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- Microsoft's road to the cloud is paved with parallelism
- A new whitepaper that Microsoft researchers are set to present at a conference next month sheds more light on Microsoft's back-end cloud infrastructure. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Cosmos, Helland, Team Management, Programming Languages, Cloud Computing, Databases, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Cosmos
- A Microsoft Code Name a Day: CosmosSo you're getting excited over a word?Even without knowing what it is?Microsoft are good at finding catchy names for their projects and products, but it doesn't say anything about if it's actually useful at all.How about using more critical judgement?
- Tags: Cosmos, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Cosmos
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Codename, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-09
- COSMOS: IBM, Cisco, Intel, HP and others propose to unify systems management tools
- The mission of the proposed COSMOS Project COmmunity Systems Management Open Source is to create a standard tools platform upon which software developers can create inter-operable system management tools and plug-ins. "Systems management" encompasses such diverse activities as health monitoring, inventory tracking, deployment modeling, configuration change tracking, and so...
- Tags: COSMOS, monitoring, tool
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
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- (Hardware 2.0 Best Kit List for Aug/Sep 08)
- (Hardware 2.0 Best Kit List for Aug/Sep 08)Incorrect ListingFor your CoolerMaster Cosmos S 1100, you have a 1000 pictured. The Cosmos S is a meaner looking beast with a mesh front to it. Bit of a difference.samsung yesI can't recommend this monitor. Specwise it barely stacks up to...
- Tags: Hardware 2.0 Best Kit List, Aug/Sep 08, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System
- If you consider this upper midrange $3,220 AVADirect's Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System representative of the value and build quality available from this small custom builder, we can report that we were mostly happy with this PC, even if we found it loud and its gaming performance a bit...
- Tags: Games, AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System
- Product reviews 2008-07-02
- 10 top tweaks for Windows Vista
- 10 top tweaks for Windows VistaNice - thanks for putting this together Ed!Nice - thanks for putting this together Ed! any chance of making this a down loadable document?Smart power user setupThis should provide a lot of folks a number of "easy access" ideas and handy shortcuts for better Vistaland...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), taskbar, Microsoft Windows Vista, toolbar, desktop, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08The CaseI own the case that you show here. I've had it for several months and let me tell you, it's GREAT. A few thing other thing that you don't mention that's worth noting are the built-in cable routing ability, included...
- Tags: Cable, Construction, Enermax, Hardware 2.0, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08
- OK, it's time once again for ... drum roll please ... The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. These components are on...
- Tags: ASUS, Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, CPU, List, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., LGA775, AM2, ASUS Maximus Extreme, Maximus Extreme, DDR3, PSU, Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- Microsoft, Intel to team on new parallel, multicore research efforts
- In what has become a not-so-secret secret, Microsoft and Intel are set to unveil on March 18 their joint funding of more parallel-processing research work, according to various industry reports. EETimes says the Wintel couple will announce it is helping fund the new Parallel Computing Lab at...
- Tags: Team, Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Intel Corp., EETimes, Microsoft Research Folk, Dryad, Team Management, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- From two to three GPUs with CrossfireX Quad
- From two to three GPUs with CrossfireX Quad4 GPUS and CrysisWhich of course runs on the Cry engine, which runs such games as FarCry, Crysis, Crysanthemum, and Jesus Cryst Superstar...and seems to be designed for some futuristic computer from Space game reviewer reference.However, you did Say that the 1 &...
- Tags: CrossfireX Quad, three-GPU, card
- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
- Windows Live Platform Services: A guide for the perplexed
- Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie outlined during his Mix '08 keynote this week a very high-level vision about how Microsoft is moving to be more of a utility-computing/cloud-computing vendor. Ozzie didn't talk specifics about any of the plumbing that makes it possible. But David Treadwell, Corporate...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Service, Horizon, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Data Centers, Storage, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Microsoft Singularity
- Microsoft SingularityCosmos???Cosmos was doing this sort of work for some time now too. This is just another Microsoft me-too project. Am I the only one sick of them stealing other's ideas?Everyone can see the issues...As I speak with representatives from many different companies, I often notice that what...
- Tags: Singularity, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- News to know: Cosmos, a new OS; Google Apps; Cisco worries; Patches galore
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Cosmos: An open-source .Net-based microkernel OS is born Microsoft runs its datacenters on 'Autopilot' Dan Farber: Google launches free Team Edition of Apps. Larry Dignan: Cisco's second quarter in line; Sees slower growth ahead ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Time Warner Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Operating System, Patch Management, Cisco Systems Inc., SugarCRM, Virtualization, Cable, Network Technology, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Storage
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Cosmos%3A+An+open-source+.Net-based+microkernel+OS+is+born
- Cosmos%3A+An+open-source+.Net-based+microkernel+OS+is+bornawesome...another alternative, lightweight OSMicrosoft ought to rebuild Windows on top of its stripped-down kernel so that Windows can run efficiently with fewer resources.Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....."[b][b] can't hold a candle to Linux."please cut the crap![i]Cosmos is 100% C#. The only assembly is emitted by our compiler.[/i]Last time I checked C# code was plain...
- Tags: Programming languages, Operating systems, .NET, cosmo, open source, Microsoft Corp., Java, operating system, compiler
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Cosmos: An open-source .Net-based microkernel OS is born
- Move over, Microsoft Singularity. There's another microkernel, .Net-based operating system in town. And this one's available under an open-source license. Known as Cosmos, the new, independently developed operating system OS is the brain child of former Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism team member Chad "Kudzu" Hower....
- Tags: Open Source, Assembly, Operating System, Compiler, Microsoft Corp., Kudzu, Cosmos Frequently Asked Questions, MJF, C#, .Net, Operating Systems, Middleware, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Enterprise Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Build a Mac Pro equivalent workstation for 1/3 the cost
- Conventional wisdom tells us that a digital content creation and CAD professional had to fork out $6000 to $10,000 dollars for a high-end 8-core dual-processor workstation, but this is Real World IT where I say screw conventional wisdom. I've put on my mad scientist hat again and brewed something up...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Memory, Wisdom, Dual Processor, Intel Corp., Mac Pro, FBDIMM, Series Motherboard, Chipsets, Serial ATA, Workstations, Mice, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Storage, Peripherals, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- Are the people telling Google it's time for a redesign?
- Are the people telling Google it's time for a redesign?RE: Are the people telling Google it's time for a redesign?Use iGoogle if you want a bunch of annoying eye candy. Why muck up the home page and make it a mess like Yahoo has done? KISS...Try iGoogleThat's it -- just...
- Tags: Portals, Apple Inc., Prada, Old Navy, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
- Space 4 Screensaver (zip)
- Space is the final frontier and full of the unknown. Experience the cosmos on your own desktop with this free screensaver. With amazing images and high resolution pictures, you will feel a part of the galaxy. Enjoy Space 4 Screensaver with super large high resolution photos. This version is the...
- Tags: High-resolution, Screensaver, Wallpaper Screensavers
- Software downloads 2007-11-29
- Space 2 Screensaver (zip)
- Bring the cosmos to your desktop with this stunning free screensaver. Featuring high resolution pictures of space, you will feel in amongst the stars. Enjoy Space 2 Screensaver with super large high resolution photos. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: High-resolution, Screensaver, Wallpaper Screensavers
- Software downloads 2007-11-29
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