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Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Hardware components

Another ideaThe KH family must look forward to Santa's arrival if those are your ideas of gifts!One I think worth considering is and external drive and a back up program. You know which friends need those. (Sorry Zack :- Well, those choices were...... different.Why the i7 extreme, when you can...

Tags: Games, Holiday Gift Guide 2009, Holiday Gift Guide, Holiday gift, hardware component, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Hardware components

As the Holiday season approaches, people start thinking about gift ideas. To help you give or receive the perfect holiday gift this year I've put together a list of five cool tech gift ideas. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Holiday, Hardware Component, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Setup and troubleshoot Windows XP hardware components and device drivers

This sample chapter, taken from Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a Windows XP Operating System Exam Cram 2 (Exam 70-271), discusses how manage and troubleshoot hardware devices and drivers. Learn how to support and troubleshoot hardware devices and their associated drivers. This information, including practice questions, will help...

Tags: Device Driver, Hardware Component, Hardware, Que Publishing, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Book chapters 2005-11-14

Additional Resources

Apple TV update looks good but doesn't offer much more

I second your thoughts, Sam.The updates were nice, but hardly worth it from the functional standpoint. Yes, Netflix would be nice, although iTunes provides most, if not all, of what Netflix would, doesn't it?One thing Tim Cook mentioned during the most recent earnings call was that Apple was going to...

Tags: INTERNET, Apple TV, Internet radio, Apple Inc., TV, NetFlix Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

My Top Scary Technology Trends

The Most Terrifying:Google.Kills good companies by handing out "freebies". VERY scary.Machines replacing humansI thought they were tools to enhance our experience on earth.The worst is when customer is an AI telephone. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your last phrase. I did not understand". I thought the buttons were bad enough.RE:...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Google Inc., hardware, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Technical Description: IBMXIV Storage System

The IBMXIV® Storage System offers a new level of high-end disk system performance and reliability. It is a core component of theIBMInformation Infrastructure which helps clients address their needs for availability, security, compliance and retention of information. The XIVsystem provides consistency under all conditions, immunity to hotspots, and consistent performance...

Tags: Disk, IBM Corp., IBMXIV Storage System, XIVsystem

White papers 2009-10-12

Who is a Candidate for Desktop Linux?

I personally do not fall into the group of people that can easily migrate away from Windows, but that doesn't mean you or someone you know can't make the switch. As I said in earlier post last month, the work that I...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Desktop Linux, Computer, Super-Casual Web Surfer, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-11

News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle

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. Sam Diaz: FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies Richard Koman: FTC publishes final rules on blogger...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Psystar, FTC, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Desktops, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

SciMark Processors 2009.10.05 (Windows)

Processor, as a central component of a computer system, obviously, its performance determines computing power of a system. It can not perform standalone without memory. It is considered that physical memory mostly managed by hardware side and virtual memory mostly managed by operating software side together as a memory system...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, TheCNLab, SciMark Processors, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-10-06

Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?

Re:Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?My company is deeply involved in the production of visual materials for the scientific, technical and medical post-secondary education marketplace and they are just dying for a tool such as this for use in the classroom. With a solid customer base here, Apple can...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, PC, tablet, Apple Inc., keyboard, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

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

The coming "big crunch" - IT systems will start failing on a large scale

ScaremongeringAll that was missing - the placard reading 'The End of the World is Nigh'.So my critical, clustered systems are going to start failing are they? Why did I cluster them then?My RAID arrays are going to start failing are they? Why did I go RAID then? And have I...

Tags: RAID, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT System, power supply, information technology, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

HP LoadRunner 9.5 (Windows)

HP LoadRunner is the industry-standard performance testing product for predicting system behavior and performance. Using limited hardware resources, LoadRunner emulates hundreds or thousands of concurrent users to put the application through the rigors of real-life user loads. Your IT group can stress an application from end-to-end and measure the response...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Microsoft Windows, Mercury LoadRunner, HP LoadRunner, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-09-29

Windows 7 OEM pricing emerges ... some serious discounts available

You forgot to mention ...... That OEM means it must be pre-installed on the machine that was purchased by the end user ... meaning it cannot LEGALLY be purchased for installation by your average Joe ... I own a small IT company in Canada, and I have a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, OEM, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Intel's Light Peak to cut the cables

ExceptThe hardware to interface to this would be the same for all devices. The cost to connect a lower end communication device would be as high as the higher end devices. This will be cost prohibitive.I don't think my mouse needs 10 Gb/s communication... well, okay maybe during some of...

Tags: Network technology, Light Peak, cable, Intel Corp., cell phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Hardware Sensors Monitor 4.4.3.4 (Windows)

Hardware sensors monitor utilizes sensor chips on smart motherboards to track system and CPU temperatures, voltages and cooling fans. By quickly catching an overheated computer, you can prevent disasters such as system instability or damage. The program is resource friendly, resides quietly in the system tray, and continually monitors the...

Tags: Monitor, Sensor, ABSoftware, Hardware Sensors Monitor, Monitors & Displays, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-19

Mobile CRM+ Contact Manager for MS Dynamics CRM (Mobile)

Mobile CRM+ Contact Manager for Blackberry is like having your entire Microsoft Dynamics CRM Address book, and Contact related information on your hand. It provide the same CRM server Contact Management functionality on a Blackberry device in an appropriate way and at the same time exploits the hardware and positional...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Servers, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-13

Microsoft's Windows 7 ad campaign kicks off

Cute. [NT]ntCute.Not sure it's effective though. It may be. But... flows like a book ad. Will probably be effective only in certain segments. So I bet we will see a couple very different ads.RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 ad campaign kicks offlooks like they brain washed her, since when 6 year...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, advertisement, car, operating system, Microsoft Corp., lemon, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

OTOY's Jules Urbach: Cloud computing 'threatens' game consoles, Blu-ray, PCs [interview]

Great in theory, not so great in the real worldThe problem allways comes down to the simple fact that even though something can be done with hardware and software, the user is the component not fully addressed.an XBox or Playstation hooked to a 32 inch television in the den or...

Tags: Games, Virtualization, Game players, cloud computing, console, game, OTOY, Blu-ray disc, game console

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Test My Hardware 3.0 (Windows)

Test My Hardware - This free software is a simple system information and diagnostics utility that provides detailed information about all your hardware component, such as your CPU, memory, operating system, and power source. Its simple interface provides an organized overview of all the available information.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Testmyhardware

Software downloads 2009-09-06