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- News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- DRAM error rates: Nightmare on DIMM street
- A two-and-a-half year study of DRAM on 10s of thousands Google servers found DIMM error rates are hundreds to thousands of times higher than thought -- a mean of 3,751 correctable errors per DIMM per year. This is the world's first large-scale study of RAM errors in...
- Tags: DRAM, Error, DIMM, Hardware Failure, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Dell XPS 625 Desktop Computer (AMD Phenom X4 940, 500GB HDD, 4GB)
- Normally we criticize gaming PCs from large vendors like Dell for failing to keep their specs as aggressively up to date as their boutique competition. But after looking for systems to compare with Dell's new $1,499 XPS 625, it seems as of this writing that the entire desktop market is...
- Tags: Chipsets, Desktops, Semiconductors, hard drive, computer, Maingear, AMD Phenom, desktop computer, Dell Computer Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., motherboard, XPS 625, Dell XPS 625, PC
- Product reviews 2009-02-12
- Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying?
- Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying?Those who want them and or need themWho will buy?Well, when they start replacing the older CPUs with Core i7s, it'll be those buying these computers.And those who need the improved performance. Preliminary tests show the mid range i7s doing well against the best Core...
- Tags: Processors, Core-i7, Intel Corp., processor
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- Your capacity will vary
- By an increasing amount Why is your storage capacity always less, sometimes a lot less, then what you see advertised on the box? There is only one rule: you will never get the capacity the vendor advertises. Storage vendors don't mean to be lying. They just...
- Tags: Disk, Capacity, Disk Capacity, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Seagate announce first 1.5TB desktop hard drive
- Seagate announce first 1.5TB desktop hard driveSeagate announce first 1.5TB desktop hard driveDamn thats a huge drive. Just think of all the adult entertainment you could store on that drive.Why?Give me a RAID 5 featuring four 500GB drives. Far more stable, faster, et cetera... of course, it...
- Tags: RAID, Storage, first 1.5TB desktop hard drive, desktop hard drive, Seagate Technology LLC, desktop, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?Is "asset smart" the new term for "fabless"?Is the term "asset smart" another way of saying, "Fabless"? I mean, "Fabless" does have a negative connotation to it. "Asset Smart" sounds new and fresh and exciting. I like it !!! Perhaps it means...
- Tags: Video cards, Semiconductors, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., graphics, chip, Intel Corp., graphics chip, new roadmap, Puma, asset
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Massive memory servers
- How massive? How about 10x standard server memory capacity? There is a boom in large memory server products - anywhere from a quarter terabyte to 2 terabytes. Is this the ultimate solution to server performance problems? Some products Violin Memory is offering a...
- Tags: Performance, Metaram, Gear6, Performance Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Notebook SSDs disappoint
- An unsourced Engadget report says . . . flash-based laptops are being returned at a rate of 10 to 20 percent for technical failure, compared to the 1 to 2 percent of regular laptop returns due to HDD issues. . . . Other consumers are sending...
- Tags: Notebook, Performance, Storage, USB Flash Drive, Performance Problem, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Supercomputing and the art of the sales pitch
- Supercomputers are wonderful things. Meaningful research gets done and geeks everywhere can drool over the specs like car buffs fawning over a vintage Corvette. But there's also a subtle sales pitch, which explains why most large tech vendors play like IBM and HP play in the high-performance computing space. ...
- Tags: Supercomputer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Supercomputing, Sales Strategy, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- A 16 GB DIMM
- Metaram's announcement of a chipset that enables vendors to build 16 GB DRAM DIMMs may have you wondering: who needs it? It probably isn't you. Stacking DRAM chips several deep gets the capacity, but the secret sauce resides in interface chips that performs several key...
- Tags: Database, DRAM, Disk, RAM, Chip, Metaram, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- High-end flash drive goes mainstream
- High-end flash drive goes mainstreamSorry, what mainstream are you referring to?We currently have both flash and DRAM SSDs in our storage architecture, they've been there for several years. They are in both HP and EMC arrays. We use DRAM SSDs for high-volume high-volatility data, and Flash SSDs for high-volume low-volatility...
- Tags: USB flash drive, High-end flash drive, storage, disk
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Cowen: Debating SaaS slowdown; Google Apps and AMD market share
- Cowen & Co. outlined its top 10 potential technology surprises for 2008 and a slowdown in software as a services is front and center on the list. There are also a few wild-cards such as Google Apps adoption and AMD giving up on the market share war. ...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Google Apps, Software-as-a-service, Cowen & Co., Market Share, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Flash drives get a fight from disks
- Flash drives get a fight from disksBattery LifePersonally I see 30 minutes of extra battery life as being a big bonus but maybe thats just me. We've push Li Ion batteries to the breaking point just as sony how it worked out when they went past it and so...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Good Money, USB flash drive, laptop computer, battery, disk, SSD
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
- HP, Dell expected to benefit from cheaper parts
- The parts that go into your PC are getting cheaper. And that's good news for Hewlett-Packard and Dell. Both companies will report earnings this month with HP on deck August 16. Dell follows up on August 30. What we're likely to hear is that unit sales are up, demand is...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Benefit, Sales, Unit Growth, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- PC buyers finally start seeing memory price breaks
- PC makers have been getting breaks on DRAM pricing but buyers havent seen much of break. Apparently that state of affairs is changing. Cheaper memory prices have been noted for weeks. Apple said memory and other components...
- Tags: Memory, Desktops, DRAM, PC, David Wong, PC buyer
- Blog posts 2007-05-11
- Microsoft's OLPC coup and unintended consequences
- Microsoft's OLPC coup and unintended consequencesda pusha monI find it ironic that most of the world will really believe they are getting something for nothing or at least a great deal when history has shown time and time again that this company has little to offer in innovation and security...
- Tags: Operating systems, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Nick Negroponte
- Discussion threads 2007-04-27
- Is Vista Home Basic a way for vendors to sell low-spec PCs?
- Is Vista Home Basic a way for vendors to sell low-spec PCs?True... but.There will always be a market for low end anything. Especially a PC for the folks that only want to do email and surf the Internet. This is a perfect answer. My parents fit this bill exactly. Don't...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- Must vendors wait for standards?
- Must vendors wait for standards?Differences and Distinctions[i]The problem I see is with the standards bodies. Prolonging an argument and this could go on for another year only promotes the establishment of quasi-proprietary standards on a standard base. Or maybe I'm just old-fashioned…[/i]Lumping all standards groups together is approximately as valid...
- Tags: Quality, standards
- Discussion threads 2007-01-24
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