services
- DumbWhat a dumb move their Accounting software was one of the best products they had.Anyone notice a trend?Dumping Money, dumping Office Accounting, and all at a time when the Feds are increasingly regulating Financial firms. While MS is clearly not a "Financial" Company it looks alot like they are...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Office Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Students find Win 7 upgrade a tough assignment
- Well DUH!Students, retired folks, IT pros, dabblers, 'nix heads, etc. would ALL find trying to UPGRADE from a 32 bit to a 64 bit OS hard. Three words - "can't be done."There, was that hard? Why is this even news?This is newsbecause some people like to keep spreading...
- Tags: Operating systems, clean install, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Migration Wizard
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
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