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Placing bets on proposed cyberczar position

President-elect Obama should appoint a Center for Cybersecurity Operations and appoint a cyberczar to oversee its operations, according to a report by the U.S. Commission on Cybersecurity. According to Business Week: Active policing of government and corporate networks would include new rules and a "red...

Tags: Cybersecurity, CRN, Powell, Government, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Report: Vista coupons coming later this month

It’s no secret that Microsoft and its PC partners are readying coupons to help make up for the fact that there won’t be any PCs preloaded with Vista ready for this holiday season. According to CRN, Microsoft is, indeed, going to launch its coupon program later this month. The...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, coupon, CRN, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-10-05

CRN sleuth Barb Darrow on IT vendor sports

I began working with Barb Darrow back in 1988 at bi-monthly engineering trade pub Design News, and always respected her tenacity, verve, and newshound instincts. Barb went on to InfoWorld in 1993 but had left by the time I got there to run news for the website in 1995. Now...

Tags: Barb Darrow

Blog posts 2006-05-08

CRN: IBM to AOL: Talk to Me

CRN coverage of the Lotusphere news:IBMSoftware's new Sametime instant messaging will connect to the hugely popularconsumer IM networks from America Online, Yahoo and Google, IBM execs saidMonday. ... Ironically, IBM/Lotus was the first to offer AIM integrationseveral years ago, but that pact faded. More recently,...

Tags: CRN, IM, IBM Lotus SameTime, IBM Corp., America Online Inc.

Blog posts 2006-01-24

CRN: IBM´s Collaboration Chief Talks Domino, Workplace Game Plan

A very long interview with LotusGM Mike Rhodin. If you've been wondering what Mike has been up toin his first few months leading Lotus, this interview reveals a lot. Hetalks about everything from ND7 adoption, competition, Workplace adoption,branding, developer opportunities, Linux, and more....

Tags: workplace, Workplace Game Plan, IBM Lotus Domino

Blog posts 2005-12-24

Additional Resources

What do Linux vendors want with those former Microsoft graphics patents?

Trolls are worse than MicrosoftMS could face retribution from the likes of IBM, whose portfolio and depth of patents dwarf most other stockpiles. Most likely this has been the main source of MS restraint - only saber rattling - to date.A troll has no legitimate business to protect and...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, graphics, Microsoft Corp., patent, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

EU wants MSFT to put other browsers in Windows

Microsoft's plans for Windows 7 to allow users to disable Internet Explorer don't go far enough, the EU is thinking. CRN reports that the Wall Street Journal reports that the EU wants to force Microsoft to bundle other browsers - I'm thinking Opera and Firefox - with Windows. A startup...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, MSFT, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-01

CRN: The Value of Storage Consolidation

When storage solution provider VeriStor Systems, Duluth, Ga.,bid on consolidating the storage environment at North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., it put its reputation and its money behind an EqualLogic iSCSI SAN. The university was trying to keep more than 50 servers with direct-attached storage up and running....

Tags: Storage Consolidation, Dell EqualLogic, Storage, Hardware

Case studies 2009-05-08

Dell to launch Android and Windows Mobile phones

Dell to launch Android and Windows Mobile phonesWindows = Turn offUse a Linux device OS for crying out loud, goin the 'Windokes' path always leads to a dead end.Blackberry actually works without locking up, rebooting, and draining batteries in 1 day.The concept phone looks like a sad prop to anunder...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Keyboards, Handhelds, Operating systems, Cellular phones, cell phone, Dell Computer Corp., phone, smart phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

World's fastest computer at Energy Dept.

World's fastest computer at Energy Dept...."[B]It runs off of 12,960 IBM Cell chips, used in the Sony PS3, as well as over 7,000 dual-core AMD Opteron chips and 80 terabytes of memory, all running on the [U]Red Hat Linux OS.[/U][/B]"[url=http://www.dbtechno.com/computers/2008/06/10/ibm-roadrunner-supercomputer-breaks-world-record/]source[/url]Still the fastest and most scalable around... ]:)[url=http://www.crn.com/hardware/208402890]More detailed[/url] information about...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Semiconductors, Network technology, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, computer

Discussion threads 2008-06-10

PS3 chip powers world's fastest computer

PS3 chip powers world's fastest computer.... i believe the link is wrongnice article. i think its a fantastic achievement by IBM. but i believe the link you supplied to the best article you found on roadrunner is incorrect as it merely links back to your own blog posting....And it runs..All...

Tags: Processors, OpenCL, Cell, Sony PlayStation 3, processor, PS3 chip powers world, chip, computer

Discussion threads 2008-06-10

Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack

Microsoft won't be delivering database backup as one of the new features promised for the first "PowerPack" update for Windows Home Server when it ships later this year. The independent "We Got Served" Home Server blog acknowledged the feature cut in a May 9 entry. According to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Backups, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-15

My OS is the best OS because ...

My OS is the best OS because ...I stick with Dos 6.6rotflThat's because linux users are too busyrecompiling their kernels. Ha!this looks like another flamebait article to me.OK, OK....Ubuntu 8.04 is the best OS. Because it's easy, secure, stable, easy on the resources and free.Tip: for the time being, I...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux User, Ubuntu 8.04, operating system, Linux, Microsoft Windows 98, Gentoo

Discussion threads 2008-05-06

Alpha Five 9 (Windows)

With over 1 million users and winner of Jolt, PC Mag Eidtor, PC USER and CRN awards. Alpha Five has established itself as a leader in easy and rapid application development for both web and desktop applications. Includes: Powerful Report Writer with Drill down. Uses built in DBF database or...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Alpha Software, Desktops, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-05-04

Apple iMac refresh roundup

Coverage of the Apple iMac refresh fell into two camps. The first consists of the usual specs and prices. This was a speed bump--the design of the aluminum all-in-one is unchanged--with faster Core 2 Duo processors, larger L2 cache, more memory, a faster system bus, and new...

Tags: Processor, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Desktops, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-04-29

XP SP3's due date is now anyone's guess

Last week, I posted that I was hearing the final release of Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 was due imminently. This week's update: I have no idea when XP SP3 is coming. Microsoft has maintained for the past few months that it would release XP SP3...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-24

Lenovo X300 ultraportable now available

Right on the schedule, the Lenovo X300 is now available for order. And it looks like Lenovo has the first hit on its hands since acquiring ThinkPad. The reviews see below have been overwhelmingly positive, which is no surprise given the ultraportable's unique specs and pedigree....

Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Only Microsoft stands between me and 64-bit bliss

Only Microsoft stands between me and 64-bit blissHey ... Shadey ...Why should it even be NEWS ... AT [b]ALL[/b]??Like Mikey Cox, every time I talk to MY Microsoft Rep, he is pushing 64-bit, 64-bit, 64-bit. Then we discover that the right hand at MS doesn't know what the left...

Tags: Network technology, 64-bit, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Microsoft softens limits on its Windows Web Server

When Microsoft starts shipping Windows Web Server 2008 real soon now, the licensing terms and conditions it will require of its customers will be different than they were for prior versions of the company's Web-server version of the product. Customers will be able to use any type...

Tags: Web Server, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Databases, Servers, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-04

Windows adoption rates: a history lesson

In the Talkback section of my earlier post on XP versus Vista adoption (Who's choosing XP over Vista?), several commenters pointed to a PC World Techlog post by editor Harry McCracken that they believe contradicts my conclusions. Here's what Harry had to say: On January 30th, Microsoft released Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-12-31