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- Hardware Failure
- A malfunction within the electronic circuits or electromechanical components (disks, tapes) of a computer system. Recovery from a hardware failure requires repair or replacement of the offending part. ...
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- Xbox 360 unreliability costs Microsoft $1 billion
- Xbox 360 unreliability costs Microsoft $1 billionNone of the aboveThanks very much, I prefer real life.Microsoft's $1 billion tube of haemmoroid cream...to soothe the burning ring of death...I think Microsoft used the same people to apply the thermal compound to their GPU's as Apple did with the MacBook storage heater.ParallelismMicrosoft's...
- Tags: Game players, hardware failure, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Microsoft Xbox 360
- Discussion threads 2007-07-06
- Microsoft's Xbox hardware failures prove costly
- Microsoft said Thursday that it will take a charge of $1.05 billion to $1.15 billion for the quarter ending June 30 to cover enhanced warranty coverage on the Xbox. The Xbox, one of Microsoft's faster growing businesses, will now have a three-year warranty from time of purchase in addition to...
- Tags: Microsoft, General, Entertainment
- Blog posts 2007-07-05
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- Copyright Board's ringtone decision shows failure of the system
- The Copyright Royalty Board's decision last week to keep composer royalties for downloads at 9.1 cents per song keeps Apple's iTunes store online (OK, the idea that Apple would shut down the key leg of its iPod empire was just corporate posturing) but the Board also set a...
- Tags: Board, Ring Tone, Rate, Copyright Royalty Board, Corporate Governance, Government, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Improve your failed IT culture
- The underpinnings of IT failure lie in culture, the unspoken rules governing an organization's style and general priorities. Since most organizations pay little attention to project culture, it's not surprising failure rates remain high. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Team, Culture, Information Technology, Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Strategy, Business Security, Business Operations, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- The top five reasons why Windows Vista failed
- On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs. While this doesn't impact enterprise IT -- because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many years to come -- the move is another symbolic nail in Vista's coffin....
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IT Department, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- The cloud finally comes to education
- Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have a pretty good idea what it means: lots of computers somewhere (we don't actually care where) doing lots of processing to deliver services...
- Tags: Education, PC, Thin Client, Computer, Cloud, SIMtone Corp., Desktops, Productivity, Thin Clients, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months
- Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six monthsMS extends XP downgrade rights by six monthsI did my share of begging to MS to "let the customer be right" concerning XPs continuing desirability,Thank god they actually listened to mine and probably a half million similar letters.I can now look forward...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic].....Sounds similar to the other candidates too... ]:)Simplified version/* Sarah's playbook */repeat {__receivequestion; __if (IMayHaveAClueAboutquestion)__{____reciteMyScripts;__}__else __{____winkAtCamera;____ignorequestion;____printf("... but I'd like to focus on my own topics.");____dumpIrrelevantAnswers;__}} until (hostLeavesMeOffHook)RE: Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]Spot on!BidenIn the case of Biden he just makes stuff up. Facts never...
- Tags: Government, Sarah Palin, flowchart
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Mac ready the enterprise?
- Mac ready the enterprise?My work MacBook Pro just experienced this very problem...My work MacBook Pro just experienced this very problem. When I'm at home I connect it to my external 22" CRT, keyboard, mouse, etc. It stays there until I get back to work where I use it...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Notebooks, laptop computer, video, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Stop brain-dead software testing!
- Stop brain-dead software testing!re: Stop brain-dead software testingin reality, its not usually software testing that's the problem. it's the project stakeholders who don't plan enough time to do adequate testing. it's the programmers who go way over their time estimates. it's the program managers or similar role...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software testing, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboard
- Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboardXandros lite is OK ...For the average user the Xandros Lite OS is fine, but it does have some shortcomings:1) Asus for some reason has a ram limit compiled into the kernel of 1GB. The machine has a max limit of 2GB, but...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, laptop computer, ASUS, real keyboard, kernel, Linux laptop, Xandros, Intel Celeron, distro, keyboard, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installerPerformance?Let alone the installer size, does anyone else out there have kind of mediocre performance with iTunes in Windows Vista? I've had a number of times where it just seems to come up black, or respond slowly, or syncing just slows my PC to...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, installer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Put your PC on an energy diet!
- Put your PC on an energy diet!The wonders of USB and Firewire...Almost all of my new "toys" are either USB or Firewire; I don't know how much power these things draw when they're not in active use, but the really infrequently used ones can at least be hot-plugged on demand.But...
- Tags: Desktops, Network technology, PC, chip, CPU, USB
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after all
- Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after allThe 35% of Fortune 500 companies......testing the iPhone means "35% of IT departments doing their damn jobs by testing a competing product before coming to the realisation that it isn't as good as their current solution".As for Apple getting a foothold in mainstream...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Apple Inc., small and medium business, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server
- Microsoft was kind enough to let me know that the Hyper-V Server, that is a dedicated, minimal Windows 2008 Server platform dedicated to being a bare metal, type-1 hypervisor, is now available. It joins products of this type available from VMware, Citrix and several Linux distributions. ...
- Tags: Industry Standard, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Server Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Vista Services Optimizer (msi)
- When you install Microsoft Windows Vista for the first time, you will notice the low performance of your system. There are many reasons of the performance problems in Windows Vista, one of them that there are many of Windows Vista services that are running in the background that consume a...
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Smart PC Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- SynergyKM (dmg)
- SynergyKM is a GUI wrapper around the synergy command line tool that lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems without special hardware. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Line Tool, SynergyKM, Keyboards, Mice, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Creative Commons for students
- Creative Commons for studentsminors...One thing to bear in mind is that minors cannot license or re-license their own work without their parent's consent. Students can in some cases simply pull down content from the web and re-use it -- if the use is covered by "fair use" -- which...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Creative Commons
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- D-Link ships new Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router (DIR-825)
- Having pretty much juiced everything they can out of "Draft N" as a buzz term, router manufacturers have turned to "dual band" as the hot concept in 2008. With its new Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router (DIR-825), D-Link adds another one to the list, though...
- Tags: D-Link Systems, Router, DIR-825, Routers & Switches, Home Networking, Network Technology, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Semantic guardians for our computers?
- Semantic guardians for our computers?ActuallyNo, I built my PC's using components I selected that were manufactured here on good ol' terra firma. I don't experience crashes since I use Linux and am not afflicted with malware issues.Also I selected the hardware components and matched them. Maybe I am just lucky......
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, Processors, Semantic Guardians, programmer, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
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