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- File I/O
- Input/Output operations such as open, close, read, write and append, all of which deal with standard disk or tape files. The term would be used to refer to regular...
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- With drop.io, real-time collaboration in the cloud
- Is cloud computing a load of bull or the real deal? For drop.io founder and CEO Sam Lessin, it's everything...literally. Without it, his company and its eponymous service -- which allows two-click sharing of anything with anyone, privately -- might not exist. I spoke...
- Tags: Cloud, XMPP, ZD, SL, Drop.io, Groupware, Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- News to know: Firefox, Palm, AT&T, Sprint, Facebook friends
- 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. Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 "done," Firefox 3.5 beta 4 due April 14 Sam Diaz: Palm to SEC:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Mice, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- Better than Google Docs: real-time file sharing on Drop.io
- Better than Google Docs: real-time file sharing on Drop.ioOf course this is interesting for types for which you do not have a real-time sharing ability. You really have to have knowledge of the file type to allow simultaneous edits to a file, and to merge changes from multiple users.That said,...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Google Docs, Google Inc., Drop.io, file-sharing
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- Better than Google Docs: real-time file sharing on Drop.io
- Drop.io has turned the web browser into a live, interactive, rich media space. Their new interface allows you to upload files, leave comments, and chat, all in real-time. This is the coolest way to interact with the cloud that I've seen so far. This is a step...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, File-sharing, Drop.io, Collaboration, Groupware, Web Browsers, Team Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- You're Gonna Need a Bigger Mouse for that Mainframe
- You're Gonna Need a Bigger Mouse for that MainframeWrong way.....Rather than virtualizing the x86 on the zos, wouldnt it be better to virtualize the zos on the x86?One of the milstones around the neck of the computing industry as a whole is the licence price IBM recieves from its mainframe...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Processors, mouse, mainframe, Intel x86, Gonna Need
- Discussion threads 2009-03-05
- The 2008 Chutzpah in IT Marketing Awards
- The 2008 Chutzpah in IT Marketing AwardsWanna clarify...?[b]The 2008 Tyrian Silver Shekels go to the Wintel Customer Base - for increasing their purchases of Vista on Core Duo after the Wintel partners switched to marketing their yet undeliverable copies of the same Apple and AMD technologies they've been denigrating for...
- Tags: Mainframes, Virtualization, Servers, mainframe, Apple Inc., server, Linux, IBM Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2008-12-29
- TechNet Webcast: New File Server Features of Windows Server 2008 (Level 200)
- The attendee of this webcast will discover how the new file server features in Windows Server 2008 can help users more easily and reliably share their files on the network. In this webcast, the presenter reviews the new features of the file server role in Windows Server 2008 and discusses...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, File Server, Microsoft TechNet, File Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-12-08
- Working at 99% CPU utilization
- Working at 99% CPU utilizationBravo ...... and thanks for having the guts to say it ...LudoThe other side of the coinConsolidation does NOT have to rely on Virtualization. If you have a database that is high utilization during working hours - and another one that is used by overseas clients...
- Tags: Processors, cloud computing, Servers, CPU utilization, CPU, virtualization, server, Lpars
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with database
- Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with databaseRE: Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with databaseIt's difficult to see any advantage over what I could buy from HP or any of the major vendors. It appears to be an HP box...
- Tags: Servers, Databases, Oracle Corp., hardware market, Launches storage server, shotgun, storage, Launches, storage server, hardware, database, server
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- Can Drop.io coexist with the FRCP?
- Can Drop.io coexist with the FRCP?We use moodleWe have a Moodle server setup for this very reason. We create a Moodle course for each teacher course and give the teacher the ability to administer their own course. Students can log in from home and download assignments, syllabus, etc...
- Tags: Directory services, Drop.io, FRCP, Moodle, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled into
- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled intoI agree "One OS to unite them all""One price to keep all happy" In the end it's just a marketing ploy different versions each with their own "missing" pieces. In many ways it looks like double dipping...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, marketing, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- The biggest open source threat to Microsoft
- The biggest open source threat to MicrosoftDid he.......no...False alarm. He didn't buy a Laptop. Never mind. ;)What makes it different from Wine then?or Mono for that matter? I had worked on Win-OS2, which is a Windows 3 inside OS/2, during OS/2's heydays. It failed miserably even with IBM's...
- Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Storage management, Linux, Dana, open source, Face it Linux, Microsoft Windows, operating system, virtualization, HPCC, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Virtual Machine Software Announcements - Why Now?
- Virtual Machine Software Announcements - Why Now?Virtual machine worthless.http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/12/vmware-update-bombedUnless you are running two different OS', why would you run a virtual machine? My Windows and Linux machines multi-task just fine with only one instance of the OS loaded. Especially as cheap as hardware is today, VM's simply add a layer...
- Tags: desktop virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Servers, virtual machine, server, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- 10 essential gadgets for studentsImpressive...A laptop with the same specs as a laptop! Wow!Only 2 are "essential"Out of the list of 10 only #1 is "essential" for students. If in college #10 is also needed, but the other 8 are nothing but luxuries and two are just plain useless....
- Tags: Scanners, Digital music, ONLY 2, essential gadget, Digital Pen, phone, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Hyper-V: It's here
- Hyper-V: It's hereI Love it ....Quote:"Hyper-V does have one drawback, in that it will only run on the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008, because it makes heavy use of Intel VT-X and AMD-V on chip virtualization acceleration features, which are only present in newer 64-bit CPUs."I have deployed 20...
- Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, Hyper-V, 64-bit, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Send a fax for free -- digitally
- If there's one thing I cannot stand, it's the fax machine. In a world of e-mail and attachments and PDFs and perfect digital copies easily archived, the fax machine is a painfully archaic reminder that everyone hasn't quite hopped on the digital bandwagon just yet. ...
- Tags: Fax, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- The meaning of Microsoft Server 2008
- Server 2008 looks like a bit of an odd duck - it doesn't meet the promises made for "Longhorn" and "Blackcombe", it's probably neither more reliable nor more efficient than its 64 bit 2003/XP based predecessors, and unlike Vista with which it shares some code the kernel changes amount to...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Kernel, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Intel christens Silverthorne as "Atom"
- Intel has officially announced its new branding for the "Silverthorne" processor and the "Menlow" platform. The Silverthorne processor will be called the "Intel Atom". The Menlow platform will be called "Intel Centrino Atom". The Intel Atom processor will be used in the Intel Centrino Atom platform. The new Atom logos...
- Tags: Anandtech, Intel Corp., Silverthorne, Atom Logo, Intel D201GLY2, Processors, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- Remembering Windows XP's early days
- Remembering Windows XP's early daysgood onenice one...goes for all Vista basher...hope infoworld guy read this...Important DifferencesOne difference today is that XP was allowed to mature for over 6 years. During that time, the OS largely became "good enough", people became comfortable, and did not miss the "upgrade treadmill". ...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Remembering Windows XP, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
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