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One down. One to go. IBM joins Liberty Alliance.

After years of resisting the invitation to join, IBM has finally climbed aboard the roster of the Liberty Alliance as not just any type of member -- but as a managing board member.  In becoming a member, IBM joins a long list of companies that reads like the who's who of...

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Blog posts 2004-10-20

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Cray XT5 Jaguar bests IBM Roadrunner as world's fastest supercomputer

What operating systems are they running on?Just curious. :-)RE: Cray XT5 Jaguar bests IBM Roadrunner as world's fastest supercomputerFrom:http://www.nccs.gov/jaguar/#fragment-1Each node runs Cray's version of the SuSE Linux operating system. Cray has tuned the Linux kernel to remove unnecessary services from the compute nodes. The result is that the operating system...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, IBM Corp., Cray Inc., Linux, operating system, supercomputer

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm

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. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...

Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students

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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Google: The cloud is cheaper

Google: The cloud is cheaperBad choice of article headline... "The cloud is cheaper"Like Walmart and Windows laptops, cheaper does not in any way mean better.My new Walmart belt has frayed after 5 wearings and I had to use a black market because the black coating came up and I...

Tags: Virtualization, Databases, GOOGLE cloud computing, Google Inc., cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

MySQL 5.4 makes debut but won't ship soon

Is it coincidental that Oracle announced its planned purchase of Sun and its MySQL at the start of the open source database's annual conference this week? Probably not. Yet as many speculate about the proprietary database giant's plans for its new open source asset, a new version...

Tags: MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Dell ups its data center game

The latest move in the data center war comes today from Dell, which made a grand announcement of new products and a new strategy that's promising customers a more efficient and less expensive IT environment. It sounds a lot like the same pitch coming lately from HP, IBM and, most...

Tags: Game, Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-25

News to know: VMware; IE 8; Google; 3D Web

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: Facebook responds to redesign concerns; Changes are coming Mary Jo Foley: VMware picks up yet another former...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3D, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., VMware Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Twitter, Smart Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-25

TomTom joins Linux protection group

TomTom joins Linux protection groupMicrosoft should litigate on every disputed patentEnough is enough. There is a fine line between willing open source participants, and those that are getting their intellectual property stolen just because they refuse to get on board with the ideology.Open source is fostering an atmosphere of theft...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Mice, OPEN SOURCE, Strategy, Linux, Software Support, Home Depot Inc., Microsoft Corp., software, hardware, TomTom, human being

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook

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: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Firefox inches towards 50%, Safari holds steady

Firefox inches towards 50%, Safari holds steadyFirefox is the one and onlyIf only for the add-ons. Adblock Plus, NoScript, MediaPlayerConnectivity. NoSquint on my netbook.Nevertheless, I occasionally use Epiphany and even Opera (I hate Opera's GUI though). Mainly for viewing websites that refuse to work properly in Firefox.Write for Firefox and...

Tags: Apple Safari, Fennec, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Open-Source Technology, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, WebKit

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

Microsoft Joins the Great Tech Carbon Telethon

Today is Red Nose Day in the UK, a day when you are supposed to do something 'funny for money'. People in offices all over the UK will don a plastic red nose and raise money to provide financial relief for Africa. Tonight the BBC will run a telethon and...

Tags: Baseline, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Pledge, Microsoft Corp., James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom case

Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseWhat will happen next?Lawyers will make lots of money. Society will not benefit.RE: Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseMy TomTom 730 is a dream GPS unit. Glad I read about this Microsoft case. I would have never purchased a...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Perlow, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., patent

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

EMC joins SmartWay fold

Storage tech giant has become part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership. What this means, mainly, is that the company is putting a sharper focus on its distribution practices over the next three years. That means it will be looking at ways to improve its trucking operations,...

Tags: Supply Chain, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Supplier, EMC Corp., SmartWay Partner, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-03-02

Microsoft shares hit 11-year low

Microsoft shares hit 11-year lowGet a clue."Everyone's stock is hitting a low point right now with the economy the way it is"It has been going that way for 11 eleven years, just take note of that.Now read Ballmer's words (he may not be too clever but nonetheless he is hugely...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Workforce management, Construction, Microsoft Corp., stock, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

News to know: Windows 7; Facebook and OpenID; Patch Tuesday preview

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 Ryan Naraine: MS Tuesday heads-up: Critical IE, Exchange flaws Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 chiefs: We messed up ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Quality, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Business Operations

Blog posts 2009-02-06

Facebook joins OpenID board; How will it Connect?

Facebook has joined the OpenID Foundation's board to join companies like Google, IBM and Yahoo.  The big question is how OpenID and Facebook Connect, a rival identity format, will be tied together.  Details thus far are vague. Facebook's Mike Schropfer writes: We're happy...

Tags: Facebook, Board, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-05

News to know: Jobs' medical leave; Windows 7; BlackBerry PDF vulnerabilities; Tech economy

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. Larry Dignan: Jobs to take medical leave; Back in summer at WWDC? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:  Steve Jobs takes "medical...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Larry Dignan, Patent, Microsoft Windows 7, Adobe PDF, Leave, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-15

News to know: Macworld, CES preview, Windows 7

Macworld Coverage: Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates Jason D. O'Grady: Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009 Sam Diaz: Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint Apple expands DRM-free music selection [video] Apple reveals...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital-rights Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Macworld, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Digital Media, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-07

News to know: Jobs and Apple; IE 8 patch due; Adobe; Windows 7 Beta 1

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Can you have Macworld without Jobs and Apple? We're going to find out Apple statement Techmeme Sam Diaz: What does Apple’s MacWorld...

Tags: Job, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Data Centers, Security, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2008-12-17