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Crossbow's golden arrows

Crossbow's golden arrowsOk so all this network stuff is really cool.....but like Sun's CPU stratergy it seems as if it is competing with itself. Will this tempt away Linux customers. Ummm.. NO! Will it cause Cisco to loose market share. Umm.. NO!Perhaps it will make existing Solaris users stick with...

Tags: Operating systems, Servers, NETWORKING, Crossbow, Sun Solaris, Unix, golden arrow, network, network group, network interface card

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

Crossbow's golden arrows

Sun's Project Crossbow, now in the OpenSolaris code base, separates physical network interfaces from the OS code accessing that hardware - meaning superficially that it virtualizes networks, more substantively that OpenSolaris on AMD can now compete with Cisco/IOS at 10 cents on the Cisco dollar - and more deeply that...

Tags: OpenSolaris, Network, Sun Microsystems Inc., Network Interface, Crossbow, Networking, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-02-26

A (Microsoft) code name a day: Crossbow

A Microsoft code name a day: CrossbowWindows Mobile Crossbow and AvalonWith Windows Mobile Crossbow, developers can take advantage of Avalon and make custom user interfaces instead of the boring buttons like you see in standard Windows Mobile applications. For making custom graphical user interfaces, developers use XML-based "XAML" which stands...

Tags: Operating systems, Handhelds, Microsoft Corp., Crossbow, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-12-08

A (Microsoft) code name a day: Crossbow

Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always have piqued my interest....

Tags: Crossbow Best guess, codename, Microsoft Corp., Code names, Development tools, Vista, Housekeeping

Blog posts 2006-12-08

Universal Desktop Daily - Wednesday, November 22, 2006

I found the SWF2XAML converter by Mike Swanson yesterday via Karsten Januszewski. Mike also has an Illustrator converter which does the same thing. I think this is a good way for Flash people to jump into XAML and see what it is all about. The converter doesnt do everything,...

Tags: Crossbow, Google Inc., Rich Internet Applications, Adobe, Flash, Google, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere

Blog posts 2006-11-22

Universal Desktop Daily - Friday, September 15, 2006

Most of the news yesterday was dominated by the Zune and Wii announcements both look really cool, but I do have a couple of items. Dan Farber here on ZDNet has a roundup of Michael Arrington's winners and losers for the web....

Tags: Crossbow, WPF, Flash

Blog posts 2006-09-15

CrossBow 1.03 (Mobile)

CrossBow allows you to enter crosswords into your PalmPilot as specially formatted memos. You can then view the crossword grid on the Pilot's screen and use Graffiti to enter the answers.

Tags: Mobile, Palm Pilot, Harry Ohlsen, CrossBow, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2000-08-12

Additional Resources

Dead-Finger Tech: My three "must have" bits of tech!

Dead-Finger Tech: My three "must have" bits of tech!KeyPass is better than PasswordSafeIf you like PasswordSafe try KeyPass. It is much, much better (yes, I have used both.) You can also carry in on you USB:http://keepass.info/I'd love an IronkeyIf only I had information worth protecting :-(RE: Dead-Finger Tech: My...

Tags: Linux, KeyPass, Dead-Finger Tech, PasswordSafe, Password Safe, RoboForm, KeePass, password

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

OpenSolaris 2009.06: Getting Better All The Time

The June 2009 (2009.06) release of OpenSolaris provides a solid Open Source GNOME desktop experience like that of a modern Linux distribution combined with the scalability and stability of UNIX. Over the weekend, I had the chance to take a look at Sun...

Tags: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, OpenSolaris 2009.06, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-07

iDracula Lite 1.0 (Mobile)

iDracula Lite is an intense survival shooter game for your iPhone or iod touch.iDracula Lite start with good selection of weapon, but you are extremely limited in ammo, and the monsters are quite strong already. Also, you won't get the reinforcement, healing potions, ammo , you are on your own....

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, MoreGames Entertainment, iDracula Lite, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-04-01

More on Sun vs. IBM

More on Sun vs. IBMRip Sun's head off and suck it's guts out!If this goes ahead It will be interesting to see what IBM retains. Adding SPARC to its x86/64 & POWER line up is not really viable. I was sorry when HP axed Alpha for sucky Itanic. Thanks Carly!...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sales force management, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

The 'IBM buys Sun' story

Since sometime last summer a company called Southeastern Asset Management has been both accumulating Sun shares and hawking them to various big players. They got nowhere with HP, nowhere with Microsoft, nowhere with the Koreans, and nowhere with IBM - but recent political change has changed that: bringing IBM back...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Corporate Law, Sun Solaris, Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Business Operations, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Windows Vs. Red Chief

Windows Vs. Red ChiefGood one....Now do Linux. Oh, that's right. Linux doesn't tell you what's wrong. It just sits there waiting for you to try something else...and something else...until you get it right. RE: Windows Vs. Red ChiefThat is one of the worst blog posts I...

Tags: Blogging, Operating systems, blog, L'unix, Red Chief, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

Full System Energy Estimation for Sensor Network Gateways

This paper presents a new energy estimation model for sensor network intermediate gateway nodes (i.e. Crossbow Stargates). Such devices are battery powered and resource constrained and commonly employed as communication, processing, and gateway elements within sensor networks. Understanding and accurately estimating the energy behavior of such devices is the key...

Tags: Network, Sensor, Performance Monitoring, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2008-01-01

Energy Characterization of the Stargate Sensor Network Gateway

This paper presents a new energy estimation model for sensor network intermediate nodes (i.e. the Crossbow XScale Stargate). Such devices are battery powered and resource constrained and commonly employed as communication, processing, and gateway elements within sensor networks. Understanding and accurately characterizing the energy behavior of such devices is the...

Tags: Gateway Inc., Network, Battery, Sensor, University Of California, Engineering

White papers 2008-01-01

Nintendo Wii Zapper

If you grew up with a Nintendo Entertainment System in your house, then you no doubt remember the Zapper, the gray or bright orange light gun that let you shoot at ducks, bulls-eyes, and banditos. After almost 20 years, Nintendo has brought the Zapper, at least in name, to the...

Tags: Games, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Wii Zapper, Nintendo Wii, game

Product reviews 2007-11-29

Sun launches xVM virtualization platform

At Oracle OpenWorld Rich Green, executive vice president of software at Sun, unveiled his company's latest twist on virtualization--the Sun xVM platform. Sun xVM is based on the Xen hypervisor and supports Windows, Linux and Solaris guest operating systems, Green said. Sun's is bringing many of its assets...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun xVM, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-14

Vista MMCSS gigabit throttling a victim of hard-coding, jumbo frames to the rescue!

Vista MMCSS gigabit throttling a victim of hard-coding, jumbo frames to the rescue!Your logic doesn't fly...You say: "Even most so-called gigabit NAS Network Attached Storage devices have a performance cap of around 120 mbps so very few people will even notice the MMCSS induced throttling in the first place."If true,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, Dishonesty, Microsoft Corp., Vista MMCSS, Microsoft Windows Vista, gigabit

Discussion threads 2007-08-28

Is Lance right? Are palmtop PCs a bad idea?

Is Lance right? Are palmtop PCs a bad idea?It's all about the screen size you want to carryIf Lance believes he can experience the full internet in all it's glory on a 2.5" diagonal screen, knock yourself out. I believe this category will happen. Cost aside, I will much prefer...

Tags: Media players, Handhelds, Digital music, Digital media, price argument, palmtop, PC, Lance

Discussion threads 2007-03-08

FedEx couples Google Earth with active package tracking

Federal Express is running a "limited pilot" that couples sensor technologies to track a packages temperature, location, humidity levels and delivery status with Web 2.0 tools such as Google Earth, according to FedEx CIO Robert Carter. Carter, speaking at the Wharton Technology Conference in...

Tags: Google, RFID, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-02-23