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Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16The SP1 for MOSS 2007 is already availableMary Jo,I think that this SP1 is only for the clients applications of the Office suite as the SP1 for MOSS 2007 has been available since months now.I know because we have...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., SP1, Dec 2007, Office 2007 SP1, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, Quick Access Toolbar, Digital Equipment Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Transitive virtual processing magic: Transitive virtual processing magicMissed a coupleRight after the launch of Windows NT, Digital Equipment also came out with a program that would not only translate, but would also optimize and store that translated code on-the-fly, for 32-bit x86 apps to run on the Alpha platform. The award-winning program...; Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Processors, Alpha, virtual processing magic, processing magic, FX!32, Digital Equipment Corp., Transitive; Discussion threads 2008-03-15
Get this: in tech hub Seattle, School Board still uses dinosaur VAX!: For those of you who have been around the silicon-based world for awhile, the mere mention of VAX computers might spark a memory or two. That pic might jog your memory. First debuted back in 1977, courtesy of Digital Equipment...; Tags: Board, Memory, Official, Digital Equipment Corp., Seattle Times, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-26
Is Apple a barometer of the consumer economy?: During the investor conference call over Apple's December fiscal first quarter conference, analysts kept pressing executives about whether the Cupertino company is the bellwether for the consumer spending. But Apple's value proposition is different than the rest of the industry and so is its customer base, making it tough to...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Digital Equipment Corp., Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales, Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-01-22
6th week of holiday shopping season most active in UK, France, Germany: In the UK and France, online shopping activity built steadily throughout the season, peaking during the first half of December, according to comScore. The sixth week of the season (December 3rd - December 9th) recorded the highest level of online shopping activity, up 38% versus the base period of September...; Tags: France, U.K., Digital Equipment Corp., December, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, NB; Blog posts 2008-01-18

Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08: Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08it's not faster - ??????yr right the clock speed isn't any faster - but when u hit the enter key yr not waiting for the last job to finsh - you can run a virus check while yr doing a word DOC...; Tags: Corporate governance, Processors, PCI, Games, Hardware 2.0, hardware, CPU, Serial ATA, Digital Equipment Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-12-20
Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08: Overall, I get more email asking me for kit and component recommendations that pretty much anything else, and that volume increases dramatically as the Holiday season comes into full swing. Also, over the Christmas period many people will have received new peripherals, tech toys and games and this will force...; Tags: ASUS, Video Card, Motherboard, CPU, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Digital Equipment Corp., Graphics, Intel Corp., PSU, Video Cards, Chipsets, Processors, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-12-20
Firefox 3 beta 1 shows polish, beta 2 aimed to be code complete by Dec 7: Firefox 3 beta 1 shows polish, beta 2 aimed to be code complete by Dec 7What is the offline application support they are adding. Also, what is thedatabase they are using? Is it SQLite?Will they eventually integrate Google Gears?With a little research . . . They are using SQLite as...; Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3 Beta 1, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3, Dec 7, Mozilla Firefox, Digital Equipment Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-11-20
Firefox 3 beta 1 shows polish, beta 2 aimed to be code complete by Dec 7: Depending on where you live, Firefox 3 beta 1 was released late last night or early today -- as expected. The code was released precisely at 11:11 pm Pacific time, or 2:11 a.m. Eastern time,, a Mozilla developer said. According to the...; Tags: Software, Mozilla Firefox, Password, Beta, Mozilla Corp., Digital Equipment Corp., Firefox 3, Beta 1, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2007-11-20
PacketTrap - a simple, powerful tool for administrators: It took a while to set up but, I finally enjoyed a fun conversations with the folks at PacketTrap. They've developed a powerful but, easy to use tool for system administrators and network administrators. Watching the demonstration really brought me back in time to my days as a network consultant...; Tags: Administrator, Digital Equipment Corp., Tool, Productivity, Ethernet, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-11-19
SL Business Magazine DEC (widget): SL Business Magazine DEC is the premiere virtual branding magazine in second life. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Magazine, Digital Equipment Corp., SL Business Magazine DEC, Branding, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-05-18
Symantec Enterprise Vault: File System Archiving: For more than 25 years, organizations have been attracted to the idea of providing different storage layers according to the relevance of data, an approach referred to as Hierarchical Storage Management HSM. Today, however, companies accumulate an enormous amount of information, presenting new challenges. In addition to simply storing the...; Tags: Symantec Corp., File System, File Server, Digital Equipment Corp., File Servers, Security, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-05-01
docs.opportunities.sun.com: docs.opportunities.sun.comOpportunitySeems like an opportunity to me for:Business AnalistsChange managersSite buildersTestersMarketing advisorsetc...Small problem: there's not enough qualified personel in the quantities available..Improving.Good to see your rhetorical question What can the President of Sun do(?). When middle management is misguided or ineffectual that indicates neglect.Your solutions involve analyses, reviews, suggestions. ...; Tags: UNIX, Low-Hanging Fruit, Sun Microsystems Inc., Digital Equipment Corp., Toyota Motor Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-04-25
Intel reorg hits home in Hudson: Intel’s reorganization continues. The chipmaker, which said it would cut 10 percent of its workforce—about 10,500 jobs—by mid-2007 as part of an effort to save money and become more agile and efficient, has been reworking its operation in Hudson, Mass., according to a new report in today’s Worchester Telegram &...; Tags: Uncategorized, Hudson, Intel Corp.; Blog posts 2007-01-05
HP z560 Digital Entertainment Center: HP holds the distinction as the only mainstream PC vendor with a full-fledged, living room component-style computer. Its Digital Entertainment Center z560 is the most recent update to HP's DEC line of Media Center PCs, and although its specs are out-of-date for a regular desktop, its capabilities and value are...; Tags: Video cards, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, DVD, DEC z560, Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.; Product reviews 2006-11-17
Arranging the DEC chairs at HP: Arranging the DEC chairs at HPGood to agree with you...... about the danger of accepting Wall Street's advice about saving money by eliminating the ability to develop new products for the future.And you're also right about the danger of following industry standards. Wall Street will even recommend that products...; Tags: Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., Netscape Communications Corp., open source, desperation, sourcing, Linux, Digital Equipment Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-05-01
Arranging the DEC chairs at HP: Here's the key paragraph from last week's Forbes report by Chris Kraeuter headed Intel Kicks Off Its Overhaul Otellini and Bryant didn't indicate which business units would get the most scrutiny, but a likely candidate would be the group working on the company's Itanium...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Itanium; Blog posts 2006-05-01
PA-RISC and the freedom to choose: PA-RISC and the freedom to chooseHP and its approach to software[ Equally importantly, what support HP has provided for open source porting to HP-UX and Tru64 has produced a list of about 480 open source packages for HP-UX -virtually all of which are also available free of charge ...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Processors, OPEN SOURCE, Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc., HP-UX, Intel Itanium, HP PA-RISC, Linux, software, OpenOffice; Discussion threads 2006-03-06
Itanium: A cautionary tale: Itanium: A cautionary talepoor performance per dollarunfortunately everyone has a budget, for the price of a single itanium cpu (1.5Ghz = $1900) you can have a complete entry level dual-core system.History lessonSun became the number one UNIX vendor when they came out with SPARC. One thing they did was to...; Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, EPIC architecture, Inhell, chip, Digital Equipment Corp., EPIC, Alpha, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP PA-RISC, Itanic, Intel Itanium; Discussion threads 2005-12-07
Carrion call -HP herd thundering toward Buffalo Jump: When you look at HP today, it's hard not to see DEC - Digital Equipment Corporation. Both companies made their reputations by making great products and providing lots of support for the academic and research communities developing the software that later drove sales. DEC started to die as soon as...; Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.; Blog posts 2005-07-20