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MacBook Air Diary-Day 15: Temperature benchmarks

MacBook Air Diary-Day 15: Temperature benchmarksSo, to summarise:The notebook with the slower LV processor runs cooler.Gee, who would have thought it possible.Nice work as always Jason!Hehe, you will need a HUGE bag to carry all this stuff!!Let's see what your manilla envelope needs to hold now:1. MBA2. Ethernet adapter3. Headphone...

Tags: notebooks, apple inc., mba, macbook air diary-day 15, macbook air, apple macbook, ethernet, adapter

Discussion threads 2008-02-14

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Dell now ships XPS and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installed

Dell has launched an XPS and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installed.  The two models are the Dell XPS M153On and Studio 15n.  Dell "recommends Windows Vista Home Premium" for both of these models, according to the Dell web pages for similar models. Here's the quick blurb...

Tags: ubuntu, dell computer corp., ubuntu linux, notebooks, blogging, hardware, notebooks & tablets, internet, paula rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Worldwide spending on Internet ads will total $65.2 bln in 2008

Worldwide spending on Internet advertising will total $65.2 bln in 2008, which represents nearly 10% of all ad spending across all media. With IDC’s Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast projecting 15-20% annual growth throughout the forecast period, this share will reach 13.6% by 2011 as Internet ad spending grows to...

Tags: internet advertising, international data corp., internet, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-07

TSA 'checkpoint-friendly' bags fly on 16 August

After the news earlier this week the the Department of Homeland Security DHS is authorized to perform notebook computer searches at U.S. borders and the subsequent suits announced by the EFF and ALC comes a softer, friendlier federal government. The Transportation Security Administration TSA – who the...

Tags: transportation security administration, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, jason d. o\'grady

Blog posts 2008-08-07

VIPRE performance shoot-out - Does it really not slow down your PC?

The other day when I blogged about Sunbelt Software's latest VIPRE antivirus solution I took the claims that it doesn't slow down your PC pretty much at face value. Time to see if there's any validity to these claims. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: 32-bit, 32-bit system, performance, pc, norton co., antivirus, symantec norton antivirus, ram, 64-bit, viruses and worms, security, processors, semiconductors, hardware, components, adrian kingsley-hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-07

I went to Moscone Center and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt

Where's the hot chicks? Yeah you heard it, Summer LinuxWorld Expo sucked. Again. No, I didn't go this year. In fact, I haven't gone in two years. So how can I say it sucked? Because everyone who I know...

Tags: booth, trade show, webcast, linux, internet, rss, web site development, web technology, operating systems, software, jason perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-07

When IT culture changes with or without you

Are you suddenly a bad fit for your IT department?Workplace culture is one of those terms you hear HR professionals, executive strategists and job boards throw around all the time, but what it means is generally less clear--and usually depends on who's doing the talking. HR pros often speak about...

Tags: culture, information technology, strategy, management, deb perelman

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Vonage narrows losses: Can it grow?

Vonage has narrowed its losses two consecutive quarters, but it remains to be seen whether the company can grow. The company reported a second quarter net loss of $7 million, or 4 cents a share, on revenue of $228 million. Revenue was up 11 percent from a...

Tags: revenue, vonage holdings corp., marketing expense, operational accounting, marketing research, finance, marketing, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Video: Oracle's CIO on 'Project Sequoia'

At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Oracle CIO Mark Sunday explains the techniques behind Project Sequoia, the company's new data center in Utah. By utilizing outside air, hot aisle containment, and independently controlled supercells, he says this will be its most efficient center yet. by Larry Dignan

Tags: cio, oracle corp., video, data centers, productivity, corporate communications, storage, hardware, data management, marketing, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-06

LinuxWorld: Oracle announces Project Sequoia

At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Oracle CIO Mark Sunday explains the techniques behind Project Sequoia, the company's new data center in Utah. By utilizing outside air, hot aisle containment, and independently controlled supercells, he says this will be its most efficient center yet.

Tags: linuxworld, oracle corp., data centers, productivity, storage, hardware, data management, linux, oracle

Videos 2008-08-06

Oracle: Gimme an L. Gimme an I. Gimme an N-U-X

Enterprise software giant Oracle is at LinuxWorld this week, positioning itself as head cheerleader for widespread adoption in the Enterprise. In addition to a keynote speech that discussed Oracle's position around Linux, as well as details of its own deployment, there were two announcements issued today. The...

Tags: data center, oracle corp., linux, data centers, unix, operating systems, open source, software, storage, hardware, data management, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Sensors to detect oral cancer in saliva

According to the American Cancer Society ACS, there will be about 35,000 new cases of oral cancer in the U.S. this year. The ACS also estimates that 'when oral cancer is identified in its early stages, patient survival rate is almost 90 percent, compared with 50 percent when the disease...

Tags: university of california at los angeles, team, researcher, protein, sensor, molecule, cancer, protein sensor, dr wong, team management, management, roland piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-08-06

The data center cost conundrum

The other day I stumbled across a BusinessWeek slide gallery that shows the comparative cost of the five lowest cost data center towns in the US. Not being an expert on these matters, I passed the baton to my Irregular friend Vinnie Mirchandani who understands these...

Tags: data center, san francisco, new york, boyd, data centers, storage, hardware, data management, dennis howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Sprint: Can it convince customers to stay?

Sprint had some good news Wednesday: The wireless provider lost 901,000 net customers and only 776,000 post-paid subscribers in the second quarter. Wall Street was expecting more customer defections. For instance, Morgan Stanley was expecting post-paid subscriber losses of 947,000. But let's get real here: Sprint is on the ropes...

Tags: sprint communications, product marketing, customer relationship management (crm), wi-fi, wireless, marketing, enterprise software, software, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Cheap and cheerful Vista-capable PC for $260 plus change

The other day I received a challenge from a reader. Put together the parts list for a cheap and cheerful PC. The criteria were pretty straightforward: - Cheap - Good quality - Be able to run Vista Here's what I came up...

Tags: pc, board, microsoft windows vista, motherboard, cpu, masscool 5t568s1h3, corporate governance, processors, business operations, corporate law, semiconductors, hardware, components, adrian kingsley-hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Cheap and cheerful Vista-capable PC for $260 plus change

The other day I received a challenge from a reader. Put together the parts list for a cheap and cheerful PC. The criteria were pretty straightforward: - Cheap - Good quality - Be able to run Vista Here's what I came up...

Tags: pc, adrian kingsley-hughes, microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), desktops, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, hardware, build, diy

Image galleries 2008-08-06

Photos: More planes from the Oshkosh air show

Monster planes from the biggest U.S. air show of the year fly over thousands of flight enthusiasts in Oshkosh, Wis. by CNET News.com

Tags: photograph, cnet news.com

Image galleries 2008-08-06

Today's assignment : Coding an undetectable malware

Today's dynamic Internet threatscape is changing so rapidly, that the innovations and creativity applied by malware authors can easily render an information security course's curricular on malware outdated pretty fast, or worse, provide the students with a false feeling of situational awareness about today's malware that's driving the entire cybercrime...

Tags: malware, antivirus software, virus, cyberthreats, spyware, adware & malware, viruses and worms, security, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-06

News to know: LinuxWorld; Cisco; Microsoft; Yahoo

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'? Sam Diaz: LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest. Larry Dignan: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista A new data center?...

Tags: apple iphone, linuxworld, larry dignan, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., cisco systems inc., cloud computing, help desk, data centers, corporate communications, it operations, storage, hardware, data management, marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Dell's 'Cloud Computing' and other strange stuff

 and When I took a wee poke at Dell the other day I could not possibly have known that labeling something Hybrid and expecting us to meekly gobble it up was only the tip of what can only be described as an ill-conceived marketing strategy iceberg....

Tags: dell computer corp., hoover, cloud computing, marketing research, marketing, dennis howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-06