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Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft

When you use Linux you should stop and thank Microsoft for making it possible - because Microsoft created the conditions Linux needed to succeed. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, I/O Driver, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Processors, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-12-16

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SATA Revision 3.0 paves way for 6Gb/s devices

SATA Revision 3.0 paves way for 6Gb/s devicesSATA Connectors *are* crap - agreed.Unbelievable that the old molex 4-pin power connector was better than the new one. I never had a molex pop out, but I've have several SATA power connectors disconnect, especially in fold-together desktops like Dells and small form...

Tags: PCI, SATA Connector, Serial ATA, PCI Express, solid state disk, SATA Revision 3.0

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

Worst. Windows 7. Piece. EVER!

Worst. Windows 7. Piece. EVER!Windows 7 must be good...if this is the best they can come up with! Slashdot appears to be down at the moment so can't read the whole story but I agree this is Gutmann bad. A DLL is hacked and a program stops working - shock,...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

Steve Wozniak: Chief Scientist - of a storage company?

You'd think after co-founding one of the great success stories of the last 35 years - Apple Computer - Steve Wozniak would be done with startups. And you'd be wrong. But a storage startup? How sexy is that? The Woz gets storage Really,...

Tags: Steve Wozniak, Disk, Apple Inc., Woz, Steve, Fusion-io, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-02-05

BIOS settings demystified

BIOS settings demystifiedVery good info - thanks!One thing I found which maybe everyone else already knew, and I don't know if it is common to all BIOS versions or just the ASUS KV8 that I have, but under the Advanced tab, there's a Legacy USB support option - having it...

Tags: BIOS, BIOS Settings

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

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

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

If I Were to Design Windows 7

If I Were to Design Windows 7I license OS X from Apple and dump Vista...How could a company put so much money and so much time into an effort and come up with something so lame and mediocre? There's only one company that really knows how to design operating systems,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Aero, Design Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 RTM today

Microsoft has reached a major milestone today for its Windows Server and Client products. Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service pack 1 have been released to manufacturing today which means they will soon be available to IT customers and consumers. Windows Server 2008 replaces the venerable Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, SSTP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-02-04

Apple delivers hefty patch haul; Addresses Leopard flaws and Safari

Apple on Monday delivered another 41 patches to address multiple vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server including more than a few for Leopard. The security update, which matches last month's patch crop from Apple, features a few common threads. Among them: ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Safari, Apple QuickTime, Problem, Mac OS X Server, Server, Apple Inc., Flaw, Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86

Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86CoolthreadsI'm beginning to doubt whether Coolthreads is really all it's cracked up to be. The problem is the performance boost seems to assume that you have a very parallelizable problem. In practice, this means you either have code that has been intentionally written to...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Processors, Servers, T2000, hardware, Sun Sparc, Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2007-12-06

Remote exploit released for brand-new Safari for Windows

Remote exploit released for brand-new Safari for WindowsNo Bias there at all[i]"Given that Apple has had a lousy track record with security on OS X, in addition to a hostile attitude towards security researchers, a lot of people are expecting to see quite a number of vulnerabilities targeted towards this...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, Microsoft Windows, security, Web browser

Discussion threads 2007-06-12

Comprehensive RAID performance report

Comprehensive RAID performance reportHere is one way to look at it..Good Article!This shows the fundamental problem with raid 10. Everything acts as one volume. All the IO is shared between all the drives of the redundant mirror. Thus giving you one big expensive and slow volume. ...

Tags: Processors, Storage, Testing, CPU, parity calculation, database, database application, server

Discussion threads 2007-05-04

cp007753.exe 1.0.0.0 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:HP Management Shared Memory Device HP A6491A SCSI Enclosure Device HP Reserved Device HP Management Processor HP Core-Io Device 01 HP SAF-TE SCSI Processor Device HP System Memory Device

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-03-12

cp007653.exe 1.0.0.0 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:SCSI Controller, Not Supported HP Management Shared Memory Device HP A6491A SCSI Enclosure Device HP Reserved Device HP Management Processor HP Core-Io Device 01 HP SAF-TE SCSI Processor Device HP System Memory Device

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-03-12

xpesp2_via_machineinf_v290a_v50.zip 2006-10-12 (Windows)

Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../XPesp2_VIA_MachineINF_V290A_V50/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:VIA K8 CPU to AGP Controller VIA Standard Host Bridge VIA I/O APIC Interrupt Controller VIA Security Device VIA PCI to PCI Bridge Controller VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge VIA1 Standard PCI...

Tags: Processor, I/O, ISA, AGP, Microsoft Windows, CPU, Intel Corp., EISA, Play, RCC, PCI, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-10-12

Intel's Core 2 Duo lives up to hype

Intel's Core 2 Duo lives up to hypeRunning LinuxOne aspect I have to say is Linux handles multi-tasking 10 fold better than Windows does. Plus, it seems to manage memory more efficiently. I wonder when the day will come when they will get rid of the mechanical hard-drive or do...

Tags: Processors, OBVIOUSLY Intel, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Yes Conroe, processor, chip

Discussion threads 2006-07-14

Does Office PDF kill the aftermarket?

Does Office PDF kill the aftermarket?Only the bad onesAn MS freebie will kill only the weak 3rd-party products. Your examples are all of strong products, and they will indeed survive. When the fast food chains first appeared there was a fear they would kill the entire restaurant business, but all...

Tags: Word processors, Food & Beverage, Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2006-06-04

6360Win9xME_English.exe 2006-04-20 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:USB IO Client Driver Xerox Phaser 6360N PS Xerox Phaser 6360DN PS Xerox Phaser 6360DT PS Xerox Phaser 6360DX PS

Tags: Xerox Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-04-20

C7M_CN700_XPeSP2Image.zip 2005-11-25 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Embedded Controller Microsoft System Management Bus Host Controller ALI 1535 SMBus Host Controller Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI Microsoft Composite Battery Closed Caption Decoder OTI CD-ROM Drive CD-ROM Drive CD-ROM Drive force CDDA accurate CD-ROM Drive (force CDDA...

Tags: Processor, ISA, Logitech, AGP, Microsoft Windows, USB, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., IMAPI, EISA, Play, RCC, AcerView, PCI, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-11-25